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be compromised. if the latest wave is not stopped, it's warning that 11000000 unvaccinated germans are at serious risk due to the amok on variance the world food program has one that millions of people in yemen will go hungry and that it will have to cut food aid to the war torn country, the un agency has received only half of the funding it requested to keep up food supplies to yemen, long described as suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis. people across spain have been popping champagne after winning big in the countries bumper christmas lottery. the lottery called l gordo, or the fat one, is one of the world's oldest draws, having run annually since $1812.00, some $2400000000.00 euros, and winnings were dest out this year. for many spaniards. this marks the beginning of the festive season. 6 this is dw news from berlin. you can find more on our website. that's d, w dot com. ah

. the only con corona bar is very, it means rich countries are now urging that populations to get vaccinated and to get boosted israel, which has had one of the fastest pandemic. rollouts is not considering 4th booster jobs for the over sixty's and for health care workers. but the director general of the world health organization says we can't vaccinate our way out of this crisis, especially while there is so much vaccine inequity. so who do you choose to believe? i'm fil gail in berlin. and this is the day. ah, 2021 was a year in which we lost 3500000 people to call it 92. i would assume that

a so called 4th vaccine will be necessary. and yeah, it's frankly difficult to understand how you seen the 1st vaccines were administered. 3 and 4 health workers in africa, the main unvaccinated, a mystics. the most important thing apart from vaccinations is reducing contacts. so i called one is again on countries to support those who would further behind also on the day, it's that time of year again, all eyes in spain are on l. gordo, the fat one, the world's biggest lottery, with billions of euros in prizes. i haven't processed it yet. i was in the mountains with the dogs and i came here because i received a call. my wife didn't believe it. she began to scream, turned the t v on look to the number and checked it. it was actually, we're just not used to winning anything. all with

no country can boost its way out of the pandemic. the words of world health organization director general address gabrielle was, as wealthy countries owed their citizens to get vaccinated or get boosted out. a gabrielle us argues that a blanket booster program would prolong the pandemic as the w h o. c, set vaccine equity is the only way forwards. our projections show that supply should be sufficient to vaccinate the entire global adele population and to give boosters to high res populations. by the 1st quarter of 2022. however, only letter in 2022 will supply be sufficient for extensive use of boosters in all adults. so i call once again on countries and

manufacturers to prioritize callbacks and advert and to work together to support those should furthest behind. but there was one ray of light from the w h o, they say existing vaccines do seem to be effective against omicron, preventing severe disease, especially if people are boosted. so should rich countries give booster shots to their own citizens or give those doses away to other countries and the name of vaccine equity. and for so it's not just about a 3rd shot. here's germany's health minister car lauterbach speaking today is we're the persona just isn't yourself personally. as a scientist, i would assume that a so called forth vaccine will be necessary or thursday no to an exam of this is germany's infectious diseases agency was at o record will become the dominant variant within weeks. the robert kalk institute says that if the latest wave is not stopped,

the health system and critical infrastructure could become compromised. the government is responding by stepping up its vaccination efforts and tighten restrictions on gatherings. the festive preparations might be continuing across germany. but the country's top public health body has won people not to let christmas be the spark that lights the army on fire. there are no official restrictions on festive celebrations, but small gatherings are being encouraged. a mystics. the most important thing apart from vaccinations is reducing contacts, but less people come together, the smaller we keep our social contacts, the less the virus will spread. everybody's behavior is crucial in this instance and try on tuesday german chancellor. oh, la sholtes said the limits on the number of people who can meet will come into force from december 28th lodge. public events will also be banned,

including prohibiting funds at football matches. while protests against mandatory vaccines and coven measures continue. many germans support the new restrictions as a, i'll be honest, the numbers are actually going down again a little bit. but i have to say in order to finally end the whole thing. it's actually quite good that we have in the lockdown so that everything just comes to an end of it so that we can maybe celebrate again afterwards. vaccinations will continue during the festive season. as people hope this is the 2nd and last cove at christmas has kept more from date of new political correspondence. simon young welcome, simon. yesterday the robert cock institute wanted maximum contact restrictions immediately, but the government has gone for some restrictions, but not until after christmas. people are bound to look at this and suspect that politics has trumped science. while villa is

