a dimension, we know we won't live forever. and illusion about time presenting futures past starts december 31st on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. london's mayor declares a major incident as the u. k. battles, the fast spreading, alma kron corona virus variant. the british capital also saw massive crowds lining up to board the last trains and fairies to cross the channel. that says france imposes

a ban on non essential travel between the 2 countries. also coming up so close yet so far, migrant stranded at the us mexico border are faced with hardship and impossible choices in their struggle to survive. and a chinese lantern festival lights up the night far beyond china's borders will tell you where ah a marion evans dean, thanks for joining me. london's mayor has declared a major incident as the british capital faces a huge surge in corona virus infections. fueled by the army kron variant. the measure is designed to help authorities coordinate their response to the virus. here's what mayor such a con had to say earlier. were incredibly concerned by the huge urge in the army

kron variance over the last 24 hours. we've had the largest number of new cases since this are pandemic began more than 26000 hostile emissions are going up. but also, staff absences are going up. are by massive or levels, it's really important. londoners understand how serious things are the best thing lemons can do is to get both vaccines and the booster. they provide extra layers of protection. the really bad news is those in hospital the vast, vast majority and vaccinated. that's why it's so important to get both the vaccines and the boost the job. while the london mare's announcement came his hours after a ban on non essential travel between the u. k. and france went into force. the french government imposed the curbs. in a bid to slow the spread of army kron across europe, governments are bracing for a new wave of infections. many are introducing restrictions such as limiting opening times for restaurants, pops,

and venues and vaccinating children is another measure. authorities are taking to reduce the severity of infections. a quick pinch. and it was all done in $1.00 to $5.00. these kids and 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 with. everybody. on a cron is spreading at a faster speed than denmark. infection rates. i think daily record hiv pushing more and more parents to get their children jobs personal to slow the spread of the virus. the danish government has announced that cinema theatres and concert halls will be closed. restaurant opening hours will also be restricted in neighboring germany. the health minister has raised the alarm.

alicia, on on i'm, i'm assuming a massive 5th wave. that's awesome. we have to prepare ourselves for a challenge and all that we have not yet faced in this formula in these a formula. nishaka. infection rights have been rising rapidly across germany to the easy spread of on the kron woodson writes, soaring even higher. as a result, the german government has now classified denmark and other countries, including france and norway. as high risk areas, travel will have to quarantine some 10 days upon arrival unless they have been vaccinated or recovered from a current of ours infection. well, for more, we can speak to health educator john campbell. he joins us now from carlyle in the u. k. hello to you, welcome to the w. so we just mentioned a short time ago that france is now banning most travels from the u. k. from

entering the country. do you feel this is the right move to slow the spread of the army? kron variant. a probably would have been if the da at a much earlier stage, but at the moment the, on the court cases in france for about 7 to 10 percent of the total cases. so it's already endemic in princeton. it's already spreading in from really so introducing a travel band at this stage really doesn't make too much sense. you might keep out a few cases, but with so much domestic spread going on already. it doesn't actually make too sense that too much. so the things with travel bonds, if you can do trouble and it will blow you a bit of time because make no mistake. this all micron varying is going everywhere . so our trouble band can give you a few days or even a week or 2 extra, because the only is useful if you use that time very purposefully. so it depends what you do with the time that you buy with it. but in the particular case, from france, doesn't make too much sense because of the large amount of cases that already i'm afraid. now, can you explain to us how i'm

a current affects the unvaccinated compared to the impact on vaccinated people? just how different is it? well it, it, it is very different. if you've had 2 doses of vaccine you're going to get a certain amounts of cover, probably only about 30 percent though, against them to match confection. believe you've had 3 doses that goes up to over 70 percent. so it seems that this needs, this 3rd boost, a dose of vaccine. now people, i've only had 2 doses of vaccine are still going to have fe, the good levels of protection against severe illness, hospitalization. and we do hope the death. but the more likely to get symptomatic infection, but if you've got 3 doses of vaccine you've got the boost, the dose, much less likely to get symptomatic infection. and also we believe this extra t cell mediated protection against severe illness and hospitalization. now you mention, you know, this 3rd jab, i know many governments are pushing citizens to get that booster, but you know, i'm sure a lot of people are wondering just how many more boosters are we going to need?

