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reporting. also coming up another independent voice in hong kong is silenced website stand, news says it's closing down after police made arrests and confiscated documents in a rate the sites. assets have also been frozen and collateral damage caught on tape with syrian family hit by a u. s. drone strike while driving their car child passenger barely survived, capture the attack on video. ah, i'm going to crop welcome to the program including our p b s d worse. so the all micron varying is causing sky rocketing rates of coven 19 infections and countries all around the world. french authorities reported more than 200000 infections in a single day. it's

a new french and european record. italy in portugal have also announced record numbers of new cases and impolite authorities recorded nearly 800 deaths in a single day. that's the highest number for that eastern european country. 3 quarters of the death, reportedly unvaccinated people. now here in germany, the official rates have dropped, but health minister car lauterbach is skeptical that we're seeing the true numbers . he said they could be $2.00 to $3.00 times as high and the director general, the world health organization. well, he saying that he's extremely worried about the masses, spike and cases driven by a simultaneous spread of both the delta and omicron variance, right? no, delta and o me crone are tween threats that are driving up cases to rick at numbers, which again, is leading to spikes in was b tyler's ations. and does, i'm highly concerned that army kron being more times miserable,

circulating the same time as delta is leading to us when i, me of cases. now we've just heard that kind of virus infections in france if had a record high. earlier i asked you to political correspondence, manual shapes what's being done to slow the spread of the virus. and you measure to limit social interaction to maintain dis, dancing between people. working from home will become mandatory at least 3 days a week. ideally for days when possible, wherever that can be implemented, it is no longer optional indoor events will be limited to 2000 people and $5000.00 people outside the consent for its cultural events. but they will not be any consideration on political meetings. this is quite significant, no doubt friends, a gazer for the new presidential election. the next presidential election in

a pre people will also be forbidden to stand inside restaurants, boss, caffeine, with many professionals asking how these can be 1st feasible, and then check to they will also be a use of mandatory f, f, p to mosque being studied by the government and the motto of vaccine certificate, similar to what a gemini has introduced to attend public spaces and places of socialization. and we also heard that here in germany, car lauterbach, the health minister, he thinks the numbers are actually a lot higher than what we're seeing. what's behind the under reporting? well, there's simply not enough medical personnel during the festive season here in germany to test people and above all, to communicate all the results. a test results to the authorities as a staff short age are in the has system and each shows not only are when we talk about test seeing or was officials already warning her dad's a collapse of the her scary infrastructure in the coming weeks could very well take

place here, eved, a number of infections among medical personnel also increases exponentially. so that's a grim taste. your painting, there are more fun cases we can assume or higher than we've been. they are right now. they might be going up in the next couple of weeks. does that mean we're going to be seeing a walk down here in germany? so before this new wave of infections and there are possible calming wave of infections before army grown officials from the former government had promised there would be no new or lockdown general lockdown. but we see that at a local scale, curfews are being implemented and more restrictions, especially for the and vaccinated are imposed in the west affected district. so yes, once the government, we have used all other possibilities, such as mandatory vaccines, such as vaccine certificates are to access all public spaces where the an ex vaccine certificates are to excess old public spaces where then experts see a log down as something that should be on the cards and it's something that austria

recently or the netherlands have. oh, so you already re implemented reinstated w little horse, monumental shares with the latest around europe on the pandemic. thanks very much. thanks. let's have a look at some other developments in the pandemic. the united kingdom reported a record, a 183000 new cases on wednesday that shattering the previous high that's 50000 more infections than just a day earlier. cuba plans to give booster shots to its entire population in january, in a bid to prevent severe illness from the on micron varian. and here in germany, the international development minister says the country plants that donate 75000000 more doses of corona virus vaccine to poor countries. next year in garza health official say they're bracing for difficult days ahead. after detecting the omicron very at their earlier this week. now the palestinian territory has limited testing