a question of where you put the emphasis, of course, the politicians don't want to even sound like they are even thinking of cancelling christmas. they prefer to rely on appeals to people to behave sensibly and responsibly. and also on the the fact that christmas itself is a sort of de facto locked down. a lot of schools and businesses are closed. people tend to stay at home, many of them any way for 2 or 3 days or so they're just keep their fingers crossed . the medical advisors on the other hand, of course, ah, i'm not worried about what people might think about it. they're looking it on the cronan, it's advance in germany, and they're simply saying the more restrictions, the better and the sooner the better. so, you know, it's a question of how you, where you put your emphasis. i think it probably would be better if everyone was

saying the same thing, but in terms of the analysis of the situation, everyone is saying it's pretty serious. right. and so if things do get worse, are we likely to see further restrictions in the new year? if this doesn't get turned around? well, we could do opposition. politicians have said much tougher measures a needed to even some on the government benches. in fact, nothing's been ruled out. i think the government are very keen to keep schools and businesses open, but they are in a race against omicron. that's why they're massively ramping up a vaccination. in particular, the booster campaign to vaccinations. generally it's going pretty well. again, on tuesday, germany managed more than a 1000000 vaccine doses. so nothing has been ruled out in terms of possible new restrictions. the chancellor has said that he and the state leaders will meet again

on the 7th of january, but he didn't rule out bringing that forward because they know that this is a very fast changing situation. and in particular, to keep the pressure of the health care system, they may have to take more sudden measures. of course, some state can press ahead by the way, earlier even before christmas. and some of them of an out says what they're going to do. there will be vaccine mandate for some workers next year, and there will that there's a likelihood of a 4th job has been raised. how's that like to go down with the public? well indeed, the health minister said to day that he's already ordered $80000000.00 doses of the biotech vaccine adapted for armor cronner, expecting that to come out to be delivered in april or may. and also they've ordered more madana. so it's pretty obvious that that will be offered in many cases to people have already had a 3. jad so that will be a 4th,

jad. as to public acceptance. i think the numbers speak for themselves is clear that a lot of people think vaccination is the way out of this. 70 percent of germans have now been double jabbed and as i say, the booster campaign in particular is going forward here pretty quickly. so i, i think possibly if a 4th jazz, particularly one specially adapted to armor cronies offered a lot of people will take it up or thank you for that assignment from the 2 correspondent or israel is already a planning to introduce a 2nd boost a shot and prime minister naphtali, but it was tweeted, the world will follow in our footsteps. a panel from the countries health ministry has just recommended that over 60 health workers and people with compromised immune systems should receive a 4th covered shot. it's also recommended reducing the time between 2nd and 3rd shots from 5 months to 3. as part of the preparation for the 5th wave of the

pandemic, let recommendation still has to be approved and put into action. and he drew a mixed response on the streets of jerusalem. basically, i'm very unhappy that it is free is not going to be enough from over 60 risk. and i'm gonna do because i want to get the body to someone that should only be a 4th vaccine. if there is research that proves its effectiveness, if not, there is no use, especially when 1000000 citizens didn't get the 3rd. when we read them off, i am in favor of it. the virus is changing all the time as a national and our body does not as so as such, a vaccine is given, our body can update itself. and if the virus and his again, we will know about it and our body will be able to fight it. i do shalana and holly . mother elizabeth, let her, but i definitely think that we should,

except the experts opinion if they say 4th vaccine, i'll be the 1st to go get it immediately without any doubt, just as i did with the previous 3 vaccines. with me. ah, well as pandemic health restrictions dampen christmas celebrations the 2nd year in a row, people in spain are taking heart in a 200 year old tradition. the l gordo, lottery, l god means the for one and its top prize. a 4000000 euros is paid out to everyone with the winning number. there are also lots of smaller prices with a total of almost 2 and a half 1000000000 euros paid out every year. and. 2 2 they think maybe it does, but in the yard. so what i mean, oh. c 86148 these years, winning number and go to the as the top prize is known, was sung by 2 people from madrid. sunny le funds the school,

