ah ah ah ah, this is dw slide from berlin, china is preparing to live with cove it in a major policy shift. beijing announces an easing of corona virus restrictions nationwide. with less mandatory p c. r testing at home quarantine for those with mild symptoms. also in the program the us denies helping you frame to strike inside

brush up on the drone stripes, on 3 a fields, 2 of them deep within its territory. there are fears that these attacks could escalate the conflict victory for us democrats and the key run off election in georgia. raphael worn out colds on to his seat. securian outright majority in the senate for president joe biden's pop had a major upset of the world cup morocco. keep there. cool. in a penalty shootout knocking out full of spain. ah, i'm good how bell says welcome to the program. china has announced a loosening of nationwide coverage restrictions. it says not all people who test

positive will be required to quarantine and government facilities. under the new rules, people with mild symptoms will be allowed to quarantine at home. and mandatory p c r. testing will be scaled down, but schools and areas deemed high risk will still go through mars testing the decision to relax. the coven policy comes in the wake of nationwide protests demanding an end to corona, virus restrictions and more political freedom. i'm not joined from beijing by my colleague, fabia murray, freshman the father, the just how much of a step change is this? well, in my opinion, this is really a paradigm shift, especially when you consider where we came from until very recently are basically you had to be transferred to a parenting center when you were a tested positive or when you were a suspected covert case. now you can q out, at least if you have mild symptoms at home, that's really a big change, or also we don't need to be afraid of, you know, mess,

white locked dance any more. i mean, until recently it was enough that only one of your hundreds of neighbors tested positive for your whole residential compound to be sealed off. now there's none of that any more. and also the mandatory testing is basically suspended. so, i mean, some companies, they can still require, you know, testing and in an elderly holmes there will be still are testing. but the general testing is basically stop. this is really basically the same as signs of opening that we've seen previously in taiwan or in new zealand. i mean, other countries who also implemented as he recovered policy and then shifted away from it. does this now a mean of javion the end or this, the beginning of the end of the 0 covert policy? yes, i think so, and of course we never know whether there will be any back or forth. and in us, whether the chinese government will get cold feet and you know, reverse some of those decisions. but i don't think it's possible right now because

our, once the virus re spreads widely, it's have to contain any more. and the idea behind off the cobra was not to flattened the coffee or that the curve, but basically trace every single infection case. and right now you already see a lot of people testing positive. but using, you know, self test and teach and tests at home. and they don't report to the authorities anymore. so now the official numbers of infections are not accurate any more. and i don't think it's possible to reverse that decision and really get back to 0 cove. it, it's just not feasible anymore. the virus spreading too fast. now if i, when is this just public health policy, or is it a political decision? because after these wide spread broaches bridging, realized the population will no longer accept 0 cove. it we're, i'm sure that the government would have chosen another time of opening up. i mean, look, we are at the beginning of winter and i don't think it's really the most optimal am timing of, you know, easing restrictions. but 1st of all that the public anger was huge,

which was displayed to who out all those protests. but then there's another aspect to, i mean, just to day and then you trait members of a china was, were published and they are really devastating. so the economic pressure is also huge. and i think especially the public anger and also the fact that 0 called it is economically not feasible any more, it's really not sustainable. i think those 2 factors were decisive when it came to the decision to open up. now, journalist fabi on catch mother in beijing, thank you. the u. s. has denied encouraging ukraine to launch strikes inside russia after 3 apparent drone attacks on targets that moscow blames on keys an air field in the course region and to add bases further inside russia came under attack. earlier this week, ukraine is not claimed responsibility, and washington stopped short of attributing the strikes to keith for fear of escalating the conflict. we have neither encouraged nor enabled the ukrainians to

strike inside of russia. but the important thing is to understand what ukrainians are living through every day with the ongoing russian aggression against their country. in our determination to make sure that they have in their hands, along with many other partners around the world, the equipment that they need to defend themselves to defend their territory, to defend their freedom. to w correspondent ne comedy joins me now from keith make. we've just heard from the secretary of state there, but the latest escalation, what are ukrainian officials say they're keeping very, very quiet. so there have been some hints from kind of media figures close to grain government implying that this was ukraine, but i think it's gonna basically end at that. there is no interest in trying to kind of contradict or kind of be out of step in terms of the kind of publicity strategy with what america, what the state department and people can are saying. i think here in all of this, most important thing is that the u. s. red line was about not using

