germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold dina recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and in the chinese and in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february. the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for a new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. mr bush to the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilat

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and beneath treason but in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again mr bush to pull the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can u

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country and this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and beneath trees and and in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. to the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilate

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and beneath treason but in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for a new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. to the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterall

all right and i like to turn now to professor ralph for heritage he is one of the co-authors of the leopold statement and a psychologist at the max planck institute in berlin the professor so good to have you with us and you are making the case for a hard lockdown explain why a complete lockdown is inevitable in your view. well 1st of all thank you for having me on i don't think it's inevitable but it is a necessary choice that we have that we need to make as a society and also as a middle decision makers the reasons are very obvious the reasons are that we are any. number of insurgents we have every day many 100 not many but hundreds of people dying and also we have a hospital and medical system that is really pushed to its limits and now we are entering the already season and of course the holiday seasons we tend to behave in a way that is unfortunately very crude duces to the spread of the virus. up what would you prefer to see happen now. what i would prefer is indeed what we recommend in the statement by the you do you know which is the heart knocked over the holidays and the way we de

tonight, ashleyjohn—baptiste catches up with an old school friend, xavier leopold, who uses art as an when there was a lot of political, racial and social unrest. like many, 28—year—old xavier leopold from south london was deeply impacted by the killing of george floyd in the us earlier this year. his response — to paint about it. the words that he screamed out many many times were "i can't breathe", and that was enough to me to think to myself that i need to express this in a form of art to raise social awareness, racial awareness and to speak to my black people. it was only recently, during the first lockdown, that xavier discovered his passion for art. the impact of painting on his mental health has been life changing. it's sort of my way of keeping sane. it's one of the ways of therapy i can do indoors in the comfort of my own home, by myself. xavier has struggled since the death of his best friend, rio mcfarlane, who was fatally shot ten years ago in peckham, south london. i still get flashbacks of that day. i rushed down there literally within 20 minutes and i sat in the same po

leopold and mr. cormier got from the information act to get this thing. we have never seen this document before. we have never seen this document before. it was the criminal referral that was made to the fbi and the justice department concerning president trump's behavior, specifically about his call last year to the president of ukraine where president trump told the president of ukraine that ukraine would only get its military aid from the u.s. government if that country's president helped trump get re-elected by announcing some ukrainian investigation of joe biden and his family. bring it all back, right? why does this sound so familiar? oh, yes, we forget, donald trump was impeached a year ago. donald trump was impeached. we are a country. it will always go down in our permanent record that we are a country that elected donald trump to be president of the united states. but it will also go down in our permanent record that mr. trump twice lost the popular vote and he was impeached by the house before he was voted out of office by the american people,

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission . but i think i can already reveal this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. all right let's take a look at some of the upper stories making headlines around the world farmers in india and not budging as they continue their blockade of roads into the capital delhi tens of thousands of protesting agger agricultural reforms that they say will make them vulnerable to exploitation by big corporations prime minister narendra modi insists the laws were designed to benefit simonds. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activists jimmy line has been charged with fraud and detained until his next court hearing in april the court refused to grant live bail over a charge that his. anti-government newspaper violated the le

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission . country but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. right tell us so we had chancellor merkel in that report saying that the 1st in line should be of course nurses doctors and high risk groups what more can you tell us about the program here in germany. i can tell you 2 elements very quickly very shortly on the one hand the fact that they have prioritized who will come 1st and how that will be distributed so high risk groups health care workers and people in so-called relevant professions so basically professions that are important to maintain public life like teachers or police officers and 2nd that they will be distributed mainly through very big regional centers so around 60 r

the leopold in us says the government should consider a 2 week hard lockdown starting on december 24th all this would include a ban on travel or gatherings and an extension of school holidays until the 10th of january all right and like to turn now to professor ralph for heritage he is one of the co-authors of the leopold statement and a psychologist at the max planck institute in berlin the professor so good to have you with us and you are making the case for a hard lockdown explain why complete lockdown is inevitable in your view. well 1st of all thank you for having me i don't think it's inevitable but it is a necessary choice that we have that we need to make as a society and also as a middle decision makers the reasons are very obvious the reasons are that we are any relatives behind on both and statutes we have every day many 100 not many but hundreds of people died and also we have hospital the medical system that is really pushed to its limits and now we are entering the holiday season and of course the holiday seasons we tend to behave in a way that is unfortunately very crude

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission . but i think i can already reveal this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups because. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world hundreds of migrants from ethiopia have been airlifted to israel as part of a plan to bring 2000 ethiopians of jewish descent into the country they were welcomed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu but activists say the government should be doing even more to reunite thousands of other ethiopian jews with family members already in israel. hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy la has been charged with fraud and detained until his next court hearing in april the court refused to grant him bail over a charge that his anti government ne

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission it will be country but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. the sick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of immigrants from ethiopia have been airlifted to israel as part of a plan to bring 2000 ethiopians of jewish descent into the country while they were welcomed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu but activists say the government should be doing even more to reunite thousands of other ethiopian jews with family members in israel. how can media tycoon and pro-democracy activists jimmy la has been charged with fraud and detained until his next court hearing in april the court refused to grant him bail over a church that his anti governme

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission in. country but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well i'm now joined by one there who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. so when they if you can answer will start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating to us in that order people are people who have both. the disposition and also we're going to be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really don't do the age until i