i mean, are we looking at the necessity of getting a new job every few months with every new corona, virus variance? well, i certainly do hope not, but i just noticed in the news today, the german is actually ordered. 80000000 doses of all micron specific vaccine. let's hope that they're not needed, but the sorted them just in case they are going to be needed. my big hope is because on the corner spreading so quickly. i think basically everyone in europe is going to be exposed to ro, micron. in the next few weeks, there might be a few remote people that don't. everyone is going to be exposed to it. and we're hoping that most people are going to be protected against severe illness because of the large level of vaccination in the community. because of the immunity that we have from people that already have the infection that is going to protect against severe disease. so we're really hopeful that is going to cause common cold type symptoms. now in london, at the moment, the most common features that people are getting are runny nose, headache, fatigue, sore throat and sneezing is common cold type features. because every time someone

has these features, that's going to give them a big boost to their immune system is going to protect the morgan stanley quantum to hopefully against the variance as well. so i'm really hoping that this, this wave could be a form of natural vaccination. we're also trying to stay home for health analyst john campbell. many thanks indeed for all your insights. thank you martin. thank you. let's get a cheque now. some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the philippines disaster agency says the death toll from typhon roy has risen to 31. the storm also caused massive destruction and officials say many people are still unaccounted for. more than 300000 fled their homes to escape the typhoon, which was one of the most powerful in recent years to strike the philippines. thousands of people have protested in barcelona against a court ruling mandating that 25 percent of school lessons be taught in the spanish language. demonstrators sale threatened the education system,

which has helped bring the local cadillac language back to public use. after years of repression under the franco dictatorship, 20 tramp miners have been rescued, left flooded coal mine in china's chantry province. such about 2 others were confirmed dead. the men had been tram for nearly 2 days. all the state media said more than 400. rescuers had been racing the clock to reach the myers. how did he go? or the united states and mexico have resumed a former president. donald trump's controversial stay in mexico program for migrants. under the scheme, mexico pledges to take in migrants sent back by the united states while their asylum applications are being processed. but shelters and reception centers are overwhelmed at the border and many migrants remain stranded in limbo. isaac brisco reports from the mexican border city of towanna. the rain

threatens to wash away the out chapparal camp in tijuana, just a few meters from the us mexico border. many central american migrants live here in dire conditions. the old dream of crossing to the other side, despite the difficulties neglected, while moth, i'm with getting a 1000 for now they have closed the doors on us, let them i don't know why you're through it on your mind. there are many people here who have waited 7 or even 8 magazine man as a hotel masses. 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 dollars 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, isn't that boy? the fading your 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, and many of those stranded say they are fleeing serious threats in their home countries. and what the work as an inquest, 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. 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 of china. and that 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. ah, oh nevertheless, anymore. we saw the animals in the airplane and of course the giant panda too. nice see of what up says wretch. he genuinely, i liked the panders and the big tower is very beautiful too. yet gone to p a. t t bay look yard sean to de charges. there are different themes,

ira travel loads and chinese art. no matter what you can learn a lot about chinese traditions here. john, it's john publish and that's great. there are 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 lung jak within that identical result, china's lantern festival is huge. 10 times the size of this one because it's impossible not to love the lanterns and sculptures their fear, the like creations at our festival were assembled on the spot. every festival starts from scratch, everything was tailor made for us. so you're apart from the panned as of course, because a pander is always a panda bluff overdue. she certainly, but we have

a lake we can use to no luck. and we have a pagoda for the emperor to live, 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. blimey ox, lantern festival runs until the end of january. ah, some soccer news now and and the bonus lee go league leaders, byron munich, beat volts, work for nil in their final game of the seasons 1st half. and it was a special night for their top score. robert levant, off ski, bang the final goal of the match in the dying minutes. and what a goal it was. 5 the pull volleying in an unstoppable shot to strike means love, and dorski has broken gag matters, half century old record of most bonus, the goals and a calendar year with $43.00 and in the fight. all the arab comp, algeria had beaten tunisia to nail to become champions of the tournament. for the

