revealed unparalleled beauty. ah no special look at a special country loan from above stuart's december 27th on d. w. ah ah, this is dw news wire from berlin authorities across europe scramble to slow the spread of the omicron variance and other lit leads the way with a hard christmas locked out, posing tubs and shops. the new corona virus variant is said to be the most contagious. yes. also coming up on the show, she lay elect

a leftist as its next president. former student protest meet our gabrielle burridge, won a convincing victory over his far right rival. plus the fighting may have moved on, but the people here still suffered dw, visits, a town in ethiopia, as witness to the countries of bloody conflict. the 1st hand and bethlehem tries to find some christmas cheer in a 2nd holiday season marked by the pandemic. ah! hello, i'm clear, richards, and thanks so much for joining us. authorities across europe are scrambling to slow micron a highly contagious variant of the corona virus. governments have been clamping down on public life, and the netherlands has become the 1st country in europe to impose a strict walk down over christmas. for many across the netherlands. it's the

variant that killed christmas. thanks to the highly contagious army kron. the government has ordered all non essential businesses to shut till mid january limits on christmas gatherings. mean people will only be allowed full guests around the tree on the holidays. on the streets, there was surprise and glum resignation. but little did it as of the regular goal, and we thought we had it under control that we done everything we could live auctioneers were fully vaccinated, you do everything you can to support society a bit, but in the end it all goes wrong. anyway, i was on hold and able to get a google walk up for o'clock. so i thought that if the numbers started to increase i, i expected that there would be a strict to lockdown, but not so soon. looked on my new to my, the netherlands neighbors of watching the spike in all micron cases,

with alarm. while germany has rolled out to christmas lock down the country is trying to slow or microns spread by severely restricting travel from the u. k. where the variant is rapidly becoming dominant there. britton's health minister has said they will act if necessary to contain the virus. this spread the plan b meshes. denmark has already shot theaters and museums. the variant accounts for a 5th of new cases there. with all may cron already present in around 90 countries and spreading faust. the world look set to start another year locked in battle with the corona virus. and for more on this story, i'm now joined by doctor wolfgang pricer ever ologist from the university of stellan boss. thanks result. so much for coming on the show. i know you're part of a consortium that 1st detected the omar chron variant. all eyes are on this new variant as it spreads around the world. and as we see,

europe is struggling at to curb infections. can you tell us what the situation is like in south africa? it may sound as a surprise because, i mean, i see from his thought that you know how you're really trying hard to, to control the fate of the problem which, which is happening so far. we are relatively relaxed. and the reason is that also i went and picked numbers, shot up from very low they built in contrast to most of europe. we had very low levels before we came about 4 weeks ago. and since our numbers of infections are going up, but fortunately, our hospital admissions are not keeping pace, so they are lagging behind. and we are actually in a more comfortable situation than we were when we last saw this number, this high number of infections in our previous ways. and we think that is due to the fact that many thought african became inflicted during the previous way. of

course, many people also died. you know, that is the truth. we can be lost many people who belong to the high risk groups, but those who survive the about the mood of adult to know the next native they probably have some degree of protection against the vehicles of protein fiction. and that is what is so for protecting our health? is it a fair to say that those people do indeed have some kind of protection against omicron? i mean, it's a very different enough that people who have already been infected and have recovered can be reinfected again. and is that in any way affecting total population? immunity? absolutely. geez. i mean that is the worrying. i picked up a new very, very capable of inflicting people who have some degree of community. and in fact, a recent study of ours has shown that given, visited, even had the bio take 5 and we still became 50 from so. so this virus

is very capable of undermining a preexisting immune response, but we still we think what we are seeing is that a previous community is still critiques. and again, these and this is why when people say that, even though the vaccines, the current i do not give predict, give me much less. so then again, the previous barian does the right thing to do to come back to did any necessary to also have you could strengthen your immune system and that should you become infected at to not to go on to have to be. so that is what we think we are currently africa and this is where your ultima needs to get to in order to whether the, if you can store that have and yet this winter is for many going to be a bad case of days. although what needs to be done so that we don't consider continue to see the development of variance like omicron disrupt life at the scale

