the coronavirus up to the coast special monday to friday on t.w. . this is day 2 of the news live from berlin it killed for doing their jobs dozens of journalists around the world murdered for exposing corruption to organized crime and environmental degradation also on the program. south africa really imposes a ban on alcohol sales and orders the closure of old bombs to counter a spike in corona virus infections driven by a new more infectious variant. i'm here isn't fading faster by 2020 new

yorkers say good riddance to a year that offended life as we knew it. time for gail welcome to the program comes those stories in just a moment we'll start with some breaking news a powerful earthquake has struck croatia near the capital zagreb the european mediterranean seismologist seismological center says the magma she was $6.00 event struck 46 kilometers southeast of zagreb according to official reports it caused widespread damage collapsing brims building facades and entire buildings as a region was hit by a slightly weaker tremor just a dam. let's bring in donna bordeaux brits. welcome donna what are you hearing hello hi the 1st reports that we're getting from from

the. region that's it's a small town some 50 kilometers south of zagreb is that there are even fatalities casualties. buildings have collapsed roofs have collapsed in zagreb there are thousands and thousands of people standing in the streets other fia as you know has been struck by a 5.5 earthquake in march and since has recorded over 2000. smaller tremors during the year but yesterday and today that this was this was definitely the strongest one yet but it was south was i really wasn't in zagreb. it was so powerful and it last for so long. that it was felt as far as i just heard from in belgrade.

and also on the coast in. slovenia as well in both have to go you know there are there are allegedly there are people standing in the streets of cities and villages all over the region. of the next tremor and what is being said by government national local. the government has and we just they they didn't get any any data yet we have heard that journalists have received news that. the prime minister is going to bed and you know there are no official reports on. casualties or on on on on damage yet of course it happened about 40 minutes ago so since this is a little bit remote region and the phone lines are down it is without electricity i

assume also most of the country or the central part of the country he's also without electricity so it's rather. difficult to get any information ok we thank you for giving us what you have at this stage of that aboard the bitchin saga thank you welcome. the scene more on that story as it develops across the day and at least 50 journalists and media employees have been killed in connection with their work in the last year the latest annual big port from reporters without borders identifies mexico as the most dangerous country for journalists followed by iraq afghanistan pakistan and india the pressure group says most of these journalists lost their lives in countries that aren't even at war instead they were often targeted for trying to expose crime and corruption so here's a closer look at country number 3 on that danger list afghanistan where freedom of

speech is far from guaranteed. this is the 3rd funeral of a journalist in afghanistan in 2 months the t.v. and radio presenter my wife and her driver were killed by gunmen in early december . and then so hard but i wouldn't i don't want to know. she was on her way to work and we had planned to do a show together i was on air when i got the news we had to stop the show as well but how about iraq and north dakota and i'm. pretty much without a word of a journalist and a woman in the spotlight 25 year old with a symbol of the new afghanistan the threat to fundamentalists and those she criticized. damn i have 10 more daughters like milo who could give their lives for a cause but i want the killers apprehended back in the know what is possible not targeted killings of journalists like my one by gunmen or car bombs have become all too common in afghanistan despite the ongoing peace talks between the government

and the taliban the country is still rated as one of the world 5 most dangerous places for journalists and with weekly reports of new attacks threats and intimidation local journalist groups are raising the alarm in november that afghan journalist safety committee wrote a letter to the un security council urging it to help reduce the violence. i don't think it's ever been as. scary as it is right now. because it seems that all journalists aren't threats. or. only 6 weeks we have lost jobs for joining us and they have all. joked you know are. so targeted killings. so. and that's has created a sense if you're an american journalist all over the country. just days after my one death and almost 300 kilometers away another journalist from the to learn

expired was killed. shot close to his home but are known gunmen next head of the local journalists union and reported for outlets like a.p. and al-jazeera according to his colleagues yet received threats and inform the authorities about them but got little help. out attack on journalists is an act of oppression in our society no one is more pressed than journalists i have to say let's question ourselves and let's get united let's ask our leaders to explain why this cruelty happens and how long it's going to continue whether it is the taliban i s local strongman or government affiliates the question of who is behind these attacks often remains unanswered good for those who continue to do their work as journalists one thing is clear they should not have to risk their lives to do their jobs. on the 2nd look at some of the other stories making news around the world the 10s of thousands of protesters in nepal have called for the removal of prime minister i can't get across not only at

