i love the outdoors. and everyone with everything. are you ready to meet the demands. of. this is a new life for her europe's coordinated coronavirus vaccination campaign begins with those most at risk of germany's mass vaccinations arrive exactly since the country registered its 1st covered 19 case also on the program the 1st time the cancer hands corona virus outbreak challenge china's official narrative of an

epidemic under control now citizen journalist. is paying the price. i'm still going to welcome to the program germany has set up more than 400 centers for its nationwide coverage 19 vaccination drive it's a huge undertaking requiring between 60 and 70 percent of the population to be immunized in order to bring the virus under control they don't live has been to burn means biggest facility to watch the rollout. normally a venue for concerts in exhibitions on sunday the queues outside with a covered 19 vaccines it's the 1st of 6 vaccination centers in the german capital to open its doors. the former head of germany's civil relief agency was called out of her. time and to lead the project would be in order to see it for free i'm

satisfied today i'm happy to vaccinations are getting underway but i'll only be truly satisfied when 2 thirds of people in europe are vaccinated so there's a long way to go but today is the 1st it was. at full capacity the center will be able to deliver $5000.00 injections per day on the 1st day it started with only $150.00 due to limited vaccine supply is. up 1st for their injections medical staff and nursing home workers on the frontline of the pandemic priority for those providing vital care for others these mice and human life and 2nd i don't want to infect anyone thank god i don't have my colleagues and i want to stay healthy just like our elderly residents. here are just a few kilometers away the 1st of poland seniors were getting their shots as well i think the front of the 2 was 101 year old get to the heart a. nursing home residents are among the most vulnerable to

coronavirus now doctors hope they can finally be protected. moment extra do you have any idea at the moment infections are exploding in care homes. it's horrible so we're happy to be the 1st facility to have these vaccinations and to have another tool to keep serious infections out of the home. the inoculation of priority groups in germany is expected to run until mid 2021 when the vaccine is expected to become free and available to everyone. not to young darman who's a member of germany's bundestag for the green party and a member of the health alliance advisory board welcome to g.w. the european commission president has described this as a touching moment of unity for europe is that the way you see it. well yes everybody's pretty much relieved that mobster 11 months we are able to

introduce a vaccination all over europe and also already in germany. but still it's not the end of the our fight against the pandemic it's just a beginning a huge and major step to fight these awful disease. window that 60 to 70 percent of us need to be vaccinated in order for a society to gain this immunity can we get to 60 or 70 percent without beings vaccinations being man the tree. well i think it doesn't have to be mandatory but we have to have accu-chek information campaign to get all the people to be vaccinated for it necessary to money to keep it which it's not will not happen without information and also explaining to people why it's so important ok that's what's necessary do you think the germany will achieve that.

well you know at 1st of all we need to have enough vaccine for a huge come pain at the moment we only get really small amounts so it'll take a while and it's until we are able to back to 80 knots people but from. mates 2020 on we need to have like a fool come pain running who informs everybody and i think there's still a lot of work to do i'm german chancellor angela merkel has had trouble getting very gentle leaders to agree to lockdowns us haga she wanted on this early i she wanted do you see that as a weakness in germany said federal political system. yeah of course it is a weakness i germany was trying to champion in the spring of 6 year 2 sites of fundament but we we lost the lead and now we are behind and we're really trying

hard to get number stalin and to yeah it gets a situation under control and i think like a regional differences where and major disadvantage you know all of our strategies still. being like a united. team to fight on and that they would be much better and i totally agree with chancellor merkel. as she sat out we read needs to step together and step forward to fights and on me thank you so much for joining us to talk to the doctor janusz adama dime from the bundles talks health advisory health alliance advisory board. i will take a look at some of the other stories making headlines now european union member states have provisionally approved the post bret's its trade deal with the united kingdom allowing tare free trade with britain to continue when it leaves the single market in the new year the deal still needs to be ratified by the european

