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he says he knows who killed him. detained by police. and good to have you with us britain is becoming increasingly isolated after a new more contagious strain of the merge their countries have been to the u.k. . relief. waiting to leave britain with the u.k. and france reported to be restarting from wednesday trucks have been several kilometers english port of. entry. well let's go straight over to dover where t.w.

charlotte chelsea hill is standing by in charlotte what's the situation there. terry lorry drivers here stuck on the mesa way approaching the pool of dave waking up now author another night stranded now you might be able to see just behind me that there are long queues going up into the poor that the government said yesterday that they were around 170 lorries stranded here seems more like they there are up to a 1000 not certainly what 4 to authorities 1 are reporting here at the moment many of them on able to get hot meals their own toilet facilities of course on the motorway so many of the in the european drivers and european mainland who just want to go home for christmas we've spoken to several of them who is saying that they can send again they're going to be here for days now what you're seeing just behind

me is that some of the lorries are starting to move to us because the government has said that as part of its preparations for a no deal it's fully anticipated scenarios like this and has plans in place not what's happening now some of these lorries are being moved to an apt poor car park essentially for hundreds of these lorries but it's going to be a long way for many as they anticipate wait to see what's the decision is taken about their fates one propose on thursday at some of these drivers are tested for the current of ours before they enter into france but of course that is something logistically that will take some time so a 1000 trucks there waiting to get over but. all travel from britain does not affect trucks moving in the other direction what are many brits concerned that their food supplies from the continent may be disrupted.

the question terry is not can drive into the u.k. from france because they want to because of course their concern is that they will end up when they're trying to reach france again on the return journey knocking keys just like this that is the un sanson see that they are facing now and the government has said that there is no need for immediate about shortages of course the seed markets have been stockpiling anticipating scenarios like this in the event of a no deal bracks it but the question is about fresh food and what will happen in the coming days supermarkets the warning that we could see shortages in the u.k. of things like alexis's citrus fruit is now the public is being urged not to stockpile but really whether or not these shortages come to fruition read does depend on what gets decided today about when those borders are expected to reopen and the border closures surely there also affecting christmas. for many families who have loved ones in the u.k. or those in the u.k.

would love to have loved ones on the continent they're concerned about going over their houses affecting the mood in britain. the news of this new strain of current of ours to be up to 70 percent more transmissible is touring everybody's clans into chaos not just people here christmas to many around the country is essentially been cancelled of course a great deal of concern anxiety here in the u.k. about what the weeks and months ahead will hold sean thank you so much steve. pill in the british portrait over. well you used states are set to begin mass inoculations but then days now that the blocks medicines agency has officially approved the biotech buys are vaccine shot is already in use in britain canada and the united states. trucks arriving in departing from a prize a factory in belgium. the dr as well probably did to collect the company's codes of

19 vaccine and death bound to be under pressure to deliver. so too with the he used drug regulators the pfizer vaccine was authorized in britain and the united states weeks ago and polls have been growing for the use medicine watchdog to allow it but the old can is ation defended the time it took saying it had refused to compromise public safety. and the agency's commitment our experts have worked tirelessly to reach a robust science based consensus from the switch from the start of the rolling review on to the final c hey compete today has been achieved in just 11 weeks when we would usually expect to spend a year or more in its report the european medicines agency said the vaccine was safe and effective officials added there was no reason to suggest it would not be equally effective against current you strains of the virus. now the job

can be delivered to vaccine centers already set up throughout europe to begin the massive task of immunizing millions of europeans across the e.u. student medics were tied doctors pharmacists and soldiers of being drafted in for a vaccination drive of unprecedented scale and we have team coverage on this story this morning of course one of my son joins me from brussels and lee on a phone how much time is in our parliamentary studios good morning to you both max now that the vaccine approval is here or all countries equally prepared to roll it out. the u.s. $27.00 member states and not all have made their vaccination strategies public yet but it's likely going to be very soon the e.u. commission came up with a vaccination strategy with a plan and will start rolling out the vaccine right after christmas and there are

still some technical issues in place of some logistical issues that have to be dealt with but the deadline for the vaccine to be brought to the member states is december 27th so member states should be able to start right away with vaccinating their most vulnerable population starting on sunday although we also hear that some member states might not be ready just in time for sunday yet lenny you're looking at the situation here in germany what's the immunization plan. well max said germany is hoping just as many of its european neighbors to start vaccinating the 1st people on the 27th of december so after a final check the 1st doses will be delivered to the 16 regional states those were responsible for setting up the vaccination centers for organizing the teams and then they will start vaccinating the 1st people on the on the 20 seven's who are those people well the 1st group of people to be vaccinated in germany are those

