ah, ah ah, ah, ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin authorities in europe extend karone of ours restrictions in the hope of limiting the spread of the army. chrome variant benevolence calls a snap christmas lockdown with hobbs and non essential shops close for business. london declares a major incident after it sees a dramatic rise in cases there. also coming up hong kong holds

a vote under new election laws, but only candidates fe jane considered to be patriots. are allowed to rod and in buddhist think for full 2nd place and stumble to a loss against has a bill in ending. they go into the winter break 9 points behind by and unit. ah, i'm rebecca richard. welcome to the program. governments across europe are battling to stem the huge increase in corona bar, as cases due to the army kron variant. the netherlands has just become the 1st country in europe to reinstate a full lockdown, which will last until at least mid january, all non essential shops as well as restaurants, bars, cinemas, and theaters are closed as of sunday. meanwhile, the situation in the british capital london is so concerning. the city's mayor has

declared a major incident health authorities. they are reporting their highest single daily tally of corona virus cases. since the pandemic began at more than $26000.00, the city in crisis mode. lumniss being hit hard by the omi chron variant of the corona virus. it is already overtaken delta, as the dominant strain here, driving up infections and forcing the may of london to react hostile emissions are going up, but also stop absences. i guide up by massive level. so i've taken the fission in causal taishan with our panos declare a major incident today. the measure was last taken in january and allows local government to work more closely with emergency services. it's not just a capital that's in crisis for several days now. the u. k. has witnessed record case numbers in response, the government has stepped up its vaccination campaign over 3000 locations across

england. what turn into makeshift vaccination centers on saturday. the world health organization says omicron has already been detected in 89 countries. more and more are responding to the new threat. now, dutch prime minister mac rota and saturday, announced locked on that will limit gatherings over christmas and coast shops, restaurants, and cultural venues. chapa's rush, both em last minute perch this before the measures came into effect lockdown or none. the w h o expects omicron to become dominant in the countries where it has taken hold. scientists won the surgeon, cases could further burden overstretch health systems and lead to staff shortages across many sectors. oh, earlier we spoke to john campbell, a health analyst and asked him for his assessment on the situation in london. my big hope is because on the currently spreading so quickly, i think basically everyone in europe is going to be exposed to the micron. in the

next few weeks, there might be a few remote people that don't, but everyone's 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. and because of the immunity that we have from people that already have the infection that is going to protect against of a 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 stomach on it, hopefully against the variance as well. so i'm really hoping that this, this wave could be a form of natural vaccination health analyst john campbell's speaking to us a little earlier while says several governments in europe a drastically tightening restrictions hoping to slower the spread of all my cron. they're also saying push back this weekend, so protests against restrictions in a number of capitals. there were clashes between police and protesters at

a view of the demonstrations, including in london range babbling over and interrupting in blooms. these perused. 6 has to say they've had enough around 5000 of them marched against the latest round of coast restrictions in the u. k. here, the more transmissible only cron variant is forced the government to tighten restrictions. but scientists so warning that even more must be done and fast if the country wants to stop hospital admissions from soaring. though all of the meetings that we've attended in so far as the network is concerned with modeling is taking place. that the message is clear that this looks like it's the calm before the stool. it's a problem across europe, surgeon cases of omi crohn and increased frustration at restrictions to compasses.

in austria, several people protesting of vaccine mandate, were arrested after demonstrations got increasingly out of control. thousands of protesters in france also took to the streets to express their anger towards a vaccine pass being discussed by the government. if the bill passes, it would ban the unvaccinated from entering public establishments like bars and cafes. rose lexi though let us say that seem pass is a form of dictatorship, not a public health issue, but a political one is we have to realize we're in a system that is working more and more to reduce our freedom and liberty as governments across europe get ready for an onslaught of only chron, they may also have to fight against the frustration and weariness that new restrictions can bring. all right, let's take

a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world. the u. k. bricks that minister david frost, his reside due to disillusionment with prime minister barak thompson's government. it comes after a disastrous week for the prime minister with a bi election to fate and a rebellion from his own and pays over the introduction of additional covered restrictions. thousands of people have protested in barcelona against a court ruling mandating 25 percent of school lessons be taught in spanish. demonstrate his site will threaten the education system which has helped bring the local capital on language back into public use. after years of repression under the franco dictatorship, the philippines disaster agency says the death home from typhoid roy has risen to 49 with officials warning, many people remain missing. the storm swept across the country on friday, leaving a trail of destruction and forcing 300000 people to evacuate. it's been called one of the most powerful storms to hit the philippines in recent years. and

