on the opaque world news with wild d, a threat to whistle oak creek wools starts january 5th on d, w. mm. ah ah, is this date of any news live from berlin? travel between france and the u. k. grinds to a near halt. crowds lined up to bold the lost tribes and fairies to cross the channel ahead of a midnight deadline. only essential journeys are allowed on the new rules aimed at slowing ami crowns advance. also coming up across europe,

the race is on to get protection for all as ami kron advances through the continent . the new variant is said to be the most infectious cove. it's drained yet and a chinese lanton festival. lots of the night fabi on china's borders. kelley, where ah, i'm rebecca writt as welcome to the program. a ban on non essential travel between france and the united kingdom has come into effect. the new restrictions announced on thursday we'll, we've just a week to go until christmas set off a last minute rush for travelers to france. long lines in london as people queued for hours for the eurostar trying to paris and in dover. hundreds of cars were backed up at the ferry hoping to bait the midnight deadline. the french government imposed the cubs to help slow the spread of the army kron karone of ours there. and

the u. k. has st infections, soul with more than $93000.00 new cases on friday? santa claus is coming to town, or maybe not of it's paris, he's going to and his last stop was london, non essential travel between france and britain grind to a halt on saturday. a strict new rules go into force at paris is goth, do know, christmas holiday makers were grabbing their last chance to get to london on the eurostar on friday. i feel very lucky that i managed to get out of france on the last day that it's possible. um, but yeah i it is a bit worrying. it's a bit scary. m, who knows, is going to happen in january when, when everything gets that's normal after the new year. so we'll see. i think it's really, really considering melnik already here with rollin in britain. so i don't see why a runs why we need researchers with signs of escape game. so we thought this was

a grand adventure with her. we were looking for an escaped game and we found out exactly how to get out of france and back from london. they'll make it out, but re entering france from britain won't be quite as jolly across the channel, though, a long queues at london saint pancras station. as people there sought to travel in the opposite direction and get to france while i could from saturday. even if the british can convince french authorities that that travel is essential. they'll be subject to self isolation on arrival. let's get more from our correspond charlotte chelsea pill in london. charlotte this field a lot light last year's. get this straight? no christmas celebrations for anyone wanting to go from the u. k. to france. no. family reunions, no skiing, no visiting there at all. are there any exceptions or back you're quite right. this

is so reminiscent of all those travel bands that we've seen in the past. british tourists have very familiar that with the drill that we've been seeing over the last 24 hours that rush to get across the board is before a travel restriction comes into play. now, there are exceptions to this very shocking here. travel band, surprising travel ban from said among the exceptions, all french citizens and illegal residents, returning home citizens returning home through france, we cut as well that laurie drive is all an exception to this really is that restrictions restrictions that are affecting business and tourists as well a lot of people having to counsel plans or is try and race across the board in time to make plan. okay, so transit still possible then how is the reaction there in the u. k. is, is making waves. although they did have plans to go to france, clearly very,

very disappointed. we're hearing that they've been neither rushing to counselor, as i say, rushing together across the board. that's been noises from tours and forties as well. they've described this as a hammer blow. obviously, they've been very, very badly affected by the pandemic over the last year and a half. so another blow to them. but a lot of people in the u. k. i have to say really focused on the domestic situation from to said it's and post these restrictions because it's the rapid spread of all the crowns in the u. k. it says it wants a chance to increase it 1st jam that. but the situation in the u. k. really is quite alarming at the moment. the number of cases has been rising, the 3 days running. and i think it is those case numbers that font is looking at him in day will prime minister of ours johnson and his government have been criticized both domestically and internationally for what many

a calling lacks corona restrictions. and now the arrival of all micron is seeing those rates of infection soaring. now the consequences of that with this travel back, just bring us up to speed about what the situation is like there on the ground and how it's being handled. well we know that b, u. k lifted all restrictions, i want to order called a freedom day over the summer since and a few more strict has been bought in face mosque wearing a back. there are trying to figure officials who are saying that they do need to be more strict and bought in tobacco. this new wave of on the chrome which is being called a tidal wave have the show number of cases that are already present confirmed and expected over the next couple of weeks. interestingly, though, boris is on the pressure within his own party, there are many who think he's already gone too far. there was a big rebellion in parliament over the fact that he tries to, or he brought in essentially vaccine pump, or for clubs and big, big venues that cause a really big sta, hey,

so the prime minister boris johnson is, it's really cool between these, these 2 positions and at the moment he fought in some restrictions, there is also talk of a fair the half the knocked down or tight restrictions off the christmas right now the hospitality shop all remain open in the u. k. battles, this is really big ways of crime. but a huge disappointment for many there just before christmas. i shot it till some pill in london. thanks very much. france isn't the only country in europe bracing for a new wave of infections across the continent. governments are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for restaurants, pumps and venues. vaccinating children is another measure or therapies are taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quick pinch. and it was all done. yeah. whose i had these kids in denmark i getting vaccinated against coven?

