a young people clearly have the solution. good, future. 77 percent. now, every weekend on d. w ah, this is d. w. news ally from berlin authorities on both sides of the atlantic tightened restrictions to slow the spread of grown a virus. new yorkers, line up for tests in shots is tough. new mandate to take effect. and france pronounced fresh measures to rein in its highest number of new cases. since the

pandemic began, also coming up, heavy flooding, hammers brazil's north eastern by yes, state. the governor says it's the worst disaster in the states history and both artist and active. so now let the holies iconic photos shine a light on black in your culture in south africa. and exhibition in berlin feature feature is ma holly's groundbreaking. ah, michael ok, welcome. we start again with covey. 19 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 variant 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 lot downs to curb 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 base to 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, we've all 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 the chrome. all large gatherings will be limited to a maximum of 2000 people indoors on 5000 people out those vessel maxime on an exterior. across the channel cases,

the soaring is only chron takes hold of the you case, dominant strain. new restrictions have caused confusion with northern ireland, scotland and wales tightening rolls, while in england authority said they would wait and reassess in the new year. are you finding this day one of the new restrictions again here in northern arden? i am slightly bewildered. i don't understand them. i've come over from scotland. so everything is different. in the u. s. army crone 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 the rising cases, we still have tens of millions of unvaccinated people. and we're seeing

hospitalizations rise. that means our hospital someplace was, are going to get overrun, but in terms of equip both in terms of equipment and staff. a monday new york city brought into effect a vaccine mandate for nearly old private sector work is. 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. more news on this issue here in europe, germany's constitutional court has ordered parliamentary immediately issue laws protecting people with disabilities in pandemic, related tree off situations. 3 out of course is the process of prioritizing patients for treatment. for example, if hospitals are unable to cope with demand for intensive care, the case was filed by a group of people with disabilities and pre existing conditions. they express fears

they would be denied treatment if the pandemic pushes hospitals to their limits. and for more on this were now joined by d. w. political correspondent, leoni von hamish stein leoni. this is a remarkable intervention by germany supreme court tell us more about its order to parliament yet is it basically says that german lawmakers have to do more to protect people with disabilities and preexisting conditions. and we have to know that so far, you know, german medical organizations have released guidelines on tree. osh, naming the probability of survival as the main criterion for the ash, so taking into account the patient's frailty and preexisting diseases. and what the 9 complainants have said is that they few are due to their statistically lower level of survival. they will always have last priority for the intensive care badge

. and what the constitutional court verdict now says is that german all makers have to do more. what these legally binding criteria will look like is up to the lawmakers to decide that order a clear mandate to the german parliament. leoni. more questions for you in a moment. but 1st, let's give our viewers as sense of how germany's government is scrambling to get people vaccinated. even during the festive season, thousands of people are getting their job like at this vaccination center in berlin . at the moment, more than 70 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, and around 36 percent of all germans have received a booster shot. the booster inform him from the 3 the booster booster. as of right now, we have barely giving any shots in vaccination centers up to 98 percent boost to jobs. people who come here are already pro vaccine kind of actively sought out

a vaccination underwood. and people turning up here for a boost a chart. believe it's the key to ending depend they make stellers. i think it's good, the more people who get vaccinated the better at us for all of us. that's why it's also very important for me to robert. it's super important and i think it's very, very important. and i'm a bit worried, that's why i am here that i've been here. what is on i got it because my job is important to me and i come into contact with a lot of people. the booster and my health are important to him, and he has introduced new social d sensing measures and restrictions, and are the so called to t. rule only does vaccinated or recently recovered, may enter many venues and events. and at a to g plus through. people also have to show a negative test result on top of that. thanks to these measures, gemini has managed to have the number of infections per 100000 inhabitants between the end of november and the end of december. oh, annoy,

will also be here over the new year to vaccinate people. because we're in a really critical phase. we're in a situation where every day counts fear and where it's better to be vaccinated to day, rather than to morrow. i'll authorities fear a new wave of infections due to the army chron variant. we not only had to population hard, particularly the unvaccinated, but could also affect to running of critical infrastructure such as hospitals had no their public services. so lay on the tougher restrictions are officially in effect today. how do you imagine they'll affect daily life here in germany? well, we have to say they will effect a live little bit differently depending on where in germany you live as the individual states under germany's federal system are responsible for the concrete implementation of these restrictions. and what they do includes is you know, tougher restrictions for the vaccinated to so it will probably affect how

