this is the call to come to greece.ou are also going aggressive on cutting taxes for ex-pats. the big story for your economy was the upgrade from moody's that is sending your two year negative. tell us about your financing needs. the pandemic has meant governments have to take on more debt. alex: i would highlight that part of the upgrade and low yields increase hit 80 basis points. we have low growth financing needs under 10% of gdp which compares to most of the developed countries which have needs of about 20%. what is really important is to support the local economy jobs and companies, but make sure the money is not wasted. we have taken this opportunity to implement our structural changes, lower social security contributions, and elimination of the income tax. on the health situation, we know the numbers that come out of greece, if you compare to other countries are lower. the prime and astir has been aggressive going into the laptop down -- the prime minister has been aggressive going into that lockdown. balance?he

we're through the national lockdown has started in greece as authorities try to stop a rapid rise in corona virus infections had over the strict restrictions many people rushed to leave the city or see the stores set to calls kindergartens and primary schools will remain open but not secondary schools this is the country's 2nd locks are in and the government says it has doubled the fine for violations priests and i was 2400 new coronavirus cases in 14 deaths on friday turkey's central bank governor has been fired since. held the position since july last year he was removed by a presidential decree after the turkish lira reached a record new law the position has now been reassigned to. the former finance minister at least 3 people have been killed in afghanistan's capital in a bomb explosion among the casualties is. a former news presenter for told the news a surge in violence comes as government goes c.-h. is continue talks with the taliban here in doha. a group of europeans appliances criticized the israeli government on a visit see an occupied west bank village raised by the israel

turkey is seeking to establish its rights over greece where it's probably the mediterranean and i don't think it's really for france true make decisions on this matter. if there is here if there is a river for the literal powers to reach agreement between them so. if they come to their normal here they will be expected to go to arbitration if there's also france's backing of those who buy its weapons $32.00 is expanding its weapon sales in the middle east and north africa region and then there's french support for kurds in iraq and syria and for egypt's president up the fact that sisi return if you again is on the opposite side so far mediation efforts from european allies have failed but it's become a dispute that is helping to rally the support base of both the french and the turkish leaders and with election season in both countries not too far away unless believe that turkey and france are going to move further apart before they perhaps come any closer some of the job it out of there are somewhat. the plunging value of the turkish lira has prompted president to want to replace the h

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus al-jazeera. look, there's a lot of bad news around at the moment and if so, why don't we end this bulletin with some nice pictures from sydney aquarium, which is welcoming some special additions to the family 7 new penguin chicks which of hatched in recent weeks. the youngest, just a couple of weeks ago, these are called gentoo penguins, and they're being monitored in way daily by a team of care is the youngest. just 300 grams. the eldest already 2 kilograms. there you go. cute penguins for you. all need that occasion. overbets are the headlines this hour on al-jazeera, ethiopia, 1st of all, where the military says it plans to encircle the capital city of the region of the tanks and seize it is controlled by a particular people's liberation front, and reuters is reporting that it the t.v. left has destroyed roads and bridges to stop the government advance m

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 9 team. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace loans. job's jump rope you. in australia, they're moving a step closer to normal life. the government is easing restrictions in many regions affected by the pandemic. after no new infections or debts were detected for weeks around now just 88 active cases across australia, almost half of them in south australia, which is lifted its quarantine rules for thousands of people. also from monday, people in the state of victoria will no longer have to wear masks outside and rules on large public gatherings of being relaxed. in the state capital had 3 months of lockdown, which kept people at home, and most businesses shot a funeral is being held for the leader of serbia's orthodox church, who died after contracting coronavirus patriarch. it in a court. the virus after leaving an open house service for one of the churches, senior clerics who also died to these pictures coming in live from belgr

some countries like greece are facing a recession in just a decade. but with the government leaving large digital investments now may be the answer, maybe lights ahead, plus reports from love. love video is a town of unemployment. the money spent at the local farmer's market comes largely from pensions because traditional industry is gone. ancient silver and books, not mines were abandoned 30 years ago. so we're textile mills that employed thousands. this may all be about to change because software giant microsoft may be interested in buying these hollowed out facilities. it's part of a wave of digital technology investments that's happening in greece. as of a couple who was in the netherlands when she heard the u.s. drugmaker, pfizer was hiring software engineers in her home city of when i was told you how small i'm very own it's one of just 6 global digital technology hubs, where teams of software engineers will speed up the analysis of diseases and the testing of cures the government is actively pursuing digital investment because it has a multipli

