ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. china is preparing to live with cove it in a major policy shift, beijing analysis and easing of corona virus restrictions nationwide. with less mandatory p c. r. testing at home, quarantined for those with mild us. and also on the program the united states

denies helping ukraine to strike inside russia after drawn stripes on 3 ad fields. 2 of them deep within its territory. there are fears these attacks could escalate the conflict and the major upset to the world cup morocco keep their cool in a penalty shootout knocking out football townhouse. ah, i'm gabrielle as well come 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 mass testing. the decision to relax the covert policy comes in the wake

of nation wide protests demanding an end to koran of ours restrictions and more political freedom. earlier i spoke to journalist fabi on catch my in beijing and i asked him how much of a step changed? this is where 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 a tested positive or when you were suspected cobra 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 can still require, you know, testing and in an elderly home there will be still are testing. but the general

testing is basically stop. this is really basically the same, a signs of opening that we've seen previously in taiwan or in you sealant. 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 covet 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 half to contain any more. and the idea behind off the record was not to flattened the curve 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 antiques and tests at home. and they don't report to the authorities anymore. so now the official numbers of infections are not accurate anymore. 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 widespread protests bridging, realize 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 timing of, you know, easing restrictions. but 1st of all that the public anger was huge, which was displayed through out all those protests. but then there's another aspect to, i mean, just to day or the new 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 it's recovered . it's economically not feasible anymore. it's really not sustainable. i think those 2 factors were decisive when it came to the decision to open up. now

journalist fabia unclench mother in beijing. thank you. and more about our latest breaking news stories that is 25 people have been detained in a series of overnight raids across germany over a plot to overthrow the state by force. some 3000 police officers were involved. the operation which involved searches of more than $130.00 properties nationwide authorities believe the suspects are linked to a nationwide far right network. among them all, several former members of the armed forces and at least one actor soldier. but for molar spring ended, obvious. political correspondent, julia saw deli julia, what more can you tell us about today's rates and the suspects that have been detained and well, we've heard from the general prosecutor's office there. this is apparently the biggest anti terrorism operation in germany. since the end of world war 2,

so quite a significant operation. we've seen that 25 people have been arrested in over 11 states in germany, but also 2 people were arrested one in austria and one in italy. and there are also further 27 suspects in this case. and all of these people are accuser suspected of being part of a network of a terrorist network that a wanted to overthrow the democratic order, germany and the focus of this network. the central point seems to be, according to the prosecution. ah, a prince, a german prince, and an entrepreneur from the city of frankfort to also owns a hunting lodge. in the estate of, to ranger, he seems to be the main organizer of the network. but a part of the network, we're also a former member of parliament for the far right. a is the party and also members of the german armed forces and the special forces. now the reports are mentioning some sort of plan and you mentioned it as well to overthrow the german government.

how serious are way to take this? and what more, do you know about these threats? according to the prosecutor's office, this network has started to form already in november of 2021. and the investigation started in the spring of this year after a tip coming from the intelligence services of the german state of hessen. and the group had already come up with quite a detailed plan or to a overthrow, the democratic order in germany. they were planning to step up stock up on weapons and had basically already created a shadow cabinet in order to then be able to take over power according to their plan. they had planned an armed attack against the german parliament, the boon this dog, and were then hoping that after this operation,

possibly riots could happen, that the security forces would support them. and they were literally planning a coo and given at the strength and the, the size of this investigation. in this operation, it seems like the threat was quite real. sounds pretty serious. suspects are alleged members of the so called i spoke a see. tell us about that, that on the ground. yes, the movements, it means as citizens of the writer of the german empire. and it is a, a movement of people who believe that the current, the democratic order, the democratic state in germany is illegitimate. they believe that after the 2nd world war, the democratic order that was established in germany as it shouldn't be here. and they want to reestablish an order that is more similar to that of the, of the dictatorship during the german empire. and they have become close also to

