this is d.w. news line from berlin angry truckers confront police after days of waiting at british ports friends lists his blockades but says drivers must test negative for corona virus before crossing the channel also on the program. one of turkey's most high profile journalists was sentenced to 27 years in jail sean bandar was here in berlin when the court passed sentence on charges of espionage and eating a terror group and bring you his reaction to that guilty verdict. plus a tense city with style instead of an overseas holiday would be travelers give

clamping a go at singapore's changi airport. american tills and welcome to the program german airline lufthansa has flown 80 tons of food and produce into the u.k. after ground transport was halted due to concerns about spreading a new coronavirus variant friends has reopened its border to freight traffic entering from britain and trucks have started boarding ferries at the port of dover but thousands of truckers are still stuck at ferry terminals because they can only cross the channel with a negative coronavirus test and many say they've already waited too long. knowledge how did not know was not all. frustration and anger in dover as truck drivers are furious at that 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 could be any of the last 4 nights that you didn't see nobody's you wanted it obviously in the nothing. put it in the middle of it to be the best in his place not we have no food we have no water yesterday. or got food but it was just something. and we don't know when we. can get home we have to day 15 here and day and now they say us don't have. because best luck on the way. yeah boccardi. is blocked a cab 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. until joins us from london with more on this story so as we saw in the report a lot of frustration among drivers what are you hearing about the situation for them on the ground. and while i was there the poor yesterday and there was a huge amount of frustration anger heartbreak among the drive is that the idea that they could be facing days that many of them most of them in fact likely to miss

christmas with their families and you have to think now that it's night marks the 4th day that many of them will be queued up on the side of the motorway we've been hearing reports of as many saying that they are they don't have enough food the toilet facilities are extremely limited that hygiene facilities showers for example also limited all extremely different difficult things in the best of times but during a pandemic obviously not ideal for those drivers and they are still facing we heard from the government today potentially days of waiting as the current of our math tests gets underway there are thousands of drivers that will need to be tested and of course that is a huge logistical challenge for the government and not one that can happen quickly so it sounds like we're going to be looking at supply chains break down stretching over the next couple days is that affecting british supermarkets. well that has been a warning for several days that now that could become an issue for supermarkets now

that the question has surrounded fresh produce the u.k. has been stocking up on other projects partly because of christmas partly because of the warnings about what could happen in the event of a. produce is available but it's the fresh stuff we're talking fruits and vegetables the stuff that expires quickly that mine all make it across that they are the concerns now passing i've not seen any. in this market that i've been to over the last couple of days but there are certainly images on social media swelling of shows that is now just a day. congo flight has been charted to drop some pretty into the u.k. so there are contingency plans that have been enacted have but of course it's a huge concern that if this dance dragged on for days then it could see those shortages really materializing after christmas well you said the magic word there bracks that people must really be wondering if these scenes will be repeated when britain makes its final exit from the u.n.

just over a week has there been any progress on a trade deal we're hearing just tonight erin that negotiators and now in the end game all of those breaks it talks to you saying to say white smoke but there are certainly sources on both science from the european union and the u.k. who say a deal could be near certainly what many people have hoped for no less the negotiators themselves who certainly wants to try and get a deal done on this side of christmas so there are indeed hopes that when when the public on both sides of the channel wake up in the morning we could see some progress on whether or not there has been that crucial trade deal just days now until the end of the transition period before the end of the transition period on december 31st all right charlotte thanks for joining us tonight.

germany has reported another record daily coronavirus death toll was 600 or 962 people rather dying from or with the virus a national lockdown has been in force for a week but with many people planning to travel and visit family for christmas health authorities are worried that there could still be worse to come. normally billions mantra and station would be buzzing before christmas this year it's nearly empty but some a still traveling despite government appeals to stay home and see stuff like this and i hope dr bond has done enough to ensure there is no risk of infection i'll make sure i don't come into close contact with strange is cut contact that says that i mean yes i think it's important to see the family. many germans have been taking rapid cars just before the holidays but the experts say they could create a false sense of security the government is warning that reducing contact with others is the only way to stop infections and relieve pressure on hospitals. if you

