ah ah, what secrets lie behind these walls? discover new adventures in 360 degrees? ah and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d w world heritage 360. get the app now. ah, ah ah, this is g w. news ally from berlin. britton's health, the service starts to buckle under the pressure of rapidly spreading alma con

infections. as the u. k. records more covert related deaths than any other country in europe. 200 soldiers have been sent to help fill staffing shortages in london. hospitals also coming up kazakstan begins to resign, blame after dozens are filled in the worst violence and decades. the government says it has now we gain control following widespread protests. and hollywood looks beyond the pandemic with a series of blockbuster said look, quite familiar. our movie reviewer tells us what's coming to cinemas in 2022. ah, welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael ok. the number of confirmed debts from corona virus infections in the u. k. has topped a 150000. it's the highest recorded death toll in any european nation as the total

of american cases in the u. k. surgeries ever higher, the health care system is at full stretch. ambulance is waiting to deliver patients to a hospital in north london. there's no space inside because all the beds are occupied by cove at 19 sufferers. i losing the accident school of providence st. maybe an an hour. i mean it's frustrating because i want to go in there. britons hospitals are under pressure from record numbers of omicron infections around one in 15 people in england are thought to have cov, at 19 in london. the ratio is even higher. oh what? oh, i'd be fine. better born, which was porpoise built during the palm to make to look after patients, said colbert. currently alibi ward is fuller, and it's full of it, although she said correct. most of those needing hospital treatment have not been

vaccinated against the corona vice. this woman now wishes she had been i should have been sent home on what emily and friends with everybody else has had. it was just me. did you feel like you were going to die? i did listen to her before i even got hate at home when the ambulance came and i was on my last breath. my oxygen was below 70. yes ha, ha ha, was quite close today. many blame those who for whatever reason have not had the vaccine. what they don't understand is that they, it isn't just a question to protect themselves. they're being selfish because they're taking up beds that need not be taken up. and that is putting more pressure on the health service staff shortages are a big problem. many doctors and nurses are off sick with the virus themselves. some hospitals have had to call in the army to pluck the gap left by absent medical workers. but there are signs of hope. health authorities say the number of omicron

infections in london may now be passed its peak more. let's bring in our corresponding charlotte shell, some pill in london. charlotte, 150000 lives, lost, recovered 19. how were people reacting to this? clearly a very from the milestone here in the u. k. and of course there are different ways of measuring this death tall one, suggesting that it could in fact, even higher clearly extremely tragic, this milestone now the prime minister has really sustained on twitter. he said that korean virus is taken what he called a terrible hole on our country. he said each and every one of those who died as a profound belong to the families, friends and communities affected. and he took them, i meant to really stress how getting the chance getting the 1st and 2nd vaccine is

really the pop out of this pandemic. now that has, of course, been criticism over through the course of the pandemic over the government handling of this crisis and a spokesperson for the campaign group. bereaved families, the justice which supports families who lost loved ones to cove. it has been very critical of this milestone. they said that in public inquiry into the government handling of the pandemic cannot come soon enough. all of this questioning, surely as the country is also combating wave of all micron infections. how are hospitals coping? there's no doubt that the hell service is on the immense pressure. at the moment, hospital hospitalizations and fatalities have started rising here and was very clear as they were already dealing with a backlog. the effects of months of this pandemic with hospitalizations, now rising when to pressures and crucially stuff absence is fueled by this on the

chron variant. this is a critical time for the health service. at the moment, as you mentioned, dahlia here in london, the military, 200 military personnel has been sent in to try and support the health services. of course, that will do not compensate with the sheer number of staff who are absent, why slicing and you know, as we heard in the report, authorities are hopeful because they believe on the crime infections may be passed for their peak. how would they get to that conclusion specifically? it is extremely early days for that last week. we still record case numbers over 200000 here in the u. k. the last couple of days have seen a bit of a dip on that extremely high figure. but as i say very early days to be saying that the u. k is past the peak. you have to look at this regionally. of course, here in london, perhaps case numbers aren't as high as they were,

all the parts of the country, they all going off and help experts advises to the government. the want to what we will be particularly crucial is what needs to be seen is a reduction in cases in all age groups to take any old age groups who we know most vulnerable to this virus. that's a show that show some pill in london for us. many thanks. some other stories now making headlines around the world, the united states as condemned a deadly airstrike in ethiopia, st. guy region, as unacceptable. 56 people were killed and dozens were injured in a strike on friday night. the ethiopian government is yet to comment, but has previously denied targeting civilians in the conflict with to ryan rebels. the saudi princess and her daughter have been released after 3 years in detention without charge. princess bazemore been south eas, an outspoken critic of the kingdom's treatment of women. her lawyer says she is

