help us mike violence against children. this is d.w. news live from berlin germany's lockdown is extended until at least the end of the month chance of a magical and state leaders also announce a new tougher restrictions including limits on travel in coronavirus hotspots also on the program the u.s. state of georgia goes out to vote in 2 key runoff elections which will decide whom

controls the u.s. senate. and a poll in japan shows the majority want the tokyo olympics to be cancelled. about one super fan hopes the games will go on. and welcome to the program germany is extending its national coronavirus locks on by 3 weeks in an effort to reduce stubbornly high infection and death rates the decision follows a meeting between chancellor angela merkel and the country's 16 state leaders where they also agreed to tighten some restrictions including curbs on social contacts and limits on people's movements in the worst affected regions. germans have been feeling the effect of tougher corona restrictions since last year but the lockdown

is about to get tighter still feel. we're going to extend the measures which we agreed in december until the 31st of january and in some areas we will have to introduce even tougher measures. shelf than. infection numbers have not dropped as sharply as hoped and there is a new fear of the faster spreading variant of the virus which could put massive strain on the health care system if it takes hold in germany. in some context there is really major concern about the virus mutation if it's true that mutated viruses tend to displace the existing strains of the more aggressive we could be facing difficult times ahead what's happened in great britain shows we must not underestimate this kind frontal shits and so the chancellor and state premiers have agreed an extended lockdown private meetings will be limited to the members of

a household and only one other person where infections are high people will be told to stay within 15 kilometers of their home schools and many shops will remain closed and people arriving from outside germany will need a corona test and have to spend at least 5 days in quarantine restricting movement infection hotspots could prevent a repeat of scenes like these at the weekend when hundreds of people ignored police warnings and headed for ski slopes but so far it's not clear how all the new rules will be enforced. hopes for progress in rolling back the pandemic now rests on vaccination new vaccines are set to be approved but it's expected to be many months before enough people are immunized for no german space a longer lock down and no clarity about when it might be lifted. our chief political editor michelle centers her assessment of this latest response from

the german government to the covert 19 pandemic the extension and the deepening of the lockdown here and quite clearly that the government is still bracing for the worst part of the pandemic still to come not so fast because there is that more contagious strain that has been so verily and in britain for instance but also because the rollout of those life changing vaccines is simply too slow to make a difference in time before those better conditions will allow people to be outside more again so an ever deeper lockdown not ruled out for when the ministers meet once again those state premiers on the german chancellor's on january 25th to decide what happens in february and further throughout this very long winter with that silver lining of a vaccine still too far away to make a big difference here in germany d.w.

chief political editor now reporting there now to some of the other stories making news around the world. 4 migrants have been found dead after their both reached the spanish island of 10 a wreath about 40 others survive the journey from north africa more than 1100 people died last year trying to reach europe. pakistan's supreme court has ordered authorities to rebuild and historic hindu temple that was burned down by a mob last week the attack was widely condemned as an act of religious violence against the country's minority hindu population with or she's say they've arrested more than 100 people in connection with the attack. in the u.s. prosecutors in konoha show wisconsin say they won't file criminal charges against the police officer who shot an unarmed black man last august jacob blake was hit several times in the back as he tried to enter his vehicle the shooting sparked

days of unrest in the city. now voting is underway in 2 key runoff elections in the u.s. state of georgia and the stakes are high the outcome will determine whether the senate is run by republicans or democrats president trump was in georgia to rally support for republican incumbents and david. president elect joe biden was there she gets out the vote for the democratic challengers polls show the candidates neck and neck and democrats need both seats in order to have a majority in the senate to clear the way for joe biden's agenda. now d.w. correspondents all of a salad joins us from georgia state capital atlanta all of it remind viewers what's at stake in this election. well this is a very crucial election ola for joe biden and his presidency in fact it could

