better be able to assess the risks that they produce by then to then see how we would go through the following periods until about easter and other than that there are 3 new measures main measures that are on the table now being debated so number one in some regions here in germany it's already mandatory to wear more professional medical facemask rather than the cloth masks on public transport and in supermarkets bavaria for example has made f f p 2 masks compulsory but some politicians especially from the social democrats are saying that those masks are pretty expensive and so there seems to be a compromise now on the table to make medical masks in general compulsory and public transport and supermarkets and those would include the cheaper doctors masks that we all know from hospitals number 2 is that the government wants to force companies to have more people work from home where it is possible so mainly office workers they're not happy about the rate of people that are currently staying at

home and instead going to the office and then 3 there is a debate about a nightly curfew and that does seem to be the sticking point at the moment where there is a lot of debate it is already in place in some regions but in others there's a lot of resistance from regional leaders and we have to remind ourselves that those regional leaders are the ones who alternately have to enforce them is just how about enforcement you know because i mean some of the measures that are already in place are not being properly adhered to in some cases. a lot of the current restrictions apply to the private sphere and there's a big reluctance amongst politicians to send put police in check whether people actually adhere to the measures or not and so now they're trying to focus more on the workplace and it is a bizarre situation if you look at the current restrictions you can only meet one person outside of your own household in private but very often in the offices you are together with 10 or more colleagues for 8 plus hours in the office and that of

course is something that is very hard to communicate it risks undermining the acceptance of the measures that have been many appeals by politicians to employers to keep people working from home but now they're thinking about enforcing it by law that law exists and the question is whether to force employers as well to supply people who have to be in the office with f.p. to mosques in berlin thank you so as we have just been hearing including from nina the government is hoping that new measures can help the country say ahead of fast spreading new taishan part of their strategy is to follow for example the u.k.'s example and use more genetic sequencing to pinpoint newly emerging variants sequencing tasks however alone are not enough says the head of a laboratory in kiel as the tests of alter reports. employees

work day and night in this laborde terry in the north of germany they used the p.c. artist to examine swabs put the corona about iris now lives in germany are asked to look for mutations of the virus to to do this the entire gene strand of the virus must be identified that this procedure is called sequencing this complex and can take up to 3 weeks ahead of this lab considered sequencing to be of limited hughes . well home is. why because it takes too long we don't have the result of a night that speed is very important that's why we should test directly for the koran of iris mutations that's possible and the beauty is you know any lab could set up that test within a day. this test is already being done here he's in the same equipment as a regular p.c.r. test with an extra feature the melt analysis but that the virus is heated and shows

different reactions to the temperature increase depending on whether it's the common form of the virus or a mutation. here you see the normal corona virus variant and here you see the mutation in the s. genes on him escape. the test is much faster than sequencing within 24 hours the result can be sent to the public health department speed is important because the mutations are more contagious than previous variants. it's important that the whole department knows where to pay special attention where they might have to pour in $1000.00 more people on board managed but the test can't do one thing detect new mutations that's why sequencing which examines the entire gene strand is needed it is the only way to find new previously unknown mutations. could happen like a virus becomes more infectious could happen that it makes people more ill that's

unpredictable that's why we must look a mutation is regularly and that's what sequencing us for good music once you're on . it is slightly that more mutations will occur but the same measures as before will help to protect us explains germany's public health institute. this virus too has no chance of being transmitted from one person to another we stick to the rules even if it is more easily transmitted the same measures help us against this virus. distancing masks and more widespread use of both tests sequencing and melt analysis that's what thomas norman's is hoping for. and here's a look at other developments in the coronavirus pandemic and. independent panel has criticized china and the world health organization for their response to the pandemic the panel said the china should have been more forceful with the measures

that talk and that the w.h.o. should have declared an emergency sooner and estimated one in 8 people in england tested positive for corona virus antibodies in december suggesting they had covert 1000 previously that's roughly double the october figure and russia's consumer health watchdog says that russia's 2nd vaccine against covert 19 is 100 percent effective based on the results of clinical trials russia began the mass trials of epi vaca rono which is being developed by siberians vector institute in november. tuesday marks donald trump's the last full day as president of the united states trump will leave the white house with what some opinion polls say are the lowest approval ratings of his 4 year presidency he will also leave washington d.c. in a state of high alert the f.b.i. is vetting all 25000 service personnel involved in president elect joe biden's inauguration on wednesday officials have expressed concern about

a possible insider attack or other potential threats now security concerns have gripped the city since a violent mob stormed the capital on january 6th. washington usually buzzing with people and traffic know a ghost town. on the other side's traffic jams and checkpoints a city split into the center has become a militarized zone. and the u.s. capitol remains under a strict lockdown just days before the presidential inauguration we are just outside the closed perimeter and this is close as the general public can get to the u.s. capitol which is currently cordoned off by a 3 meter high fence and razor wire which is currently installed on top of the fence we're going to go inside the perimeter now to get a glimpse on the preparations that are underway for an inauguration day that will

