this is from the russian opposition leader says he now knows how he was poisoned he claims he is russian spy into divulging details of the attack that nearly killed him also on the program the. covert vaccine gets the green light from europe the european commission grants final approval following a recommendation from its medicines regulator. also tonight the maximum sentence for an. atrocity a german court sentences survived extremist to life or he's dead to be attack on

the synagogue he killed 2 people after he failed to get into the building and showed no remorse. and celebrating the season from the safety. into the christmas spirit by getting behind the wheel and heading for a drive through. i'm for welcome to the program. russian opposition leader alexander valley says he has spoken with one of the russian security agents alleged to have been involved in his poisoning this year the agent was named in a recent report led by the investigative website belling cat which said chemical weapons experts from russia's f.s.b. security service had been tailing the valley for years posing as a high ranking security official list in the valley as

a spy what went wrong with the operation to try to kill him on a flight to moscow. they landed you know what i mean right he took off then i landed the plane there you go the situation ended up not going in our favor that's what i think if it had been longer then things could have turned out differently. should do what had been longer konstantin. if you'd been flying for longer. 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. it's going to be some red faces in moscow tonight let's go to the russian capital then where we find the debris correspondent and welcome emulate tell us more about that conversation. well that conversation seems

to reveal new details about these poisoning with now via me of course asking the questions brazenly himself we pound sound out it seems from that operative that the poison that got into the system was put on the inner seams of his underwear we also heard that later on f.s.b. operatives collected his clothing and washed it several times in order to kind of erase traces of that poison so it seems that the conversation that we heard on you tube today that confirmed a lot of the details that we saw revealed in the recent investigation led by the. show was the russian north or she saying. well we've just heard a statement from the f.s.b. itself they said that that phone call that we saw in the youtube video and published is a fake they said that it's

a planned provocation aimed at discrediting the f.s.b. and f.s.b. officers and they also said that he was using the methods of foreign security services it's not the 1st time that he has been accused of being kind of supported by foreign security officers president vladimir putin russian president accused him of that last week he also said that if the f.s.b. had wanted to poison me and kill him then he would have. the life of course in russia so far has been a denial and what we see today is in line with that there has also i think it's interesting to point out been a very heavy handed response today from police here in moscow for example one of nominees allies who was kind of staking out the house of that alleged operative that we saw in the video or heard in the video she was arrested actually lives on d.w. russia's programming and my colleague was just talking to her as she started being

arrested live on the air. slouching. over the implications of this for the kremlin i'm due for russian security forces. well i think it could end up being a huge blow to the f.s.b. i mean this video already has millions of views on you tube it got those views just in a few hours so it's really making waves in russia and beyond and of course if this is confirmed that that an s.s. the agent was behind that by nice killing and that they botched or rather his attempt at killing his poisoning and that they botched that off ration that's a huge embarrassment to the f.s.b. and to putin as well who used to head the f.s.b. himself i'm going to show that in moscow thank you. the european commission

has now approved the use of a bomb tech pfizer coronavirus a vaccine and european bed since our agency recommended authorization germany italy and austria plan to begin vaccinations on december 27th the shot is already in use in britain and the united states also says there's no evidence to suggest a vaccine will not work against this new mutant strain of corona virus which is emerged in the u.k. . have a look at both of those issues with professor to be is could do is an epidemiologist and director of the institute of public health of berlin sharon tate hospital welcome to d.w. this decision from brussels the european medicines agency was expected. why is it so given that so what's the thinking behind germany waiting another 6 days before starting to vaccinate. well the decision today is very important that our countries are preparing and certainly to get ready to have to vaccine and then to distribute the vaccine so there's

a big organizational background the holidays are just ahead of us a few more days certainly to organize things are necessary so i'm very happy to see that we get the decision today and i'm looking forward to have the vaccine in germany and the other european countries available so if we do. start inside the next week how long do you think before the infection rates start forming . because of the vaccine that will take some time because we need to big scene a lot of people in germany 1516000000 people and that will take certainly a lot of time is so we expect if we fast end of summer in the fall maybe but it could also take more time than that ok so if it's so if we're looking towards the back end of next year what will you be looking at what will what will it say to you that this is working. well certainly right now we have numbers that are far too high so we need to address this whether we set which is

a lockdown and then see that the next in kicks in but that will certainly take time so we will look very closely at the incident rates and see whether these big peaks are disappearing over time and if that's happening then we have indication that a so-called herd immunity is kicking in let's have a look at this mutation of the corona virus has been identified in britain my understanding is that is it is in the nature of these viruses to mutate so why is this one causing so much concern. it's correct that during a pandemic the virus mutating so that was expected so nowadays some evidence that with this mateljan there may be a faster distribution of the viruses the people are getting faster infected with this new turn but the numbers are not as stable yet so there's some speculation about it so we have to wait nevertheless if that's the case and certainly we have to act somewhat differently so it's even more important for all of us to stay home

