we used to state premiers see back to the draft proposal that the state premiers found on the side upon on monday as the goal is a coordinated answer. so the backdrop to this is christmas and the christmas holidays coming up. what are you hearing? will they be any specific restrictions in place for that? while, according to the drafted measures for christmas and specifically for that period, members of one household will be allowed to meet up with 10 to 10 other people from other households. people will be encouraged to says isolate before and after the celebrations. schools may also break out a few days. maybe as early as me december religious ceremonies will be allowed during the christmas period. this discussion around ses and maybe use of fireworks for new year's eve in a private capacity that is being discussed. but it's very controversial with seo. so perhaps an increase in test capacities ahead of the holidays. so more people can get tested. so we are heading towards an exception of for christmas, which is also something that's controversial here in germany, political corresponde

the 16 state premieres and angela merkel, they know they have to come up with something. 10 days ago,hey agreed to disagree on where to take the partial lockdown until christmas and whether to ease up. they promise to the bigger plan for the next couple of weeks up to now and they will have to deliver whatever happens. we understand that they lockdown and nitty-gritty of schooling issues and who pays for what, but also on how much germans will be allowed to enjoy the christmas season and what that means for christmas shopping. we have learned that there is talk of having new measures in place for larger shops. 25 square meters for every customer is larger shops so that christmas shopping does not simply take place online. there is a new redline being debated. before, that figure was 50. that of course raises a lot of questions over whether -- over what the new redline will be and whether they are feeling the pressure of a new looming exponential growth in covid-19. brent: remind us of why these tighter restrictions, why they are needed now? reporter: they were needed a couple of weeks

she backed a draft proposal on monday by the state premiers. and the goal is a coordinated answer at the national level. we can see we can imagine additional measures in areas where the high rates, where there is a high rate of infection that could be introduced, such as gatherings, for example, up until now 10 people from 2 households could meet. that could be reduced to 5 people only a week. and so, according to the draft proposal, see an extension of the current measures. we remain open, the restaurants will remain closed until close until at least december, the twenty's whizzes situation being revoked, revaluated every 2 weeks. and of course, people are always encouraged to meet socialising, to avoid travel as much as possible and a lot of the civil go one on christmas and the holidays coming up. what are you hearing? will they be restrictions specifically for the holiday season? well, according to drafted measures, the members of one household will be allowed to meet always up to 10 other people from although haas holds between december 23

coronavirus measures with the country's 16 state premiers on monday, additional measures may include reducing the maximum size of social gatherings from 10 to 5 and mend the tree face coverings for school students and staff at all times . germany is just one of many european countries posting record high infection rates. new infections across germany as a whole are increasing at a slower rate. but overall numbers haven't started to decline. chancellor angela merkel is due to meet state leaders to assess the situation after 14 days of lockdown. yet several state premiers have already called for stricter measures then via an ex and if we were to take it a step further, the best thing to do would be to further limited personal contacts. and after 2 weeks of lockdown, we must be patient. it's the next, we need to take a few days to assess the results before before we restore, i mean everyone crazy. again. the economy minister also favors a measured response and you are short on river. a yoyo lockdown will create a situation where we'd constantly be confronting people with a round of tigh

now a priority also when it comes to schools, but also keeping salt open and every individual state premier from that 16 states seems to have different priorities that. and that's what's proving so difficult this evening. all right. there on the story for us here in berlin tonight, mikhail as always, thank you. let's have a look now. at other developments in the coronavirus pandemic, france is relaxing its restrictions following a drop in new infections. not a single shops. movie theaters and museums will gradually reopen, but large gatherings will remain banned. australia's most populous state new south wales has eased social distancing measures and allowed companies to bring employees back to work. and in the us, a restaurant dining ban comes into effect today in los angeles. the 3 week order comes as the state of california faces a record number of new infections. if the prime minister has asked the international community not to interfere in the conflict in his countries to agree region, the central government gave the region's leaders an ultimatum. surrender by tonight or face an assau

