23000 new corona virus infections that's one of the highest rates in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for additional restrictions where infection rates are highest and that would put a damper on an already muted holiday season here in germany a new polls shows that the public's view of government restrictions for christmas and new year's d.w. hits the streets of berlin for a follow up from city dwellers facing a long gray winter ahead. germany is a month into a partial lockdown that hasn't managed to significantly reduce coby 19 infections and was a record number of their some thursday to countries gearing up for a low key christmas and new year's eve. according to a new study a quarter of germans think there is trick sions being taken by the government go too far but over half of them think that they are appropriate a 5th would welcome even tougher measures. despite plateau infection rates most state authorities to plan on losing restrictions for the festive season to a low chairman's together with up to 10 family members to news he's being met with caution

23000 new infections that's one of the largest the increases in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for tighter measures in areas with the highest spikes. and that would put a damper on an already muted holiday season here in germany a new poll sheds some light on the public's view of government restrictions for christmas and new year to the streets of berlin to follow up on the thoughts of city dwellers facing a long gray winter ahead. germany is a month into a partial lockdown that hasn't managed to significantly reduce coby 19 infections and was a record number of their some thursday to countries queuing up for a low key christmas and new year's eve. according to a new study a quarter of germans think there is trick sions being taken by the government go too far but over half of them think that they are appropriate a 5th would welcome even tougher measures. despite blatter we need infection rates most state authorities still plan on losing restrictions for the festive season to a low chairman's together with up to 10 family members to news is being met

is growing they include 6 european nations that's france germany italy and others and so these are the biggest european countries that do a lot of trade and there's a lot of travel between germany and the other countries and the u.k. so a lot of stress there in germany for planes and flights from the u.k. were suspended on midnight and this rule will probably also apply to south africa and so there is a situation where people who want to spend christmas with their loved ones simply don't know whether it's because some countries have been imposed that travel ban for 48 hours some say. the end of the year very unclear situation this all of this is being caused of course by a new strain of the corona virus is spreading in england has that strain of the virus also been reported yet in germany. not in germany it has been reported in italy but here in germany germany's leading viral it just comes down to austin said on sunday morning that the this variant had not been registered in german labs yet he's one of the leading experts worldwide when it comes to science cove 2 and the health minist

23000 new coronavirus infections that's one of the highest rates in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for additional restrictions where infection rates are spiking. well staying in germany let's find out what people here think about the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic polling institute in protest the map has just published a new survey the a.r.d. dortch lun trend with some interesting results the survey shows that despite soaring infection numbers and deaths most germans are confident that their health care system can cope people were asked how worried are you that medical care for kovan 1000 patients would not be adequate and one 3rd say they are worried or very worried but a solid 63 percent are less worried or not worried at all. let's bring in our chief political correspondent linda crane well linda not much german there when it comes to the country's medical infrastructure humm. you could put it that way the fact is there are currently 4000 intensive care patients here in german hospitals with coded 19 that's filling up around 25 percent

23000 new infections that's one of the largest daily increases in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for tighter measures in areas with the highest spikes. as the holiday season approaches many countries are weighing how best to allow for festivities without spreading the coronavirus here in europe people are breaking with tradition as a change their plans to accommodate restrictions. normally we travel to madrid on christmas eve and stay for a few days this year we have to celebrate at home but we'll have entertainment from our grandson where there are children there is christmas for him learning i know you don't really want them but we'd like to organize a big party with our friends but i don't think that's possible so family that's all there is to it. that and that you're dickerson and usually we celebrate with many relatives from all over my big extended family this year it will be only our closest circle my daughters and my husband might even go here in this venue or city of the christmas lights that you see behind me stay off at the moment even at nig

23000 new infections that's one of the largest daily increases in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for tighter measures in areas with the highest spots. and that surely would put a damper on an already muted holiday season here in germany a new poll shows the public's view on government of government restrictions for christmas new year's day you hit the streets of berlin for a follow up from city dwellers facing a long gray winter. germany is a month into a partial lockdown that hasn't managed to significantly reduce kovi 19 infections and was a record number of their some thursday to countries queuing up for a low key christmas and new year's eve. according to a new study a quarter of germans think there is trick sions being taken by the government go too far but over half of them think that they are appropriate a 5th would welcome even tougher measures. despite blotter wing infection rates most state authorities still plan on losing restrictions for the festive season to a low germans together with up to 10 family members to news is being met with cauti