. so it's a 50, i think for, for europe. and of course, the tough time, i think a degree of locked down to 25 major unavoidable. and that's been introduced in many countries already. but you can see, i mean that the big way out of be without risking even further water live and health. and they don't even live in spain, we all had until the develop long covey. you know, they had to have a very rough ride. it's not at home, the fix it all. so the way out of the universe destination. so we all need to get into the new age where we all will be coming with source code to the court to define it probably many times in our lives. but when we enter that phase, which is the damage phase, we need to have a good baseline community. and the best way to get that without risking deed is of course back to me. and in future i hope also we will have updated back to that get

bigger projects on which will make that better. but at the time, for the time being really i fully it, me to the, to the team, to, to be become back to me. if you haven't done so, i get you at the best way to come to me from but don't be ready to become infected because this is very capable of, of evading the response. claire call to get back to me to bear from dr. wolf can prize the verola just from south africa university of spell in both. thanks so much for coming on d. w. as we can turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. so that's toll from typhoon right in the philippines has risen to q 108, making it one of the deadliest storms to hit the country. and yours, right? slammed into the philippines last week, leaving a trail of destruction and forcing 300000 people to evacuate. one

person has been shot dead in the latest protests in the sudanese capital, hard to, according to a doctor's association. dozens have also been injured after security forces fired stone grenades and til gossip protesters on sunday. hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city to reject the october military coup. thousands of protesters gathered in cities across poland on sunday, protesting against a controversial new media law that titans rules on foreign media ownership in the country. the law was unexpectedly rushed through parliament on friday. critics say it's an attempt to force the sale of a government critical television channel, u. s. owned t, v. n. jeff, the japanese fashion of billionaire and you, sako, might go why has returned to earth after spending 12 days on the international space station. mozilla became the 1st space tourist to travel to the international space

station in more than a decade. is also set to become the 1st private passenger of wine to the moon on a space. ex rocket. 2023 voters in hong kong have mostly stayed away from a legislative election in which all candidates were vetted for their loyalty to beijing and the hong kong electoral affairs, commissions at voter turnout was 30.2 percent. that is a record low for the chinese administered territory. the legislative poll was hong kong 1st since paging, and post a sweeping national security lock and reformed the electoral system. many opposition candidates have been silenced and jailed or have fled at the territory. and tom grundy is the editor in chief of hong kong, free press, an independent english language newspaper in hong kong, and he rides us now. a tom less than a 3rd of voters, went to the poles in this election is refusing to vote. the last remaining avenue of protest in hong kong after dramatic changes to bring the city under beijing

scrip. yes, just over a 1000000 voting in a city of a 7000000. those we spoke to who weren't casting that ballot? yes, they told us that pretty much the figures are not around. of course, most of behind balls in south all abroad are banned from this race or politics altogether on top of that in a plan. backfired all transport was free across the city yesterday. and a lot of hong kong, perhaps because as you say, most protests have been banned since onset security law. they went hiking or shopping and shunned the polls. usually we would say, you know, a big carnival of drama and color during these kinds of elections, but we were mostly seeing generally senior voters show up on 10000 police officers as well. and 900 and the corruption officers and beijing saying that, you know, we can still have representation and diversity all but of all those who are

standing, yes, they do describe themselves as democracy, non pro establishment or centrist, or moderate. only one of them one. so you now have a legit and all patriot ledger. that is generally all traditional pro beijing and post placement moment will willingly just legislation that is stacked with beijing while less potentially mean for the territory. well the cities parliament has already been accused of being a staff. and last year all democrats quit and protest. so we have some idea of how this change has been working. and certainly a record amount of legislation passed and government spending sky water rocketed as lawmakers approve legislation just like competitions in beijing. there is a risk. these incoming law makers will be accused of being button presses, you know, sitting there simply clicking yes on all government legislation that passes through