know of even get a lot of people talking about how they're going to celebrate christmas to take care is will be a good king not celebrate and so my message to you is how you spend your christmas will directly affect what the intensive care ward will look like after the holidays but to reduce social contact even if it's difficult if many christians are also having to make hard choices these here with jim and in fiction number still high there are growing calls to abandon traditional christmas services some congregations of already cancelled and are offering tavi or online broadcasts instead. here's a look at some more developments in this pandemic drugmakers by on tekken pfizer are to supply the united states with an extra 100000000 doses of the corona virus vaccine the u.s. government hopes to get to immunize 20000000 people this month meanwhile canada has followed the u.s. by approving the moderna kovan 1000 vaccine 2 weeks after given the go ahead to the

buy on tech pfizer shot and the united arab emirates highest islamic authority has ruled that vaccines are acceptable even if they contain pork gelatin the word for years some muslims might avoid the shot because pigs are considered unclean a court in istanbul has since one of turkey's best known journalist to 27 years in jail on spine and terrorism charges the case against centered on an article he wrote that exposed alleged government wrongdoing and angered turkey's president mr dunbar fled to germany 4 years ago and is unlikely to serve any more time in jail campaigners for press freedom say the sentence ins a chilling message to turkish journalists. john doe and doris lawyers boycotted the trial and his 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. are 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. of the 59 year old to endure 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. earlier we spoke with sunday and asked whether he was surprised by the verdict unfortunately not surprising because from the beginning it was the kind of bench. government. me. was probably

think who. give the most. possible price this news 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 its you who dared to touch that kind of issues let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. a russian court has given a 2 year suspended sentence to ox of it to opposition activists. for violating rules on public gatherings the moscow council held rallies against recent constitutional reforms that benefit benefit president vladimir putin her lawyer said the sentence is designed to prevent her from running for parliament. gunmen have killed more than $100.00 people in an attack in ethiopia's western been some google months

region that's according to the state run human rights commission the identity of the attackers is still unknown it's the latest episode of unrest in ethiopia following a deadly civil conflict and she could i. outgoing u.s. president donald trump has vetoed a major military spending bill which had been passed by a large majority of republicans and democrats in congress mr trump had previously criticized the $740000000000.00 national defense authorization act seen it would benefit china congress could now move to overturn the veto. the 2nd round of the german cup continued on wednesday with 5 bonus league teams in action 2nd division side bowl home shocked shocked rather top flight minds after beating them on penalties should got eliminated 5 books in the only top tier clash of the night. thumb 2nd division sound holes and 4 nil to move to the next round joining them of yet a blame in after they beat one of our 3 nil and 4th your club hold fice s.

and stunned fortunate to set off byron munich frankfurt and leave a quiz and will play their cup matches in mid january. singapore's changi airport is often counted as one of the world's best but like most airports around the world passenger traffic plummeted this year due to the pandemic this year only around $11000000.00 passengers visited junji through the end of november for comparison sake last year the airport handled more than 68000000 passengers and of course that's bad news for the 30000 people who work in the airport now they're hoping a novel offering will lure people back to the terminals the keyword here is glam in a short for glamorous campaign take a look. they call it clamping in the clouds and this campsite is a firmly on the ground with the coronavirus putting a stop to nearly all air travel singapore's famed airport has swapped takeoffs for tents

a much needed reprieve for some of the many families stuck at home this holiday season i mean a huge new big recall of the country is the only day but this city upon travel my head is the full of the day so i thought you know why not do something different what i feel good and i think they enjoy camping ideal is i know that. bucket list that i give them to experience. anyone who has missed a flight knows all about overnighting at the airport but few get to do it in such style as the name suggests these glam has a kid now queen size bed temperature control and even festive christmas lights put it more than $250.00 u.s. dollars a night it's not for the budget traveler i mean it is pretty pricey at the mouth when he was like you know you could have fit for every 3 bit o. you enforce a kitchen. utensil booked out until the end of the month but organizers hope that

even after the pandemic glancing at the airport will take off. that's all for know coming up next is my colleague christine the wall with africa don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website it's got called the berlin we'll be back at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many recent posts. and there are many cancers. and there are many storms.

make up your current. job made for mines. this is state of the news africa on the program today tis the season but it won't be as charlie told 19 dampens christmas celebrations across the continent. because they were 2 days no more and no markets. will be unable to switch traders are struggling with the facts of the pandemic. in the road buses all filling up with people trying to get to their villages for the holidays but it's feared they could be carrying the virus to their destinations.

