i want to know their story margaret church particularly vulnerable information for margaret's. this is d w news live from berlin germany reports its highest daily death toll from the corona virus since the start of the pandemic in one of the worst affected parts of the country the eastern state of saxony it's not just hospitals that are working to capacity crematoriums are also struggling to keep up with the surge in doubts. also coming up relief in sight for

a truck driver stranded in southern england as france lifts its coronavirus blockade france will not allow truckers to cross provided they test negative for coverage 19. looking for volunteers willing to get infected with the coronavirus in the name of science british researchers hope human trials will help them better understand how the virus spreads. plus the latest tough sentence handed down by a court in turkey an exiled journalist who's been critical of his country's government is given 27 years in prison for alleged espionage and aiding a terror we'll get reaction from istanbul. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us germany has reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic 962 people have died.

from or with the virus in the past 24 hour period that is according to germany's national disease control agency and let's take a look at how the numbers have been rising over the past few weeks now on november 4th germany recorded 151 coated related fatalities just 3 weeks later that number as you can see here had risen to 410 and now today the latest record high of the overall number of deaths attributed to the virus stands at almost 28000 we'll talk to our correspondent about the rising death toll in a moment but 1st this report from one of germany's hardest hit regions saxony where it's not just hospitals that are struggling to cope. they have been working round the clock at mice incriminatory m. the current virus means have had to deal with many more bodies this year. you have to park in coffins have covered 19 victims inside with

a safety precautions in place it's nearly impossible to have direct contact with the dead but it cannot. permit tourists here in the state of saxony current maximum capacity about half the coffins have a coronavirus sticker highly infectious the state permit is warning residents the next 10 weeks will be the most difficult. and that there will be a 3rd wave the question is how high it will be. and everyone who is dealing with this is worried about how much higher than the current peak it will climb. the number of new infections might last be leveling out to people in mice and what answers from their late as you can see they just kind of gray there were no clear rules no one is going outside anymore people are infecting their own families some people are following all the rules and others are coming up with their own theories they say there is no coronavirus. but every day there are more coffins in the

criminal code turning the bodies of card 19 victims. let's get the latest now with our political correspondent in money wash us it's good to see you we know that coronavirus fatalities here in germany they are continuing to rise despite stricter lockdown measures that are in place to tell us what's behind this. well most amy in fact what we see here is an increasingly diffuse transmission was and that means that there are more and more clusters and more and more of those are happening in nursing and care homes where you will find the most vulnerable people the elderly sick people and also there's more infections happening in community facilities in villages events in fact in any of the places where it is to contact between people and added to death is one key factor in trying to cut infections is to be able to trace the infection chain and that is no longer possible in most cases now we're seeing nearly 25000 new infections today oh most of house and deaths for seeing go

there you can look at the 7 days incidence rate it does also been skyrocketing needed 200 cases 400000 inhabitants this is 4 times higher of what is already a critical critical pressure it's fair to say that the situation is no longer under control at the moment and public health authorities are saying that tougher restrictions might be necessary if these numbers keep rising so what could that look like. that might be necessary because to go easy and has always been to prevent the spread of the virus by reducing contacts hand social interactions could be further impacted the head of the institute issued a very stark warning he said he won people not to travel and many scientists in fact fear the effects of christmas on the pandemic with people traveling to meet with their families at that time of the year and some states have already introduced new rules in the very out for example all travelers returning from high

risk areas have to undergo a current of ira's test any neighboring about a vote on that they will be a quarantine requirement from people who are coming form neighboring countries such as france and switzerland there's also a huge debate at the moment here in germany on whether or not churches should cancel christmas services something that is meant to is a position from some state premier is for example in north rhine-westphalia. we know looking ahead that germany is going to start vaccinating on december 27th that's just 4 days from now in terms of logistics is everything in place to ensure a smooth start. well that would be there was firstly be around 150000 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine that are due to be delivered in germany on december 26th and a 1st vaccinations would then take place in elderly care homes the following day so on time and further dozes off a vaccine will be due later in the week the health ministry say doubt 3 to 4000000 doses could be given out in january only and up to $13000000.00 by the end of march