a rally in katmandu they urged him to reverse its decision to dissolve parliament the protest was organized by a splinter group of the governing communist party. united states has begun voluntary covered 19 vaccinations for its troops and civilian health care workers based in south korea on tuesday south korea reported a record high daily death toll from the surge in new cases. bangladesh and started moving a 2nd group of ranger most in refugees to the offshore island of basanti rights groups have voiced opposition concerned about the compounds vulnerability to flooding united nations has urged the government to form not to force anyone to go . to south africa where president cyril ramaphosa has reintroduced a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars as part of new restrictions to contain the resurgence of corona virus including a new more infectious variant is also announced the extension of

a nighttime curfew from 6 pm until 6 am presenter in the police he said reckless behavior that contributed to the most recent spike in infections and they said was this was putting pressure on hospital emergency units in the new restrictions will be reviewed in a few weeks. straight to cape town then when we join t w correspondent chris welcome advent how severe is the pandemic there at the moment . well i just got back from one of the hospitals in tiny cheney in cape town that's the largest township and one of the officials there told me the house is on fire it is bad we were able to go in the area of the house and so we're covered patients are treated we saw that there was a crowded room with those patients who have difficulties to breathe and were waiting for a bed right next to it another room with people where the very studious we're actually waiting for i.c.u. capacity contestant the phone i.c.u.

bed and the hospitals there they are getting worse by the day work as math say and this will keep on going full name because most health group has believed that the peak of the 2nd wave that's being reached they believe it's going to be in $2.00 to $3.00 weeks because the measures that the president announced yesterday after the christmas celebrations when there were no restrictions on meetings with family and friends that most people did that and then mean like need the cases are going to go up but that was at least some relief about that not what the president in particular about the uncle but because that was the 3rd one already since the beginning of the end they make it in the past we have seen what happens afterwards the not the problem of mission related to car accidents related to domestic violence dress that can be went on and that's what people are hoping to happen once again and that will possibly give health work some room to breathe and there is this new variant of corona virus which has been identified and south africa how has that affected. well early research there just is not more deadly but it's more

contagious and this is also something that you feel when you talk to people in the past weeks that more and more people know someone who got the virus good for and of mine who got caught it's 2 weeks ago he went to a barbecue with 12 guests 11 of them got sick of it and but still much more research needs to be done to understand this and you have the right and this is something that the scientists the on looking into at the moment what this bullying though is that and i mean it's not going to finish in south africa any time soon where in the forwards to and kind of because vaccine programs are starting it's a nation programs but here the president said yes and the 2nd quarter of next year we have a thing of 1st delivery of scenes but let's take a long time to roll out and it's not it's not going to be enough most experts believe that only 10 percent of the population will be able to get a vaccine in south africa next year and that means we will most likely still see

a 3rd and a 4th wave coming in the next year as well so you mentioned the situation in the hospital that which sounded pretty bad is that replicated across the country. you know it's just some regions and there is also not only reason to think negative feel they have also some sign for hope remember during the 1st wave. everybody also thought it's going to be very bad move see a massive amount of people dying this has not happened so still hoping that things could get the control once again. i drink. thank you. new york tradition that's taken on added significance this year good riddance day is a ceremony with the old in with the new event how the close of the year in times square after the tumultuous months of the content make people are more than ready to send 2020 path. was i saying

a therapeutic goodbye to the year of 2020. 2020 once all these dozen people in new york gathered to celebrate the unofficial good riddance day when they say goodbye to the things they don't want to take into the new year. old let's say good riddance to the coronavirus throwing them into an oversized paper shredder all those sentiments are so much more strong in 2020 because people really want to say good riddance to a lot of the difficulty in the pain in the isolation here and they also see the light at the end of tunnel at the end of the tunnel the backseat the sense that maybe in the future finally the houses of broadway will be and the theaters will be able to be full. also at times where people are aiming to look forward instead of back at what they want to shred. to participating in a wishing wall writing down their hopes and dreams for 2021.