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and been in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by these support programs and a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterally impose stricter

agree level and this is a new self is a very fresh oil state profess a rough half acres gemini's leopold in an academy of sciences thanks so much. thank you thank you very much. well a historic vaccination if it is due to get on the y. in the united states with the arrival of millions of dozens of the covenanting vaccine health care workers in this ng 100 students are expected to be among the 1st to be given the by pfizer vaccine but with the number of coronavirus deaths in the u.s. approaching some 300000 it comes too late for many. this is the closest tammy been can safely get to her husband has another life hit hard by the pandemic he lies motionless unable to breathe on his own. mind though is this nothing you really want to want to do in my district or a window. to heart over the past 2 weeks the u.s. has repeatedly exceeded 2000 covert related deaths per day surpassing earlier pandemic tolls other surge back in may we were tired we were exhausted and we thought wow i don't know how this could really get much worse and fast forward to now to this week and the surge that we thought w

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and. if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by these support programs. a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterally impose stricter measures. and t

organizations supported which as you probably know was championed by senator sanders and also representatives leopold can in the house was a provision that called for a 10 percent cut and that simply would bring are the top line for the pentagon budget to what was previously in the obama administration i mean many of our organizations are are certainly calling for our greater cuts but that's something that we you know we are hoping that we can get some sort of commitment from the by the administration and that's something that our organizations are heavily going to be advocating on as well can you articulate for us what your groups in your allies think about the israel israel palestine situation now because secretary of state mike pompei o has been. shining a spotlight of many traditional human rights watch organizations and non-profits there's already been a major impact on funding for instance dealing with palestine issues and under undermining essentially a lot of the traditional groups that have been watching the israeli occupation of palestinian territories where where is your group on what need

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission . but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well i'm now joined by mere who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. and also we'll start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating since the older people or people who have both. the disposition of and afterward it will be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really don't do the age until it reached a 50 and th

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold the academy of science and with the ethics commission e. but i think i can already reveal this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well let's have a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of people hospitalized with kofi 19 in the united states has reached 100000 an all time high as the pend them a concrete says the strain on health care systems there meanwhile greece has extended its nationwide lockdown for another week after slower than expected the klein in case numbers and italy will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new year's holidays movements between regions will be banned altogether from december 21st and russian president vladimir putin has ordered voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission e. country but i think i can already reveal this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups because. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well i'm now joined by our near who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. and also we'll start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work. thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee of vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating since the older people or people who have both. the disposition of and also where it will be going into the health care system and then minus 88 years old age and then really clean don't do the age until

question of who will be vaccinated 1st is being discussed with the vaccination commission with the leopold dean academy of science and with the ethics commission . country but i think i can already revealed this much 1st and foremost of course we have nurses doctors and people in high risk groups who. only after 60 to 70 percent of people have become immune to the virus will the pandemic be considered defeated and reaching that point worldwide will still take time. well i'm now joined by mere who's a viral infection and vaccine expert at lancaster university in the u.k. dr one of the u.k. announced it will start the rollout of vaccines already next week how will it work . thank you very much for having me on this year good morning the joint committee on vaccination and immunology here at the u.k. has the least people who will get the vaccine fast and that is as you have been indicating that older people or people who have both. the disposition of and also where it will be going into the health care system and then minus 80 years old age and then really to clean don't do the age until it re

expand its lockdown closing schools and most businesses one of germany's leading health institutes the leopolddina says the government's should consider a 2 week hard lockdown nationwide starting on december 24th of this would include a ban on travel or gatherings over christmas and an extension of school holidays until january 10th. all right and i like to turn now to professor ralph for he is one of the co-authors of the statement and a psychologist at the max planck institute in berlin professor so good to have you with us you are making the case for a hard logged out explain why a complete lockdown is inevitable in your view. well 1st of all thank you for having me i don't think it's inevitable but it is a necessary choice that we have that we need to make as a society and also as a political decision makers the reasons are very obvious the reasons are that we are having a relatively high number of sexual it's we have every day many 100 not many but hundreds of people dying and also we have hospital and medical system that is really pushed to its limits and now we are entering the season a

germany's influential national academy of sciences leopold diena recommended that the holiday season be used to impose a heart lockdown across the country this would include lifting the otherwise compulsory school attendance from december 14th and banning all groups sporting and cultural events access to public spaces would also be more restricted from christmas until at least january 10th and in fact if we do not shut down and the infection numbers continue to climb then we will probably have to impose even stricter measures for an even longer period this lockdown as a kind of investment also in the economy so that we can ease restrictions again in january or february the chairman of the state premier conferences calling for new subsidies programs should businesses be forced to shut down again. to the programs we already have would certainly have to be more flexible so that businesses that are affected by further measures can also be covered by the support programs. a meeting between the federal and state governments concluded that the states can unilaterally impose stricter measure

new tougher restrictions before the christmas holidays one of germany's leading health institutions leopold diena says the government should consider a heart lockdown starting on the 24th of december that would include a ban on travel or gatherings until the 10th of january the advisory committee also says school holidays should be extended with no exceptions for the christmas holiday season and correspondent julia so delhi is following the latest on the story for us hi julia we should say that this is the german government's leading scientific advisory body that sending a very clear message here will politicians listen and so the is germany's academy of sciences it brings together a number of experts and academics from different fields from medicine to politics to economics and it advisors government institutions on and recommends what they think the appropriate action should be and. herself the german chancellor has said that she follows the recommendations as her source of information source that informs her decision making and it is a very well respected institution in germany and now t