. we have seen film centers, laws and hunting docs in law, goes to recently. and already this morning, chief executive caroline was addressing the need for our school 23, another controversial locally legislative security. and all that could be table next year as well as a fake news, which we'll see even tighter controls on the media. so certainly we're going to see less disruption, perhaps, and filibustering in the chamber just as beijing wants. but we're also going to see a lot of legislation passed through that. may not always be welcome by most hong kong. this time going to the editor in chief of hong kong, free press. thanks so much for coming on the show. i well, sheila has elected a former student activist, become it's next president left as gabriel burridge, who was just 35 years old. defeated his far right arrival antonio cast by

a wider than expected margin or his victory promised as a shift toward more progressive policies. and a generational change to a historic and jubilant victory. with 35 year old gabrielle butch chile now has it's the youngest ever president. he was helped to vote the barricade to take to the stage and recognized the people who have put him in power. the left wing, former student leader, had tapped into that anger at the country's economic model, and the inequality it is brought to when 56 percent of the vote. what do you see? again, my guarantee that i will be a president who cares for democracy and does not risk it. who listens more than he speaks, seeks unity and attends to the needs of the people daily. i will firmly fight against the privileges of a few, and i will work every day for the quality of the chile and family he'll let you

know from you to his promises range from protecting the environment to tackling chiles, private pension system, and his followers are full of hope a nameless can wait any moment. they still legal. i mean no, no government is no place in the history of chile. surely emotional. more topics we've made so much progress. now we will move forward with social rights and continue to advance and fight against the far right. we're going to like them. c with a high voter turnout, borage squarely beat the far right candidate. jose antonio cast, but cast was dignified in his defeat. middle, you get or said a courtesy that asking i want to do is congratulate gabrey bowditch. he deserves all of our respect. he won fairly many children's trust him and we hope he will lead a good government going on to the ways we can with all the gentleman,

differences on what we want to hound, our nation, and will soon abort the battle about the of the night though, belonged to borage, who harolds a new political dawn for chile you are watching dw, still to come on the show. how a bethlehem is celebrating. it's 2nd hand emmet christmas. that is coming up soon. but 1st let's go to ethiopia, where the government troops have been regaining territory. there was lost to, to grow and forces based in the countries north. is the latest chapter in a conflict that has caused enormous suffering in the horn of africa. the country has been fighting a civil war for more than a year now. for says from the te gray region have been battling government troops and a conflict that has drawn in neighboring eritrea as well. both sides are accused of committing atrocities and have taken and retake in territory with no cease fire in sight. meanwhile, tens of thousands of civilians have died and millions have lost their homes.

correspondent maria garrett. nicholas, go travel the to the armoire, a region to meet some of the people who have been affected. this is all that is left of i you. but hans house to it, it was demolished by artillery fire, wendy tube in army, and to grand forces clashed in the area yet i'm obama norman. hey, this is where the table was a whole. it's all broken now. we'll look at it. it was a nice house. it was beautiful and wonderful. beth she hid in the forest for 9 days . well to gran rebels, occupied her village on their way to the capitol hill about it and what we feared for our lives. we didn't know if they were going to kill us. we had children with us, we were scared or whatever. i was with my neighbors at night. it was very cold. and the conflict has not spared civilians themselves unless village resident was 821. people were killed by a romal antiquarian,

rebel yawning. but in law mcgovern in this mass grave, we bore it for people per whole that they weren't soldiers yet. they were honest civilians. local people buried them. we collected the bodies after they left, and there were some bodies, which is how you know, had started to eat. hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence my me to ability to and her children sought refuge in this made shift camp inevitable hun. but she says it lacks everything valid as another child, there is nothing to eat. we have children and there are no clothes. people left their homes without their belongings. if we're being told it's safe to go back. but what do we have to go back to? they burn down our houses. it's not just people's homes. public infrastructure has also been destroyed. this hospital in dessie was heavily looted and could, i could, i could get a weird antibiotics here and now we have nothing. around here we had medicine to treat hypertension. mental health issues here on the day of the hospital was

