per capita in the world there's been many phases of this pandemic but what do you think the u.s. has got wrong in tackling the coppa 1900. well to me i think there were several things the 1st was that there was no national strategy for most of the year and secondly there was no alignment of science and politics for much of the year we acted like 50 different countries instead of 50 different states of one country because of viruses and no. you know any borders it was very easy to exploit this this synchrony in the way that states handle this virus at the same time if you look at the situation right now the u.s. is one of the leading countries when it comes to vaccinations around 13 percent of people have already received their 1st shot so how is that changing things at the moment on the ground. so there are 2 ease in which this is changing things one concretely it's already affecting the incidence of cases and deaths in

nursing homes where you know more than 80 percent of individuals have already been vaccinated. they have been multiple reports of. this decline in deaths and this sort of community bubble the 2nd way in which is affecting things i think is metaphorically so that people have hung on to vaccines as a way of a hope in this time of darkness and i think that is really something that's really affected everyone on the ground but at the same time people have been frustrated because you know those expectations of waiting for the vaccine have really been matts of people of all been wanting the vaccine as soon as possible because you know of the way that politicians have handled the rollout yet really has been different from state to state hasn't it i mean you talked about the fact that new

virus cases and deaths have also slowed do you think we could say that the country is rounding a corner or are you worried about a possible 3rd wave with virus mutations for example taking hold well sumi i think if we don't have replication you're not going to have mutations so i think that strategy has been to hit hard and have as many people immunized as possible that because with such a large and diverse country it's going it's been very difficult to immunize that quickly in such a efficient manner so i think that you know time is really what we're battlement with right now in terms of the variance we'll leave it there peter chen hong professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at the university of california san francisco good to have you want to have you. now israel's vaccination campaign has been surging ahead with more than 80 percent of the

population now with at least one shot that has allowed the country to start reopening after a 2 month lockdown as of sunday many shops and services are back in business again but they're not open to everyone some only allow customers who are fully vaccinated but the so-called green pass did that is tanya kramer reports since september classes at this television studio have been held online because of the pandemic now people can attend again and person but only those who hold a green pass the hands issued by israel's ministry of health is given only to vaccinated people or those recovered from course at 90 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone these are vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels like and apparently we are broadcasting the classes that are taken place here we are broadcasting them home for people who

still did not vaccinate on sunday israel further east restrictions after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for you but jim solis culture and sports events would be made accessible to queen pass holders of over 4000000 people have received at least the 1st try and take pfizer's israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over a variety of legal and moral questions of limiting personal liberties as they are someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy a cultural life you will enjoy both you will enjoy you know going to the gym but in this time. i'm only temporary brace on the shoulder we will let all of people

being vaccinated all we covered for 2 of the green posts it remains unclear whether international travelers could also be willing to the green palace for now is spend googly on at poetry remain closed for another 2 weeks to keep byron variants at bay travelling is not yet on the mind of this group of film time friends into recent memory aged between 84 and 95 they had to play that favorite chinese board game in march on online for the palestinian after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet i feel like at this point i am free i mean just to be able to talk to people you know it's wonderful very nice to see everybody's ok and remained pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's

a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. that report from our correspondent tanya kramer and she joins us from jerusalem with more on the story hi tanya tell us more about this green pass what else can people who have that to do and what is still off limits. it was i mean this is part of the new system of a plan by the government to slowly come out of the lockdown we have seen that as of sunday. there have been major restrictions here since for many many weeks and as of sunday shops opened museums opened malls opened they are open for all but then they are such activities as going to the gym going to swimming pools taking part in cultural events or sporting events that are limited to green pass holders only now has officials are looking here for. the infection rates of course in the

coming weeks the infection rate only started to drop slowly last week there's also a lot of concerns of about a variance to still many seriously ill people in hospitalized many young people also who have not been vaccinated and according to this they will go ahead with a plan to open for example also coffee shops and restaurants but but we also expect what's being debated here at the moment is that for for example for the jewish holiday of poor in which we'll start next week there might be some restrictions said will be put back in place because that's people tend to gather and come together and it's to avoid a new outbreak there are ethical questions being asked about allowing some people to resume daily life in other people not so what do israeli people think about this screen pass. well there certainly also

a debate over here that i talked to a lot of people who have been vaccinated and they're all in favor of it as long as it's temporary that is at least the plan for no and if you look at the figures it is a majority of people who go and get the vaccine we have 1400000 people who are getting their 1st shot already and you have over 3000000 people now will have gotten their 2nd shot so one week after you get your 2nd shot you can download this app the screen pass and it's valid for 6 months but of course also people who don't want to get back in it to you know say i don't want to do that there are some groups are really anti baxi nation on social media they're very strong but they're also all kind of other reasons religious reasons has reasons and i talked yesterday to someone who just said i just didn't find the time yet to get vaccinated now who is

