are important. germany has introduced new social d sensing measures and restrictions, and the so called to t rule only does vaccinated are recently recovered, may enter many venues and events. and a 2 d 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 here 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 hit the population hard, particularly the unvaccinated, but could also affect to running of critical infrastructure, such as hospitals had no their public services. well,

joining us is how you see he is a professor of epidemiology at the university of bremen. here in germany. i welcome to d, w. now over a quarter of the german population is still unvaccinated, so what actually can be done at this stage to convince them to get the job? yeah, this is a difficult task. it's not a homogeneous group. obviously there are some who us to go for the job. i need information that we need to sort of know a barrier access to vaccination and that's we work. but we also have a hard and group of people. so it's more of a built on thing. it's not really about vaccination, it's more about opposition in general. and those ones, it's much harder to reach and i'm afraid we won't reach them with what is an offer now. right, that's going to be, it's still a tough job for authorities. now, germany, along with many other countries, are seeing at sharp rises in infections. but at the same time, we're actually seeing infections in countries like say,

africa and denmark experienced there. and there waves a little bit earlier, dropped quite quickly. what does this data tell us about on the kron if these things come through, as, as you mentioned in this would be really nice, which would probably mean we haven't and quick wave runs through the population. if that was the case, especially with the oxidation rate that we have here and some units due to previous disease, then this will also mean that perhaps you know, to generate this already be on the decline again, which would be very good news for all the you know hospitals and people expecting to be hit hard by the way of coming up now. all right, so we're told me at the, on the chrome wave. now what if there is another spike and a rapid spread of say, a new variant. what then? well as low as possible, but i'm relatively optimistic. this only current is really very infectious and reasonable for our ology. i don't think there are many other viruses that

really have this, this kind of insecurity as it is now. so maybe best side, there's not too much more to expect, but you never know. we have experience a few variance, so we need to be a well, you various, but we are already gaining community to some degree against or future crone of ours as we, as we move along. all right, so some, some level of positivity that cautious optimism that are vaccinations boosters and of course masks the future. not just for germany, but also globally well, more generally say you need us what is on the agenda for everyone. and that can be achieved by vaccination. unfortunately, many companies, vaccinations are available as much as they in germany. so for us, yes, it's vaccinations. it's probably being ready for distance once it is continuously needed or again, needed and times of rise of peaks. but mosques, yeah,

i'm sure we will probably need mosque once in a while, but not permanently every time, all the time with us. so i think we just need to be prepared and better prepared than we've been. but overall, i think we are getting better. i think and dealing with the box with army crone and other variance. ok. hi you. let's see professor of epidemiology. thank you for joining us on d. w, and all the best in 2022. thanks. germany's constitutional court has ordered parliament to immediately issue laws. protecting people with disabilities in pandemic, related trash, sexual situations. trash is the process of prioritizing patients for treatment. for example, of 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 expressed fears they would be denied treatment if the pandemic pushes hospitals to their limits. let's turn out to some of their stories, making headlines, aide group,

save the children, has confirmed to that staff were killed in an alleged attack by the, on the myanmar military on christmas day. the workers were among the charred remains of more than 30 people found in the countries east. the military has denied any involvement in the kennings. dozens of women have marched in cobble in protest against policies of the countries new taliban government. the protesters called on the government to respect women's rights and accused its members of covertly killing soldiers of the active regime since taking power in august. the taliban of continually continually pushed women and girls out of schools and public life space ex vendor. ellen musk is facing a social media backlash in china. that's after beijing said it's space station, nearly collided with mosques, starling satellites, the chinese foreign ministry, said it station was forced to take evasive action twice, sparking heavy criticism of musk on china's social media platform label

will learn in the latest blow to russian civil sofa society the supreme court has ordered the closing of memorial, the countries most respected human rights group. it defends the rights of political prisoners in russia and helps victims of soviet era repression. the court agreed with the prosecutions argument that the organization violated a law on foreign agents. memorial and it support her, say the charges are politically motivated. russia's oldest and most important human rights organization now disbanded, supporters defied a protest fan to gather in front of memorials headquarters. they said the decision was politically motivated. was that idea of critics of being eliminated? so is the opposition. any one who wants to lit the mask off russia and look critically at its history that is being eliminated abuse. now you're distorted.

memorial was classified as if foreign agent. that meant the organization had to comply with various requirements. the court found it in violation of those rules. the n g o is now banned and must stop its work in russia. for many memorial represents the historical conscience of the country. it aims to make sure that the reign of terror in the soviet union under joseph stalin and the inhumanity of the gulag prison camp system are not forgotten. when earlier this month, russian president vladimir putin accused memorial of rehabilitating the reputation of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was a moment of use of the organization denied all allegations and wants to appeal. it's representatives say they may take the case to the european court of human rights. well, for more on this, let's bring in. tatiana close cover. she's a lawyer for memorial international enjoy. the joins is now from moscow. welcome to

d. w. tatyana. you were one of the lawyers representing memorial during the proceedings. why is the russian state so determined to have your organisation close down while the domain of the russian civil society has the space of the russian civil society has been shrinking for a decayed by now and but the yield 2021 has become the worst, yeah, and the situations has rated dramatically if someone has, while in the sleep a year ago and worked nap today, they would not recognize the landscape of the russians. and the fact that international memorial was dissolved today by the judgment of the supreme court act. human rights and memorial will most probably be tomorrow,

