owned by royalty, and i come to like a magic wand and grounds to divorce secret weapon lipstick doth december 3rd undo w like ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. china signals a relaxation of its district coven measures to major cities east the restrictions. meanwhile, demonstrators clash with security forces and police crackdown on protests against

mass testing and lengthy lockdown. also coming up is moscow gearing up for a massive aerial attack on depraved satellite images from a russian airfield suggest preparations for an assault ukrainian official say the bombers are likely to be used to strike if energy infrastructure and on world aids day. look at how south africa is using preventative measures and new drugs to tackle the other pandemic. and it's far from over. plus, in the world cup elation and argentina after a teen progress to the round of 16 will bring you reaction from wayne aside. ace, where fans, we're hoping 2022 will feed them when the world cops for a 3rd time. ah, i'm sorry, kelly. welcome to the program. china's top covey response official has signaled

a shift in the strict policies that provoked protest on a scale not seen for decades, both premier son to non towards health officials that the countries corona virus approach is entering, quote, a new stage big cities like long joe and john king have already started easing restrictions, but basing is still committed to cracking down hard on demonstrations straight and boiling over in wine, joe and scuffled with cove workers in shanghai. rare public displays of anger with china's strict coban policies. in recent days. in many cities they moved into something even bigger with protests as calling for the communist party and gigi and ping to go. they. c they

themes that reminded many of the piano men protest. the 1st feeling that came to my mind when i read the news very incredible. port test across china was the spirit of $989.00 has come. a key in beijing responded by unleashing a fears, crackdown, deploying huge numbers of police to stamp out the demonstrations, but it has also signaled changes to the strict cobra policies that have angered so many the elite ok. on wednesday, vice premier soon john learn told health officials china was entering a new stage in its pandemic approach. due to increased vaccination rates and experience with the corona virus funky in gwen jo authorities have already

announced an end to mass p. c. r testing and lifted locked downs across the city. all part of a drive to implement cobra rules with more local flexibility. according to officials. beijing said is also planning to step up. vaccinations of the elderly, lagging vaccination rates among the old have been used to justify the current 0 covey policy. with protest seemingly stamped out for now and a shift away from the approach that provoked them in the work. paging may well be hoping the biggest challenge with authority in decades is already behind it. and for more now, let's bring in victor gao. he is vice president of the beijing based think tank center for china and globalization. a former government official and as a young man, he was an interpreter for the former chinese leader dang, shall ping victor. go welcome to the w news and thank you so much for joining us.

we've just been hearing about the vice premier, a key figure in china's pandemic response, seeming to signal a relaxation of strict lockdown measures. is this the beginning of the ends of china 0 coded policy? first of all, are there have been changes to the original version of the dynamic 0 coven policy ever since the end of october. however, you may know for sure that moving from the original version of the dynamic, a 0 covey policy to the new version is, 1st of all, all sudden. and secondly is very risky. moving from one version to the new version is actually a very dangerous period of time. and the government has been very cautious in moving from one version to the new version. and therefore, the protests you talk about are very unfortunate things because they do not know

that the transition has already started from the end of october. and the reason why the transition needs to be handled very cautiously is because if you do not handle it cautiously in the transitional period, there may be massive amount of people that may be infected and a very large number of people who may die. you there. i think we need to proceed forward with great caution, and we need to move in the same direction rather than for example, kitty agitated and lose control of the situation. go. you talk about danger and caution. and i'm wondering if that also extends to the political sphere and, and the chinese communist parties grip on power. because we've been seeing over the past as anger pouring out on the streets over the 0 cove at policy on some protesters actually calling for the removal of leader cheese in ping is the party backed into a corner right now. does it have no other option then to change course right now on

this 0 cove, its strategy allow me to share my view with you and your audience. if anyone believe that instability and chaos may break out in china, of this kind of view is completely out of catch. ah, with reality is on the ground in china. let me emphasize that china is the most stable and most united country in the world by any stretch of the imagination. now, the protests did happen suddenly night. in most cities, they died down the quiet down. and the reports above the massive amount of protest in china are very much exaggerated and do not reflect the real dynamics on the ground in the dresser gal, let me okay about it for you. and yet let me put it to you than, than, than why then have we been seeing these images and i mean they are on video so, so they're out there of police pursuing protesters, checking people's phones on public transport, visiting people at home. i mean,