over 80 years of age those living and working in nursing homes and health care workers at a very high risk off infection and health minister has said he expects 1300000 doses to be delivered to germany by the end of the year and then he's expecting around $11.00 to $13000000.00 vaccine doses in the 1st quarter of 2021 and very excited obviously to start vaccinating people here. a milestone in the fight against the pen demick. actually stay with us because we want to talk for a moment about how hesitant some people are when it comes to the new vaccine we summarize some of the major concerns in this short report let's take a listen. i'm scared of the side effects the side effects side effects every vaccine has side effects including ones that are already approved it's normal. most of the companies have reported very mild

side of back. maybe around a 3rd of the people get a fever depending on the vaccine but they usually only last a few hours and then the next day they're fine again this is the least. and right now the concern is not that there are any major side effects at all we haven't seen anything near adverse events directly related to the vaccine for the trials to be doing because there haven't been any studies on the long term effects. let's go there are no long term studies we don't know anything about long term effects yet might have been might wake up 2 years after getting vaccinated with a deformity. most side effects appear immediately after the vaccination within a few hours or days at most it's very very rare for anything later than that. what we know about vaccines and the general biological response is based on decades

of research and what we know about events that could happen usually happen within the time period of a clinical trial and we haven't seen anything that's concerning so far. so some concerns expressed by people with regard to the new vaccine mix what's the european union doing to address these concerns. yeah we just heard from many people this is a very emotional issue a lot of people have concerns regarding the effectiveness regarding the safety of the vaccine and. coming occasion really is is key here the e.u. made sure time and time again not to overstate and not to understate the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine the e.u. commission president was left on the line is a doctor herself by trade and she knows that this is not an issue faith but an issue of scientific evidence this is also one of the reasons why the e.u. opted for a thorough approach in terms of the approval unlike other countries like the u.k.

and like the u.s. they did the e.u. did not go for the emergency approval with all its disadvantages and by doing so hopes are that this would give people more trust and would convince skeptics that this vaccine is safe to take any willing or germans to take the shot we know that some people here are skeptical to what's being done to boost public confidence in the vaccine. well terry if they're not as willing as they were in the spring we have studies in the spring suggesting that almost 80 percent of germans were willing to get the vaccine how that number is around 48 percent so people do seem to be more skeptical a lot of those people asked said voiced the same concerns we just heard in the reports they're worried about the long term effects their worries about the speedy approval process and mention cation is really key and we see

a lot of high ranking politicians skins or many come out and try to insure people that disapproval the speed of approval process doesn't mean the vaccine is not safe trying to contract conspiracy myths too that there will be people will be required to take the route to take the vaccine and so information dissemination of information is really key here president. has emphasized that people will have access to reliable information from their doctors would have to ensure them that everything is safe and that their questions are being answered he's also though called it an act of solidarity to get the vaccine to get vaccinated because in order to to achieve herd immunity around 60 to 70 percent of the population would have to be vaccinated against kobe and. i predict you'll be seeing of additions around europe demonstrative getting a vaccination themselves around december 27th do you know usually early from how

machine much time to thank you both very much. now sticklers mother developments in the pandemic germany has reported its highest 7 day incidence rate since the beginning of the pandemic or overcall institute says there are nearly $200.00 infections per 100000 people in the u.s. congress has approved a new covert $1000.00 relief package the $900000000000.00 deal provides aid to individuals and businesses hardest hit by the crown a virus pandemic and taiwan is discovered a local transmission of coded 19 ending a 250 day by iris free period health authorities say a woman in her thirty's has tested positive after contact with a new zealand pilots. say look at some other stories making headlines today 6 hung darian opposition parties have announced that they will unite in an effort to unseat prime minister viktor orban in 2022 national elections the parties

have formally agreed to coordinate a single joint candidate to oppose or by the nationalist party in each of hungry electoral districts. stargazer have been treated to a once in a lifetime illusion after jupiter and saturn appeared closer together in the night sky than they have in centuries their aligning orbits bent the frozen gas spears appeared closer and more vibrant then at any time in 800 years. a volcanic eruption on hawaii's big island has created a new level lake within the crater lava from kill away a shot 50 kilometers 50 meters rather into the air hundreds of people reported feeling earthquake tremors the eruption cast a red glow over the night sky after steam soared into the atmosphere.

frozen at russian opposition figure alexina volley has published a recording of a phone call with a russian agent alleged to have been involved in his poisoning last summer media have named the man as part of an elite team that trailed avani for years the kremlin has dismissed the recording as a fake but trying to confront the would be assassin an associate of the bodies was instead detained by police. with the address in the audition going to come from an alleged would be assassin alexina vall needs lawyer of civil arrived at an apartment block in moscow along with a d w camera team. according to me a man who lives on this street is one of the security service agents who tried to kill him with the credit suitable. for police arrive and take her away. whatever the year was over this is the job of. alexina

valmy the prominent critic of the russian government an anti corruption investigator fell ill while on a plane in russia or an organist. he was treated at a hospital in berlin and recovered laboratories in europe confirmed that he had been poisoned with the soviet era military nerve agent novi chalk. now now found the says he's uncovered new details on the plot to kill him on a video of a phone call he says he duped a member of russia's domestic security service f.s.b. into revealing details of the plot to kill him during the 49 minute cool the alleged agent of mid to nova chuck was planted in the valleys underwear and that if the flight had been longer things would have turned out differently.

