why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah . this is details, news ly, from berlin, germany tries to head off the threat from ama kron corona. virus variant. protestors bent their anger as to government introduces new restrictions on private events and public gatherings. it also colds on the unvaccinated to step up and get

the job. also coming up on the show, russia supreme court shuts down the countries meeting human rights group. the angio memorial dedicates itself to documenting the atrocities of russia stalinist past will that era's crimes now be forgotten. and looking back at the chaotic scenes at campbell airport, following the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan, we meet some of the desperate afghans who made it out, as they remember those left behind. ah, i'm public foliage to our viewers on p b. s and around the world. welcome to the program. new corona virus restrictions have come into force here in germany as it attempts to slow the spread of the arm across variant with new year's eve. fast approaching, the government is placing tighter limits on public and private celebrations. it's

also urging those still unvaccinated to get the job just before the new restrictions took effect. people protested in cities across the country. ah, hundreds of people demand pass tensions ran high on the streets of tito in the eastern state of saxony on monday night. just one of many protest so organized the cross country against the government's coroner, by restrictions and covey. 19 vaccines. it was a tense, but a peaceful protest. in the nearby town of foutz and police were attacked with fireworks and butters, as they attempted to break up an authorized protest. author, it is reported at least 10 officers injured in the capital berlin. there is a little understanding of the violence that has erupted, and for those who still refused to get vaccinated. but you know, we all get the every mandatory vaccine where we go on holiday without questioning

it. so what's happening now is ridiculous from a move move, i think it's not necessary to take to the streets and attack police offices to use violence. you should do it peacefully with either rate all in the same boat. so why do some have to kick up a fuss? come from israel that i don't know if it's the right way, but people probably don't know who else to express themselves. on almost a year to day after the vaccination campaign started berlin, mayor of francisco goofy visited a covey 19 intensive care unit. she repeated the government's plea to the quarter of the population steele, and vaccinated in germany. lessons is this infant gate? how does innate it as i can only say it again, and again, the people lying here in these hospital rush, many of them are probably thinking if only i had done it, has perhaps then it would have prevented this from happening like, oh gosh, probably there are opponents to the vaccine and measures, but over half of the population support measures now in place. but officials are

bracing themselves for a new wave of infections with the more transmissible army chron variance, which could overwhelm germany's critical health care infrastructure. germany's constitutional court has ordered parliament to immediately issue laws. protecting people with disabilities in pandemic, related trash situations and trash 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 expressed fears they would beat an eye treatment if the pandemic pushes hospitals to their limits. well joining us for more is professor pedro paul. he is the former chair of the german ethics counsel and specializes in the ethics of technical and scientific interference with human life. i professor dab rock and welcome to the show. now, why did people with disabilities feel they needed to go to court to get

a ruling on this 1st, thanks for having me on. they are concerned that because of them fail disability, they might be a disadvantage in case, in the case of shortage of medical treatment. this is the reason why they went to college to the constitutional code. and the constitutional court came to the ruling that the legislature hust immediately and rapidly to change the legal of frame in order to protect these people. right? well then from an ethical point of view, how can doctors make a choice of who lives or dies in their hospital? first of all, it's fair to say that this is one of the most challenging situations for doctors

at all. because of the potential shortage of medical treatment. so they have to balance on the one hand or to meet the legal requirements. on the other hand, they have also to meet ethical criteria as the prospect of surveillance and sorry i of survival. and on the other hand, old, so the basic basic dignity of each human being and this is extremely difficult to balance in this given a catastrophic situation. and therefore, what we have to look for these balancing in order not to limit the scope of action for a, for doctors, and on the other hand, nevertheless,

to keep the frame of the constitutional frame. this is so extreme, difficult to manage, professor peter dob rock. thank you for joining us on the w. china is expanding its corona virus locked downs with hundreds of thousands more people in the northern parts of shun. she province order to stay home a spike in cases there has seen the highest infection rate in china since the i break in wound. nearly 2 years ago. the new measures come as beijing prepares to welcome thousands of overseas visitors. for february's winter olympics. it's been almost 2 years since china has seen the streets of major cities deserted. but once again, millions of buccaneer lockdown, all sorts is widened the restrictions across shan, she province on tuesday as they grapple with the country's biggest outbreak. since

the initial month of the pandemic, china has pursued a 0 tolerance approach. rolling out must testing and draconian locked downs for relatively small outbreaks. and despite administering almost 3000000000 jobs, initial research shows the locally produce sign of arc offers limited protection against the omicron variant, the strategy that the government is implementing here 0 covert. and that means um, even if there are only a handful of cases, whole cities, they have been sealed off and one game changer, or was that now than you m variance of the virus or more infectious and the authorities have to act even faster. the beijing winter olympics are set to start in just over a month with only spectators from mainland china permitted to attend wave diplomatic boycotts already announced, begging will be eager to ensure that cov,