u. s. equipment to strike russian territory. all the experts seem to agree that this was most likely a soviet era during the ukrainians had re engineered and such that, you know, basically gets the us out of the kind of accusation of helping ukraine to attack russia proper. and i think it's very difficult to kind of cost this as ukraine escalating situation where these were the very same bases used to attack ukraine, civilian infrastructure. this was a ukrainian attack on russian military target system that you dog, i think is that i think, you know, the risk of a kind of big escalation that's fairly limited. now are these drawn strives inside russia likely to change the wall? well, there are 2 things. it's a big political headache for vladimir putin. it's extraordinarily embarrassing, lots of criticism inside russia. how this was possible, were these ukranian agents operating in russia, or was this just a failure of air defenses that this was, you know, a m, drones able to fly that far into russia. and there's also the practical part that

we're already seeing russia having to spread its plains more similarly, kind of spread them around to avoid attack and also take away air defenses from russian force him ukraine. so definitely lots of problems there and get quite a big effect, seemingly a quite small price for ukraine. now the ukranian president visited troops near the front line yesterday. how do you gauge things there? when situation is dire, specialist did you buy more in the donates region? really kind of lunar landscapes, extraordinary images coming out. there are very few civilians left the ones that are living under impossible conditions. there is a sense now that basically the ukraine is trying to bind the russians their force, the russians to basically invest extraordinary levels of tech and manpower on the ground. exhaust themselves, as was the case in lowest region to summer, where russia took a few towns exhibited, and it's got huge cost, and then you end up losing a lot more territory soon after, after we're busy, exhausted, we had a volume zalinski in the region yesterday,

taking pictures showing the, unlike vladimir putin, he's not scared of going to the front line, so big propagandistic effect there. lots of kind of consternation on the part of russian blog is there. how is it that fully misled? you feel so safe about going to the front lines when our president stays in moscow a, but definitely a sense that we have for the soldiers and civilians in don't bass. things are probably gonna get worse before they get any better. the w correspondingly commonly, they're in care of for us. thank you. nick. i have some merge breaking news coming in at least 25 people have been arrested for allegedly planning a violent, coo and germany since the early hours of this morning. about 3000 police officers rated more than 130 homes of cross country investigation is focused on a member of the german armed forces, who authorities believe is behind a nationwide network of right wing extremists will bring you more on this as we get it let's have

a look now some more world news stories. donald trump's family business has been found guilty of tax fraud by a court in new york. the former president's company was convicted of hiding money. it paid to executives over a 15 year period is a fine of $1500000.00. a judge in the united states has dismissed a lawsuit against saudi crown prince mohammed ben solomon for his alleged role in the murder of the journalist, jamal kashodi. the judge said there were credible allegations of the prince's involvement, but he said he had no power to reject. the u. s. government stands that the prince has sovereign immunity. as a foreign leader, a police officer has been killed and several other people injured in a suspected suicide attack on indonesia. main island of java. authorities say a man blew himself up shortly after entering a police station. police investigating possible motives looking into whether the

man had links to radical groups. argentina's, former president has been sentenced to 6 years in jail on charges of corruption. christina fernandez, the curse now was found guilty of embezzling $1000000000.00 between 20072015. the corruption case has divided the country as opposed to say the trial is politically motivated. she is expected to appeal officials in iran of handed down the death sentence to 5 people charged with the killing of a member of the security forces is the latest in a series of harsh sentences for anti government protesters. iran's rulers are facing that biggest challenge in decade after the death in police custody of a young woman in september, a spark demonstrations calling for jean check. today marks day 3 of a nationwide strike. shopkeepers and truck drivers have stop work in solidarity with a move. i'm now joined by cbre. she keeps she's in

a rainy and german filmmaker and brighter. now, what do you hear from iran today? are many people there supporting this nation wide strike? yes, absolutely. it's so many people in so many messages, then i could feel the whole day lining up the messages that i'm getting in the phone calls with. now the 5 people have been sentenced to death for allegedly killing a member of the passage a paramilitary group affiliated with a company. revolutionary god. what effect do you think do harsh verdicts like this have on the protest? it'll just ignite them one more time. and now we are beginning to see a very soft opposition also from very close to

people who are very close to the regime for instance. and he only need the highest person in the islamic republic. his sister has denounced. there is no other word. i can think of now her brother and she says he does not hear the voice of people. that's a big thing. your own sister. i'm saying that you don't hear the voice of people in your country. now just a few days ago, iranian officials announced they would abolish the country so called morality police. is that just the cosmetic change, or is it a sign that the regime might be willing to allow change? it doesn't matter any more, whether they keep it or have it or, or whatever they want to do with it. we don't accept any more small changes or changes,