they appear to be afraid of something is, is, is this really the right way to deal with the concerns of chinese citizens struggling to, to cope with coven measures and an angry about it? love we do have is are several points now in the past 3 years because of the dynamic, 0 covey policy. do people have complaints to peek poor, have frustrations, or have they suffered inconveniences? of course, however, i hope everyone in china need to realize that all these frustrations an obsessive inconveniences we suffered are for one goal and one purpose only. that is to minimize the deaths among the chinese people and to prevent as many people in china from getting fictions as possible. that's a goal, worthwhile for china to show to pursue. and china thus has achieved the lowest amount of deaths and lowest amount of infectious up to today. china as

a country has all the reasons to be proud of this great achievement. no other country can ever think about maggi china's great achievement. seeing saving many people from death and saving as many people as possible from infections. now, ever what i dislike as they put it to you in that high fax because because i wanna, i wanna ask you about now going forward and how, how well china is prepared now going forward to deal with the threat of this virus because i mean, if we look at just, for example, your vaccination uptake among the elderly it's, it's relatively low compared to some, some other countries. and when we look at how, how china is prepared, your own vaccine has also not been performing as well as western m. r, in a best vaccines. german chancellor, olive schultz was in china recently. i just want to play quickly for you something that his spokesperson said this week on china and the vaccinate vaccine situation

and get your reaction after like not ion the pending meals funds on the perhaps after 3 years of the panoramic fall, it has to be sent that europe, germany has that very good experiences with emory named vaccinations. that one's counselor does the german chancellor make this clear choice discussion partners. i'll join his most recent visit to china. but a little more than 3 weeks ago, the english police department or dish coma, he went on to say that germany is by, on tech is involved in a joint venture with china. ting utilize the, the bounty pfizer of vaccine is this now the way going forward for china's fight against cove. at 1st of all, from the very beginning of the aisle break of the pandemic, the china was one of the 1st countries to successfully introduce vaccines to the chinese people, as well as sharing the vaccine with a w h o. and with more than 100 countries in the world, no, no country after today has a perfect version of vaccines. every vaccine has some problems all week diseases.

and i think it's up to every country, all the pharmaceutical companies, to constantly improve the vaccines, including china. now talking about the vienne t and the german, a government and german companies. my wish is that china and germany can mutually acknowledge each other's vaccines and provide facilities for each other's vaccine to have access to the other country. this is very important. china will never accept any vaccine for any other country unless that country given if it's bad to process it even if it looked at her citizens health. mister, mister, go. no, you are wrong if, if you are so concerned about my descent health, why? why once you administer at the most effective vaccine, listen, your assessment is not accurate because the chinese vaccines have been very popular in china. i have received

a 3 those inches plus another dosage more recently. and i think it is a font of oak. it is effective, however, on the other hand, the virus keeps very a g. p keeps changing, and every company need to really update its research at development to make sure that the strength of the vaccine will keep up with the variation of the virus itself. but talking about china, giovanni, 1st of i hope they will recognize on knowledge each other's maxie. and then they will give reciprocal treatment to each of those vaccine providing all the facilities and access and convenience for each other's country to use their okay at reciprocal of axis. this is the right way forward. and i hope such international cooperation, not only between john and germany, but between china. many other countries will further increase and strength them. but to deny acknowledgement of the chinese version of the vaccine and demand access

to china is a little bit absurd, commercially, as well as politically and victor, gal, this is, are certainly a conversation to be continued. and unfortunately, we find out of time here on the program, i'm so we have to cut it short, but i just want to thank you for joining us for sharing that perspective and, and view from patient. we appreciate it. thank you. and here's a look at some other stories making news around the world on a one day visit to beijing, european council president sha michelle met with a chinese leader sheesh and hang as he speaks to shore up diplomatic and trace high . he also discussed protests over china 0 coven policies, and signed the book of condolences for former chinese president jiang zemin human rights. chris say that a man has been shot dead by security forces in northern iran for celebrating the iranian football team. defeat again the us and exit from the world cup. many