france, germany, and italy suspending travel from the u.k. bertens biggest port stops traffic of the continent. in the u.s., congress has reached a 900 alien dollars spending package to take place later today. -- nine hundred billion dollars spending package to take place later today. welcome to "bloomberg: surveillance ." the selloff has been the lockdown in london and the ripple through the tourism industries around the growth -- growth. on the stoxx europe 600, treasuries grinding higher. personal income spending data on wednesday. the big moves are in the fx space, the biggest move since june 2020 for the bloomberg dollar index, up .6%. under pressure, down 3.5%. it is shaping up to be the monday pain trade. important movers to look forward to, gold up 24% this year. we are building that on the back of haven flows. table 1.3264. cable, 1.3264. needs little explanation. thedislocations around broader emerging markets fx space so let's break this down in more detail because the emergency lockdown in london and south east england -- england

restrictions to among them italy has announced a new national lockdown over most of the holidays italy germany france and 5 other e.u. states are coordinating the start of their covert vaccinations it's this italy's prime minister says that signals the nightmare is about to end rory chalons how does era london. israelis are getting their 1st batch of vaccines around $4000000.00 people are to get the pfizer vaccine this month israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu received his sort of a public event on science say a mass in articulation will include israeli settlers living inside the illegally occupied west bank but excludes the territories 2500000 palestinians. and thousands in mexico's cattle have ignored orders to return to lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus there the streets of mexico city appeared to be business as usual on saturday despite orders for all but essential services to close the new restrictions will be in place for 3 weeks but are not being strictly policed. other news and violent protests have broken out in lebanon after a major hike in university tuition fees poli

countries with more than 100 cases per 100,000 people in the past two weeks — this includes germany and italylet's speak to bethany bell who is with us in vienna. bethany, given that these resorts were at the heart of the early days of the pandemic, what is the argument for taking the chance to keep them open? well, if you have to look at the details of this. austria has said that the ski slopes will be open, but hotels and restau ra nts slopes will be open, but hotels and restaurants will be closed until at least the 7th of january and also

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actually said they're going to coordinate the launch the rollout of their vaccination programs italy germany france belgium luxembourg the netherlands spain and switzerland so all of those countries saying we're going to do this in a coordinated way to try to make people feel like it's fair like they have the same kind of access of course we have seen other countries roll out that vaccine with differing priorities the job. government had put pressure on the m a to hurry up and now they've done so they're going to be extremely pleased that they can start to vaccinate people germany says it's ready to vaccinate up to $4000000.00 people before the end of december there because it is a pretty dire situation across the most of europe person that's with a high rate of an faxon's that seem. absolutely as you were just talking about in the introduction the rates of worrying people across the continent with hospitals under. new pressure we're hearing that the chancellor of germany angela merkel has warned members of her conservatives january and february we will be tough months with hospitalizations

23000 new infections that's one of the largest daily increases in europe just after russia and italy germany's health minister is calling for tighter measures in areas with the highest spikes. and that certainly would put a damper on an already muted holiday season here in germany a new poll shows the public's view of government restrictions for christmas and new year's eve you hit the streets of berlin for a follow up from city dwellers along great with. germany is a month into a partial lockdown that hasn't managed to significantly reduce coby 19 infections and was a record number of their some thursday to countries queuing up for a low key christmas and new year's eve. according to a new study a quarter of germans think there is trick sions being taken by the government go too far but over half of them think that they are appropriate a 5th would welcome even tougher measures. despite blatter we need infection rates most state authorities still plan on losing restrictions for the festive season to a low chairman's together with up to 10 family members to news is being met with caution half o

in italy in the netherlands and germany. who arejust ireland. basically closing their borders to us. until we find out exactly what is happening with this latest strain of the virus. so there is that issue there. that is having a knock on impact as amaya alluded to on freight or traffic. —— maya. we know supermarkets keep very little stuck ina supermarkets keep very little stuck in a warehouse. most of it is on the shelf, just—in—time deliveries these days. you have to look at this against the backdrop of the ongoing negotiations that are taking place with respect to a deal or no deal. we just with respect to a deal or no deal. wejust don't with respect to a deal or no deal. we just don't know at the moment exactly what is happening. we know there are still wrangling over this whole level playing field issue about this whole 750 billion covid—19 recovery from the eu is allowing summit strategic interest to tap into that the uk feel is unfair in the whole fishing issue and we know that regardless of whether there is a deal or no deal, still you wi