several state premiers have already called for stricter measures stuff man via an ex and if we were to take it a step further, the best thing to do would be to further limit personal contacts in this and often after 2 weeks of lockdown, we must be patient it's the next need to take a few days to assess the results. before we restrain everyone, crazy again. the economy minister also favors a measured response. i know you were shocked on river a yoyo long time will create a situation where we'd constantly be confronting people with a rank of tightening. but he's in restrictions followed by you when you tightening in the end will be impossible to justify. and it would also damage the economy of the army's lending a hand with prevention measures including contact tracing. germany's defense minister says she's increasing the numbers of soldiers available from 15220000 devils would be expected to help with a future vaccination program. the plans are tight and when we're planning on having 26 vaccination centers, most of the mobo said that we can also vaccinate people living in regions with a

much of the decision making is left to the state premiers. so even if i go america would have liked a tougher stance, more restrictions. well, she aligned with what the safe for me is hot in mind. there was one bone of contention schools, especially among the premier is that was regarding ma, screws and closures both. both primaries and the chancellor came to agreements. so given how tough this negotiations were, how real is the prospect that the lockdown will be extended well into the new year? well, this will all depend on the state of things by the end of this year. as the chancellor and the state premiers will revise it, reevaluate the situation every 2 weeks to go, has always been to reduce the number of daily infections under oath 50 infections. 400000 in not intense, and i'm going to america, we might do it again. yes. today that germans are hard to remain vigilant, hard to keep applying social these 10 seeing wearing modest washing hands. those other things out won't change anytime soon. so the restaurants and bars we know to be opene

guest: clearly there is a lot of divergence in opinion between the chancellor and some of the state premieres of the 16 states around germany and clearly today, many of them were pretty annoyed the chancellor pushed forward with her proposals for new rules and tightening the lockdown prescriptions. some of the state premieres were saying their plans were unworkable, impossible to enforce, trying to enforce how many are meeting in private homes and complaining they had not discussed her proposals with them in advance. that is why what we have ended up with today is the decision to continue debating for another week and we have these appeals for people to reduce social contacts to a minimum. brent: we know they are going to meet again at top that mean germans here may be will see an almost normal christmas and new year? guest: i think it's a little early to start predicting what might be going on at christmas and new year. it seems very unlikely it will be normal. as you say, the lockdown measures we have been in for the last two weeks seem to be showing the exponential growth of infections has

several state premiers have already called for stricter measures. then gun next, and if we were to take it a step further, the best thing to do would be to further limited personal contacts. and after 2 weeks of lockdown, we must be patient. the next. we need to take a few days to assess the results. before, before we restore, having everyone crazy again, the economy minister also favors a measured response and you're short on river a yoyo long time will create a situation where we'd constantly be confronting people with a round of tightening than easing restrictions, followed by a renewed tightening in the end will be impossible to justify, and it would also damage the economy of the army's lending a hand with prevention measures including contact tracing. germany's defense minister says she's increasing the numbers of soldiers available from 15220000 devils to be expected to help with a future vaccination program. and we're planning on having 26 vaccination centers, most of the mobo so that we can also vaccinate people living in regions with the l

and we can also see here that she didn't get exactly what she wanted sitting down with those state premiers. because if it was up to her, and constitutionally it isn't, there would be much tougher measures in place throughout germany throughout those 16 federal states. but it also shows that she needs every ounce of the or 40 that she's built up over the past 15 years to keep those 16 state premiers. well, at least within line of what was agreed yesterday. because in the life we could see some trouble faces and some shaking heads, i wonder in terms of the law, the live audience in parliament. how did her remarks go down in the german parliament? well she pretty much has everybody on board except the far right party and they actually tap into that camp of $1000.00 deniers, flatout deniers. that's not something the f.t. itself is doing. they're also now wearing masks, but they had some of those activists in parliament as guests which created quite a stir here in germany because they were essentially heckling m.p.'s and ministers on their way to parliament. he sees the latest set of legal meas