and it will be in rural mali where experience with the rolling out of the polio vaccine as proved it's going to be a challenge keeping the cold at 19 vaccines to the people. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have you company christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa has been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries all seeing kovac 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria way of the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the lagos is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and

events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in $1000.00 infections the government has introduced. that says can evolve and music shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas shows here. is the hour mazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so food prices are the highest they've been all year. last year we were not only this one for up to 300 you could even get 2 of these for 500 but this one goes for 1500 now.

because. no markets. so. desperate the high chiefs nigerians are great food to be. and from nigeria to kenya people in the cities are planning to travel to. i don't always he's fear the travelers could carry the virus to the rural parts of

the country where health facilities are limited interest stopped by one of the busiest best to mil's in nairobi where commuting is were not strictly engineering to the coal that 19 protocols. as christmas approaches thousands of passengers from nairobi are preparing to travel the country from. uganda a chance with money to influence the t.n.i. what's chuckles country station it's an easy day for him compared to previous festive seasons. right now it's a challenge for us because now when people travel they're also complaining about the lack of money it's not like previous years when you would say a $1000.00 shillings for a ticket and someone is ok with it i don't know when we have an awful. lot of money is not the only challenge but also through road called good natured protocols inside these counties bus. rows going to she's the vastness to the traveling to

visit her grand rapids although she's wary of the called $920.00 from inside these buses it's the only option for how i have we may have mixed feelings i'm excited and at the same time i have fears because the interactions here are too much you see some people don't want to wear masks when i got out and get out of our minds this is my truck with country bus station the busiest in kenya it's usually a beehive of activity thousands of families traveling back home but these days that different because of course on a vital. when kenya's ministry of health has been rising people against rather than the country the virus has been spreading through areas where the public health system is creaking and limited i see moves out of food capacity. the last 2 weeks recorded noise number of cognitive functions says the sinking how about the dangers

of far from home with no end in sight or the hope of a vaccine availability in kenya many are left with nothing but the believe that things are going to. travel to the people cannot be. from traveling i advise them to take care of themselves when they're traveling to protect themselves and pray to god. buses. instead of one after the other the only hope is that possible do not cut my friends to death. and it joins me now from our studio in nairobi for more on this story good to see you interest just how worried are officials about the people traveling during the christmas holiday and potentially taking calls at 19 to rural parts of the country christian that can use minister of have as one people against traveling to rural areas and this is especially because of lack of proper have systems in players

there are no i.c.u. as we understand it nearly 3 quarters of intensive care unit beds in the country are all in the 2 largest cities which is they will be. for people like rose who are english or who we just saw in the story is that the biggest fear is that they travel from nairobi to these rural areas carrying the cutting coronavirus. interests and must point out that these are the places where many elderly people live but just just moving along idris doug says in kenya striking at the moment tell us more about that. yes kristin the nationwide strike which started on monday is basically over grievances which which has been in place for the last 8 months is the pandemic started and it's largely because of inadequate insurance policies that the doctors are given and the other thing is that lack of proper p.p.

ease that the doctors who treat covenanting patients have so far we understand 14 doctors die from corona virus and the fear is that if nothing is done more doctors could die from the virus at the moment the minister of health is actually being consultative meetings with the doctors union to see the way forward at the moment 3 still have no idea when this strike is going to end but the biggest fear with the doctors if nothing is done if they're not provided adequate p.p. is with insurance policies we never know when to and. not infections might be sealing right interest but the economic impact of this pandemic has infected most people will they be any help and relief from the government. no not at all the funny thing is that the government which just a few weeks from when kenya announced its 1st cares of coronavirus give the

citizens tax relief to people from the impact of coffin 19 against the on the economy is now trying to take back the tax relief it's trying to raise and don't mind it there was a 1000000000 pile and an parliamentarians were planning to pass this bill which is going to ensure that normal tax is back in place basically which means that businesspeople unemployed people employees or people who have been employed by the government and private sector are going to be tax they can to still be before and this is because of the shortfall of revenue for the country all right that's interest malta reporting for us and harrowby thank you interest. on next report comes from mali where health officials say inoculation people