eligible for vaccinations all people over 16. children are not to vaccinate in israel and they make up about 30 percent of the population so we are talking here about a minority but still it is very important to get those people vaccinated that's what has provided the government looking at trying to get people then of course there is a debate over that how to strike the balance between limiting the freedom of some and having this for the better for the rest of the society. kramer reporting from jerusalem good to talk to you. let's check in now on some other stories making news at this hour canada's parliament has passed a non-binding motion saying that china's treatment of weaker muslims and amounts to genocide prime minister justin trudeau and his cabinet of stained from the vote china has condemned and rejected the motion. the leader of georgia's main

opposition party has been arrested. the tension comes days after the prime minister resigned amid a debate over whether to take the opposition politician into custody many have faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 he dismisses the charges as politically motivated. authorities in the democratic republic of congo have blamed rwandan hutu rebels for the killing of italy's ambassador he was one of 3 people killed when a convoy from the world food program came under fire the president of the d r c has called the ambush a terrorist attack. me and mars military regime is facing growing pressure from both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized power the european union has warned that it is considering sanctions and the u.s. has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell in myanmar despite the authorities threat to use force against crowds at least 3 protesters have been killed even though the regime insists that police are using minimal force. and

let's bring in journalist dave groom bomb for more on this story hi dave good to see you so the military warning that protesters could suffer a loss of life if they continue to go out in the streets that seems to only have encouraged protests more hasn't. it brought out tremendous numbers of protesters yesterday i mean you saw the mass crowds it was the biggest number of demonstrators we had seen so far as there are some estimates that across the country there may have been a total of a 1000000 people demonstrating and i would not be surprised at all that number was accurate the same time though a lot of these demonstrators they take that threat very seriously some of the protesters yesterday and today they've got on their arms their blood type and the contact information for their next of kin because they know this is a military that in the past has gone down protesters on the streets 20071988 other times so now the question is where is the military's line this time where they would potentially use deadly force again let's talk about the sanctions here dave

we know that the u.s. has penalized more generals right now is considering sanctions as well is that going to force the military generals to change their attitude. you know sanctions from the west that's not going to get the generals to give up on the coup and just go back to the bunker they they knew these were eventually caught when they went forward the coup on february 1st that made those calculations before february 1st look the west needs to do is to get some asian countries on board with pressure to pressure the generals to reverse course asian countries that would have influence on the military generals such as china and some southeast asian countries but here's the thing these countries while they said don't go on down protesters release aung san suu kyi none of them have shown any stomach to say hey reverse the coup that hasn't happened and until that happens international sanctions are going to have a huge impact on the generals calculations what by targeting business interests the

european union says it will not cancel special trade privileges that allowed me in mar tariff free access to the e.u. as market what do you make of that. well this is an important thing because these trade preferences that mean markets now it allows industries such as textiles and myanmar to get true excuse me tariff free access to the emus 450000000 consumers i mean it creates tens of thousands of jobs i've met some people who fill them and a lot of them they come from these remote villages in the countryside and they come to the cities to work in these plants and they send most of their page pay back home to their families it's a big deal you take away that tariff free access to the e.u. and those jobs are gone and this is a lesson learned from sanctions of the past when the west had really harsh widespread economic sanctions on myanmar during its 50 years of military rule and the people who paid the price during that were not the generals they still found

ways to make millions of dollars but it was the common people who didn't have jobs and were living in poverty in part because of that so that's why now you see the west aiming for targeted sanctions at the generals and military aligned businesses as opposed to widespread sanctions like they had in the past journalist dave thank you for that nonsense. sure thing. dozens of boeing triple 7 planes have been grounded worldwide after a united airlines plane suffered engine failure over the weekend large sections of the engine broke off and sell on a residential area in the city of denver boeing recommended grounding planes with the same engine type until an investigation has been carried out. moments of horror for the 231 passengers and 10 crew members aboard the boeing 777201 route from denver to honolulu one of the plane's engines exploded into flames and debris

rained down to the ground. and it was late the worst 20 minutes i was just praying and i was like the kid. i was in use these billy the oldies but goodies in there we had landed 4. and my life would be ending a that. the plane made an emergency landing in denver no injuries were reported but united airlines announced that it would ground 24 aircraft until the national transportation safety board finished its investigation. a total of $128.00 boeing triple 7 zar affected the large twin jets are grounded for the time being most are older models and that includes the 26 year old united claim all of the boeing 777200 in question have pratt and whitney p.w. 4000 engines boeing has delivered 1600 of the planes