well, you have mentioned that state premiers agreed on monday evening to extend the current measures until at least december 20th. i'm going to america have say that if it were up to her, the measures would be much stricter already, but she has to find a common line, a weasel, state premiers, and that's will be discussed on wednesday. we could see topham measures being adopted then, such as more restrictions when it comes to socializing. for example, that demand, we are allowed to meet up to 10 people at the same time from 2 households. these might be reduced to 5, but was an exception for christmas. also, the churches might be able to conduct ceremonies around that time, even if people will be encouraged to save isolate afterwards. we should also know wednesday, if the off target is indeed will ban the sale and use of fireworks on new year's eve. that's a longstanding tradition here in germany, but $1000.00 might be banned so as not to overwhelm hospitals, which are already dealing with a pandemic. now keeping schools and kindergartens open seems to be the priority at the moment. wh

following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical. dies for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas. christmas isn't the only celebration that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reigned in, but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. and for more on this, let's bring in a man or show state police political correspondent. good to see you, emma. what's the situation right now? is the pandemic on the control? well, on sunday, ever since the 2nd of pasha look down here at the beginning of november, we've seen the number of infections lies. there's no more exponential growth, which is a positive news, but the figures us 2 way too high on tuesday. there were more done 1300 new inf

without many of the things that make our lives pleasant we know this both the straight and the state premiers and we. in the national government for a long time we weighed out whether or not there might be an easier path a milder one we did not see it and so with heavy hearts we decided because these measures must be undertaken we believe they must we believe they are appropriate to reach our goals they are necessary to reduce contacts the scientific organizations advocate exactly this we saw out there the use and massive reduction of contacts means less opportunities for the virus to spread and if we do this consistently for one month it can really be a circuit breaker and there's the 2nd wave and of course these measures came about because we went away and thought about what the most important thing is for our country to function and we believe this is maintaining an infrastructure in the health care sector and and in terms of nursing care and hospitals that is also keeping our economy ticking over as much as possible and having learned from the 1st wave of the pandemic we also felt it was

chance langley michael is meeting with state premiers of germany 16 states to look at way forward. but i think it's unlikely that we'll see anything of this look anytime soon. ok, all our soccer. thank you for that insight on the new term strategy. i have no time for sports now in formula one british driver lewis hamilton made history of the turkish grand prix. his when there means he has a equalled mikail schumacher all time record of 7 world titles, but 1st he faced an uphill task to seal the deal. lewis hamilton started 6th on the grid. it is jim ball park. the mercedes driver stayed patient in the wet and slippery conditions. strategy was key. when the chance came, hamilton struck storming past racing points to snatch the lead. he never relinquished it and went on to seal the victory along with this season's world championship. this means hamilton has now equalled the great markers all time record of so in formula one world titles we dreamed of this is, this kid has a very young when i was young only watching the game free. and this is way, way beyond the dreams that i think it

see the measures being on the table again next week when i'm going to america meets with the 16 state premiers. and firstly, they're probably very likely to discuss an extension off the current measures beyond the month of november. because as you mentioned, the case numbers are still too high for the health system to be able to cope in the mid-term. and they're probably also going to discuss it for the tightening of measures and one topic that is likely to come up our schools. because germany's schools are still open, but a lot of people are arguing in favor of or sort of partial lockdown. so a hybrid model that would mean that half of the students are being taught in the classroom while the other half is learning from home. and then they switch in order to reduce the social contacts. now we saw thousands of people demonstrating outside the top yesterday. is the government losing public support? no, it's not. these angry protesters are definitely in the minority. 24 percent of germans only think that the current measures are going too far and the government is enjoying the support off 2 third

a few weeks ago there was a meeting with the state premier where they didn't read, i'm agreement, which was to her taste. and then she said, well if we don't agree on stricter measures right now, we will be sitting here again within a fortnight and she proved right? so it is difficult for her to bring on the strict them as, as c. wishes for. but on the other hand, the system has advantages. we can reasonably adapt them as is according to the infection. for example, in berlin, the numbers are fairly high, so there won't be any easing off measures for the holiday season. but in other regions with lower numbers, people can enjoy more freedom on your cultural. thank you so much for the drugmaker us resent is planning an additional global trial of its covert $1000.00 vaccine. that after scientists raise doubts about initial results, showing the shot could be 90 percent effective. experts said that problems with the 1st trial could hinder astra zeneca is chances of getting speedy. u.s. and e.u. regulatory approval for its covert. 19 drug companies says a new trial would focus on evaluating a