a referral center for 8000000 people that we thought were going all this waste material. you see here they just threw and below this is trasha. but among it there also medicines which we could have used to has almost got the a millisecond, but the methodical in the people in m herrera already had difficulty accessing food . the war has made that worse. the un says armed men and local communities looted 8 warehouses such as this one. and the government accuses to grand forces of disrupting the harvest. canada light came on the crops from a short and ready to be harvested, so they destroyed them muttering the crops at hotmail, harvested, but also those that hadn't been collected yet. there was no one who love what i go . bold. jim, with the conflict has affected everything. these people and i'm her, are the ones we can see in the neighboring to gray region. a great humanitarian crisis is also unfolding, but no one is allowed to go there and report on it. so for more,

let's talk now with patrick. you said he is the regional director of the international committee of the red cross in africa. thank you so much for taking the time to come on to dw news and what are the most pressing needs in ethiopia right now, and which areas are you primarily addressing in your work with the red cross? greg, good morning. thanks for having me. indeed this, this crisis has affected not only people in the north, but only the yoke and as a whole, where needs are rising very rapidly. conflict lines are very much still evolving and the needs of the most acute needs are seen in displace civilians. community which are these are acute notably, and i'm hot and gray regions. indeed, childrens are separated sometimes by from their families the precarious conditions they're exposed to many forms of violations. and indeed we're also very much

concerned over the food situation in the north of its merrily, but also in other parts. where indeed, as your report has mentioned healthcare in the wrong conflict areas remain under enormous strength. children separated from their families shortages and we've seen how much death and displacement has come from more than a year of war. yeah, as you say, the conflict is spreading. so how exactly has the fighting affected your efforts to help people on the ground? you know, as i said, conflict lines are still evolving very luckily, even in when we count only 13 months, 14 months onto the crisis in the north and other parts of it. we try and manage somehow to adopt our operational aid response to urgent the most urgent humanitarian needs. but indeed, as i said, the delivery of humanitarian assistance continues to be hampered by fighting by insecurity but, but also by constraints imposed on organizations,

local or international to get access to the most needy civilians. and here we need to call on all those who are fighting to allow such a delivery of assistance because they're not only vital of their urgently needed to save lives and not only to help people cope with the ongoing fighting. so it's imperative today that we knew in that direction and is your access currently being prevented by both sides in the fighting where we are, where we need to be when it comes to having physical presence in mckelly and she's in the room regions and to south and east, but indeed what needs to be done is a full scale of an, a very urgent scale. in other circumstances we would have been able to reach every, every person who requires assistance. there are no absence of organizations to do so. but indeed, what we need is to be next to those who should not be disappointed today by the

humanitarian community, by those fighting to get what they need most is to get the water. it's not a luxury to us for health care in such situations, and that's what we're really calling for. that's what we're trying to increase by the minute. negotiating and having fun and transfer and dialogue with all those weapon betters who have a direct impact on people's lives today. and it's patrick here, some of the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much for taking the time today. thank you. well, the corona virus pandemic is taking a toll on tourism around the world. bethlehem, known as the birthplace of jesus, is usually festive and co of color fall this time of year with israel having close at borders to most foreigners, bethlehem's residents are getting ready for a new day holiday season. christmas in bethlehem of the palestinian town, revert as the birthplace of jesus here on munger. square. the tree is once again

the center of attention. there are fewer restrictions than last year, but life is not the same as before. the pandemic with i have elected by i love bethlehem. i love coming here later. it's the 1st i know actually the 2nd time i've been during the holidays last year with corona, it wasn't possible. i said this year i'd come with my friends eliminate that issue . miles i had to pin this mega span. it's great to be here. oh, i'm quite surprised. there are so many decorations stickler because i didn't expect much. ashley when the that the money marked in the field. once again, this year, visitors from abroad will find it difficult to visit the occupied westbank. israel has closed its borders to foreigners with few exceptions, for at least 4 weeks because of all me gone, most visitors will be, are up is re lease and glucose palestinians. global situation is not so rude. we have a bad news about it is a new volume over covey 19. but despite these bad news,

we hope that makes the sound would be possible for the figures to come here. to beg claim to celebrate today the rebuild, at least else the church of the nativity has been well coming visitors for centuries. the building has been completely renovated over the past decade. the leaking roof, fixed, and precious mosaics brought to light from under centuries old plaster christmas is usually the busiest time, but it's quieter now, even here in the grotto where the silver star marks the supposed actual birthplace of jesus. all the same rehearsals for the traditional scalp parade. i in full swing palestinian scout troops like this phone from the lutheran church and bates who will open the

