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europe's population could get infected with corona virus. by the end of the winter, also coming up no ac jock a bit. she had mich to errors and his travel papers that allowed him to enter australia is participation in the australian open hangs in the balance while the immigration minister considers cancelling his visa again. and british prime minister orest jobs and faces renewed pressure over allegations of parties held at downing street during lockdown, would appear to be email invitations to an event have been leaked. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. the world health organization has warned that more than half of europeans could become infected with the all micron variant within the next few weeks. garage virus and since across europe are reaching record

numbers. france has just seen a daily record of 368000 infections. italy has seen cases more than double in 24 hours. germany reported over 80000 new covered 19 infections on wednesday. that's more in a single day than at any time during the pandemic. this comes as the government brings in stricter rules for those who are on vaccinate a spring and our chief political are chief international. have your richard walker here. richard, germany is reporting an all time high in coven infections. right now. the government knew this all micron wave was coming. could have done more to avoid it. terry, i think with the micron wave it, as we've just heard you mentioning at the top of the show there, the world health organization warning that half of people in europe may catch it. it's not a way that can really be avoided. it's simply a matter of slowing it down and the chancellor will have health has been trying to

target some of the measures that were brought in just before christmas. some contact restrictions brought in then is having help to slow down the arrival of on a chromebook. but that really is, is no doubt the tool that it is coming. and that could simply be a really, an accident of geography that has been a little bit slower arriving here. given that it's coming to europe, from the west and from the north. so germany can expect to much higher numbers in the weeks ahead. so what is the german government strategy, richard for tackling the pandemic going forward? will there have been some new restrictions coming in that were decided in a meeting between the federal government and the leaders of the various federal states just at the end of last week. those are further restrictions, for instance, on access to restaurants, things like that. but there's a big bazooka that the government wants to bring in, and that is the idea of making vaccines mandatory for everybody over the age of 18

. now, we'll have shots, the chance has been talking about this for some time. this really a recognition of the fact that the vaccination rate in germany is comparatively low by western european standards, just under 75 percent of the population has had a single job. that, of course, on an international scale is a very high number. if you go into the detail for certain regions where vaccination rates much lower and also there's a bigger gap among older people over sixty's were very vulnerable of course, than in many other comparable countries. and that of course is particularly risky in a wave like omicron, a wave which is so infectious that is very likely to reach any pockets of people who are not with any kind of immunity. still this is controversial stuff. so we hit the streets of berlin to check out what people are saying about the idea. it's been a failure. i'm for it. so we can finally put this all behind us. there are testing centers all over the place and i got the booster bugaboo sent as soon as there's

another one on offer. i'll do it again. offer mission and spot him. yeah, yes, i'm for it because i think it's an important way to get as many people as possible to get like the native thing, but think it should be compulsory lawyer. maybe not. i think it's a bit too much submitted to discard. and if i'm not really interested, i'm vaccinated 3 times and i for everything else, the media, and i won't let it all drive me crazy about different views there on a possible vaccine mandate. richard chancellor, all off shorts will face questions from lawmakers in the bonus tag. today for the 1st time, what can we expect yet big day for him. the 1st time he's face these questions in parliament, and we do expect this to be quite dominated by the pandemic. and this idea of making vaccinations, compulsory, well, actually been trying to de politicize this issue of a mandate vaccine mandate as far as he possibly can. i think recognizing the great

controversy that it has the potential to unleash, they have been increasing protests on the streets of germany. and this is really likely to be something that will inflame those tensions further. what all are sholtes? he's saying is that he wants this to be a free vote in parliament when it comes up for vote that he doesn't want to go. he doesn't want to go down party lines. he wants the responsibility for, for introducing this to be carried as broadly as possible, the conservative. so a saying it's up to him to take the lead. this is a matter for government, he's in charge, and this dithering could potentially cost lives. richard, thank you very much. shar, chief international editor richard walker there. nova joker pitch has admitted to making errors in his travel papers allowed him to enter australia to a to contest the. this year's 1st grand slam tennis tournament. the serbian has

also admitted to a failure to isolate after it claimed corona virus infection. last year the new information has been given to the australian government, which is considering whether to cancel his visa a 2nd time job, which one legal battle on monday, allowing him to stay in the country for now. bring in steve peers here. he's been covering the australian open for more than a decade and join just now from melbourne. steve, this new information that nobody joke of which has given to the australian government. what is it exactly, and what could it mean for his prospects of actually participating in the australian open well that that is the complete amount, but he doesn't seem to be doing himself any phases. terry. i mean, they had the information already really that the inconsistency around he take the fact that he hadn't traveled elsewhere in the 2 weeks prior to coming to australia . but you know, these, this chaps very public. he's got public postings all over the place. he's caught

