as if there are different forms of time time phenomenon. but dimension and illusion about time starts december 31st on d, w. mm hm. ah ah. this is the w news live from berlin. the netherlands analysis of christmas. corona virus lockdown. shoppers have been out in force in anticipation of harsher measures . the government says there is no other way to limit a 5th wave of infections fueled by the army kron variant. also on the show,

more than 30 people have been killed as a powerful typhoon, batters the philippines, leaving massive destruction in its wake. and a collection of looted african arthur has a file showing at a museum in hamburg, the benign bronzes will soon be returning to nigeria. ah, i married evan steam. it's good to have you with us. the dutch government has announced that the netherlands will go into a horn to lockdown from sunday morning. dont' prime minister margareta said the lockdown was unavoidable due to a 5th wave caused by the army kron variant. last minute. shoppers fills city streets ahead of the announcement. all non essential shops are going to close as well in bars, restaurants, the schools, cultural facilities, hair stress and cinemas. their restrictions are planned until at least the 14th of

january. when joining us now from brussels is did over your correspondent bad regard van to get to see you. so what exactly do these new restrictions in the netherlands mean for the dutch public? i mean we've already seen very tight restrictions in place for a week. so what's changing the dividends will come to a grinding hold again beginning from tomorrow. so far the restrictions were only in place. so kicking in after 5 pm, but now everything is closing down, including scores and kindergartens. and you're only allowed to receive 2 people in your own home and over christmas, that's for people. but that makes of course, family reunions very difficult travel will be restricted. and so the dutch government is hoping to, to stem the or on the con, a virus. but this is very unlikely because everybody now says including the german

house minister car, lot above that there is no way to stop this 5th wave. you can only delayed but not stop it and a lot about talking about a massive wave. so it seems that also measures in germany and other countries are imminent. and already trevor restrictions are kicking in in france in porterville, in italy and denmark and other places. but there's also the opposite. austria, for example, just lifted. it's locked down, but it's having more restrictive measures for travelers. so there's no common approach in the european union. right? you mentioned these different levels of restrictions depending on which your country we're looking at. i mean, there's obviously makes travel very difficult. could we see perhaps a unified european union approach? is there any discussion of this? no, there will be no unified approach. there is a patchwork of service frictions. andrews already at the last summit,

just last thursday. the leaders of the european union failed to agree on more corporation, although there are dire warnings on the table. already. the european center for disease control warned that there's only kron reef cannot be stopped. that hospitals will be overwhelmed by the cases that the kick in and come in just a couple of days or weeks. but the leaders went home and then decided to look at their domestic front and do what they like. there is no common approach or in europe so far as old leaders pledge that they want at least to keep supply change and chains and delivery open over the borders. all right, well what about vaccinations? i mean we keep hearing that getting boosters is critical. getting people to at least get their 1st and 2nd, vaccines are so important is the europe equipped to offer enough vaccinations to

stave off perhaps yet another wave. the u commissioning brothers tells us there's enough supply. there's enough vaccines, there is enough booster shots. and to get everybody a vaccinated or boosted in the coming weeks, maybe there are some shortages later in february, march, but you can take care of that. and it's, it's very difficult because the e, c, d, c, the european isn't of a disease control said it's too late already who cannot hold the 5th race by boosters or vaccination you have to per otherwise. and that makes it very difficult for the countries to react accordingly. he w as banter, ego reporting for us from brussels. thank you so much. or meanwhile, london is also facing a huge surgeon corona virus infections fueled by army cron, prompting the mer to declare a major incident in the british capital. well,

this measure is designed to help authorities coordinate their response to the virus . here's what mer said. a con, had to say earlier, were incredibly concerned by the huge surge 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 stop absences are going up by massive level. 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 unvaccinated. that's why it's so important to get both the vaccines and the boost the job. at least 30 people have died after a super a typhoon. ryan slammed into the philippines. official say many people are still unaccounted for. hundreds of thousands fled their homes to escape the typhoon,

which left mass of destruction in its wake. it was the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines. this year. battering the country with torrential rain and a 175 kilometer per hour winds. the southeastern province of saudi gal donati, bore the brunt of the storm. here residents are already counting the course of the devastation. it left behind. thousands have been left homeless of the stormed latin buildings. many remained in evacuation centers. in some areas residence had to be rescued by boat of the heavy rain led to flash flooding. many have been left with little access to clean water. food with communications and power also knocked out some a traumatized. hey, i'm an image and a little it was unimaginable them. but i thought we would all die. us in our roofs were torn up by the storm. they're all destroyed and it was a,

