ends it. malaria must die so millions can live. this is the new year's live from berlin confront police after days of waiting at the british ports france lifts its blockade but says drivers must test negative for corona virus before crossing the channel also on the program germany announces record numbers of corona virus deaths health experts warn christmas is no reason to stop taking precautions. and one of turkey's most high profile journalists is

sentenced to 27 years in jail john don't dot was hearing for a month before last sentence on charges of espionage and aiding a terrorist group to bring you his reaction to that guilty but. i'm still gail welcome to the program. german airline love concept has flown 80 tons of produce into the u.k. after ground transport was halted amid fears of spreading a new coronavirus variant of france has now ended its freight blockade but lorry drivers are still stuck at ferry ports because they could only cross the channel with a negative coronavirus test truck they've already waited too long. knowledge of. 1 frustration and anger in dover as truck drivers are

furious at the delay in getting back to europe. some drivers are transporting cargo but all of them simply want to get home for the holidays if they're stuck on the english coast. any of the last 4 nights you didn't see nobody wanted it obviously in the nothing. in his place not we have no food we have no water yesterday. food but it was just something. and we don't know when we. can get home we have today sitting here and then now they say yes we don't have. because by the way. yes. it is blocked bay we have one way here. meanwhile the

lines of trucks stretch for many many kilometers. the drivers will be eventually allowed to cross but only after testing negative for cold feet 19. the army has been called in to help with the tests at a lorry park on a disused airfield near dover. the blockade doesn't just hurt drivers one 5th of all goods found for britain pass through dover supermarkets warned of shortages of basic goods if the port remained closed so straight to london there were 2 indeed to. get nice welcome back let's start with what's the latest you're hearing from that. well the latest what i'm hearing is that some trucks are ready to go and to cross the channel tunnel bought other than that these images of course that you have shown of quite chaotic

scenes at the port and a lot of frustration really on the side of the drivers who have been stuck there now and they have been complaining of being not enough food and the government has been ridiculed by some critics saying well when minister goes on on television and says that. the virus is out of control in the u.k. then he can't act surprised when when other european countries like france take quick action and close the borders but it looks like the government was not prepared for something like that other people are pointing out that this is a test of what might come of the braggs if there is new trade stock and struck between the u.k. in the e.u. and that then we would see quite chaotic scenes like that at the ports under what about produce supermarkets what's the situation. i have

to say that i haven't seen myself that the shelves are empty i've seen enough oranges and to walk to queue cumbers and possibly a lot of the fresh produce that britain imports from the e.u. but other people have experience that people i know have told me that their local supermarkets that the shelves are pretty much empty people are of course getting ready for christmas and they're worried that there might not be enough we don't the shelves because some supermarket chains have warned that within a few days that the u.k. could run out of fresh produce imports of fruit and vegetables a main beef from the continent so people are just not wanting to take the risk of having no brussel sprouts for the turkey denied christmas right you mentioned bread so it's a moment ago the the final deadline britain. finally end of this month where the 2 sides on this long awaited opposed rexy trade deal.

after a lot of speculation it seems really that a trade deal is imminent but nothing. yet but a lot of reports coming out from from brussels and what i'm hearing also from an e.u. deployment is that a deal is imminent but nothing is confirmed yet that there are still. last minute agreements to be made but maybe in the next hour during the night or maybe as early as tomorrow that and this is the speculation that a trade deal between the u.k. and the e.u. might after all be concluded burgomaster london thank you. german government is urging people to reduce social contacts over the christmas holiday after reporting another record coronavirus death toll we'll take a look at how these figures have risen over the last few weeks will start on november the 4th that 7 weeks ago 151 cases then moved