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs jumpstart ople. us al-jazeera love. you and australians moving a step closer to returning to normal life. the government's easing restrictions in many regions affected by the pandemic after no new infections or deaths were detected for weeks there in august 88 active cases across the country. almost half of them in south australia, which is now lifted quarantine rules for thousands of people. from monday, people in the state of victoria will no longer have to wear masks outside and rolls on large public gatherings being relaxed. this is, remember after 3 months of lockdown in melbourne, particular which kept people at home, most businesses shot israel has launched air strikes into gaza, or of an isolating several hamas targets. israel says the attacks were in response to rocket fire from the gaza strip. and according to the air force, the targets were 2 rocket ammunition manu

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus al-jazeera love you. health authorities in the gaza strip say the recent rise in corona virus infections could overwhelm the medical system within a week. they want critical patients will soon be turned away. intensive care units in a capacity. gaza has a population of 2000000 people. it's medical system has suffered from an israeli and egyptian imposed blockade. it's recorded more than 14000 texans and 65 deaths. opposition parties in pakistan have held a huge rally, calling on prime minister imran khan to resign. thank you's, the military of wrecking the election that comes 12 years ago. the valleys happened in defiance of government bans on public gatherings. demonstrators said the government is using coronavirus as an excuse to stop them. my heart has moved from peshawar. the pakistan democratic movement is a grouping of very liberal political parties.

joining me now is greece's former finance minister, yanis varoufakis.wn or worried about the economic implications? both. but i am livid with the fact that the government has done nothing for many months to prepare for the inevitable second wave. many governments have been rather remiss in this, but our government i think wins the prize of unpreparedness, government i think wins the prize of unprepa redness, especially due government i think wins the prize of unpreparedness, especially due to the fact we have a national health service that has suffered a decade of immense cuts as a result of the ba n kru ptcy of immense cuts as a result of the ba nkru ptcy of of immense cuts as a result of the bankruptcy of the greek state. all this comes together into a kind of this comes together into a kind of this topic situation at the moment. —— dystopian situation. this topic situation at the moment. -- dystopian situation. is it the case that blue—collar workers have to go out and do front line jobs and are more at risk, and covid makes structural inequality eve

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether its lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs jumpstart ople us al jazeera love. you look at chile now where nationwide demonstrations are taking place across the country, demanding the release of hundreds of people arrested during protests for social reform over the past year. latin america is at the scene human reports now from santiago. this is 23 year old student at a demonstration last year in santiago at protest. he would act as a kind of fire man running after burning hot tear gas canisters fired by police and extinguishing them in water, mixed with bicarbonate of soda. but added to the protests last december, he was apprehended by riot police and jailed for months alongside hardened criminals under preventive detention measures. he's now under house arrest, awaiting trial for allegedly carrying molotov cocktails. konami out of the city of at the police station 4 officers made me turn my back to the wall while 2 ot

i notice that they merkel and sarkozy rarely mention that german and french banks were some of greece's biggest lenders, or that much of the greeks accumulated debt had been racked up by buying german and french exports. facts that might have made clear to voters why saving the greeks from default amounted to saving their own banks and industries. that's rather scathing, and i would say your average observer would not have picked up on obama's disapproval of the german and french approach. would you agree with that? well, over time there have been disagreements, and the one that you've just described is a good example. but there have been, there have been others. and obama, early in his presidency, was concerned about, you know, we don't remember it much now, but about the trade deficit and about germany's export driven economic model. so this is, and this is a consistent theme of that the more progressively oriented obama administration at times took a very different view of the international economic priorities and is especially the recovery plans that would be most effective if you t

i notice that they merkel and sarkozy rarely mention that german and french banks were some of greece's biggest lenders, or that much of the greeks accumulated debt had been racked up by buying german and french exports. facts that might have made clear to voters why saving the greeks from default amounted to saving their own banks and industries. that's rather scathing, and i would say your average observer would not have picked up on obama's disapproval of the german and french approach. would you agree with that? well, over time there have been disagreements, and the one that you've just described is a good example. but there have been, there have been others. and obama, early in his presidency, was concerned about, you know, we don't remember it much now, but about the trade deficit and about germany's export driven economic model. so this is that this is a consistent theme of that. the more progressively oriented obama administration at times took a very different view of the international economic priorities and is especially the recovery plans that would be most effective if you

