to the barn and simon young there let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. gerry and a president. has made his 1st appearance since he was flown to a hospital in germany after testing positive for the corona virus in a toper the 75 year old said he expected to make a complete recovery within 3 weeks. the united states has begun distributing a millions of doses of covidien 1000 a vaccine and occupation of health care workers and nursing home residents with the biotech pfizer vaccine is expected to begin on monday a number of coronavirus of deaths in the us is approaching 830-0000 the highest in the worlds. and as the united states takes on that enormous challenge of vaccinating millions of people imagine the hurdles facing poor countries our next report comes from mali where health officials say inoculating people against kovac $1000.00 would be a slow process. the one of these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against th

political correspondent simon young what do you think simon does uncle america's government still have the public support for its handling of this crisis. i think they generally do but as you heard it is a lot of disappointment about particularly this closure of retail shops in the run up to christmas and the economic impacts of this decision are going to be very significant the industry your organizations a warning about that meeting before this latest decision 40 percent of germans was saying that the measures to deal with covert 19 had had an impact on their income so this is just going to make their situation worse at the political level most of the opposition parties are supporting the government but they are saying a clearer and more structured plan and approach going forward would be helpful so i mean broadly i think there is support but the next few weeks ago to be tough let's talk about vaccinations simon coming vaccinations have already begun in britain and the you asked where is germany in this race. well of course a lot of people in germany are impatient to get the vaccine

political correspondent simon young welcome simon so is germany's vaccine rollout ready. well phil i think the authorities here are quite well prepared and as said there in the reports it certainly is it's a good time to do that because germany is facing increased infections in recent days record numbers of infections 30000 new infections yesterday and record numbers of deaths from kobe had 19 many of them in the elderly so the expectation is that the european e.u. medicines agency will issue an approval at the beginning of next week and then the biotech phase a vaccine can be delivered to germany the medicines agency here can check that those dates these are the right standard and then they'll be distributed to $400.00 vaccination centers around the country and vaccinations it's hoped can begin. off to christmas on the 27th of december and you know it's an important it's an important moment for germany there's been an intense debate of priorities older people and people in care homes and also medical workers there will be getting the vaccine 1st and you know it's been it

a correspondent simon young there meanwhile in the united states a distribution has begun of a millions of doses of covert 19 vaccine inoculation of health care workers and nursing home residents with the biotech pfizer vaccine is expected to begin on monday it's the culmination of a massive push to develop and deliver a coronavirus vaccine in less than a year but as the number of coronavirus deaths in the us approaches $300000.00 it comes too late for many. this is the closest tammy can safely get to her husband has another life hit hard by the pandemic motionless unable to breathe on his own. it's nothing you really want to do want to do in my district for a window. start over the past 2 weeks the u.s. has repeatedly exceeded 2000 code related deaths per day surpassing earlier pandemic tolls after 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 we were having that was really nothing compared to what we're experiencing now but a massive logistical ef

political correspondent simon young welcome simon what do you make of this unusual intervention from germany's president. yeah fell and i mean germans were expecting an easing over christmas they've been promised that by the politicians but it's not going to happen the meeting yesterday of the chancellor and the regional leaders has produced this closing of non-essential retail from wednesday and also school pupils significantly most of them anyway will be told to follow lessons from home and stay at home so it's a big shock for many people around germany is part of the german president's job to protect germans from shocks and to help them deal with them so i think christmas in germany is a family celebration normally but it's also i think right to say that it's a festival of commerce and now you know he's just telling people well forget about that part of it for a couple of months i think it's a big ask for many germans right well this street lockdown which begins on wednesday follows the current sort of lock down light which clearly has not worked inevitably people are saying that

spike in infections earlier we put that very question to do you have a political correspondent simon young. well what we're seeing is a growing number of states announcing measures and pushing tougher lockdowns padan version bag has announced that there will be cookies that's to say restrictions on people leaving their homes. from from as early as tomorrow north rhine-westphalia another log stays in the west saying that schools will tell their people to stay at home from monday and possibly even all non-essential the retail shops will close so obviously these are very tough measures more and more states are thinking about it and there is a push for unity among the states because people say that that the public will accept such rules much more if states move together but they're not going to wait i think in some cases for for a meeting with the chancellor a lot of the state premiers are saying we have to push ahead now and impose tough lockdowns simon young reporting earlier we turn our attention now to argentina lawmakers in that country's lower house of congress have passed a bill to lega

