as national security right reporting from washington rosen thank you south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced richter measures to combat a surge in coronavirus cases driven by a different foster breading variants. became the 1st cunt african country to pos 1000000 infections indoor and outdoor gatherings will be banned in a 9 pm curfew will be enforced failure to wear a mask correctly in public has been made a criminal offense a person who does not a mosque could be arrested and prosecuted on conviction that would be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months or both. a fine and imprisonment i must admit that this is addressed to measure but it is not necessary to ensure compliance with the most basic of preventative measures how much also has more from port elizabeth on why tougher restrictions have been imposed. it was the doc to and many of the health workers who were calling for these restrictions they were saying that they are really surprised of authorized number of fictions what surprised them quickly it happened and generally others that frek

many young people it's led to travel bans to and from south africa tourism industry president cyril ramaphosa this monday reimposing a bad on alcohol sales and ordering the closure of all boz has also announced the closure of beaches and public swimming pools in hotspots like cape town johannesburg and been wearing masks in public is mandatory otherwise expect fines or prison and not curfew has been extended from 9 pm to 6 am as our correspondent points out the rules of a straight so yes from now on you can end up in jail if you don't wear a free small scale in south africa hot for year imprisonment on fine so now it's one of the drastic measures how do you try to push the push people here in compliance with rules that were already here we already had a few small sproule i'm not a regulation that people might not be too happy about is that we're going into a 3rd barren on alcohol sales and that will impact of course restaurants and cafes liquor stores and the wine industry in the western cape near cape town but the president saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up

south african president cyril ramaphosa has reintroduced a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars to contain a resurgence of the corona virus president opposes says said reckless behavior that contributed to the most recent spike is putting pressure on hospital emergency units. after more than 40 years as part of different versions of the european union the united kingdom is fully on its own starting january 1st more than 1000000 british citizen still live in the e.u. and they may feel the consequences of brecht's it the most so been talking to some of them across the block where focusing on 4 british migrant communities in amsterdam the french ports of alone and today our brussels bureau chief alexander phenomenon is in chantilly about an hour's drive north of paris. with its racecourse and chateau until he has been a visitor magnet for decades today so so many brits have settled in the area there's even a cricket club an english shop. is standing by for us. alexandra there she is in a very festive scene behind her tell us a little bit about this piece of britain you

and that key agencies have been severely damaged by trump's policies south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced stricter measures to combat a surge in corona virus cases driven by a fast spreading variant thoughts after it became the 1st african country to pass a 1000000 infections indoor and outdoor gatherings will be banned and a 9 pm curfew will be enforced a saudi court has sentenced a prominent women's rights activists of more than 5 and a half years in prison drawing international condemnation there's a and have a new it has been held since 28 seen after being arrested along with least a dozen other activists say she's been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison at least 3 french soldiers have been killed in mali their armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the small town of home buri in the mopti region the troops were part of france's 5000 strong force helping to fight armed groups in the sahara region. argentina's senate will decide on tuesday whether to legalize abortion hundreds of anti abortion activists protested outside congress a day ahead of what's

in march, including an alcohol ban, tougher measures are now being reconsidered by president cyril ramaphosa reached these shores although this one developed in the netherlands is being tested here. i'm really disappointed to see the world map of access so to see the world map of access so farand to see the world map of access so far and the whole of the african continent seems to have been left out. but right now the country is preparing for other measures as it finds itself on the back foot. hope 110w itself on the back foot. hope now dashed that it had skipped the worst of the pandemic. mark lobel the worst of the pandemic. mark lobel, bbc news. people across europe have started to receive the coronavirus vaccine after countries including france, spain and italy, began the rollout of their vaccination programmes. more than 1a million people have been infected and strict lockdown measures are currently in place in nearly all the eu member states. damien mcguinness reports now from berlin. the european vaccine rollout has begun. in berlin, mobile teams are taking the first vaccines from thi

in march, including an alcohol ban, tougher measures are now being reconsidered by president cyril ramaphosaet reached these shores, although this one, developed in the netherlands, is being tested here. i'm really disappointed to see the world map of access so far and, you know, the whole of the african continent seems to have been left out. but right now, the country is preparing for other measures as it finds itself on the back foot. hopes now dashed that it had skipped the worst of the pandemic. mark lobel, bbc news. people across europe have started to receive the coronavirus vaccine after countries including france, spain and italy, began the roll—out of their vaccination programmes. more than 1a million people have been infected and strict lockdown measures are currently in place in nearly all eu member states. damien mcguinness reports now from berlin. the european vaccine roll—out has begun. in berlin, mobile teams are taking the first vaccines from this distribution centre to those who need it most — the elderly in nursing homes. this airport once provided a lifeline for west berli