left is now fighting on 2 fronts against both eritrea and ethiopian government troops to greece, regional leader has confirmed his forces fired rockets across the border is in the air force in eritrea capital. a smaller sudanese state media say the number of people fleeing the violence has risen to nearly 25000 rather than that milan. another has found that the myth that i'm due to give birth and a doctor has scheduled an operation for me. now i have passed my due date and conditions are bad. i just won them to examine me with a computer. a bomb came from the direction of eritrea and an attack from the direction of the ethiopian federal government in the city. a lot of people died there and i came on foot to draw on a small city from the hamara area. i fled there. i was afraid of the bombs and the strikes. a lot of buildings were blown up in iraq, several camps, housing, people who fled. i saw have been closed down, aid groups and other nongovernmental organizations say that the closures are rushed, leaving many people with nowhere to go to 14 reports now from northern iraq. this place by

i want to focus on what is happening in greece. greece has a negative two year.ower of what is happening with the central banks in europe and around the world. we will be hearing shortly from christine lagarde. the german ten-year, i want to talk about what is happening here. the bucket of cold water thrown over the idea we are getting inflation out of europe. i also think there is an argument that says that maybe we will see yield from the supply shortage that the ecb potentially aggressively steps back into the market. we'll talk more about that. team, 13private equity billion the price tag. the stock rocketing on the back of that. creed, assassins successful launch for this game's platform. the stock is up 4.14%. very wellks do during the lockdown. bmp, part of a payment being investigated as part of a purchase from deutsche bank. that has caused a few regulators to have concern. bmp under the microscope. the stock down by 3.7%. you can feel the effects of central banks in these markets. you can feel the effects of what is happening with the virus. alix: joini

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs . jobs at all, plus al-jazeera okami up in spalding a lucky escape for this rider at the portuguese grand prix. and it will be the story in 2012, al-jazeera traveled to iraq. people here are definitely scared to speak on camera. they're saying that if they talk to us, they think they'll be arrested down the line to take the pulse of a country ravaged under us occupation. some of these graves are completely destroyed. it's one of the most holy and sacred sites in all of iraq and turned into a battleground between the 90 army and the americans rewind returns to iraq after the americans. at this time on al-jazeera had to main the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution tennesee our mission, to entertain, educate and prevent debate through satire, how weapon of choice and internet. look at what inspires one of tennessee, as most popular comedians to make people lau

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether its lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs jumpstart, hopeless al-jazeera, love you sunday mark since the same day as the patron saint of music in mexico. that usually means a huge procession of cheese parading through the capital and so on. the country's most famous music styles. but this year the event's been called off, and the mariachi is a struggling to get by john hall and reports from mexico city. if you've got a birth, a wedding, or even a serenade to take to your lover's window, this is who you bring with you in mexico. when you're laid off, los, she's the sewing twined with the country's d.n.a. . but it's hard to think of a party without them. the problem is that since coded celebrations have been thin on the ground and the suffering mantis has been playing for 33 years and can't remember a worse time. it was, they were going to get it over with had to stop working for 4 and a half months. people don't come t

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus al-jazeera love you. protesters and police have faulted guatemala's caps off the hundreds stormed the congress building and set it on fire. many people have been angered by parliament's new budget bill, law birdman, the reports. what i'm on is congress building a blaze ignited by protesters at a controversial budget. the demonstrators had their way into the empty building from fast day, or they were quickly dispersed by riot police. as firefighters moved to contain the fire. those further protest, a close watch of the city, thousands gathered in central plaza. they say the party was negotiated in secret and would not benefit the people if there is no way to show our anger how fed up we are, we are tired of so much abuse by the authorities. there getting into debt. the people are tired and will not tolerate anymore. the passionate cuts to education, health s

look at greece and indonesia. ian: what wars do, just as dictatorships often do in foreign occupation is they are deliberately manipulating resentment, divisions and so on that exist in society anyway. in france, the regime would never have come to power had it not been for the german occupation. in greece, the antagonism between the left in the right goes back to the prewar, when they had a right-wing dictatorship and left-wing opponents were locked up in jail. the germans occupied greece. the resistance comes from the left, from the communists. the old guard becomes collaborators with the germans and that goes on after the war. greece ended up in a very brutal civil war. in france, it was similar. speakingm, the dutch flemish nationalists were deliberately inflamed by the german occupation against the french-speaking will loons. there was no monarch in belgium to keep things together because he was tainted by trying to make a deal with the germans. what happened after the war is it is not that you topple the the

i notice that they merkel and sarkozy rarely mention that german and french banks were some of greece's biggest lenders, or that much of the greeks accumulated debt had been racked up by buying german and french exports. facts that might have made clear to voters why saving the greeks from default amounted to saving their own bakes and industries. that's rather scathing, and i would say your average observer would not have picked up on obama's disapproval of the german and french approach. would you agree with that? well, over time there have been disagreements, and the one that you've just described is a good example. but there have been, there have been others. and obama, early in his presidency, was concerned about, you know, we don't remember it much now, but about the trade deficit and about germany's export driven economic model. so this is, this is a consistent theme that the more progressive li, oriented obama administration at times took a very different view of the international economic priorities. and it's especially the recovery plans that would be most effective if you thi

i notice that they merkel and sarkozy rarely mention that german and french banks were some of greece's biggest lenders, or that much of the greeks accumulated debt had been racked up by buying german and french exports. facts that might have made clear to voters why saving the greeks from default amounted to saving their own banks and industries. that's rather scathing, and i would say your average observer would not have picked up on obama's disapproval of the german and french approach. would you agree with that? well, over time there have been disagreements, and the one that you've just described is a good example. but there have been, there have been others. and obama, early in his presidency, was concerned about, you know, we don't remember it much now, but about the, the trade deficit and about germany's export driven economic model. so this is, this is a consistent theme of that. the more progressively oriented obama administration at times took a very different view of the international economic priorities and is especially the recovery plans that would be most effective if you

injured. 79 people in turkey are dead and two confirmed deaths in greece. tsunami waves swept away boats and inundated coastal towns. an 85-year-old woman drowned. residents have been moving mud from their homes and shops. >> translator: the water rose to this line, and when the water receded, the shelves were washed away. >> translator: i was terrified the rising waters would never stop. i was helpless. i thought i was going to die. >> earthquakes are a frequent cause of extensive damage in turkey. more than 17,000 people died after a quake in the western area in 1999. >>> in major league baseball a pitcher has wrapped up his seven contract with the yankees and able to accept offers from any baseball team. but who notched 78 wins did not receive a qualifying offer from the yankees. the team would have had to offer $18.9 million, which is the average paid this year to 125 of the mlb top players. he will not now be allowed to negotiate a contract with any team including the yankees as well as tempts in japan. major league baseball kicked off its regular seas

and so in greece it ended up in a very brutal civil war. in italy it could have easily become a civil war. in france it was simmering. in belgium the dutch-speaki flemish nationalists were inflamed against the french-speaking, and there was no monarch in belgium to keep things together because he was tainted by trying to make a deal with the germans and so on. so what happens after the war is it's not that you topple the dictator or bring the brutal enemy to heal. in some ways the problems go on and the problems which have been made worse by war. and how do you contain that? well, having sort of a national figure, a king or a queen, who has the legitimacy to sort of patch things up and it was done very literally by talking about everybody beeping anti-german and now it was time to pull together again, and it was as though you hadn't had the vichi regime, but it was probably a necessary thing to do because otherwise the country could have been torn apart. the other reason you didn't have civil wars in france and italy, is that stalin, the so