hong kong polls have opened in the 1st parliamentary election since the crack found on the pro democracy movement by beijing voters to to enter the polling station when it opened. although overall turnout is expected to be low. it's the 1st legislative council election since paging, imposed to sweeping national security law and reformed the electoral system. under the new rules, only candidates considered patriotic to china can run. many opposition candidates have been silenced, jailed will have fled hong kong hong kong lead a carry lamb was one of the 1st to cause to vote. she denied that the government had said any voter turnout rights, but i do have set a target for this general election of the legislative council. one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the candidate eligibility review committees state. but of course,

lot feeding can't pay. the cong is covering those electrons for us in hong kong. maybe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to the election committee? he or she is a patriot? yes. so monopole a new threshold has been set up under a new electro rules to screen candidates who are not deemed as patriotic according to official standards. so essentially, a new batting body had it by hong kong senior officials are, will be in charge, or is in charge of screening the candidates that every single candidates who wants to run for these actions will be assessed by these panel to determine whether they're patriotic or not according to the requirements laid out in the national security and the basic law. and other than that candidates also have to secure our nomination. take us from a panel which are stacked for probation spec us. so on these kinds of threat shows

will essentially are black bar to many of the po, democracy candidates to run for the election. according to many critics in a society, what avenue do pro democracy activists have left to show their opposition? while the on the election, they only a few activists from the opposition group are protested against on that you are the new elections. but are the majority of the opposition that goes, i have shown that indifference to the new game rules that they are most of the major opposition parties didn't send any members to run for the election, which is a very they friends from what they have done in the past and are like the turnout rate is at the core issue of these election that many see this as a reflection of the legitimacy and the representativeness of the new induction. and our over the 1st few hours of the leg in like around 10 percent off,

the average of a vote has half cast have felt which has a slightly lower finger compared to $22.00 attorneys tech seen legislative election . and the government has done a lot to step up at those 2 are boost the turnout. right? including sat, our polling stations at the border and or so on to our, even the over free rights for public transport to attract people to cast that vote . and that the government has also laid out new measures to deter people from protesting through our blank boats. and boy caught up the elections that at least 14 people have been arrested. according to the new rules of the b, is the protocol cassie movement still alive, or has it been successfully squashed by the government? while the movement have been our last d. a suppressed, all since the in possession of the national security law on dozens of the leading factor as are from the opposition camp,

now been detained or jailed all white under the national security law. and also for audit charges relating to to $29000.00 antique government protest. so are many up to lee. there is an out light absence from the cfo society. and we have seen many people groups, many important organizations out from now position cam, happening to spend after the past year. so on, this is our, of course, the major blow today, possession movement. and the movement is now resorting to add a path outside of the institution to continue the momentum. hopefully they these thank you. did every correspond 50 c, v kong. speaking to us from hong kong. in the bonus league adornment closed out there year with a shock loss, and with the last to her to berlin, they have all but dashed the title hope's falling a whopping 9 points behind by munich for lindsay olympic stadium was lit up for the last match of the year with the sparse crowd of hair to fans enjoying the spectacle,

and with their side hosting doors meant the match was set to be equally flashy. heritage, fighting to avoid the relegation battle came out firing ms. yon melita burst ahead of dornan's defense and tapped home just 15 minutes in but after a v r cheque teammate, ye shock built the deal was real to be a hair off side on the play. no gold. the visitors didn't squander their good fortune with elian grant summoning a spectacular tidings. finish. 16 minutes later, one mill with dormant hopes of chasing barn still alive. but her to return from the half time break. reinvigorated. bel, fidel made good on his earlier infraction. racing past his opponents to equalize with a strong solo effort in the 51st minute. and 6 minutes later here to double their lead,

marco victor streamer left thornton and stunned. before richter twisted the knife, making it 31 with 20 minutes left to play. shifting diggers, cut norman's deficit with elite header, but it was already too late. dormant were dealt their 2nd loss and 4 matches. a serious blow to any realistic title. hope's will heritage celebrated the holiday gift of a massive step towards mid table safety and struggling. glad that we're hoping to slow that slide down the table at hoffen heim, but despite lading for most of the match, they could only manage a want all droll. a 35th minute corner bounced to an unmarked rail, and bolo, who taxable home and put le buffer heads, often harm responded by piling on the pressure and snatched a dramatic equalizer in stoppage time. thanks to kevin academic phosphate in the

box. glad back. now go into the winter break when a 5 game winless streak on the one as late as saturday games are over. so let's take a look at all the results so far. unmatched. i 17, her to the fated dormant. bella felt stunned. arby lamps ish, frankfurt, bate, mine's bottom, down any on berlin, and 1st shared the spoils with owls bog on sunday. fryeburg face lever, kersin, and cologne. battle, she kept myself and i will have more headlines for you at the top of the out say to now the d. w with we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah, magic corner hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot.