this is deja news live from berlin the catastrophe of the corona virus the world prepares to mark i'm a company milestone nearly 2000000 deaths and no signs of the pandemic is affecting frontline medical workers in the u.k. and told to think about trauma and hopelessness in the face of the disease also coming out u.s. president elect joe biden unveils his plan for a massive new stimulus program along with other measures to counter what he calls between the crises of a pandemic and a sinking economy he says the time to act is now past.

the syrians in berlin protest against germany's new willingness to deport people convicted of crimes back to syria and accuse the government of pandering to the right wing. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program the coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down with global deaths expected to hit 2000000 today even as countries race to vaccinate their populations the covert 9000 death toll continues to rise at an alarming rate new strains of the corona virus which scientists believe more transmissible have been blamed for the surge in infections across the world countries are facing a 2nd or even 3rd wave of infections with many governments tightening even further

the lockdowns already in place. one country that's been plunged into crisis by a new strain of the corona virus is the united kingdom there the number of cases and deaths has been skyrocketing since december many hospitals are overwhelmed with covert patients and as a result are no longer able to carry out other operations as much else until reports this is taking a huge toll mentally and physically both on the population and the medical workers trying to save lives i never see save many hundreds disappearing and i've never spread such extended periods of time with people waiting for a space though the. overall speed for which the corporations hold now rotavirus the night before every region and that has more people hospital now than they did in the 1st wave in the spring. you know trace we forgot or double the number of patients this step in london admits think they can rig up a really big hospital every single day whilst having higher numbers of staff from

our staff who are off sick or isolating or tested positive themselves i've just finished 10 days of isolation because my wife tested positive she's also a paramedic the person potentially cleared that we were wearing was fallout perspective not quite enough and a number of our friends and colleagues were the same situation and they've also tested positive over the last few weeks. i think the impact of the. moods it is just. more effective seeing a 50 percent more fractious where we were at the beginning of the service thinking we live with the story so that the we had the surgery love it was so huge with the proof of the magic that we didn't expect and that's feel socially rich spiritualise expose that while for the school to sort by surprise the new parent just made it absolutely explode and again you know we waited too long to stand down and they may

still more to come from this wave of the pandemic spec if you. look at what we're seeing fall people being admitted seeing intensive care units that are now becoming overwhelmed synopses in the southeast and now canceling a cold 28 day cancer staging the people he had surgeries cancel and now having to add knowing that the team is growing and for some of them by the time safe again they might not be operable anymore and that they have lost that wind you know so i mean that to me is a kind of our kind of mental torture at. the polls will. be a lot of people that for the very top one of my friends said he was just helping someone having a panic attack the other day that people are having nightmares about the really hard thing about big stuff a hospital for 5 hours is that over time you know you're there you're here with

your colleagues in the control room hosking for ambulances to be available to get there to other imagine seasons of people that need your help and you can't get that constantly in a situation where they know that not doing the best for the patients that trying to pass but i just know i don't position to be able to do that and that's something that people are wrestling with quite a lot of is knowing that you know bit vague they might have better to do some more if they had a rifle of the day they might have been able to. change the outcome for a particular patient burn short's how they were told walking down the country i don't think we have a choice we just throughout this. true and that's true we're trying to do the. crucial we're. working hard and it's taking its toll but we know we're doing the best we can it is their stance and. if we didn't go out there more people would die it would suffer as a result of not having. people working on the front line. meanwhile

germany has passed the 2000000 mark in recorded coronavirus cases it comes as chancellor i'm going to merkel pushes for a strict a lockdown has told top officials from have party but she wants quick action to stop the spread of worrying new coronavirus variants well in other developments in the pandemic france is to impose a nationwide 6 pm curfew starting on saturday for next week everyone travelling to france from outside the european union will have to show a negative test and then isolate for 7 days the u.k. has banned travelers from south america and portugal over concerns about a virus variant that has emerged in brazil it comes as brazil's health minister says hospitals in the amazonian city of manuals are running out of oxygen to trade covert 1000 patients israel has been praised for the progress it's been making and vaccinate vaccinating its population the government says it hopes every israeli citizen will have been inoculated by the end of march but prime minister benjamin