really determine the fate of his presidency he wants to undo several policies of the trump era if not a majority of them in fact and in order to be able to do that he needs control of all both chambers off the u.s. congress the house of representatives and senate and now what's at stake here are essentially 2 seats 2 senate seats the georgian 2 senate seats and the democrats have to win them both so if they don't win them if they only win one it is not going to be enough for joe biden to be able to push through his policy initiatives and that could result in a situation where the republicans could obstruct his policies and make him a weak president in fact from the day he takes office. ok not long to go now until polls close where you are now these appear to be neck and neck and neck races where i went on we expecting results tonight. right so the close of the polls are going to close in an hour from now we should be going to get some exit polls

soon after that but as you mentioned it's a neck and neck race so we will have to wait until we get a majority of the votes in to get a clearer picture and it is the situation that we had some record early voting 3000000 georgians took to the polls early that's a record in addition to that there are mail in ballots to be counted and as we know in november in the presidential election that took some time so we might see a similar scenario here tonight just like that we're not going to get the results here tonight perhaps tomorrow some experts even expect the results to come in later within the next states right now in all the news from the u.s. to not prosecutors in connection with have cleared a white police officer in the shooting of jacob blake back in august now we remember the massive protests that erupted after that shooting what's been the reaction to today's news. right well the family of jacob blake reacted very disappointed of course as you remember and it's

worth pointing out again he was shot 7 times in front of his children he's now paralyzed so the expectations there were differently of course also there was a lot of anger in the black life matter community also to remind our viewers that over the summer here in the united states hundreds of thousands took to the street to protest police violence so a nationwide movement really that was sparked after the killing of george floyd in minneapolis where the officer was charged eventually that kneeled on on his neck and the expectation was the same with the case of george blake right now so the big question is will this decision made there in wisconsin spark new protests we're going to expect a large a pro trump protests in d.c. tomorrow so there's a potentially dangerous situation coming up. all of a solid reporting from atlanta there and we will of course check in with you throughout the next few hours on those as those election results stop coming in.

now saudi arabia's crown prince has signed a deal to bring qatar back into a coalition of arab gulf allies qatar cosigned the agreement ending 3 years of isolation from its neighbors a number of gulf states cuts ties with qatar 3 years ago accusing it of supporting terrorism and being too close to iran. the emir of qatar arrived in saudi arabia to be greeted by the kingdom's crime prince this moment settle an embrace violating coronavirus guidelines sending a strong signal today we turn a new page shake to mean bin hamad a funny had not attended a gulf summit since the crisis began in 2017 now his country is being welcomed back into the fold. this shake was whisked through the saudi desert to the shimmering

summit venue in the 18th city of. gulf leaders posed for photographs before sitting down to sign a declaration of solidarity and stability saudi arabia had already announced it was lifting its in bargo on qatar on tuesday riyadh said it was restoring full diplomatic ties that had to do well with these outfits helped us reach the agreement of the statement that will be signed that can summit where we affirm our gulf arab and islamic solidarity and stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people that. the declaration seeks to end the dispute which is isolated cut off for more than 3 years in june 2017 saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar they accused of supporting terrorist groups and of being too close to saudi arabia's fro iran. saudi arabia and its allies

blockaded access to qatar by air land and sea leaving it completely cut off doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockade in countries as huge 13 demands despite qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations the list included closing down broadcast al-jazeera and grating ties with iran. fast forward to 2021 and no sign of major concessions from qatar so why the change of heart it's partly thanks to pressure from the outgoing us administration. and pressure from the incoming one joe biden is expected to take a firm a stance toward saudi arabia and to reengage with iran. but well riyadh seeks to unify arab ranks the declaration contains only a general pledge of solidarity the united arab emirates has said more work is

needed while qatar is freed from the blockade full reconciliation is by no means certain. now to the world of sports and a super fan who refuses to miss out 61 year old kyoko ishikawa has been to every summer olympic games in the past 30 years and the tokyo resident is determined to attend the one should be able to come to her hometown this year now many japanese believe the event should not go ahead because of the pandemic but kyoko is hoping to keep a record on broken. kyoko ishikawa has done her summer games superfan attire every 4 years her traditional outfit and hace maki headband started out at the barcelona games in 1902 and along the way she's collected memorabilia at every game since the tokyo olympics were postponed until this year due to the pandemic and just last month tokyo organizers