iranians refuse to support the national team in response to a violent government crackdown on anti regime protest. spain has stepped up security and public buildings and embassies after a spate of letter bombs. pyrotechnic devices were sent to targets, including the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez and the ukranian embassy. according to the interior ministry. similar packages were sent to a spanish arms firm and an air force base. it is world aids day, but with global efforts to battle the corona virus pandemic, there's been much less of a focus on h. i. v aids that you want estimates that at least last year, around $38.00 and a half 1000000 people around the world. we're living with h i v aids. and although the virus is claiming far fewer lives than it did at its peak in 2004, 650000 people, died of h i v related causes in 2021. now there is still no

h i v vaccine and that makes preventative measures to avoid infection even more important. the african region has the highest number of people living with the virus. adria and crease reports now from cape town in south africa were trials for new preventative methods. old hopes for driving numbers down once a month since their medical been gone. i comes to this health center to get a package of prep, a daily pill of the pre exposure prophylaxis, protects people from getting h i v. when having sex. so my family generation to generation it's, they do have their age of positive. so i came here to take prem because i wanna, i don't want to be that puddle fudge ocean. that is, he german plaza to the health center of the desmond to to health foundation doubles up as a research site for many years. residence in the massive familiarly township have been participating in clinical trials 18 year old marvel bengal ana is also

considering taking part in a clinical trial for prevention options and injection instead of a daily pill. recently we had the breakthrough of that day per injectable, that only had to be given every 2 months. that cavity, grover, long acting injectable. and at the moment in this very vicinity, we are testing a 6 monthly prophylactic injectable, known as lemma kappa via. so if we can get to a point where young people round the world, only have to take an injection every 6 months, twice a year. that would be an extraordinary breakthrough. linda. gail becker is a leading infectious disease specialist overseeing protocols for several prep and h. i v vaccine trials. she praises the achievements in the past. in the ninety's, hundreds of thousands died of aids. now anti retroviral drugs allow patients to live a normal life with a normal lifespan. but the crisis is not solved. particularly in the global north,

there has been a, you know, turning away from a chevy. i think many people think the pandemic is over far from it. we had 4000 young woman became infected with h. i v in the last week alone. and we still have a $150000.00 children newly, and it was a chevy every year. at there is still a pandemic raging in many parts of the world. it's almost like we've written half the book. and you know, we walking away before the rest of the book is, is finished. and, and that to my mind is a, you know, is, is, is a catastrophe because of all the investment we've had in the last day to years could be lost if we don't actually finish the story. then say mother been gone, i wants to play her pass in finishing the story back at home. the 18 year old is busy. convincing friends to take prep the la ticket because there's

a little eaten daily peel because they're not sick. i think it's to get people more to catered about it. mattel, bengal on a says her generation is the 1st one to openly talk about h. i v. an important step to end the pandemic. and from wireless spray, and amanda vander he, she is an advisor to infectious disease policy and advocacy for the doctors without borders access campaign. welcome to the program, and thank you so much for joining us. tell us about the advantages of this h. i v injection over the pre people so i think that one of the advantages that i would highlight is, is that if you can see that, that print injectable has the potential to reduce 79 percent of your infections. and that's a real big number. and i think we cannot compare to what,

which is important the auto group has been able to achieve. and i would say the fact that or so young girls and women are not taking and then everybody else is taking the pill every single day. has a big chance of also increasing adherence to this drug and also reducing, you know, the stigma of having to go back and forth to the clinic. and i think that it also has very important advantage on the health system because it means that also like, you know, clinicians and doctors and nurses are not having to see, you know, more clients at the facility, you know, coming for a printer. you know, we feel when it's appeal, it means that, you know, instead of those regular visits that they can have, given also that the most context a face, even stroke also means that, you know, they having to see less people at the clinic on a regular basis. because people on the coming once every 2 months. so if you had to then put it in to the big picture,

how effective would you say that preventative drugs have been at stopping the spread of h. i v aids in south africa. they have been very effective. i mean i, but i think that this is definitely going to be a game changer and something that we should, you know, look forward to and, and, and, and, and, and jump in as soon as possible. looking at statistics in south africa in the past in years, for example, we have about, you know, 45 percent of the you fictions, of course, have been updated and prevented using, of course, a combination of drugs, but also at the interventions. but that's still very worried, you know, 45 percent is not a lot in terms of, you know, new predictions averted. i think that we have the hope that with this new injectable at that number should really get high and, and get us to the targets that we would like to see. how are you seeing in your work, the main obstacles to getting preventative medicines out to people you know, work definitely the price is the big obstacle like the current injectable