germany, belgium, italy, ireland, bulgaria and austria are putting in place similar measures.ne period for those coming from britain. in the past few minutes, france has suspended passenger and human handled freight for 48 hours. here's our transport correspondent caroline davies. today at euston station, with suitcases packed, passengers rushing for a train from london to manchester, despite the fact rules against leaving tier 4 came on my site. —— came in last night. other than for legally permitted reasons. the operator said the service was socially distanced and below capacity. some passengers at euston were desperate to leave. i am terrified that i am going to spend christmas alone so i am going to go. 0thers coming back to london had mixed feelings. i don't understand, i don't know if i am going to get to my mother's for christmas, which is tier 4 and i live alone so i could say they are my support bubble, i don't know. london train stations that operate longer distance routes like king's cross and euston say this weekend has been noticeably busier than normal pandemic w

france, italy, and germany say they will begin max fascinations by sunday.he number of infections in the united states has now gone past the 80 million mark. this comes as lawmakers are looking to finalize a $900 billion package. they have until monday to vote on the deal and prevent a government shutdown. more from washington, d.c.. reporter: what this bill contains, it is massive really, we are focusing on the covid element put this of course keeps the government running for the next fiscal year. there are measures unrelated to covid, unrelated to federal funding that have been thrown in there. on this covid piece, stimulus in the form of direct payments to americans, helping with rental assistance, food assistance, things that american families are desperately needing right now. anchor: escalation of violence in the central african republic ahead of this week's election. rwanda has sent troops to the country. some have accused rebels backed by the former president. u.s. attorney general william barr says that russia is behind what is the largest cyberatta

france, italy, and germany say they will give the green light as early as sunday. there been growing tensions in the lead up to the december 27 poll. rwanda has sent troops to the country. >> what we deplore, what we condemn is that the people, instead of entering the process so we can have peace, a democratic framework, we must maintain that order for democracy. unfortunately, there are some engaged in paths of violence that the people condemn. and that we condemn. anchor: pressure has also voiced concerns about political unrest. reporter: just days to the general election here in the central african republic. we are seeing campaigns at fever pitch. politicians trying to sell their agenda ahead of the election. what people are very worried about here in the capital, the security situation outside. people are particularly worried about the situation in the west, where three armed groups have formed a coalition, threatening to march, saying they want a transitional government without the current president. those armed groups have been met with force by the central a

france, italy, and germany say they will begin max fascinations by sunday.

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but when cases went up, the eu, the nations in that federation, spain and italy, germany, france and others, they said it's not acceptable. and now fewer people will die there. that's just the stark reality. that's what's happening there while we stare into this unrelenting disaster. former republican alabama state senator larry dixon passed away from covid-19 friday at the age of 78. and according to a close friend of dixon, some of the senator's last words on this earth were, quote, we messed up, we let our guard down. please tell everybody to be careful. this is real, and if you get diagnosed, get help immediately. now, the idea that this virus is some kind of hoax is one of two dangerous myths. that trump and the republican party have pursued and the other is the destructive and poisonous lie about the election being stolen. even as court after court after court rules against him, they continue to push the lie. trump was down in georgia at a rally ostensibly for the state's incumbent republican senators, but all he could do is peddle his own grievance, telling the crowd he lost b

that mean we also able to look through the latest lockdown measures we are seeing in germany, and possibly in italyin germany from wednesday, we will see tough locked on measures, but is that story based in the matter how tough the measures are? thomas: you are exactly right, i think the market is looking through these things. germany is locking down more strict, but it does not matter for the global economy in 3-6 months' time. a little bit the same with how fast the vaccine is rolled out. it doesn't matter that much. . it matters a bit whether we can lift restrictions, but it doesn't matter where we are in 6-4 of months. you have to remember, all the time, markets are forward-looking. they are trying to look at future earnings. that is why i think it is not that important for markets, the new lockdowns. manus: thomas, i applaud your stoicism, it is the most robust narrative i have heard in a while. with a fiscal deal coming at some stage in the next month, do 1%, or perhaps more importantly, will the fed allow you to break 1% with substance? thomas: yes, it is a good question. what i believe in i

germany are freezing transport links with the u.k. starting tonight on and it's doing the same for at least 48 hours and they're the ones spelled zoom and italyhave also issued travel bans on the u.k. and germany has also of course that else their own strict lockdown this week with daily infection records being set as a picture playing out across europe as peeta all of the reports. the christmas lockdown period is a policy here in germany comes at a particularly odd time the couldn't treat posted record breaking covert figures this week that combs 'd are saying that they will roll out a vaccination program in the coming weeks but also warn that the foundations of already. for a 3rd wave of coronavirus. we saw that a 3rd wave had started to build before the 2nd and actually subsided we need to give a clear signal this christmas the new year must be different to usual it's not just germany italy is facing a grim record of its 700000 deaths this year the highest figure since 1944 were during the 2nd world war rome has put in place new regulations to run from monday the 21st until january the 6th that will see restaurants closing at 6 pm and 10 p