the anti corona virus protest movement that occurred in the last few years in germany. they have infiltrated it but also merge with it in a way they have protested together and have been very active also on the web in various groups on the internet. and have also have found some closeness to the queue and on movements. so it is a movement that has been quite present in germany in the last few years to w as to the daily that thanks for the update you as have look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. 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 hard links to radical 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 executive over a 15 year period. it faces a fine of $1500000.00. a judge in the us has dismissed a lawsuit against saudi crown prince mohammed ben salmon for his alleged role in the murder of journalists, jamaica showed you. the judge said there were credible allegations of the prince's involvement, but he said he had no part to reject the u. s. government dance that the prince has a sovereign immunity. as a foreign leader, united states has denied encouraging ukraine to launch strikes inside russia after 3 apparent drone attacks on targets that moscow blames on peeve. and i filled in the cursed region and to add bases further inside russia came under attack earlier this week, ukraine has not claimed responsibility. and washington stopped short of attributing

the stripes to keep 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. brushes. invasion of ukraine, of course, has caused devastating loss of life, but both sides have been secretive about just how many of that soldiers have died. civilian casualties are also impossible to state with any certainty. annex report looks at the reasons why. 9 months of fighting air strikes, artillery battles and close combat in towns across a 900 kilometer long frontline,

leaving thousands dead. but how many 1000 is unknown? russia stated in september that it had lost just under 6000 troops. but the us military says it's lost about a $100000.00 on the field. ukraine recently said that about 13000 of id soldiers had died in the war, but the us said it's number of casualties is also more like 100000. the us uses a variety of methods to figure out that number, including satellite footage, as well as social media, images of the battlefield. when you stated that 100000 ukranian soldiers had died, kiev reacted with anger, saying, such figures were classified and that the government would release statistics when the time was right. you later backtracked from that claim. meanwhile, the low numbers, russia has released seen, meant to reassure the public that the war is not a catastrophe. the civilian death toll another big question,

the united nations most recent statistics, 7000 civilians dead. but the front line is too dangerous for observers to make a real count. many russian occupied areas like the city of merrier, fall, or mass graves have been photographed by satellites, may hold tens of thousands more, and russia is not letting international monitors into those areas. russia in general, makes no comment on the number of civilian casualties in ukraine. more this branch, any mothers, she's a russia analyst at a wrist with university in the u. k. a y ukraine and russia refusing to disclose the real numbers of that war casualties. well, in any war you see this happening because each side has a vested interest in downplaying, the number of its own casualties,

but also expanding to whatever proportions it can, the numbers of casualties on the other side. but i think in this more in particular, what we're seeing is ukranian side, which is very much concerned with operational secrecy. and has been very close lipped about all kinds of different details related to its capacity. it's armed forces its operations, and this is part of their strategy of really trying to keep a close eye on, on information and to prevent the enemy from, you know, gaining advantages. that would, you know, improve their ability to wage the war, but also it maintaining morale at home and at keeping support high internationally . because the last thing that he wants to do is to give the impression that ukrainian forces are, you know, beaten, that they're suffering huge losses and they're not able to continue the war. now even she pulls it up on the line, was criticized this week for publishing, and then i'm publishing information on the high number of killed ukrainian soldiers

. so how political is this? it's usually political. it is really vital as far as keith is concerned for it to maintain levels of support, but it's being receiving from you countries from nato member states. and if possible to increase that amount. and so, you know, if it's going to be very, very careful and very quick to respond to anything which might threaten that level of support, anything that might change the, the way that you cranes, military effort is being perceived around the world. not this week. and we see drone strikes inside russian territory and what is seen by many as a major escalation by ukraine. what you see happening this winter? well, it's interesting because of it in the weeks and months leading up to the winter, it was widely expected that the winter would be a period of relative calm that both sides would pull back of it. things would be quieter,

they would seek to look after their wounded and gain capacity and get ready for a spring offensive. but it hasn't really happened, at least not on the ukrainian side. ukrainians seen keen to push ahead with every advantage that they can to try and make as many gains as possible. because at the moment they have the momentum, they have a certain momentum behind them. they've had successes on the field. they've re taken a lot of territory and they don't want to lose that momentum and, and risk the possibility that shifts over to russia side. and so the fact that they are able, evidently, to strike behind russian mines to attack key targets with, you know, and things like emissions and command posts and, and equipment and so on is very, very important because it does 2 things. well, those 3 things are the 1st they, it reduces the capacity of russia to wage the war, and that's absolutely vital. secondly, it, it creates a sense of fear and uncertainty among russians about where the next strike might come from. they, they don't feel vulnerable, don't feel invulnerable,