festivities on december 24th and festive scout uniforms. the sea and we are looking forward for christmas. we just looked at march last year, due to the current update. this year, we have been crated guards remembered as our grid day practicing almost daily. now to cool march, i'd bought take it christmas. ah, we are. we're hoping that things will, would gone down. plus this 2nd, pandemic christmas, many and bethlehem see it as more important than ever to spread the message of peace and goodwill to old well chinese tennis star punch, why has retracted her sexual assault allegations in her 1st foreign media interview on claims. she never accused any one of sexual assaults despite a social media post in november. that said, a former chinese minister forced her into having sex on says her post has been misunderstood. but the women's tennis association,

which is suspended all tournaments in china earlier this month, says it's concerned about her ability to communicate freely it's renewed. it's called for a transparent investigation. you're watching the w news before we go. let's get a reminder of the top story. we're following for you. authorities around the world are scrambling to slow the spread of the omicron variance and other lens had shot restaurants and shops ahead of christmas. and in the u. s. health officials are urging people to get booster shots and wear masks. at any update, stay tuned for the business had like that coming up next and out about more headline at the top of the hour with ah,

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also on the show 30 says it wants to boost its trade and influence in africa even as an economic crisis rages at home. and as if there weren't supply problems enough in europe at the moment, an outbreak of bird flew is threatening a holiday stable. germany, welcome to the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. hong kong selection resulted in the expected pro baking outcome, and plenty of outside criticism. approaching the candidates dominated the legislative elections and a vote that independent observers widely condemn as on democratic. only 30 percent of the population turned out to cast their vote. a record low participation. hong kong government had jailed scores of democrats who wanted to run in the hong kong legislative election and its force, others into exile. human rights groups say that most people stayed away from the voting booths to consciously boycott the election in a show of their discontent. steve song is director of the so us china institute. he

joins me now from london for more. steve, good to have you on the show. these are widely expected results given what was coming in the days before this election. is there any likelihood that they'll give more pause to businesses and investors operating in hong kong? it may be counter intuitive. i think the challenge is that it is no the international banking, financial services and investors communities will try to a no. and then we'll credit elections in hong kong. they are used to operating in non democratic and rounds. so de wootton is in their stride and try to focus more on what hong kong still has an independent tradition. to what extent has badging care about hong kong reputation as a hub for international investment? o, beijing does care a lot about hong kong status as

a global financial center and china's reputation globally. but the way how she jumping does it, is that she campaigns, we're late to project in history, used to correct interpretation of what hong kong east and what chinese policy ease . rather than let people decide wanting ease. and anybody who is agree with him will be billed as anti china, and therefore not suit to functioned in hong kong. to what extent does china fundamentally need those companies in hong kong to make it a success? it's learned a lot of or basically forced a lot of chinese companies to come back to the island and do their i p o 's there to bring their capital there. do they still fundamentally need that outside capital, or are they hoping to build up more domestic capital?

they still need the international capital. they still want them. but hong kong, since the problems started about 2 years ago, has not really suffered so much as a financial center. because of the wider lessening of relationship between china and united states. means that a lot of chinese companies that were listed in new york, we listing in hong kong, which keep hong kong status as a global financial center, relatively strong. in spite of all the problems that have been created, the chinese company is quite happy with that. and they think that this was to provide a basis for hong kong to function as a global financial center moving forward that we may change in the international community. but unlike any change in china, all right, steve, song, director of the so us china institute speaking following those controversial elections in hong kong. thank you. you're welcome. and let's go

now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. police in india have released dozens who had been detained, falling protests that a fox con plans hundreds had taken to the street. the workers had to be hospitalized last week due to food poisoning. it's the 2nd instance of unrest, an apple suppliers factory this year deutsche about j. p. morgan and other internationals are switching to a monday through friday work week in the united arab emirates, starting with the new year. that's as the country itself is aligning its official work week with global markets. and moving away from the traditional sunni muslim schedule of a sunday through thursday work week toilet paper. is that to become more expensive . swedish company, s a t of the world's biggest producers of consumer tissue, says that it's preparing to hike its prices on paper hygiene products up to 20 percent in reaction of storing costs of raw materials in energy