president cyril ramaphosa has warned that hospitals are close to capacity as a new more infectious strainstablished throughout the country. the adjusted level three regulations will make every individual, meaning everyone, responsible legally for wearing a mask in public. from now on, it is compulsory for every person to wear a mask in a public space. they are severely under strain, particularly in two provinces, where hospitals are at full capacity, some by up to 140%. it's notjust covid patients that are filling up those beds, but also trauma cases, which are fuelled by crime and alcohol and road traffic accidents. the sale of alcohol will be banned with immediate effect in south africa until the middle ofjanuary next year. and that's happened before, hasn't it? indeed, and it really helped to free up beds that were much needed by covid—19 patients when the pandemic was first announced in march here in south africa. the news has been widely accepted by many south africans, who are obviously shocked that the country has reached 1 million covid—19 cases, south africa being the hardest—hit

president cyril ramaphosa has warned that hospitals are close to capacity as a new, more infectious strainlished throughout the country. the adjusted level three regulations will make every individual, meaning everyone, responsible legally for wearing a mask in public. from now on, it is compulsory for every person to wear a mask in a public space. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko is in johannesburg. she says hospitals are under strain. they are severely under strain, particularly in two provinces — the western cape and kwazulu—natal provinces — where hospitals are at full capacity, some by up to 140%. but it's notjust covid patients that are filling up those beds, but it's also trauma cases which are fuelled by crime and alcohol and also road traffic accidents. so the sale of alcohol will be banned with immediate effect in south africa until the middle ofjanuary next year. it happened before. and in fact, it really helped to free up beds that were much needed by covid—19 patients when the pandemic was first announced in march here in south africa. and the news has been widely accepted by ma

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south africa has announced its tightening covid restricitions, as president cyril ramaphosa warned thatious strain of the virus is sweeping the country. they include a curfew, compulsory mask—wearing in public spaces, and a ban on all indoor and outdoor events. legendary french fashion designer pierre cardin has died at the age of 98. he transformed the fashion industry in the 1960s and ‘70s by successfully licensing his brand name and introducing futuristic styles. his family says he died in a hospital near paris. our correspondent daniela relph looks back at his life. newsreel: another leader of the fashion world in paris, pierre cardin, takes the town by storm and reveals to breathlessly excited womanhood what they simply must be wearing by easter. pierre cardin, the fashion world supreme innovator. for decades, his designs ripped up convention and shocked the establishment. his thirst for the new and surprising was never satisfied. born in 1922, he left school at 1a to train in making cloth. a fortune teller told him he'd be famous. he asked if she knew anyone who worked in fashion.

south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced richter measures to combat a surge in corona virus cases driven by a fast spreading variant after it became the 1st african country to process 1000000 infections. a saudi courts a sentence they prominent women's rights activists to more than 5 and a half years in prison drawing international condemnation and has a new and has been held since 2018 after being arrested along with at least a dozen other activists relatives say she's been sexually assaulted and tortured while in prison she campaigned against a ban on women driving and for an end to saudi arabia's male guardianship system well the security adviser to the incoming buy in the administration has responded to the sentencing in a tweet jake sullivan said so the arabia sentencing of hussein and have food for simply exercising her universal rights is unjust and troubling as we have said the biden harris administration will stand up against human rights violations wherever they occur now that hashem is director for the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he

issues and that key agencies have been severely damaged by drums policies south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced stricter measures to combat a surge in corona virus cases driven by a fast spreading variance after it became the 1st african country to pass 1000000 infections. well this week we're looking back on the to mulch of this year since the 1st corona virus cases were reported in china in india one of the worst hit countries a sudden nationwide lockdown declared in march prompted internal migration on a massive scale tens of millions of workers returned to their villages after losing their jobs in the cities the government's announced billions of dollars in aid but it hasn't reached everyone elizabeth purana reports from the. it's one of the 5 bicycles she was given after her journey home to the state of bihar made national headlines during india's lockdown. in may the 17 year olds cycled 1200 kilometers with her injured father sitting behind her she'd gone to take care of him after he was injured in a void accident and was unable to carry on working as a top took driver that