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus al-jazeera. it's that time of year it's been west in the bekaa valley. it's been wet in iraq. you get temporary street flooding. as is the case in one of the suburbs of baghdad. it's only ankle or knee deep, but it's notable. i will see this time and time and again, and of course the showers will tend to move south with the season eventually getting down to bahrain and qatar. but the moment the following wind is quite a strong and dusty shamar. however, i want to jump south anyway towards the arabian sea, because just recently, this little thing, if you want to rouse a mass of clouds, is rapidly intensified, produced an eye and is the equivalent of a category 3 hurrican at the moment. it's making landfall in the whole of africa, just go across this more arlindo link and the most easily town in mainland africa by the way, a half one. but there it is, with wi

secondary schools in greece were closed earlier this month. there have been more than 76000 coronavirus cases in greece, and more than 1100 deaths. the u.s. national security adviser says he'd like to see the blockade on castro resolved within 70 days. bra instead of step would be for saudi arabia and bahrain to fully reopen their airspace to qatari aircraft. former world bank official francisco sagacity has been chosen by peru's congress to be the new interim president, the 3rd national leader in a week. so gusty, it seems, the presidency ahead if elections called for april. the u.s. is expected to have the number of troops in afghanistan by the middle of january, leaving about 2 and a half 1000. the order would stop short of outgoing president. donald trump's goal to have all troops withdrawn by the end of the year. and the number of personnel in iraq is also set to come down to around 2 and a half 1000 ethiopia's government is sending more troops to the northern tier grey region. despite international calls for mediation, hundreds have died

becoming the latest to go into lockdown greece has kept a really quite tight lid on the virus up to now looking not to drop its god going into lockdown prompting in the last 24 hours protests in thessaloniki up on the aegean $200.00 people facing off against riot police there with tear gas and percussion we're going to grenades we may see more of that sort of thing in time to come out of there as china hall reporting live there from liverpool china many thanks to mosques in austria have been closed off for a man who attended them killed 4 people and injured 22 others in vienna earlier this week the country's integration minister insists the move isn't an attack on his on the islamic faith a 20 year old gunman was shot dead on monday during his rampage in the capital france's president emanuel macaw says that his relationship with turkey is worsening criticize turkey for taking action against other european nations meanwhile turkey stands against the french decision to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad something seen as blasphemous across the muslim world there is a suburb in

he was in greece. lemonis: oh, you were in greece. who are these pictures of?e: that's my mom's parents. petros: yeah, and a little push cart in baltimore. zoe: in baltimore, where they were hand-rolling chocolates, and my dad came over. he learned the trade. george: i love to work for my kids. lemonis: it's nice to have your children support you. george: oh, yes. i think that's the most important, to love each other. lemonis: this place is -- it got a lot bigger. -petros: yeah, right. -lemonis: it goes back even -- petros: it goes back farther, yeah. lemonis: holy... petros: this is the kitchen, where we manufacture everything. lemonis: oh, my gosh. i just want to see the process. petros: so we're boiling the cream, and we have our raw chocolate, a little butter. lemonis: can i stir it? oh, yeah. petros: so this is gonna cool. after it cools, we'll cut it into squares. it'll go through the enrober and get covered in chocolate.- -lemonis: in plain chocolate. -petros: right. lemonis: why don't you do some basic things like chocolate-covered pretzels and chocolat

since then they have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. the last 5 to 6 years we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. and many of the middle nations we are competing against now, so. so we are not satisfied but but, but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through a leading example of that development is gone. simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side. i mean, a bill of felt he is the only member of the national team set up sign for a non nordic club. this september he made history. and here comes the police league, its 1st player from the fair while it's you, it's, we were coming on here to be the felt he took on the sharks. i'm sorry, stats are good, it's the bottom is the 1st, the fairways goalscorer. i would also love to get other younger players from the fire island still to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there and i just want to look like till the german close. also to look i

. >> let me look at greece and indonesia. churchill, again, said, wars don't end until they roll through villages but they don't end even after they've done that, do they? revolutionary violence is -- >> right. and what wars do, just as dictatorships often do and foreign occupations, is they deliberately manipulate resentments, divisions and so on that exist in societies anyway. in france, the vichy regime would have never come to power if it hadn't been for the german occupation. in greece again, the antagonism between the left and the right goes back to the prewar period when they had a right-wing dictatorship and the left wing opponents were locked up in jail. the germans invade occupied greece. the resistance comes from the left, often communists. the old guard become collaborators with the germans. and that goes on after the war. and so in greece, it ended up in a very brutal civil war. in italy, it could have easily become a civil war. in france, it was simmering. in belgium, the dutch-speaking flemish nationalists were