parliament which is expected to happen in. policing cameron said the 37 people were killed when the bus they were travelling in hit a truck and plunged into a ravine 10 women and 4 children are among the dead the bus was on its way to the capital one day from the west of the country. counting in the central african republic elections has begun in a couple of bangali. queues while polling stations in other parts of the country were quieter because of fears of violence and because of boycotts by the rebel coalition 1st results are expected next month. a chinese citizen journalist john has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for reporting on who hands covered 19 outbreak june june in the early months of the pandemic security at the shanghai court was titans how the boys are rifa sentencing and sentenced in may

after posting videos are criticizing the government's response to the outbreak lawyers for the 37 year old say she's been on hunger strike and is in poor health. the w.'s clifford coonan has reported from china for many years and can tell us will welcome cliff tell us more about what john john did that got her into so much trouble well basically what happened was after the pandemic broke out there was. there was one narrative which is the official government narrative saying that everything was under control that china had been timely in issuing information and in starting the lockdown which wasn't the evidence that was seen on the ground in some cases and so she reported on this and so by challenging this narrative she she she brought attention to some deficits and the response you know was a you know a very effective response in many ways so that's what she's being punished for now well despite the attention johns case is getting she's no the only citizen

journalist to fall foul of the authorities no i mean does 3 others on trial around who handers at changi that true should should find b.n. and leads. but we also have has found a bloomberg journalist she's been arrested accused of endangering national security and it's part of a broader picture of a crackdown on journalists with china had $47.00 journalists in jail this year which is one less than last year which puts a very near the top of the or at the top of the number of journalists in jail so it's part of a broader picture of china keeping a very very tight control on the media particularly in relation to stories about the pandemic so given the. security given that china now has the virus largely under control why have the authority gone after these people well in some ways it seems counterproductive because they have done such a good job and actually maintaining keeping the pandemic under control. they had a tough lockdown but it was very popular in china and people are happy now that

they can operate and normally i think with what we're seeing here is very much a power play that it's a reminder that china is. very keen to keep a lid on on media freedoms and it's also the time of year around christmas for some reason as you see a lot of illegal activity in china we also have because then they know that the west is not going to be really watching as closely you know so you have people like the the hong kong youths who tried to escape to taiwan who were arrested they're going on trial 10 of them are going on trial today in change as well so it's part of a broader picture i think of of china showing particularly now as it's coming out of the pandemic and there's a new president coming in in the u.s. the china is showing its strength that it could and thank you for that. well after delaying a decision for nearly a week u.s. president donald trump signed into law a $2.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief and spending package the president backed

down from his threat to veto the bill from his demand that congress increase stimulus checks for struggling americans from $602000.00 the president has previously condemned the spending plans as a disgrace the bill will not restore unemployment benefits to millions of people under versus shut down government services. so why did donald trump take so long to sign this bill into law we put that question to this shoka policy analyst based here in bali there are a lot of factors at play that kind of influence why trump dragged his heels i'll never forget before he ran for president he said i'm going to suck all the oxygen out of the ground and if we look at the last 4 years that's exactly his continual media note i'm citing part of it was he just likes that attention he likes being that sticking point that bottle night i also think he was kind of hiding some of the things that were going on he wanted the attention rightfully settle on cobe it

but however he was hiding some ulterior motives when you push through i think this point almost 50 pardons for people close to him that they could have potentially raised a lot more criticism in the media so i think it was a combination and that's why i did not intention as well as kind of like look over here not here and also you know i just don't think we can discount that he's always looking at the next election and he may very well for years the pointing back and say guys i offered you. policy analyst for during germany's 1st lockdown in spring 4 young sisters from these bar decided to make the most of the situation by developing a board game which has become a bestseller or started off as a quirky idea to kill time as quickly turned into a flourishing family business. a common pastime and their lock down

but this is a special game adapted to special times. we developed the coronavirus game while at home under lockdown we heard in the media and saw a nearby supermarkets how everyone was panic buying that really shocked us so to come to grips with the whole situation we invented a board game. the players compete to buy all the groceries on a shopping list for an elderly neighbor hurdles including countering the virus which sends you into quarantine or finding that hoarders have already snapped up all the soap and toilet paper. their basic principle is solidarity. this sisters incorporated various elements they were seeing on the news about the pandemic. in the us we heard about the balcony concerts in italy

