lisbon portugal to picture risk capital is a favorite destination for digital nomads among them. the 28 year old those 2 and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part your goal. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word i didn't even know how to say thank you. but this is not to come here for me it was one of my best decisions. and. melissa eggers employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and the truth on her doorstep. but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a feed people can work here for a day or a whole month making hughson of the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like a co-working space which is. your base this

lisbon portugal spic shuras capital is a favorite distin nation for digital nomads among them is melissa edgar to 28 year old has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in portugal. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decision. to. melissa eggers the employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisbon really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep i was like why or why not going somewhere where it's beautiful where it's warm where you can be outside and enjoy the sun that is a big influence of where baked where i'm working right now but it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bed she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hues of the office facilities being re

lisbon portugal spic shuras capital is a favorite distin nation for digital nomads among them is melissa the 28 year old has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in portugal. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decisions. and. melissa eggers employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisbon really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep i was like why why i love going somewhere where it's beautiful words warm where you can be outside and enjoy the sun that is a big influence of where baked where i'm walking right now but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hues of the office facilities being rem

it's evening in a bar in central lisbon described the pandemic places that 3rd food or allowed to stay open melissa regularly meet her friends here some of them are locals and some are experts like her who love in a mad existence i want to see more before i even. try my parents hours. oh through a it's in the will remain her home but at 28 she still finds its true parochial bear right now giving up reliable did who know math is out of the question. different world. the european union and the united kingdom clinched a last minute deal on christmas eve to keep economic links alive after january 1st when britain completed its departure from the e.u. but it's not a perfect deal and things certainly aren't what they used to be fishermen from scotland for example are increasingly becoming exasperated with the border checks and paperwork that comes with life after breaks it. the catch is in but where is it going for now scottish langoustines scallops or mussels won't be on the plates of upscale diners in paris brussels or madrid. scotland's biggest logistics provider has halted exports to the

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and our correspondent joins us now from lisbon. how is the election going what are seen so far is that the election has been going on quite smoothly in front of sun polling stations the in the city friend of miss vaughan i could see she was as long as 50 or even 100 meters. be misled by this site this is mainly due to go straight. to me to a safety measure a few feet of a row now biden says and i think that as a voter turnout would still be quite know that's also what most of us say it could even be as low as 30 to 40 percent due to the. problems. hesitation of course but why is the infection rate so high now and. i think it's mainly due to the spread of the new variants of the virus from the u.k. and so probably also some facts out there are an extension of much of during their christmas a period but regarding the new very end. of 4 degrees government has been quite slow in reacting to it especially at the beginning of the spread of the new variants and new data suggests that as much as 30 to 40 percent of new cases here and in th

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but our correspondent philip shell's is in lisbon and we asked him why the infection rate in portugal is so high . but it's probably has several really one of the most important reason. you variance of coronavirus coming from the united kingdom is spreading very. well to probably some after effects from the relaxation of measure 3 christmastime but all experts agree that it's mainly the new variants but it's much more contagious that is causing the problems at the moment and at the beginning the government was required relaxed with the measures that didn't take measures fast enough. the lock down just started about a week ago and new data suggests it's already probably 30 to 40 percent of all new coronavirus states that. are. involved in new variants are from the u.k. in portugal. don't you correspondent john philip shell stare in lisbon well let's take a look now at some more pandemic news from other parts of the world mexico's president under arrest manuel lopez obrador has announced he's tested positive for culvert 19 the president has been widely criticized for his handling of the

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when our correspondent john philip shots is in lisbon and we asked him earlier why the infection rate in portugal is now so high. that it's probably has several really one of the most important reason that new variance of coronavirus coming from the united kingdom is spreading very. well to probably some after effects from the relaxation of measures 3 christmas time but experts agree that it's mainly the new variants that it's much more contagious that is causing the problems at the moment and at the beginning the government was required relaxed with the measures that didn't take measures fast enough for. the lockdown just started about a week ago and new dates suggests it's already probably 30 to 40 percent of all new coronavirus states that. are. involved in you know variance from the u.k. what about. d.w. correspondent philip shell speaking there in lisbon let's take a look now at some more pandemic news from other parts of the world mexico's president on the west manuel lopez obrador is the latest world leader to test positive for covert 19 he's been widely criticized over the pan