and i did wish for hopefully called it a go in at the end of the cure and then we can go back to traveling and having fun and just really doing think of my family and my least health for all the work that would help for all the my family and all the family there. picked up because of the devastation has to be able to feed my family they love the puerto rico and i want to see them are often my wish for abundance and happiness for everyone else around . times square in new york is normally a hot spot for celebrations on new year's eve but with the coronavirus still keeping people up on celebrations to. 2021 will be much more subdued. will close with more breaking news legendary french fashion designer picot da has died at the age of 98 a masterful good tour in the 1950 s. and sixty's it was celebrated for bringing the museum chic to the masses during a career that spans 7 decades that's it you're up to date

a whole other top of the hour up next here on the w a business set up text of the. young moroccan emigrants. they know the police will stop them. i'm they know that the road is not the solution. they know their flight could be feel. like going back is not an option.

i'm on and rabbiting are stuck in the spanish border area alongside other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on d w. staying up to date don't miss our highlights. program online d.w. dot com highlights. fireworks on the trading floor just days before the new year's celebrations the u.s. stimulus package the brics it trade arrangement on the corona virus vaccine boost investor sentiment. and to the world's biggest film industry in terms of output bollywood is feeling the pinch. but how to do that the business i want to

johnsonville and good to have you with us and we're starting with an amazing rally on global markets from germany's dax to wall street and tokyo stocks are hitting record highs and also seemed jubilant thanks to a new economic stimulus package passed in the u.s. the breaks a deal of course and the 1st vaccinations against the coronavirus question is how long will the party last. crisis what crisis the german stock market in frankfurt is and record breaking mood at the end of 2020 the blue chip dax index has gained around 4 percent since the start of the year despite the pandemic but what's behind the optimism. you make that the markets expect that everyone will be vaccinated by the middle of next year. but critics see significant risks many businesses such as love to answer or travel company to eat are only staying

afloat thanks to state subsidies if the government were to cut back at short time work allowance many companies could go broke that would lead to mass unemployment as well as bankruptcies for businesses and individuals according to the german institute for economic research. if loans are not repaid the banks could suffer the institute predicts the german economy could lose $400000000000.00 euros by the end of the coronavirus pandemic a bill that they say the government alone will be unable to pay. a columnist warned that a negative social and economic mood would then have negative repercussions on the stock market. while on those soirees seem to have reached frank. pandey is standing by. with us what's the mood like there today. well is jubilant today there's no much different from what it was yesterday when the stock market reached record highs even now with you see it's

a little on the lower side by the tragically there but it's still above the what we had seen yesterday and that's the reason we're still in positive territory the reasons there you mentioned about the stimulus in the u.s. that that has been a major positive than the breaks a deal that seems to have actually been a major plus and a boost for traders here and of course the vaccination that has started across europe in union right i mean of course we all want to hear good news that's brilliant but what about the doubts i mean critics say that investors are turning a blind eye to the risks and head out what do you think. well it is very difficult to say at this point of time because the people have spoken to they are still very optimistic they see that there is still some potential some still steam left for this rally to go further into next year they point to owning expectations with supposed to be positive higher than what they were this

year they also point to these companies like tons and to you know all these companies are vicious have been battered this year and now they're expected to only recover from where they have gone this year. that's times mainly to the vaccine driven recovery so that's one view or the other view is perhaps the markets have already factored in their recovery and there's not much sweet room for the to go any further but remember a lot will depend on the stimulus that has been introduced by the governments and also the monetary easing by central banks and any premature tightening could actually mean disaster for the markets all right well actually despondent they reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange thank you so much. the all member states say the necessary political backing is in place for a controversial investment pact with china clearing the way for a deal between the world's biggest economic blocks about sides indicated an

agreement could be sealed within days under the pact to china it would open up its manufacturing sector to you companies as well as construction advertising air transport maritime services telecoms and to some extent cloud computing brussels meanwhile is said to soften its stance on china's investments in europe. or to breaks it now and business and then in the united kingdom have been reflecting on how all the new trade arrangements between britain and the e.u. will actually affect them time is of the essence as they only have 4 more days to adapt until the transition period ends and the new rules apply peter wood's heels were prized by his customers in germany sweden and lithuania but now he fears his e.u. customers will look elsewhere for supply after the new breaks and rules come in on january 1st the deal involves a vast amount of paperwork we will produce documentation unfortunately customers