that has been released. you looking at an annual price based on the information that has been publicly released from the the producers of these injectable is about $240.00 to about $266.00 a year. i mean, compared to the appeal which has been about $40.00 a person, this is a huge, huge barrier. and i hope what we are hoping and working around is to ensure that people can access, you know, the injectable, at a comparable price of $40.00 a year, you know, which is what the current or is priced for. so price is the biggest barrier considering that most of the countries that have effected that are facing you know, huge challenges and high bridge and of h a v i also a lot of them are low income. and so money is an issue and, and, and having

a price predict at this price is, is, is quite prohibitive. of course, there are other barriers, and i would like to mention of course, i think, i mean, this is a big issue. there's a lot of need also to raise awareness that does exist and that you know, it's safe to use and very effective and among other barriers. i think in some countries this policy, you know, restrictions with young girls, especially if you and i said in age like 16 or 18, you cannot access such products without consent of parents. and i think that these also happen to be the most effective populations. thank you. so much amanda banda for joining us. as we mentioned, you're an advisor to doctors without borders access campaign. and we appreciate you your time here in the program. thanks for having me. oh, now to the football world cup in katara, it was group seized her into play and pray with every team hoping to advanced to

the knockout stages of the tournament. despite leonel massey missing a penalty, it was argentina getting a crucial win over poland. the 1st score was a bit clumsy lexus mcallister shot, went off his foot into his chin up against the post and into the goal. in the 67th minute julian alvarez made it to nil and that was how it ended. argentina won the group, followed by poland, whose fans and players saw a few minutes after the game that they too had advance and back and glen aside, aisd thousands of supporters filled the streets and celebration following argentina's victory. the 2 time world cup winners had fans biting their nails after losing their opening match and could tar. but now everyone smiling sands in buenos i'd as went from uncertainty to pure ecstasy.

when it was clear, the co america winters would advance to the knockout stage and cut off. hi, this is go. i loved it. i'm a broker, fine. but well, it's a great go by who. yeah, nobody's getting back and tell us i'm, when was he or very moved. the match was a show the best match of argentina so far. beautiful and with a lot of faith in waiting. we suffered with that miss penalty, but nothing. now, with a lot of hope in waiting, i guess. anyway, this year we'll be champions. first we will be australia, then france, and then the final against england. argentina's last world cup victory was in 1986 . and if the south american nation wins, the party in the streets will go and non stop, because for them, it's a summer event. ah,

and with france already guaranteed to advance australia and denmark competed to join them in the knockout round. here's how the game unfolded. denmark shoot, they intend to ride from the start, but 10 minutes in australia, keep them at rhein was in the way of doing much leads, their pressure continued, but either australia defense stood strong or denmark wasn't accurate enough. astray as 1st chance came just before half time, but denmark's christians and in the right spot, with the clearance. after halftime australia dominated the game, but the shot from just outside the books was cleared by the danish defence. 5 minutes later, jackson, herb and shot went over the bar, and captain mux hopes alive just after the one hour mock australia 2nd half dominance paid off. matthew leki with the clinical finish. one mill, austria, denmark with the last chance of the game, but astray i held on the screws or through to the round of 16. a disappointing woke

up for denmark comes to an end and we can look forward to another intense day. here's the schedule for the final group stage matches and group f, croatia, face belgium, and canada meet morocco band in group e japan play spain and germany is up against costa rica. germany suffered a stunning opening defeat to japan, but salvaged aid to ra, with spain in their next game. germany were eliminated at the group stage in russia 4 years ago, and they don't want the same faith and could tar. finally, now that by get that slender loaf of bread, so typical of france has joins a united nations list of culturally important items. the white loaf is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. a quintessential part of life in france, many french people by one every day that i get was invented by bakers in the army of the emperor napoleon. a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you

. china's top coated response official has hinted at a relaxation of the hard line approach at has sparked unrest and disrupted the economy. big cities like want joe and chunk ching, i've already started ethan cope at restrictions and that's up that coming up next sunday. the news that is conflicts out with the hungarian politicians built on co batch is speaking with my colleague, tim sebastian. do stay with us if you can for that. in the meantime. thanks for joining us on d. w. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. take care a with

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