and it remains to be seen how germans will respond to a full lockdown if indeed one is announced simon young reporting thank you european regulators meanwhile will me just before the new year to decide if the biotech pfizer met vaccine is ready for mass distribution while here in germany the government is already planning how to deliver the vaccine but everyone agrees on the logistics involved to be a correspondent walter reports. the arena in berlin was well known for its rock concerts and techno parties now it's slated to house one of 6 specks the nation centers and berlin so far there isn't much to see but everything is scheduled to be ready by mid december project manager home is convinced things were from smoothly. through this time process we allow 4 minutes for each person to get in take of their coats sit down and roll up their sleeves then the vaccination team comes in they just inject and put some calls on new wound the last step is the documentation that's. here the vaccinated people will then be looked after by doctors and nurses the patient doesn't have to pay their health insur

simon young joins me now simon a new high of nearly 30000 cases 598 people died one day all that despite the restrictions already imposed why are the figures still rising. well guess what there are a number of different explanations that are being offered for the rising infection numbers one of the things is to look at where the disease has been spreading earlier in the year it was really concentrated in several hot spots and of course that made it somewhat easier to deal with now. really kovan 1000 is spread across germany and that's putting a strain on health services to deal with also as you mentioned in the report the the disease seems to be affecting older people more back in the spring and the initial spike of course older people in care homes and old people's homes were affected but the engineering the summer it seemed to spread more to younger groups now it's back in the older population of germany is 20000 dead 13000 over 80 so it's a very worrying picture and it makes it difficult for both or it is to work out their strategy but germany's interior minister jose offer made his p

germany pulling the emergency brake our political correspondent simon young has more simon welcome germany was long hailed as the poster child for endemic management here in europe this month we're seeing one crim milestone after another where did the country go wrong when a call of course it's difficult to pinpoint an exact moment when the country perhaps took a wrong turning but certainly what we have seen is that infection numbers have surged in the last 6 to 8 weeks we always knew that autumn and winter the worst weather would bring an increase in infections but it has been growing exponentially as the chancellor said today what's the reason why some laxity perhaps as it has crept in through the year in terms of following the rules some people have pointed out that they have been changing rules around germany and a patchwork of different regulations that may have confused some people there's also been some very determined opposition to following rules from a minority of people so all of that may have played a role germany's health care system remains pretty robust but it may be that it

let's find out more now with political correspondent simon young assignment while other german states follow various lead. i think that it's very likely the economics minister peter myers been talking about this today and he said that intensive discussions about corona measures are going to be needed again in the coming days because he said that the efforts that are the regimes that are currently in place around germany clearly are falling well below expectations in terms of beating the 2nd wave and infection numbers remain worryingly high he said and there's a prospect that at least in those places where have been designated as corona hot spots with high infection rates continuing there will have to be a possibly a rollback of the loosening people had been hoping to loosen the restrictions over christmas but in fact state authorities in central government had already agreed that if necessary that loosening those relaxed restrictions over over the christmas and new year period could be rolled back and for instance the health minister in north rhine-westphalia one of the most populous

political correspondent simon young welcome simon let's start with the this unusual intervention from germany's president what what was behind that. well i think it's part of the president's job in germany address the nation try and bring people together bring people along when major challenges face the country that's obviously what's happening right now people were expecting some easing of the restrictions over christmas as for the politicians and led them to believe now they change tack and impose this tough lockdown and it's not just on the shopping though it's also on schools as we've heard restaurants already closed christmas is going to be very different from how it otherwise would be it's going to be less commercial and i think it is quite a big ask as the president is saying there are people just to sort of fit get about buying presents for their family members and put that off for a couple of months so this a strict lockdown in 2 days' time but will follow this current lockdown light which clearly hasn't worked and lots of people are saying that of course this was predictable