but also got a raft of documentation to get used to allow the import to go ahead so why buy from the u.k. might as well buy for the low producer and for us who can deliver to the do no documentation no problem peter wood says he would never have voted for breakfast if he knew he was going to lose his job. the british government acknowledges there will be specific challenges but the biggest obstacles are out of the way. working more intensively with business in order to make sure that everyone is ready for the new opportunities and challenges that come off the 1st of january i think business is broadly in a good place but inevitably with any change with any transition there are occasional bumpy roads the confederation of british industry wants the government in london to translate the deal which is more than a 1000 pages of legal text into practical guidance for business owners like peter when the clock is ticking. i think we can agree it's not

been a good year for the travel sector lockdowns and quarantine rules are taking the fun out of travelling before business or leisure air travel has been hardest hit with entire fleets grounded and passenger numbers up to 90 percent down compared to previous levels the linz new airport couldn't have picked a worse time to finally open. the main terminal at berlin's new airport designed to handle more than $6000.00 passengers per hour. but now just a few weeks after opening most of the desks are closed. due to travel restrictions there are hardly any flights no wonder the new shopping zone in the departure area is empty as well. after a 9 year delay airport retailers have now opened shop in the midst of germany's partial coronavirus shut down the highway one company has invested millions in its

commercial space at 1600 square meter of duty free shop offer sperling flair and digital design all that's missing are the customers. now to hit months and start on those for of course we thought things would start out differently with far higher volume and far more passengers to get more life into this marketplace and into our shops but right now in this current situation we have to just grit our teeth and get through it with all the tools at our disposal in other words we're thinking about reducing opening hours and not having all the shops open at once. of the more than 100 shops many shut down shortly after the new airport opened food vendors have been especially hard hit as airport restaurants had to close off their seating areas. with less than 20 percent of the normal passenger volume it is not worth it for many businesses here to remain open. the casual foods catering business has

sent most of its 80 workers home only a few of its outlets are open and even then with limited hours. we need support from the government with a short time allowance was a big help we applied for funds in november the 1st state subsidy that will receive as a company types of support are a necessity as fixed expenses are quite high especially in airports and in the restaurant business. currently there is little to see from berlin brandenburg airports visitors terrorists few of the planes will be leaving their parking spaces anytime soon but during the pandemic even watching a plane take off is indeed something special. and another sector hit by. pandemic of course the entertainment industry hindi cinema also known as bollywood normally office millions of us an escape from the drudgery of

daily life but pandemic restrictions have left their mark on the world's biggest film industry. glitz glamour stars and professionally choreographed song and dance the ingredients that make bollywood films unique worldwide. behind the glittering façade are many day laborers. they form the backbone of the film industry a single film used to mean hiring more than a 1000 people but today's productions are much smaller. all the big stars and big roles have although it's not stop there because they are starting with the upcoming new york almost film and at the minimum one of. the sad things to you before look what we have now we had enough that the sins of the late department and how many more 15 to 20 people would come along bullfighter 6 member and i and all the logs will be up for being on how it is not there. due to the coronavirus authorities now impose restrictions on certain popular wedding scenes involving

multitudes of guests are banned as are hugs and kisses and fight scenes before the pandemic bollywood produced about 2000 films annually more than anywhere in the world in 2020 that number has tumbled to less than half so it does affect it severely. including the daily wage labors as well as technicians as well as this so it was a serious damage actually so it might take another corporate 3 years to recover completely from this effect i guess so yeah this is a serious damage serious damage which we didn't expect actually. after shutting their doors for nearly 7 months india's cinemas reopen in october under strict conditions every other seat must now remain empty but the reopening represents a glimmer of hope many people are counting on a happy ending next year with

a comeback for the bollywood dream factory. there is an ancient tradition in mexico the pinion and it's taking a new form for the upcoming new year's eve ceremony after a rough year people around the world are ready to move on and making a perfectly clear what a terrible year they're leaving behind by bashing a symbolic 2020 like we see here in new york or on the coronaviruses itself after all that's the one saying that really messed up this whole past year and unfortunately it will also be a problem in 2021 but let's hope we're seeing an end to this crisis. that takes that take that as a business update here and e.w. can mean the team thanks for watching.