19 no girl. yeah. i thought i got the job because of the new corona variant. and i don't want to be so sick that i can't eat dinner. i leave on a chron is spreading at a faster speed than denmark. infection rates, i eating daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get their children jabbed to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theatres in concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany, the health minister has raised the alarm. alecia for an anime. i'm assuming a massive 5th wave. that's awesome. we have to repair ourselves for a challenger all that we have not yet faced in this formula in these are formed on kafka infection rates have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of

on the kron with sun rights soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france and norway as high risk areas. travelers will have to quarantine to 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated or recovered from a current of ours infection. we his look at some of the other developments in the pandemic. austria is tightening its regulation entry regulations. only people with proof of triple vaccination or recovery from coven 19 are now allowed to enter the country. otherwise, they must present a p. c. r. test to avoid quarantine and g 7. health ministers have described the army krom barion as the biggest current threat to global public health and say countries must cooperate more to beat it. and islands bars and restaurants will close at 8 p. m. from sunday to slow the spread of the variance,

the measures are expected to stay in place until the end of january. while it's tend to some other stories making news around the world, now, 20 trapped miners have been rescued from a flooded coal mine in china's friendship province. to other a 2 others were confirmed dead. the men had been trapped for nearly 2 days. the state mediate said more than 400 rescue as have been racing the clock to reach the minus defense lawyers in the trial of british socialite gillan maxwell have rested their case in her sex abuse trial in new york. the lawyers spent 2 days presenting witnesses, maxwell declined to testify calling the prosecution's case on proven she denies grooming underage girls for abuse by the late pedophile. jeffrey epstein. because russia has reveal details of the requirements, it says must be fulfilled to reach a security deal with the us. and nato demands were delivered to the u. s. this week, among them all. the denial of ukraine's aspirations to join nato and

a reduction in the alliance is military deployments. moscow and washington, both side. they're ready for dialogue. since bought now and, and buddhist league of football league latest buy and munich bait volved spoke for nil in their final game. of the 1st half of the season, and it was a special night for their top score of robert levin dusky bagged the final goal of the match in the dying minutes. and one ago it was the prolific pole, volleying in an unstoppable shot. the strike made levin dusky has broken get will, is half century old record of the most wonderful goals in a calendar year. we've 43 into milan have terminated kristin erickson's contract because of the cardiac device. he had fitted after collapsing on the pitch during the european championships in the summer. the 29 year old midfielder hasn't played since suffering a cardiac arrest during denmark's game against finland at the euros. italian health regulations prohibit him from playing with playing with the device,

thought he could continue his career in another country. mohammed bend so lamb has been elected the new president of the f. i a the world governing body for motor sports. he's the 1st known european to hold the position been so i am one of the most successful. our drivers in motorsport history became the 1st arab vice president of the f. i a back in 2000 and ice. and he's also been part of the organizations development task force since 2013 a small town in southern france has been lit up in a winter blade of color and light. the lantern festival near the city of to lose is one of the biggest of its kind outside china, and expects to welcome up to 600000 visitors glass filled with colored liquid. 2800 lanterns lit up by eli d's.

this park is filled with imaginative illuminations. mm. ah. oh, never it is any more we saw the animals in the airplane. and of course the giant panda to nice see of what up cigarette he genuine me. i like the pandas and the big tower is very beautiful. to dad gone to p a t t, they overcharged shawn to de charles j. there are different themes around travel loads and chinese art. no matter what you can learn a lot about chinese traditions here, john that john publish and that's great. also, is there a strong echoes of china here because everything comes from china. every single item originated there and was installed here by chinese craftsman. ah, a french businessman came up with the idea of holding a lantern festival and flung jak. ah!

if it's you or that identical assault, china's lantern festival is huge. 10 times the size of this one week of it's impossible not to love the lanterns and sculptures. their fear. the like creation said, our festival were assembled on the spot. every festival starts from scratch, everything was tailor made for us. so you buy a part from the pandas of course, because a panda is always a panda bluff overdue. she sorted it, but we have a lake we can use to no luck. and we have a pagoda for the emperor, and a boat which travels down the river is a boil for the samo, aliya the flavor. visitors can even get to the festival on the boat or by other means of transport. landmarks, lantern festival runs until the end of january. ah, you're watching database news. as a reminder of the top story we're following for you. non essential travel between

britain and france has been banned. paris has introduced ty to travel restrictions in a bid to slow down the spread of the army, kron corona, virus variance, attendees update this. i will have more news headlines for you at the top of the next hour, but state you now sports life that's coming up offer a short break. i'm rebecca, written in vernon, thanks very much for ah . oh ah, what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites with dw.