capacity and other medical resources and a vaccination rate that's under 30 percent. 2000000 gallons live in tight off in unhygienic quarters and under the strain of restrictions from its israeli and egyptian neighbors, as well as their own islam is government that many western countries consider terrorists. the 1st wave of the pandemic hit gas in the summer of 2020 patients started arriving at this hospital in southern gaza in august. dr. use of alack god is now was worried as he was back then. the 1st cases of the army con variance have now been detected in gaza. the whole we are very afraid of this new wave, and the new variance, we're afraid it will overwhelm us. there are 50 intensive care beds in his hospital, more than in many others. but the covert ward is lacking in key supplies. there is very little protective equipment, not even an 95 mass for the staff. but the patients. oh, happy to get treatment here. thank you dr. many. thanks. armine's, mother,

he's being treated here. she's 80 years old and unvaccinated the oxygen levels in abroad have dropped again. amin is not afraid of catching cove it from his mother. he's been double jabbed. amanda meliss whenever i go into her room, i disinfect my hands. i'm not afraid and they wash the floor every few hours. they're trying their best. but many in gaza believe that despite their best efforts, omicron will not be able to be contained, including the ruling hamis party. they say that without international aid for their health care system, it could end in disaster. in garza, the former health minister is warning that is now a race against time. a race that can hardly be won. and lester and some other non pandemic news happening right now. south africa is holding vigils following the death of anti apartheid hero. archbishop desmond tutu

mourners left flowers at saint george's cathedral in cape town. as the bells there rang out into tucson, they will sound for 10 minutes each day until the nobel peace laureates funeral at the cathedral on january 1st. a day after russian authorities ordered the closure of russia's most prominent rights group, memorial international court is shut down. the sister organization, human rights center. the group has campaign for the rights of political prisoners in russia. among others, the european court of human rights which russia is subject to as urged moscow to suspend the decision. indonesian authorities are allowing a boat of a $120.00 were injured muslims to on board to dock in its waters. it comes out for aid organizations called for them to be rescued. the country's security ministry previously said it would push the vessel back into international waters. overcrowded boat has a damaged engine,

and i've been drifting for days off indonesia, northern coast. one of hong kong last independent news outlet says it's folding up after being rated and having its assets frozen hong kong police search the offices of stand news earlier arresting 7 people and removing evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories. shrinking free press over 200 police were seen entering the pro democracy news websites headquarters. they had a warrant under a national security law enacted last year to seize journalistic materials. they arrested 7 people, including the current and former editor in chief of staff, news and pop star turned democracy activists. denise her, a former board member, early wednesday deputy editor ronson chand, streamed live footage of police trying to enter his home about on he had seen what

was coming back in june. i know why i think that the situation and a message is clear to from the government that can reports on doing and covering new story will have some criminal results. you may be charged, you may be in with your freedom, whatever. so it's not easy to say that i'm more afraid of the situation to pro beijing authorities of hong kong. see stan, use as a threat to national security worker backwards all her young, their objectives include inciting, hatred and contempt toward the hong kong government, inciting hatred towards the hong kong judicial system, inciting dissatisfaction among hong kong residents, inciting people to use violence and instigating people to disobey the law or legal orders, hong kong, largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was rated and forced to close in june

. it's founded jimmy ly was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail. critic, se china's communist party is shutting down all free press in hong kong in order to snuff out the last vestiges of democracy in the former british territory was get more in the situation there from someone who knows it well that steve vines, he's a journalist, and broadcaster, who lived and worked in hong kong for more than 3 decades, and he joined us now from london. thanks for joining us. and let's start with your experience there. what. what role did stand news play in the media landscape? well, stun news played a very important role. chinese language outlet and it was one of the 2 remaining independent news outlets with any form of master elation. and so in that sense, it provided a very big source of information to

a lot of the hong kong population, the conventional media, newspapers, and stations, et cetera, have now largely amended control of the government directly or indirectly. so it's only online outlets that still perform some kind of independent function. there's 2 main ones in the chinese language. and one in the english language stand use is possibly the most famous of those 3. so with it's closure, what does that mean for people there who try to get free access to media? how do they go about getting it now? well, that's a very reasonable questions. the say there are a couple of other independent media organizations still standing. the question that everybody has been asking today, actually they've been asking that along with them today is how long they will survive. oh,

that's because hong kong still has an internet. unlike mainland china, a lot of the information people in hong kong is informally through what groups through our social media. and then are indeed an online media outlets which have not been closed down either because they operate from overseas or that too small for the authorities to have targeted at this stage. so there is actually access to more information than there is on the chinese mainland. but that area of freedom of expression is being close literally by the day. so a little bit of hope you seem to be expressing their so much has happened in hong kong over the last many months. do you see any going back? now the mainland authorities are exerting or can exert so much influence over the territory. well, i mean, who knows, the fact of the matter is that after any of these actions and there have been