banned cheering in stadiums which means. will have to leave her whistle at home even with the muted atmosphere of the tokyo games kyoko believes could serve as a symbol of hope and i think i did i mean isn't that the clue that it will and despite the difficulties i want to take your games to be a place where people around the world feel that the flame of hope was protected. come to doing that humanity kept it alive. could it not that i know the. plans to take part in the rescheduled torch relay she's also looking forward to adding to her collection of memorabilia the tokyo games are set to open in under 200 days. japan's top ranked sumo wrestler hole has

tested positive for coronavirus days before the start of the new year. in tokyo on sunday it's not clear yet whether the 15 day event will be postponed mongolian born haute couture who is the longest serving top ranked wrestler known as a you because you know was tested after losing his sense of smell earlier this year 28 year old sumo shipper she conjured died after contracting code at 90 i that's it you're up to date christy in the is up next with news africa i was like oh that's become. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you are his papers when official information has attorneys i have work on the streets of many characters and their problems are always the same core

to the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption weak on the 4th to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the human seem right to fold who can decide to put their trust in us. my name is jenny harrison i work. in the evening and. this is state of being is africa on the program today schools reopened in kenya after almost a ged primary and high school children are back in the classroom but how safe are they and their teachers from colbert 19 we have a report from nairobi. and president morsi in our top there i has won a 2nd term in office. in the central african republic back will he be able to

pacify the country. and will meet a former separatist fighter pop cameroon who has surrendered and is now in a reintegration program. hello i'm. to the program it's good to have your company millions of children are back in the classroom in kenya for the 1st time since last march with the government closed schools in response to the cove of 19 pandemic students in grades 48 and 12 returned in october so they could prepare for exams now all primary and high school students are back in school you visited one school in nairobi on the 1st day back. to. kibera as one of the largest low income areas in their ruby here thousands of people live close together interacting on

a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils are waiting in line to get in. kenya as one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen its schools according to the world health organization prolonging school closures close risks for children from poor backgrounds like here in canberra for example higher rates of teen pregnancies born attrition and dropouts some of the reasons why the kenyan government said it was time to finally fully reopen schools. janet ones is excited to finally bring her daughter virginia back to school yet she's very aware of the risk. didn't mention jane is. when displayed a child for coffee. not even. even a common cause other. diseases because the many

many age forget about. after they arrive they have the temperature measured and abortion senate ties their hands that's the new normal is to pair up primary school for girls $347.00 girls are expected in the next few days divided into classes of roughly 20 pupils a distance of one meter can be maintained but still there are challenges. to wearing on their masks wolf which is not easy for them because they have to be on their mass throat and they would be so inflamed they're making that telling you we need to breathe. this school is well placed to deal with covert restrictions as it can provide the water space and masks to their pupils for free many other schools in kenya cannot it's possible because it belongs to shuffle an international organization that's funded mainly by private american donors teachers here were trained by health officials some classes even have 2 teachers parents feel that children are safer here than at home we haave told i would say we have been told

the children are privileged that able to social descent that able to. get medical treatment twitches not come on to everybody who lives there on the slum how did they. think i was despite the measures virginia is just happy to be back at school was and the correspondent mario mona filed the report you just saw she joins me now from our bureau in by robi good to see you also obviously one school there that you profiled in to bear about how schools across the country fairing. so up to $16000000.00 kenyan schoolchildren have returned to school on monday and have you seen in the report there were huge lines that we filmed actually outside of public schools not at the school also also of course the school where we filmed but also said public schools so their conditions are quite different it's not a saves not us comfortable teachers they're actually caution and they say they say

schools are actually overcrowded under-funded and therefore ill prepared for reopening because according to them there were no new provisions taking place in order to maintain the social distance of one meter classrooms and while the kenyan government said they will provide 7000000 masks to children from poor backgrounds but at the same time they admitted they are short of $1000000.00 masks so in the end it's clear that parents mostly have to step in and pay. and how do people feel about schools opening up to 9 months. so actually people where very happy especially the students but parents are very worried also they said well it's not very realistic people younger children are actually playing all sides they hug you know they have to you have to remind them constantly that