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what about ok thank you for those results and that inside philip schultz reporting from lisbon thank you. a migrant rescue ship carrying more than 370 people including a one year old baby has finally been given permission to dock in a sicilian port. on board the ocean viking are migrant were are still migrants from guinea sudan and sierra leone who were rescued from distress at sea as they were trying to cross the mediterranean in a bid to reach europe ship had appealed to several countries to allow the migrants to go ashore it's due to dock in sicily early on monday and let's bring in yet a charity allchin bertalan from the rescue organization s.o.s. many townie this is good news i mean that the ship will now be able to go ashore what else do you know. well 1st of all that is a huge relief i don't board the miking of course tonight we were at a signed a place of safety in italy for the $373.00 people we had previously rescued on toast in friday the situation on board was extremely stressful for the people we had among them 3 pregnant women we had $21.00 babies on board so many south

and from lisbon let's take a look now at some more pandemic news from other parts of the world a new zealand has reported its 1st coronavirus case out of a quarantine facility in more than 2 months the case was a 56 year old woman who recently returned from europe and tested negative twice while in quarantine health officials are investigating how she caught the virus and which variant it was being nice like. a you council chief michel has warned of a 19 vaccine manufacturers of possible legal consequences after they announced a lie in delivering doses by same partners biotech and pfizer blamed supply chain issues while astra zeneca said a production glitch what happens supplies to europe. german health minister says his country has bought 200000 doses of a new antibody based drug to help treat 19 the drug produced by brick general that was used to treat donald trump some months back germany will be the 1st country to use the medication. or live in manas have been lifted to safety 2 weeks after an explosion trapped them 600 meters below ground at the gold mine in china hundreds of sp

our correspondent philip schulte is in lisbon and we asked him why the infection rate in portugal is now sell high. it's probably has several really one of the most important reason. you variance of coronavirus coming from the united kingdom is spreading very. well to probably some after effects from the relaxation of measures during christmastime but experts agree that it's mainly the new variants that it's much more contagious that is causing the problems at the moment and at the beginning the government was quite relaxed with the measures that didn't take measures fast enough. the lock down just started about a week ago and new dates suggests it's already probably 30 to 40 percent of all new coronavirus states that. are. involved. variants are from the u.k. here in portugal. they don't you correspondent john philip shells reporting there in lisbon moving on and a migrant rescue ship carrying more than 370 people including a one month old baby has been given permission to dock in the italian port of augusta on board the ocean viking are migrants from guinea sudan and sierra leone t

lisbon portugal to picture risk capital is a favorite destination for digital nomads among them up to 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part you girl. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word put to use i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decisions the world and. melissa egeris employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep. but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bed she regularly ran into flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hughson of the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like co-working space which is. your

lisbon portugal speak to risk capital is a favorite distin nation for digital nomads among them it's up to 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part you girl. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here from me it was one of my best decisions the world and. melissa egeris employer is based in canada her work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep. but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas bet she regularly runs a flexible workspace in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hues of the office facilities being remote from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like a co-working space which is. your b

was over but the pen demick has returned with full force long lines for met testing centers in the lisbon area where half of all infections are due to the british virus variant. i think we didn't take the measures seriously enough during christmas. and today we are paying for it that's when things are not much and i'm worried more and more people are getting infected and dying. because of his muslim faith how this portugal's health care system is reaching its limits the country got through the 1st wave of the pandemic relatively well now it seems only help from abroad can help the country cope. now take a look at some other news from around the world german chancellor angela merkel has appealed to the public for patience as her country braces for a potential extension of its coronavirus lockdown in her weekly video podcast nichols said schools and daycare centers would stay closed and urged people to follow the rules health ministers are to discuss the country's vaccination campaign later today. the younger brother of from critic alexina valmy has been put under house arrest for allegedly

lisbon portugal spic shuras capital is a favorite distin nation for digital nomads among them is melissa up to 28 year old has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in portugal. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decisions in the world and to. melissa eggers employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appealed to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep i was like why why am i going somewhere where it's beautiful words warm where you can be outside and enjoy the sun that is a big influence of where baked where i'm working right now but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bed she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hues of the office fac