the fires a biotech rotavirus vaccine after it was given the green light by regulators france germany and italy say they will begin mass vaccinations soon as sunday european medicine agency says it's highly likely the vaccine will also work against a new variant of the viruses spreading in the united kingdom we know a lot more about this disease now than we knew 10 months ago even more than we knew 3 months ago but we're still there is still new information coming in and this needs to be fully assess vaccines alone will not be the silver bullet that will allow us to return to to normal life but the authorize ation of this 1st vaccine is definitely a major step in the right direction and an indication that 2021 can be brighter than 2020 let's hear now from our correspondents who has more from today. there was a lot of pressure for at least 450000000 people here in the european union to get this vaccine as soon as possible but despite the pressure on this by the fact that they actually moved this meeting a day forward on the pressure from germany they sat the whole the station was based on scienc

switzerland's neighbours france, italy and germany have closed their ski slopes this christmas but themmer time when we say italy has to close, the see of the beach or we would say the same to france. i think every country has to do what is best for the country and this is the position of switzerland. the new lift will with people out in just 15 minutes but even in switzerland, there are restrictions. masks, distancing and leftjust two thirds full. these are not exactly the conditions the swiss wanted for this grand opening but out there, the snow, what they call white gold here, is falling. italy and france have their beaches, switzerland has eight ski slopes and closing them even for a few weeks seems unthinkable. this is how many swiss hope to spend this festive season, evenif hope to spend this festive season, even if their european friends but joined them. for more than a century, the alps have been the place people go to recuperate, to restore their health. why not this winter, too? because we believe we have to live with covid—19, there is no way around it and people need vacati

germany experience once. with a more transmissible variant of covert out there neighboring countries about ming down to try and stop it reaching their shores the netherlands belgium and italyhave suspended ad travel but the u.k. germany is expected to do the same for midnight tonight according to a government source that all fronts as also wondering whether they should be following suit to eurostar trains between london brussels and amsterdam are also being counseled from monday let's go live now to a political commentator and see whether welcome back to r.t. see those pictures of packed trains packed terminals in central london just as everyone's found out there's a more infectious strain of covert out there should the government of anticipated that reaction last night. well festival cohen i've taken off my father christmas hat like also paid to because the prime minister and the governments are clearly destroyed the christmas base year but we won't go into the . next occasion yes we had it the official i had to review. was going to happen all the sexy for december no no hole will we not untypical december everything changes and when we get students are going to pay a lot

france, in common with germany and italy, is shutting its ski lifts over christmas to stop the spreader than usual this christmas. resorts will be able to open but ski lifts will remain like this, which means downhill skiing will effectively be in possible in france at least until january. by france at least until january. by not allowing cls to run and by keeping bars and restaurants shut, the french government hopes to contain the spread of covid—19 stop but the decision has sparked protests. ski resorts and businesses say that we surround christmas and new year are crucialfor we surround christmas and new year are crucial for their survival. translation: we don't understand how they could claim there are more risks in a ski lift queue than in the metro in paris stop the metro is covered indoors. here, we are in the open. all this is going to damage the economy of the valleys and employment in the long—term. i valleys and employment in the long—term. lam valleys and employment in the long—term. i am convinced that in the years to come, we're going to have repercussions from the clos

countries such as spain, the czech republic, italy and germany have all begun administering the dosesination programme aiming to reach a50 million residents. our correspondent bethany bell sent us this update. this is being seen by politicians, governments across europe as really a sense of light at the end of the tunnel. in austria, where i am, the first person to be vaccinated was an 84—year—old woman and she said she was doing it, because she wanted to be able to meet with her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren, without having to worry. and austria's leader sebastian kurz was there to watch her being vaccinated. he called this a game—changer. in italy, the leader of italy said that this was a day that would never be forgotten, giuseppe conte. and, also in italy, it wasn't an old person who was vaccinated first, it was a 29—year—old nurse, who said that she believed that this was the beginning of the end of the pandemic. and we are seeing this picture across the eu, where they're vaccinating people who live in care homes, they're vaccinating medical staff, but i