a positive example of how to keep the coronavirus in check we asked our political correspondent simon young what went so wrong but certainly what we have seen is that infection numbers have surged in the last 6 to 8 weeks we always knew that autumn in winter the worse weather would bring an increase in infections but it has been growing exponentially as the chancellor said today was the reason was some laxity perhaps as it has crept in through the year in terms of following the rules some people have pointed out that there have been changing rules around germany and a patchwork of different regulations that may have confused some people there's also been some very determined opposition to following rules from a minority of people so all of that may have played a role germany's health care system remains pretty robust but it may be that it had luck in the spring when infections were lower and maybe that luck as well run out you know the correspondent simon young there let's take a look now it's not the other stories making news around the world the united states has begun distributing a mill

germany pulling the emergency brake our political correspondent simon young has more simon welcome germany was long hailed as the poster child for endemic management here in europe this month we're seeing one crim milestone after another where did the country go wrong. when a call of course it's difficult to pinpoint an exact moment when the country perhaps took a wrong turning but certainly what we have seen is that infection numbers have surged in the last 6 to 8 weeks we always knew that autumn and winter the worst weather would bring an increase in infections but it has been growing exponentially as the chancellor said today what's the reason well some laxity perhaps as ing has crept in through the year in terms of following the rules some people have pointed out that there have been changing rules around germany and a patchwork of different regulations that may have confused some people there's also been some very determined opposition to following rules from a minority of people so all of that may have played a role germany's health care system remains pretty robust but it may be tha

simon young joins me now simon a new high of nearly 30000 cases 590 people died one day all that despite the restrictions already imposed why are they still rising. well guess there are a number of different explanations that are being offered for the rising infection numbers one of the things is to look at where the disease has been spreading earlier in the year it was really concentrated in several hot spots and of course that made it somewhat easier to deal with now. really kovan 1000 is spread across germany and that's putting a strain on health services to deal with also as you mentioned in the report the the disease seems to be affecting older people more back in the spring in the initial spike of course older people in care homes and old people's homes were affected but the engineering the summer it seemed to spread more to younger groups now it's back in the older population of germany's 20000 dead 13000 over 80 so it's a very worrying picture and it makes it difficult for storage is to work out their strategy but germany's interior minister jose offer made his position very clea

brent: simon young with the latest in berlin. u.s.uthorities are expected today to authorize the country's first coronavirus vaccine. the food and drug it administered -- and drug administration advisory panel is meeting to scrutinize the vaccine. many are hoping for emergency authorization as cases sore. the fda panel will consider two reports of allergic reactions to the vaccine in the u.k. this week. for more now, i would like to bring in the founding director of the epidemiology program at the university of delaware. she is a u.s. expert in novel and reemerging diseases. we know that the fda is expected to approve this biontech pfizer vaccine. how big of a turning point will this be for the u.s.? >> this is very important news but i think that too many are mistakenly believing this is going to end the pandemic. while the safety and efficacy profile of the vaccine look very good, the supply and distribution is going to be a challenge as will hesitancy to be vaccinated among some groups. brent: in your assessment, how long will it t

some young on the story for us here in berlin tonight simon as always thank you well still to come on the day 10 years ago today a young tunisian set himself on fire to protest hopeless living conditions his act of desperation gave birth to the arab spring a movement that did not last the anti government protests multiplied tropically be on chin is the is border social media was used to spread the word unorganized and few other countries were left untouched by the un math. we're now into sports and the controversy within the world of german gymnastics there have been allegations recently of abuse bullying and mistreatment by a coach at a national gymnastics center here in the country you have spoken to 2 former elite gymnast who trained at that center they say the abuse is real in that it extends far beyond where they used to train. naomi and ruby vandyke are learning to love gymnastics all over again for many years their love for the sport had disappeared. aged 10 and trying for big things between this move to an elite training center near cologne but when their performances dipped t