they will be administered 1st in care and nursing homes in special vaccination centers which have been set up all over the country over the past 2 months and vaccines will 1st go to the most vulnerable that includes that includes the elderly and also medical personnel and to the general population and germany has ordered those that buy and take pride back seed and i'm a den of vaccine which is still awaiting approval from the e.u. regulators are political correspondent reporting for us good to talk to you. now france has technically lifted its coronavirus blockade and will now allow truck driver stranded in southern england to cross into the country but they 1st have to test negative for coverage 19 france is also allowing passengers from other e.u. countries to travel from britain borders were close to travelers from the u.k. on sunday after a fast spreading coronavirus variant was identified there burton says it will take

$2.00 to $3.00 days to process the current backlog of vehicles. what a way to spend the last days before christmas hundreds of trucks queued on the road to dover in a line that stretches on and on and on for dozens of kilometers some pulled over into the service stations it's here we need. not more guns or from germany. we want to spend christmas at home with our family it will be very bad if we can't. my wife has been really upset since she found out about all this but what can i do. these drivers couldn't have known the french border would suddenly slam shut on sunday since then they've been stranded here so i'm forced to literally live life on the road their anger growing as the hours pass. why i'm here to debate the people here the children don't. know how what.

the closure of dover didn't just hurt drivers one 5th of all goods bound for britain passed through the ports supermarkets and warned of shortages of basic goods if the port had remained closed much longer the key demand from france before reopening its border was testing the drivers getting those tests up and running you know can happen relatively quickly but in terms of the details of that but it's something that both the transport secretary his counterpart will be discussing right now so i don't want to speculate in terms of you know the nature of the tests it and how soon that could be up and running all truckers will now. tested but that is said to be a huge logistical challenge with thousands stuck on various roads and time is of the essence only when test results come back negative with a stranded truckers finally be allowed to head home. let's go right to london. standing by for us there france has now eased its ban on travel from britain on the

condition of a negative coronavirus tast how are those plans for testing going sumi as far as i know it's still in preparation vaults and is supposedly really imminent and the army is supposed to help the n.h.s. workers and clearing up this huge backlog of trucks they're in and around there were pictures of some scuffles between truck drivers would look to be truck drivers and the police because there is obviously frustration with people having been stranded there not having enough food not having enough toilet facilities and they desperately want to go home for christmas as as we have seen the report but it's on the way and hopefully in the next days the backlog will be cleared what about travelers who are stranded in the u.k. we're trying to reach other countries when will they be able to leave.

the 1st ferries have been disembarking in france there's a huge relief that the french have now relented it's been a very stance diplomatic issue there were many commentators newspapers in the u.k. were blamed the french president and money on a core. tabloid paper even called him a covidien it's so quite directed tree. it's a huge relief that now many countries not just france are thinking oil have started opening the borders again we have seen. garion government issuing a statement that bulgarian citizens subject to a negative qubits has come now returned home to slowly the situation and in other countries not just european countries but countries across the world it looks like there might be a nice thing of the ban on a new k.

travelers and on the the outbound flights from the u.k. obviously subject to 2 negative test on this is a practical havel for many people who want to to leave the u.k. and returned home because that needs to be arranged and needs to be done in time so it's still an organisational nightmare for the u.k. government and there have been concerns about the effect of these border closures on food supplies so there in london are you starting to see shortages of essential goods. personally i haven't seen any shortages in the supermarkets i've visited in the last days but they're all pictures over empty shelves and one big supermarket chain has limited. selling off essential goods like for example toilet papers and that obviously reminded people of the days in the coronavirus crisis where the shelves well and you don't people well panic buying votes with everything hopefully you responding to normal soon shortages should be about it it's fresh

produce mostly that supermarkets and old whole years have been warning could be short within the next days if the situation isn't clearing in the ports because the u.k. imports most of its fresh produce from the continent from the e.u. fruit and vegetables say this is where we're people will be looking at and the shortages would be felt most severely if they really were to come to pass. in london thank you now it's been a year since the 1st cases of the coronavirus were reported and scientists are still trying to figure out exactly how the virus behaves the speedy development of vaccines is being held as a major triumph it is hoped that they will help end the pandemic but mass immunity will make it harder to study the inspection process that's why one british research company is hoping to launch a study using human volunteers willing to get infected. has more.