it outbreaks don't further chill the already frosty atmosphere. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines, i guess, had a iran's foreign minister says he's confident a new nuclear deal can be quickly agreed with world powers talks between the west, under rant, under its new care program resumed in vienna on monday. one condition for terran is that if the allowed to export crude oil as part of a new agreement, bolivian emergency services say they've rescued at least 48 people stranded by flood waters. heavy rains had central regions of the country last week, affecting farming and damaging hundreds of homes. authorities believe 13 people have died so far in the flood. members of jordan's parliament of traded blows during a debate about gender equality and changes to the constitution. the punch up began when deputies discussed adding the female name to amendments that guaranteed equal rights for all citizens. no one was seriously injured. space x founder ilan

mosque 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 says, said it station was forced to take a vase of action twice, sparking heavy criticism of musk on china's social media platform. web will cleave whizzer in the latest blow to russian civil society. the supreme court has ordered the closing of memorial, the country's 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 quote, foreign agents memorial and its supporters 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 the 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, your historical memorial was classified as a 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 reputations of nazi collaborators in world war 2 was

a moment. views 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. and now, as the year draws to a close, we want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021. the united states is withdrawal from afghanistan was as chaotic as it was. sudden, as international forces departed to thousands of locals tried to leave 2 hundreds got onto the runway at capital airport. desperate to get out. such was their desperation. that is one u. s. military plane taxied down the runway some clung to the body of the aircraft . many fell to their death after the plane took off. the u. s. did take some who could show they had the right to leave. others gambled on the humanity of the soldiers at the airport or d. w. terry schultz made a couple who managed to leave with some but not all of their children.

hello la sofie says he understands though shocking scenes of desperate afghan parents passing their children to american soldiers a cobble airport. i cannot remember people way became because even if anyone one wanted to live marked for assassination by the islamic state, due to his work on national reconciliation, sofie was among those trying to get his family into the airport onto a plane to promised refuge in the netherlands sophie was in hiding in late august when he was told in the middle of the night to go to the airport. he tried to gather his family from the different locations where they moved for their safety. his wife missed the call. his brother brought the children who were staying with him, but it was so dangerous at the airport. sophia, initially sent them back. i saw that the people who are in there was fighting and the people injured. after 24 hours, he managed to make it onto a dutch flight with 4 of his children, his wife and the others would be forced to flee through pakistan throughout the

ordeal. 20 month old. hi and never cried. her father says treating the trip as a great adventure, which they almost do now starting over in the netherlands. tanina satari is doing the same, a gender adviser for the dutch embassy in cobble. she became an asylum seeker overnight, literally, despite what her dutch colleagues had promised. i remembered the last night we were with them. how like, you know, like a family, we were there and they were talking to us and then we will be there with you and we will not leave you if something goes wrong. the next day the taliban took control of cobble. when satari and other afghan employees showed up for work, they were alone. no warning, they just left us and we, it was a big shock. the dutch foreign and defense ministers would later resign in acknowledgement of how badly the evacuation effort was managed. fortunately, orders did come through to evacuate satari and her immediate family. it took 3 tries and during taliban beatings, but she says she knew, especially as

a woman. that flight was her only hope for survival every time that we were going back, it was so disappointing. and i was like, if i stay here, i will die. even if i, if i'm alive, i will not have a life. she's not sure yet what that life will be. she and her family are living in a refugee camp awaiting permanent housing and dutch passports to mina satari and colorless sophie both know as difficult as this was. they are the lucky ones. they speak of their heartbreak at not having been able to help others escape. sophie says 2 of his former colleagues who were not evacuated despite his please have since been killed. terry shows reporting there. now it may seem remarkable, but it was only this year that the 1st black woman was elected to germany's parliament. her name is a way to test for yes, was a lawyer from the city of castle in western germany. after a racist terror attack, she nearly moved abroad to put he asked, but instead test for yes was decided to stay and try to bring it by change. and

there's a lot to do and no time to lose. so i'll wait for yes. who's has been working a round the clock since the general election that secured her a spot in germany's history books. the era trained born lawyer had been involved in local politics for years and then a racist killing spree in her home state, shook her to the core whitelaw. i don't know why, but the terror attack in her now pushed me over the edge. i thought something has to change. i can't stand this many long of the from owls. 10 people were killed in the terror attack. 9 of them 1st and 2nd generation immigrants overcome by the feeling that germany was no longer a safe place for her and her family. she considered leaving the country. so if i'd got out nurses she out in lunch, but frankly, it's hard to find a country that's free of racism from dia, by the next, the old. so the next option was staying all and doing everything possible to fight

against discrimination and racism on. so camp here in a rural area of the state of hesser, a woman of color on the ballot is a novelty. but the lack of footsteps to follow was all the more encouragement for the 47 year old to her, it's very clear. you can't be what you can't see than on flush when bird or a quarter of our school, children have an immigration background. why are we not saying that propulsion among teachers? we should mission as a school go. i want to see myself reflected in my teachings. zanna, same goes for the authorities and now parliament and also knowns on parliament. but as german society grows more and more diverse statistics revealed that institutions are only catching up very slowly. the bonus tag has 736 members. 83 of them have roots in a different country. 26 percent of german citizens have an immigration background.