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tag was ok as. we've been covering brags it since the beginning and i'm now joined by big mass our correspondents from london and care much as who is in brussels for us it's a huge story the story of the u.k. leaving the e.u. untangle in decades of integration we spent years interviewing politicians campaigners even body language experts and now after traveling across the u.k. as well as the continent and even the seeds we're taking a moment to select our past now biggest bricks of glue zus and some of the winners to.

maybe we won't have to have gun ships maybe we can use diplomacy. and allow access maybe to some but not to will. falter is really fused the protective about his fish he's a fisherman and hastings that's on the southern english coast and his family have been there for generations for centuries really if you're looking for the winners of them in the english channel just off the british coast of some of northern europe richest fishing grounds british fishermen are now able to fish much more freely and that's exactly what poor joy wanted to do take back so often free of british falters. on the right does one of that aspect of directly we take back control of their territory will. that means that they're kicking out a european official the dutch for example and they've been fishing here for hundreds of years they will have less access to the fishing grounds of the british

coast. so it's 4 in the morning and we're standing in this huge fish factory some ships there catch up to 80 percent of their fish in u.k. waters a whole industry relies on this catch and it relies on running at full capacity much less than that and it could collapse but it's also an emotional thing what used to be our colleagues richer or our colleagues our friends working together in european fisheries politics and all of a sudden it's turned upside down as if they are strangers as if we are strangers and that is a very very bad feeling. very belonging to a male which is. it's france's biggest fishing port people very much feel the same way and you know what ironically what's safe is a matter of taste the thing is that british fish eaters don't really like what's in their own waters like herring for example or macro array that all get sold to

europe but what they do are like card for example for their fish and chips this is something that they have to buy of the european fishermen so europe is really the biggest market and a huge trading partner when it comes to fish. british fisherman need to be you they sell i would say about 70 percent of their catch to the you market. and without a trade deal in place all the fish that british fish would have been subject to massive tariffs and barriers. cliff. no deal breakers that in other words would have put them straight out of business and still pouring salt it was worth the risk. breck's it is a long term goal. i think we've got to go

a long way before we see the gains we've been anything to anything with the industry banking financial monetary economy they're all going to suffer in the short term but it's something we're quite happy to do so that we have a long term benefit of controlling their own cities and controlling our own destiny his passion for control over the sea was widely shared by u.k. politicians and we saw that throughout those endless negotiations again and again so it often felt like britain was much more concerned about fishing than for example other much more important parts of the economy like for example the city of london fishing is less than 0 point one percent of their economy so why all the fuss is something that you might ask i think it took you a while to understand what on earth was so important about fish and in the end it was all about patrie arctic symbolism this idea that britain is an independent

coastal state. i just became so aware of it you know you just you run into it you know and out of it but it's not a functioning border and if that was to change it changes everything and it changes not just the landscape of the country but it changes the functioning of the country on her own alex has been crossing the border numerous times i without any difficulty it's a completely open border and mostly they're not even signs that tell you that you're crossing an actual border from the republic of ireland over there through northern ireland and the u.k. . it used to be one of the most famous borders in all of europe. but for all the wrong reasons this passionate struggle to keep the places apart or

to bring them together costs thousands of lives. it's only recently that it's all been quite with a peace deal but also within you support and you integration. to grasp what's still at stake in northern ireland just take a look at belfast there are these huge peace walls and like in berlin they've become a tourist attraction only these walls still sort of pompous they keep people apart . people who would fight each other over whether to stay a part of the u.k. or to join the republic of ireland. it was really chilling to meet the final he was all about fighting for a united ireland meeting him thout like going back in time to the 1970 s. . it was talk about the irish republican army the ira and dying and killing for the course. we will commemorate barry volunteers and this community

