this is indeed a view news live from berlin delivering hope to millions after almost a year of pandemic misery. from italy to romania germany to greece the coronavirus vaccine arrives in countries across the european union as they prepare to launch unprecedented mass immunization campaigns also on the show. american police say an explosion in nashville tennessee was an intentional bombing 3 people are injured

and suspected human remains are found one of motor home explodes damaging buildings and shattering windows. and e.u. nations start to scrutinize the christmas effects the trade deal the 2000 page document still needs to be ratified by the british and european partners. and how do you tally the amphibian survivors of australia's wildfires. we hear about the app that's helping to carry out a frog count little frog course. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. germany is gearing up to launch an unprecedented mass vaccination program on sunday shipments of the biotech pfizer

vaccine have started to arrive in germany and countries across the european union but despite expressing optimism about the start of the you know occupation campaign germany's health minister warned corona virus has not yet been beaten. this is the biggest vaccination campaign that modern germany has known army and medical personnel have been an estate to ensure all goes well from sunday to 1st doses of the buy and take pride to fix scene will be given in care and seeing homes there are so be distributed to the special centers set up all of the country for mass but voluntary vaccination despite its critics german has minister yen span say demonization campaign men stay was every reason for optimism. and the vaccination centers are ready to go as the team's already voice everyone wants to success of the biggest tax a nation campaign of the history of federal germany us. this is federalism at its

best when it's not really so and we also say that tomorrow is too little too late to european but i would like that to morrow is seen for what he teaches an extraordinary day for germany george an important day for the battle against a pandemic of a century. in a soviet to german population the hugo polls reveals that 32 percent of respondents want to receive the vaccine as soon as possible another 33 percent want to wait until they see how divided seen affects other people with 19 percent of those asked and willing to take the job and 16 percent undecided. so there's just finished the koran i think it's a problem. we need it it's important at the moment. i just i don't know i'm thinking about it but it causes an allergic reaction and i have allergies and i have asthma i don't know. of course we have to i'm afraid of corona.

one vaccine as some everybody tried before me i don't want to be the 1st. the chairman has ministry has promised a very 1000000 doses of the vaccine will be deleted before the end of the day you divac seen raises hope for many but one has crisis is far from over germany near the tasman daily death just before christmas and many were read out 50 family reunions could result in a catastrophic 3rd wave in early january. and for more on this let's talk with our chief political editor mikaela cousteau. the vaccine was developed in germany why is it only now reaching germans when some other countries have been injecting it for at least a week. is that because the europeans and germany also opted for a thorough campaign to look at this to have the european agency in charge give the

green lights for the whole of the you to be able to use it this slowed down the process it would have been fast as individual states have put that on earth to have put that on a fast track but they didn't because they also wanted to send a european and united signal and that we will see as this gets rolled out the very same day across the european union but sure this also sparked a lot of debate in a lot of criticism particularly in the public why does britain the u.s. get those vaccinations 1st when they are developed in germany and you were talking make it about europe sending a message will the distribution be fair between the richer countries like germany and some of the less rich countries. well that's certainly what the european commission aims for it's seen as a symbolic get more than a symbolic gesture and that the entire e.u. rolls it out at the very same time germany signed up for the 1st choice of this

vaccine when it was still unclear whether it would actually work and now we will see over a 1000000 doses here in germany and in parallel across the european union rolled out at the same time but this is a drop in the ocean if you look at the figures here in germany every state will receive up to 10000 doses and you need 2 of those so really it's the most vulnerable who will be reached 1st and among that group a very small faction. and. living in germany now that seems to be 2 things happening at the same time you've got these vaccine roll outs which are offering hope but at the same time we've had these hard lock downs across the region is there any sign of when life might actually return to some kind of normal. well i mean you mentioned in your intro that. tens of millions of vaccinations will be possible in the 1st half of 2021 and that's still very much the timeline that we

are in that's also the message message that came across quite clearly from the german health minister a young spawn today that all those regulations in place keeping distance and mass are still here to stay but that the vaccination will allow life to return to something like normal before the next so yes we are still in the midst of a pandemic we see neighboring go into its 3rd lockdown in the is in 2nd and we're still a far cry from seeing those figures really improve significantly with this small cabinets of the days over christmas here but we know that for school not all cases are being reported so all societies not to send europe are still in this for the long haul ok so perhaps some light at the end of the tunnel but still a very long tunnel thank you so much for that. let's take