just 18 years old allister's volunteering to do what many of his but find unimaginable he wants to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus he's campaigning to take part in a human challenge trial to test facts seems to cope with 19. chance charles have the potential to do an awful lot of good for an awful lot of people with. a significant minimal risk to myself and well it's a risk the docs and nurses take on pretty much every day like on the on the front lines of the pandemic and have been doing for quite a while now in traditional vaccine trials volunteers may never be exposed to the virus in a challenge trial scientists hope to study infected volunteers in clinical condition this isn't rooms like this one but we could be about to see a wall for us volunteers deliberately infected with the virus of course as. well as

here's what we quarantined here for up to 2 weeks with safety measures in place like trace insistence to stop the bars from spreading. child services company h b they already runs challenge charles in the u.k. but they have to be approved for it 19 but you can see we have all the merchants equipment you'd expect here in c.g.s. press trawlers of course to make the trial as safe as possible scientists would 1st establish the smallest dose of the virus it takes to become infected. and the pet will be put just inside the nostril and very slowly just putting small droplets of of forests into the nose it would offer a unique opportunity to examine the virus in its very early stages cause these trials being set up primarily to test vaccines but a lot of learning benefits that will come out of these trials as well not just about how the force interacts with the immune system in the human body that would

be clearly really important to be able to improve vaccines and improve therapies but also about the disease course itself about of our how quickly it records how quickly can be clear from the body all these can really help the management of patients going forward with vaccines already being rolled out h.p.v. says challenge chiles and now more important than ever warning the traditional vaccine trials will become harder as more of us are immunized. is that actually vaccine candidates but don't solve all the answers to the world's problem of vaccines so we're going to need a way of testing the next generation vaccines challenge studies will still be able to be used to test very effectively with a vaccine is working because they can be conducted irrespective of how much is going on the community. these trials need ethical and regulatory approval with the decision hinges on key ethical concerns you want a select group of people who are very healthy they are in low risk group they are

true volunteers so there's no pressure put on them or no. rivalry in terms. of do something that really are. only 18 to 38 would be eligible and volunteers will have to be carefully screened before they are approved but not all risk can be eliminated but the long term consequences weigh significantly. oh my mind that definitely definitely something to consider as part of making an informed decision about whether you know i want to participate in a challenge sure but i think for made the benefits of china's trials so outweigh the risks and i mourn have to take the risks on. the more vaccines more quickly. alister isn't alone tens of thousands around the wound have expressed interest in challenge child in the hope that the risk of the few will benefit the many

not to some of the latest developments in the pandemic reports say that the drug maker fires are is close to a deal with the u.s. to supply tens of hundreds of millions more doses of its vaccine in exchange the government will issue a directive giving it better access to supplies south korea has recorded more than a 1000 new daily cases that's putting the government under pressure over its plans to wait till february to start vaccinating and the united arab emirates highest islamic authority has ruled that corona virus vaccines are acceptable even if they contain pork gelatin that comes after a few hours that most limbs what avoid the shot because pigs are considered unclean in islam. now at some other headlines from around the world israel is set to have its 4th election in 2 years after parliament failed to meet a deadline to pass a budget prime minister benjamin netanyahu formed his current unity government with center politician benny gantz in may after 3 inconclusive elections. the u.s.