some young on the story for us here in berlin tonight simon as always thank you well still to come on the day 10 years ago today a young tunisian set himself on fire to protest hopeless living conditions his act of desperation gave birth to the arab spring a movement that did not last the anti government protests multiplied tropically be on china's is borders social media was used to spread the word unorganized and few other countries were left untouched by the un vast. well known to sports and the controversy within the world of german gymnastics there have been allegations recently of abuse bullying and mistreatment by a coach at a national gymnastics center here in the country. has spoken to 2 former elite gymnast who trained at that center they say the abuse is real in that it extends far beyond where they used to train. naomi and ruby vandyke are learning to love gymnastics all over again for many years their love for the sport had disappeared. aged 10 and primed for big things between this move to an elite training center near cologne but when their performances dipped they say

across the board that the infections just aren't coming down quickly enough political correspondent simon young reporting thank you. let's take a look now at the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic india's serum institute says it has applied for emergency use authorization of its core on a virus vaccine in india britain says it will administer the 1st doses of the beyond tech pfizer vaccine on choose day care workers and seniors will be 1st in line and countries across europe are still struggling to bring down infection rates greece denmark and hungry have all announced they're extending restrictions into the new year. when israel a socialist president nicolas maduro has hailed a gigantic election when that hands in control of the national assembly and cements his position and power are those the socialists won almost 70 percent of the votes but turnout was just 31 percent after opposition parties called for a boycott international observers have condemned the vote altogether the european union said the election was not free or fair but as well the self-proclaimed acting president o

grim scenes there let's pull in our correspondent simon young he's on the story for us tonight here in berlin good evening to you simon you know we have heard since the pandemic began that germany had huge hospital capacity that there were more than enough intensive care beds and now as we're seeing in that report some hospitals are in a state of emergency how did this happen. well we've got a worsening picture here in germany and hospitals are feeling the pressure of the sheriff's a hospital here in berlin one of large one of europe's largest hospitals for instance has announced that it is halting routine non-essential operations from monday and moving to an emergency schedule in order to make sure that it has capacity still available and from other places around the country we've heard reports of hospital mortuaries that are reaching capacity and bodies stored in containers and as you've mentioned in some parts of the country doctors are even reporting they're already having to make that decision whether seriously ill patients should take up resources and get treatment or whether tho

the picture is good but it will take some time it's a list it was a logistical challenge for sure simon young political correspondent thank you. maybe while the united states has moved a step closer to approving a 2nd covered $1000.00 vaccine after an independent panel of experts and dos the drug produced by pharmaceutical company went down there did steve decision paves the way for the food and drug administration to approve the vaccines emergency use the u.s. has already started mass immunizations using bottom tech pfizer shot by the european union's under pressure to follow suit he said it would speed up its approval process for coverage in vaccines. so here's a look at some more of the latest developments in this pandemic starting in sweden which has done a u. turn the government is for the 1st time recommending that people wear face masks on public transport 8000 swedes have died so far australia will go into its austria beg pardon will go into its 3rd lockdown after christmas shops that reopened last week will close again restaurants schools museums and theaters will shut until mid janu

time for a smooth and fast rule out of the vaccine well let's bring in political correspondent simon young simon it's a critical moment how ready is germany for this vaccine rollout well i think germany has done a lot of preparations anthony of course this vaccine comes at a really critical time for germany because infections have surged in recent weeks and of been hitting records in the last few days with over 30000 new cases and deaths are also up so this is this is a much needed sort of glimmer of hope christmas time the expectation now is that the europeans medicines agency will approve the biotech phase of vaccine at the beginning of next week it will then be delivered to germany and germany's medicines agency can check the doses to see that they are ok and meet the standards and after that it will be distributed to $400.00 vaccinations senses around the country and vaccinations can start we believe on the 27th of december and there's been a full debate as well about the prioritization with the over a t's and people in care homes and also care workers getting the vaccine 1st and it's

simon young joins me now simon a new high of nearly 30000 cases 598 people that have died one day all that despite the restrictions already imposed why are the figures still rising. well guess there are a number of different explanations that are being offered for the rising infection numbers one of the things is to look at where the disease has been spreading earlier in the year it was really concentrated in several hot spots and of course that made it somewhat easier to deal with now. really kovan 1000 is spread across germany and that's putting a strain on health services to deal with also as you mentioned in the report the the disease seems to be affecting older people more back in the spring and the initial spike of course older people in care homes and old people's homes were affected but then during the summer it seemed to spread more to younger groups now it's back in the older population of germany's 20000 dead 13000 over 80 so it's a very worrying picture and it makes it difficult for storage is to work out their strategy but germany's interior minister jose often made his p

