i'm sumi so much kinder it's good to have you with us all the results are in and as expected president nicolas models party has won parliamentary elections in venezuela consolidating his grip on power opposition leaders called on supporters to boycott the vote they and many western nations have condemned it as a fraud the pandemic has deepened the country's long running economic and political crisis and with no upturn in sight venezuelans are growing more and more pessimistic about their future. a humble tarr night few venezuelans came out to cast their vote on election day perhaps because there was so little to choose from with many opposition figures. and from participating the ruling socialist parties victory was all but assured that would give president maduro control over the national assembly the only institution not yet in his hands then his will is economy was already in a downward spiral when punitive u.s. sanctions meant to dislodge material made everything worse the trumpet ministration policy hit venezuelans hard with many struggling to meet basic needs and hunger rampant.

sumi as far 1 as i know it's still in preparation supposedly really imminent and the army is supposed to help the n.h.s. workers and clearing up this huge backlog of trucks they're in and around there were pictures of some scuffles between truck drivers would look to be truck drivers and the police because there is obviously frustration with people having been stranded there not having enough food not having enough toilet facilities and they desperately want to go home for christmas as as we have seen the report but it's on the way and hopefully in the next days the backlog will be cleared what about travelers who are stranded in the u.k. were trying to reach other countries when will they be able to leave. the 1st ferries have been disembarking in france there's a huge relief that the french have now relented it's been a very stance diplomatic issue there were many commentators newspapers here in the u.k. who have blamed the french president and money on the core and one tabloid paper even called him a covidien it's so quite direct a tree. it's a huge relief that now many countries n

i'm sumi so much gun it's good to have you with us britain is becoming increasingly isolated after a new more contagious strain of the corona virus emerged their countries have been banding sleights to the u.k. stranding passengers at airports but there will be some respite for the long lines of trucks that are stuck waiting to leave britain the u.k. and france are reported to be restarting freight traffic starting on wednesday trucks have been back. for several kilometers at the english port of dover after france barred their entry. and we have our correspondent in dover. hill is standing by for us there hi charlotte good to see you tell us what the situation there is right now. saying the frustration is building among the hundreds of lorry drivers who is stranded here outside the ports in davis some of these guys have been here for 2 nights in a row now what you have to understand is of course if you're stuck on a motorway there are no toilet facilities these guys aren't having hot meals this really is a desperate situation for them they tell us that had they had any idea that this

i'm sumi so much god that's good to have you with us the u.s. electoral college has officially confirmed joe biden as the winner of last month's presidential election the formal vote by the electoral college paves the way for congress to accept the outcome of the election when it comes together on january 6th outgoing president donald trump has yet to recognize biden's victory. it was the state of california at the tip the scales of the electoral college. california the most populous state in these united states will be formally catholic it's both for the winner of our state's popular vote through civil r. biden and vice presidential running mate california's own harris across the u.s. state elections confirms the popular vote formalizing joe biden's victory in the november elections the president elect has the democratic process. in america politicians don't take power people grant power to them the flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago and we now know nothing not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can dismiss claims of el

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us germany has reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic 962 people have died. from or with the virus in the past 24 hour period that is according to germany's national disease control agency and let's take a look at how the numbers have been rising over the past few weeks now on november 4th germany recorded 151 coated related fatalities just 3 weeks later that number as you can see here had risen to 410 and now today the latest record high of the overall number of deaths attributed to the virus stands at almost 28000 we'll talk to our correspondent about the rising death toll in a moment but 1st this report from one of germany's hardest hit regions saxony where it's not just hospitals that are struggling to cope. they have been working round the clock at mice incriminatory m. the current virus means have had to deal with many more bodies this year. you have to park in coffins have covered 19 victims inside with a safety precautions in place it's nearly impossible to have direct contact with the dead bu

i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us germany's top infectious disease institute says the number of covert 1000 related deaths reported over the last day rose to a record 952 that grim news comes just as the country enters a harder national lockdown schools and non-essential businesses will remain closed until at least january 10th and the government has urged people to limit their contacts as much as possible. in much of germany hospitals and now at that breaking point. the number of patients needing intensive care has hit record highs as has the number of deaths from coke at 19. the latest figures showed $952.00 people died from the virus over the last day that's almost a 1000 more families he'll be grieving instead of celebrating together this christmas. meanwhile many others were rushing to buy last minute gifts before wednesday's lockdown he's on fire for health reasons all i can say is that it's the right thing to do we can't wait until it all falls to pieces of the right people seem pretty stressed about the whole thing you can feel it but we're finished because our shoppi