will turkey is quoting african countries as an alternative partner to europe or china, and with a measure of success. for the 3rd time this past weekend, a partnership summit brought african leaders to assemble to explore possible opportunities, ties between turkey and many african countries are already close. and if the turkish foreign minister gets his way, those ties will be even closer still was the ram is in their mother, be looked at cal camera. we would like to walk together on the path for development and welfare and enhance our cooperation in the future. there was, i bet i bet you to mc is really him is a get a jet as your mike is. jewel, turkey already has a presence in africa, whether building hospitals, school saw streets, or offering capital and technology. trait volumes between turkey and africa have increased nearly fivefold between 232020.

a turkish president avalon visited several african countries in october, took his footprint on the continent, has gotten bigger than those of most european countries in just a short period of time. that's according to the head of the u. s. economy commission, fire africa, or miss of her money was sued as an after expert with the conservative turkish thank tank. the institute for strategic thinking, thank you for joining me on the show. what do wider trade relations with africa bring turkey a country that right now is facing a very acute inflation crisis at home. oh, thank you for having me. first of all, let me start saying that africa is very important for texas ball in the sense that it's going to allow tricky to place. it's a major player in the world speech beyond the threshold or regional, you know,

a power. and the 2nd thing is that the turkish economic situation is currently facing some downturn. but still, that would be an opportunity, according to the turkish presidents for african countries to be able to being able to buy a new products from turkey due to the low currency. so this in a sense, will allow tricky to boost. it was african continent knowing that african economies, and mostly the middle class is having low income. so tricky will now be very good. exporting countries towards african nations. all right, that's a very rosy picture in a very dire situation there in turkey, given the falling rates of the lira. but perhaps that would be good for those who are selling to the country. what sectors in turkey can benefit the most stand to benefit the most from trade with africa?

well 1st of all, we can say for sure that the construction sector is one of the things that is really, really important in relationship but also other sectors than just the text kind of industries. but also the different industries right now. because turkey is now presenting itself as one of the countries that have a good technology in terms of drone technology anyway. and we have seen in the recent days and weeks, many countries trying to seal deals with the turkish and government in order to purchase drone. we have example to be fuel. here we have example nigeria, news your public recently. we have a deal with turkish private firms to buy a lease, or i'm a ceremony masoud with the think tank. the institute for strategic thinking, excuse me. thank you very much for joining us. well,

let's shift gears a little bit. go to germany. roast goose is a traditional holiday dish in the country. but this year there's a problem. bird flu is raging, and the virus is even been found in wild birds and some parts of germany. and that's threatening to take a holiday staple off the table. ah, under normal circumstances they should be out grazing, but in a growing number of german counties, these are restricted to their barnes these days. like here in lower saxony, it's a precautionary measure due to the bird flew. now it is tough born as plenty to worry about each day in martin them on every morning when i opened the barn door, there's dead animals or there's some other kind of problem. it's so stressful to live with this fear all the time to leave. earlier this year, 2500 keys had to be called at or farm, as many were infected. the state only compensates for a fraction of the enormous cost and minimum. if the animals have to be called again,

then i'll probably have to quit. i can't lose that much money each year. when i bought it as tough one has rebuilt her flock. many of her keys have already been slaughtered and put into the deep freeze. to day, a merchant from berlin picks up 200 of them. all of them are already sold. german christmas keys are in high demand, and supply is limited due to the bird flew. those who want to roast goose must order early and get a bit lucky according to the poultry association speaking. and if i ask everyone who wants to christmas, goose can half one, but most are frozen or fresh and some are from eastern europe and they're not as humanely treated there as here in germany and would be the daughter a christmas goose costs up to 30 percent more this year, about 16 euro per kilo such as here at hanover's farmers market. but that doesn't stop most customers from buying one. yes, and he thought he much snake,

but when i do with an i gladly pay more for its deaf headline of his life. kaneesha almost as for most of all, it has to taste good and be cost effective, and it's not unimportant that the animals are kept properly. this is better to join the jordan vista, the on skipped. we'll definitely have a goose drumstick. it's just the 2 of us. we used to be 6 and back then we'd have a hold was for christmas dinner that are done often by enough to it seems despite recent difficulties, a christmas goose will very soon beyond many plates. once again. ah aright. his reminder of the top is the story we're falling for you at this hour on kong takes another step towards begging. as pro chinese candidates score wins and an election that many have deemed on democratic business, climbed in the city seen as further deteriorating. right. that's