germany pulling the emergency brake our political correspondent simon young has more simon welcome germany was long hailed as the poster child for endemic management here in europe this month we're seeing one grim milestone after another where did the country go wrong. well the call of course it's difficult to pinpoint an exact moment when the country perhaps took a wrong turning but certainly what we have seen is that infection numbers have surged in the last 6 to 8 weeks we always knew that autumn and winter the worse weather would bring an increase in infections but it has been growing exponentially as the chancellor said today what's the reason well some laxity perhaps as it has crept in through the year in terms of following the rules some people have pointed out that there have been changing rules around germany and a patchwork of different regulations that may have confused some people there's also been some very determined opposition to following rules from a minority of people so all of that may have played a role germany's health care system remains pretty robust but it may be th

let's find out more about this with simon young who is covering the story for you assignment is surelylosing the fight against kobe 1000 particularly when it comes to the elderly the most vulnerable group well over the numbers have got a lot more worrying in recent days and that's really what i think the robot call institute the big public health institute has been saying today that the overall picture is very worrying they're warning of a possible exponential growth in infections as you've said a record number of infections over the last 24 hours and what we're seeing also is a picture where no longer the infections are concentrated into just a few hot spot locations which obviously is easier to deal with pretty much the corona virus is now spread across germany and so it means it's time for drastic action another thing that experts are pointing out is that there are twice as many infections now in care homes in old people's homes than there were in the spring and of course those people. are more likely to suffer serious effects and death and now deaths in germany from carbon 19 are a

germany pulling the emergency brake our political correspondent simon young has more simon welcome germany was long hailed as the poster child for and make management here in europe this month we're seeing one crim milestone after another where did the country go wrong. well the call of course it's difficult to pinpoint an exact moment when the country perhaps took a wrong turning but certainly what we have seen is that infection numbers have surged in the last 6 to 8 weeks we always knew that autumn and winter the worse weather would bring an increase in infections but it has been growing exponentially as the chancellor said today what's the reason well some laxity perhaps as ng has crept in through the year in terms of following the rules some people have pointed out that there have been changing rules around germany and a patchwork of different regulations that may have confused some people there's also been some very determined opposition to following rules from a minority of people so all of that may have played a role germany's health care system remains pretty robust but it may be t

as simon young joins me now simon in a new high of nearly 30000 cases 500 people have died one day all that despite the was directions already imposed why still rising. well guess there are a number of different explanations that are being offered for the rising infection numbers one of the things is to look at where the disease has been spreading earlier in the year it was really concentrated in several hot spots and of course that made it somewhat easier to deal with now. really kovan 1000 is spread across germany and that's putting a strain on health services to deal with also as you mentioned in the report the the disease seems to be affecting older people more back in the spring and the initial spike of course older people in care homes and old people's homes were affected but then during the summer it seemed to spread more to younger groups now it's back in the older population of germany's 20000 dead 13000 over 80 so it's a very worrying picture and it makes it difficult for storage is to work out their strategy but germany's interior minister hawesville for made his position ve

let's find out more about this with simon young who is covering the story for you simon is surely losing the fight against coke in 1000 particularly when it comes to the elderly the most vulnerable group. well i know the numbers have got a lot more worrying in recent days and that's really what i think the robot call institute the big public health institute has been saying today that the overall picture is very worrying that warning of a possible exponential growth in infections as you've said and a record number of infections over the last 24 hours and what we're seeing also is a picture where no longer the infections are concentrated into just a few hotspot locations which obviously is easier to deal with pretty much the corona virus is now spread across germany and so it means it's time for drastic action another thing that experts are pointing out is that there are twice as many infections now in care homes in people's homes than there were in the spring and of course those people. are more likely to suffer serious effects and death than now deaths in germany from carbon 19 or above