and turned that into a playing card to. when their father saw what they came up with he hired an artist to design the cards board and the box. because the game has been so popular it's been quite a challenge for our family based operation like packing and posting 500 games within a very short period from. the demand from all over germany has been mad. goes on storage love is the reason google was. thanks to the sisters' ingenuity family stuck at home during germany's 2nd lockdown now have a new fun way to make time fly. all right now many events have had to go virtual during this pandemic including the european timber sports championships 14 competitors lined up in disciplines based around what cutting

involving access and so was a power saw those social distancing rules mean the densham set couldn't compete directly against each other so. went through their paces in their home venues and no one knew the outcome until all the elements was streamed together in and out as live broadcast on the day polish absalom mic on to pit ski emerged victorious. in situ up today down business with monika jones is next. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for us global news that matters w made for mines. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus update the coded special monday to friday on w. this joe biden getting in the way often china investment deal after years of negotiations a deal looked imminent but now the talks have stalled we go to singapore for. coming up italy launches a lottery with a difference to fight top sedation. but up to date of your business i want to get

johnson berlin good to have you with us and was starting with the christmas trade deal between the e.u. and britain of course fishing was the final sticking point because it carries a lot of political weight and regaining control over the u.k. waters was a big part of the leave campaign but it's worth remembering that fishing is actually just a tiny part of the overall economy accounting for around north point 12 percent of g.d.p. that is it unlike britain's financial services sector which at $126000000000.00 pounds accounts for 10 percent of g.d.p. but financial services is not part of the trade deal which means the city of london will lose access to the european market come january the 1st brussels wants to hinge market access on how far britain diverges from e.u. standards british finance minister rashid suna meanwhile tried to reassure

financial players in the city of london that a deal is on the cards this deal also provides reassurance because there's a stable regulatory crosser framework mentioned in the deal which i think will give people that reassurance that we were remaining close donor locavore european partners when it comes to things like equivalence decisions for example so i think that will give people rich surance. well for more let's bring in our financial market correspondent who is in a frankfurt and going by germany's dax today there seems to be some reassurance after all as. it seems saw us want to definitely there is some reassurance at least the view would be seeing the key also that we could have seen had it not been for the free trade agreement but you mentioned the financial services that are not part of the deal and there's a specific reason for that because the 2 sides really finding it difficult to

bridge the differences that they have the financial services concerned or what have the demands are very difficult to meet from either side and that's the reason why they're not part of the current deal at this point of time even earlier they were being dealt separately not part of the negotiations that led to the fleeted agreement they were part of a separate the negotiation process a process that was to do with the equivalent system which actually ensures that the rules which are governing the british banks who were doing business in europe similar to those in the e.u. they were given the long talks it took in order to reach the agreement that we have right now that still needs to be ratified. what's what's in store for us when it comes to financial services and how important is it for the u.k. and for the e.u. to actually reach a deal. well there is a lot at stake for both sides. shouldn't confuse that it's only a u.k.

issue and not an e.u. issue there are a lot many e.u. financial institutions who are actually working in london they're making use of the talent available in london and also the size and scale there but there is more at stake for the for the u.k. companies. e.u. is clearly the biggest financial services market for them and that's the reason why they stand to lose a lot and boss over even the city of london which could lose much more than what it has already lost into the thousands of jobs that have already moved and also it could lose more if the e.u. decides that look the rules governing the british banks are not equivalent to those governing the e.u. bands all right so there's still a lot to talk about there. but very very briefly the dax has reached a record high today due to breaks it that's part of it definitely because it happened over the weekend and this was the 1st time when the

traders got an opportunity to trade on that it's a major belief you got to keep in mind because we were looking at a lot of chaotic scenes at the border and we didn't know what we didn't have clarity of how to make trades which companies are going to get data which are not going to get now there is some clarity on that and that's the reason why that's one of the reason and the other is of course the u.s. president. signing that stimulus package that was important the markets were actually no worse u.s. with recovery was losing steam and that could have been disastrous all right. thank you. now the talks between the european union and china on a major investment deal appears to have stalled in the final stretch trying no way that insists they're still going as planned and the moment we got to singapore for more but 1st a look at what's at stake. the search for an e.u. china investment agreement has been 7 years in the making it would guarantee

a level playing field for european companies operating in china a pact would likewise safeguard chinese companies access to european markets germany was confident of a deal by year end but then barriers began to emerge china denied a report it was raising additional demands in the sensitive area of nuclear energy . as far as i know you negotiations are currently proceeding smoothly the so-called news that china proposed to invest in e.u. nuclear power plants which cause a deadlock in the china e.u. investment talks fake news. the e.u. is china's 2nd largest trading partner with bilateral trade amounting to $650000000000.00 china's human rights record is complication the talks there have been reports france was refusing to support the pact if china didn't agree to stop forced labor on the mosque in terms of mostly muslim weekers inching jiang the pact could also strain relations between europe and the u.s.

advisers to president elect joe biden of called on the e.u. to hit the brakes on the deal until after the new administration takes office and put forward the car that's been and andreea hang in singapore and now underway out this does seem to be so many obstacles all of a sudden does this in china deal still have a chance at all. well monica if they can into $35.00 rounds of negotiations off the 7 what's a $36.00 with jokes aside the deal is almost completely necessary given especially the reality of breaks it now and also not forgetting the coronavirus which probably paid a big role in pushing that year and declined even further but he has some good news china is looking to extend those talks those discussions and this is a good sign. rissa got the human rights met it may not be a make or break a big enough make or break issue as many would make it seem at least not for it to

weaken a deal that's already come so close to the finish line biden's influence also on the other hand is also not a strong effect as many think particularly to china that's a very big important thing to note and while biden has reached out to brussels it's not clear if europe will take the chance or the time to have that talk. just a cap is all you know even european observers themselves seeing the light at the end of the tunnel they're even admitting that while the deal is far from it is still a deal and it is a huge accomplishment all right but i mean we've just heard also that the e.u. china bilateral trade already amounts to $650000000000.00 what additional benefit would this investment agreement actually house. well i think it gives china a chance to revisit some of those terms with the remaining 2726 club and member states given that britain is not out of the picture now my doubt it will is that it has the right to sister invest oh but indeed it. must have got my message of the

year and if the euro and brainwave i want to move will involve paving the way for european businesses to invest and buy in until services telecommunications equals even and other sectors that are gradually being opened up full foreign investment particularly in china and then the benefit especially for china as the strong intellectual property protection european companies and that's a very big stake in the for china especially across not just europe but the u.s. as well and it's going to be a nice big plus step for china to rectify this all right andrea hang there in singapore and guess what it's still $27.00 member states without britain but autos ok thank you very much. well here's one hostelry that's definitely worth a gamble italy is launching a lottery with a difference on the 1st of january it's called the till receipt a lottery for which you don't have to buy a ticket all you have to do is show

a proof of purchase and you stand to win $5000000.00 euros but what's the idea of fighting tax evasion as john lawrence reports from children. getting out of band floria contar loves this shop full of delicacies for piedmont region. italians like using cash 15 percent of people don't even have a bank card and shopkeepers often don't give 2 receipts no trace no tax but that's changing it i don't know numbers have them for here to tell you unstated has devised to do this out so if we pay with a credit card that is linked to the app we can get a refund of 10 percent and soon there's going to be a lottery to sort of raffle our receipts will be extracted and if i'm lucky or if anyone is that i can win the some different prizes. 6000000 people have

already downloaded the artwork that's what how i'm experts hope will help regular runs a shadow economy that is huge. tax evasion need only as a very large scale are made to be in about $110.00 billions of europe per year. more or less the entire public health care expenditure in one year there are several studies in the show that the mark has left transaction and you are. less sure the economy is. many shopkeepers will end up paying more taxes for some room favor given. no i don't know they were going to i don't know about more people are using cards now the government is pushing them to go cashless. month or may not on time unless caution the till means a lower risk of being robbed. and if someone wins

a lot through the receipt from host to she wins the prize too. and we all know the gold nah just how about a gold in a hamburger a restaurant in the colombian capital bogota is offering a juicy $24.00 karat gold topped burger up for a whopping 211000 pieces that's 50 euros each sandwich contains double beef patties bacon on and cheese and 5 pieces of edible gold imported from the us the all no hopes to bring you cool in their experiences to colombians unable to travel due to the corona bowers. and that's your business update them in the team thanks for watching.