by the judgement of the moscow city court is a very clear sign that human rights organizations are not welcomed by the 13th anyhow in today's russia. right now, we just heard russian opposition, politician grigory of lensky in our report. and he said, this ruling mark samir putins, russia, changing from an authoritarian stay to a totalitarian one. now can your work or similar work continue under the circumstances? ah, we hope to continue our break until it is somehow legal problem is that continuing the work, the recommendation after the solutions can be considered a crime of non enforcement of a judicial decision. so that's why containing our work appears to be a little bit problematic for us. right, well,

memorial has been working since the fall of communism, collecting testimony and records about the victims of style and gulags. what's gonna happen now to those archives? ah, fortunately, as the judgment does not say that was according to russian legislation, all property off organization that is sold by judicial decision should be forwarded for the purposes of the of the essential. so if in fact mean that it should be given to another range, you which have similar purposes fortunate with the judgment doesn't say that the liquidation commission will be a governmental one. so we hope that we are that we can give the archives to some of the angel which can continue our work. tatiana

scovella memorial international lawyer. thank you for joining us on d. w. thank you. authorities in columbia have rescued a rare big cat that might not have otherwise survived. vets have been working around the clock to nurse the albino jaguar, randi cub, back to health jaguar run. these are the type of human native to north and south america. but this is thought to be the 1st albino of its kind to be found in columbia. since her chances of survival in the wild are limited. she'll be transferred to a conservation park when she's received full medical care. a bit of tennis news ahead of the upcoming australian open dominique team has decided to pull out of the ground, slammed you to a risk injury. the 2020 us open winner is the latest big name to withdrawal from

the tournament. joining the likes of roger federer and serena williams, among others, the 28 year old austrian who was ranked 3rd in the world, hasn't played since june and has slipped to 15th in the rankings as a result. you're watching d w. news coming up next is your business news with rob watts. i'm barbara funniest in for name for me. i'm the team here. thanks for watching. take care and see at the top and next what secrets lie behind these was discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites with

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crossing the border to profit from the better buying power and demand for private jets has hit new heights during the pan make. we'll hear why business travelers have been ditching commercial flights. this is due to be a business on rob watson berlin. welcome to the program. europe's energy crunches, fueling tensions with russia. moscow has denied restricting gas deliveries to its neighbors, insisting that 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, 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 the,

on a desk chair with her, with wheels underneath, and i was moving forward and backward for about 20 centimeters. so it's really shaken. what's happening here. fosten belongs to a 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 gas extraction was rising too much and to 3rd, to set the guess field is for $18.00. 90 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, as 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 sea 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 make sense here, and we are actually destroying our prospects as a reliable gas supplier for the next few years out for latisha, osley for gone, for the next yard, her 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 turkey's currency has fallen 60 percent against the dollar this year. the government of president edwin has struggled to make it 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,

gloating 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 at the bazaar. she will maze good look at us and 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 as 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 for the new 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 youlowa, europe, aluminum to bulgarians. come to a darren and big groups and shop like crazy. sometimes they buy 5 or 10 of the same item, we're planning to sell it on or thinking they won't find these again. we'll have another salt lake and they really do some serious stocking up. take the products back to bulgaria. yes. or gotten them you disposal, you have hulu unit im lewis. i agree to live in the supermarket. it quickly becomes obvious who is 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 a dinner 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 ex satellite. 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. 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 army kron outbreaks over 2000 commercial flight schedule for tuesday, have been cancelled according to the website. flight aware of the unreliability of

commercial and 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. or in said with these and in times like these some flight connections aren't available or out adapted to their schedules for business people, government officials. but also there are families who want to fly on holiday and can't reach their destination any other way. so depending on the size of the craft charter rights begin at around 2 and a half 1000 euros an hour. so the way the cost of a charted yet flying $5.00 passengers from paris to frankfort 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 world wide. 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 look at the moment. it's very hard because of a pandemic to get aeroplanes as an aircraft operator as an 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 alma chron strain of the corona, virus demand in europe is really taking off. meanwhile, the pandemic has brought tough times to the global fashion industry consume is confined 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 mika 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 dime that difficult slide from my heart again, unity, i pray 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 in bombay fashion stores of clothes down in droves. boomy kancheta also had to close her store. everybody, one after the other has closed down the business. oh yeah. and this, it ordered was one of i shouldn't have had begun. it really does a bit, 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. you know, jesse and just leave us. this is signs, i will i be 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 of 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 fact, army 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 isn't turn off though i'm not going to shut it. okay, so lowly gradually. oh, earlier than i used to make for myself, my own brand,

and i used to explore dinners, that transition has been to sustain instead of i, i am making other but i'm is production now producing for them. oh, i design and mix them both for the other brand on which they give the order. 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, ah, at these nice is injuries a city that never rest ah hotel course between well and filled with stories where

people come together. he wouldn't normally to reach out for the american colony hotel. in 45 minutes on the d. w. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word louis pinnacle. rico is in germany to learn german. why not learn with him a simple online on your mobile and free to shop. d w e learning course, nico speak? german made easy this is did up the news, asia i'm british banner g. s 2021 comes to a close. we're taking a look back at one of the biggest stories of the. yeah. the father, bon takeover of, of gone as we look at the situation of guns find themselves in after 20 years of democracy and look at what the future.