will have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile and we all know that the state premiers as well as we in the government we spent a long time considering whether there was a better or moderate way but we did not see one that's why with heavy hearts we decided on these measures. the government has also urged those who can to work from home and asked employers to facilitate the transition with more people staying home fewer commuters should crowd trains and buses. at lunch time clients line up outside restaurants not to wait for a table but to order takeout a buffer for many restaurant owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. this is really a service to customers but it's not much more than that i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month in. a difficult november lies ahead the hope now for germans is that the next 4 weeks will be enough to curb the spread of the virus. now one of the most anticipated and polarized elections presidential elections ever this takes place amid record early voting in a campaign more by the president's allegations of

but chances are that we'll see yet another round of talks between the state premiers who in the end have to say and what gets implemented where and when before christmas. so very roper that she's walking there, talk to us about the potential closure of ski resorts. it's a controversial plan. yes. well do many also has the e.u. presidency until the end of this year and that i'm going to machall said that she would try and ensure that e.u. countries agree to close the skiing resorts well into january at the very least. but she already indicated that would be very difficult message to convey particular to austria whose tourism industry so heavily relies on those fabulous ski resorts actually in the alps. so a tough, tough road ahead of her, also in brussels on getting not just a german common approach, but even a european one reporting. thank you very much. now the announcement of 3 vaccines said to be highly effective, has raised hopes around the world at the end of the pen, demick is within reach. a number of countries say they expect to start vaccinating the most vulnerable people by the

several state premiers have already called for stricter measures man gun next. and if we were to take it a step further, the best thing to do would be to further limited personal contacts in this. and often after 2 weeks of lockdown, we must be patient. the next we need to take a few days to assess the results. before we restore, having everyone crazy again, the economy minister also favors a measured response and you're short on river. a yoyo lockdown will create a situation where we'd constantly be confronting people with a round of tightening, but easing restrictions followed by a new tightening in the end will be impossible to justify. and it would also damage the economy. the army's lending a hand with prevention measures including contact tracing. germany's defense minister says she's increasing the numbers of soldiers available from 15220000 level. so be expected to help with a future vaccination program. and when they're planning on having 26 vaccination centers levels of the mobo. so that we can also got so many people living in regions with a large lan

the situation in germany is really serious and tomorrow, chance langley machall is meeting with state premiers of germany 16 states to look at way forward. but i think it's unlikely that we'll see anything of this lockdown light anytime soon. ok, all our soccer. thank you for that insight on the new term strategy of pandemic. pressure is growing on prue's interim president to resign just days after he took office. thousands of have been rallying against the impeachment of his predecessor clashes between police and protesters in the capital. peru have left at least 2 people dead and dozens more injured. according to local media, half a cabinet has now stepped down in response to the violence, and the new head of congress is demanding the president go as well. chants, calling for the fall of the recently sworn in president manuelle miti, you know, thousands of people gathered in the capital lima to protest his sudden rise to be reduced top position. during the day protests were peaceful, but just hours later, the police presence increased dramatically. nations witnessed for hours, demonstrators

. >> the decision on christmas is expected to be confirmed wednesday, following talks between state premiers angela merkel the overall situation remains critical. -- merkel. the overall situation remains critical. >> we have seen a trend in infections, which means exponential growth can be stopped, but we need lower figures, especially for christmas. correspondent: christmas is not the only celebration on the line . many safe new year's eve fireworks needs to be reined in, but a nationwide ban of fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. brent: let's go to our political correspondent. we understand these new restrictions will not be in effect for the christmas holiday. the fire is does not know it will be christmas december 25, so how does the german government justify this exception? correspondent: yes, indeed. you might say the virus would be happy for people to sit in large groups, closer to each other. i think what the german government is doing is a carrot and stick policy, telling the public that if people stick to the stricter rules imposed, probably it will be agreed probab