any kind of changes. we want this regime to go and that's it. and it's basically also no nose, because the demand in the streets of iran in all cities that connie has to go. that is la mic republic has to go, have been out since weeks and weeks. so it's just a small trial of islamic republic to maybe i'm convinced handful of people, but they don't know for it. nobody believes anything. and nobody would say ok, maybe. now that you want to abolish the morality police, okay. you can say no, this is not going to happen now, many people and governments across europe and in the us and either showing solidarity with the protesters in iran, is that enough all can something more be done from outside to support women's rights in iran? well 1st of all, until this regime is in place until the is wrong,

islamic republic is in place. we have to try everything from outside to help the people of the wrong to continue their revolution and to end the salami republic. so far, a lot of things have been achieved outside iran, 8000000 iranians outside the country and not outside the country, just because they like living somewhere else. but most of us, we are outside the country because we wouldn't be able to live inside the country because our lives are threatened. and we have tried a lot. we haven't cheap a lot. but of course there has to be done more. and one of the things that we haven't been asking for and that we are fighting for is close all embassies of the salami republic and sent home all the employees, the diplomats. ambassadors and people who are close,

who these law make republic or put them in prison. now that we have the united nations to finding commission, we have certain rights. we can put them also in, in prison or take them to court. she must keep that. thank you very much. thank you. thank you for being the voice giving us the voice in. you are the people of the wrong in the united states, democratic senator, rafael warnock has defeated his republican challenger. how shall walk up and george's run off contest for a seat in the senate. this was the final race to be decided in this year's midterm elections. warnock, when gives the democrats an outward majority in the senate without needing a tie breaking vote from the vice president in an emotional victory speech. the southern baptist preacher. thank georgians. god and his family. warnock will serve 6 years as a senator until 2020 i did abuse us correspondence who was almost

gone to has been following the runoff. in george m. his her assessment off. it's implications for you as politics in the end. this was another important victory for president joe biden, and the democrats is the 1st time since 1934 that the party in the white house did not lose a single senate seat in the mid term election. so it's certainly something we'll see, the president say is a proof that his party has performed well and is performing well for the american people. now, when it comes to concrete results, this is also important for president biden, because it means that he can get his judges confirmed. the president has the power to nominate judges. the senate alone confirms those judges and now with an outright majority in the senate. that means that those nominations with os centrally get the green light. it's also important for committees. it means that the democrats have a majority in the committees in the senate. those committees have an important role to play in shaping legislation going forward as well. and last, but not least,

for the democrats, this is a sign that georgia is territory where they can be competitive. they have invested so many resources and so much money and making sure that they can be competitive in the state, particularly in the metropolitan areas, like where i am in atlanta. now for the republicans, they will be asking themselves some tough questions after this run off race. herschel walker, not the strongest candidate that they could put forward, but also he was a candidate handpicked. i the former president, donald trump, many republican officials now asking themselves the question, what influence should the former president have on this party going forward perk, particularly known that he will be running for the presidential office again coming up in 2024. so it's back to the drawing board for republicans, and certainly a victory lab for democrats and the president joe biden. c w. susan must come to their reporting from washington. b, u. n. secretary general, antonio gutierrez shares, urged governments to end quote,

all g of destruction as of biodiversity summit kicks off and canada at the opening of cop 15 in montreal. good harris wants humanity has become a quote, weapon of mass extinction. and that we must change course, many experts are calling the summit, our last chance to save the world's species and ecosystems. as we know them, are the bones of an elephant porch for its ivory in kenya. images like these surplus, a very visible reminder of the thread that humans pulse to animal and plant life. deforestation changes in land use. the climate crisis and pollution are also taken a big tall about 1000000 species are currently at risk of becoming extinct due to human activity. this not only threatens to degrade ecosystems further, but also dangerous or own welfare. we depend on my neighbors there for the food we eat there. why don't we drink their sequestration of cub on the

medi since we tech for is that 70 percent of cancer drugs come from by a diversity or nature. the un biodiversity conference will center on how to protect 30 percent of land and sea by 2030 scientists stress that this target is needed to prevent the collapse of ecosystems and human prosperity in the future. the biggest threat is us human beings. and unless our relationship with nature changes, their situation will continue to deteriorate. i'm saying so because 97 percent of the global by a diversity is degraded is the result of human action. we need to take urgent measures to protect ourselves from ourselves. experts argue, but who will cover the costs? some emerging and developing economies such as indonesia, india, brazil, south africa, and the democratic republic of congo tend to be particularly rich in by diversity.