many young people it's led to travel bans to and from south africa tourism industry president cyril ramaphosa this monday reimposing a bad on alcohol sales and ordering the closure of all boz has also announced the closure of beaches and public swimming pools in hotspots like cape town johannesburg and turban wearing masks in public is mandatory otherwise expect fines or prison not curfews being extended from 9 pm to 6 am as our correspondent points out the rules a strict so years from now on you can end up in jail if you don't wear a free small scale in south africa coffee year prison and on fine so that's one of the drastic measures how trying to basically push people here in compliance with rules that were already here we already had a few small sproule and not a regulation that people might not be too happy about is that we're going into a 3rd barren on alcohol sales and that will impact of course restaurants and cafes liquor stores and the wine industry in the western cape near cape town but the president saying it is needed it's we need hospital beds freedom now taken up by people that

and that key agencies have been severely damaged by trump's policies south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has announced stricter measures to combat a surge in coronavirus cases driven by different foss breading variants after it became the 1st african country to pass 1000000 infections indoor and outdoor gatherings will be banned under curfew will be enforced a person who does not wear a mosque could be arrested and prosecuted on the conviction. that would be liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months or both. a fine and imprisonment i must admit that this is addressed to measure but it is not necessary to ensure compliance with the most basic of preventative measures of the world health organization is warning governments to be prepared for a future pandemic that could be even worse this pandemic has been very severe it's been it's spread around the world extremely quickly and is afraid that every corner of this planet but this is not necessarily the big what this virus is very transmissible but and it kills people and it just deprives so many people of local

this new year's eve instead of rushing out and buying loads of fireworks south african president cyril ramaphosa has suggested lighting a candle at midnight not only to celebrate the new year in memory of those who've lost their lives to the coronavirus and in tribute to those on the front line working to save our lives and protect us so we've lived these candles for you happy new year from the entire business if you wish you health wealth and happiness for 2021. why for that. to own. or not to own. what about a shirt collar stood. up. for change and thinking is changing the economy to create something that. economics magazine and i'm sure. they would say what makes the dems who. join the love on banning them away from. i love the outdoors. and everyone with lead a holes in everything. getting are you ready to meet the germans and join me right just do it under you. some are celebrated some are vilified and some are ignored or regardless of how they're received whistleblowers have helped inform our picture of the world often at great personal costs to themselves speaking truth to power that's ou

to south africa where president cyril ramaphosa has reintroduced a ban on alcohol sales and ordered the closure of all bars as part of new restrictions to contain the resurgence of corona virus including a new more infectious variant is also announced the extension of a nighttime curfew from 6 pm until 6 am presenter in the police he said reckless behavior that contributed to the most recent spike in infections and they said was this was putting pressure on hospital emergency units in the new restrictions will be reviewed in a few weeks. straight to cape town then when we join t w correspondent chris welcome advent how severe is the pandemic there at the moment . well i just got back from one of the hospitals in tiny cheney in cape town that's the largest township and one of the officials there told me the house is on fire it is bad we were able to go in the area of the house and so we're covered patients are treated we saw that there was a crowded room with those patients who have difficulties to breathe and were waiting for a bed right next to it another room with people where the ver

.: >> nawanwhile, south africa's president cyril ramaphosa re-imposed a ban onan alcohol saleorderedall as of sunday, the y had topped one million infectiavs. holiday tr fueled concerns, as nearly 1.3 million people passed through u.s. airports on sunday, the most since march. logan airport in boston was one of many still packed this morning. a chinese court handedeaown a fourprison sentence today r a citizen journalist who reported on the initial covid-19 outbreak. zhang zhan posted videos from wuhan disputing the government narstive that the situation under control. china has denied covering up the initial outbreak and delaying release of vital information. presidt-elect joe biden charged today that president trump's administration has damaged national security agencies. in a speech in wilmington, delaware, he said many have agencies been "hollowed out". and, he said political appointe at the pentagon and the budget office refuse to give a clear picture of the situation. >> right now we just aren't getting all information that we need for the ongoing, outgoing administration in key

south african president siller cyril ramaphosa or is being urged to intervene in a violent campaign targeting foreign truck drivers around 30 trucks have been satellite drivers have been shot in recent attacks at least 2 people have died. has more from johannesburg we should warn you the report contains images of burn victims some viewers might find disturbing cullen's massacre mia was on a routine delivery when a car with 3 men inside blocked the road and 4th came out of his truck he says he is lucky to be alive some of the 3 guys come out another on the us good girl again a guy and another honestly i don't know if the alula no act is a day my main. come down the term out open my door. when i put the male leg down just someone gave me are you one 0. oh. unions representing foreigners working in south africa say gasoline bombs have been thrown at trucks driven by non south africans and dozens of drivers have been shot at stoned and even killed south african union leaders who have condemned the violence insist it is not xenophobia but they say they do want jobs to go to south africans 1st zimb