japanese authorities have now issued a flight ban as a precaution affecting japan airlines and only upon airways this is not been the 1st problem with the boeing triple 7200 on december 4th there was a similar engine failure. facebook says it will reinstate access to australian news pages in the coming days after reaching a compromise with the government facebook blocked the pages after the government unveiled new legislation requiring tech giants to pay news outlets for content social media companies have been fiercely opposed to the law they say it would create an international precedent a similar legislation has been considered in other countries in the compromise australia will not penalize facebook if the company reaches some deals with local media and this is what the australian government had to say will facebook has room for ended a strike. and a stray in news will be restored to the facebook platform and facebook has

committed to entering into good faith negotiations with a strange news media businesses indeed seeking to reach agreements to pay for content let's get some perspective on this tom a leader is a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth welcome to d.w. so 1st off what do you make of this agreement between the government and facebook who if anyone won out here. well i think both sides can claim to have won i think the strange government looks like it's managed to get facebook to pay for use which is a priest entity and i think facebook is held out long enough from played hard enough that while they will pay something it's probably a lot less and may not set a priest and in the same way that people fear ok i'll come back to that question of president quite in a moment but 1st of all if you look at facebook here there's been a lot of talk about you know damage done to its reputation not only in australia but do you think this actually will harm facebook. i think it may harm facebook in

the short term in astray i think it strengthens we're surprised at how willing facebook was to use them as a political football especially the callous way that it wasn't just news websites but emergency services health departments and other things that got passed on intentionally or blocked all the same so i think it was a stark reminder to australians that facebook really doesn't care that much about them and i think that's something that they will not forget readily but at the same time if it's business as usual within a weight it may not be as much of an impact as. it would have been if it went for longer ok so given that how do you think this might be a precedent for the way that facebook and other big tech giants and social media giants operate globally. so i think it's the president in so much as facebook and google last week have both committed that news is worth something to them it's worth paying for it with paying to keep that on their platform so i think if there is that admission is made then obviously the country is going to be looking at that

admission going well you've got canadian news you've got news from other countries as well are you going to pay for that and i think that that gee he's very much out of the bottle on that front but at the same time i don't think the bargaining hurt is quite the template everyone has high people because one of the main things that's happened here is the treasurer has a great not to use the bargaining card if facebook strikes deals before the code becomes law if you could look ahead for us how do you see this relationship between social media companies and news outlets playing out. a look at one of the real challenges here in interest to some extent news producers will become more dependent on the social media giants now because they will become part of their revenue stream i do think that the news of cola g. needs to exist outside of the social media platforms but at the same time it's hard to see what that future is going to look like when advertising will remain predominantly flowing through google and facebook which hold 85 percent of the

advertising market you know destroy via what role do media companies play a lot has to play here if at all in terms of not having engage with users perhaps on some of these social media platforms a little bit earlier before facebook and google started using that content so heavily. so i think that there are new avenues for news producers i think they have done quite well in this last week of of drawing the audience back to the main platforms certainly on one of the main news services in a straight in the at was the top for the android and i o s tools last week so it was nice to say that it will rally around the facebook as are the social media giants in the short term whether they continue to do that when it becomes easier to get us back through facebook or not remains the same professor thomas lever joining us from perth think you very much thank you to sports now and in champions league football later tonight byron munich will play

their 1st ever competitive match against a lot c.l. the italian team has reached the knockout phase of europe's top club competition for the 1st time in 21 years byron go into the match knowing they will need to avoid the mistakes of recent blunders to go. by in munich have been coming face to face with their weaknesses in recent days they don't have the same depth in their squad as last season which has become more of an issue with players missing time due to positive coronavirus tests. travelling during a pandemic only adds to the stress. as they prepared for their 1st game of the champions league knockout phase away a lot c.e.o. coach flick knew what he was up against. they have a get out the spiritual kind always wins and i've said i don't want to make excuses but we know what's happened in recent days and so it's an issue just being designed for of course i want my team or our team to be presidential from the very start of

this one so fun fun fun and. click won't want to see more scenes like these from saturday when byron failed to eintracht frankfurt just 5 days after only managing a draw against be the failed at home but he'll need his team to step up their game if they hope to prevail against a lot c.e.o. at rome study olympic oh. yeah absolutely i have absolute faith that the team will perform well on tuesday tomorrow. i'm completely convinced of that of each of us and what if one of the team has the quality and so we're going to put it to use we've got to soak the rich person's home sits by and have always stepped up to the task in the champions league under the flick now they'll have to dig deep to rediscover their good form and find success in rome. where we've got some new images of last week's mars landing to show you take