for us are a funk here's. who were martyred paid the ultimate sacrifice for irish freedom and also murdered others and i mean war but 1st they have republicans have traditionally saw that as long as we are. the irish people have the right to resist occupation by any means by any means also with arms well before that would include performs that's been traditionally been the republican viewpoint while the majority of people in northern ireland voted to remain with the. those who voted leave did so because they saw this is an opportunity to show that they are part of the u.k. and separate from the republic of ireland. it was all about leaving one union in order to stay in another union but some are now regretting that. if i had the opportunity to turn back time around

a fractured vote i would be encouraged to change my mind and vote for me and simply because the issues that already exist and know that i have been compounded by a practical and we fought long and hard in this country to. say to the sectarianism try and make a better future for all our shows on the practical issues. ricotta raised a community. while they were. of the european union people in northern ireland didn't have to choose whether they were british or irish or both they didn't have to choose one identity over another and trade between northern ireland the republic of ireland the u.k. and the you used to be very easy but not anymore hot border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland could be avoided but it has been replaced by a border basically in the i receive between the u.k.

and northern ireland and we're bound to see some form of custom control. so we found frustration and even bitterness in the republic among people who will now face more obstacles when they're sending things like for example forklift trucks to great britain and also to the rest of the e.u. if you ask anyone in the irish population of course this is being imposed on the irish population and in that sense it is madness but the problem is of course we did not have the control on this the control of it belonged to the u.k. voters for this result so it's not a result but the amish population would have wanted for. as for northern ireland. may have actually helped those who want to see northern ireland cut itself loose from the u.k. so the republican cause may be the winner of bracks and so irish reunification is suddenly not an unrealistic prospect anymore and it's new and it's

a direct result of bracks and. there's a real possibility that breaks it could trigger the end of the united kingdom scotland very much has a strong identity and a big part of that is not being english scotland just had an independence referendum just 6 years ago and they voted to actually stay in the u.k. but that was before bracks it many scots really really don't want to leave that up and they resent the english for voting for breakfast. it still gives me shivers when i think about that surely morning last winter we met up with some very brave scottish souls they were when to swim us and they were braving the waters off the coast of fadden bro all year round they are not a political and on the whole never extremely polite but they had very clear words for the english who had voted for brakes it. says we don't start off england and

unfortunately the england. yes give us our independence equal we can look after ourselves. and feeling that we're being torn out. with our consent and it's horrible the m.p. tony shepherd represents the scottish national party in the u.k. parliament and we saw him in his constituency office in edinburgh we have had a lot of extremely generous friend overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of its own affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european union. so the scottish nationalists are a clear winner here all recent opinion polls say that the scottish people the majority of them want to go their own way and that they want to be independent now

. the what is in the car being are not half as chilly as in scotland but one we traveled thousands of kilometers to the island of. what we found is that people there were just as annoyed about as people at a bar and grill and should have had a chance to participate in the brits and that no other people should decide and get on straight it puts us in a precarious position because. economically we might be just advantage but. it does not make us feel to be a part of. british territories. we are part of the european union under britain. and we probably would suffer in most of them have british passports

but because i'm a british overseas territory and only partly governed by the u.k. the $15000.00 or so islanders didn't have oppressive vote. we were there just after a big hurricane had hit in 2017 but people reckon it will do much more damage than that what we already know is that a guerrilla lost all you subsidies which made up a big part of the island's budget. all relations with his next door neighbor some us are now much more complicated because someone is part of france and therefore it's still part of the you. rely on summertime for trade transport and health care and your passports go. they as well as the scots are being pulled out of the you against their will so the news as here of the

ordinary people and just like in scotland bracks it has boosted those and will who won independence. so there we were and i in the city of london it's europe's biggest financial hub and the city is enormously important for the u.k. we have the skills and the knowledge of the culture you know to handle. the financial sector and perhaps other countries in within europe don't have that. financial services contribute over 10 percent of the tax revenue for the u.k. . i can still see. you're standing there at this desk surrounded by glass in this imposing skyscraper that says you know power. it was just after the break that

vote that we went to see him go below the head of law itself along the insurer in the deal told us that they had full 1000000000.