they have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. the last 5 to 6 years, they have going from beating greece to the now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. many of the middle nations we are competing against now. so. so we are not satisfied but, but, but we are satisfied with the development. we have been going through a leading example of that development as you on simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side. i mean he's the only member of the national team set up signed for a non nordic club. this september he made history. and here comes the police league, its 1st player from the faroe islands joints we saw coming on here for peter felt he took over the sharks that surrogates that gordon is the 1st, the fairways goalscorer. i want those alone to get other younger players from the fire island still to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there and i just want to look like they're the german close. also to look in the faroe islands. when they try to sc

greece could suffer a 10 percent recession this year because of covert 19. so the question is whether it's lurch toward the digital economy will come quickly enough to replace lost jobs, jobs at all, plus al-jazeera love you. some news now from western australia where a man has died after being attacked by a shark off broome. it's the 8th death now from a shark attack in the country. this year, the highest toll since 1929, a 55 year old was pulled from the water with serious injuries and then died at the scene. western australia's premier described the attack as tragic and shocking. still ahead on this news out from london. i'll have all the latest sports news. it's been a lucky escape for this writer at the portuguese grand prix. and you'll have that story of the trial demain, the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution, to newseum. a mission to entertain, educate and provoke debate through satire, how weapon of choice, theater, and internet, look at what inspires one of tuna's year's most popular comedians to make people laugh. my tune, asea

greece has become the latest european country to reimpose a lockdown due to rising rates of coronavirusland has become the first nation in the uk to ban parents or carers from smacking or hitting their children. thank you now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, christa larwood is in london looking back at some of the most memorable arts and culture moments featured on the programme over the years. this week on the show, things are getting cultural. but soft! what light through yonder window breaks? it is the east, and juliet is the sun. hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the barbican centre in london. well, that was ade back in 2016 at the birthplace of shakespeare, and, as he so dramatically demonstrated, soaking up local culture is by far the most rewarding way to travel. but, as we know, cultural entertainment has been hit hard by coronavirus. this venue has been opened to the public again sincejuly, but, as of this week, it's had to temporarily close under the latest restrictions. so this week we're going to reminisce, looking back at some of ou

the last 5 to 6 years, we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. many of the middle nations we are competing against now so. so we are not satisfied but, but, but we are satisfied with the development. we have been going through a leading example of that development. is you on simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side? i mean a bill of felt he is the only member of the national team set up sign for a non nordic club. this september he made history, and here comes the point is they get the 1st player from the fairway woods joints we saw coming on here to be the felt he took over the sharks. i am sure. is that surrogates to put it? is the 1st fair always goalscorer. i would also love to get other younger players from the faroe islands to to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. and i just want to would like to the german close also to look in the faroe islands when they try to scout for talent. the small nation will now be looking forward to a future competing on a biggest sta

may be needed in order to keep numbers down in that country in greece this strict new measures come into place in thessaloniki where no non-essential flights will be allowed in or out there's also limits on when and for what reason you can leave your home in portugal the prime minister's put in place a new state of emergency and in italy a new curfew has come into play as european nations try and get rising infection numbers down there seem to be fighting a losing battle in lots of different places but the these obstructions are continuing to come in in the hope that in a couple of weeks they can try and suppress this 2nd wave the virus. that's how things are shaping up for the moment thanks to pick nost this hour i would of course bring bring you the very latest especially from the us of the coming hours so i hope to see. some control for a middle class time most of the night most of our very hard working people who want to get ahead that have either have some some health issues or have some of it out of trick about luck the whole time job won't always pay for a place to live and missin

of greece paid a heavy price seeing an increase in child mortality its health care spending was slashed from almost 10 percent to 2008 to 8 percent in 2017 the troika had wanted spending to fall to 6 percent the unemployment rate remains shockingly hired 17 percent last year and the country has yet to pay off its debts 21 i.m.f. administered bailouts have done little to spot team is economy into life for the past 3 years the economy has been in recession and the pandemic will take another huge bite out of the country economy minister martin boozman has blamed the i.m.f. austerity measures for the credit crisis but argentina has managed to convince creditors to restructure $65000000000.00 of debt and is now in talks with the i.m.f. about its $44000000000.00 loan and after $141000000000.00 pounds bailout of the banks in 20082 years later prisons then finance minister george osborne introduced austerity measures to reduce the budget deficit the result was debt almost doubled to $1.00 trillion dollars growth was anemic and the economy was $130000000000.00 smaller a decade later more than $4