forward a couple of weeks and were 410 and here today is a record breaking total 962 deaths in a single day according to the country's public health agency the robert cock institute the overall number of fatalities stands at nearly $28000.00 but the countries lockdown is to be slightly loosened over the christmas holiday allowing people to visit relatives but health officials are warning that risks taken of christmas will be reflected in hospitals in the following weeks. i mean all the uncertainty brought by to pandemic one thing is for sure. christmas will be different for everyone not least by germans in a country with over 40000000 christians everyone has had to adapt. father has so has started hosting a daily podcast in his parish in berlin he had to find a new way to reach out to his flock to end this trying times and christmas is no

different you fire and here we will celebrate christmas inside as well as outside the church and will gather 70 people poem asked to see lloyd to. do since he will be a full of those with take place inside and a quite a tight schedule and 2 additional masses will take place outside on the church square so hopefully we'll have something for everyone. it was the by. depair issues that are so careful to follow hygiene ruse part of her so does inspect his hands before giving communion and ensures seats allow social distancing during services here in berlin central station usually pursing was people the effects of the pandemic are political authorities are urging people to avoid all unnecessary travel but if you still decided to hit the road. then take it with

better than i have is in effect and i'm well prepared and we're only celebrating was my son and daughter in law. to make it better for me it's hard my husband died so i don't want to be alone. i'm going to visit my elderly parents i did a test yesterday evening and i was negative otherwise i wouldn't be here that's why i'm travelling now. that's all they are very well you can see normally it's packed here and now it's empty. it's a bit sad the shops are closed no christmas markets and i miss it. from. christmas in germany isn't only a longstanding religious and family tradition he says so a business which has been heavily affected by the lock down. no more christmas shopping for presents no more christmas markets and no mulled wine's tools but many are staying at home most people have decided to invest in

a christmas tree. let's get more from political correspondent leoni from hummus time welcome what do you think are germans likely to comply with the government's contact restrictions or christmas well feel the majority of germans say they will 83 percent of germans according to a recent pew grove if you go off study has said they would abide by the rules so only celebrates in the closest circle of family and friends or stay at home only 9 percent said they would take a train or a flight to see their family and so a lot of people are sticking to the rules germany's police has urged people not to call them immediately if they sink their neighbor is a having a large gathering a crowd that is in violation of the restrictions deputy chairman of the police union has said has encouraged people to just go over there and talk to them their neighbors themselves before calling the police so it is here really appealing to

the individual responsibility of citizens and they are encouraging encouraging them to spend a different christmas this year not to travel and if they gather with family or friends then to stick to the rules to keep it distance to air the rooms regularly to wear face masks and in order to keep numbers down. this is a situation in hospitals will health systems cope if we do see a post christmas spike in cases. well the situation is quite bad already more than 5000 people are being treated more than 5000 patients are being treated in i.c.u. units in germany and in some federal states especially in the east of germany where a lot of the hotspots are locators and patients have to be transported to hospitals in other regions already so intensive care specialists are warning that it's not only the number of beds is limited but also the personnel and especially over the

christmas period personnel there's not much medical staff working there short also because from time workers health care workers contract the virus themselves or have to go into quarantine and so they are really putting their hopes in the vaccine germany will start vaccinating people on the 27th of december just after christmas and those health care workers. with a very high risk of infections are in that 1st priority group and they are hoping that that will make a difference in the coming months thank you for that but it will correspondent many how mr. because millions of people around the world are lining up to receive coronavirus vaccines after health regulators approved their use would you be willing to get infected with the virus the sake of science reporter shot of shells in peril has met a young man who's preparing to battle covered 19 for the greater good but just 18 years old alice does volunteering to do what many of his would find unimaginable

he wants to be deliberately infected with the coronavirus he's campaigning to take part in a human challenge trial to test fraxinus the courage of 19. chance charles have the potential to do an awful lot of good for an awful lot of people with. a significant a minimal risk to myself and my health it's a risk you know docs and nurses take on pretty much every day like on the on the frontlines 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 conditions isn't rooms like this one but we could be about to see a world bust volunteers deliberately infected with the buyers of course as. well as here is what we quarantined here for up to 2 weeks with safety measures in place