but these countries argue that they lack the resources to expand the conservation efforts. they are demanding financial support from rich on nations. we don't want to see a target which has absolutely no hope of implementation signed to say there is no time to lose. however, even if the co 15 participants set an ambitious target, it can only be the beginning. none of the biodiversity objectives agreed at the 2010 convention have yet been fully implemented by the global community. ah, at the world cup in cops, i'm on the dogs, morocco have knocked out spain in the round of 16. after a goal, this 120 minutes, it all came down to a penalty shoot out and spain missed all 3 kicks the result sent at the last arab

team standing through to the quarter finals morocco with a better start to the game. but 12 minutes in asha for came his free cake, went over the bar half way through the 1st half spain with a big chance to take the lead. but the crossbar ant morocco's keeper bone over in the way. and the play was eventually ruled off side on the brink of half time, a pin point, cross font knife. ugh, where it in the box put his header, went over the bar, spain dominated the 2nd half, and it almost paid off in the last minute. but bono came up with the safe and the game went 2 extra time. both team sat chances to win it within a 120 minutes. but spain's keeper own, as the mon stood strong against valid dedira and the post was in the way of spain. slate the game went to a penalty shoot out. at morocco's keeper bono became the man of the match, saving 2 penalties before her kimmy scott the decider. a disappointing end to the work up for spain. morocco go through to the quarter finals and

portugal. i also through to the welcome go to finance after thrash in switzerland, 61. their round of 16 match in a dominant, unsupportable took a to nil lead into half time before putting another 4 goals. path switzerland go beyond zona. after the break, gonzalo ramos was the stand out, scoring patrick while with younger another only started off the bench. the 2016 european champions will play morocco in the quarter finals. and for a closer look at the latest from the woke up, we go live to dough on our sports corresponded dunner barcelona, who's standing by there for us. now at morocco, what's your take over over there when i overspend? right, so was morocco. we definitely saw a classic world cup upset. i mean morocco really defied everyone's expectations for

them coming into this tournament. nobody really even saw them advancing out of their group. not only did they advance out of their group, but they taught their group. and this performance against band really showed that now they're actually i'm be in now and 9 games. they only have one goal against in for game. so really impressive from this moroccan side, of course, it had to be accurate. hockey, me to send stay home. he was born in span, raises, played, played in span, could've played for span, but just a word on the moroccan fans here. morocco is last era team in a tournament. the last african team in the tournament were really carrying the hope of so many people here. it actually feels like it's a whole world cut from morocco. last night the parties went late, late into the night. you could hear cars honking everything. absolutely incredible . what about portugal? that that was also quite a performance there. yeah, of course. so if we thought brazil sent a message to the tournament the other day,

portugal definitely took that and sent one of their own. now of course, much of the talk coming in to this game like it has been for every game is about krishawna and although and was about rashonna, rinaldo, now we saw that he didn't actually start the game yesterday. he started on the bench, but portugal really showed that this noise about krishawna. rinaldo has not affected their performance if at all they absolutely dismantled switzerland and also the player who came in to start for kashana. rinaldo go cello ramos, he scored a hattrick. so it was very symbolic and kind of a changing of the guard passing of the torch kind of way. they showed that they really are not reliant on rinaldo to win. unfortunately, not portugal looking like a scary side moving forward. now donna, let's take a look at what's coming up in the quarter finals. what are you looking for to? so now the players have a couple of days to rest and recharge their batteries. and for a player it's so crucial these days,

they'll probably get to see their families. but i think in doha, the most important storyline that people are looking at right now is the fact that both my c m. rinaldo are still in the tenement. there are thousands of people who have come here from all over the world just to see these 2 players in their last dance tournament. it's almost like a football pilgrimage. i mean the support that they have here is unbelievable. yesterday when kashana and although was warming up, the fans were cheering as if there was a goal scored. so i think most fans right now are looking forward to how far they can both go. and if one of them can lift the trophy, my colleague done of us, i don't know that from the law. thank you. a 13 years after i've had saw, had cinema screens and became the highest grossing movie of all time. long awaited sequel premier in london on tuesday. a select audience was shown the new movie titled the wife of water with director james cameron and the stars in attendance.

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