aah! or an eternity time it can be measured precisely. and yet every one experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time. time. ah, the phenomenon a dimension. if we know we won't live forever. an illusion. about time presenting future's past starts december 31st on d. w in it's like deja vu all over again. an american president talking about doing everything possible to save lives, countries contemplating locked downs and travel bombs. a german leaders going into another house, another hot huddle to decide what to do about the pandemic. and this is with cove it vaccines. so when people say we're going to have to get used to living with

a corona virus, what does that actually look like? i'm fil gale in berlin, and this is the day ah, all of us are sick of this bundle. we're now threatened by the 5th wave. there's no answer yet on whether we will need an adaptive vaccine. i'm a chronic advancing and brittany denmark and the u. s. this variant differs significantly from previous ones. if you've got huge numbers of people, in fact, it will have a small percentage who gets to the phone? even those with double vaccinations and those who recovered faith, a high risk of infection. and that translates into big numbers. also on the day, poland has had

a near total ban on abortion. since the start of the year when the supreme court ruled against the termination of pregnancy. because a fetal abnormalities, a move that is triggered, protest this, that an abortion means that homeless women are forced to carry pregnancy. with fetuses that have no brain that have no call if they are in distance outside of their body with lethal far failures. it's just impossible to describe how it feels like to be a woman in poland today. ah, order forms are seek of this bond on all of us. want to spend time with friends and family, but on even cancelled is better than life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate to now and grieve later. w h o director general tedra gabriella is a survey issuing

a stark warning end of year festivities can drive infections and lead to more death . he also said that it's not clear evidence that army chrome is more contagious in any other version of the virus so far. that's why the world health organization is calling on people to consider the risk they may be taking. well here in germany, the government is introducing new restrictions intended to curb the spread of only cron german chancellor, olaf sholtes announced measures after an online meeting with leaders of the countries federal states. germany center for disease control have been calling for maximum contact restrictions to be introduced immediately. the planned measures will take effect after christmas. here is the chancellor is let's the believe were now threatened by the 5th wave. i'm a cron is advancing in britain, denmark, and the us. this variant differs significantly from previous ones. according to the experts, it's more aggressive, interesting,

and has characteristics which allow it to get past protection offered by vaccines and even those with a double vaccinations. and those who are covered by face a high risk of infection before the committees up on to stick. more on this with a doctor and a politician, dr. johan wagner is a pediatrician. and, and, and pay for the green party, which is part of germany governing coalition. welcome to d, w. dr. will these new restrictions a delay, the only throne wave? good evening. yes. well, we hope so, and we will do everything which is needed. and on the other hand side, we also do have to prepare a general lockdown. so in case we need on next here, this can be implemented very, very fast. but for now, with this, we are going to be hoping to see a further declining of the numbers. but, and actually the numbers are still declining, but we have heard in just

a few seconds ago. only one is on the rise. so that's why the combination of those measures and planning of general locked up, preparing a dinner, locked on you case, you need one next. here is the best. yeah, best option right now. why not general locked down? now we had the robert to call his to shoot, calling 441. why ignore the experts and ponder to people and say, all right, well, we'll just keep it out for christmas. well, because the federal states did not use every possibility they had until now to reduce the context, we 1st need to reduce context with the in the, the current in framework. and then see if really the only one numbers are rising as fast as and other countries. the most important thing, of course, is to have a vaccination kind of pain still over to over the holidays as well. and only with

a high number of vaccinated people. we can at some point end the pandemic. that's why, in our opinion, it was ok for now to to booster to vaccination, can campaign to really strengthen it and to, and make people get it is very important to get vaccinated and very, very fast to get the booster. and also those restrictions which are actually very, very tight restrictions, but we don't need a general looked on right now with the numbers and declining. i have to be prepared . ok for large german medical workers in hospitals and nursing homes will be required to be vaccinated against cove. it. should this be extended to the general public? in my opinion, yes, we have to close the gap and people who are not vaccinated because is the only way to get out of this. and we are always again coming way because of and then the waves of corona viruses. and of course,

