in northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st d.w. . phenomenon or threats to the global economy china continues its astonishing recovery from the coronavirus and dam expand outpacing other major economies we talk to our china expert clifford coolant also coming up the e.u. says it's time to limit the power of taking giants the european commission is about to unveil new rules for the digital sphere. and with coronavirus cases in germany spiraling out of control and a tougher lockdown looming christmas shoppers are clogging the high streets for last minute gifts. come to do business and want to get johnson good to have you with us and we're starting with news from china which really seems to have left the pandemic behind it a country's national bureau of statistics reports industrial production grew 7 percent year on year in november that's the fastest pace in 20 months the improvement in industrial production was underpinned by strong exports as many of china's biggest trading partners returned to virus restrictions that feel to demand

northern alliance. arctic circle storage december 21st d w. this is due to all the news live from berlin britain and the e.u. struggled so you put together a post breaks a trade agreement a meeting in brussels between british prime minister barak's johnson and the european commission president jose love on july and ends without a film deal with the talks to continue until we can't spot can-i over a common name valerie is truly a breakthrough also coming out of a passionate pandemic pulling them out cold longs that germany is losing its fight against the coronavirus she says the public has.

northern alliance. arctic circle starts december 21st w. this is d w news live from berlin russia rolls out its sputnik the vaccine against covert 19 with a mass campaign in moscow 2000000 doses are available for high risk groups but amid concerns about how fast the vaccine was approved will muscovites will really sign up for the job also coming up. while inside arrests on the streets of paris clashes break out how to test against police brutality and a cut.

northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st w. the ballet world faces a reckoning with racism. as gomez is speaking out about her experiences at berlin's state ballet company and the world is listening. we'll be hearing from chloe lopez gomez coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show. british virtual band girl realize the doubts to be strange times with 3 global live concerts. but 1st berlin's prestigious state by the way it now admits it has a problem with structural racism that admission came after the 1st black woman to join the company chloe lopez gomez accused the starts by that berlin of mistreatment in a letter signed by several colleagues the french dancer waiter went public with her story after she found out the ballet wasn't renewing her contract. the legend of the white swan for ballet dancer chloe lopez gomez swan lake is no longer just a fairy tale. her skin as white as swan's feathers some european companies have dancers and how do their bodies know pascoe mess says the training director at berlin stat

the russian arctic these images were captured on friday night outside the city of months the northern alliance or a natural phenomenon caused by charged particles from the sun clashing with atoms in the upper atmosphere was much brighter this time due to a powerful magnetic storm and lasted for a full 2 hours. that's the news hour here on our to international reacted tonight with heading your way in just a few moments time that he was back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines join us again that. human history has always seen continuous war opensource but in recent years it seems to have become more intense the platforming is no common practice and public scrutiny up the minute feature where do we all stand on the battlefield of belief. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we've seen very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids oids invaded america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she just goes

display in shades of green this was the site over more months the city is no stranger to the northern alliancebut this display was larger and brighter than usual thanks to a powerful magnetic storm in the atmosphere. that's been our breakdown of the day's top news for this hour but i'm pretty can always had our website our q. dot com for the details on all of those stories and many more. rare it was a difference from there to paris gun for another researcher to be reunited with their american. troops weapons of mass you know they go to a new spirit and develop an area and. do that later marinated a good friend of m.t.v. has been presented to mobile devices in order to really i'm going to i'm going to come to you you don't need to be able to pick your mother mary that against alternative vision. if you start to question the regulator the excelsior airtight your mates at the time and it is where airfare made it up for you to media narrative the undercover and i'm going to destabilize the. area if you will get exposed to a particular case waves decontaminate my low self your eyes ears and for a m

northern alliance with the arctic circle storage december 21st d w. this is due to all the news live from berlin britain and the e.u. struggled to put together a post brics a trade agreement a meeting in brussels between british prime minister barak johnson and the european commission president jose love on july and ends without a film deal with the talks to continue until we can't but can they overcome valerie is to a breakthrough also coming out a passionate pandemic pulling them out cold warns that germany is losing its fight against the coronavirus she says the public has a choice except tougher restrictions or more lives will be lost. i'm jarid raid welcome to the show version and the e.u. have given themselves until the sunday to decide if they break that negotiations are worth continuing a 3 hour dinner on wednesday seen as a last ditch attempt failed to bring the 2 sides any closer to a trade deal johnson traveled to brussels after an early a fun call between him and vaughan to lie and fail to break the deadlock disagreements over fishing righ

northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st w. . this is news live from berlin boris johnson cancels christmas for millions in the u.k. . these with a very heavy heart i must tell you we can all continue with christmas as planned the british prime minister unveils a new tighter code restrictions as a new strain of the virus causes infections to spike also coming up. israel starts to roll out the covert 19 vaccine but the palestinians have to wait for the west bank in lockdown infection rates there on the rise gordie's have.