justice department is suing wal-mart accusing the retail giant of fueling the country's opioid crisis that suit alleges wal-mart filed thousands of invalid prescriptions handled orders irresponsibly and failed to report suspicious prescriptions wal-mart has rejected the allegations that is asking a federal judge to throw out the case. u.s. president donald trump has rejected a new coronavirus relief bill passed by congress on monday calling it quote a disgrace trump called for more money for individuals and small businesses as a $900000000000.00 bipartisan bill was passed after months of wrangling between democrats and republicans. until as military says the coronavirus has reached a research station in antarctica at least 36 people have been infected at their bernardo o'hagan space following an outbreak earlier this month it means that the pandemic has now reached every continent antarctic bases have been under strict quarantine. a turkish court has sentenced an exiled journalist to more than

27 years in jail on espionage and terror related charges in connection with a newspaper report. was the editor in chief of the opposition daily before flying to germany 4 years ago the chargers center on a 2015 article but it just took his intelligence services of illegally sending weapons to syria. let's get the latest on the story with the w.'s dorian jones in istanbul hi dorian so the sentence is 27 years in jail what do you make of this. well i think the severity of the sanctions will come as a shock in turkey given the fact that this report of smuggling arms to syria was already in the public domain has been widely reported in other social media outlets but given the fact the turkish president regev tyee further want to get a person intervene into the case saying that he expected john dunbar to be severely

punished will lead to the expectation that this severity of the sentence will not be such a surprise and given the fact that we are seeing severe sentences in relation for all to freedom of speech earlier this month the kurdish member of parliament of the h.t.t.p. party sheikh good then was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a speech he made so it is seen now very much room as the norm these severe sentences but i doubt that meat will have a chilling effect on reporting in turkey turkey according to the u.s. based committee to protect journalists this month rule found that turkey was the 2nd worst jail in the world with $37.00 reporters currently in jail so this sentence will only add to the feeling that independent reporting carry severe risks . can and will gender and as lawyers appeal the sentence. well yes the option c. of appeal is open to lawyers it's unclear whether they will take up the opportunity

is lawyers will boycotting the airings today saying that the trial was a sham so it is unclear walty lawyers will do going forward. on cross will now step up its efforts to extradite him who is currently in thailand and where he's carrying on his independent journalist activities which are very critical of the government in turkey operating a radio station a web page which does have a great deal of following in the country and this will undoubtedly lead to further strain between on crime violence and chris very critical of the failure of what it sees as not in for a futile to return many people who have been accused and convicted of terror offenses you mentioned that the strain ties between onkar and berlin how do you think people abroad to countries abroad should see the sentence while certainly this will add to stir the strains between turkey in the european union e u is being increasingly concerned over what it sees as the lack of judicial freedom in this country in the way that you dish it has been used for political purposes

yes today the european court of human rights issued a very damning indictment calling for the immediate release of the leader of turkey's pro kurdish h.t.k. slots in them it's actually think he's on going to tension was unacceptable president one today is dismissed so school saying that they are not bound by these decisions actually this will lead to further calls in europe for sanctions possibly 3 inches used against turkey and also pressure from the united states with the president elect joseph biden who's also being very critical of turkey's human rights record so pressure will be building on turkey in this conviction of the end all will only add to those calls for action against iraq daryn jones reporting from istanbul thank you very much. now tensions are rising in the central african republic ahead of the country's presidential election the sunday the un security council has condemned what it called violence perpetrated by armed groups and militias in the run up to the pole incumbent us arshad to

a data is seeking another term in office but in the last few days there have been reports of an alleged coupe plot by militants loyal to the former president francois posies it who was overthrown in 2013 the militants are said to have seized controls of control of towns outside the capital bangui rwanda and russia have sent troops to help counter the unrest some religious leaders are trying to frame the standoff as a clash between christians and muslims just more. was. it's prayer time in the uk 1000000000 able who would in benghazi it's here we need the mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. seize the conflict broke out into into 13 but you mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the

