so this is a grand adventure, was that we were looking for an escape game and we found out exactly how to get out of france and back from london. or they'll make it out that re entering france from britain won't be quite as jolly across the channel, low 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. out, france isn't the only country in europe facing for a new wave of infections across the continent. governments, i introduce and restrictions such as limit and open in times of restaurants, bobs and venues vaccinate in children. as another missouri authorities are taking to reduce the severity of infections. oh, are quite pence, and it was all done. it was with i had these kids in denmark i getting vaccinated

against coven. 19 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 it 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 dabbed 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 front and i'm, i'm assuming a massive 5th wave. that's awesome. we have to repair ourselves for a challenge now. all that we have not yet faced in this form he via indies.

harmonica infection rates have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of on the chron. woodson writes soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france in norway, and as high risk areas. travelers will have to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated or recovered from occur in a virus infection that now go to brussels and speak to d. w correspondent. band are eager to band countries across europe are tightening restrictions and are now re introducing travel restrictions. france and austria have both. we imposed them, are more countries likely to follow suit. we are already looking at a patchwork of regulation, sir. additional requirements and routes. portugal island, italy,

all of them have established already additional testing requirements. france is now bending, essential travel from the u. k. although for example, you can and are trained from the u. k to belgium. that's still possible though, there's also not very logical all these restrictions and austria is now taking the lead because austria is only letting people in who are boosted. you can only get there if you have 3 shots, if you're only vaccinated, you needed an additional test. and all other people have to quarantine and, and the netherlands are contemplating a full lockdown again and also a trevor, ben and germany also is considering out some areas in europe as high risk area. so you can go back without guaranteeing. and in the next days and weeks, we will see more countries fall into this pattern. so we are back to the sky we had last christmas, and everybody bought into to avoid that. but the,

the new or micron vibrant is forcing governments to react. now clearly restrictions, therefore, from country to country, could there be a unified it would be an approach well blood, li speaking, there is no a european approach. there was a summit just last thursday here by the leaders and had the dire warnings on the table, but they ignored them. the e. c, d. c, the european center for disease control, the u. s. own agency for this purpose said you cannot stop or me crohn any more. it's too late, even the booster shots and vaccination will not stop this 5th or 6th wave in europe . you have to consider actually tooth to set up, make shift hospitals to, to take care of all these are hard under the 1000 and millions of cases that are coming, not as a wave, but as a tsunami. and the leaders, well, they did nothing. they went home and did than their own restrictions,

but no of curve coordinate effort. they to care about their domestic situation. the only thing they agreed on, they want to stop on earth to trevor restrictions for laurie drives, for example. so that delivery changed, at least from function over the borders. ok, now regarding vaccinations you mentioned earlier, how well equipped as europe for yet another wave the u commissioning of ross's tells us, there is enough for vaccines are enough shots for everybody. the commission is buying them for all of europe and distributing them. there might be some shortages in the 1st quarter of the year, but this is to can be still worked on with the manufacturers. but the problem is that the, the c, d c, the control agency says there's not enough time anymore to prevent the new wave by vaccinations o boosters, band re get in vessels. thank you. to day the united nations,

as mark and international migrants day more than 280000000 people way international migrants last year. that's nearly 4 percent of the global population. more people than ever live in a country other than the one in which the web on the united states and mexico. i resumed for my presidents. donald trump's controversial stay in mexico program for migrants. and the de scheme, mexico pledges to take in migrants sent back by the united states while the asylum applications are being processed, but shelters and reception centers albert whelmed at the border and many migrants remain stranded in limbo. isaac driscoll reports from the mexican border city of t. i wanna the rain threatened to wash away the l. chapparal camp in tijuana, just a few meters from the us. mexico border. many central american migrants live here in dire conditions. they all dream of crossing to the other side. despite the

difficulties. got a moment, almost starting a 1000, for now they have closed the doors on us. and i don't know why it's to wait on your mother, but there are many people here who have waited 7 or even 8, not the same man. it's a hotel man, says their dream destination is a few minutes away from here. but getting their asylum applications approved and crossing over is an almost impossible task. that means that thousands of migrants are stranded here. local authorities believe border areas can meet the challenge. let boil that toilet with the support of all the international organizations as with civil associations and shelters on the border, i made a good and with the entire population eco. this is possible to take care of it. possibly at that low. but thousands of migrants are forcibly stranded here and support organizations say their capacities are stretched to the limit. oh, i think that boy, the faded y'all,

is shelters are at maximum capacity. so we're talking about several 1000 people and they continue to arrive every day. we can get on the godaddy. many of those stranded say they are fleeing serious threats in their home countries. and what the more canceling i left my country because gangs threatened to kill me. i came with my son. we have been here for 7 months now, waiting to see if they will give me a permit to the united states or asylum according to local authorities, about 300 people are deported or returned to mexico every day. a number that could increase due to the recent agreements between both governments. fernandez, i'm joined by paul dillon monday, jeanette. it's either you ends international organization for migration at st. geneva. hello, paul. we just saw one example of conditions migrants and do in the past shoots of a better life. what needs to happen to ease this suffering?