as tradition dictates across the city. the celebrations quickly got under way of madrid's a torture train station. spain's busiest rail hub. the majority of the winning tickets were sold by these lottery center o. e. one of all of it's a very widely distributed number. i'm pretty sure people from all over spain of board, and i think it's everywhere about the lucito into you from the region of kentoria on the north coast. and under lucy, undecided all the way to the canary islands off the african coast. and of those sparked celebrations by the lucky winners. and what does it feel like to win one of the many big prizes? i don't want to be with him. i haven't processed it yet. i was in the mountains with the dogs, and i came here because i received a call. my wife didn't believe it. she began to scream, turned the t v on look for the number and check that it was correct. we're just not used to winning anything with that one plan on going to share it. and i'm

really happy and how many people have won a prize? well, that's almost impossible to know because of the complexity of the drawer. but a total of 2400000000 euros was given away in prizes both big and small. in the centuries old and world's richest christmas lottery drove this year. i mean with me about supplies for christmas is a let's had to be a spanish capital, where we find a correspondent to jaime velasquez in madrid. welcome, jaime al gordo, i'm tell us about it because going 200 years and it has massive cultural significance for spain, doesn't it? yes indeed. well, hey, every is funny or this friends around 60 euros a, the greatest mass lottery. and that tells a lot about how popular the luxury in the country they spend 3000000000

euros the lottery. but basically what they do is they buy the sell them with family and friends. so it's basically an opportunity to celebrate something together. most of the people, for example, a give them as a presence, a lot of people, for example, take their tickets and divide into different. but if you patients and for example, neighbors associations or a small glass, they sell them. for example, one euro. they play the same number, for example, if a small village a little black, so that 2000 small tickets in a village of 10000 people and a game away 9000000 euro. so that tells a lot about the kind of a lottery that we're talking about here. just all of the fund. one is

not a very big price is for me. euro's compared to all the larger is that the gave away bigger prices. but the fact is that a lot of the smaller prices are $40000.00 euros. and basically a lot of people, every spiny at least get a little bit of not money, but at least a little bit of joy. when they see around that somebody got something in the group, larry. the joy was spoiled a bit though. i wasn't aware that lottery vendors going on strike today, but the drill still went ahead. what were they looking for these lottery vendors? well, other vendors, they get a small commission for each tickets that they sell and these commission hasn't gone up for more than 17 years. and basically they are getting $0.80 for each ticket that they sell. they believe that they are not getting

a fair share regarding that they are on the streets with shelves and making the spanish government earned at 600000000 euros. that they are taking away from, from the, from, from, from the draw. and then a 20 percent on taxes are for every ticket or every price higher than $40000.00. so this is what they are saying. we're doing all the work here and we're just getting more share just 4 percent on the whole rice the lottery is giving away. right. i say, i'm sorry, is run by the spanish government. well, what did they say about this protest based on the strikes? well, the basic day they need to review these, these commissioners, they're normally all the prices and all the draws that we have

a lottery vendors. they get 7 percent, at least, and here in the biggest bryce and the biggest event for the national lottery is they just get they are just getting for us. and they are threatening probably with more actions and maybe not a strike. we still don't know there's and all the big event for the national lottery on the c a. they are probably putting pressure in the government. but basically it wasn't, it was g, g, i fall. this body has to know what they are going through because somebody has a think that they're not re vendors, they're actually doing very well because they are selling 2 or 3000000000 euros right. tickets. ok, correspond jaime velasquez in madrid. thank you so much of

you and has repeated its call to bella luce from poland to address what it calls the appalling situation of migrants on their joint border. hundreds of people, mainly from iraq and syria, remained stranded that poland and the a. you accused belushi and made it alexander lucas shanker. of encouraging them to travel to paris, to truncate entry into the european union that i was denied this and says you is to blame for the humanitarian crisis. bella will soon authority say almost 600 people remain at this warehouse. on the better side of the border, despite the cold weather and the terrible conditions, they swear they can't go home and they have to move forward to have a future work with all or none of it. yeah, we came here too close to eop. we want to go to germany. what

need to go? but that path is blocked and many migrants say so too is the way back to minsk, the united nations human rights office accuses both poland and fellers of pushing migrants back and forth across the border. it refers to statements made by migrants interviewed by a u. n. team in early december describing human rights abuses on both sides of the frontier. the majority said that while in belgrade they had been beaten or threatened by security forces, and also alleged the garage and security forces, forced them to cross the border on team also had numerous reports of people being immediately and automatically returned from power. the human rights office is calling on both nations to address the crisis in line with their obligations to international human rights and refugee law. ah.