against killed at 19 will be a slow process a lack of infrastructure in the country means health workers often have to travel by foot to reach people in rural areas with people hope that they too will be able to get the vaccine. the world will these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against the disease in a country where temperatures often top 40 degrees celcius the campaign is a huge logistical undertaking vaccinating mali and in the largely rural country against the coronavirus will be an even greater challenge. it's extremely important to that the vaccines have a functioning logistics chain it will be very complex to get it to the people in the countryside. is that it. so not to c.d.b. travels on foot by motorbike and sometimes by donkey to distribute the polio

vaccine in remote villages people ask her if she will soon be bringing relief from covert 19 the health worker doesn't know what to answer many african countries will struggle to pay for the drug. the corona virus affects the whole world but here in mali we have no vaccine but i pray to god that we get it to a melody russell. infection rates are on the rise in mali while little testing is taking place in the capital bamako the health minister recently opened an intensive care station with the help of the w.h.o. she hopes that the international community will help pay for the vaccines and that rich countries don't keep on buying up everything for themselves. the numbers are rising we need the vaccine that's why i have asked for help.

mali hopes to access the vaccine through the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund and some pharma companies have committed to delivering the vaccine through the mechanism but even if it becomes available the vaccines distribution will be tough in a country without a reliable electricity supply. we have at least have a generator but that's not the case at other health centers. if there is a power cut that's a huge problem with. the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe but across africa most people will likely still have to wait and sing lead a long time for relief. and that's it for our program today be sure to check out the stories on dot com forward slash africa and also on facebook and on special today we'll leave you with pictures of people saying i'm praising christmas across the continent we at these are being is africa wish you safe healthy and happy

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protein or entirely made of weight we'll take you on a tour of the newest food trends. this is the business on cake for instance thanks for joining me we begin in the united states where the face of a $900000000000.00 stimulus plan is in question after u.s. president donald trump surprised lawmakers including members of his own team by calling it a disgrace the deal which has been several months in the making is designed to ease the economic hardship caused by the pandemic but the president objects to it on several fronts let's take a listen to what he had to say its goal the covert relief bill. is almost nothing to do with growth this bill could gauge $85500000000.00 for assistance to cambodia . $134000000.00 to burma $1300000000.00 for egypt believes goes to rick salvador guatemala honduras nicaragua.

$40000000.00 for the kennedy center in washington d.c. which is not even open for business despite all of this wasteful spending and much more the $900000000000.00 package provides hard working taxpayers with only 600 dollars each in relief. ok that's quite a lot to unpack there so let's take a closer look at some of the points the u.s. president is raising 1st to that $600.00 direct payment that would go to most americans trump wants an increase to $2000.00 that's something that democrats speaker of the highest nancy pelosi says she's willing to put to a vote other relief measures in the bill include a weekly unemployment supplement of $300.00 as well as food stamps for those in need and many cultural institutions have been close for months including the candy center for performing arts which trump called out there as well it's set to receive

4 c. $1000000.00 in relief a further $15000000000.00 in earmarks for other cultural organizations such as concert venue theaters and museums trump also called for deeper cuts to foreign assistance including to aid programs designed to address the factors that lead people to leave their home countries and come to the u.s. so will this deal go through or not let's ask t.w. business correspondent in new york hence trump has less than a month left in office what can he realistically do to scupper this deal. well theoretically he could put a veto in place against this 8 pickett's we don't know if he is going to do so but even this veto actually could get overruled by the congress but what he could do is he could delay things and what we shouldn't forget this is a pick it's just combined with

a new spending bill and if the president delays things that really could be quite dramatic we could face a lockdown in washington early next week if we don't get this spending bill passed and already this saturday actually 12000000 americans could lose their employment benefits so you couldn't kill the aid package for good but you could delay things and that could be painful here in the united states you touched on those 12000000 americans there again remind us just how important this stimulus bill if how badly has impact of the pandemic in america what your will i mean especially if you look at the employment situation i mean that's a dramatic still talking about those $12000000.00 americans but also if you think about the extra weekly unemployment support and the amount of so far as 300 dollars