like awful 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 secret and that you'd expect to see jesus cross 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 ninety's 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 therapy and really important to improve things and improve therapies but also about the disease

course itself about of our lives how quickly it records how quickly it can be clear from the body or these can really help the management of patients going forward with vaccines already being rolled out h.p.v. this is challenged child and now more important. never warning that traditional vaccine trials will become harder as more of us are immunized. because their actual vaccine candidates but don't solve all of the answers to the world's problem of vaccines so we're going to need a way of testing the next generation roxanne's china studies will still be able to be used to test very effectively the 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 themselves very healthy they are 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 30 s. would be eligible and volunteers will have to be carefully screened before they are approved but not all risk can be eliminated for the long term consequences way significantly. on my mind definitely definitely something to consider as part of making an informed decision about whether you know i want to participate in a challenge struck by i think for made the benefits of challenge trials so outweigh the risks and i'm more happy take the risks on. for more vaccines more quickly. alister isn't alone tens of thousands around the world have expressed interest in challenge child in the hope that the risk of the few will benefit the many. take a look at some more developments in this pandemic a drug makers are buying tech and pfizer to supply the united states with an extra $100000000.00 doses of their corona virus vaccine the u.s.

government hopes to immunize a 20000000 people this month meanwhile canada has followed the u.s. by approving the medan covered in 1000 vaccine 2 weeks after giving the go ahead to the biotech fives a shot and the united arab emirates highest islamic or thorazine as rule the facts are acceptable even if they contain pork gelatin and there were fears that some muslims might avoid the shot because the pigs are considered unclearly. and the turkish journalist john don't die. scuse me let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world an official in bosnia have blamed migrants for setting fire to a former camp just after it was closed because of a lack of winter facilities no injuries have been reported the u.n. has criticised bosnia for failing to find suitable winter accommodation for thousands of people. a quarter in russia has given a 2 year suspended sentence to opposition activists to unity at gallery of leader

for violating the rules of public gatherings in moscow council held rallies against recent constitutional reforms that benefit president putin the lowest of the sentence and to prevent her from running for parliament. investigators looking into the death of arjun time soccer legend are adonis an autopsy is found no trace of illegal drugs or alcohol antidepressants another prescription drugs were identified officials are still checking for evidence of medical practice before in the marathon and died in. according to census one he's best known journalist to 27 years in jail on the spying and terrorism charges the case against a child and centered on an article that exposed the government wrongdoing and the country's president has done da fled to germany 4 years ago and he's unlikely to serve any more time in jail campaigners for press freedom say the sentence sends a chilling message to journalists. john lawyers boycotted the trial and its

stamboul saying it was politically motivated and the verdict had already been decided in advance the decision was handed down without them present 27 years and 6 months in prison for one of turkey's best known journalists. don't doris article and photos in the come hurry it newspaper in 2015 claim to show that turkey was supplying weapons to islamist groups in syria. and the paper were charged with betraying state secrets the charges were expanded to include espionage and supporting terrorism president ratchet tie a pair to one called the journalist a traitor and an agent. 59 year old has been living in exile in berlin for the last 4 years the campaign group reporters without borders condemned the proceedings as a farce to end our will now go on trial again along with other journalists in

a separate case. and asked whether he was surprised by this verdict. unfortunately not surprising because from the beginning it was the kind of bench by law of government it was me at all was promising to. give the most. possible price for this new story which was a true story. so they wanted to punish me because of this true story and at the same time try to intimidate the other journalists into it he who dared to touch that sense that kind of sets the issues he's generous to john donne da have the un is urging the central african republic to hold elections this weekend as planned despite an upsurge in violence armed groups linked to

a former president are suspected of trying to stage a coup or start it insists the situation is under control but some opposition parties want the poll respond. these people will not be deterred. they come to register and are determined to vote on sunday their hope is that this will at last and the violence and bring change to that country. i'm sure that i will vote. i know the vote will take place and that's a good thing for me. and a good thing for the country. over. the frontrunner in the poll is incumbent president to our darrah he to say the vote must go ahead on sunday and that any disagreements between opposing groups should be resolved by peaceful means . skeet shooting must we take up arms to resolve problems must we take up arms to get into power i don't think so we have institutions of the republic that