will have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile and we all know that the state premiers as well as we in the government we spent a long time considering whether there was a better or moderate way but we did not see one that's why with heavy hearts we decided on these measures. the government has also urged those who can to work from home and asked them ploy is to facilitate the transition with more people staying home fewer commuters should crowded trains and buses. at lunch time clients lined up outside restaurants not to wait for a table but to order takeout a buffer for many restaurant owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. this is really a service to customers but it's not much more than that i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month in. a difficult november lies ahead the hope now for germans is that the next 4 weeks will. be enough to curb the spread of the virus. a new vision will govern our land from this day forward it's going to be only america 1st american 1st almost full you simply don't. have left america's european allies the

that is also in the draft document that the state premiers will be discussing today with the german chancellor. and yet, there is great concern that the german health care system could be overstretched with some intensive care units already saying that they simply cannot cope with patients having to be so awful to be around the country. now it's still early days and how much that can hold, but certainly the health system doesn't want more pressure. and the german chancellor wants to ensure that this still some kind of control that was put down in a formula months ago actually that there can be 50 cases per 100000 inhabitants for every 7 days that something the system can cope with. now may, we're more around about $140.00 cases. so we are expecting more strict since with less people allowed to meet and posses simply off the cards in that debate that we're due to here today. bear with the 1st they're going to talk with you about these new companion launched by the german government. it's called special heroes is essentially encouraging young people to stay at home and be couch potatoes that's o

will have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile, and we know that, the state premiers us in the government. we spent a lot of time considering whether there was a better more moderate way but did not find one, which is why we decided on these measures. the government -- reporter: the government has asked for a facilitated transition. with more people staying home, there are fewer crowds on trains and buses. at lunchtime, clients lined up outside restaurants, not to wait for a table but to order take-out, a buffer for restaurant owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. >> this is really a service to customers, but it is not much more than that. i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month. reporter: a typical november lies ahead. the hope now for germans is the next four weeks will be enough to curb the spread of the virus. brent: all right, for more on this, i am joined by our political correspondent. good evening to you. we understand this press conference was called with very, very short notice, which is unusual for the chancellor. what doe

see the decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical on the arts for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas region. so our christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in. but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. and manual shares is on the story. she joins us from berlin. how necessary is the extension of tough measures. if you look at the cases on tuesday, germany recorded its highest number of daily death, was more done, 400 new and over 180-0000, new infections in a single day. since the beginning of the pandemic, we count own most a 1000000 cases overall in the most 150-0000. then us, and of course now

going to see the measures being on the table again next week when i'm going to meets with the 16 state premiers. and firstly, they're probably very likely to discuss an extension off the current measures beyond the month of november. because as you mentioned, the case numbers are still too high for the health system to be able to cope in the mid-term. and they're probably also going to discuss for the tightening of measures and one topic that is likely to come up our schools. because germany's schools are still open, but a lot of people are arguing in favor off or sort of partial lockdown. so a hybrid model that would mean that half of the students are being taught in the classroom while the other half is learning from home. and then they switch in order to reduce the social contacts. now we saw thousands of people demonstrating outside the borders yesterday. is the government losing public support? no, it's not. these angry protesters are definitely in the minority. 24 percent of germans only think that the current measures are going too far and the government is enjoying support off 2 thirds

the decision on christmas is expected to become firm to wednesday following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections means the exponential growth could be stopped, but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas. i mean, so our christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in. but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. and to give us a manual shot this on the story. she joins us from berlin. how necessary is the extension of tough measures. if you look at the cases on tuesday, germany recorded its highest number of daily death, was more done, 400 new and over 180-0000, new infections in a single day. since the beginning of the pandemic, we count own most a 1000000 cases overall in the most 150-0000. then us, and of course now the