because india. telling tales which textiles up to better end designer tenzin succeeds in doing so as a child he fled to northern india and stayed there. is creations our multicultural mix of indian style and tibetan tradition.

i'm sure that of us are. in support. of a. little bit about. the boy . around half of all textiles are made from cotton and although it's a natural product the wasps halo which we caught in the another some also water they need often means that it's environmentally unsustainable and yet we need

cotton at least we think we do and are the unsustainable textiles too so how do you make them better for the environment that's what we discussed today hello welcome to equal india. coming to you from my neighborhood. india is a main thing. 60 years ago the dalai lama set up government in exile. in the state of your margin for the issue but globalization had the same effect as in the rest of a sustainable fashion beeban is now working to everybody a lot to mollenhauer new ones that reflect the mix of cultural skills and creative talents of moths to bit. designer tenzin in vivo share their love for traditional local indigenous textiles

tenzin is visiting. the workshop makes a traditional fabric but it's slowly disappearing and then seen one story vibrant i'm. interested about. all this and no you don't see this market in. an ideologue. it's normal you want i mean you don't get in the market. scene was 5 years as he was shuffled into a large group of tibetans heading towards india he was part of the 2nd wave of tibetan refugees fleeing chinese persecution. his parents stayed behind bars. he was scattered across the himalayas. arrived in mag lord guns down on the indian border with the debate and region led by the then buddhists were granted political asylum here in 1959. load gunge became their largest settlement in india

. grew up he watched down cross for a steep bank styles began flooding the market at that time you know i mean you could imagine the whole ringback street is very interesting every shop is different they have a wood and cross they have. so many hand and meetings happening here and now if you go up you see all the. things that we import from china. everything is chinese now. to bring back the mcclure guns of the childhood guns and found a child a shop selling sustainable handmade loads. they use only locally so roma did award environmental pollution and promote traditional graft and design the company employs mostly indian artists from the surrounding in this region. shashikumar is

a god who works at shop and is from the community a nomadic story tribe native to her much of predation state. the goodies the struggle against radio will ability of cheaper synthetic alternatives in a fast greater. need of a harley or god these men are entirely dependent on dad herds for their livelihood including my own grandparents but it is much less now. in ordinary times the good the community would tend to livestock they wore clothes made out of their sheep sued over this family but. but. integrating with to protect and other minorities has deepened his connection with his own and other cultures and their leisure. to millo getting 0. and i

started interacting with them but i did not know much about them. at introducing. but now i feel like we are like a family that works together. we have slowly started to learn more about each other's lives years. through his brown says he has learned lessons not just about the n one mental benefit of going to look but the social and cultural benefits too. in the beginning a little bit difficult because different language has been a good idea. i mean it's nice to having a different background different culture. is. created more. you know will bloom into the local people and really set his factory. as well as.

sustain. depends on the big companies. done team hopes that more people will eventually move away from cheap imports and learn to appreciate clothes made locally that bring together cultures and handmade groff across india. drive cv fish skills and sound can you imagine using bees what peoples in your fliter well a designer in london and he's doing just that and he's not going to be one looking for inspiration in nature to make unique creationists that also has to be about let's take it. there's something of the sea in the air these lampshades are made of dried seed stretched over the wire frames. and fish scales have been worked into the top of this small table. people think it

might smell but it doesn't because once it's dry so it closes on just look like fish scales the london based designer near me use sand for his desert storm lamp red cabbage for the intricate veins of his branch of light and seaweed for the marine light lamp shade. the native israeli has been experimenting with natural materials for years to find some of his materials at the produce market in 2010 year by year he started his design studio in london trendy soho area he sells his pieces in limited editions to private clients around the world. and. near me created the marine life by. stretching with seaweed over the shades wireframe. being prepared are more willing to accept the fact that you can have like lamps or