when to see is little people as possible that we do not know and will you be doing that professor will you be staying home christmas. yeah absolutely unfortunately like to see my family but that's not possible and we've decided months ago that we cancel christmas and if people are able to cancel traveling and to see their family and friends i would strongly suggest to stay home and not risk your health and the health of us we're talking to you thank you for joining us professor to be a squirt from burning sherry to hospital thank you for having. a growing number of countries are closing their doors to the u.k. because of concerns about new strain of corona virus francis blocked freight crossings from britain leaving hundreds of trucks stranded in southern england long lines of state 3 vehicles built on highways leading to the port of dover air travel is also being hit to germany among others is imposing restrictions on arrivals from

the u.k. causing chaos for lots of travelers here. people traveling home for christmas arriving at berlin brandenburg airport despite the coronavirus pandemic the airport has seen an uptick in passenger numbers now that the holiday season has started but not everyone will make it back this year all flights arriving in germany from the united kingdom have been cancelled well travel to the u.k. is still allowed some of those flights have also been disrupted here in berlin people are more worried about possible travel bans than being infected with the coronavirus while flying. i'm not really worried about the outbound trip but rather the return trip i was here 2 days ago for a coronavirus test and waited outside for 4 hours and i'm much more afraid of catching a cold from standing outside in the called president of possible exposure to the coronavirus is mine. and i'm not afraid to travel i'm rather afraid that i

won't be able to come back yesterday flights from the u.k. were cancelled and if germany or lithuania follow i won't be able to fly back. and i can't be totally safe but i'm not afraid of traveling i'm just looking forward to go home for christmas. really looking forward to. go it's not not a nice thing to be going home to organize with anyone. on monday the european medicine agency gave the go ahead for the pfizer biotech vaccine to be administered in each country's. visiting a coronavirus vaccination center in berlin germany president. said he was optimistic about the upcoming rollout of the vaccine. because in we are in a difficult situation if we look at the infection rate. but today is also a day of holes and talked. with vaccinations about to start the light at the end

of the tunnel. it's getting a little brighter and clandestine head of. germany has set up dozens of vaccination centers across the country it plans to begin administering the jab on december 27th starting with residents in care homes. speaking of which amnesty international has accused spanish healthful thora tis of effectively abandoning residents of cat homes joining the company 19 pandemic one of its most serious allegations contained in the reports is that lots of people in facilities for the elderly have been denied access to hospital k d w yeah the sort of shots reports there is just time for a coffee before one has to go back to his care home in a month that it's a birth now at least the 81 year old can leave home for a short while in spring when the pandemic began it was different for months one was imprisoned in his 10 square meter room at the same time every hospital in the city

was told not to admit and walk home resolutely. was an issue of course i heard about it and it made me think i asked myself what happens if i'm sick then that be no one to help me anymore that makes you scared to be 3 months alone with these thoughts at least i could speak to my family but it was all very heart the. one says his little drawing strife away the dark thoughts one in 5 residents in his care home has died of covert 19 states you can still fuck this wrote a report for human rights organization and list international on spain's and legal but. in his view the country violated several basic rights of elderly people. there is no way that a human rights violation could be the solution for a problem we're talking about what happened here these people couldn't go to the

doctor couldn't go to see the doctor or go to the hospital this. an acceptable because he says commission against a specific group group's case people. in madrid and barcelona particularly people's rights were being abused still hopkins said about spain's health minister. also came under criticism i'm aware that the investigation should be stationed on course it cannot make any promotion of the seizures before the day right body to do to make a judgment and he has started the procedures to ensure. that it was a clear. instruction from the us he go and measure the vote of the health he seek. discarding any kind of discrimination. more than 30000 care home residents in spain have died of covert 19 though the situation has got better recently doctors

representative say many cases would have been avoided both at the care homes being better equipped. with christmas just around the corner spain seems to regain some optimism infection rates are falling some restrictions are being relaxed however the discussion regarding the violation of basic human rights of elderly people during the pandemic will certainly continue after an hour outside one body at all must make his way back to a care home he likely won't leave even for christmas the risk a stepparent leave too high and he'd rather be alone in his small room he says and see a return to the conditions of spring. and i'll take a look at some of the other stories making headlines of course in england has found 2 men guilty of killing 39 men women and children from vietnam suffocated in a sealed truck near london the driver and another man were convicted of manslaughter the deaths 2 years ago exposed in the said trade in people smuggling.