my correspondent philip schultz joins us now from lisbon yan philip why are the numbers so high now in portugal what went wrong. it's apparently mainly due to a new variant of the corona virus coming from the united kingdom at least in the beginning portuguese government was quite slow in reacting to the new challenge even though we know by know that it's more contagious and probably even more deadly than older forms of the virus so this is the main reason why. infection numbers so high you're at the moment. given what we know that it's more deadly and more infectious and the infection right is running out of control given that situation why have the authorities detained in person voting necessary rather than miley. that's a question that a lot of work to spend so at the moment i'll start by showing that 2 clerks of all portuguese would have preferred a different form of election or a postponement of the elections about to be fair there was a chance of early voting and voting and there were any volunteers going from door to door to make sure that the most vulnerable groups can cast the

it's evening in a bar in central lisbon. melissa regularly meet her friends here some of them are locals and some are experts like her who loft in the madigan existence i want to see more before i even. try my parents' house. oh throw is in the will remain her home but at 28 she still finds its true parochial there right now giving up her life with a digital nomad is out of the question. and that's it from me for more you can visit our website at. you can find us on facebook and twitter from me on the team it's goodbye to take. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. context. coronavirus and the code of special monday to friday. people for information they provide. the food they want to express d w on facebook and twitter up today in touch follow us. this is due to a show coming up today of vaccine roll out in the wilds for most often this country . interview show begins co don't know about us vaccinations with the

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we will have to wait for the results from the bigger cities, lisbon and porto. democratic party which, despite its name, is on the centre—right, and is currently in opposition. despite that and it being an opposition party, the governing socialist party and socialist government didn't back any other candidates, not even that socialist member ana gomes, because they have been getting on pretty well with him for the last five years and there has been a little bit of friction in recent weeks to do with the government's handling of the pandemic, which has been very bad of late. we had just a new record figure for deaths in one day, 175. and another 11,000 new confirmed cases. so there has been criticism he himself has not criticised the government, though. so we may see more of that if this victory is confirmed. in general. but he is very much somebody who looks for a consensus across the political spectrum, looks for a consensus across the politicalspectrum, not looks for a consensus across the political spectrum, notjust looks for a consensus across the political

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nuevas variantes si tienen algún impacto en lesa que hace de la vacuna, es que un anuncio del yo lisbona más alta de mortalidad dijo el mandatario >>> varios casos de esta variante fueron identificados en estados unidos, según los fda, esto puede ser lo predominante tan pronto como en este año, distintos estudios concluyeron que las vacunas de moderna y "pfizer" son efectivas. pero dicen que es demasiado lento, para frenar esta variante más contagiosa >>> mientras que la unidad científica continuó estudiando las nuevas mutaciones, un equipo de la organización mundial de la salud actualmente se encuentra en china investigando los orígenes de la pandemia. hace un año la ciudad comenzó su primer encierro preventivo, y desde entonces ha logrado controlar el contagio de covid, permitiendo el a sus residentes regresar a una vida relativamente normal bajo o restricciones. >>> por primera vez en 50 años del foro económico, en suiza se realizará de manera virtual debido a las restricciones por la crisis de salud, entre los asistentes esperan jefes de estado y gobierno directores ejecutivos, líde

say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the madeira islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. well germany is sending its military the boneless fast to help cordial and d.-w. reporter jill dougherty is following the story for us hi joel now what type of assistance are the bundestag the german military town to provide so i've been talking to a spokesman from the point is very he's been telling me that an exploratory team has been on the ground in portugal over the past few days assessing the situation which of course is dire and now the military has to decide how and when and what kind of support it will give that decision will be coming imminently but the message is it will go as soon as possible what's likely to be sent world military medical personnel for starters as well as a quick moment such as this. ventilators i.v. drips medication and protective gear now the real question is how much can germany they're already there around 17000 personnel on

the islands of madeira have stepped in to help from patients from the over stretched hospitals in lisbon and airlifted to a clinic there where 157 beds are free. list -- let's listen to what the capital residents have been saying. [speaking foreign language] >> the district court in the russian capital has maced several allies of the jailed kremlin critic under house arrest until march 23. the detained include the opposition figurehead's brother and head of his moscow office as authorities investigate the alleged violation of covid-19 regulations during last week's large wave of pro-navalny rallies. the prosecutor general's office has should warnings that the prosecutor office could face criminal charges if those marries turn violent. how the tiny community has come out to support the critic. >> in the small headquarters are watching the january 23 demonstration. these activists could never have imagined a rally of this. on the edge of the uro mountains, people took to the streets in support of the jailed figure braving temperatures and a ban on public gatherings. [speaking foreign langu