people will celebrate new year's eve this year. as now, only 10 vaccinated people are allowed to gather or indoor dancing. events will have to be cancelled in clubs or, or big bars. and in general, you know, a lot of big public events will be canceled. it's interesting, while the percentage of people getting both vaccinated and boosters, is rising here in a number of german cities, the unvaccinated are out on the streets demonstrating against further restrictions . what is it they want the government to do? well, we have to say, you know, that allowed minority has been protesting any anti virus measures since the start of a panoramic. but this minority has gotten angry and it's gotten louder. am, as you know, are national parliament has passed. and maxine ben vaccine mandate for certain professions and, and with these states now as i said, tightening and their restrictions and we seen, you know,

thousands of people take to the streets, especially in eastern germany. and there has been several reports off, off crowds attacking police, pelting them with bottles, attacking journalists too. so we can really observe like in other parts of europe, a radicalization of these protests. he, w, soleni, von, michelle, and many, many thanks. let's get a round up of some other headlines now. syrian state media says israel has carried out an overnight air strike on the countries a main port. city of val lots ikea. the raid cause significant material damage. according to an unnamed syrian military source, it's believe to be israel. second attack on the port this month. a man has opened fire in the us state of colorado killing for people authorities in the capital denver shad. the suspect rampaged through at least 7 locations across the city. 3 others, including one police officer,

were injured before the suspect himself was killed in exchange of fire. with police somali as prime minister has called on security forces to follow his orders and accused the president of an attempted to president mohammed abdul. he fought module earlier, suspended prime minister mohammed hussein robes from office on allegations of corruption to leaders have repeatedly clash over delays. my out to somali is parliamentary elections, i was actually ordered, so malia the death toll from catastrophic flooding in northeastern brazil has risen to 20 with the governor by a state calling at the regions worst disaster ever. the flooding has been caused by heavy rains, followed by a long drought. the situation worse and when to dams, burst forcing evacuations of thousands of people. ah, the cops 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 it's been a further down stream. one river rose by 9 meters, the water flooded streets, homes and shops leaving residence in shock with us. my point though, only it was crazy. there was a to me to hi, waverly meadows. these are the worst floods and buyer in 33 years. the authorities have declared a 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 weather phenomenon. governor, re costa is promising aid, drinking water, food, and shelter. but the logistical challenge is immense. many roads are blocked, neighbors helping each other. this ability winters. i've seen

a lot of videos which show people taking risks to help weaker people, like children or the us. the health ministry sending 90 doctors to the region, and the threat of flooding is still severe, with rain set to last another week. now to a story on empowering gender ambiguity, south african photographers and allie mahoney is known for portraying sexual freedom and black queer culture. now a museum here in berlin is dedicating an exhibition to them. oh, proud, powerful, sometimes vulnerable or even royal. these are some of the faces of xin alamo, wholly whose work also confronts trauma. for almost 20 years, molly's been documenting south africa's l g b t q. community of some discrimination against sexual minorities has been illegal

in south africa since 1996. but in day to day life, gays lesbians and transgender people here are still at risk as well. as non binary people like molly i think you live with it every day, but i cannot stop doing what i'm doing because it made sense to me, and it forms part of the south african history. post up update. molly's exhibition and berlin shows survivors of antique. we are hate crimes, including so called corrective rape. but there are also images of love and care. molly's photos are a collaboration built on trust between the artist and the subjects who gaze out at the viewer with confidence and dignity for the series, faces and phases. behold, followed subjects over several years in that we put elgar thea is

a continuing journey in life of building visual history with the community. and so they also invite their friends and associates to look fairness to be bold, to be desiring to be afraid of the camera. confidence and empowered an element holies haunting images, celebrate queer beauty and dignity, making them visible to the world. you're watching d. w. news coming up next is your business news with wild watts on like a local friend, berlin for me in the team. thanks so much for watching. ah ah, how long does it last for an eternity

time. it can be measured precisely. and did everyone 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 futures past starts december 31st on d. w with ah, europe ships in extra gas. tensions with russia, gro, moscow continues to deny is deliberately restricting flows to its western neighbors, will get the view of an energy industry expert. as turkeys lira keeps tumbling