it was loud howling them, i prayed, but i'm so rattle and said that the mom, i don't know what to do anymore. mercy fellow to gillen, i had a panic attack. finally got that macbook reconstruction costs estimated to run into hundreds of millions of dollars. but president rodrigo detached a has warned that disaster early funding has been depleted by the pandemic. ry was the 15th typhoon to hit the philippines and 2021. that is also pro nation typically sees 20 each year cleanup efforts are already underway. but for todd filipinos, there's little end in sight scientists, walnut climate change is making storm stronger. hong kong is holding elections. fourish legislative council. the 1st since beijing impose is sweeping national security law and reform the cities electoral system for hong kong pro democracy activists. it's the combination of a campaign to rein in the semi autonomous territory and ensure only candidates who

are patriotic to china can govern a great school class in hong kong. every week they raised the chinese flag and sing the national anthem. it's part of the islands integration into the communist mainland. although the whole, i like to raise a flag, it shows me that we're part of china. again, all doing what you call this is very good for the children. it trains or patriotism, you know, how funny is i all get things on. my patriotism has become a political buzzword here in the upcoming parliamentary elections, only so called patriots are allowed to run. and who that is, is controlled by a beijing friendly commission and florida. oh, improvements are crucial to bring hong kong back to the right track off one country to systems. and so i sure that we are in a situation of patriots administering hong kong. and they don't make the cut. many

of the leaders of hong kong democratic party are already behind bars. their seats remain empty and the current parliament 47 of them were rested simply for trying to vote for a leading candidate in a party poll. now only few are willing to show their true allegiances. herbert chow sells clothing with a political message in his store. it's been a thorn in the side of the government for some time now. and now he has to close up shop. so this is how ridiculous it has become a blanket catherine curtis, for beneath that says, i love hong kong with yellow umbrellas is deemed by the chinese as inigo x. one. he used to vote for the democratic party, but they're not on the ballot because of the patriotism rules. so who is he going to vote for i will have

to decline to answer that question because as you know, they have made any statements made by people off their inclination to not vote aw ah, or discourage voting as a crime. so what's the point of the election? i'll think they're picking out the get into view of beijing's government, maintaining the facade of democracy is an appropriate tool to maintain order in hong kong. yes, it looks better publicly than violently cracking down on hong kong in order to maintain order in their home. i'm. it'll paula feel who and ordinances on hong kong has been assimilated. the schools curriculum has already been changed. if the government gets its way, the next generation will never know the freedoms. hong kong was promised. a hamburg museum is displaying a trove of looted african artworks before handing them back to their rightful

owners. the benign bronzes were stolen from present a nigeria by british troops at the end of the 19th century before being housed in various european museums. it's beautiful art with an ugly past. one that germany's museums wants to turn the page on. ah, these artifacts are regarded a secret in their land of origin. many are looted art brought to europe during colonial times. now hamburg is showcasing its nearly 200 but in bronzes one last time before returning them. by con, but he's an object. these objects were taken by force, so it's only right that they should be returned now says on as a full collection to their place of origin, this distance busiest, cause i'm tough to look in. van. a delegation arrives at the museum from nigeria. the visitors are seeing many of the art works for the 1st time. well, it's emotional for me because this on or not, it walks

a lot for them. this are pieces that actually touches on all aspects of their life rigid form of ritual, religion, political, historical a. so many other things, visitors to museums often see a history that's been stolen, asked exhibit points out. awareness of that injustice has been rising, including in germany. some $1200.00, been in bronze, us can still be found in museums in berlin, leipzig, cologne, and bremen. what ended up here and how research on the pieces origins, huss gained a new importance as he could and from eden, albeit. you can trace each object who brought it here and what that person's relationship to it was. that means that one hot, that the idea is to gradually of repatriate art. that's proven to be absolute origin, an act that benefits both sides, then des, it'll be acted. so it can,

the return of these artifacts will have a big effect as it has huge symbolic value for all nigeria, because it acknowledges that suffering was caused here. we also want to express that this is an act of reconciliation and justice being done if a soon on is it may be a new era for cultural exchange. some of these objects might even returned to germany sometime in the future, but only as loans from their rightful owners. in boone, as big a soccer glover were hoping to slow their slide down the table at hoffen heim. but despite leaving for most of the mash, they could only draw 11, a 35 minute corner, bounce to an unmarked rail, and below who tant the ball home and put laga a head of an heim responded by piling on the pressure and snatched a dramatic equalizer in stock, which time? thanks to kevin up a woman as a fast feed in the box lava, go into the winter break on a fine game. windless streak abundance, like a leader,