iran, russia, the united states, the northern alliance, even -- know, taliban is gone. forget about them. i think that was a huge mistake, so i think what we are facing now is the people who ruled afghanistan, 95% of them were thrown out by foreign powers. you have to deal with that, not forgetting with the background this. the second thing is that hezbollah has a huge support from outside of the country. they are the only faction in lebanon that has that much support in lebanon. that also counts, if we come to an agreement, can the taliban count on such strong outside support while everybody else does not have that support. that is a question you need to ask. and if you are telling the taliban that the americans are here, and the basis of this negotiate is the argument between the taliban and the americans, so what are you telling them? what are you telling them then. you are telling them to wait until may, and then you will talk to your brothers. but in a totally different framework, so you see all of these things, it is easy to get outside powers, even as strong as t

it was iran, russia, the united states, the northern alliance.even taliban are gone,orget about it. that was a huge mistake. what they're facing now is the people who ruled afghanistan, 95% of it, they were thrown out by foreign powers, unjustly from their point of view. you are now coming back. u have to deal with that, not forgetting what the background is. the second thing is that hezbollah has huge support from outside of the country. they are the only faction i lebanon that has that much in lebanon. so that also accounts, can the taliban, if we come to an agreement where the agreement is not really -- can the taliban count on such strong outside support, why is everybody else does not have the support, is a question you need to ask. and then if you're telling the taliban that the americans are leaving in may, and the basis of this negotiation is the agreement between the taliban and the americans. so what are you telling us? what are you telling the taliban? you are telling the taliban wait until may, and then you will talk to your brothers,

northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st on d w. losing down and then a christmas governments across europe time lock down prescriptions and give the end of me a couple of days could turn into code 19 not super spreader events also coming out germany marks a grim anniversary 4 years ago today a truck town through its christmas market and it happened to her then we'll look at how the country reacted and the lessons learned. i'm rebecca ridges welcome to the program more european countries are tightening coronavirus restrictions and worried that the year end holidays could turn into mass cope at 19 super spreader events if millions of people travel and visit friends and family sweden has changed colson is now urging people to wear face masks italy has banned travel between regions and ordered shops and restaurants to close until january 6th but certainly it was more a question of when not if new measures would be announced with all important christmas holidays days away the the government has ordered a national lockdown. it is not an

northern alliance with the arctic circle starts december 21st w. shares in germany's buy on the tech and the week on a downer as questions hack though for how it's corona virus vaccine developed with pfizer can be distributed we'll look at what's killing investors' confidence both on the program. through has one of the highest rates of coronavirus deaths in the world. it's economy is also suffering we'll look at the struggle facing peruvian promise. like in many african countries the cost of getting online. hopes becoming the next internet. place is the doing business. welcome to the program shares in german drug develop a biotech slid by more than 3 percent on friday the initial excitement over the u.k.'s approval of the company's corona corona virus vaccine at the start of the week has subsided as the many challenges still ahead have become clear a warning sign came when biotechs distribution patna 5 confirmed it was slashing its delivery projections for the vaccine instead of 100000000 doses this year and now expects to shift half of that's just

northern alliance. arctic circle starts december 21st w.hello i'm kristie monday it's good to have your company one month from today versus in uganda will pick their next president the election campaign has been one of the most violent in the country's history rights groups accuse the old boy tees off human rights abuses amnesty international ses with the next day foster approaching it is imperative that the ugandan authorities reverse the piss.

northern alliance. within the arctic circle storage december 21st. the us federal trade commission is suing facebook it says the social media giant has abused its dominance to snuff out competition action could force facebook to sell instagram and. the program time is running out to secure brecht's that deal by the end of the year but e.u. leaders are insisting an agreement. just. vaccinations against the coronavirus are underway the german companies keeping the doses safe at ultra low temperatures. this is due to. welcome to the program. the us government is suing facebook saying the company broke trust law the federal trade commission accuses the social network of using its dominant position to crush smaller competitors is calling for facebook to be forced to divest instagram whatsapp both of which if they were up and coming rivals coalition of states have also joined the trade commission's legal action. along this let's cross to our correspondent in new york. could we really see facebook being forced to get rid of instagram and what. well i mean 1

lets speak to steve, the deputy leader of the alliance party in northern ireland.the deal. well, there is a certain tinge of sadness, there is no such good —— there is no such thing as a sensible brexit. all moves inside brexit are an act against the devolved governments. apart from both uk and ireland to be part of the european union. we will see on the back of this a whole range of opportunities and benefits that people have taken advantage forfour and benefits that people have taken advantage for four generations now being lost, but against that, we know about the implications of a no—deal brexit will be catastrophic for our economy and would make the implementation of the northern ireland protocol including the checks in the irish sea more difficult. so the removal of tariffs arkham significant. there will be checks and make major differences that will continue for northern ireland. is supposed the crucial point which was at one point did not —— dominating discussions where the issue of a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. that wi

december 27th a number of groups are formed alliance president is accused of planning to break the vote. some of the 344 boys who were kidnapped to northern nigeria have described more about their ordeal and are back with their parents in the state of katsina man raided their schools and took them last friday holding them to forest full details of their rescue still aren't clear including whether a ransom was paid. to be honest there was no food or water through no shelter no break and the friday we were taken we spent 2 days without sleep food was leaves and after 2 days without food we were given fresh potatoes and pieces of ground not cake. when you see i'm a why frankly speaking i feel like god is conscious me paradise because i'm so happy after spending 2 days without eating anything a mother is more than 90 years old and i am lost and she stopped eating and drinking in addition my 3 sisters with me to to hospital. a med interests is in the boys home tell the families of halt and the children won't return to school until the government guarantees. the mood is festive in the home of muslim character over the city is muslim a worker an