1st time, after a goal of 90 minutes, algeria finally broke the deadlock, an extra tie when i'm years, so you'd curled in a fantastic shot. then yes, seen bra. he me rounded out the scoring the tournament, and katara was widely seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's world comp in the gulf country. here up to date on the daily news, stay tuned for reporter, with a look at how communities hit by devastating floods in germany are making it through the winter. i'm marrying a evans dean from me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching. ah ah, where i come from, we have to fire for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one tv channel and a few newspapers with official information as a journeys i haven't work on that for many cameras and their problems are always

the same for do socially inequality. a lack of the freedom of the press. oh gosh. what's on the floor to say silent when it comes to the defense of the human scene? a white you'll have to decide to prevent drug enough. my name is jennifer, is tonight work at the w ah ah. these images were found last summer when deadly floods hit the r valley in western germany. after days heavy rain, the river and it streams burst. their banks in july side swept away numerous homes and devastated entire towns. the water came so fast and it's

a fleet at ago. the marks left by the flight can still clearly be seen in the region and its residence. the words, whenever it rains, but i was to panic that another downs hall like that's what could happened near the girl. this works for the plumbing and heating company cock and nice. he and his colleagues have had their hands full since the flood. great. now they're doing what they can to make sure people have heating a small source of comfort in the dark winter day. the company office and arkenberg rhineland palatinate was one of the buildings that didn't survive the flood. so griffith and his colleagues had their morning meeting outside and what was the last mom or then what is that noble? this small container is serving as a make shift office grove. his remembers the floods. well, almost

a global gonna comes to one of your mover here. you can still see it smoking, look at that house at the 1st floor in stock. you can see the mark left by the water into the bar. the cock and meas, office was pretty much, completely flooded. puzzled, a bar was open between these 2 windows appear, was our company signed your own bar? he knows us after the flood. everything was so flew, but it was still hanging awful, stooping nor, or to boss a saw that as a sign that giving up. it wasn't an option of giving with a canopy on more than $130.00 people died in the our valley floods thousands lost their homes to this day. many of the small municipalities along the our river feel like i can work with almost completely destroyed. most of the houses remain inhabited by the ones that people have been able to return to mac. proper heating must have a check. what i need to check with my boss most are schriner booked up until late

january, early february. the um, moved out of a problem is that it's winter and people are without heating because it's cold. so that's our top priority. who we did and we don't have time for me under jobs more than $4000.00 more home for months. girl hasn't his colleagues have only been repairing, flood damaged homes. all other projects have to wait. with that, i'd take the surrounding of them loaf, knew this is just a daily madness for the phone keeps ringing off. and just when i'm out of luck and plus years, that complicates things that you have to keep on through the month here, school started slow again. the cold weather has made the dire situation even more challenging, says grew up my job and doing my job as best i can. and i'm trying to help wherever i can. nobody can fix the valley or no one person. anyway, it's a huge,

this will take months or even a year on the road. has a rived and bad annoying r for his 1st client of the day is waiting only the basement was flooded in this house to the tenants to live here at the oil park heating system was destroyed though, for now the only heat comes from a small wood burning stove downstairs. this won't be the whole house. you'd have to drill a hole in the ceiling to heat upstairs and over shows the top floor cold. and i bedroom is up there and somebody quickly jump under the shield and that's what we're find in the basement down below is last fine home owner answer your command, explains that the water burst in through this to which pipes zoe. since then, its mouth, a feel for the damaged oil tanks have already been removed or what a nightmare i've never seen anything like this. so 111. everything needs to be

replaced. everything is broken. well, another problem to fix next year. so just by the truck was over on this is what i expect in the future is that such extreme weather events will become more frequent with climate change. her desire and more in tanza as the screen on have to go. another house in the region, except that this one was completely flooded. it's uninhabitable, but get and off read a gas bear still come to check on things in their former home every day. even though it pains them and thus will each time i come in and see this moment, oh, it hurts. students will stand for

months, they've been using an electric heater to try out the walls. although it's still unclear whether they will ever be able to move back into their house. if the walter foundation are contaminated with heating oil or other pollutants, the house will have to be demolished. they're waiting for an appraisal that will provide them with answers to cobblestone hopes their house can be saved. but it's hard to remain optimistic. envy yet slee. i hadn't viagra. if it were spring things would probably be better for you all. dish jim including our mood, her staying. it gets dark around 5 pm or and that gets you to brassel. dan, common off the dip basil. and even if their house can be saved, it will take a long time until the repairs are complete. when the gas bass can move back in again, was your newsletter or mon, you do not know if you can get workers off the floor. companies in the area are of