across the board that the infections just aren't coming down quickly enough political correspondent simon young reporting thank you notes. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. were made it is a social democrats have emerged as the largest party in parliament in a surprise results from sunday's elections but they don't have a clear majority the party of prime minister ludovico or bonn came 2nd but is thought to have a better chance of forming a coalition government a president must now decide how to proceed. another metallic monolith has surfaced this time on a beach on the isle of wight on in south coast a nature lover said she spotted while on a walk it's the 4th such monolith to gain global attention in recent weeks with others spotted in the u.s. and romania venezuela socialist president nicolas maduro has hailed a gigantic election win that to hands him control of the national assembly and cements his position and power by those that socialists won almost 70 percent of the votes but turnout was just 31 percent after opposition parties called for b

the picture is good but it will take some time it's a list it was a logistical challenge for sure simon young political correspondent thank you. here's a look at some more of the latest developments in the pandemic starting in france where the death toll has passed 60000 president macro is asking people to remain vigilant after he tested positive for cover 19 austria will go into its 3rd lockdown after christmas shops that reopened last week will close again restaurants schools museums and fish as will be closed until the middle of january and china is planning to vaccinate 50000000 high risk people before the start of its lived in new year these to 4 chinese made fact scenes are being tested. well after months of resisting lockdown sweden has now introduced some of its toughest restrictions to try and slow rising infection rates not essential of public spaces like gyms and my reasoning person too late january the government has also done a u. turn on this for the 1st time recommending that people wear masks on public transport as we've been a struggle to cope with record numbers of new cases

let's find out more now with political correspondents simon a young assignment while other german states follow variously. i think that's very likely economics minister peter has been talking about this today and he said that intensive discussions about corona measures are going to be needed again in the coming days because he said that the efforts that are the regimes that are currently in place around germany clearly are falling well below expectations in terms of beating the 2nd wave and infection numbers remain worryingly high he said and there's a prospect that at least in those places where which have been designated as corona hot spots with high infection rates continuing there will have to be a possibly a rollback of the loosening people had been hoping to loosen the restrictions over christmas but in fact state authorities in central government had already agreed that if necessary that loosening those relaxed restrictions over over the christmas and new year period could be rolled back and for instance the health minister in north rhine-westphalia one of the most populous states

some young on the story for us here in berlin tonight simon as always thank you well still to come on the day 10 years ago today a young tunisian set himself on fire to protest hopeless living conditions his act of desperation gave birth to the arab spring a movement that did not last the anti government protests multiplied tropically be on chin is the is borders social media was used to spread the word an organized and few other countries were left untouched by the un math. to sports and the controversy within the world of german gymnastics there have been allegations recently of abuse bullying and mistreatment by a coach at a national gymnastics center here in the country you have spoken to 2 former elite gymnast who trained at that center they say the abuse is real in that it extends far beyond where they used to train. naomi and ruby vandyke are learning to love gymnastics all over again for many years their love for the sport had disappeared. aged 10 and primed for big things between this move to an elite training center near cologne but when their performances dipped they say th

time for a smooth and fast rule out of the vaccine let's bring in political correspondent sonnen young simon it's a critical moment how ready is germany for this vaccine rollout well i think germany has done a lot of preparations anthony of course this vaccine comes at a really critical time for germany because infections have surged in recent weeks and have been hitting records in the last few days with over 30000 new cases and deaths are also up so this is this is a much needed sort of glimmer of hope christmas time the expectation now is that the europeans medicines agency will approve the biotech phase of vaccine at the beginning of next week it will then be delivered to germany and germany's medicines agency can check the doses to see that they are ok and meet the standards and after that it will be distributed to $400.00 vaccinations senses around the country and vaccinations can start we believe on the 27th of december and there's been a full debate as well about the prioritization with the over eighty's and people in care homes and also care workers getting the vaccine 1st and it's e