are in place we have institutions born out of the bondi forum which operational today. if you showed. earlier this week the president asked russia and rwanda to send troops to help the existing u.n. force for more than 12000 soldiers to put down what looked like an armed rebellion in the run up to the poll for thora she's accused former president francois busy of orchestrating the rebellion after he was barred from standing in the sunday's election because he's a self ousted in 2013 denies the allegations that for the people in the central african republic this is just the latest chapter in a tit for tat ethnic and religious violence that is going flaring sporadically for nearly 2 decades one most view as a vicious circle. is going to the mall bigloo can you really develop a country through war. in my opinion you know if there are problems let's sit

around a tables and discuss well it was and in the negotiations of course each party agrees to win and also to loose it was in the bank. the hope among the majority here and the international community is that such reason will prevail this weekend. by some of the stories making headlines now china's deputy u.n. envoy has wished the german ambassador a good riddance as burhans term of the u.n. security council ends christophe poisson had appealed to beijing to release to imprison to canadian coverage or sources in france say 3 police officers were shot dead before who did in a village in the central to the dome a man opened fire at officers who were responding to a domestic violence complaint the suspect was later found dead. a former british supermodel stella tenant has died at the age of 50 and she rose to fame in the 1990 s. representing a major fashion houses including chanel cause of her death has not been reported mr

tenet said campaigns against fashion industry waste after retiring from the call. danish free diver has set a new record for swimming underwater on a single breath stink severinsen took 2 minutes and 42 seconds to swim 200 metres without surfacing i think 35 metres to the previous record dive took place off the coast of mexico. at most airports around the world a passenger traffic through singapore's changi airport has plummeted based pandemic year but they have an authority they haven't given up and they've invested in a novel idea is trying to lure people back to the terminals plumping short of course for clamorous camping. they call it in the clouds this campsite is a firmly on the ground with the coronavirus putting a stop to nearly all air travel singapore's fame to airport has. a much

needed reprieve for some of the many families stuck at home this holiday season. usually we we go out of the country every day but easy. so i thought you know why not do something different what a good thing the. only is. anyone who has missed a flight knows overnighting at the airport but few get to do it in such style as the name suggests these plans now when size beds temperature control and even festive christmas lights put it more than $250.00 u.s. dollars a night it's not for the bunch of travelers i mean it is really right here that the man was when he was you know we would have.

down until the end of the month but organizers hope that even after the pandemic clapping at the airport will take off. last minute gift idea that might put a sparkle into this coronavirus christmas. turkey. facemasks as you'd expect the. budget option you could. just 200 euros. behind the face. covered 19 facts it is more precious to. us. this reminder about top story this hour lorry drivers and. most of the clash with police was that days long white to cross the english channel into france continues transmitted its blockade for drivers confirming return to the negative coronavirus

test france where the new coronavirus train discomforting with clips from. germany has reported its highest to present honest death total $962.00 people died from it with confidence cost of 24 hours countries planning to launch its a vaccination program to dismiss the. whole world news of the top i'll be out in just a moment i'll be back with the day to fuss wasn't enough confidence always get the latest news information around the clock on the website w dot com. the

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does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of data the code of special monday to friday on t.w. . the story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards born after the 1st world war the money was an illegitimate child there were many of them even from. their mothers or germans living in the occupied drying land their fathers soldiers from the french colonies. self-less and these afro german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of national pride and racism if the european population felt that it was

important to be white and to stay right by supplied. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence we call them the children. storage january 11th on d w. another day another record coronavirus death toll here in germany and of course around the world on today show we'll take a closer look at the situation here and we'll meet one of the doctors whose votes influenced america's food and drug administration to approve 2 coronavirus vaccines in record time i'm phil gayle and this is the day.