ah, ah ah, this is dw lie from berlin. hong kong enters a strict new locked down. city implants, mainland china, 0 cove policy, and struggles to deal with soren case numbers. much to the chagrin and many residents also coming up cross border trade flows to a crawl. as canadian truckers keep up their protest against vaccine mandates, the government says it will back down. to more us troops heading to romania, as nato seeks to reassure its eastern allies, we accompany a naval exercise there that wants to send

a signal to russia in the strategically important black sea region. ah, and william bluecross, welcome to the program authorities and hong kong are opposing their toughest restriction. since the start of the pandemic, as infection numbers explode their most venues including schools, gibbs churches, hair salons, all have to close cases, have almost doubled, hitting a new record in the last day alone. hundreds queue to get tested as hong kong prepares for some of its toughest covered restrictions. yet as many countries shift their approach to living with the virus. hong kong is pursuing a 0 covered strategy in line with the chinese mainland. but a sudden surgeon cases is complicating matters. the government responded by

announcing tough new restrictions on tuesday here, closing hess alons and banning public gatherings of more than 2 people. at this moment, we still feel that this is a best strategy for hong kong. using all our capacity and i'll means to ensure that we could to achieve the dynamic as 0 target. but the announcement of new restrictions and disruptions to inputs have caused food prices to skyrocket. as fears of a shortage grow residents of feeling the pressure. some have begun to question whether the cities 0 coven policy is worth the damage that it's causing. now like all the restaurants of clothes, everywhere with economics already getting, making i guess, living with a call that would be the best solution. and the easiest way i definitely am going

to follow mainland. right, because it doesn't have any other often. so give me 11 to continue to lockdown. them have to lock down for now. there is little that hong kong 7500000 residents can do. but wait and hope that case numbers begin to fall as soon as possible. let's get more about those cases. with our correspond phoebe kong who is there for us. phoebe. so what's the latest in how these really tough restrictions are going for people there? well hopefully you know, and the going the way shall corona's iris infection caused by the all mcclellan outbreak starting from the late december last year. and now is also the most serious wife at home home has been counted since the beginning of the outbreak that over a 1000 cases newly reported just yesterday and heating

a record high numbers over the past 2. yes. and the settings on today a see us a new, strange and mashes, imposed a hong kong including like, like public gatherings of more than 2 people and public gathering, supporting to families, all band. so this is a new mattias. we haven't seen that over the past 2 years and also like leaches values like churches and tempos and also has a loan, has to be shut. so people are rushing to have the last haircuts. yesterday i had of the closure of has loans. and what's the prize search and also charters all vegetables due to some infections of cross brought a truck driver who brought seen the process from mainland china to hong kong. though on the case as our hit record high, the numbers are searching rapidly, but the embassy on the ground is not that panic compared to the previous way social

action. but the government is trying very hard to contain the end tried to eliminate the virus from the community. so a lot of the things you're describing are things that i think we can relate to in a lot of places can relate to. let's talk about hospitals and critical infrastructure. are those being impacted given that and the conditions you're describing? well yes, suddenly the authorities are saying that the occupancy rate of isolation that's at public hospital, his vision night of his sans it basically is public hospital is nearly running, are running out of resources to accommodate new patients are off there. a contract dakota 19 virus and the emergency water public hospital also stretched, sorta government is now trying to transfer more patients with mouse. tim, tim, so even no symptoms to some mex shipped. isolation 1st of facilities in

a bit to leave the burden of public hospitals. and that is one of the core issues that the government have to tackle in the coming few weeks as people are expecting that, that the pressure on the public hospital will get higher as the infection then best will search continually in the coming few weeks. and the government is also eyeing on hotels to quarantine and try to accommodate patients. we've been hearing a lot about china 0 cove policy. you heard about it here in the report. is that doing more harm than good or how is it being seen? where you are miss la seriously asked place a very controversial issue in hong kong as on the happening debates on the weather to stick with the so called dynamic ceo infection policy or not as infection rate a searching. and it looked sy on more impossible to contain the virus and eliminate

all the sections out of the community and a ground on. but i like some health exposed anaconda is saying that as such, policies not sustainable, given the fact that hong kong has already page a huge, huge, prized to contain a virus. i tried a sector policy and like the flights of half dropped to us dropped to about 90 percent. and it has effect hong kong on saturday and regional help us a leading aviation in financial hub seriously. but andrea had a hand chief executive, carry them insisted with these policy and saying that she still thinks that this is the best option. so, hong kong, as the passionate or the fascination rates for elderly people is still too low to, to, for hong kong, to leap at the virus. all right, phoebe congress that report for us from hong kong. thank you very much. and let's turn out some other stories making news right now. president mexico says he wants to a pause in relations with spain. andreas man, we're lopez,