a look this year was the view that says mars rover perseverence touchdown on the red planet after traveling nearly 500000000 kilometers the robot will look for signs of life on mars let's listen in and take in that spectacular landing we're getting signals from the moral thing good. at that kind of part of their. product at that already ready to begin picking up their end of crap right. right before we go no and i said been causing serious suffering for parts of the us in recent days but the big freeze can also bring great beauty parts of the famous niagara falls froze over creating huge abstract ice formations as the main current rushed down the falls span the border between canada and the us and have a vertical drop of more than 50 meters.

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environment meanwhile on a journey to find ways out of the machine if you want to know how old one cliff to the priest and the whole just changed us as a way to listen to our podcast on the green thumbs. it's always a memorable occasion when shock and dortmund to meet but this time perhaps for tragic reasons. it could be the last time the

brad valley rivals get fired up for germany's biggest army because the game that's like no other could see past. the $96.00 edition of the repair job it could be the last because on match day 22nd . hard last. they can't manage to stay in the top. no more spills. or dream darby goals. less than heartfelt handshakes. but there was plenty of action elsewhere to. frankfurt leaving tire non-plussed. must take a club to task. but

not. his dortmund. kick off snatched a $22.00. ahead of the 98 reveal both sides had seen better days needed a win to stay in the running for a champions league spot as well that visiting shaka was no longer the prospect it once was. only l.v. the local mascot was manning the stands it shall get don't start picking up points quickly they'll soon be no more top flight darby's between the 2 sides which then gets a rival's would miss 2 i played many many do a piece i had so many of them very great for events so i would really miss the derby so yeah i know what what this story means for the people here so

hopefully the shark you can perhaps make it but not today next week that would be ok for us. but shoka showed no signs of making anything at the end of a desolate 1st half they finally relented to pressure from doldrums. benjamin stumbled live with just one in a string of unforced errors. and jaden sanchez needed no 2nd asking to put his side in front. we've gotten a confidence boost in the 32 away when it sylvia in the champions league. and shocker we're now on the receiving end of a painful demonstration in attacking football. just 3 minutes later the slick is seen of the match courtesy of some acrobatics from manning holland and a pinpoint cross from century. that's gone number 16 more than the entire

shock it seemed put together this season. plus young huntelaar the hosts really recruited form a super strikeout was out injured and powerless. evene was at least still flying the flag. shaka started the 2nd half with a huge chance perhaps dormant when i'm nervous and a comeback was on the cards. unless it would prove to be shockers so chance of the subsidy mean getting. dorman turned the dog. into a demolition job rafael guerrero with that good on the hour mark and holland completed the route in the 79th minute. shoppers full name by the way ends in the year of their founding in the early 20th century 0 for. the tough one to swallow shock is worse darby defeat in the hof a century. dortmund saluted their imaginary fans while shall care sink

further towards their 1st relegation since the late eighties. is difficult for us but we have to we have to be conned they tried to be conned try to be a little bit bossy if i know after the game is very difficult but tomorrow we have to go into the studio and train hard to keep believing because it is the only way we are we i know it is. for everyone but we have to we have to fight and we need to there was a big game for us and you know the recent weeks haven't been so good so we knew today that we could show the fans we kept the fight and spirit and you know i'm just happy to report a win and to contribute to goes the goal machine when i say i'm happy to assist these crazy goes from school. shall his departure now seems unavoidable while a depressed ending quietly left the stadium and in holland was still celebrating

long after the final whistle another superdelegate display from the indicated. it's beautiful watching don't mince dreams you are in action elling holland and jayden sunshine were at it again on darby day and you could tell they were having fun but. you can't blame them for getting a bit giddy up the combining to score a p.t. like that off on the train impingement we worked together so hard so you know i want surprise he's able to do something he doesn't appear so. you know he deserves what occurred. it seems to turnbull so. yeah when i looked up some space and it was it was strange for me to see you i mean no no no i'm new waves you can do in the pit so i just lifted and lifted up in the end he done the wrestling you know crazy. jane we finds finds to.