we also have to have in mind that this global upon them. yeah, it's only over if it's over a globally be have to also rise numbers of excited people in other parts of the world. we have to support other countries in the world to, to get their population mexican, but also in germany. the need higher numbers of people next and they did. and as far as right now, we did not have succeeded with an options we had. so my opinion, yes, need a mandatory explanation next year. and how would that work? would would it, would you say you have to get vaccinated or we will find you or we will put you in jail. what would you do? no, we will not put people in jail, but of course a fine could have possible could be a possible measure. and if people are not vaccinated or to have surgeon and to restrictions in place for the whole year, for example, like the restriction to only get into certain stores if you are vaccinated already covered, those are possible measures to, to implement,

monitor the nation. but of course you have to discuss this and then your next nation campaign and in the, in the going to talk and day of you have to exactly define what kind of mission could be, what kind of restrictions could be possible. understood thanks so much for joining us, dr. johan. to savannah, a lawmaker for the green party and the german problem. thank you. meanwhile, u. s. president joe biden has announced new measures to tackle the pandemic. a major part of that will the purchase of 500000000 rapid tests. they'll be delivered to americans for free when they order through a new website, it means that they won't have to pay for the test themselves and then hope their health insurer reimbursed system. the president also plans to deploy an additional 1000 troops with medical skills to help overstretched hospitals is of some of what he had to say a little earlier. if you're not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned. you're at

a high risk of getting sick and you get sick, you're likely to spread it to others, including friends and family, and young vaccinated have a significantly higher risk of ended up in the hospital. or even dying. almost every one who has died from covert 19 in the past many months has been on vaccinated. all these people who have not been vaccinated. you have an obligation to yourself, to your family, and quite frankly, i know you criticize this to your country, get faxes. it now it's free. it's convenient. i promise you which saves lives. and i asked the garb, leave it you patriot duty. patriotic charity, lets explore that with dr. r. marcia ad dowager, who is a senior scholar and to johns hopkins center for health security. he specializes in infectious diseases and pandemic of policy. a welcome to the day doctor, and more vaccines. 500000000, free, rapid covey tests,

but no lockdown. is that enough? i do think it's enough when, when it comes to lock downs, you have to remember that they are very limited in their usefulness because they are very hard to comply with and they have negative cascading impacts. that will have a repercussions on many parts of society. so we want to remember that this isn't march of 2020. this is december of 2021, and we have met much better precision guided tools to be able to limit the impact of oma khan. and it's particularly on our hospitals than we did back then. so i don't think that we need locked down. so i think what we need to do is more testing more vaccinations, anti virus, monoclonal antibodies. i think that's how we move forward in this new phase. and this latest cluster, if i can put it out with us, this latest cluster of, of, of new measures from governments around the world. this is being driven by only con, how is this new variant changing this pandemic and the response necessary? well, we always knew that this virus was going to mutate to become able to get around the

immunity from prior infection, the immunity from vaccines. and that's what oma con represents. and i think now it's time that we start to focus on what really matters when it comes to coven 19. and that's preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. that cases are always going to be there. because this is not a virus that can be eradicated or eliminated, our goal is to tame it, to make it much more manageable. and i think oma crime has accelerated that product process because we're seeing so many breakthrough infections occurring. this is something we're all going to get. we have to learn how to risk calculate, and learn how to differentiate between mild breakthrough cases and what really counts severe disease, hospitalization, and death. so i keep hearing people saying about what we're just going to have to get used to living with calibrate as you've done that. so what does that look like in future? is that just more is not just more mask wearing on more boosters on more social distance thing from here to, to, to death. what it means is that we now have another respiratory virus that we're

going to have to contend with every year, just like we contend with flu in our a, c and a whole host of viruses that cause cold, cold like syndromes. but what will happen with coven 19 is it will become tamer, as we get more of the population immune as we get more tools like anti virus, such as the one pfizer is developing monoclonal antibodies and more rapid tests. and we get better at making smart choices and risk calculating. but there are going to be some people that continue to wear masks for some period of time. others may not, but it's going to be something we have to deal with in a way that i think most people haven't really come to grips with. and i think if you look at the very beginnings of this virus with, with an efficient, efficient spread through the respiratory route in animal host, it was never going to be eliminated already created. and i think the world was done a disservice by not people, not being honest about this becoming an endemic virus, that was not going to be eradicated. but it's interesting to you to talk about this being endemic, which i think lots of us can say how that's going to be the case for your use of