so what will it be? the red pill all the blue pill? i was a choice facing keanu reeves more than 20 years ago in the ground breaking science fiction epic of the matrix film. and it's to see course depicted the dystopian future in which humans are trapped by machines inside a simulated reality. will now matrix for has hipaa cinema screens in a premier delay several times by the pandemic, but doesn't measure up to the original. his r thomas. fast forward to decade for in the matrix revolutions, tell me what happened, thomas anderson, aka neo, is living an ordinary life in san francisco. when events take a turn for the weird like crazy. we don't use that word in there. and he finds himself mixed up again in a war between humanity and robots. the matrix resurrection sees keanu

reeves and carrie, anne moss, reprise their roles assumed rebel lovers, neo. and trinity i. i think it's everything that you can hope for in a matrix film and, and then so on. i think hopefully it can be inspiring, you know, help us always sort of a matrix films as a tool you kind of and that help us see the world direct to learn with chowsky is back at the helm of for the 4th outing of the science fiction action thriller, filming began in february 2020, but it was interrupted by the panoramic. that's that the release date back 7 months . but the wait was worth it. anticipation has reached fever pitch and the matrix resurrection is expected to be one of the most successful cinema leases of the year . after all these years,

to be going back to where it all started. back to the matrix. ah wow, let's get the verdict been from d. w's master of the movies, the scott, ross, bra, and cologne. welcome, scott. so what do you think a should we take the red pill and dive back into the matrix? yeah, i think that depends a bit on how much you liked the the, the 1st films in this franchise, because this new movie is really an, a stallion callback to those films, particularly the 1st movie. it's very much based on the same sort of plot as, as the 1st matrix of film, though, lena, which house he a very cleverly adds a sort of neck, a new met a level at this story and a lot which allows her to sort of comment on the actual matrix films themselves and

fans, response them and also to poke fun at the studio warner brothers. and they very well publicized attempts to try and make a 4th matrix film without her approval. um, that's all quite fun. and also is of course, great to see can a reeves and carrie anne moss back together again as neo and trinity, i really love seeing that. where i think this, the falls down a little bit is in the action of if you remember the 1st matrix film in particular, it made cinema history with the way it depicted actions or bullet time a sequences of the action in this new film for me felt a little bit phoned in as if berlin or chowsky was almost like a cover band, just sort of giving us her her, her greatest hits again and not adding anything, anything really new. so for me, at least a matrix resurrections feels less like a 2nd coming of a cinema classic and more like an attempt to sort of resurrect a dying film franchise to see, to have money left in it. did it,

did that doesn't sound good and this is the 4th waters as you mentioned. so what do you think made on which oscar you feel the need to return to this well, and that's it. quite interesting because she set herself that, um, it was really in response to, to the death of her parents a couple of years ago where she felt that if she couldn't bring them back, that maybe she could a resurrect her 2 most famous, fictional characters, neo and trinity, i'm, and the whole production of this film i was, was quite troubled. it had to be stopped of her time because of, of cold id. and there were many casting changes. hugo weaving a want to return to play the villain agent smith. and they're only had in the 1st 3 films, but he had a scheduling conflicts of the role had to be rewritten and the new character a new actor cast. and that, and there's also a new fan of morphis in this film character played by laurence fishburne in other originals, the whole movie i think, can be seen in a way as which housekeeper, trying to look back and rewrite her sort of own fictional past, which is kind of interesting,

but the only problem i see is because the matrix was so influential, i mean, so other many, so many movies since have, have, have imitated at and copied it. it's very hard for this new movie to really feel truly original. are i to scott ross for ah, oh, equivocal. i crib casing of it on the matrix, and thank you so much for joining us. and i said for another day, but the conversation she had, the conversation continues online. you'll find this on twitter at d, w. news or you can follow me at phil. gail, i thanks for watching. have a good day. ah ah

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