in parliament, it's only around 11 percent. less than half of these m. p 's are women and until tests are uses was elected. there hadn't been a single black voice among them from her small town constituency, straight into berlin, center of power. after her election success, she still has to pinch herself to guns planned his yet harvey. i still haven't completely processed it. designers there it's a tremendous on, on, on vanish. this is not just about me miss. this is a historic moment for all of us will show moment and are for the entire black and white community. this is a huge deal. and so, when asked to why it took until 2021 for a black woman to get a seat in the bonus tag. she doesn't hesitate. a bosh talk to her because as a structural racism in our country, we miss agnes. and if we say it doesn't matter that i'm black, we're ignoring the structural problems him than that means we're not ready to

acknowledge that as a black woman, i'm presented with different circumstances and obstacles than a woman who is not lau denise, not a how qualified i am fits yet ish been am i know off newsletter, i hope to be able to focus more attention on the issue of equal opportunities. we need to create awareness and but also you know, push for legislation and talking about in her dish must be the new m. p has many plans, but the biggest of them all is to serve to others as the role model she herself never had. what i'm joined now by i way to test for years was from castle in western germany as she's member of parliament. thank you for joining us. are wet and tell us about your 1st couple of months am in the german parliament. well, actually my life has been turned upside down. i am living

a little different life now. i was a lawyer. i was unknown in the public. now i'm well known and i'm recognizing that i have opportunities to change things and that i'm in a position where people listen that me and this happens like between now couple of weeks and months and this is a huge change. so very quick change. they are now why do you think they're such a small representation in the german parliament of people from an immigrant background considering that within germany, there is a much higher percentage of people with that immigrant background. i think we're, we're just starting to talk about diversity in germany. i think this discussions which has been going on in countries like the u. k, the u. s. are very young in germany. we just started and when i imagine like the

same as communist movement and equal equal rights of women, how long that took and still we haven't reached our goals as women. then i can imagine that it will. it will need some time to talk to talk about diversity to reach the goals and to have also here are equal rights. now you've said that there is structural racism in germany. tell us how deep you feel this racism goes it's. it's really deep and the main problem is we don't talk about it. we talk a lot about the right extremes and about nazis, but we don't talk about racism. and it starts in a very young age when it comes to which schools the students go. and there is this some image off by which students can go to the better schools at in the 4th grade that the teacher sky side,

which coolest the better school for children. and without really being aware of it, there's this image like children from migrant families can't really achieve much. so you have to send them to the easiest calls, which means later on they won't be able to go to university and the these are things or like in which neighborhood you live in, which which holmes you get decides on whether you go to the better schools or the to the less good schools. so all these things are influence also your career. i know, in which field you work later and all these things. so it goes on and on. so we really have to start from the basics. right now. many people in germany with an immigrant background and often feel more strongly connected perhaps to at the country of origin of say, their parents or their grandparents is a fair to say. or do you feel that germany is,

is failing to embrace people than at with a different background remixed background? yes, yes, definitely. and it's also strange because um it the, it, it gets even more than more tied to the ab, her home countries. there countries where the parents came from a generation later or 2 generations later. so although they don't know the countries, they feel more affected to these countries than maybe their parents were who flayed platform with these countries. so it's, it seems to me like they're, they're looking for a home and since they couldn't find it in germany, they're looking for it somewhere else. and then it's maybe turkey, even though they don't speak turkish very well. but somehow they have to see imagination. turkey is my home country, so we have to find a way to reach to these people and also show them of course, this is your country, this is your parliament. you belong here. so plenty of work to do or where to test

for years so. so german parliamentarian, thank you. thank you very much. says africans photographer donnelly. moo holly is known for portraying sexual freedom and black, queer culture. and a museum here in berlin has dedicated an exhibition to the artist and activists. it's an insight into south africa's l g b t q community and a reflection on apartheid. 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 that threat 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 that but bait. molly's exhibition in berlin shows survivors of antique. we're 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 al garcia is a continuing journey in life of building visual history with the community. and so

they also invite their friends and associates to look fearless, to be bold, to be desired. to be unafraid of the camera. holy self portraits often make reference to the toxic legacy of apartheid. miss photo recalls the massacre of 34 mine workers and 2012. others pay tribute to the artist's mother who worked for 42 years as a servant to white families. in order to feed her 8 children, sonoma, holy says these stories neat telling to it's about time that we and do their 3 shall erasure. and also to take ownership of our voices to take on a heap of al applique archives. and also val as to say that we are proud of, we are as black people, confident and empowered. janelle,

him holies haunting images, celebrate. we're beauty and dignity, making them visible to the world. a bit of tennis news ahead of the upcoming australian open domini team has decided to pull out of the grand slam to to a rest injury. the 2020 us open winner is the latest big name to withdraw from the tournament. joining the likes of roger federer answering a williams among others. the 28 year old austrian who was ranked a 3rd in the world hasn't played since june having to has slipped to 15th and the rankings as a result. watching d. w. news coming up next is our signs shout tomorrow. today i'm probably is in the berlin from the, in the team. thanks for watching. take care. c. as in ah,

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