they have to wear the mask and also classroom size didn't change their still the same but there are more children in some cases because private schools actually in kenya had to close down some of them at least because of the break and because of the loss of income so parents had to look for new schools for their children and they were these were mostly public schools so there's the that's a big. bit wary. schools were closed for 9 months how did that impact the curriculum ed and what have education officials done in response. so a teachers we spoke to today they told us yes they expect especially younger children that they have gotten mostly not everything but a lot at least so they have to repeat a lot in some cases some call it some schools were actually able to keep in touch to bring paperworks to their homes because in most schools especially in poorer

neighborhoods like kibera there are now laptops no computers available so that the children could learn from school or from home so very difficult conditions for many kenyan right will children and now they're expected to actually repeat and briefly mario what is the general covert situation in kenya at the moment so the numbers of cases and deaths have been reducing in the last few weeks according to the ministry of health and the johns hopkins university as latest numbers indicate that there have been nearly 1700 death cases of course always bearing in mind that there is the unreported case the number of reported cases is probably much higher so now the biggest fear also after the holiday season people went to visit their friends and family for christmas and of the updated number might be much higher and that schools could actually turn into a hotbed of the news of the disease right measures in place not enough.

of the reporting for us and i thank you president for steen our charge toward iran has one central african republic sprays eventually election he secured more than 53 percent of the vote in the election which was held on the 27th of december the vote was marred by violence by armed rebel groups who tried to disrupt the election now one of the president's biggest tasks will be to revive the shattered peace deal and handle a growing rebellion from several groups. it was the party to our their supporters had long been waiting for. after years of conflict and an election marked by violence many people here hope the president will bring peace. to. the people do not need weapons to take power we have suffered so much and today you can see what the president has done to bring this

country forward so it's totally understandable that people here voted for him. elections on the 27th of december ran relatively smooth despite the opposition calling it a farce and armed violence in many of rule areas. on monday the electoral commission announced 2 of their us win with over 50 percent of the votes . but it's not going to be an easy ride for the president the rebel coalition have continued that tax and says it does not accept the election result and now threatens to attack the capital bangui if the government does not engage in dialogue. the country is still reeling from a civil war in 2013 when muslim and christian armed groups clashed over political control and access to the country's past mineral resources 7. the un has over 12000 peacekeepers on the ground and despite

a peace deal by islands and human rights abuses have continued. for the president to succeed he has to start talks with the rebel coalition and try to revive whatever is left of a shattered peace agreement. our next story is in cameroon separatist conflict has been raging for the is leaving more than 2000 people dead people in the english speaking parts of the french majority. country have long felt discriminated against by the government in one day and 2016 rebels in the add to phone roth west and southwest regions declared an independence day quote. we met a former fighter who is now in a reintegration program. for kingsley this chicken coop is the most peaceful place he's been in the last few years kingsley used to be an amazonian independence fighter here and some 200 rebels attacked the cameroon

military 3 years ago in their quest for a new independent state. so many of my friends. this agenda so so in the oceans. joined in because it was an issue that everything would be fine. but he ultimately surrendered to authorities assigned him to this reintegration center where hundreds of former fighters receive training. they learn sewing computer programming and chicken farming like kingsley before we begin filming the head of the center made sure the place was cleaned up he's apparently keen to counter the state's brutal image many people here still see the military and the government as their enemy. even to become one of the people i want to want to cause trouble some of the militants who are

a friend and anybody who is living in the bush to come to the center is a friend so doctors in this received. the grass and on by the believes the forces who are guarding the center. in 2016 cameron's mostly english speaking citizens took to the streets of bomb end they were protesting what they said was neglect by the majority french speaking government in the cameroonian capital but the government responded violently thousands have died since then many trusts neither the government nor the military this insurance is due is a moment days days we see most. of the religion but what the media does not do involves it needed to be very angry every day. back at the reintegration center kingsley says he doesn't regret his decision to flee from the separatists even though he hasn't been allowed to leave the strictly guarded center for almost a year due to security reasons he fears the danger of possible revenge attacks by