and political correspondent so when young joins me now simon welcome and almost full lockdown has been an announced as expected what are the main takeaways. well i think the main thing is that the run up to christmas this year in germany will look very different from previous years and it's incredibly drastic measure closing down non-essential retail from the 16th of december the time when a lot of people do their christmas shopping and that will mean an enormous amount for many businesses as well as individuals but the government is responding with this huge packages the finance minister said they're costing between 10 and $12000000000.00 euros a month and the thing there is that that if that will it will cost that that much if the lockdown runs through to the middle of january as currently planned nobody knows if it might go on beyond that so it's a hugely difficult and controversial move but the regional states and the chancellor have come together today to agree this package and that's an important step they announced majerus include exceptions for the christmas holidays now from a

i mean young with the latest tonight simon thank you u.s. authorities are expected today to authorize the country's 1st coronavirus vaccine the food and drug administration advisory panel is meeting to scrutinize the data from the buying on tech pfizer vaccine is the same one that was rolled out in the u.k. on tuesday many in the u.s. are hoping for emergency authorization as cases so the f.d.a. panel will also consider 2 reports of allergic reactions to the vaccine in the u.k. this week. to bring in professor jennifer horney she's the founding director of the epidemiology program at the university of delaware she is also a us expert in novel and emerging diseases it's good to see you again we know that the f.t.v. expected to approve this buy on tech pfizer vaccine hell big of a turning point will this be for the u.s. . well this is a very important news but i think that to many on the they can really believing that this is going to end the pandemic so while the safety and efficacy of the vaccine the very good the supply and distribution is

so i'm young with the latest tonight here in berlin simon as always thank you. when next we turn to india where angry farmers have blocked roads and railway tracks across the country in protest at controversial agricultural reforms indian prime minister narendra modi is intent on what he describes as the modernization of the country's agricultural sector his party insists this will benefit farmers but the farmers they're not buying it and they have responded in dramatic fashion with protests and now a strike and this is all happening as the country slips into a recession after years of economic growth. hummus in the 10s of thousands in a blockade of delhi. 6 for almost 2 weeks they protested the new fumbles on the outskirts of the indian capital. on tuesday they upped the ante launching a one day national strike. across the country protesters blocked royal lines and roads and prevented projects from reaching markets. organizations called for the shut down after the modi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. we have determine

and the young writers are showing in the renaissance of iraq in literature refusing to be simon's. central african republic is a nation on edge as it waits for a landmark ruling on whether to perspire in sunday's election rebel forces are advancing after a ceasefire with the government broke down 3 un peacekeepers have been killed by unidentified attackers in the color u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists has condemned the killings he's demanding an investigation. international community is becoming increasingly concerned violence could spiral out of control in central african republic russia france and rwanda are deploying military forces in support of the government catherine sawyer reports from the capital bangui. was president for stina dara arrives for his final election rally in bongi in full force has been telling people to come out and forth on sunday without fear i recently formed a group called the patriot put change all c.p.c. has threatened to march to the city and launched attacks against government troops backed by un peacekeepers in some rural areas the c.p.c. w

simon jack, bbc news. the full text of the agreement hasn't been released yet, though some details are beginning to emerge. 0ur deputy political editor vicki youngso far. after months of talks, a deal‘s been done which will shape a new relationship between the uk and the eu. the uk is no longer in the single market or customs union, which means there will be restrictions on trade that we didn't have before. the deal agrees that there won't be quotas or taxes known as tariffs on wholly british goods exported to the eu and vice versa. but there will be new paperwork and checks. now, what about resolving disputes and making sure that both sides stick to the rules? well, they have agreed not to water down the existing standards on things like the environment and workers‘ rights. but if one side wants to change that in the future or complain about how it's all working, they can go to an independent panel. special arrangements have already been agreed for northern ireland. it stays in the eu single market for goods and will continue to enforce eu customs rules at its ports. when it comes to security and policing, there will still be substantial cooper