abra door says spanish and other foreign companies have benefited from favorable deals with previous mexican governments. left, this leader is facing criticism over plans to strengthen state control of the mexican energy market. the only surviving suspect in the 2015 paris terror attacks has told a court he decided not to detonate his explosive vest during the jihadists rampage . i killed a 130 people, the french moroccan dual national admitted supporting these law make state group, but said he did not kill anyone. for a traffic between canada and united states has been forced to find other routes after canadian truckers blockaded a major crossing point. 2 weeks of protests were sparked by a new requirement that drivers get the coven 19 shot to be allowed to cross the border. the government says it's patience is running. fin. the ambassador

bridge would normally be humming with traffic. but these protesters have brought that grinding to a halt for 3 days now they've been blockading this key border crossing that part of the so called freedom convoy that started in opposition to man trico that vaccinations for truckers. but as since snowballed into a broader expression of anger with pandemic restrictions and canada government, the white house says the blockade is concerning. the ambassador bridge is canada's busiest link to the united states and accounts for about 25 percent of trade between the 2 countries and said the blockade poses arrest to supply chains. so now many trucks being forced to d tool, nearly 2 hours to this alternative bridge purchase as well. so paralyzed the heart of canada's capital for nearly 2 weeks. they say they won't leave until old pandemic restrictions scrapped. stand up for our freedom,

stand up for our children and our future. no mandates, no vaccines. unless people choose to take a box with more than 400 trucks blocking roads, most businesses in the area have been forced to close. prime minister justin trudeau said his government won't change course or cannot stop a pandemic with guar, kate, you cannot end a pandemic by decree. you can't end a pandemic by legislation. you need to end a pandemic by relying on science by public health measures and by vaccinations. and even as canadians are tired and impatient for at the end, we're going to continue to be there for them to support them through it. and to make sure we do everything necessary to enter this police, have seized thousands of liters of fuel as part of efforts to break the blockades.

but protest as appeared, determined and unsettling in for the long haul. and i'd stay to send a more than a 1000 troops from germany to romania to beef up native defense as their romania is a member of the western military alliance and shares a border with ukraine and the black sea t w's. alexander phenomena joined a nato. naval exercise there and filed this report, engender and changing gender cont, eleanor, a military drill on board, a little new one, washer. and simulated scenario. there a joel fred in and forget has been hit by a missile. the cruise job is to save lives and to put out the fire. the ship has just been through a maintenance period. the commanding officer, captain george, vic, too adora, tells me that it's now crucial for the crew to get back in shape for future operations, including joint nato, exercises, rental noise door opening. but for us, it is an opportunity to train together to show that we are capable of operating

together. and at the same time, to show romanians that were a security provider in the black sea region, 14 good general equity thought them above, nobody knew. since becoming a nato member romania has increased its defense spending to just over 2 percent of the g. d. p. investing in the modernization of its forces and investments deemed necessary. given security challenges in the region since the illegal annexation of crimea. in 2014, the black sea has become a flash spine intentions between moscow and the west. russia has significantly increase its military presence and the size of the black sea fleet, headquartered it said as to pull a port that's less than 400 kilometers from here. and sailors here say they're not afraid of a russian aggression. still, the government has been calling on needed to boost its military presence in the region. crimea annexation was

a real shock to romanians because it literally happened on their doorstep. says armand, go show a russia expert in bucharest that got roger i kid in the for russia fires a rocket from crimea will. it will arrive in bucharest in 10 minutes. the biggest shock, however, was not only the fact that russia and next crimea, but the fact that the west did not respond. he will not on the streets in bucharest, the mood seems to favor hosting additional nita forces in the country. yes or no, it's a good thing. it can only have a positive influence and where safer? it puts it back when that yes, considering that we are strategically positioned between the east in the west, we have the black sea as well. oh bobby, she might, i, nagra was very good. i think it's a bad thing. romania is not under threat or under any circumstances happens when we drove for more. nato has already stationed up to 4000 troops in romania,

900 of them. are you asked service members with additional forces on their way? the americans are doubling the number of soldiers here. but many among whom he has political elite would like to see an even large in nato contingent in the country, resembling those already in place in the baltic states and poland. senator t. tooth color ziann says he believes strengthening nato's posture here would benefit all allies, liaison need to deter the russian law. the sushi asked me in military terms and to car, sorry they thought the east of like of natal that me saw so much stronger military presence off of the allies on the royalty, tory on board there at joan ferdinand. the crew is gearing up for new missions. we don't talk politics, they say we're here to do our job, whatever it takes. and a reminder, now the top story we're following for you, sorry, is in hong kong, are opposing their top this restriction. since the start of the coven, i teen pandemic. the latest figures show infections doubling in 24 hours.

it's a big come back for disney. chelsea has all the details on business after the break, so stay tuned for bad will have much more for you soon. check out the w dot com and us on social media assay, w. news. i'm blame bluecross. thanks very much. and the battle against cove it the only variant is putting healthcare systems around the world to the test vaccination campaigns are accelerating while restrictions are intensifying once again. but are these measures enough to stop the spread of omicron fax, data and reports you know, weekly covered 90.