will meet the bulgarians crossing the border to profit from their better buying power. and demand for private jets has hit new heights during the pandemic. we'll hear why. business travelers have been ditching commercial flights. this is d to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. europe's energy crunch is fueling tensions with russia. moscow has denied restricting gas deliveries to its neighbors insisting their to blame for their own problems. like a natural gas pipeline has been running in reverse from germany to poland, after russia stopped flows in the other direction. meanwhile, western europe is sourcing extra supplies from the u. s. as the energy crisis deepens. yes, this earthquake in northern holland was recorded on surveillance cameras over 70 quakes have been recorded and groaning in this year. court fosten still remembers one strong quake in 2012. i was sitting behind my desk on,

on a desk chair with her, with wheels underneath, and i was moving forward and backward for about 20 centimeters. so it was really shaken. what's happening here? fosten belongs to us citizens initiative that blames natural gas production for the constant earthquakes. that's why pumping stations are being gradually shut down in 2023 production will stop completely because the damage is only getting worse. is that the costs of strengthening, strengthening houses in order to be able to continue? guess extraction was rising too much and to 3rd, to set the guess field is who 1890 percent empty. at this moment the netherlands will soon stop being a major gas supplier. the country will even have to import gas itself from places like the gas storage facility in raiden in lower saxony. here gas is stored under ground,

mainly from russia. but because gas storage facilities are only half full gas market experts are worried. this is shawn, the gas levels are already very low. they have not been this low at this time of year in the last 10 years. and because it has been cold in the last few days and cold weather is forecasted for january, the storage facilities are emptying relatively quickly. this is the situation that is already worrying market participants. you can see that in the high prices. listen, critics say gas prom which has close ties to the kremlin is keeping delivery volumes low in order to put pressure on the u. that spat stems from the e u position on the ukraine conflict and the slow approval pace of the controversial nord stream to baltic see pipeline. the situation is worsening for over a week. gas prom has not sent natural gas via the critical your mall pipeline to this pumping station in brandenburg. the prices the prices are so high now that we

are actually worried about the security of gas supplies. so if you strategic restraint, no longer makes sense here, and we are actually destroying our prospects as a reliable gas supplier for the next few years out for loosely kick off the truck on to the next yard doubts around gas proms. reliability are growing as our fears that rushes president putin will use natural gas as a bargaining chip in the future. a potential ace up his sleeve in this political poker game with the european union. now took his currency, has fallen 60 percent against the dollar this year. the government of president ad on has struggled to make it's an orthodox economic policy work lowering interest rates despite inflation spiraling out of control that hits the pocket of the average turkish purse. however, for tourists from neighboring bulgaria and greece, it's a chance to snap up products at bargain prices,

including hair at the border city of it in ah, it's a smooth process crossing the turkish border. here's a deer. now. the border guards are well used to day trippers by now. 20000 visitors come to a deer and every week by car bus or train, especially the weekend when they pack out the bizarre she in will maze gordon took it as a group. it's more convenient for me to shop here, a buy clothes and food and whatever we need for the children and grandchildren for christmas. bulgaria is much more expensive than here. if you ask how much love we exchanged, i exchange $500.00 left. it's plenty for all of us. the name lisa to the subdivision, we still have the cd to love. one lab is worth almost 9 lira just 3 months ago. it was only 6 the back lava bakeries around the bazaar also busy. the turkish suite pastries, also popular bulgaria to baker's advertise their goods in turkish. bulgarian and

greek usually will. europe live on the bulgarians. come to a darren and big groups and shop like crazy. sometimes they buy 5 or 10 of the same items we're planning to sell it on or thinking they won't find these again, we'll have another them salt lake and they really do some serious stocking up. take the products back to bulgaria, yet, or gotten them you disposal, have hulu unit, im lewis, i actually in the supermarket, it quickly becomes obvious who's turkish and who was bulgarian, while turks can afford less and less because of the falling currency. the bulgarians and greeks are cashing in the shop or tourist spend an average of $500.00 euros per person. according to the university of darren a many by enough goods to last several weeks. the city is currently trying to persuade the day trippers to stay longer. not with even lower prices, but by expanding what it has to offer next year, they'll even be a christmas market. quite a novelty for predominantly muslim turkey. as some of the other global business