christian majority country is that it's politics we both know to bring some tough and then the conflict in ca our have been likened to an interlude just conflict ladies you know you know religion had nothing to do with it. the main actors are politicians they are the only ones who can give valid reasons for the situation in the central african republic. and groups of controlled large parts of the country since the treaty of 13 civil war and there's been an increase in violence in the run up to the elections the government has accused the former president. of joining forces with rebels on attempting a coup. meanwhile leaders of appealed for peace urging all parties to stop the violence and secure a peaceful election. the central african people want to go to the elections it is

the democratic regime the chooses its leaders to bring light to illuminate the voice of an entire people the church indicates is for us through the proclamation of the gospel whenever the mass is celebrated the word of god is also proclaim. we pray that peace will be restored and that citizens will be able to freely exercise their right to vote. but some members of the opposition has lost faith in prayers they've said they will be boycotting the election because they don't trust that it will be free and fair. and we just have one sports item for you football superstar leon messi has broken a longstanding record held by brazilian legend paling messi scored his 644th goal for barcelona against rail bio the lead the most goals any player has scored for just one club that eclipses palays previous record which he reached at the brazilian club santos over 19 years messi is out of a contract at the end of the season and is free to talk with other clubs starting

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it so jeffrey is saying you know used to come to the forest of my job to kill animals now he comes to protect them parts of the forest became a refuge and the poacher has become a ranger he and his colleagues are documenting the traces wildlife leave behind and any destructive human activities now that poachers traps like this one are being removed there are more analogs here again. as is the scene in venice and. they look nice to me because i was skinny and in its last night that i began to wish to goodness. of the ice and i. thank. you phil. the documentation he works on enables inferences about which species live in the

only pony endangered species refuge. jeffrey if a neo has been working for the in geo her conservation gonna for 3 years and receive the regular salary equivalent of $55.00 euros a month and all they'll be. from here for jobs in the. good job in. the. he's one of a 100 local people trained by the n.g.o.s forest rangers fans the month he replaces the batteries in the camera traps. the photos will help with the creation of a more detailed census of the forests inhabitants. the total slippery frog which only lived in this region is one of several species here that are critically endangered but its population is growing much to the delight of the ngos founder. when we talk about just the scully way you leave your house in

your neighborhood the destroyed you cannot survive enough is why the community was going to this for 30 years how we resolved it one would become pains to reduce the consumption of this for us food and the 2nd thing that we've done so very well one will supervise boreholes sources of water for their people so that they don't need to come in bath and wash a used this stream in the month. of the flood. the indios team works closely with the people living in the area offering help and information jeffrey if a neo is a member of what they call the behavior change group every week they visit villages in the area including good by jamie where he lives to talk about ways to protect a forest and its animals. they have. many angles and 3rd. we use religious

platforms to appeal to people we have. programs and all these things and put. it into. our in support of the people to put text biodiversity. the only pony endangered species refuge has recently been expanded by an area the size of $16000.00 soccer fields thanks to neighboring landowners and churches a significant achievement considering that ghana has lost 20 percent of its forest cover over the past 2 decades. first saw. the car with my example damage might be taking a lot of attention these days but we still have to cope with the problems we face due to climate change for some communities on the coast of africa in particular are feeling the impact of rising sea levels overfishing and loss of habitat that is

indeed the case and that is wife here in your own house a $14000000.00 project to build resilience in a coastal community we visit the tata islands to see how the erosion is affecting people there and also find out how they are fighting back. just 2 years ago it was possible for the people of a island to walk along these streets we can't get to it but the rising sea level has split one of sierra leone's tootle islands into. more than half of the island has disappeared the archipelago was once a bustling fishing community no 500 people have been forced to leave in the past few years because their homes we watched and went by floods one of them soon i mun couple. of years already built 2 houses on the island even the 2nd one is 13 by

raising water. most of his belongings he ses have already been carried out to sea. 'd because this is where i grew up and i've lived all my life here it's where i built my house 1st the water washed away the last trees and then he took my house with i built another house but the lord will soon take that one too now i have left the island and settled on a ledge or nearer to the main out of the fight for life. said. suleiman cupboard couldn't afford to resettle the whole family on the mainland immediately his wife still lives on young guy and his children are with realities starting a new life is expensive most people here live or no more than $0.10