a look now at some of the other developments in the krona virus pandemic. south korea has recorded its 2nd highest daily number of infections since the disease broke out over 1100 new cases were reported the day after a previous record was set russia has crossed the 3000000 threshold of code 19 cases the country has reported record numbers of cases and deaths nearly every week but a new lock down isn't in sight and hungary has started its coronavirus vaccination program just hours after the 1st shipments of the biotech pfizer drug arrived in the country the government said its 1st priority laws with health care workers. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. in afghanistan 2 police officers were killed in an explosion in campbell when a bomb attached to their vehicle blew up officials said a civilian was injured in the attack in a separate blast in the afghan capital left 2 more police wounded no one has

claimed responsibility. the united nations says 3 peacekeepers from burundi have been killed and 2 wounded in attacks in the central african republic un backed troops have been battling with rebel militia groups ahead of the elections on sunday. the situation is tense with the government calling in military support from russia and rwanda. parts of iran have been hit by heavy snowfall stranding vehicles and blocking roads in the mountainous north and west police have been on alert to stop cars travelling without chains and to rescue trapped drivers and others hemmed in by the blizzard conditions. residents on the portuguese island of madeira have been evacuated after floods and rock slides destroyed at least one home a firefighter captured this footage of rising waters inundating roads as well as a cemetery in the north of the island there are no reported injuries.

to the united states now where police in nashville tennessee say they believe an explosion which rocked the downtown area was an intentional act at least 3 people were injured and there was widespread damage after a motor home exploded in the early hours of christmas morning police in nashville say investigators are looking into possible human remains found near the site of the blast. this aerial footage shows the extent of the damage from the explosion the force of the blast from the recreational vehicle smashed windows and sent to preflighting. luckily the early hour of the day the streets of central nashville were largely empty when the explosion happened police had already arrived on the scene after receiving a phone call reporting gunshots in the area. has also responded they encountered an r.v. that had a recording sent at a potential bomb with dead nate within 15 minutes of says upon hearing that decided

to evacuate the buildings nearby one woman tells of a chilling automated message that spurred 10 narrow escape picardo accounting on where their vehicle would work forward in this thing manner and here in 14 and then in the well you know we started really gathering our think back to africa ask her carrier i got my current directory and then another apartment that was on her overlooking 2nd avenue we were all very concerned about all there that there were my 5 year old sister staying in another apartment that was on the other side of building on the back side overlooking the river and we are where they only got in the car and what investigators are now looking into the possible motive behind the explosion i think people will do that was not an accident. and from that little take a little bit of time to get to the bottom of it and i do think it was clearly done

when nobody was going to be a room it would be a different message if it was you know. on a friday. dime time nashville was sealed off and the f.b.i. have appealed to the public for any relevant information. please tell us what you know. we need leads we need your help. president donald trump has been briefed on. monetary. european union countries have started to examine the post that trade deal struck with the united kingdom on christmas eve the 2000 page document still needs to be accepted by the british and european parliament's a long awaited agreement means trade across the english channel will remain tariff free british prime minister boris johnson says he is pleased with the deal but it could cause him a whole new set of headaches. the doors of the e.u. council closed britain has been a strange from the block since january and now the trade deal is finalizing the

divorce. e.u. ambassadors convened on christmas day to signal the start of approving the thousands of pages of fine print all member countries and britain are expected to ratify the agreement. the e.u.'s chief negotiator michel barnier expressed regret saying there was no winner and breck set and calling the separation a lose lose situation while britain's prime minister barak johnson made merry exulting the agreement as his christmas gift to the nation because this is a deal a deal to give certainty to business travelers and all investors in our country from the 1st of january a deal with our friends and partners in the e.u. the agreement may have a verse in the economic chaos of a no deal breck's it but commentators warn that britain may have opened a pandora's box of troubles not least scottish dissatisfaction restless and strong

would rather be part of the european union than the british or. draw turkey for myself but this is definitely. a fitting because it's been going so long it's happening no the balls rolling i think we should just finish it. but i do appreciate the people in scotland on the wall actually want to disturb you personally i've been to fair scotland's park if you're so that's to be up to the child. or stock market but. there are already calls for a 2nd independence referendum to be held in scotland in the coming year and this is not the only unknown post breck's it the u.k. will be in completely uncharted territory. and correspondent barrett mass in london has more about how news of the deal is being received in the u.k. . many british people would be really happy that this brecht the chapter is closed

for now is really torture the country for years it has polarized the country and most people will be happy that they can leave news of breaks and behind for now even people who voted for remaining in the european union there will be a sigh of relief it is the 1st trade agreement that erect barriers instead of taking them down but still not having the steel would've made matters much worse there would have been the prospect of losing tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of jobs and that is also a big relief for the business community that this deal is finally done and as such it's expected to go through parliament in the next days and without major difficulties. as the pandemic rages here the german head of state delivered his own message of hope we'll have president frank baltistan myers traditional christmas address in full later on in the show the finally we turn to

australia where a college just are recruiting members of the public for the biggest ever frog count to see how they are recovering from this.