stories making the news, china's complained to the un after it's space station, almost collided with space x satellites. twice this year in mosques company is planning to place $12000.00 small satellites in orbit to provide global internet access. currently $1800.00 of them already circling the earth. a research suggests for out of 5 german hospitals are struggling to fill job vacancies nationwide. more than 22000 jobs remain unfilled according to the countries hospital institute. that number has tripled since 2016 hospitals have blaine restrictions on operations during the pandemic. the loss of workers now airline passengers are facing another day of major disruption over 10000 flights have been canceled world wide since christmas eve. many airlines suffering staff shortages due to ami kron outbreaks over 2000 commercial flight schedule for tuesday, have been cancelled, according to the website flight aware or the unreliability of commercialized travel

during the pandemic has led many high and business travelers to look for alternatives. as a result, demand for private jets is sky high. being able to choose when you want to fly, as well as who you want to fly with. are obvious advantages. during the pandemic industry bodies estimate the number of seats airlines could offer passengers. harvard in 2020, that means more than 2 and a half 1000000 fewer seats. private aviation industry operators are picking up the slack and are in high demand about in said with these and in times like these some flight connections aren't available or, and adapted to their schedules for business people or government officials. but also, there are families who want to fly on holiday and can't reach their destination any other way. the so depending on the size of the aircraft, charter rights begin at around 2 and a half 1000 euros an hour. so way, the cost of a chatted yet flying $5.00 passengers from paris to frankfurt and back around one

and a half hours each way. that gives a total of $7500.00 euros, fly the same 5 people in business class. and the bill's going to be around $5000.00 euros, but that comes with the time wasting and inconvenience at commercial airports both ends plus the risk of infection from other passengers. while in a private jet, there's the chance to prepare for that important conference or business meeting while on route. worldwide, the number of business jet flights in november 2021 was almost 60 percent up from the same time in 20. 20 chatted. yet. operators are struggling to keep up with the demand as is implemented as really 2 at the moment. it's very hard because of a pandemic to get aeroplanes as an aircraft operator, as in a line in the business of aviation, we have to realize that the market is empty. secondhand aeroplanes are just not

available. and even new orders take 2 or 3 years at the moment. moment. so far, the major source of growth has been in the united states. but since the appearance of the army, chrome strain of the corona virus demand in europe is really taking off. meanwhile, the pandemic is brought tough times to the global fashion industry. consumers confines to their home spend less money on clothes and should have shops couldn't sell them. anyway. fashion designers have also been struggling with lucrative showcases often can sort. we met one such designer in india, videos from 2019, bring back fond memories for a fashion designer, blue mikka cheda. she was at the top of her game back then with models at india fashion. we can, ma'am, by before the pandemic business was booming. people who are not paid for me, i know that i believe that it is not that invention, not the baby. ah,

but they want to but it just that the kinds of difficult. so i from my had again, uni every for them that if their businesses are good, if they do good, ah, if they come out of the situation quicker and foster, i think even i'll be in a better position and then my money can be to leave the pandemic drove the tourists away to on the street and mom buy fashion stores of clothes down in droves. booming kancheta also had to close her store. everybody, one after the other has closed down the business over a year. and this, it ordered was one of i shouldn't have had begun renewed, as i did, but giving up is not her style. she could no longer afford her old design and sewing workshop. so she moved her business to a much smaller location. less than 10 of her 45 sewing machines remain in operation

and she was only able to keep a handful of employees. so you know, jesse and deciliter, this is i will. i mean, come good. the will, the impact on work has been too much. earlier we had a very big staff, we had 110 or 111 people working except where, but i'll be watching somebody now that's not the situation right now. we only have 8 to 10 people working here as we don't have as much work as before. it's like having no work at all relative like ami made us of leg work come cut the me, which will graduate. fabrics and patterns fill the store rooms. before the pandemic, the workshop was a roomy, 400 square meters. now the boss can barely find a seat through all my of i will plan is sunburn off? no, i'm not going to shut it. okay, so slowly, gradually. oh,

earlier than i used to make for myself, my own brand, and i used to work for dinner. that transition has been to sustain instead of i, i am making other, but i'm production now producing for them. i design and mix them both for the brand on which they give the orders these days boomy, conchita only gets to designed late at night, in one of her shops which she's converted into a grocery store. another step in her crisis management plan. not so from us by ah, lou. a pulse. he's the beginning of the story that moves us and takes us along for the ride. it's all about the perspective.

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