any longer they feel vulnerable to ukrainian strikes. but thirdly, it demonstrates to this wider international community supporting ukraine. the ukrainians are doing a very good job at fighting this war. they're clever, strategic, and they're making a real difference on the ground. gross analysts, jimmy mother iris with university in the u. k. thank you very much. yes, the un secretary general antonia who terrace and has urged governments to ent and quote, orgy of destruction as a biodiversity summit kicks off in canada at the opening of cop 15 and montreal. who cherish? warned humanity has become a quote, weapon of mass extinction. and that we must change course, many experts are calling the summit all our 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 circle,

very visible reminder of the threat that humans pause to animal and plant life. deforestation changes in land use. the climate crisis and pollution are also taken a big talk. about $1000000.00 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 carbon? the maddie since we tech, for is than 70 percent of cancer drugs come from by a diversity our 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 or will continue to deteriorate, i'm saying so because 97 percent of the global by a diversity is degraded as 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 biodiversity. 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. several of us, some more world view stories. us senator rafael warnock has defeated his republican soldier, hassle walker, and george is run off contest for a seat in the senate is when gives the democrats of outright majority in the senate warnock. thank georgians. god and his family. in an emotional victory. she will serve as a senator for 6 years. argentina's former president has been sentenced to 6 years in jail on charges of corruption. christina fernandez to curse, now was found guilty of embezzling $1000000000.00 between 20072015. the corruption case has divided the country has a 4 to say the trial is politically motivated. she's expected to appeal

media group al jazeera has referred to killing of its journalist show, been ob, will are clear to the international criminal court. the media network says new evidence shows she was deliberately killed by israeli forces. the israeli army has admitted one of its soldiers lightly shot barbara clay in the west bank and made but says she was mistaken for militant ah. portugal r through to the football woke up quarter finals after thrashing switzerland 61 in their round of 16 match. in a dominant performance, portugal took a 2 new lead into half time before putting another 4 balls passed. switzerland storekeeper young sama after the break on zillow ramos was the standout scoring hattrick fiano ronaldo only started off the bench. the 2016 european champions will play morocco in the quote from us that match will be morocco's

1st ever quarter find what are the world cup after they knocked out spain in the round of 16 earlier on tuesday, our for goal is 120 minutes. it all came down to a panel to shoot out. at the end result sent the last arab team standing through to the quarter finals morocco with a better start to the game. but 12 minutes in ash if i came, he's 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 rolled off side on the brink of half time, a pin point, cross font knife. ugh, where it in the box put his head up, 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 months 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 i came me scott, the decider. a disappointing end to the world cut for spain. morocco go through to the quarter finals. and he ws both correspond and done, abbas alone am, has been covering the woke up for us from door is what she told me earlier on about morocco's historic success at the tournament sofa. right, so was morocco. we definitely saw a classic world cup upset. i mean morocco really defied everyone's expectation for them coming into this tournament. nobody really even thought of 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 on be in now and 9 games, they only have one goal against in for game. so really impressive from this morocco inside. of course, it had to be accurate. how key me to send staying home. he was born in span,

raises, played, played in span, could have played for span, but just a word on the moroccan fans here. morocco is last air team in a tournament. the last african team in the tournaments were really carrying the hope of so many people here. it actually feels like it's a whole world cut for 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 that 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 into this game like it has been for every game is about krishawna and although, and was about rashondra, although 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 cell around with 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 show 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 ronaldo 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,

and then the support that they have here is unbelievable. yesterday when kashana and aldo was warming up the fans or 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 another from the law. thank you donna. 13 years after avatar cinema screens and became the highest grossing movie of all time. along the way to school premiered in london on tuesday, i select audience was shown the new movie titled, the way of water director james cameron, and the stars, or attendance is the 2nd of a plan. total of 5 avatar movies and took 3 years to fill. you as a taken back to the planet from door up where the native, navi people, once again, battle schuman colonists, full whistles,

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