a week that is crucial to many families neighbors of mine since the last. package expired end of july they're not able to pay their full rent anymore i know people who actually had to leave the city because they do not have enough money so that didn't work as long as they got a $600.00 a week extra but that is not the case then some august so it is crucial to american families and households so all the better we get this deal done the better the sort of the better. squat in new york thank you very much. let's go to europe now where there's been severe travel disruption after the discovery of a new more infectious corona virus variant in england france has now reopened its border with the united kingdom paving the way for cross tunnel frights traffic to resume truck drivers in the u.k. will have to test negative for coated 19 in order to pass on to france but there's confusion about how the process works and how long it will take still the news will

come of a relief to english supermarkets which had a ready you've been seeing panic buying. long lines may be a common sight in the run up to christmas but empty shelves are not britons in many parts of the country worried about potential food shortages rushed to supermarkets in recent days panic buying is leading to empty shelves in many stores holiday shopping options are limited since much of the country has reentered strict lockdowns supermarkets are among the few places allowed to open shoppers take it in stride. and i was pretty good to be encouraging people to look forward to going about their business. for your. christmas eve goods area so i guess most people are shopping here because we all the shops are shut down. now that francis partially lifted the travel ban for free and logistics authorities face

a fresh challenge drivers must have a recent negative test to cross the border britain says it's bringing in the army to help with testing and to clear the backlog getting traffic flowing again is critical the route particularly college crossing is incredibly important to businesses and contraceptives particularly those who are exporting perishable goods things like vegetable who's sea fish kind of thing is really right solutions now reopened this is going to that we could traffic moving as quickly as possible. the cause of the current shortages is likely due to panic buying. some grocers are once again putting purchasing limits on some items but distributors say shelves could stay empty longer as the effect of the border closure makes its way down the supply chain. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news germany's law says it has used cargo planes to fly 80 tons of fruit and vegetables to britain after

other links were cost over the new very virus variant in the u.k. the carrier says fresh produce usually goes in passenger planes or trucks but it's much too cargo planes to keep the populace from rushing in it's where rises. the british pound has risen on hopes that of brecht's a trade deal between the u.k. and the e.u. is imminent the 2 sides have been struggling to hammer out an agreement a 4 years after the british people voted to leave the block the issue of fishing rights has proven to be especially contentious. regulators have approved a state grant of 120000000 euros for greece's national carrier airlines the support is to help the airline deal with the impact of travel restrictions in plans to expand its route network to serve more than a 100 destinations next summer. whether it's dedicated weekends or protein craving work i found that consumers are prepared to pay

a premium price for nutrition just take sales of vegetarian and vegan products which have doubled in the past 3 years but how can start ups best stay ahead of the food trend curve well that's where a platform called kitchen time comes that. older berry and green tea start up has been working on just the right flavor for a long time the powdered drink is mixed with water from the top to create a kind of red tea. we look at trends the most popular flavors and we check that the color and the flavor harmonize. since the beginning of the year 2 founders have been using kitchen town a platform for food startups in the kitchen town laboratory they can develop and test their new beverage the beverage market is huge but it's not geared towards healthy drinks or drinks made from sustainable resources that's our mission here to make beverages healthier and more sustainable as qualified economists the 2

entrepreneurs don't have much experience with food production so they get advice from a kitchen town food technician regulations concerning sell by dates food law and hygiene have to be observed but that doesn't stifle the entrepreneurial spirit in larger companies you're just following your own rhythm doing things the way you've always done them but here you break your own habits and approach things in a way you wouldn't normally do it all a year ago kitchen town expanded from silicon valley to berlin the main investor behind the berlin branch is german food producer balls in large food corporations like boston are under pressure to keep up with all the latest trends gluten free vegan super foods that's why the company offers startups inexpensive services they can rent space here from as little as $350.00 euros a month for small scale production. the policy and group has

a huge interest in being involved in creating the new products being active in shaping the market rather than passively waiting and at the end of the day if things go badly being overwhelmed by the new generations of food entrepreneurs and food startups that it disrupting the market. the network is growing over the past year 90 kitchen town clients have tested and marketed their new products. and that wraps up our show for more you can go to our website i feel like. there's this i mean the team and take.

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and. one of 2020 is a big winners take to how the social video app is conquering the world of culture and even top museums. and super grandmas a spanish artist's mission to honor older women on an epic scale. well it's been a bumpy ride for rolando villazon the director of the mozart week festival in salzburg austria had all but promised that the festival's january edition honoring the 265th anniversary of mozart's birth would take place with live audiences but now the austrian government has made it clear it's digital or nothing.