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i had work on the 3 of many cameras and their problems are always the same. for social inequality, a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption, we can afford to stay silent when it comes to the defense of the humans. on seaman whitefield both will have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny perez and i work at the w ah ah, this week on well stories do hon is burg fighting the corona virus. a dispute over a coal mine in britain,

but we began in ukraine. there is international concern about the deployment of russian troops on the countries east and border how i residence in the border region handling the threats. this muddy track used to be an international crossing from ukraine to russia for elena and her neighbors with family and friends on both sides. it was a lot like that. yeah, i down there, got it all cook. i want to check what kind of why they've put up. oh yes, yes. it's bob's why i call you j tucker fish. and they've cloud this strip, but oh, to catch people's you try to cross with with lower su 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 home, so until a few years ago could drive across the border without much as showing

a passport. was the last year that was my neighbor, has his elderly mother down there on the russian side is only 6 kilometers from here. but now he has to do a huge loop and travel 10 times that to pass through the border post with the motion. as in 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, particularly 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 nasha 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 reality within months. very earnest, her as his gulf dog, we've been expecting of russian invasion since 2014. so they're always flexing

their muscles and, and i think this is just an attempt to when political concessions robert will to 3 . but then in a politician or in, in the border town of mill over, there's not much of that shield evidence with russian and ukrainian border guards, barely metro park long the boundary which runs down the middle of the main street. but even here women, the 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. yo, i've only seen those russian tanks on t v, 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, this new crane 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 fast 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 am. pull pallets is not happy with the situation and is taking part in a police rate on the complaint of call. the 19 isn't moving forward. wave of call that a number that we very concerned about. compliance, he called and regulation the music is turned off and the club closed for these guests. the party was over long before the midnight curfew, but palatez job is just getting started. she is the 1st black female mia and johannesburg city that was once the dream destination for gold prospectors. but now

as the city in crisis pallets there wants to stop this trends. but now the pandemic is causing her further concern. she has to prepare the city for a 4th cove at waif. 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 era . and 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 is known 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 ones. palatez trying to convince people to get vaccinated. only one and 4 south africans is fully vaccinated. although there's enough vaccine available here

in the so wait or township the vaccination rate is particularly low. please see dad to a new coat for sneak ted. you'll get some diseases. leg cove with name to me that some of the cooper room do this. they do, but 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 that's the nascent 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 polson our stance . he long denied the pandemic existence.

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 coven. 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 that, that he was. 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, made up with somebody. no, 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 coven? $191.00 over the age of 12, including 13 year old anna will be give them the full dose book in another tells us that her whole class go back to. nathan was no bad side thing. piano that almost everyone continue to go to school. she knew 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 warner, got it down than 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 enough. so the simple example went to the toledo is setting 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? the distillate 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 act with a trying to stop its construction. while many residents in the area 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, healthy fish. when i came out of the mines, i didn't find that on the surface call was lush, produced in 1986. and then from there that was the last coal mining in cumbria. know that her plans to start mining call 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 steal, you need call this millage tons of it out there on the job. why bring it from broad? when you got to death, many bushes still work still use coal. there are new technologies which is hydrogen to pursue the production or recycle all 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 calorie on this former factory site, but climate 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 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 the battle goes on between locals who hope for return to the old times of high employment and others who want to move forward to a better, more environmentally friendly future. ah

ah, with a note to nuclear power, that's what the brock doors protest is about. one last time, after 35 years of struggle. by the end of 2022, germany, we'll talk using nuclear power. other countries, meanwhile,

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