simon jack, bbc news. the full text of the agreement hasn't been released yet, though some details are beginning to emerge. 0ur deputy political editor, vicki youngbout it so far. after months of talks, a deal‘s been done which will shape a new relationship between the uk and the eu. the uk is no longer in the single market or customs union, which means there will be restrictions on trade that we didn't have before. the deal agrees that there won't be quotas or taxes known as tariffs on wholly british goods exported to the eu and vice versa. but there will be new paperwork and checks. now, what about resolving disputes and making sure that both sides stick to the rules? well, they have agreed not to water down the existing standards on things like the environment and workers' rights. but if one side wants to change that in the future or complain about how it's all working, they can go to an independent panel. special arrangements have already been agreed for northern ireland. it stays in the eu single market for goods and will continue to enforce eu customs rules at its ports. when it comes to security and policing, there will still be substantia

simon jack, bbc news. so, what do we know about what a no deal might mean to our everyday lives? here's our deputy political editor, vicki youngrade deals make things run more smoothly for businesses. since leaving the eu, britain has agreed dozens of them, but the one that's arguably the most important of all has run into trouble. for decades, the uk and the rest of the european union have bought and sold goods across borders without checks or taxes known as tariffs. but if there's no deal, then companies will have to operate under rules set by the world trade organization. that means that most of the food imported to the uk from the eu would attract an extra tax. the british retail consortium has calculated that it will mean 48% on beef mince, i6% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese. when it comes to exports from the uk to the eu, it will mean a tariff of 10% on cars and 35% on dairy products. both sides are putting measures in place to reduce disruption from the start of january. in key areas such as transport, the eu said today that it would allow things to carry on broadly as they are but only if the uk continue to fol

alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there. next thing to ponder gender stereotypes behind a mental health crisis for young children most a serious matter a new report in the u.k. this claim that it's not only affecting primary education is also destroying self-esteem of these young people but every parent hopes for their child and what educators hope for children in their class is that there will be free to achieve their potential yet what evidence shows is that we still limit our children based on the harmful tired gender stereotypes we meet and the princess education of girls and intoxication of boys the commercial sector too often uses gender stereotypes and segregates boys and girls simply to sell more product but this is not about making everything gender neutral the commission for gender stereotypes and early childhood notes there's a mental health crisis amongst young children and other youngsters it highlights issues faced by both including problems with body image and eating disorders for girls while for men there's a highest suicide rate of violence against women the report also states that ster

simon jack, bbc news. so, if the transition period does end on the 31st december without a trade deal — it will mean changes for our every day lives. here's our deputy political editor, vicki youngly for businesses. since leaving the eu, britain has agreed dozens of them, but the one that's arguably the most important of all has run into trouble. for decades, the uk and the rest of the european union have bought and sold goods across borders without checks or taxes, known as tariffs. but if there's no deal, then companies will have to operate under rules set by the world trade organization. that means that most of the food imported to the uk from the eu would attract an extra tax. the british retail consortium has calculated that it will mean 48% on beef mince, 16% on cucumbers and 57% on cheddar cheese. when it comes to exports from the uk to the eu, it will mean a tariff of 10% on cars and 35% on dairy products. both sides are putting measures in place to reduce disruption from the start of january. in key areas such as transport, the eu said today that it would allow things to carry on broadly as they are, but only if the uk continue to follow existing rules on standards. and

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let's get more from d w political correspondent simon young welcome simon what do you make of this unusual intervention from germany's president. yeah fell and i mean germans were expecting an easing over christmas they've been promised that by the politicians but it's not going to happen the meeting yesterday of the chancellor and the regional leaders has produced this closing of non-essential retail from wednesday and also school pupils significantly most of them anyway will be told to follow lessons from home and stay at home so it's a big shock for many people around germany's part of the german president's job to protect germans from shocks and to help them deal with them so i think christmas in germany is a family celebration normally but it's also i think right to say that it's a festival of koma us and now you know he's just telling people well forget about that part of it for a couple of months i think it's a big ask for many germans right well this strict lockdown which begins on wednesday follows the current sort of lock down light which clearly has not worked inevitably pay.

high time for a smooth and fast rule out of the vaccine let's bring in political correspondent simon young so i mean it's a critical moment how ready is germany for this vaccine. well i think germany's done a lot of preparations anthony of course this back seat comes at a really critical time for germany because infections have surged in recent weeks and of been heating records in the last few days with over 30000 new cases and deaths are also up so this is this is a much needed sort of glimmer of hope.