it's also concerned over allegations greece illegally pushes back by rains. coming in from turkey, u.s. president, donald trump's attorney rudy giuliani has described, recounts of election results as useless claiming the us voting system has been compromised by widespread fraud. the state of georgia is finalizing its recount, which is likely to uphold democrat joe biden. as the winner of this previously republican stronghold state trumps legal team has filed multiple lawsuits in several states. disputing the election results allegations of voter fraud are so far unfruitful. our for more now let's go to our correspondent in washington, oliver sound that good evening to you are live or so rudy giuliani. he has just held a press conference. what did we learn about trump's plane? well it's one thing brand to claim voter fraud at a press conference, as we've seen with rudy giuliani, a little while ago or by e-mail or twitter as we've seen from donald trump and his team over the last days and weeks. and it's another thing to claim that in court and be successful wi

france,, the u.k. the us, greece and italy, their embassies, are put out a statement condemning what they call a cowardly attack. now they are some of the countries that were represented during this remembrance day ceremony that took place in jeddah at this cemetery for non muslims. it is armistice day. it is the day that marks the end of world war one. what happened was an explosive device went off during that ceremony. we understand that several people were wounded. we don't have any more details though, about how gravely they were wounded or their identities. but what we know is that in this statement, the embassies of those nations that i mentioned before have called on or thirty's in saudi arabia to investigate this as speedily and transparently as possible. and as i said, they are condemning this attack. now it comes as well, only less than 2 weeks now, since a guard outside, the french consulate in the same city in jeddah, was attacked by a man with a knife without speculating any further natascha because of the limited details. but why is france seemingly leading the charge h

s cases in greece, more than 1100 deaths. european leaders are among those banking on promising vaccine data from the u.s. . for now though, a government saying europe are relying on lock sense and restrictions to get infections under control. need barker reports from london, a public health warning with a difference? the german joakim entry features an elderly man looking back to the year 2020. the year he aged just $22.00, did his patriotic duty and switch partying for snacking on the sofa. behind the humor, a serious message for young people must play their part in the war against coronavirus . a fight, the german chancellor said the country must intensify. she's been pushing for tougher measures, including mandatory face masks in schools. despite complaints from regional leaders . to contact restrictions at the formula for success, we need to restrict contacts further to reach our goals. country after country europe's retreating into lockdown while the block's biggest economies are sinking deeper into debt. the e.u. commi

may be needed in order to keep numbers down in that country in greece as strict new measures come into place and thessaloniki where no non-essential flights will be allowed in or out there's also limits on when and for what reason you can leave your home in portugal the prime minister's put in place a new state of emergency and in italy a new curfew has come into play as european nations try and get rising infection numbers down they seem to be fighting a losing battle in lots of different places but the these obstructions are continuing to come in in the hope that in a couple of weeks they can try and suppress this 2nd wave the virus. of reporting and that brings you up to date but when you say fast i hear when i say we'll be back though of course with the latest on the u.s. election in about 30 minutes. people say drawled prowls untalented in worthless but you see how difficult that is do blast the money got it takes some skill he had to go to really college the company can do it. over. sputnik 5 has the world. just like its namesake the original sputnik. the 1st cruft ever to leave.

still working to find more survivors the quake in the aegean sea caused damage in both turkey and greece correspondence and. this is desperate for news of his wife and daughter he hopes rescuers will find them alive in this huge pileup. they have been missing since last friday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook turkey's west coast city. efforts continue to rescue as many people as possible with the help of sniffer dogs . while clusters of distraught relatives wait outside the flattened building. another building in the same district where the ground is so what's clay according to geology experts and at risk of collapse its foundation and 1st 2 floors have all of the sunk into the ground. droplets of walk to be lifted the magnitude of this earthquake wasn't very high but it shows how weak our buildings are bad concrete which me liters to sand. at these 2 or 3 columns to use on the 1st floor reportedly removed to make room before the earthquake. experts here tell us that this building is another example of poor quality construction cranes are holding quarts of it in place until it's saf