very consistent number of actions rolling black, the front is of freedom of expression. people say, well surely, surely, they can't find a new job. it surely that's enough, but it seems that the authorities in bay gene control room this, the local thought is really do that. so your thought is in great, you seem to have an insatiable appetite for control of dissemination of information. and if they want to do what many people suspect they want to do, which is to create a situation in hong kong, which is the same as the main, where you have a highly controlled into that you have no free press whatsoever. outside state control media. there is in fact space for more action to be taken in hong kong. all right, steve, i forgot to leave it there,

but thank you for painting us that picture. today's battlefields are ever more under the eye of unmanned drones, which are often controlled from oceans away. they've become a weapon of choice for countries like the united states, as they're seen as keeping troops out of harm's way while delivering precision strikes. but that's not always the case. civilians can get caught up in the violence. and one recent instance in syria shows just that footage has emerged of what sometimes happens. just a warning. this report contains images you may find disturbing. they somehow managed to survive. first, the attacks on their village, then the escape from serious assad regime. and now a drone attack targeting a suspected elk high to find her. the family was in their car right behind the suspect on their way to visit grandparents. the children were in the back seat. this simple farming family is what the army caused collateral damage. is been

different. mccarthy, collins saw the my entire family was wounded. my son and i were hurt very badly. were fired on footman and we don't have a car anymore. now that we have nothing left, thea, what a little and the she the mother fancy mom needs to go back to the hospital, but she is terrified of the journey. her infection can not be treated at home with assurance. i don't know how to describe my feelings. and she, i can see the pain suffered by my wife, my son and my daughters. let my moods legs and head on. if i haven't been eaten for 4 days, this is the village of al rami, the grandparents live here. the area is also a hide out for al kind of fighters. on december 3rd, the family was heading home. the children were filming happily the motorcyclist and

the blue jacket was the drone attacks target. a us soldier on the other side of the world, pressed a button at that moment the father of mud decided to overtake the motorbike. ah, with oh, oh oh. oh oh, somehow a 10 year old mock mood survived. he was taken to it lib, 35 kilometers away for emergency surgery. he was then in a coma for 3 days. part of his skull is missing. a few days later, father archman returns to the site of the attack. he finds parts of his car

on isabel bosley willard go. we were drinking fruit juice. we were happy on the way home. a lot more. the children were having farm. yeah. hey, bob was the old of a sudden this happiness turned into a blood bath. obama's, the, how it screams. we all scream because lima was, i did what i could and was adam's them help came about. remember that in garbage little boy, this is how a family outing ended. the global coalition against islamic state flew more than $300.00 drone missions, the northern syria, this year alone. this one happened to be filmed. and as 2021 draws to a close, d w news is looking back at some of our more notable reports from the year. one of them how militaries are exempt from international agreements on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. t w's. terry schultz reports. there's a dirty little secret,

almost every country's keeping except it's not that little. in many cases, a nation's armed forces are its biggest single emitter of greenhouse gases. but how big is secret that's allowed under both the kyoto and parents climate agreements. both deals have exempted military forces based on the argument that adversaries could to do strategy using emissions data. but with climate catastrophes on the rise, environmental activist insist any credible carbon reduction plan must include these hidden figures, the size of the, the fuel use dependencies, huge and the got huge supply chain. so obviously it's going to make a big difference if they're involved or not. involved in these emission reduction targets. i am lindsey cantrell is a researcher at the conflict and environment observatory, one of the groups that just created a website tracking what little has been voluntarily revealed about military emissions world wide. the united states with the world's highest military spending

is shown as having very significant under reporting, but brown university's cos of war project using public data estimates the us armed forces emit more than many industrialized countries, including sweden or portugal. lindsay cantrell hopes the more the new website publishes, the more the public will push for action than they are can will be that that more needs to be done. and targets need to be set. the european union's net 0 plan does not even mention much less mitigate military emissions, but it nato no less than secretary general yen stilton berg is trying to green the alliance for nato's own sake, as well as the planets these days. many countries, militaries are increasingly forced to fight natural disasters. goldenberg is the 1st nieto chief to appear at a climate summit. he underscored that nato leaders agreed in june to the 1st step, involuntary reduction. so go up a mythology of framework and the greed mapping a structure to count to minute their missions. former estonian defense minister cli