a book to your edition. it's not just this town that was affected. jose gonzalez, the whole, our valley was headed off yet almost everyone wants to move back into the house as quickly as possible. windsor halls, all the ins. i know your boyhood office is on his way to his next client who needs a gas pipe connected to an interim house. hundreds of people were left homeless after their houses had to be torn down temporary homes like these are providing short term solutions. if you load them onto the whole id, fill out an entire row of houses is missing from there. let me see. i need number 28 is coming here in gospel taylor. also edson in just a few minutes. gurgainus has connected the gas tanks. but the house won't get warm without functioning water pipes. and these aren't in place yet.

this house belongs to molina zion. she's looking forward to not having to wear a hat and gloves in doors anymore. the flood damaged the house that stood there. i trust my parent's home. we bought this new ones. i have a place to stay with my dog. i'm all right, so i'll let you get on with it. we'll see you buy it. more often, woman barajo, reaching out to bog along over 50 buildings, were torn down because they were at risk of collapsing are contaminated over all the floods last summer caused some 30000000000 euros in damage time to head to the companies warehouse located several kilometers above the valley the hook it up, you know, what's crazy is that you only have to drive

a short way and everything is fine. you know what i are gone. and all of this happened to be a mill. the heating and plumbing company rented this warehouse after the flight they salvaged, but they could from their old office and brought it here and on the printer, i thought of them it would. the mother of anything that got in contact with the flood water can't be used for tap water, which you drink from commerce. you could use this for a heating system for, but not for tub water and also another box we saved gone, or rather our boss rescued. it got corrupted because it's not worth it to clean screws hold on tooth. as you can see, what happens of both these brass screws have changed color huh. and login. but you can still use them to secure something. hm. all these things in for we saved what we could you alone? forgotten, gone them. the team here faces another problem. global supply chain shortage is

resulting from the corona barris pandemic. from time, the moment we're taking it one day at a time, we see which projects we can take on must come, which emergencies pop up on on what can we finish this? but right now, in terms of materials, similar to everybody in germany and internationally knows that our supply chain shortages are farm bureau. this is next chart is in a former hotel i look like in almost every building in the, our valley. the hotels heating system didn't survive the flight. but there's no one at the construction site. catherine, i hate this. there's no one here. we can't help you. okay. so it's only been told that there is something wrong with the mobile heating system. the woocommerce is one option to protect houses from frost damage. i'm not sure how many of these mobile heaters are now being used in the our valley or, but i'd say quite a few high, did we speak on the phone? mr. logistic, if god, while ago has, has

a look inside and quickly spots the problem there is an error message on it that's normal. it's run out of oil. and external oil tank needs to be connected to refill the system. cook as tells the workers what to do and takes off the lot of the bottom. but if you run into problems, let me know. thanks a lot. i'll see you later start next week. i'll take care john. what brings girl his piece of mind is when a permanent heating system is up and running young's while the boys have been busy, the furnace has been installed. communist, all that's needed is a connecting element, and we're done installing. an entire heating system can take to 4 weeks and with the huge demand on the r valley focus and his colleagues can hardly keep up. many people have to live in and he did homes for several more weeks. hendrick, tim is one of the few fled victims with the knack,

know how to repair his own heating culture. the car mechanic asked to be experts for advice and then did the work himself bunch. not shown redondo. that's alma mishma nazi since summer i was working nights doing overtime and using vacation days, which came from world on mr. jonnesho. without that, i wouldn't be as far right about it for so i got i also don't know when this would be ready if i had to rely on others. i found wolf to fall under his v. uh huh. meanwhile, the r ripper is flowing peacefully through the valley again. but the havoc had wreaked in july will take a long time to fix what my thought you said, blue guy, you have a nice view from appear. what you can see alton are below the river, curving around and into they're still finding wrecked. cars there on my home region has been destroyed, had such good, but it will recover eventually.

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