the last 5 to 6 years, they have going from beating greece to 2. now, playing competitive matches against the baltic countries and many of the middle nations we are competing against now. so. so we are not satisfied but but, but we are satisfied with the development. we have been going through a leading example of that development. is you on simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side? i mean he's the only member of the national team set up signed for a non nordic club. this september he made history. and here comes the bonus league is 1st player from the faroe islands. you it's, we saw him coming on here to be the felt he took over the sharks and. 2 the board is the 1st, the fairways goalscorer. i would also love to get other younger players from the fire island still to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. and i just want to look like till the german clubs also to look in the faroe islands. when they tried to scout for talent. the small nation will now be looking forward to a future competing on

in other news tonight england and greece are returning to lock downs in a bid to put a stop to cases england's 3 imposing restrictions following the leads of france and germany in order to slow down the spread france is currently reporting more than 40000 new cases a day italy is introducing overnight curfews and in germany new infections there grow by more than 20000 over the last 24 hours russia meanwhile registered more than 19000 new cases on wednesday but a return to the restrictions in europe is not winning favor with those who once again find themselves living under lockdown peter all of explains. we're 4 days into what's being called lockdown light here in germany younger merkel put this in place with the idea being to keep schools kindergartens as much of the economy open as possible at the expense of social life essentially bars restaurants theaters cinemas gyms all of these closed down in order to keep open schools and kindergartens and as much business that doesn't involve direct contact as possible although those businesses that are open are under some restrictions so fa

now in other news today england and greece are returning to lockdowns following a record surge in code cases within some instances of 43 percent rise in victims ingles england is re imposing restrictions following the examples of france and germany in order to slow down the spread of the virus france has more than 40000 new cases a day and italy is introducing curfews from 10 pm in germany new infections grew by more than 2000 $700.00 over the last 24 hours russia meanwhile registered more than $19000.00 new cases on wednesday an anti vaccine of russian origin is in the final stages of trials now there is growing public anger restrictions across the continent or europe correspondent peter all of explains. we're 4 days into what's being called lockdown light here in germany younger merkel put this in place with the idea being to keep schools kindergartens as much of the economy open as possible at the expense of social life essentially bars restaurants theaters cinemas gyms all of these closed down in order to keep open schools and kindergartens and as much business that doesn't involve

to do, we migrants to the boss of the migrants, and we cheat on the most of the migrants reaches greeceby way of the sea. and is really very difficult now, and we are very uncomfortable with the situation we meet on the line now because we are stuck in a major economic crisis coming from the policies used to go with the talking there about the economic aspect of it. the budget would have included a large scale post anti mic relief package if they sponsor all without the deadlock doesn't break. and what other options, i mean, all that. and what could that impact be for europe's recovery? well, we'll be 1st in the major league that there's more so because the need for the a lot of people will rely on the coming from, from the you, from the cosmos, on the 2 equally and to march, maybe because they were all too much in the mouth that go there and all the state of the european union would have been willing to give them money. but you can't be so confident because they didn't respond to reality. is that different economies, the european union is very uneven. and so to back down and, you know,

the rubble of a collapsed building 2 days after a powerful earthquake rocked parts of turkey and greece but hopes of rescuing more people are dwindling as the total number of deaths passes 60 most of those victims and much of the damage was in the turkish city of izmir where sin and cos the early reports. this man is desperate for news of his wife and daughter he hopes rescuers will find them alive in this huge pile of debris they've been missing since last friday's magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook turkey's west coast city of. efforts continue to rescue as many people as possible with the help of sniffer dogs. while clusters of distraught relatives wait outside the flattened building. another building in the same district where the ground is so what's clay according to geology experts and at risk of collapse its foundation and 1st 2 floors have all of the songs into the ground. troops who want to be lifted the magnitude of this earthquake wasn't very high but it shows how weak our buildings are bad concrete which meet liters into sand. at these 2 or 3 columns to use on the 1st floor

since then they have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. the last 5 to 6 years we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. many of the middle nations we are competing against now, so. so we're, we are not satisfied but but, but we are satisfied with the development. we have been going through a leading example of that development is your own simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side. i mean, a bill of felt he is the only member of the national team set up sign for a non nordic club. this september he made history. and here comes the bundesliga 1st player from the faroe islands. you it's, we would at once saw him coming on here to be the felt he took on the sharks and 1st. 2 that's harder, it's the goodness league is 1st, the fairways goalscorer. i would also love to get other younger players from the faroe islands to to also come to the professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. and i just want to look like till the german clos