we shed light on the opaque world who's behind benefits. why are they a threat to whistle oak creek wolves starts january 5th on d, w. ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the pandemic overshadows another holiday season. as christmas begins, people around the world who celebrate the holiday are faced with a tough choice of taking the risk of seeing their families and friends, or going it alone for a 2nd year in

a row. also coming up the ongoing ways of coping 19 are taking a major toll on the doctors and nurses on the front lines. we report from one hospital in belgium where medical staff are hoping for the best, but once again, bracing for the worst and once disgraced and convicted of corruption. the former south korean president parkin high is given a pardon. ah, i'm marrying a evans dean. it's good to have you with us. holiday travel plans are being disrupted around the world amid a surgeon cove at 19 cases, driven by the on a cron variant. airlines in the west. australia and other countries have cancelled hundreds of flights. citing the impact of m a crown on employees and passengers.

it's the 2nd year running where the pandemic has overshadowed the festive season. ah, another curve at christmas and another difficult choice. as emma crohn continues to spread millions round, the world must now decide between cancelling their travel plans or taking the risk . the sum in the us, the choice was made for them when several made us airlines cancelled christmas eve flights off to staff came down with them a groan, others of turn to tests and boosters to help keep christmas alive. including thousands of new yorkers as their city, braces for a serge in cases after the holidays was wanting to to my family. i took over this is elderly after school children. so it's not so much of work for myself as it is to protect those well across the atlantic. christmas travelers in spain of facing the same tough choices cove at 19 cases are at an old time high. but for

many seeing their loved ones is worth the risk our dead noise lab with one other. this is not the best situation. i have had to evaluate whether to leave like last year, when i could not do this or to take only to risk. and i have taken a risk audi event number one time though, maybe random halfway across the globe. australians of also facing christmas with their micron cases here, have sold to new records, fueled by the variant residents doing their best to keep safe. we had our mom, we've done the rapid ended in testing, so we're big effects we can and sang as much as we had like this. and i think that's what he really can't but with our micron already racing, santa claus around the world, many seem set for another unmarried christmas. oh, for moreland spring and dw correspondence shall a chelsea pill who's in london and infinite.