other products made of this kind of material we think what's happening in this world is making people understand that we need to start using this kind of material instead of artificial material plastics i hope so that these kinds of materials can become something very common as other materials that are not very much benefit to the environment. designers the world over experiment with natural materials berlin designer. uses birch bark familiar from her native siberia for her creations traditionally the bark's outer layer is harvested once a year this way the trees don't have to be felled and they're left on harm. waste products from industrial soft wood production become raw materials in the hands of latvian designer. she turns into

a long life fabric to create stools and products. from ukraine draws upon the fabrics of her homeland for her furniture pieces she's been revitalising and interpret in the traditional handicraft technique since 2014. her furniture lines the stuff that's coated with clay. to stabilize the clay furniture the metal frame as wrapped in organic cellulose and flax that makes the tables and chairs durable and suitable for daily use both inside and out. to me. stores used in religious in construction of simple household. and just use the chair is recyclable. in the grass. in several here victoria. contributed to the development of a uniquely ukrainian design becomes just

a. scandinavian japanese creation. in london. with a protective coating made of especially mixed varnish. to be a. field of underwater seaweed forests very beautiful light. living in harmony with nature and a respect for ecological sources of creative and sustainable design ideas are by no means exhausted and. now did you know that on 60 percent of globally trades that come from plastics. but some companies are looking for. this business.

yarn made from recycled wood and used to make clothes. that idea was michelle chopped rasa putra as a 1st step toward sustainable production per textile company uses tensile type of rail and fiber made of beach or eucalyptus would she even uses it for indonesia's popular but textiles which are normally only fashioned from cotton or silk. time so it's actually showing us from our shine which actually indonesians like more i think the market patient it's a challenge. how we can be more sustainable. the wood comes from sustainable forestry to create a fine thread from the hard material is 1st turned into chips. they are then mixed with an organic solvent finally the resulting pulp is turned into long strands of fiber. this requires just

a fraction of the 2700 liters of water needed to make a cotton t. shirt. 10 years ago a more sustainable production branch was on think about that down there as the textile company in central java was on the brink of collapse the company belong to michelle chalk such a boot rose father after his death she took over the reins she was still only in her mid twenty's and inexperienced that nearest was in that debt situation because something might be a crisis so played by my local fire it was still in the house like a bat that situation so it means that we couldn't pay. install wind bangs. we call it category 5 in smoke liquid it was challenging and then but it also set the course off my journey. the young business woman took decisive action. he took on loans and invested in modern technology significantly increasing the

factories efficiency i'm reducing its impact on the environment. i think. partly responsible for what happened with. climate change and all the ways that. at least from my part how can i be more sustainable. she's also made changes in the company's culture and production all of the material waste is now repurposed being turned into everything from baskets to furniture the upcycling is done by older members of the community as well as disabled people from the region that enables them to supplement their income. john there are some ploys about $8000.00 workers they work about 40 hours a week get overtime pay until the insurance which is far from standard practice in indonesia. wants to motivate people to provide new impetus a businesswoman who takes an active interest in the well being of 1st stuff

including training and career opportunities. 25 year old me has been working here for 7 years she performs quality control. that doesn't isn't enough the company has supported me. they've been really helpful. they finance my studies at university. and the pain here is better than at other similar companies. before i started working here i had a job somewhere else. that's how i can appreciate the difference. for the some of the food. is still a long road ahead to achieve completely sustainable production but the boss is confident that she can succeed. change. but the people are still. that there is how do you think. the onset

of the corona virus has also led to changes that down there as the company is now making protective masks from production waste even in a pandemic sustainability remains an important issue. now we turn to pile and when like in india farmers often lift all was from their harvest billows of smoke sense. and other chemicals into the atmosphere contributing to the greenhouse gases causing climate change but one young woman has had an enterprising idea about how to make that practice go up in smoke. after every harvest thailand's rice farmers burn off the remaining rice straw and stubble to clear that. the acrid smoke carries far and wide on the wind.