the ambers only in fighters kingsbury believes he will never be able to return to his home village. and that's all for our program today we'll see you next time. electric emission free assistant this disdain of the future of mobility the wheel is. born at least it was killed in 1000 appears to be fleeing from a place on the ballot many ordinary cars comfortably forms are back on the block

on there are really no alternatives. made in germany. in 16. q. what secrets lie behind us want to discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. the new york stock exchange surprises everyone and cancels as planned the listing of 3 chinese tech firms exchange officials say they consulted regulators before their u.-turn but analysts are still scratching their heads. also on the show google employees former union could mean for an industry to seeing more employee activism but has long been resistant to organizing. and will look at germany's

rising interest in bio gas created from livestock and your implant matter as part of a transition to renewable energy. flow up the to the show i'm super busy in berlin it's good to have you with us. one of the big stories on the new york stock exchange in recent weeks was the expected delisting of 3 chinese tech firms all of them targeted in the recent us executive order prohibiting americans from investing in companies that washington claims are linked to the beijing government on monday the new york stock exchange abruptly canceled the listing shocking many. as if trade and diplomatic relations between the u.s. and china couldn't get any foggier. the new york stock exchange had an announced it was delisting 3 communications giants china telecom china unicom and china mobile. the delisting followed an executive order from president donald trump which barred

american investments and chinese firms owned or controlled by the military now the exchange says it's changing course after talks with quote relevant regulators but today's announcement is not undoing the mounting tensions. this expression of chinese firms has a limited impact on these chinese companies but it will harm the u.s. his own national interests and the image of that country as well as the global position of the u.s. capital market has changed. the about face from the new york stock exchange has been called bizarre by some market watchers and is leaving traders smarting from the whiplash. but this could continue in its statement the new york stock exchange added they will keep an eye on whether these companies can remain listed. right a decision that caught many by surprise our financial analyst in new york now joins us good to see you what's behind this decision to surprise

a lot of people. you know well it's a lot of confusion and a lot of back and forth 1st of all let me tell you that it's not in the interest of from the new york stock exchange to a necessarily do list those companies because they're paying clients but then there is this executive order that's supposed to start on general eleven's just a couple of days you know generally 20 years joe biden is supposed to be sworn in as the 46 president of the united states i don't have proof of that but maybe the new york stock exchange try to buy some time but that's not where the saga ends 1st of all on monday all those chinese telecom stocks got under heavy selling pressure now on tuesday there was a big relief those talks even more than they lost on monday but then shortly before trading ended tier in the new york stock exchange right in my back the head of the treasury stephen muchin actually was out saying that you disagree as was the new york stock exchange to not delist those companies so this saga is definitely not

over yet all right a lot of questions remaining open there in stay with us want to ask you about another topic the recovering here and that is the alphabet workers union and that's the new organization of google engineers and other workers formed secretly a recent months and revealed this week after the elected officers and affiliated with a larger trade union representing communication workers and the aides of the you remain small only a few 100 members and that's lax bargaining rights but it marks a major shift in the u.s. tech industry workers in silicon valley have not been encouraged to unionize let's go back to court and now 'd yes you can get yens on the wall again i hear i'm not seeing him there is yes yes this is a small union we should say rights there are hundreds there are tens of thousands of employees at google talk about several 100 people unionizing here does this spook big tech what message does that send. they're clearly i mean google worldwide

has about 23260000 people working for them employees and contractors and so far about 230 people or so have joined to this a union 1st of all it's not your typical union it's a minority union meaning that those people will not start negotiations right away was top management it's more involved in activism getting people together especially also those contractors who are not fully employed and yes it will take some time to gain some critical mass but it's clearly a sign that activism is on the on the rise overall in silicon valley and in other parts of the economy as well we've definitely seen an activism picking up in recent years why is that the big tech has been able to avoid unionization to this point. well one thing is that was the whole start up mentality that we've seen in silicon