netanyahu is also facing flak for failing to organize supplies of the vaccine for some 5000000 palestinians living in the occupied territories critics say they have been left to fend for themselves they have attended crime reports. a covert 19 testing center in the west bank town of ramallah the infection rates in the occupied palestinian territories have been high in recent months so far people here have had to wait for any vaccinations while in neighboring israel the vaccination drive has taken off quickly human rights groups have criticized israel for not helping to finance or supply vaccines to palestinians but this feat the palestinian government announced that it has secured facts scenes from several companies added it was not the health ministry signed an agreement with 4 companies to import vaccines to shipments were arrived during the coming 2 month we will start vaccinating the medical teams old residents patients until the vaccine is 70

percent of the residents in the west bank gaza and jerusalem was the one the prospect of the arrival of the vaccine has been welcomed by the some reservations. had being recorded i know knock it off we want all of us to take it to feel psychologically at ease because we aren't a constant state of maury but they want to bring the russian magazine and we do not have much faith in the russian mixing. at the end i hope we look at the appropriate vaccine and we will be done with this crisis because it has affected all the sectors in this country. because of the little blood but they will have other options the palestinians have also signed up to the kovacs program in partnership with the world health organization it aims to hope no income countries to get a fair share of vaccines for around 20 percent of their population.

gerald rock'n child heads the world health organization the office for the palestinian territories and he joins me now from jerusalem. how dire is the situation in the palestinian territories at the moment. if you believe it says the growing sea is a challenge. probably. is even the israeli. israelis are. so far nobody except for those who say he troops are there. for exactly that was going to be my next question of israel has already vaccinated more than 20 percent of its population why have the palestinian territories been left behind. what part of it is because there are you sure she's a very scenes and there is a lot of competition that's very nice kovacs was he was created to ensure that also

those countries who can't get vaccines i'm pretty girl mark you get their fair share of that there seems to be working with them you felt very generous need to ensure that all good preparations are in place receive it seems obvious go where it was you were during the 1st quarter of the year why is it been specifically hard for a pal of the palestinian territories to get access to the back same benefits israel hasn't had such a problem. why he's race procured at the job market they enter the agreements with private companies. unions had some challenges in between spaight primarily rely on the kobe expense you think but they also exploring out a chance there are discussions with russia china also. but also off the counter is frank you have. to move quickly on to the subject seems a. well i mean there has been a push by some richer nations for an equitable distribution and you talk about the

the kovacs strategy. even though that we're seeing it play out here are poor nations losing out while for us it's practically a public health and in a concern so we also have some consultation with the israeli counterparts and you know our meetings we have flaked that there are a number of. reasons for why he's ready to support the banks in asia name for example by recent union side tensions even to a look a seen some violence from from there sort of lies with your belief that targets were force and. israeli the israeli prime minister has said that israel wants to help its neighbors are there any concrete plans of how that might look. i mean we have very good discussions. with military ministration also with me as you know you know. people who just to ensure that all the coordination making these i'm sorry

place that costumes here and spokes is don't create any obstacles once the vaccine starts with the right for the questions or 2 of the channels and all the papers already for the international scene deployment coach a myspace men's and so. ladies all right gerald rock'n child head of the world health organization office for the palestinian territories thanks very much for your time thanks very much. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world this hour dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in a strong shallow earthquake on indonesia's little wheezing island the disaster agency says the tremors flattened a hospital leaving patients and staff trapped inside the hotel is also among the collapsed buildings. north korea has held a military parade to celebrate the end of the country's party congress it was the 2nd such parade in just a few months and showcase soldiers marching and artillery pieces reports say it