be unlike any other in american history. soldiers instead of visitor as some 25000 members of the national guard us securing the capitol grounds there has been some concern about a potential inside threat as not everyone is happy with the new president it's a sticky situation is forced politically and. i have my own i have my own thoughts below equally but in uniform i you know i can't evade them but i'm here to do a job i'm here to follow the organization's doing and we're carrying on with that mission. ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states joseph jr and on the west side of the u.s. capital some normalcy is coming back rehearsal sense soundchecks where 2 weeks ago thousands of supporters stormed the symbol of american democracy. the rehearsals for the inauguration ceremony were just completed and on this very

long usually thousands gathered to cheer for their new president well this year many things will be different fear of an attack on the president means a ceremony with hardly any guests the national mall will remain shut down and authorities asked citizens to stay far away for the sake of their own safety. and that don't tell ereal buildings have been boarded up again after a year of protests and a pandemic these views have become a common sight for many washingtonians but businesses are suffering the business was not from last 8 months because we're in the commercial area and this is the commercial hub all the offices around us are close and the security has beeves of so much uganda and we're moving over delivery business but mostly all the roads are closed. a life behind fences and roadblocks those who live here can't wait until the new president is sworn in. and for more i'm joined by

correspondent clue kroft i william what's expected on inauguration day and how long could these increased security measures last. well as we just saw in that report huge security presence more than double the number of national guard troops at this inauguration than normal inaugurations of course a presidential inauguration a presidential event is always going to be very high security but there's all these extra layers that we've been hearing about the last several days since that attack on the u.s. capitol by a mostly white fundamentalist mob really and this threat of the acute threat is being said that it might extend to thursday a day after the inauguration but let's not forget that the far right groups white supremacist groups these anti-government groups they did not start in this election cycle and i'm going to end in this election cycle and while washington has long been a very high security zone especially post 911 it was always looking towards an international

particularly in islam this threat but if you watch a lot of that video from inside the capital i've watched a lot of it a lot of the language and the religious imagery from these people have professing to be christians very similar to the kind of islamist extremism that we saw that we've been hearing threats about for decades now and that threat is going to going to continue into the by the ministration as f.b.i. and law enforcement officials have long said has long been a threat towards the united states and pretty bleak picture here painting also i'd like to ask you about another aspect here we know that outgoing president donald trump has not been seen in public for a week what does he get up to. well as you mentioned at the top before that report he made the statement that they were he was going to allow travel especially from europe again because the united states is going to start requiring negative test proof of negative tests if you're coming into their country the bizarre thing is of

course that's going to happen starting january 26th which is 6 days after donald trump ceases being president and joe biden becomes president dividing ministrations that's just not going to happen we're going to continue you know keeping the corona dragnet so to speak very much present. it should be noted there's been really mixed signals from the scientific community this entire pandemic whether blanket travel bans even working for the most effective way to control the virus but the c.d.c. the centers for disease control has said that by march they're fearing that the dominant strain infecting people and spreading in the united states is going to be this extra extra vi ruin strain that we've seen starting in england in the last several weeks and that's why they're trying to prevent whaling just quickly planning to pardon as many as 100 people and his last day in office according to reports what are you hearing that's right and i think more importantly i'm who might be on that list is who doesn't appear to be on that list which is many of the controversial figures in trump's inner circle members of his family who have not

been charged any crimes but could theoretically be preemptively pardoned even donald trump himself preemptively pardon which would be of course a very constitutionally questionable and also his aides are saying don't do that because it would incriminate him it would be basically be an admission of wrongdoing but he still president through noon on wednesday and he can effectively do whatever he wants in that realm of carving out to see what actually comes out of his announcements william glu croft reckon it down for us thank you let's take a look at some other stories making news. the kremlin has dismissed calls to free opposition leader alexina volley who has been jailed for 30 days following his return to russia on sunday the volley has spent the past few months in germany recovering from poisoning with a nerve agent the kremlin also described his calls for mass protest against his arrest as troubling. police in guatemala have broken up a group of thousands of migrants from central america who are trying to reach the

u.s. officers used the tongues and shields to force the migrants back toward the 100 or in order the migrants had camped out on a road overnight after authorities stopped a them from continuing their journey north. italian prime minister decepticon taking is facing his 2nd confidence vote in this many days he's been addressing the senate where his position is weaker than in the lower house of parliament where he want to confidence vote on monday his government was plunged into crisis last week after losing the support of a junior coalition partner. rescuers in china are stepping up efforts to try and reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine in eastern china the men have been stuck underground since an explosion at the site in chandon province 10 days ago authorities have managed to establish contact with some of the miners but fears for their survival are growing. for

more than a week now these emergency workers have been doing all they can to reach the miners . 22 men are stuck more than 600 meters underground. rescuers have been drilling holes in the rock to try to create a way out for the men. but the local man says they're facing serious problems balt are. due to the heavy accumulation of the struggling materials shockwave formed by the blast cause serious damage to the facilities inside the shaft good work pipelines cables and equipment of the steel structure were all twisted together and piled up sheets so the current clearing work is relatively difficult. and the pressure is mounting. using a wire that was fed into the mind of the trapped men were able to send up a note describing the horrific situation they found themselves in all. regions of