the government and the german chancellor, who often is much more worried than her individual state premiers here. and what about germans? are they support of tightening the restrictions? the short answer is yes, up to 3 quarters say they grew with the current restrictions in place a quarter feel they should be even tighter. but there's a very loud minority of people who feel that either the restrictions are too tight, that it's crippling the industry that too many livelihoods are at stake. and there are those who simply don't believe that there's a pandemic going on. that also is a significant number of people who come out to the streets also here in berlin over that last weekend. but overall, we see that there is pretty much full backing and that i'm going to michael's approval ratings continue to see gru throughout this crisis. and while i have you with me, mikhail, i would like to get your take on the something that happened earlier today. a security incident at the chancery where you are yes, absolutely. car drove into the fence that you see behind me, and we're just going to zoom in on

the decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical. as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group, until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas summit, and so our christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in, but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards to sports now and in choose days. champions, league champions, league fixtures, barcelona became the 1st team to qualify for the last 16 after their 4. narrow win over. do you know more kids in the results? dortmund beat 3 male, meaning they're still top of their group. meanwhile, 2 german coaches went to head to head as p.s.g. beat. rb, leipzig, one nil their group rivals. manchester united sealed a 41 win over turki

will have to go without a lot of the things that make life worthwhile and we all know that the state premiers as well as we in the government we spent a long time considering whether there was a better or moderate way but we did not see one that's why with heavy hearts we decided on these measures and. the government has also urged those who can to work from home and ask them ploy is to facilitate the transition with more people staying home fewer commuters should crowded trains and buses. at lunch time clients lined up outside restaurants not to wait for a table but to order takeout a buffer for many restaurant owners but not enough to make up for the lost income. but. this is really a service to customers but it's not much more than that i assume that i will have to accept some losses this month in. a difficult november lies ahead the hope now for germans is. that the next 4 weeks will be enough to curb the spread of the virus. let's bring you up to date now with some of the other developments in the pandemic the world health organization chief has said it's not too late to bring the virus

going to machall will need to state premiers once again next wednesday. and the big question then is, will they simply extend the regulations that are there or will they slap move regulations on top of that? we heard from the hobart called institute for infectious diseases here yesterday that they were hopeful that these infection rates would at least stabilize just 24 hours later. we see yes another rise, but it's a moderate one. and that gives hope that at least we're nearing the plateau of this 2nd wave. public backing remains high for the measures that are in place. some 3 quarters of still in favor still support this despite the loud minority taking to the streets against these measures. speaking of hope, how is germany position when it comes to approving and rolling out vaccines? well, we heard from some machall in her function as leading the e.u. presidency. that she hopes that a vaccine will be in place by the end of this year at the latest, at the beginning of next year, here in germany or thirty's, have been told to be ready for roll out by the

state premier steven marshall has described the measures as a "circuit—brea ker".for six days. schools and universities will shut. and from midnight, mask wearing will be mandatory across the state. now, before we go, a christmas tree is meant to be a symbol of hope, celebration and joy. but the unveiling of the rockefeller center christmas tree in new york has been met with criticism on social media. its bare, spindly branches appear to be something charlie brown would pick out. others say it's the perfect embodiment of 2020. the tree itself pushed back on the criticism — sort of — saying in a blog—post... "good lord. ijust got here. can you give me a minute to spruce up?" do you see what they did there? a reminder of our top story. president trump has sacked his top cybersecurity official for having issued statements in defence of the integrity of the recent elections. the president accused christopher krebs, the director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, of having made a ‘highly inaccurate' statement in relation to the poll. more for you a

but at this current rate of the new infections i made is very likely that when the 16 state premiers need next week that they will indeed discuss further tightening of the measures and extensions of the measures the month of november and 1. topic that is very likely to be on the table schools. so far, schools in germany are still open, but what a lot of people are discussing is a sort of hybrid model where half of the students are in school and half of the students are learning at home from home and learning digitally virtually from home . and then they switch after 2 weeks. so this is a model that is going to be very likely going to be discussed next week. and we've seen some really angry protests against the covert measures are already in place. is the government losing public support leeana? you said we've seen angry protests yesterday, they have very vocal, very loud. but we do have to clearly say that it is a minority. it's a loud minority, but it is a minority. the majority of germans actually supports the government's actions against the spread of the coronavirus. over half of