right sumi so this was this was a long intense day yesterday of talks that went into the night through the night at the moment it is not clear yet where we stand. there have been a lot of rumors starting late afternoon yesterday through the night that we were approaching a deal that a deal was in sight that we were very close but so far officials haven't confirmed anything have been very tight lipped about all of this there are some there is. there are some reports from from coming from london mostly that the that we are very close that was enough on the line and on and boris johnson have had talks over the past over the past day confirming things here and there and that that deal was it was was it was imminent but here in brussels everybody is still stepping on the breaks saying a deal is it's not done yet but and even passengers are put on call and which means they could decide on a deal or read a phone in on a on a provisionary deal but will have to wait what comes out of this let's go over to you in london better get now away we are waiting as we said to hear from the british prime

hey sumi well this is one of these rules famous never ending brussels nights with never ending negotiations negotiators seem to still be added they've been working through the night trying to iron out the last final details of an a deal that is in sight now that could be reached through the course of this day they really are trying to get this done before christmas timing wise is probably the last chance to to get anything done nobody wants to break up come back after the holidays and and get back at it so we've heard a lot of rumors over the last couple of hours some of it has been denied but you officials they seem to be very tightlipped very keen that nothing gets out until the last word has been spoken in order to not influence the negotiations any further but the last thing that we've heard is that commission president was enough on the line and boris johnson will meet for some talks very soon what we mentioned fishing rights and fair competition rules so tell us more about these last sticking points. that's right the vast majority of the deal has been done and has has been done for qu

i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us the united kingdom has started the big task of inoculating its general population with a fully tested and approved coated 1000 vaccine margaret keenan a 90 year old grandmother got the 1st shot at a hospital in coventry to launch the mass vaccination program the trudeau sack scene was developed by a german company high on tech in partnership with the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer it is the fastest to fully certified human immune. is ation ever brought to market. and let's go right to london shall some hill is standing by for us there with the latest hi charlotte good to see you needless to say a lot of people have been waiting for this moment it is now here so what happens next. wasn't this just the moment that was watched around the world sumi i think 1st before we take a look at what happens next i think we do have to pools reflect and absorb on what's happened today those 1st people to receive this vaccine outside of clinical trials margaret keane and of course the grandmother from central england was the 1st she's urge you to

i'm sumi so misconduct thank you for joining us. critics have called it a 21st century genocide. china is locking up and so-called reeducation of more than 1000000 weekers and camps in that region but now exiled makers have been dealt a blow by the international criminal court it has rejected calls to investigate beijing for alleged genocide and cries crimes against humanity because china is not a signatory to the hague based tribunal and china maintains its goal is to really educate people and steer them away from islamist extremism we say that with its program of forced sterilization abortion and internment beijing is trying to wipe out every trace of the muslim minorities identity correspond as much as berlin and julia han have this exclusive report. scenes of a family outing with 000000 ad hom her husband to us when john and the little daughter by are in turkey the safe location for not. but for 0 a normal life is too far away she says she does not feel safe anywhere. the month of the cold i still wake up from nightmares in which i see myself in a chinese internment camp agai

from britain on the condition of a negative coronavirus tast how are those plans for testing going sumi as far 1 as i know it's still in preparation supposedly really imminent and the army is supposed to help the n.h.s. workers and clearing up this huge backlog of trucks there in and around there were pictures of some scuffles between truck drivers would look to be truck drivers and the police because there is obviously frustration with people having been stranded not having enough food not having enough toilet facilities and they desperately want to go home for christmas as as we've seen and report but it's on the way and hopefully in the next days the backlog will be cleared what about travelers who are stranded in the u.k. were trying to reach other countries when will they be able to leave. the 1st ferries have been disembarking in france there's a huge relief that the french have now relented it's been a very stance diplomatic issue there were many commentators newspapers here in the u.k. were blamed the french president and money on the core and one tabloid paper even called him a

