ah, discover new adventures in 360 degrees. ah, and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get the app now. with this is d. w. news live from berlin authorities on both sides of the atlantic tightened restrictions to slow the spread of corona virus. new yorkers line up for test and shaw says tough. new mandate to take effect. and france announces fresh measures to rein in his highest number of new cases. since the pandemic began,

also coming up heavy flooding, hammers, brazil's northeastern by yes, state. the governor says it's the worst disaster in the states history. and the crimes of stolen as a soon to be forgotten. as russia supreme court ways, shutting down a group that documents, historical atrocities, w news talks to a woman whose family suffer under stollins regime ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael ok. nearly 2 years into the pandemic, many countries are once again ramping up covered restrictions in response to the rapid spread of the amok on variance in the u. s. hospitals and health workers are bracing for an expected surge after the holidays and across the atlantic. large

parts of europe, a re imposing partial lock downs, to curved record numbers of new cases. rounding off the year with another variant and another set of measures to fight back. countries across europe have tightened restrictions, dampening planned new year's eve celebrations as omicron spreads. france has announced a range of new measures including reducing the weight for these 2 jobs to 3 months . the government will also vote on a new bill to bar the unvaccinated from entry to places like restaurants and cinemas. news of old old re today we have adopted the following additional measures . yes. review which will apply from next monday for a period of 3 weeks. would you like to possibly but then it will be to slow down on a crawl. large gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 2000 people indoors on 5000 people. outlaws, that's what makes you more. an excel you. across the channel cases,

a soaring is only kron takes hold. as the u. k is dominant strain, new restrictions have caused confusion with northern ireland, scotland and wales tightening rules, while in england authority said they would wait and reassess in the new year. are you finding this day one of new restrictions again here in northern arden? i am slightly bewildered, i don't understand them. i've come over from scotland. and so everything's different. in the us army. kron has caused chaos for airlines. with over 200000 daily infections nationwide, crews shortages have grounded planes. but president joe biden said the vaccination drive meant the u. s. was in a better position than in previous waves of infections. america had made progress, things are better, but we do know that with a rising cases we still have tons of millions of unvaccinated people. and worship

hospitalizations, right? it means our hospitals someplace for they're going to get overrun. but in terms of crypt both in terms of increment and staff. on monday, new york city brought into effect a vaccine mandate finale old private sector workers. proof of vaccination is also needed for most indoor activities like eating in restaurants. strict measures that officials hope will keep the city fully open as the weld crosses into the 3rd year of the pandemic. peter king, hong is an infectious disease physician and a professor of medicine at the university of california. he joins me now from san francisco. dr. covered cases are on the rise in the us and not surprisingly, hospitals are bracing for a spike after the holidays. new york is even introduced or vaccine mandate for businesses as we've just seen. sensible, sufficient moves by authorities. well, my bill,

the answer is yes and no. i, it's kind of like putting out a forest fire with just a few buckets of water, but you can't blame the bind administration is caught them by surprise. many people thought they put all the eggs in the vaccine baskets, nowhere to diversify with more testing p. p, additional labor and be, be good for some parts of the country like the west coast, where it's not as bad, but in the east coast may be too little too late. us health authorities, as you well know, have eased quarantine. recommendations from $10.00 to $5.00 days is this are further hint that alma khan is a less severe corona variant. i think that's partially the answer my code. but i think the cdc was motivated to this really because of a variety of factors. one, there was

a lot of political pressure because of whoop force that was sticking odd for probably an outdated quarantine attendees or isolation of 10 days. but it's also a nod to the fact that there is some evidence that the incubation period, but for army kron is much short at 3 days compared to 40 for delta and 5 for alpha, for example. but many people are worried because again, the teal and requires that people where mass for the, the additional 5, these after fi, these of isolation, they have to have no symptoms. and there's no testing involved. so there's a lot of sort of like you're on the honor system after those initial 5 days, right? here in europe and around the world, we're seeing countries re introducing restrictions, including new loc downs and reinforcing the imperative, basically to social distance is your doctor. so all politics aside, is that alone, what we should do to minimize, if not eliminate the spread of this variant?