moscow has repeatedly denied that they tried to kill novotny and the f.s.b. said the phone call was a provocation and foreign security services were involved. what's happened the russian government's response and abound he says he will pick legal action against the men he says tried to kill him. i'm joined now on the line from moscow by yvonne just gone off director of these anti corruption foundation your colleague you both so ball was detained last night do you know why she was arrested. is my call it kind of a somebody who n.p.'s. there's a killer who is home now and spoke directly to the audience overseas apartment and my name for this so if she is. not sure and there's a doorbell of the men. after when she was in that car are subversive the

tenants for illegal and too. often i've been mentioned. today martin she was. the local policies and. laws that. was being prepared and. out to all follow him for samantha and in the fall a station pendants. administered superfans. election of bonnie alleges that he talked directly on the telephone to an alleged f.s.b. agent who allegedly tried to kill him does election abani have any proof that he was actually talking to the person. yes. sure that this is exactly the person. in the know this from the analysis of telephone conversation and did. his flight you know his vehicle has been.

the leader of the group. makes it clear he knew oppression of details and he can. have posters uber wise and crawled over the border. names of the cave and the wall. to. seize. and another proof of. a lot of effort is going into the investigation of this alleged assassination attempt what do you expect to happen now what do you want to happen now. but we want. criminal case. we want.

want. to be examinator in court we want criminal liability for all participants. attempts. thank you very much for speaking with us that was even sure donald director of election abolished anticorruption foundation talking to us from moscow. it's christmas is it's christmas in the holy land is different this year the coronavirus crisis means there are no tourists and social contact has been reduced to a minimum but santa claus is still making his rounds in jerusalem and bethlehem he's just had to adapt like everyone else santa is always on the cool in december so it's the 2nd 60 year the father christmas of the holy land though israel and the palestinian territories are gripped by coronavirus the true slim santa hopes for at

festive season. this is centers house the workplace of jerusalem st nick and also it says family home it's december the busiest time of the year for santa and yet in 2020 the pandemic has changed everything it's a very hard for us with this crazy situation what we have would govern one thing i try my best to have plan a b. c. . at the nursery school run by the daughters of charity center is to help decorate the christmas tree due to the pandemic he's unable to visit some schools or hospitals this year he and the children try to keep their distance from one another but it isn't always easy. i guess you know who i am. sure. at christmas though people look towards neighboring bethlehem which

christians believe to be the birthplace of jesus the city is now in the israeli occupied west bank he says on his way there to visit a family even sent him must be flexible and take a detour or to the direct route from jerusalem to bethen this block by the israeli separation barrier and checkpoints. the service it's a family he knows the chill. when antony and andrea is in the way to him this time he can only go as far as their door not and to their apartment safety comes 1st that. in bethlehem christmas isn't being cancelled it will simply be celebrated differently not as color fully and above all without any foreign visitors remember. this report i want to know if there were rog.

it's time for is so to return to choose the. evening is falling on this city it's time to open the doors of centers house. in spite of the pandemic he said because the cia needs to fulfill his duty. sports now and empty stadiums have become a common sight since the outbreak of the current irish pandemic the absence of supporters has changed the match day experience dramatically but for those watching at home technology does offer a substitute you know he went behind the scenes the recent bundesliga much to see and hear the enhanced stadium experience. here i was those off hand chance but without actual fans in the stands like a. loose falkner knows exactly what buttons to push to make the when you see the

experience from home sound as normal as possible the enhanced audio operator can react to almost every action on the pitch but the 20 sound effects at his disposal it's all done on this magic pad i see we have already got somebody i follow by with whistling soledad taking off in the stadium. cones chances penalties you name it operators like fog are ready for everything even for counter-attacks they know so called attack we have this nice i got here i like the one right now it's running across the across the page at the something i then go past for royce and all the schools what the oh i think the spots in. the sky germany had to dig deep into their archives to replicate the noise as. each sound played as a match specific because everyone using

a team has its own unique sounds in the stadium i was it was machines which we had to remove the referee whistles any board noises as well as interjections from coaches and players for the bicycle audio cockpit and then i would often which be done i the sound is then mixed with the my feet coming from the stadium. this is what a goal with the fan noise option for example sounds like on life t.v. if i can't hear the disappointment at in this chance. i get anything planned down to the smallest detail like my sometimes we have to add resonance to make the sound richer when a small team plays in a big stadium for example. sound on the bus was sound off. and noise is not exactly everyone's cup of tea.

but for fans watching the business leader from home during the pandemic they can choose to bring the match day atmosphere into their living rooms even if it's not quite the real thing. but you're watching the news coming up next our bundesliga show kick off taking a look at some of this year's. surprise. thanks watched. the

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