thank you very much. i mean, in iowa is involved heavily in providing assistance to migrants along the us mexican border. so we're very familiar with this particular situation. the broader picture is relatively straightforward. their states have rights and responsibilities matters around borders and maintain state sovereignty migrant rights by humanitarian law convention. so balancing off those 2 issues is a matter that states need to need to address. there is a mechanism to do so the global contact, safe, orderly, and regularly migration agree to in 2018 brings and encourages partners. states border states and regional and regional groups come together and solve these problems. as a group, no country can operate in isolation, no country can resolve the many complex issues around migration in isolation. and

that's why the gc we strongly feel is the mechanism to do so. so this year we've seen migraines, exploited by bella luce, in a form of hybrid warfare. a thousands of people were forced to what's the you bought or what can be done to protect honorable people from being exposed to like this? i mean, the weapon is ation of migrants is not something that's particularly new. we've seen it over the course of many years. the, the instrument elevation of micro situations is something that the i o m and the broader humanitarian assistance in denouncing. clearly there's a humanitarian period. if you're and i go back to my original comments, which is a nice balance sovereignty and the rice of migrants in new situations. i mean, whatever the nature of the dispute people should not be used as pawns in resolving

matters, state the state, they have rights by international law. and we encourage, as we have consistently for states to reach across the board and unpack the issues that they have to resolve them in an amicable manner that facilitates the movement of people in a safe, orderly and regular manner will upfold in their human rights power. and managing editor or the us international organization for migration. thank you. now let's bring you some festive chair from peru to round up the show. christmas has come early for these zoo animals, the capital of lima. giraffe, i guess the lions web page to visit my father christmas. nice come else be said on the read recently. relax go in a virus sessions mean that basis kind of attend to watch it as activities

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concern about the deployment of russian troops on the countries east and border how i residence in the border region handling the threads. this muddy track used to be an international crossing from ukraine to russia for alina and her neighbors with family and friends on both sides. it was a lifeline with diana copper all her. i want to check what kind of why are they put up with yes, yes. it's barbed wire. i call you j tucker dish and they love this strip pro to catch people we try to cross with it lowered a few signs, some fencing and some barbed wire off. with that, it might not look like a particularly well defended frontier between 2 countries in conflict. but it's certainly a big change, or people in this part of eastern ukraine to whom though, until a few years ago could drive across the border without much is showing a passport or to last year. that was my neighbor has his elderly mother down there

on the russian side. it's only 6 kilometers from here. but now he has to do a huge loop and travel 10 times that to pass through the board to post the motion. as an uber, when the boat offense was 1st built few years ago, helena tells us relatives would come and stand on both sides to talk over the barbed wire. it's this closeness, these personal ties that mean that many here aren't ready to believe that armed conflict with russia is even possible for us on the gym for julie. we hear all the scary things in the news, but i just can't imagine it affecting us here. there's no animosity between us, not from assume as m look um that may be the case, but the tanks in the troops are definitely there. even if they're still some 200 kilometers from helene as border village with u. s. defense sauces, warning invasion, could be a reality within months. very earnest, her as his gulf dog. we've been expecting of russian invasion since 2014. they're always flexing their muscles. and then i think this is just an attempt to when

political concessions probably 20 to 3, but then in a politician are in, in the border town of mill over this. not much of that shield evidence with russian and ukrainian border guards barely a metro part along the boundary which runs down the middle of the main street. but even here, where many locals can see russia from their windows, it's cold and economic worries rather than russian tanks for now. a still weighing most heavily on people's minds law last year. how can we be in danger if the board is right there, we would have seen something already. jo, i've only seen those russian tanks on t b, but we can't see or hear them here. yet, no tensions here. so as negotiations between washington and moscow to resolve these tensions go into overdrive people on the ground in his new crane and seem unwilling to believe that the threat of war is real till they see those russian tanks with their own eyes. ah,

the only chron variant is causing a surgeon corona, virus infections, especially in south africa, where it was 1st detected. the mayor of johannesburg wants to do everything she can to stop it from spreading farther. to anna's book at night is a party town. there's no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may, i am. pull pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate the on the club. then of course, the 19 isn't looming. 4th wave of call, then i'll number the seeds and, and we very concerned about compliance. he called the regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew but fell out. the job is just getting started. she's the 1st black female may and johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold

prospectors. but now, as the city and crisis pallets, it wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th covert wife, a lot of systems already in place. i have also seen gaps though, that need to be addressed, particularly around making sure that service delivery continues in the coven, aaron l. we need to strengthen performance management, particularly where officials are having to work from home. i've heard rumors of people working from home never coming in. and there's no real means of seeing if people are delivering and on what they've been employed to do. and so such things need to be a given attention to ensure that the 4th wave does not hit the city as hard as previous once pallets is trying to convince people to get vaccinated. only $1.00 and $4.00 south africans is fully vaccinated, although there's enough vaccine available here in the so wait or township the

vaccination rate is particularly low. they say that to a nuclear foxley ted, you'll get some diseases like cove with native made their physical. some of the different room is they do, but machine, they get sick. the uptake is very low and the research has shown that in terms of cases that are hospitalized that end up with complicated disease, a lot of them are the and vaccinated pilots, a is a single mother and a doctor. and she fears the pandemic will take up much of her time. ah, almost all the residents of to later a city and southwest in brazil, vaccinated against the corona virus. this is despite president wilson, our stance. he long denied the pandemic existence. ah. just

a few months ago doing the rounds. here was a grueling task for emergency doctor jose. i proceed. oh, so bow. so now all empty these beds were once occupied by critically ill coded 19 patients the corridors. the hospital in the brazilian city of toledo is deserted. emergency beds now in the storage room, it's the result of what might be brazil's most successful vaccination drive. goes up quite a bit, but we used to have 40 into bacon patients here. now we don't have any hot and it's very rare for us these days. staff to provide that level of intensive care . the cases are also much less severe than before. so we can think more carefully about how best to treat those who are sick and to give them a better prognosis. maybe some i know, but tonight in southwestern, brazil is home to some 143000 people. corona virus was rife here only

a few months ago. like many other parts of the country, the severe health crisis was followed by one of the fastest and most efficient vaccination drives in brazil. american pharmaceuticals company, pfizer recently launched a long term study until later over the course of the year. it's observing what happens when everyone in a city is vaccinated against covey. $191.00 over the age of 12, including 13 year old anna will be given the full dose book in another tells this whole class don't vaccinated with no bad side effects. piano that almost everyone continue to go to school. vaccination isn't compulsory. there are just hardly any skeptics here. the city council president is simply relying on people's willingness to get vaccinated. it will go

via, do you want to got it? i don't the anywhere else in the world has so much expertise. and so many vaccination centers that if we had, you know, faxing before about 100 percent of the population would have been fully vaccinated . long ago, we have a tradition of vaccination status of us enough. so the simple example i went to the toledo is setting a test lab for the rest of the world in a year or 2. many questions could be answered here, under which conditions do virus variance develop among vaccinated people? and how long does protection last? this toledo hospital, there's growing hope the pandemic is finally coming to an end ah, invoice in a new mine is to be built in a former coal mining region. climate activists, a trying to stop its construction, while many residents in the area, i hope it will bring

a new job. the main jasmine pit. could these soon be back in operation? there's a good chance the could be says the credit. he was a minor for decades and he loves his job. he was responsible for ventilation and all the culprits in white haven, a small town in northern england, including this one. that was the best job i ever had in my life. miners look after themselves on the ground because it's such a dangerous occupation. when i came out of the mines, i didn't find that on the surface. call was lot produced. 8 in 1986. and then from there that was the lush coal mining in cumbria. know that her plans to start mining cool again for steal production. the seabed

here is a veritable treasure. truth, an estimated 750000000 tons of coal lie under the water. if you want steal, you need, call the 1000000 tons of it out there on the job. why bring it from broad? when you got it? many wishes steal work still use coal. there are new technologies which is hydrogen to power steel, production or recycle old steel. and these are constantly being improved, but they have yet to replace cool. the council has already given the go ahead for a new color re on this former factory site, but claim activist carol would and her husband robin are campaigning against it. the climate change agenda is just so urgent now. i mean we are actually seeing the impact of climate disaster and it's not, it's not in the future. it's happening now and we haven't got any wiggle room. we

absolutely need to keep this colin ground. this is the position of the new mine over on the marsh on site, and that's up where the light is on the top just over there. over there. but div credit is my things. yes ticket, but the new plans, every one and reviving the many tunnels of the past the this map shows that mining was once everywhere in the past. coal was shipped from here. but now there are just a few private boots. the old industries have died out making the region one of the poorest in britain. many lucas hopes the new mine will bring back jobs. so the battle goes on between locals, who hope for return to the all times of high employment and others who want to move forward to a better, more environmentally friendly future. ah

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