what time, vis, or it's. it's going to be with us. it's going to be around us. but you seem to imply it's not going to be as deadly, whereas it's being the opposite it's, it's become deadly and faster, so you see it taking of dipping. right. and what's going to make it tamer is probably nothing that the virus does. we're going to make it teemer, we're going to make a team by getting vaccinated. we're going to make it tamer, by having antivirals we make. we're going to make it tamer, by having monoclonal antibodies. medical science is going to what be what, what teams the virus, it's not the virus itself that gets tame. it's our ability to cope with improves to such a degree that it's not something that can kill it. the rate that it could. and president biden's message was get vaccinated, get vaccinated, get vaccinated. according to the c, d. c, 61 percent of americans of all ages hop being vaccinated. is it possible this fall into a pandemic to, to get identify those who are still reluctant to get vaccinated? do they fall into any particular social, ethnic or political groups?

well, what we find is, unfortunately, our pandemic response has been very tribal, and people in one tribe, particularly have not really been forthcoming with get wanting to get vaccinated. so if you can, if you look in the, in the country, neither pockets of places, unfortunately it's, it's males, it tends to be republicans. that's the problem that we see. we see, and i think it's because politics has been so infused into this pandemic response. but hopefully, you know, for president trump just a couple of days ago, talked about himself getting a booster vaccine and an advocate for the vaccine. hopefully it starts to move the needle into people's arms, especially his supporters. who are the main a hold. busy out, but it is very, very difficult. now it's become something where people are very dugan and it's hard to see an easy solution. other than talking to people on a one on one basis and trying to persuade them that the vaccine is the right thing for them to do because it will benefit their lives personally. fascinating, thank you so much for joining us and showing your expertise dr. dr. i'm mr. adel jeff from johns hopkins, the center for health security. thank you. well, i mean, if it's very,

it's on the chrome is now the dominant variant by far, according to accounting for 3 quarters of all infections. just a week ago that figure was wanting 8 in new york virus cases or surgery just ahead of the holiday season gatherings. one? 03. 0 one. hi peter. this is just a test. new year's eve in time square has not come early by. the on the chrome wave has hit the us sooner than many experts expected. nearby and new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. that definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that early parent who didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as

a new yorker, we're trying to take every single promotion that we can get dull, vax boosted regular testing. i am planning a child for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably say put in new york back. americas took pandemic advisor. anthony found she though, had a hopeful message for those worried about the holidays. yeah. and you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or a group get tested the day before or the day of getting together, but vaccinated and boosted people. one of the family members of vaccinated should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal or a holiday get together. despite the worsening situation in times square, some people were still in a festive mood. but this might be the last time new york as see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. ah, now to poland,

a country with some of the strictest abortion laws in europe. they bound the procedure in all but a few cases. now, the government wants to go even further by creating a legal register of all pregnancies. the w is alexandra fall. nomine reports on an issue that often pits individual women against hospitals on the police. claudia, coastal 26 years old entrepreneur. earlier this year she decided to and an unwanted pregnancy using abortion pills. she ordered on the internet for one of priscilla. i went to a hospital just to confirm that i am not pregnant anymore. all tell us about wednesday or i was brutally examined, though, on the doctor didn't providing any medical information. instead, she scared me saying the state prosecutor needed to know that she would report me to the authorities about those wall. she, jonathan washing despite poland, sneered total ban on abortion,

women who terminate pregnancies cannot be prosecuted under polish law. that however, didn't prevent the police from interrogating her. claudia coast oak tells me, oh sam. okay, says look what we asked and they wanted to know how the pills were delivered out what the package looked like. so i'm open. i had to give them the names of all my friends who knew i had an abortion. not, no idea what that was for help. also. last year, a court ruled that abortion in poland is only permitted in cases of rape or incest, or when the mother's life is threatened, thousands took to the streets in protest with the intact until nina vandals come with one of them, is the reproductive rights activist says, that the results of the new law amounts to torture is found on abortion, means that polish women are forced to carry pregnancy. with fetuses that have no rain that have no call if they are in distance outside of their body. we have legal har hart failures. it's just impossible to describe how it feels like to be