more people from voting in correspondent john phillips shell to follow that report joins us from lisbon found out why the number is so high now in portugal what went wrong. well it's apparently mainly due to the very fast spread of the new coronado virus variant from the u.k. and we know by now it's more contagious and it's probably also more deadly than older forms of the virus but the portuguese government has been relatively slow in reacting to the news and experts say that that's also not enough testing so new studies show that at the moment here in this pond more than one 3rd of all new cases are already do to the new variants of the cronut virus given the situation and why have authorities detained in person voting rather than mile inviting necessary in today's election well they say that logistically impossible to do everything. by e-mail and experts also say let's basically impossible to postpone elections due to 2 constitutional for sure guys that have been some options of early voting and there were even some volunteers going from door to door to give boller groups a chance to

avoid scenes like this, patients being triaged in lines of ambulances waiting outside in hospitals in lisbont as the admissions grow throughout the country, so do the scars they carry. the doctor tells me. >> we are dealing with the patients suffering in a way we have never seen before, and it's a very slow disease. it's not like they arrive in the hospital and they die. they are there for hours, for days. >> reporter: dr. corona has been on the front line of wars in the middle east and africa, but this, he tells me, isn't a war. >> it's quite complex to deal with intensive care patients. you cannot find specialists in a vending machine. the problem is that people don't understand that there is a limit to our capacity. >> reporter: doctors say the messaging out of portugal has been clear. many have criticized the government on relax ing efforts. a debate staff at this hospital simply have no time for. here there's only a spirit of mission. the fear is that this will soon fadeaway as exhaustion and anxiety begin to set in. esa soarez, cnn. >>> the pandemic is piling enormous amounts of pressu

french leaders want to create a space for lisbon, for europe, and geography, why just tiers of europe? they should extended to vladivostok. used to say that the european culture presents itself and maintains its role as the strongest country in the world, again, taking into account world development. so why should europe and russia be together? we cannot disagree with this. we share the same opinion. it is not far from being normal. this will be the interest of russia and european countries, no doubt about it. the world has been affected, although the european union as well as our main trade partners, so we have to come back to the standards, and i have to increase our interaction, russia and europe, from the economic point of view, our mainstream partners, and from the point of view for development, technological development, development from the state point of view, russia is showing european culture, but it is bigger than the entire europe. we have huge examples. but it could be usually beneficial for us and europe. what i want you to here is the following. we should approach in th

and our correspondent young philip schultz joins us now from lisbon and philip we're getting news agency results from polls that have just closed saying that the incumbent has been reelected what more can you tell us and especially about how this election took place yes exactly projects and indicate that the incumbent president most are lower below the . 3 elected and reelected by clear margin theory seats that are on 60 percent of the vote and he would be in office for another 5 years of course those are not official results yet but they are quite reliable. of course this was not a big surprise he was the favorite and for many portuguese the much more interesting question was how many people actually went to the polling stations the polling stations despite the dramatic in fact numbers and it really seems like. turnout numbers are very low probably below 50 percent and this is still not as low as some observers predicted. so some many people chose to do their civic duty regardless of the danger kate can tell us why is the infection rate so high now in portugal. but it's probably is seve

lisbon portugal speak to risk capital is a favorite destination for digital nomads among them up to 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part you girl. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't even know how to say thank you. but this is not need to come here for me it was one of my best decisions the world and. melissa eggers employer is based in canada who work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep but agger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly runs a flexible workspace in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making huge the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to connect that somewhere and i think having a place like co-working space which is. your base thi

our correspondent john philip shelton is in lisbon and we asked him earlier why the infection rate in portugal is so high that it's probably has several really one of the most important reason that new variant of corona virus coming from the united kingdom is spreading very. well to probably some after effects from the relaxation of measures during christmastime but experts agree that it's mainly the new variants that it's much more contagious that is causing the problems at the moment and at the beginning the government was required relaxed with the measures didn't take measures fast enough but. the lockdown just started about a week ago and the new dates suggests it's already probably 30 to 40 percent of all new coronavirus cases. involve the new variant from the u.k. and what about you don't you are funny on sort of shelves reporting there in lisbon well let's take a look now at some more pandemic news from other parts of the world mexico's president under his manuel lopez obrador is the latest world leader to test positive for covert 19 he's been widely criticized over the pandemi