a day. now tries to save some of the money he makes from fishing so one day the rest of his family can join him now he lives on share boat island but even then he is afraid of flooding the threat of rising sea levels is very real. a few years ago waves broke through the flood. in order to restore the damage seashore the municipality and the government found international partners to finance this large scale project and this time they want to do it better seize the mia we are worried that if we are proactive to take. the shows to restoring the free swore to also assuring that we maintain our greenmount roof over it would be disastrous for our people or several island this new embarkment would

be almost 2 kilometers long and one meter taller than the highest tide measured so far. but the east a long way to go. and many islanders don't yet understand the danger of the 1st station that tree cover would provide the islands a measure of natural resilience and would slow erosion. the authorities have started to involve the local population in measures to protect the climates man grooves have been planted fishermen alpha djalu looks in on the young man group plant nearly every day he say's the roots will bind the soil and protect it from being washed away in the rainy season or season and groove roots who help the ground become stable again if we don't plant here the problems will remain houses will be lost and people will have to migrate again. the mom groups in

the im bugman project giving hope sees. but he knows that a lot more will need to be done to protect the homes in livelihoods of the thousands of people whose to leave on shipboard and the smaller islands. children. one problem and nearly in no mood to seem to be cheery and. even denied it in a city near the beach there is a need in a fairly easy to play how well climate change affect us and our children. dot com slash water. i mean on not only raised on hunted for the a meat but also for the high colds or skates the idea of a hunt but maybe attracting to stop but such things are being met with increasing

criticism in europe vegan alternatives are in big demand one woman in france even gave up a job in law enforcement after selling the trend into a business idea here is this week's doing. song designs bags and fashion accessories that are in a version of an environmentally friendly. or funky punky i'm vegan what looks like leather is actually cotton with a rather unusual coating. known i mean you know you decide you know. this material is made of cactus if it is but it's cactus that's been dried and turned into powder is that she. says he lives in by you in northern france she only recently became

a vegan she used to work in law enforcement with me but decided she wanted to do something more creative. she says business is good despite everything. i do is this the crisis but i'm an amish market began and. and there's still demand for that. make it to see the movie. in europe demand for vegan fashion has increased more than 10 percent over 5 years with a very cool animal free box so soon song is in vogue. and how about you if you are also doing your big tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. it is

pretty obvious to all of us by now that the current requires us to make a lot of changes in the way we conduct our life but it is also giving us a new perspective on how so many of the. done even the simple things new ideas are much ink that can really benefit people and the environment in these trying times. that's right sandra in south africa a young man came up with a great new business venture it's eco friendly and has been well received in his cape town neighbor. young men in blue overalls cruising through the streets of longer in recent weeks the residents of the cape town suburb have gotten used to the sight. this is the man behind the bicycle armada.

platted deliveries is the name of color because he's nearly found it business it in every service on bikes the 1st one in the township. he starts every day with a team meeting. the group discusses goals and customer service practices. the idea for the business stems from his own experience. and something from. the delivery fleet is heading out. on him cause he doesn't have time to do deliveries anymore there's too much admin work to get done. since the 22 year old started cloudy deliveries in january 2020 it has grown steadily and the threat of ira spend demick boosted the business even more today the team has around 20

delivery rides with other one of them on his shift this busy customer has asked 19 year old who took his easy causa to buy groceries and a cell phone cover for her. i'm working from home so it's very convenient for me because i don't have time to actually go to the store and i have to do. talk is easy cause is heading to the supermarket the customers pay $9.00 rand per delivery roughly the equivalent of 50 u.s. sends the delivery rider gets 3 rand per delivery the remaining 6 rand goes to the company. youth unemployment in south africa is extremely high and the pandemic has only made things worse on top of the sickos that just finished school he wants to continue his studies one day but for now he's happy working as a delivery driver car led much of it was very hard to eat before and i. hope the people who own. them.