a woman in holiday. as of january, the government also plans to introduce a centralized register we're pregnancies and miscarriages are reported. pro choice activists fear this data base could be used to cause legal problems for women who use abortion pills or find other ways to an to pregnancy. p o chit or chefs. key is the gynecologist in which he says the concerns about the register are justified. as the data is available anyway, but he also says he is fed up with the issue being politicized in poland. if charlie bush with her, we, as doctors would like to be left alone by politicians. we want them to start using us for their purposes, or both sides are doing it. piazza or chef ski fears they're restrictive abortion rules in poland will have floss, think consequences. first could be the boys who they shows that there are women who now are afraid to get pregnant, such as a job day. think,

what am i going to do when i find out my thetis has an illness or gene damage? you ask with them. that's why they decide not to get pregnant at all as that as villa corbett, mothers against your prenatal examinations because they fear the results, obviously even equal. but the debate in poland continues with pro life activists demanding father restrictions and criminal charges against people selling abortion pills. the activists who sell the pills or any money on that, and this is what we want to stop, we want to stop this business of ah, business of death. you could say claudia could still cannot come to terms with what's going on in poland. she's hoping for a political change soon, otherwise she says she is going to leave the country. doctor rebecca gone, pert says an abortion rights campaign and founder of women on waves. that's a boat that provides abortion services to women in countries with restrictive laws,

and also a women on the web. a website where women can order pills to and unwanted pregnancies . welcome to d. w doctor. i know you've been following a development in poland. what do you think the government's trying to achieve with this pregnancy register? so the effect of these loss is that it really scares people and it will make them, it causes self censorship. so people are really scared. they think all the time they will do something wrong. and i think what will be the impact is that many women who haven't miscarriage, or, and, or an abortion, they will be scared to go to hospitals in when they need care after care. this is extremely rare because an abortion is very said when you do it at medicines, but sometimes it's needed to have some after care and especially also with miscarriage. this is also the case. so what do you seeing in other countries as

well is that some health care providers are really pressuring women to, to see that they use or some field, or that they had an abortion, or they denounce them to the police. and then women will be interrogated because in poland it is illegal for anybody to help somebody and their pregnancy. so it's yes . okay. and has your website seen an increase in demand from poland and faith lot were introduced? well the, the law which is recently to do is it's only been he can try mr. abortions. so women on web is facilitating access to his 1st trimester burson. so up till the 13 weeks are fee because the world health organization and older research has shown that it's extremely safe and effective for women using these bills themselves at

home. it's safer in a dense i agra, for example, but definitely say for example, for us, it's a nurse and, and it's why it's, it's, it's restricted to that, to the 13 weeks. however, we also sometimes help women that have a fetal animosity that we work to get there with doctors in poland that we know are supported all of these cases. and so did women have a place where to go? in case often complication because the longer the pregnancy that is creating and higher risk universe yourself, even though it's still possible and still save. but it's important that at least they're doctors that are willing to help the woman if she needs it and they don't let her to die. like what happened a few months ago. and right. and just shifting focus slightly. got access to abortion is also in the threat from united states following the me a bomb in the state of texas. how are you planning on helping women there?

well actually i already set up an organization called 8 excess and i'm working with 10 doctors from united states and we are providing tele, medical abortions in the united states as well. thank you for joining us. i don't to, rebecca gone both abortion rights for companies. thank you. ah, every year the united nations children's fonder, unicef selects a photograph at best to fix the reality of children's lives around the world of this year. the fame of climate change to shape the lives of many, including a young girl in cycling had india was gaze caught the attention of the judges. 11 year old policy in her family have lost every thing. a cyclone destroyed their home and tea shop in india's ganges. delta people here are used to storms,