after meeting resistance from the leaders of germany's 16 states, arkell met state premiers for a video conference on monday. 2 weeks into a partial nationwide lockdown. the chancellor said of the state leaders had objected to introducing stricter measures at this stage, but added that they were open to reassessing the situation at a further meeting. next week. the chancellor said their prescriptions imposed already had not yet had the desired effect. and she called on people to reduce its social contacts, to an absolute minimum. well, taking stock of germany's fight against the pandemic. had this to say, i gather, we have established that the decisions we made up to the days leading up to that were not enough to reverse the upward trend in infections. but we have managed to slow the increase. in the last few days, we've seen a constant numbers infections, but we are still well over the infection rates of 50 per 100000 people in 7 days, which the health authorities required to restore track of the trees there. let's turn now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world

but she has to find a come on line with the state premiers as well. now on wednesday, we could see tougher measures being adopted for the coming months, such as more restrictions when it comes to socializing. up until christmas, the number of people allowed to meet will be reduced from 10 people to 5, but there will be an exception for christmas, where up to 10 people will be allowed to meet us. so churches will be allowed to conduct religious services and people will be encouraged to self isolate both before and after to celebrations. and the keeping schools and kinda guards on seems to be a priority at the moment. why's that? well, the government made clear very early on the dream, this plan, they mean that he wanted schools to remain open when possible, but at the same time they reason need to reduce infection, waits within the younger population as well. and the discussion around stricter rules is very much on the social distancing mosque wiring of schools quarantine that for example, a mandatory mosque in schools has been a very controversial mea

see the decision on christmas is expected to become found wednesday, following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical. hundreds for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of law if it is in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas and we didn't start. christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in. but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. art for more on this, i'm now joined by our political correspondent hans raj has the german government, as we just saw in that report is likely to extend the partial lockdown with tighter curbs. on socialising. how do you think germans will react to these measures so far? one has to say that the german public has been very patient in accepting many of the restrictions. and as we just saw in that

speak off a trend reversal yet, which is why it's very likely that when she meets with the 16 state premiers next week is going to discuss 1st of all an extension off the current measures beyond the month of november, but also maybe a tightening for the tightening of measures. and one issue that's definitely a very likely to come up is schools. because schools in germany are still open, but a lot of people are arguing in favor of a sort of hybrid model where half of the students are being taught in the classroom . and half of the students are being taught online. so from home and, and then they switch off to 2 weeks which would bring the number of contacts at schools and schools down here in germany. then we've seen some angry protests there against the covert measures. and yesterday, against revision of the law is the government losing public support? well, you said we've seen some very angry protests yesterday and it is very important to say that it is a minority. it's a loud minority, but it is a minority. the majority, the broad majority of germans do support the government, and recent p

reversal yet, which is why it's very likely that's going to america when she meets with a 16 state. premiers next week is going to discuss 1st of all an extension off the current measures beyond the month of november, but also maybe a tightening for the tightening of measures. and one issue that's definitely or very likely to come up is schools. because schools in germany are still open, but a lot of people are arguing in favor of a sort of hybrid model where half of the students are being taught in the classroom . and half of the students are being taught online. so from home and, and then they switch off to 2 weeks which would bring the number of contacts at school and schools down here in germany. maybe we've seen some angry protests there against the covert measures. and yesterday, against revision of the law is the government losing public support? well, you said we've seen some very angry protests yesterday, and it is very important to say that it is a minority. it's a loud minority, but it is a minority. the majority, the broad majority of germans do support the government of recent p