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lisbon portugal to picture risk capital is a favorite destination for digital nomads among them up to 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part you girl. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't even know how to say thank you. but this is not me to come here for me it was one of my best decisions in the world and. melissa eggers employer is based in canada her work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and the truth on her doorstep. but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly ran into flexible work space in the city center for a feed people can work here for a day or a whole month making huge the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like a co-working space which is.

postpone an election due to the constitution all right thank you so much for that reporting from lisbon let's take a look now at some more pandemic news from other parts of the world. rioters protesting the 1st night of a dutch curfew have destroyed a coronavirus testing facility video from the coastal village of urc some 80 kilometers northeast of showed you the setting fire to the building on the 1st night of the curfew police find more than 3600 people nationwide and arrested 25 for breaching the curfew or for violence. israel has expanded its code 19 vaccination drive to include 16 to 18 year olds with parental permission the government says it will allow them to return to school and take exams israel has the world's highest vaccination rates and hopes to reopen its economy next month. the european union council chief shot mission has warned covert 19 vaccine manufacturers of possible legal consequences after they announced delays in delivering doses vaccine partners biotech and pfizer blamed supply chain issues while astra zeneca said a production glitch would hamper supplies to eu

lisbon portugal to picture risk capital is a favorite distin nation for digital nomads among them is melissa the 28 year old goes to and has previously lived in canada and sweden a year ago she began a new adventure in part you girl. when i came here i was like what am i doing here i didn't know a single person i didn't know a single word portuguese i didn't know how to say thank you. but this is not need to come here from year was one of my best decisions the world and. melissa eggers employer is based in canada how work is digital and flexible leaving her free to live where she pleases and lisburn really appeals to her with its mild climate and beatrice on her doorstep. but egger says it's a misconception that digital nomads always work on the beach or in their pajamas in bet she regularly rents a flexible work space in the city center for a few people can work here for a day or a whole month making hughes of the office facilities being removed from your team from your family from anybody else you want to feel connected somewhere and i think having a place like a co-working space w

still fairly warm for lisbon. single digits but sunny skies expected to hold along those parts.n higher grounds you might see snowfall but majority of the country is experiencing a little bit of warm weather. that's all your weather. stay warm and stay safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> thank you for watching this edition of nhk "newsline." we'll be back with more, so please stay with us. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." i'm shibuya aki. the human-animal bond. from worker dogs to pets. the connection keeps evolving and deepening. research shows that these companions can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and enhance well being. but it's not a one-way street. animals need guardians to meet more than their basic needs to ensure their relationships are mutually beneficial, as we explore today. >>> our first report is from china. the country's ongoing pet boom means related businesses are flourishing. and as owners are becoming increasingly conscientious, they're investing time and money in their family family members to safeguard a long healthy life together. >> reporter: this is a sp

the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused heart of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the madeira islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. to sports now and in the bundesliga byron munich host if there are chinks opponents hoffenheim the visitors beat the reigning champions 41 earlier in the season this time it was still the way right. by and munich with a case of the pre-game goes little did they know they'd have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed a corner to finally breakdown hoffenheim stefanski not to mention the jumping skills of jerome boyd tank has had a from the back of the net to hand by in the lead in the 30th minute a taste of what was to come thomas marino double by anthony 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert live on gough ski sniffed the footwork. was by and had barely finished celebrating when hoffenheim put one that just before half time thanks to andre crumb are a choice 13th goal of the seas

as a member of the e.u., he is underlining that it gned the lisbon treaty which established the europeanernal action service diplomaticetwork andts representative in the u.k., it was the u.k. was very well aware of the status of external relations with the u.k., why has this not been recognized. and he specifies nothing has changed since the u.k.'s exit to justify any change in stance on the u.k.'s part. he underlines an interesting fact that the europn union has 143 delegations equivalent to diplomatic missions around the world and that, therefore, they have been given statusee equivalent to country's embassies and that's under the vienna conventions, the rules of international diplomacy. >> back to the u.s., senator bernie sanders who became an unlikely inauguration icon, he was seen in a parka and giant mittens, one particular photo of the former presidential kandil has launched a million names. charlie james shows us the best. >> move over lady gaga and j-lo, at wednesday's star-studded inauguration, u.s. senator bernie sanders somehow managed to steal the spotlight with his super si