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the health was trying to mitigate a humanitarian crisis. ah, i'm forgetting welcome to the program. german chancellor, olaf sholtes as outlined, new restrictions to prevent an expected jumping cove in 19 infections caused by the army chron variant. following a virtual meeting with the hunter state leaders, he outlined new measures that will come into force after christmas. private gatherings are fully vaccinating people will be limited to 10 non essential shops will stay open, but only for the vaccinated night clubs will close and sporting events will be held without japanese public health agency had earlier called for the immediate imposition of maximum contact restrictions of the country has reported a dip and infection figures. the chancellor didn't want to take any chances. mclinn

of the, if not looking at the 1st experiences of other countries fighting on the kron, we expect a number of infections here to also ride significantly more infections mean a higher rate of illness than in any other phase of this pandemic. for this reason, we're asking all critical infrastructure services to activate or refresh their pandemic protocols, that fire services, police, emergency services, hospitals. so even if they have high rates of illness, they can keep basic essential services operating. they don't, they say political absent mikaela cook, nor was to that to press conference. and jones is now welcome mckayla. i'm just round up the measures chancellor shelves announced this evening if you would well, 1st of all, he is keeping measures in place affecting those who are not vaccinated in the real change here is that even those vaccinated will now face contact restrictions. but off the christmas, he says the latest this will have to stop that only up to 10 out of can meet who

vaccinated will be the 28th of december. so clearly christmas may be on for mamma, many families, but new year's celebrations. cynthia are off for larger groups and also groups won't be allowed to gather in sports stadiums and other events will have to take place without any audience. the sound like that we heard that is also a new tone. when assessing the risk, clearly this phase similar to the night it states that there will be such an overwhelming amount of people, overwhelming number of people who are ill, that critical infrastructure will potentially be affected. and that's something germany is trying to brace itself for cooling on those providers for electricity, other basic facilities to talk to that into the christmas and beyond planning. and despite the advice of experts, these measures won't come into force until after christmas. or why is that?

yeah, what i decided from is the paper that was actually decided today what also came out today was a recommendation by none other than the own government at chief advisory institute, which called for maximum contact restrictions, that can be translated righty. so as lockdown measures no later than immediately. so a clear, the politicians didn't go along with that. and that is raising the alarms on the ex but side, while the government is saying yes, it will implement title measures. it's also leaving open, piling, more measures on top of that, but clearly politicians, both in the states and at the federal level and side away from ruining christmas for the country. so we've been doing this for 2 years now and it shows no sign of ending people must be getting fed up houses, news likely to be received. yes. well nobody likes the news and could the old

ourselves didn't like bringing the news today. but what is notable that when you see public service, it is overwhelming support for tighter contact restrictions, the tight amazes but not for closing down restaurants fully, not for closing down hotels of christmas, all these vital things for families to get together. and i don't think it's just a coincidence that the paper we seen from the government today leaves out those areas that it's so important for many germans at this moment in time. thank you for that mac. i had a christmas d. w chief. political editor will the united states is also battling a surgeon on the chrome infections. the new variant has quickly become america's dominant strain, causing 73 percent of new infections up from 12 percent just a week ago, he was president by addressing the challenge. we should all be concerned about, i will cry, but not panic. if you're fully vaccinate the,

especially if you got your booster shots, you are highly protected. if you're on vaccinated, you're in a higher risk ready severely, often co 90 getting hospitalized and even die. so the best thing to do is get fully vaccinated and get your booster shot. and no, this is not march of 202200 1000000 people are fully vaccinate. we're prepared. we no more. just have to stay focused as get awfully w. washington bureau chief in us poll, welcome are in us. i'm so what's a measures? did the president to outline tonight? well, phil, he is facing the same problems as every political leader throughout the world who is in favor of, of the vaccination or how to reach out to those who doubted. so it was quite remarkable that because of that he kind of referred twice to former president

donald trump, a in one once saying that the donald trump got the booster shots and then he also praised the former administration. i. so i think that the reason behind that is that he really kind of wanted to show those who are rather on the trump side and against vaccination, that it makes sense to get vaccinated. and other than that, he made some very specific announcement. he said that 500000000 free at home tests will be sent to the american people at that a 1000 military military personnel will be sent to facilities to support those overwhelmed hospitals. my will. the pandemic across is, is not just a medical emergency. it's causing economic distress as well. pandemic subsidies run out at the start of next year. as anything been said about dealing with the further economical impacts of this it has not, and that comes as

a surprise for many because a president biden was known to support the middle class in the low income families . and as you just mentioned, many programs are running out. families are really, really worried that they won't make it in the beginning of next year. so, but he didn't announce any further programs today. now that the pandemic, of course, is just one of a number of friends that the president is fighting on at the moment. how precarious is his position? his president presidency is on bring. so that's fair to say. not only because of army run on the, the threats to the american health care system and the economy. but also because he saw one of his most important pieces of legislation die over the weekend. and that because he is not able to get the full support of his own democrats in the senate. so that means that he is very, very weakened and it shall be hard to bring further promises through,