seems to be the usual dynamic after 10 days ago, there was a complete failure to actually get the state premiers on board, who frankly are the ones who are the masters of any plan in the future. they decide what to implement in their regional state, and i'm going to machall isn't the one with the power, but she's the one with the money. she can decide which extra funds she might be willing to release towards those states. and we're understanding that there seems to be a lot of debate over schooling issues, but also find the issues wearing of masks, we expect that to be extended to outside of sots. and there might be more restrictions in place also through the holiday season. school holidays might start early here in germany. some might be banned for a while to come, but it's 6 hours now and that just shows that it is a major struggle to get some kind of christmas plan together. here. yesterday we did have this record high daily death toll here in germany, from cold at night. jean shorts, me about these restrictions. why they need to be tightened now. well, it depends on who you are. ask, but the

some of the state premiers are annoyed. i think that the chancellor pushed forward with her plans for various tough measures when things like how the schools are operated under the control of the states. so there is some tension there. but i don't think the story here is about the end of the miracles. power, it's just a very difficult problem to get into a full field and who says there may be new restrictions to report next week we will see some young on the story boards tonight here in berlin. so i mean, thank you. well, there's been another promising breakthrough in the race for a vaccine against code 19. the u.s. farmers who were derna, says its experimental vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. similar to the results of another act, seen that was being developed by pfizer and buying on tech return expects to have enough safety data for u.s. regulators to approve and roll out the vaccine this year. it's nearly a year since china raised the alarm about a novel current virus with the fast. custis scented in one of lou hands we

see the decision on christmas is expected to become firmed wednesday following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical. soon as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group, until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need, it's christmas time it in for our christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in. but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. scotland has voted to make period products free to all women becoming the 1st nation in the world. to do so, the scottish parliament voted unanimously to approve the measure which guarantees that anyone unable to pay for time on unsanitary pods can access them for free. those spearheading the landmark bill say they hope it will consign period poverty to history. joining me now to discuss this is d.w. reporter, matthew moore, author you

following talks between state premiers and chancellor angela merkel. the overall situation remains critical. hundreds for so long as you have high expectations as a parliamentary group. until now we have begun to see a short trend of lower figures in terms of inspections, which means the exponential growth could be stopped. but that's not enough. we need lower figures, especially for christmas and it inspired christmas isn't the only separation that's on the line. many say that the much loved tradition of new year's eve, fireworks needs to be reined in, but a nationwide ban on fireworks sales does not appear to be on the cards. and is a manual shasta's on the story. she joins us from berlin. how necessary is the extension of tough measures? well, sarah, if you look at the cases tuesday, germany recorded its highest number of daily death, was more done, 400 new deaths and over 180-0000 new infections in a single day. since the beginning of the pandemic, we count own most a 1000000 cases overall, and the most 150-0000 deaths, of course, now the number of

some of those state premiers was saying that her plans were unworkable. impossible to enforce, for instance, in trying to police how many people are meeting in private homes. there are also complaining that she hadn't discussed her proposals with them in advance. so that's why, what we've ended up with today is a decision to continue debating for at least another week into the middle of next week. and we've got these appeals for people, essentially, to reduce their social contacts, to a minimum. and so we know they're going to meet again next week. and we know that infections are leveling off somewhat in germany. does that mean that germany's germans here, maybe the will see an almost normal christmas and new year? well, i think it's a little early to start predicting what might be going on at christmas and new year . it seems very unlikely that it will be normal. as you say, the measures lock down measures that we've been in for the last 2 weeks seem to be showing some effect. the exponential growth of infections has been beginning to show that. and as w

state premier steven marshall describes them as a "circuit—brea ker".hops will close for six days. schools and universities will shut. and from midnight, mask wearing will be mandatory across the state. let's get more on this with our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who is in sydney. this was a swift move of action, wasn't it? very swift and almost happening all at the same time, all of these measures happening very, very strictly, all at once, because the south australian authorities say they want to go in hard and they want to go in quickly. we do know that this cluster now, which was discovered a couple of days ago, has now grown to 22 cases. this started in hotel quarantine with one worker carrying the virus and spreading it among 13 members of the same family. we now have 22 cases with some probable cases. health authorities are saying this is a critical stage in their investigation in contact tracing, and this lockdown will give them a chance to be on top of that and be in control. something else thatis be in control. something else that is concerni