united states has brought criminal charges against a former libyan intended. officer over the 988 bombing of a passenger plane of a lockerbie in scotland one person was jailed of the bombing but later released 270 people mostly americans were killed in the attack. a volcanic eruption on hawaii's big island has cast a red glow over the night sky hundreds of people reported there feeling earthquake tremors as lava from killer whale mountain shot 50 meters into the air the eruption created a new law for a lake inside the crater. a muslim minority vote people are forced to flee from their homes in me and now are facing the misery at the hands of people traffickers hundreds of thousands crossed into bangladesh after a crackdown in their homeland they were forced to endure miserable conditions and many now wish to start a new life in countries like malaysia where those living by boat often don't get to far and can end up being cruelly mistreated by smugglers. they've

been promised an excuse to a better life what they got was anything but. these images were filmed by one of the traffic is he later abandoned the ship. a 19 year old survivor pocketed the phone a searing record of the abuse he to subject. her to the rakhine sailors came on the lower deck with sticks and fanned belts and started beating as indiscriminately with the women went silent instantly but the man kept resisting the beat as mercilessly bruising had splitting off is breaking hence there we have a comma. for the late. like many hossam wanted to excrete the camphor malaysia was smugglers promised a bright future now he's back in his squad that home in

a bangladesh refugee camp stuck with around a 1000000 others like him most of them had excused a military crackdown in the end and 2017 which un investigators say that amounted to geno site. they avoided death but for many their new life is one of misery. through the hinge of cams a very overcrowded. this mother was a hunting potential victims every day with frankly. it's a multimillion dollar trade and involves people from various sectors including fisherman who want a slice of the proceeds and even roger refugees themselves. some want to help families reunite. this is the husband of julie harb a go. she was told she would take less than a week to meet him in malaysia her failed journey turned into a nightmare. one day my

sick sister got into an argument with the smuggler when she was coming back from the toilet and slapped him in the face. there's a good thing in there of it and the smuggler beat my sick sister with a leather belt and. she bled to death. still stories like these aren't enough to scare off the desperate nearly 500 were injured muslims crossed over to malaysia this year about 400 others landed in neighboring indonesia but many more failed returning home with horror stories to tell or died at sea before they could. i hear a german a far right extremist has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting one of the country's worst anti semitic attacks and 2nd world war a court is convicted the 28 year old attempted it killed 2 people last year in

a thwarted attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hama. his only regret is that he wasn't able to kill more people at times chiffon b. 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 the disease 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 moms look. 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 swastikas 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 pulitzer when you can't feel completely sure that you can trust or depend on police or security authorities for. calm then that's a bad thing. politicians and hala and throughout germany stressed that combating anti-semitism is their highest priority all the same many jews and holler so they are afraid to show their religious affiliation in public the synagogue door which saved their lives has been replaced with a new one that is even stronger. w.

reportedly only fan hammerstein attended the trial in the city of magda berg she described the moment the verdict was read out. it came as no surprise when judge was a mass ins hands down the verdict today a life long prison sentence for a far right extremist stephon be the judge several times underlined the severity of his crimes and called him to his face a quote enemy of humanity she said she was lost for words to describe his what she calls emotional coldness but this trial is far more significant beyond the just the verdict and this is what the cold plaintiffs want to make clear many of whom are present in the courtroom today and many of whom also a survivor of the attack last year they and the solidarity protest just outside the court building want to make clear that germany has a problem with anti semitism with anti semitic violence and sentiments and they also want to say that this trial the end of this trial today should not mark the

end of germany's reckoning with reality but instead should lead to further investigations into online radicalization into far right extremism into the international ties between these attackers and this is what survive us off the attack i want to make clear today here in mexico look. if on homicide a job is traditional christmas markets normally draw visitors from around the world . deborah he's keeping taurus away on most markets are closed there are however some exceptions one town on the rhine has come up with a novel method spreading holiday cheer a drive through christmas market. it's a magical winter wonderland filled with bright lights thrilling fairground rides and evocative christmas aromas wine popcorn gingerbread and they are to be enjoyed from the safety of your own car. as if we are just like

a real christmas market we've got our mince tuffy apples fruit chocolate whatever you want. it's not just germans in their millions who flock to christmas markets. normally people come from all around the world just not this year thanks to the coronavirus but this leisure park in western germany has come up with a way for visitors to have fun without risking infection. decent idea if we're certain that we're 100 percent buyers free to get in their cars the entire times families don't even get out the whole trip is done in the car. as many as 650 carloads of visitors a day can take the 2 and a half kilometer trip through the winter playground open air christmas fun instead of being stuck at home it's a big draw but still with social distancing. yeah i'm going to times attack but you got to have some fun as well it's nice to get away

from everything isn't for all we just want to forget about the coronavirus for a while there are heavenly bodies to entertain the car bound visitors some more earthly creatures are also on hand. and if you're hungry there are fries from across the dutch border down the road. and jugglers ready to thrill with their daring exploits. christmas markets are all about spreading a little happiness. and a chance to put aside worries about the pandemic at least carwile. stargazer gearing up for a close encounter of the celestial kind after sunset when a great conjunction of planets becomes visible to the naked eye jupiter and saturn will pass so close to each other that look like in the normal orbit they meet every

20 years but astronomers say they haven't been this close in almost a 100. so you can look out for that more world news of the top of the hour i'll be back in just a moment to take you through the day taking a closer look at what's going on as the united kingdom becomes isolated from the confident on the rest of the world because of this fusion to coronavirus do that in just a have a good. boy

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