included the ballistic missiles that can be fired from a submarine. uganda's opposition leader bobby wine says that there's been widespread fraud and violence in his country's presidential election the government however says the vote had been peaceful president you're wary mr veiny is seeking a 6th term in office as elves are expected on saturday a government imposed internet blackout remains in place until further notice. the siberian region of yakutia has experienced its longest cold spell in 14 years temperatures have stayed below minus 40 degrees for more than a month and forecasters say it's too to get even colder many residents were caught off guard due to an unusually mild autumn. us president elect joe biden has outlined a $1.00 trillion dollar coronavirus an economic recovery plan if passed by congress it will include one trillion dollars for households and over $400000000000.00 to

combat the panic pandemic directly including accelerating current vaccine programs is previously promised 100000000 vaccines in the 1st 100 days of his presidency acknowledged his plans a high price tag but said the country couldn't afford to do anything less. it's not hard to see that we're in the middle of the once in several generations economic crisis with a once in several generations public health crisis i'm joined now by david has paid a one and he's been watching time 5 inside his press conference to tell us a little bit more about biden's economic plan for a role this is really fine bring in the big bazooka to fight the pandemic you know to put this in perspective 2 trillion dollars is more than double the stimulus that the obama administration passed in 2009 during the great recession there one of the big criticisms back then was that they did not do enough to help average americans and it seems joe biden this really learned his lesson from the crisis which is to

go big or go home you know this whole big stimulus package is a sweeping very ambitious plan aimed almost clearly astrovan americans you want to fixedly send them a $2000.00 check it's really hurt their revising the media really but also want to increase jobless benefits prevent landlords from taking out people who were who are down on their rent who can't pay their rent buy paid sick leave raise the minimum wage to $15.00 and a whole lot more so fight and really want these measures in place through september which is a clear message that the incoming president does not expect the condemning to go away any time soon. they did lose pitiful a dollar speaking to me a little earlier well ahead of joe biden's inauguration next week security in the u.s. capitol has been stepped up to unprecedented levels more than 20000 soldiers are being deployed to prevent any repeat of the kind of violence unlaced last week on the capitol building trump supporters as day w.'s carolyn

a chamois reports from washington the mission is a mating with a mixed reaction from residents. you shall not pass that seems to be the message all around the capitol soldiers from the national guard have fled at this. first came the fence then the barricades were expecting our own 20000 soldiers from the national guard in washington d.c. on inauguration day sam have arrayed lined up behind me this city has never seen something like that and people they are scared of the city is a completely. on inauguration day one dangerous too dangerous scary you're supposed to keep it up you know civilization the markers. that we've come to this is good stuff starts right now there's a creek that they've done since wednesday is definitely needed and i do feel better about it but i think that the brightest still there at the current is shaky i just

want to make sure that this time that they're actually doing their job to protect the city as opposed to you know they are prepared like lester. behind the fence it's all hands on the day. soldiers from 11 states have arrived in washington d.c. they're organizing their equipment checking their weapons and getting ready in case violence returns to the city. they still don't know for how long they will stay deployed here. but the ones who spoke to us say they are proud to be here and to defend their democracy. but it's also a logistical challenge. for now they're waiting this might look like a military base but we're actually in the heart of the capitol building the soldiers are resting here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for generally 20 inauguration day. nobody knows what awaits them.

the holts still bears signs of last week's riots. or. perpetrators. cross. the border. and now they are here to fix. germany has decided not to renew a ban on deporting syrian nationals convicted of crimes this means that any syrian involved in terrorism will found guilty of an offense can be sent back to syria amnesty international has criticized the move saying syria is still unsafe and that such offenders could be tried in courts here as data reports members of the syrian community here in berlin also fear for the worst. of the berlin winter has not

stopped these activists from protesting germany's decision to lift the ban on deportations to syria which came into effect at the beginning of this month. this week was go after anyone who commit serious crimes or pursues terrorist intentions in order to seriously harm our state and our people must leave our country and for the us officials insist the decision will only affect a very small group of serious offenders but that has done little to comfort many here in berlin syria community one of them is away from most of our she fears opening the door to deportation might be a slippery slope. it starts with talking about deporting criminals but it does not start i feel that i'm also at risk i know it's now a matter of time and maybe in a few years i will also be deported to syria human rights organizations like amnesty international have also condemned the decision they accuse the bashar assad