valley for instance at the beginning a lot of the employees there felt like family and no need to actually necessarily unionize or bring their act together but then they had been some scandals in the past couple of years actually they had been protest was in companies like google for instance because google is playing around with the idea of a starting a search engine especially for china they're also had been some protests because of google's involvement in some drone activity from the pentagon so really it's a fascinating development and if this whole union thing even if it's a minority union should prove to be successful if they gain some traction we will definitely see similar movements in other companies like facebook amazon apple and the like so it's definitely a trend and a tendency that workers and employees to get together and activism is on the rise

in those companies as well worth watching in court our financial correspondent in new york thank you. and it's time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making headlines. german chancellor angela merkel announce that the country is intensifying measures aimed at fighting the spread of the coronavirus the current national lockdown will be extended by 3 weeks to the end of january not essential businesses will remain closed and employers are encouraged to allow staff to work from home. unemployment in germany rose to 2700000 people last year that's the highest figure in 7 years according to the federal employment agency the number of germans without a job increased by almost 430000 last year compared to 2019. saudi arabia will unilaterally cut oil production by $1000000.00 barrels a day next month it's a surprise move signaling the kingdom's concerns about

a global economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic us oil prices rallied past the 50 dollars mark for the 1st time since february last year after the announcement. well methane is a greenhouse gas massive heat absorber if released in the atmosphere bio methane on the other hand could be a climate solution it burns clean and its production from one year and crops actually removes methane that could leak into the atmosphere the catch as investors in germany have found bio methane remains expensive. farmer josefa meyer is not risk averse and he's happy to be a pioneer he's invested big in the future of his farm near munich airport his latest innovation is a plant that produces renewable natural gas also known as bio meeting it's processed and then fed straight into the existing natural gas network. the plant cost hundreds of thousands of euros the farmer hopes it's worth it.

we are currently testing a bus at the munich airport for example was what we thought it would be to be it's being operated with l. and g. made out of bio methane. tile didn't it. one of the world's largest bio methane plants that feeds fuel into the gas grid is located in the eastern german state of saxony on how to around 30 local farmers supplied the plant with corn and sugar beet pulp the bio meeting produced a c o 2 neutral. plant operator yes bartos and his colleague hoped to sell more a new c o 2 tax which took effect on january 1 and makes fossil fuels like natural gas and diesel very expensive does not apply to bio me thing still until now bio me thing

has always been a niche product in germany. there was a suit we set ourselves the goal of phasing out fossil fuels for energy production by 2050 that means that anywhere that natural gas is being used it can be replaced by bio methane in the future it works for heating your house it can be a heat source for industry and it can run your vehicle just because the stuff on. the ends up are to see short term opportunities refueling trucks by a meeting place liquefied natural gas and diesel but at the moment bio methane costs about 6 times more than natural gas so earning a profit is still uncertain farmers are reluctant to invest in bio meeting as its capital intensive. you'll suppose maher was able to build his plans because he had a financial partner however he says to proceed with caution. if

. you need i don't want to drive my colleagues into insolvency. you have to calculate quite clearly with a sharp pencil like in some cases the best decision is to shut down a bio gas plant so the. bio me pain accounts for about 2 percent of the fuel market in germany increasing by meeting production could significantly reduce c o 2 emissions it does however require the pioneer spirit. and finally british retailer marks and spencer says that brags it is already causing shortages of fresh food as it at its stores in france the items out of stock include sandwiches black rice and turkey tortilla with curry according to the labels on and shelves marks and spencer said it did not receive shipments from the u.k. on time due to the new customs border between the u.k. and the e.u. news of the shortages were met with dismay by iness loyal customers the company

counts 20 food stores in france all but one of them in paris. and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin to check us out online dot com slash business and facebook and twitter as always watching. everything campus for us and for our planet. pluto is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities scream or how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with

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before there was crowdfunding. you're welcome to arts and culture most of us these days are looking for a distraction from the pandemic but some are excited about watching more pandemics and movies and series here's a look at what's playing starting with the stand featuring a new ending written by stephen king himself the story starts 5 months after a bioengineered super flu has decimated the world's population directed by josh boone this new and timely adaptation of stephen king's 1978 novel the stand is not about viral epidemic as such but it uses one to set the scene for a battle of good versus evil. on the one side there's a mysterious centenarian played by will be goldberg. hello friend of. mine they is.