it said the water was rising around them and they were breathing in toxic fumes they said they were exhausted and urgently needed medical supplies some were injured and they begged the rescuers not to give up. since then the authorities have managed to set up a telephone line to talk to the men they've also been able to get food and water to them but so far 10 of the 22 miners have given no signs of life since the blast. one miner appears to be stuck alone 100 meters below the others. china's mining industry has a pool safety record but in this case questions are also being asked about why the incident was not reported until one day after it took place before it is approach an investigation but the 1st priority is to try to save the lawyers of the mine and . you're watching news still to come on the program with restaurants reeling from the pandemic we will see how this year's michelin guide and the stars that it's

awarded are bringing some badly needed cheer to an industry in crisis. but 1st european lawmakers are set to discuss the fate of migrants stranded along the a use external borders the situation is especially acute in bosnia where thousands of mostly middle eastern migrants remain in limbo now bosnia is not a new member but its border is with croatia where which is part of the union human rights groups say that migrants have frequently reported rough encounters with the croatian police including beatings and being forcibly sends back to bosnia croatian authorities deny the allegations well currently really $9000.00 migrants are estimated to be in bosnia many are from afghanistan pakistan or syria the un's migration agency says more than a 3rd are living without any shelter many were left homeless when a camp in leeds was evacuated in december now after bosnian authorities failed to

prepare the camp for winter the empty camp was later set on fire the bosnian army has set up new tents but n.g.o.s say more permanent shelter is sorely needed arena strauss reports. for the past 3 months this makeshift camp near boston house border with frazier has been home for he'll suffer the young pakistani shares his shelter in the woods with 5 others. with my sleeping bag. but at the. everything they're building up on me and. my food they have enough to eat suffer says but other than that i have practically nothing all this time of year temperatures often drop well below 0 or suffer has to collect goods from the far east to keep them cool that's only one reason the man anger at these conditions they want to get surprised and into the european union in

a week and 15 time a little park police catch. their beard while you can. afford to. have you come in the course of water. for the. south for once to find work in germany in his hometown of karachi pakistan he says he had to struggle day in day out just to make ends meet and while living in the woods is hard he says it's still better than life in deep are the little refugee camp made headlines in recent weeks 1st it was cleared and burnt down the migrants and refugees have now been moved to tents but many here say nobody should live like this in winter it's pictures like these but half attracted unwanted attention to how boston authorities have handled the situation but the region's prime minister

says the e.u. and the boston government share the blame. so there are solutions for the migration situation in bosnia the highest officials in this country need to show political will to stop and regulate illegal migration into the country and to control how the money is spent. all of the people we spoke to here non want to stay in boston but rather to continue their journey into the e.u. for many the chances of being granted asylum in the u. are slim but it doesn't deter soffer who says going back to pakistan is not an option. as soon as it gets a bit warmer for his sufferable try to cross the border again but for now he has no

choice but to wait here a life in march rain and severe cold. well now it is the bible of fine dining the michelin guide its stars are coveted by chefs the world over widespread lockdowns and restaurant closures meant to compiling the guide this year was especially challenging inspectors had to wait for restrictions to use before packing in as many restaurant visits as possible but the work has borne fruit and made for some very happy chefs oh yeah that overcome with emotion after winning a 3rd michelin star in the midst of to much us times for the gastronomy industry this was a chink of light for chef alexander musya despite the coronavirus pandemic forcing chefs to close their restaurant doors months the michelin guides annual french edition went ahead with its awards for 2021 and it's reward restaurants who got creative touring look sound. am restaurant was among them touring the streets last

year with the food truck when the country's gastronomy was forced to shut the him the star is a much needed boost. it gives us energy for when we reopen so we're going to prepare ourselves for that prepare ourselves to be at this level you know it's like a top level sportsman has a serious injury you do everything you can to prepare yourself to be able to return to that pitch again. it'll make us even stronger to be able to bounce back. some other feed lists have cancelled their rankings but michelin widely seen as the world's guest on in the bible said they decided to bestow their verdicts to help highlight the industry in what's been a brutal year. remember memphis are now more than ever it didn't make sense for our teams to waste the ca even if we're coming out of a terrible year and even if there are difficulties ahead of us on the contrary we

had to be there because not giving out the stars to be unfair to the chefs who work for the cia the struggles who are creative and even in some cases succeeded in taking another step forward. chef some of us and has restaurant flooded to provide a one a michelin star last year. he said that while the lockdown meant his restaurant wasn't able to reap the benefits of winning the saga he still welcomed the much needed recognition for the trades. i think if the michelin guys can help french just run to me and chefs who are having a very difficult time right now and put a spotlight on our profession then that's a good thing. with the pandemic raging on food it'll be unlikely to be able to book tables at his or any other restaurant any time soon. and with that now you're up to date on t.w.

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