well, i think michael, again, it's so hard for europe right now because it's in the middle of the thunderstorm and you're trying to repair the roof. so it's almost all hands on deck. so one thing isn't good enough of vaccines isn't good enough. booster uptake has been quite as good as people had hoped. again, took everyone by surprise. i think testing isn't us quite as emphasize in europe. rapid testing at home c, as in some parts of the u. s. u. s. and of course, we can't even get testing to buy anymore. they are all sold out. so i think as many things as you do, as you can, will mitigate the damage that's already in progress that said dr. peter chin hong in san francisco. thank you, sir for your time and your perspective. he is a round up now of some more developments in the pandemic, australia recorded another record surgeon cases as an outbreak of the highly

infectious alma khan variant disrupts the plan. reopening of the economy. turkey has also seen infections spike according to the health ministry, new cases ruined by 30 percent. that's the highest percentage rise so far this year . and indonesia has detected its 1st locally transmitted amok on case the patient had no recent history of overseas travel was asymptomatic and now isolating at age of carter hospital let's get a round up of some had other headlines at this hour. thousands took to the streets across germany to oppose national covered rules. they come into force to day clashes with police were reported in several cities. germany is tightening restrictions ahead of unexpected surgeon american cases. health officials say a return to full lockdown is still under consideration. a man has opened fire in the us state of colorado, killing 4 people. authorities in the capital,

denver sent the suspect rampage to at least 7 locations across the city. 3 others, including one police officer, were injured before the suspect himself was killed by police gunfire. talked aimed at salvaging the 2015 run. you plea agreement. i resumed in the austrian capital, vienna and you diplomat warned that difficult worth lay ahead for the negotiators. the aim is that the united states will rejoin the deal after the trump administration unilaterally withdrew in 2018. the death toll from catastrophic flooding in north eastern brazil has risen to 20, where the governor by yes, stayed calling it the regions worst disaster ever. the flooding has been caused by heavy rains following a long drought situation. worse, when to dams burst forcing evacuations of thousands of people had

a cop to comes to the rescue of a man who fled to his roof to escape the floods. he's one of the lucky ones. this is the site of a dam, burst in huge a pay in the southeast of by a province. the city released this video with a warning about flash floods and in the city of its buena further down stream. one river rose by 9 meters, the water flooded streets, homes and shops leaving residence in shock. my point though, it was crazy, there was a to me to hi waverly met. these are the worst floods and buyer in 33 years. the authorities have declared the state of emergency in about 70 cities. 35000 people have lost their homes. experts blame the extreme weather on tampa from the amazon and the latin india where the phenomenon governor re costa is promising aid drinking water, food, and shelter. but the logistical challenge is immense. many roads are blocked,

neighbors are helping each other with i've seen a lot of videos which show people taking risks to help weaker people, like children, of the health ministry of sending 90 doctors to the region. and the threat of flooding is still severe. with rain set to last another week. back to europe. now russia supreme court is due to rule on shutting down one of the country's most prominent human rights groups. memorial was founded in 1989 by soviet dissidence, including nobel peace prize, laureate andre suckle of the group defends the rights of political prisoners and helps victims of soviet era repression. prosecutors alleged that the organization violated a law on foreign agents on multiple occasions. memorial and supporters say the accusations are politically motive. dw news spoke to one russian woman whose family experienced the persecution of the stall in this era

a stranger in her own country. that's how elisa meisner feels. her family used to live in a big moscow apartment until the 2nd world war. then the soviet's band also called dangerous elements from the capital. at least his mother was german styling, considered old ethnic germans living in russia to be traitors. she was deported to the sub arctic tiger in siberia. so mom, in the same you, all of my mother's relatives were forced to re settle because of their nationality walker and like leaves in the wind. they were strewn across the country. a school got all hope of them a blessed m. a lisa was born in the remote settlement. her family was forced to stay there for decades and work like almost all deportees, felling trees. the micener had it harder though, as ethnic germans,

they weren't accepted by their neighbors, that he was not by georgia. the very people who we lived with, or just though we were at a school where phil went to the club, which he prophecy, these people bullied and harassed us. what if, what didn't go or just went to school that to her, but she will, it won't be i can post it wasn't until the ninety's that the meisner were allowed to leave, along with hundreds of thousands of other political prisoners. elisa was allowed to live in moscow. the city her family was once back from. it was even guaranteed under russian law. the apartment too. but the authorities refused that part. elise is still fighting for the right to move into the old family home in the heart of the city. the human rights group memorial is trying to help her and

many other victims of the style and regime. a member of the organization is viewing the apartment. did to gluck oxygen, unfortunately, these so called children of the gulag, are at the bottom of the list for officials these days, or by the other. the russian state preferred to focus on victories. the highlights of history, not the doc chapter of the soviet union. suddenly to avoid responsibility taking responsibility would mean redemption and it's not just elisa meisner, his fated hand around one and a half 1000 people as still waiting to return to their ancestors hobbs. here's an interesting and wildlife story for your authorities in columbia have rescued a rare species of cat that might not have survived on its own. it's an albino jacket. randi cobb and vets are working a round the clock of to run nurse it back to health. the felines or type of puma, but this is thought to be the 1st albino jacqueline need to be found in columbia.

since her chances of survival in the wilder limit at the albino will be transferred to a conservation part once she has received full medical attention. my goodness, you watching d w. news coming up next is the cove. it's special. a michael oak, who in berlin from me and the team here. thanks so much for watching. take care and we'll see you at the top of the next ah. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what are the latest research, se, information and context around of i've.