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but we begin in ukraine. there is international concern about the deployment of russian troops on the country's eastern 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. diana cup roll cook. i want to check what kind of why are they put up with? yes, yes, it's barbed wire glue j tucker dish and they will out this strip to catch people you try to cross with it lowered a few signs, some fencing and some barbed wire or whatever. 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 hello until a few years ago could drive across the border without as much as 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 a new 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. but usually we hear all the scary things on the news, but i just can't imagine it affecting us here. there's no animosity between us. not sure monsieur mazar milligram. 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, taurus is gulf don't. we've been expecting of russian innovation since 2014. they're always flexing their muscles. ellison,

and i think this is just an attempt to when political concessions probably 20 to 3 . but then in a politician or in, in the border town of milva, there's 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 were 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. no, not yet. how can we be in danger if the board is right there, we would have seen something already. yo, 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 this 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. johannesburg at night is a party town. there is no social distancing, no masks, no registering of guests at claps. local may, i'm pull, pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate the, on the confident of call. the 19 isn't looming for the wave of call that number. the didn't happen. 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 at the job is just getting started. she's the 1st black female may and joanna book city that was once the dream destination for

gold prospectors. but now, is the city in 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 covered area and we need to strengthen performance management particularly well 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 what they've been applied 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 ones 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 way to township the

vaccination rate is particularly low. they say that to a nuclear foxley ted, you'll get some diseases like cove with name to make their food because some of the cooper room do this. they do that question. they get think the uptake is very love and a 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 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, a 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 beryl. so now all empty these beds were once occupied by critically ill cove. 19 patience, the corridor at 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. quite a while. 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 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 right 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 and laid out over the course of a year. it's observing what happens when everyone in a city is vaccinated against covey. 19 hello, everyone. over the age of 12, including 13 year old, anna will be given the full dose of santa delton with him. after manila, her mother tells us that her whole class got vaccinated with no bad side effects. she answered almost every one continued to go to school as far as she knew both 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. your

vehicle? yes or no? got a dog. i doubt that anywhere else in the world has so much expertise. and so many vaccination centers, if we had enough vaccine before, give us enough 100 percent of the population would have been fully vaccinated long ago course we have a tradition of vaccination status of us in our so the sample to sam clark, we took them toledo, is serving as 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? at this to later hospital, there's growing hope. the pandemic is finally coming to an end in britain in you mind is to be built in a former coal mining region. climate. actually a trying to stop its construction, while many residents in the area hope it will bring new jobs

mine shafts and pitts could. these soon be back in operation there's a good chance they could be says div credit. he was a minor for decades and he loves his job. he was responsible for ventilation and all the culprits in white, even 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, healthy fish. when i came out of the mines, i didn't find that on the surface call was last produced 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 see bit

here is a veritable treasure. truth, an estimated 750000000 tons of coal lie under the water. if you want to steal you need call the 1000000 tons of it out there on the job. why bring it from broad? when you've got to live many british steel work still use coal. there are new technologies which is hydrogen to pursue production or recycle old steel. and these are constantly being improved. but they have yet to replace call. the council has already given the go ahead for a new calorie 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 the ground. this is the position of the new mine over on the marsh on site, and that's up where that light is on the top just over there. over there. but div credit is where things yes ticket, but the new plans, every one and reviving the many tunnels of the past the this map shows that mining was ones everywhere in the past. call the ship 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 that that's what 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

young man, i be to and i are taking you on an adventure of a like type destination culture with hannah. huh. i work with what and 50. there's so much history here yet. it also feels very much alive, research for fine, china. so i'll be visiting the famous mice in porcelain manufacture. let's go. destination culture. next, talk d w. enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian. on comfort zone this week. ethiopia, civil war, now more than a year old and showing no sign of m. o side to refuse to run, speak to board prostitute. that deborah is administered for democratization. you

joins me from a capital a. com, please own b a, b in 60 minutes. on d w. a would people have to say, matters to us for me. that's why we listen to their stories. reporter, every weekend on d w. ah, ah, hi there. i'm a word to my son, saxony, secret capital, at least that's what the people here like to call it. i'll be taking a trip back in time to see what germany's oldest casa used to be like. i'm also in the search for fine china, so i'll be visiting famous to my.