and it's clear that he was in serbia or in spain, in those 2 weeks beforehand. so given that he's decided to come play in an address what he calls, as some of the mistruths are knocking around. but in doing so, he isn't actually taking any blame himself, really, he's blind his agent, or what he call the human error. we live in difficult times. but what, what this is, is he's, is that the federal government is usually very strong on these sorts of inconsistencies. if you take that you haven't been elsewhere, you haven't traveled elsewhere and in fact you have, then there is in fact the possibility of giles on i don't think that will happen, but it gives even further ammunition to the federal government which hasn't even tested its original problem with jock of it, which was the kind of an infection within 6 months being giving in the right to come into the country, just put them in a worse position really. so the stand up between the to the store and, and the federal government continues. so where things go from here to good question

and we've been in this sort of limbo now for a while since monday. and with alex hope, the immigration minister having the right to re cancel this visa. this a federal election is looming in australia and the optics of this is a really awkward one for the federal government. there's no doubt they, they will be considering what this looks like. what's the public opinion like this is a government that prides itself on the strength of borders. it's on the public record, saying that the same rules apply to everyone. now here you've got blight and inconsistencies in joker, which are coming into the country. they've got a reason to challenge it again that's, that's what we'll play out in the next 2448 hours. steve, thanks so much. tell us commentator, stay pierce there in melbourne. sketchup on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. us present, joe biden has called for a historic change to senate rules in order to pass 2 sweeping election bills. his

current is currently stalled voting reforms would expand access to polls and create national election standards. biden is seeking an exemption from the senate's super majority rule. so that democrats can override republican opposition to the reform. staying in the us for people have survived a helicopter crash in a residential area of philadelphia. authorities say the pilot managed to avoid power lines and numerous buildings before coming down outside a church pilot is said to have encountered mechanical problems during the flight authorities in eastern mexico have discovered dozens of people hiding in a cargo truck headed to the united states. police $838.00 people from central america were found in the truck after it crashed into a retaining wall on a highway. some have minor injuries and nato. russia talks kickoff to day in brussels, amid rising tensions on the ukrainian border initial talks between russian and

u. s. officials on monday and it in deadlock. russia is pushing for written guarantees that there will be no more nato expansion towards the east, and that ukraine will never, ever join the western military alliance. british prime minister boris johnson is facing growing public outrage. he's under pressure over allegations that he and his staff flouted lockdown rules in 2020 to hold a garden party. this, after the media obtained a leak to email invitation to the gathering, sent to more than a 100 people. it was particularly warm and sunny in britain in may. 2020 presenting a stark contrast to the troubled times as the 1st corona, virus wave, but death locked downs and social restrictions. the u. k. it depends all of us the entire country to follow the advice. there will be penalties for those who break these mandatory measures. this public service announcement made clear that

residents can only meet with people. they don't live with outside and individually . ah. then there's what happened in downing street on may 20th martin reynolds born, johnson's private secretary invited with a 100 employees round for drinks in the garden in order to enjoy the sunshine during these troubled times, as he wrote, attendees must provide their own beverages. 30 came including the prime minister and his wife. that's according to witnesses. and this isn't the only pandemic party that's putting johnson under pressure several christmas parties. and this meeting for wine in cheese, for example, a raising eyebrows. and the open alcohol consumption is blowing holes and the claims that they were work meetings i think you should go. i mean is no, it's no excuses. and it would come as no surprise that i don't think bosh,

johnson is up for the job. but more importantly, i think he's lost the confidence of the british public. now with his lies is defi and his breaking of is almost yes, we are. johnson is also losing support in his own party, after series of scandals, mistakes, and course corrections. this idea that, you know, the people are telling us that all these restrictions are light. we're all having, you know, gin and tonic in the back garden. it's, you know, it is beyond reset, is indispensable. johnson is a prime minister who loves headlines with the last several weeks have only brought bad news. and it's getting uncomfortable for him now that many britons have started to turn their back on the jovial johnson. i quite like boris. though i'm very disappoint, modest me. i don't believe most of the things is as now because of it even snoo cove and he's been on the news. i just think it's live you and when

asked if he was at the party himself, johnson remained k g o o. that as he knows the subject of a proper investigation by suggesting the lead investigator will publish her finding soon and will know if this was one party too many forbores johnson in japan to new superstars had made their debut at tokyo's. you know, is zoo a pair of baby pandas? the 6 month old twins mail cob shall, shall, and his sister lay were born at those who, initially palm sized pink creatures. there now the size of total wars about a 1000 fans lucky enough to win tickets and lottery, we'll get to see the pair over the next 3 days. so you're watching d w news. just reminder the top story we're following poor you this hour. the world

health organizations, europe, director, has issued a strong warning on the spread of the on the kron corona virus buried. he said over half of the population of the european region could become infected by the end of winter. if tighter measures are not put in place, you're watching the w news from berlin up next. if we got a documentary film for you, we're going to congo to track down the millionaires who've made their fortune amidst the chaos. of course, you can always get all the latest news information any time you want on our website, this d w dot com. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here at deutsch bella, thanks for watching. ah, ah, internet knows all.