keep finding each other so. we have to we have to keep it up and also the pressure to play with these guys so. it is what it is thank you thank you thank you. thank you. it's hard to talk about the beautiful game without mentioning the club won it all this past year byron munich. but since having their 6 trophy to their 2020 collection the club world cup byard have yet to taste victory again back home in the bundesliga. while 2020 may have been byron's year so far 2021 belongs to frankfurt the eagles have been on stoppable in the new year before the weekend frankfurt were unbeaten in their last 10 but misleading matches and had yet to lose a single home game all season even barnes coach was impressed. at

the best team in 2021 they have the most points they were on a good run and are in great shape. as for us we missing a few players. i need to. keep players such as singers cannot leave thomas and bones on my. mama and papa our rules out after a positive comment about his tests and their absence was immediately noticeable. frankford aggressive from the get go quickly expose the byron defense. what else was done she cut out in just the 12th minute. someone please tell byron the game started already. and i think we didn't go into the game really well we were struggling a funk with just took the chances somebody did take their chances was i mean you

know as the fielders rapidly becoming one of frankfurt's most important players and his wonderful strike made it to nail our mark. we played a good 1st half and it cost a lot of energy you know to play like that and we tried to press and i think we did very well the 1st half but of course like i said it cost a lot of energy and it's not possible to play 90 minutes i present. the eagles dominated the 1st 45 minutes but you could never write off byron. and flick squad began to threaten as the 1st half to 2 clubs forcing frankfurt keeper kevin chopped into some spectacular saves. after the break it was time for the boy sonny to show off his selfie smooth moves.

up and love and aussie narrow the deficit slump the way his $26.00 goal of $21.00 going to sleep gets. injured onto a cell ball could only look on as labor took another stride in the race to be the league's top goal scorer game on i think if we played our 1st tough like we did the 2nd off we're going with look completely different i think. iron did create plenty of chances after the break but failed to be clinical in front of goal frankfurt held the champions at bay until the end and their early high pressing strategies paid off. and ended 21 confirming that the club's exceptional run is no fluke i don't want to say is your somebody was my 1st time i went against munich that we had to pitch. i guess we stood their best to your point voice and in the bonus to go in $21.00 that's right even better than byron fonzie flick still looked impressed if not in total shock as frankfurt continues to impress.

with i mean you know spearheading there are some attacks there surely more to come for the rest of the. book. i mean you know as man of the match of the match day he was pivotal as frankford ran rings around byron in the 1st half . first that was his sneaky pass to philip postage who was left to tee up dodgy come out for the opener but then came frankfurt 2nd. minute. but a strong exceptional. you seem to have. some special. mileage than it ought to go so well for the few who had i

train all week long to do just that i did intend it but for it to actually go through is amazing to me you just brought fire back down to earth so could like to capitalize. like the captain must like facing house on his side had already defeated the palin is in 7 out of 9 encounters in the top flight of the hosts 1st starts to coach paul daughter and son martin and germany world cup win or something to do. with the pay could do little to stop. he opened the scoring with an absolute humdinger on 28 minutes. his breathtaking swerving strike was simply unstoppable. the austrian midfielder has become a light 6 beloved skipper this season for a reason. and it was turning into the

subs to show as he demonstrated his other midfield attributes. council will already have a saying but the game is about to get even more painful for the country. unrelenting pressure in the house of books led to leipzig 2nd term noting the d.n.a. . and bends of it has served up really all about him for like 30 light signal just 2 points off the top spot. all of the glass mirror has been using the same starting line up week in week out everything's been working like clockwork with 4 wins from 5 games and the well known. wolfsburg machine knew just how to operate in bielefeld from one end of the field to the other. not to step in opening the scoring.

team to go about their business the fish would leap and with little fanfare no big celebration but worthy of applause and even though the wolves normally look to their top scorer southbank horse for goals he showed he can also set up his teammates. on the banks to step on or take a blunder that also never hit balls for 2nd. and to round it off that course desisted an excellent 3rd for math ability to. play it 16 sheets in a row and their reliance on vague horse goals waving things are only looking out for a flourishing full spork side. is rob it is now i think we're well set if we keep believing in ourselves and keep up these team performances then it can turn into a very good season and this issue has a zalman. freiburg and also enjoying good seasons no fans were there to witness the battle between everyone 2nd favorite clubs except

for some local or visiting wildlife. europe is very much on the agenda for both clubs but would listen 5 matches when you are needed to turn around to keep the dream alive with the teams evenly matched christian strike made of triple substitution midway through the 2nd half to try and break the stalemate. which she did albeit in a young favor just moments off of the changes the visitors produced a fine move that was converted by the head and creature problem. was european football now back in sight. mark is involved since cross was positively begging to be headed in the stop the wrong. a nice present photo was fisher on his 55th birthday. often time and braman were level before their clash but only the hosts remember.