regime of gross human rights violations including arbitrary executions and see international not standing up for criminals saying that they are great we are standing up for their rights and they also have a right not to be sent back to that under the rule of law that we have in germany it is really possible to deal with people who do not a bar or german law we do have courts that will maybe find that people should sent to prison berlin has yet to announce any concrete plans to deport someone to syria and it may prove impossible in practice to do so germany has no diplomatic relations with damascus but interior minister jose who 1st said he's open to the idea on a case by case basis he's been accused of pandering to the far right in an election year. i think it's not a question of moving to the right or moving to other political positions and

a question about securing our society if we have clear indicators that these people planning attacks are radicalized we don't want to wait until the attack takes place and then react always purnell law we wanted to get before because we have to save our people and our country as well. to watch for sending anyone to syria so long as assad is in power could cast a shadow over germany's reputation as a beacon of hope and justice. last april she spent days outside a courthouse in western germany holding up photos of people who disappeared in syria including her own father but there are 2 alleged former syrian intelligence officers who are on trial under germany's system of universal jurisdiction for work crimes crimes against humanity and genocide germany beside that they will not compromise they will not forgive war criminals and they will prosecute them even

though they are not germans and now we are here today talking about the future yes even criminals. to be the court to syria so it is contrast and it doesn't make any sense to us. for that reason why 1st says she will continue taking to the streets against any deportation to syria. i'm now joined by stephan mio he is the state secretary to the interior minister and a member of the parliament for the conservative c.s.u. party mr maya sending people back to a country even if they are criminals is that entirely necessary. i have to underline that the only thing which was decided in december was not to continue the china road to put haitian fans to syria it wasn't decided to. to report now in the next weeks or months syrian syrian

citizens to syria but we made the experience that this general deportation band to syria meant for for some potential off and for radical jihadists islamists that they can commit crimes in germany and there is no fear to be deported to syria and i am deeply convinced that this lifting off the general deportation ban now means very important progress in order to secure our citizens ensure money and to enhance the standard of security in our country all right they believe these people are criminals and as you were offended as you just said why send them back to their eventual freedom instead of trying them either here in germany german courts or international courts. certainly when when they when they commit

a crime which many they have to be proud to in germany but after a while it must be possible to to the point at least potential offend us all or persons who committed serious crimes in germany we do this with regard to other countries as well i think there is no understanding and share many that potential offenders which pose serious threats to the. country and to our citizens or persons who committed a very serious crime like for instance the one who murdered another person in interest in sex only on the 4th of october last year there is no understanding that these persons have the right to stay in sherman me as long as they they want also they are applying to to leave our country because they have no legal right to stay no legal right to stay but if offended in germany surely there will be imprisoned

in germany sending them back to syria will is basically sending them to their freedom is it not. no because in every single case it must be checked if there is a personal threat to. the ones life or health in syria so now our expectation is that the foreign minister has to in to really evaluate the situation in syria because i'm not so sure if. the standard of security is the same in every corner of syria. certainly it's not just not easy to live in syria but i'm also convinced that it must be necessary to evaluate more often the situation in the me in syria and now that's a toss of the foreign ministry well just briefly before we run out of time we heard

in that report that the protesters say why this is a slippery slope could this ban extend to ordinary syrian citizens no this won't be expanded to other syrian citizens it's only concentrated on potential offenders who pose serious threats to our to the security of our country and to persons who commit to a very serious crimes like murder in germany. stefan speaking to me a little earlier there as a reminder of the top story we're following for you the number of deaths from covert 19 around the world is expected to surpass 2000000 as countries a struggle to cope with a resurgence of the pandemic and hospitals in many places a stretch to their limits. you're watching indeed of any news up next to global $3000.00 including a look at we'll hand one year on up to the pandemic began on the back with more

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