countries such as spain, the czech republic, italy and germany have all begun administering the dosesination program aiming to reach 450—million residents. 0ur correspondent bethany bell sent us this update this has been seen by politicians, governments across europe as really a sense of light at the end of tunnel. in austria, the first person to beb tunnel. in austria, the first person to be b vaccinated was an 84—year—old woman who said she wa nted 84—year—old woman who said she wanted to do it, because she wanted to meet with her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren and her great grandchildren without having to worry. austria's leader was there watch her being vaccinated. he called it a game—changer. in the italy, the leaderer of italy said it was a day that would never be forgotten. in italy it was a 29—year—old nurse who was first to be vaccinated, who said she believed it was the beginning of the end of pandemic. we are seeing this picture in the eu where they're vaccinating people in care homes, medical staff, but ina people in care homes, medical staff, but

now, in some countries — italy or germany — we've seen these pre—christmas lockdown is being imposed,eally struggling, too. and the patch that i watch, the asia—pacific, and the philippines in particular, really what we are seeing borisjohnson struggling with, we are seeing the philippines leader rodrigo duterte struggling with this as well. the philippines is 94% christian, so christmas is a really big deal. celebrations stretch on for months but mr duterte four weeks has been pleading with the population to keep gatherings small, to stop singing iso church choirs but also karaoke. he wants that to stop. and he is trying to introduce the idea that christmas should include small, solemn gatherings. but he has also admitted a lot of people are probably going to ignore him. it is really interesting watching that playing out in two different countries around the world. iain martin, how worried do think some of borisjohnson‘s parliamentary colleagues and his conservative party are about this, and about the decisions being taken on having a system or tiers or potentially and england—wide l

carefully before opening best ski slopes to tourists the issue is dividing european nations germany france and italy of shut their ski resorts until early january and have an effort to avoid a spike in coronavirus cases but others like austria and poland are welcoming skiers much sooner ski season is finally under way in paul and social distancing comes easily on the slopes but less so on the chairlifts nonetheless authorities hope it will boost tourism and morale as a long winter sets in. well found that that's near her don't be so fantastic the conditions are super there's only a few people who are happy that we can practice skiing at last with this decision will be in force until the end because we need it we simply need it some other kinds of all yes none of us the foot 7. it's a similar scene in romania and in austria too they're planning for a lucrative season but public health experts say the short term gains could come with long term pain the real issues are going to come at airports. tour buses taking people to and from ski resorts ski lifts and places where peepin points in the skiing sort

from italy to romania germany to greece the coronavirus vaccine arrives in countries across the european union as they prepare to launch unprecedented mass immunization campaigns also on the show. american police say an explosion in nashville tennessee was an intentional bombing 3 people are injured and suspected human remains are found one of motor home explodes damaging buildings and shattering windows. and e.u. nations start to scrutinize the christmas effects the trade deal the 2000 page document still needs to be ratified by the british and european partners. and how do you tally the amphibian survivors of australia's wildfires. we hear about the app that's helping to carry out a frog count little frog course. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. germany is gearing up to launch an unprecedented mass vaccination program on sunday shipments of the biotech pfizer vaccine have started to arrive in germany and countries across the european union but despite expressing optimism about the start of the you know occupation campaign germany's health minister warned corona virus has not yet

germany, italy, belgium took their own decisions.to find a common european solution which we don't have yet but we are having some good effo rts have yet but we are having some good efforts in finding it. as an example, for french people living in the uk who want to go back to france for christmas. we decided to let them enter with a clean pcr test and in the same for british people. we are finding more and more solutions as places are going up. what you say to people who says gone too far? other european nations top—flight rivals from the uk, but france went further and stop lorries coming in. these are lorries that are bringing in goods for the french people, food for france. yes, but you know, i don't think italy is a common port with the uk. calais is the gateway and entry to the single market because of brexit and we are the entrance to europe. we had to make this decision. we have a channel tunnel where they only want have such a wonderful piece of transportation between our two countries. of course, we are in the first line, o

but they stood their ground. >> can you speak to his escape from germany down to italy?ou mentioned that he stayed in some catholic churches, was their complicity there or did that catholic church not know who he was? >> so, it is a very murky world during that period of what we are called the nazi allies. they were well organized, well orchestrated. the catholic church, to say complicity, that is a big word. i would not say that the pope, for instance, had a meeting and said, we should help the nazis escape. i would say the converse of that is true. there were many individuals high up as bishops, who were fervent nazi sympathizers. those individuals were the ones who helped put together these nazi rat lines. juan perrone and his government were the ones orchestrating the whole thing, with agents in europe at the time. there is a very good book by an argentinian journalist, but if you want to read more of that, it's a very good book. >> and finally, can you speak to how the nazi hunter decided that adolph eichman had not died on the eastern front? >> the determination th

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green light by regulators a final sign off is still needed from the european commission france germany and italy say they will begin mass vaccinations as soon as sunday politicians in the us are rushing.

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