hooked at us is skeptical allied governments share stolen bergs enthusiasm. well, i don't think it is possible, or because then we should be sure that the adversary will do the same thing going on. that would not happen for sure. not a russian or no russian or china would figured conseula that was a priority. nato's james a path or i disagrees and is helping craft a plan to present at the alliance is summit next year. green is going to be painted across this entire innovation ecosystem to see if we can help come up with technological solutions. yes, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also to help our forces operate in what will be a more difficult weather environment. he says there's growing interest, even in china and russia, and how armed forces can battle climate change. as the world worries together over shared ecosystems, such as the arctic, the concerns of environmentalists and military strategists may finally be converging. but there's a long way to go and scientists warn the time we have to get there is already

almost up. the british government may ban imports or fog ra and is calling on shafts to create vague in alternatives. one of london's top french restaurants has done just that, taking the miti delicacy off its menu and swapping it with a vague inversion that had chef is calling for gra it looks just like for growth, the french delicacy made of duck or goose liver. but in fact, no birds were harmed in the making of this patty. it doesn't taste of torture, which is or which one of the, the calling region of the river and not in this one who live a used for making real who are gra, is considered a luxury ingredient. but it's fattened by force feeding the birds. the substitute for growth is made with mushrooms lentils, and spices. beetroot is then added so that the patty looks like the real thing.

if you put the right amount, you can feel like it's almost on harder for a french celebrity chef. like alexis, could you to turn his back on for gra, the dish was one of the top sellers in his restaurant. but he became a target for animal rights activists. eventually, they convinced him to change. and so from then i decided that i need to still be a french f, as still, you know, do gasoline, food. but i need to remove all the ingredients. so we started, fresh food writer, joe worried, is also in favor of eating less meat. still, he's not sure about the imitation patty. it definitely doesn't resemble frog rom in a suppose maybe in terms of the texture a little bit but, but not, not the, not the flavor on it,

not the finish on. it hasn't got that fighting as, as, and got that richness. restaurateur, alexis glitchy is undeterred. he's now become an influential campaigner, minister in the u. k. are considering bending the input of genuine for graph from france. some critics, c double standards. get rid of an elite, you know, french foreign luxury product and say that, that you're making a point about animal welfare. but if you really wanted to make a point about out on the welfare, what you would do is address, you know, the way chickens are being formed intensely form. the way ports been intensely formed. all the same, jeff alexis, good t is change of hot is paying off. he's fully booked for the next monday, or hopefully he's gonna inspire or the restaurant to do the same. and most importantly, although chef who are going to go and put their creative juice into this and come up weaver with a plan base creation that we cannot live without. ah,

that's good use for ducks and geese, and it's fine by this food, right? a to as long as chefs don't start passing off substitutes as the re a thing. why not just call it mushroom patty? it's a good question, but let's turn from food to sports. american professional football is mourning. the loss of john madden, the hall of fame coach, was a legend in the sport in one of his most exuberant voices. madden won the super bowl as a coach with the oakland raiders in 1977 and became one of america's best known tv . sports announcers in his 3rd act of his career was attaching his name to one of the best selling sports video games of all time. you probably know it madden nfl and germans soccer giant by an munich say they are cooperating with a probe into the clubs a legit violations of minimum wage laws. here in germany,

according to german media report, several current and former byron bosses are under investigation over the payment of coaches in the club academy. former coaches said they worked more than the number of hours allowed in their part time contracts without an increase in pay. washington, the news, let's give you a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you. a micron is fast becoming the dominant corona virus variant in europe and lean to a huge surge in new infections. france, britain, italy, ireland, portugal of all announced a record number of new cases and hong kong, independent news outlets stand, news says it's closing after it's offices were rated and assets, 1st. police arrested 7 people and confiscated evidence. it's the latest blow to free press in hong kong. watching the w news made in germany as up next, a look at race for critical raw materials. i'm william, good crawford. more soon. thanks for watching.

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