especially as we start just starting a new election year with the mid terms coming by the end of 2022, which will likely lead to the loss of both houses for the democrats, so by and basically only has a couple of more months to fulfill his campaign promises. right, thank you for that is in his poll in washington. i is quick round up of some more developments and the pandemic of a huge cove in 19 pass for travel is to expire 9 months after vaccination, unless the holder has a booster shot. the new rule is you'd come into force in february, the blocks drugs regulator says it is still unclear whether existing vaccines will need to be tweaked to better fight. only cron madana says it could begin a work on a new booster shop within weeks. and thailand is reinstating a mandatory hotel quarantine for foreign visitors and it concerns over on the crew to war headlight around the world. her starting in malaysia where the prime

minister has admitted that the official responds to the flooding was slow. government faced criticism from opposition. politicians, after these 14 people died during torrential rain, last weekend. rescue was still bringing people from flight to areas to safety, tens of thousands and i live in emergency shelter. the philippines is still reading from the aftermath of last week's powerful typhoon. local officials plead for 8 japan and china, and they would send generators, water, and food. food right, killed almost 400 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. if you, if you have a great people's liberation front, says it will withdraw from several regions that have captured in recent months, saying it was a step forward towards peace. we hear government dismissed the announcement saying it's a cover for recent military setbacks. it has been fighting a civil war from here, which is kill tens of thousands. of course is africa as far as allowed to form

a president, jacob zoom to appeal to ruling that he must return to prison. mister zoom is certainly a 15 month sentence for contempt of court after refusing to testify, the corruption equality was released from jail to undergo surgery. the special after western troops withdrew from afghanistan. many governments halted shipments of humanitarian aid. now the country economists in tatters and taliban are unable to feed their own people. with more than $20000000.00 afghans estimated to be at risk of malnutrition. the organization unit f. a stepped in to fill the gap and then report follows aid work is trying to reach those most in need. the only road leading into this remote area along the border to pakistan has been partially destroyed by mines. we're driving to an area where the afghani army and the taliban fought for decades. the people who live in this village were caught between the 2 sides. now they suffer from extreme poverty. women and children have been

especially hard hit by the situation midwives sent by unicef, are trying to help the desperate mothers whom i need medicine. but the streets are blocked her and there has been a drought for years. there has been no rain. our children are suffering whatever i hope they give us something. i need food for my 2 grandchildren. they are sick and don't have enough to eat. we have about half of the taliban used to shoot at the aid workers. but now the women are allowed to enter the village. how you most of these a hawaii has to bring more medicine here because every day more patients come to get us that leverage is more, we're having problems getting supplies. but i thought of the teacher, the problem or had come with be deco love. out of the fact that women speak openly with us. anger's, the taliban. i said, wow, that's love of them on our women must cover their faces. let's do the papa did our

duty was they push us back up and we have to stop filming only after we are joined by the unicef communications team and their accompanying taliban. does the situation calm down they drive with us to the next village. we want to think this woman is pregnant. the mobile units have health team examines her. the next hospital is 2 hours away. her children are malnourished. a woman wants to show us how she lives and invites us into her house. her family has many children and little space, no heating and nearly nothing to eat. but this is what i will cook today. i will give it to the little ones so they can have something warm to eat. it's a small bowl of corn meal. that's all we have. oh,

i can work more and more people crowd around the unicef aid workers. they don't have enough of anything including food. the needs are so immense. and because we are not only providing basic humanitarian assistance, we are also having to support a system from collapse the taliban riding with the unicef workers are heavily armed . they repeatedly make it clear that in afghanistan, the un organization can only help people in need. if they allow it, well, the artist stayed says it's now preparing a new un security council resolution aimed at getting aid interact ganesh down while by passing the taliban. it dw news light from berlin, his reminder of our top story at this hour. deborah chancellor laughed sholtes as announced a new restrictions on social life to prevent the spread of the oma crone variant of the corona virus. private gatherings will be limited to 10 people, even for the fully vaccinated measures. a schedule to start after christmas and

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