worn out, but in good spirits. the james web space telescope has completed its deployment phase, as it continues its journey to its orbital point. more than a 1000000 kilometers from earth around launched into space by nasa 2 weeks ago, the most powerful telescope ever built will help explore the origins of the universe. the situation in cars expands largest city yamma. p is reported to be calm, but tense after violence. this week, the death toll from the unrest remains unclear. the interior ministry says more than 5000 people were arrested troops from a russian lead security alliance. continue to enter the country after appeals for help from the present. and local people are facing an uncertain future. a disparate white for news it al mahdi morgue, dozens of people line up. many of them be their loved ones died on january 6th. the

worst day of a bloody wake in catholics tons, lodge a city, another queue, and now my teeth. this one for bread. many stores had to close during the unrest in recent days. people are running out of food. good luck with the to we have other stores the one over there and another further up the road. it's been closed since yesterday, but people need to eat something that government appears back in control of downtown almighty. but days of protests and looting of scott the city as demonstrate is let out the anger at decades of authoritarian rule. destroying this office of the ruling party, the unrest frightened many in the city. some welcome the army on the straits level of it. there is still a feeling of security to people to give us the sense that we're on the way out of this. one of the things are gradually getting back to normal watch given window.

but no malady doesn't look like this. elsewhere in the city, the government continues what it calls an anti terror operation. it's determined to put down opposition whether it comes from violent all peaceful protesters. they haven't been listening to the people as a politician once said, if there's no chance of the peaceful revolution, they'll be an armed one. as the situation worse and people rushed to flee kazakhstan, some here in the north, and many more in the south, near marty. they're frightened by the situation in the city. one of them says it's as if the war has already arrived. transitioning to hollywood and the movie industry hopes the pandemic is on the way out. and it's betting on blockbusters to bring people back in to cinema's in 2022. but as culture reporter david levitz

finds out, tinseltown is taking no chances. and it's sticking to some familiar formulas. this year hollywood going full throttle into sequel mode again. tom cruz's follow up to top. gun is finally ready for take off. after the pandemic struck it down in 2020 need to scream again. scream 5 is coming out next week. nav campbell and courtney cox are back and so the killer who can now hack your security system or? ah, what about batman you ask will be played by not one, not 2, but 3 different actors starting with robert pattinson in the batman. bindham no, when? well, yeah, like a catch. 20. 22 is the year of mission impossible. 7, thor, 4, legally, blonde, 3, fantastic beasts, 3 black panther, 2 avatar,

2 minions. 2 a 2nd down abby movie. halloween ends. but does it really? and a 7th jurassic park film, jurassic world, dominion. the studios have been turning out the sequels and franchises for years. but this year the trend seems, extreme or out. so what's really new in 2022 death m a nile that's based on the agatha christie novel from 1937. but as long as there is no death on the nile 3 count me in was oftentimes than there's elvis by mula rouge director baz learman. stirring elvis, double gainer, austin, butler and tom hanks. as elvis is controlling manager. now this one really does look original turning, read by pixar, about a girl who turns into a read panda when she's stressed. ah expects more serious films later on in the year in time for oscar season, german director marcia shot us, she said star,

zoe khazan and kerry mulligan as the journalist who broke the harvey weinstein story. social satirist and horror director, jordan peals got a new movie to we know what it's about. nope. till then it's mostly popcorn and action like moon for a $140000000.00. sy fi flick, about the moon crashing toward earth. but hey, at least it's not another pandemic. from hollywood to the buddhist league in boucher dorman took advantage of league leaders buying unix unexpected slip up against. glad bock, on friday by beating uncharged frankfurt to put themselves back into the tidal race . but as is so often the case, stuart men did it the hard way. dormant aren't short of superstars yet time after

time, season after season. they've let born out of jail. so it was no surprise when frankfort to can only lead. there were just 60 minutes on the clock when raphael bray made at one mill keeper, grig coble. miss dawkins last game through illness. and the swiss international was caught cold here. more heartless, defending 100 maria seconds. just 9 minutes later. by dorman, skipper markelle royce was trying to multiply his own box is anyone's guess. and barry took full advantage to know the halftime score. dockman had to rule up their sleeves, but when they eventually pulled one back through sub token azar and 71 minutes, it seemed to have come too late. but perhaps this team does have the guts required for a title dog fight. jude bellingham made it to to with 3 minutes to go. and then monkwood da heard spotted jubilation in the black and yellow ranks. the german

international curling in the winter with just a minute left. emotions were still bubbling at full time. but darkman coach michael rosa looked the calmest man in the stadium as he made off with 3 precious points. you're watching d. w news. a quick reminder of the top story at this hour. the u. k. records 850000 cov 19 linked debts boy than any other country in europe. soldiers hamper, drafted in to help london hospitals struggling with staff shortages. that's all the news for now. coming up next, our tech show shift looks at how we can live for ever at least digitally. welcome to the dark side.