reporter: lisbon city center, deserted. line with the portuguese capital's tightened covid-19 measures, sitting down our gathering in public is prohibited, as it walking along the sea front. there are no tourists to be seen and the police officers on the street outnumber the passersby. at portugal test centers, people are queuing for hours to get tested from the safety of their vehicles. while the country was spared by the first wave of the pandemic, it is one of the most affected in the world. >> [speaking foreign language] >>speaking foreign language] reporter: these images date back to november. portugal was welding -- welcoming tourists in a bid to sustain its economy, while the rest of europe was living under strict covid-19 measures. the results, crematorium's are overwhelmed, the waiting time of five days compared to 24 hours under normal circumstances. in spring, portugal's management of the pandemic appeared were -- appeared miraculous. now the figures tell a different story. >> [speaking foreign language] reporter

say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the mid-air islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. germany is sending its military to burns's fair to help portugal d.w. reporter. is following that story for us jill what type of assistance will the been there provide well i've been talking to a spokesman from the burden is very and the message is germany will help you go as soon as possible they have had a an exploratory mission on the ground over the past few days assessing the situation there which is dire and figuring out how they can help and now the question really is when they're going to be able to launch that mission and what they're going to be able to say it is likely to include medical military personnel as well as a quick mood such as respirators i.v. drips medicines and protective equipment. now really what they have to ask is how much can germany spare because the burden is there also has troops on the ground here in germany helping out with

and 7 times that of germany's correspondent philip schultz joins us now from lisbon young philip why are the numbers so high now in portugal what went wrong. it's apparently mainly due to a new variant of the corona virus coming from the united kingdom at least in the beginning portuguese government was quite slow in reacting to the new challenge even though we know by now that it's more contagious and probably even more deadly than older forms of the virus so this is the main reason why. infection numbers so high you're at the moment. given what we know that it's more deadly and more infectious and the infection right is running out of control given that situation why have the authorities detained in person voting necessary rather than miley. that's a question that a lot of portuguese spend so at the moment i'll start by showing that 2 parts of all portuguese would have preferred a different form of election or a postponement of the elections about to be fair there was a chance of early voting and voting and they were really volunteers going from door to door to make sure that the m

french leaders, russian -- need to create a common space from lisbon to the urals. why just to the urals? to vladivostok. i heard the position of the former distinguished political figure chancellor helmut kohl who used to say that if the european culture would like to preserve itself and maintain its role as one of the cultural centers in the world, again taking into account all the problems of world civilization and development, so europe and russia should be together. we share the same position and the same opinion. in the situation. this situation is no doubt far from being normal. we have to come back to the positive agenda. this is the common interest of russian and european countries, no doubt about it. the pandemic has played a negative role. the opinion is one of our main trade partners. so we have to come back to positive trends. we have to increase our interaction. russia and europe. from the economic point of view, are natural partners. and from the point of view for development, technological development, development from the state point of view, russia

say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the madeira islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. germany is sending its military to burns's feared to help portugal d.w. reporter. is following that story for us joe what type of assistance will the been there provide well i've been talking to a spokesman from the brit is there and the message is germany will help portugal as soon as possible they have had a an exploratory mission on the ground over the past few days assessing the situation there which is dire and figuring out how they can help and now the question really is when they're going to be able to launch that mission and what they're going to be able. and it's likely to include medical military personnel as well as equipment such as respirators i.v. drips medicines and protective equipment now really what they have to ask is how much can germany spare because the burden is there also has troops on the ground here in germany helping out with the l

say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the madeira islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. while germany is sending its military the boneless fat to hell cordial and reporter jill dougherty is following the story for us hi joel now what are the persistence are the bundestag the german military town to provide so i've been talking to a spokesman from the point is there he's been telling me that an exploratory team has been on the ground in portugal over the past few days assessing the situation which of course is dire and now the military has to decide how and when and what kind of support it will give that decision will be coming imminently but the message is it will go as soon as possible what's likely to be sent world military medical personnel for starters as well as a quick moment such as the ventilators i.v. drip. medication and protective gear now the real question is how much can germany says they're already there around 17000 post and on t