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany plans to roll out its covert vaccination program on december 27th a nursing homes will be 1st in line to receive the shots but the vaccines won't come soon enough for many of germany's hospitals a leading german doctor fears more and more medics will be left making decisions on who gets lifesaving treatment in the coming weeks we look now at the already dire situation in one german hospital. a new covert patient has arrived by ambulance a tribe or good university hospital he's traveling in a special isolation pod so none of the transport team gets infected that patient is only in his forty's he's transferred to viviane it's what's month's intensive care unit with 5 members of her team she turns him on his stomach the prone position is an important therapy for seriously ill patients the team make sure the patient is well padded as he will lie like this for several hours afterwards the inflammation sits at the back of the lungs and a lot of fluid collects there the lungs can heal if we lie on them the whole time by turning patients un

i'm sumi so misconduct lad you could join us germany's top infectious disease institute says the number of covert 1000 related deaths reported of the last day rose to a record 952 that grim news comes just as a country enters a harder national lockdown with schools and non-essential businesses to remain closed through january 10th the new restrictions coming into effect sent some last minute shoppers scrambling to buy presents in time for the holidays. there's always a surge of people at christmas time hunting for last minute gifts but this year the crush has come earlier than usual in germany. shoppers rush to make last minute purchases ahead of the country's tough lockdown but people seem pretty stressed about the whole thing you can feel it but we're finished we got a done. of it he's on time for health reasons all i can say is that it's the right thing to do we can't wait until it all falls to pieces. but while some may not find what they're looking for a welcome christmas present may be coming soon germany is waiting for the 1st coronavirus vaccines to be approved the problem is so

i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us here in germany the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has it a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection anough much tougher restrictions seemed almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert costa institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. the difference or going to a shrink literally to figure in the photo meeting contraption exponential growth put into our story. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are at more risk than ever. currently we're seeing double the amount of outbreaks in assi

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us with just days to go before the end of the brakes a transition period the european union and britain are on the brink of a post to greg's a trade deal reporters are waiting outside 10 downing street in london where the british prime minister force johnson is expected to announce the outcome of negotiations talks went on into the night in brussels to hash out the final details of the treaty it lays out rules for when the u.k. leaves the e.u. single market and customs union in a week's time. let's bring in our correspondent standing by for us in london following the developments from there hi barry good looking at what is on the table at the moment is this the agreement that boris johnson want to. we obviously have to wait for the details to me there as speculation as to what the deal will really look like and old say that the prime minister would have had to give in quite a bit bit on the issue of fish he started out the british position started out with having a big quota of retaining a big quota of fish for the for the u.k. fisherma

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is making an impassioned push for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers germany's death toll from cope at 19 has hit a record daily high of 590 now state leaders are considering a strict lockdown over the holidays to curb the infection rate michael address the german parliament a little earlier urging the public to. recognize the seriousness of the moment and take additional precautions to help make a difference by not intruders not folks in and 14 days until christmas 14 days and we must do everything we can to ensure that we get away from the exponential growth that we have set the teacher is absolute and to everyone all of the contact that isn't necessary must be restricted and as hard as that is and i know how much i love goes into it when you set up your group i understand you christmas market stands your christmas trees yours does not fit into the agreements that we had when we say that you can only take food away from restaurants i'm really sorry about there's it bre

has as expected won control of the national assembly what does this mean and no real surprises here sumi what it means is that he will continue to tighten his grip of power he has already ruled the country with an author of tehran regime but now he gains the last institution that was in control of the opposition with this institution he gets the nod just as if our and that will only mean that he will continue to strengthen his his power in real practical terms it doesn't change much in the country though the bad news for the middle regime is that the economic situation will probably continue because he will continue to be isolated from the international community what about the opposition here we saw images in the report of one boy though you know the opposition leader there was so much energy around him but it seems like they're now in a very difficult position so where do you think this leaves them well this election has shown that they are divided again as they have been in the past and has been losing power and strength in the last 22 years we haven't seen him very active some people

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i'm sumi some us got to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers germany's death toll from cope at 19 as hit a record a daily high a 590 with more than 20000 new infections michael doesn't have the power to unilaterally impose new rules instead that decision is up to individual german states. addressing the german parliament earlier america urged her fellow politicians and the public to recognize the seriousness of this moment. or the slightest incident is not thoughts in targeting little sarah 14 days until christmas 14 days and we need to do everything we can to ensure we have void any further exponential growth of our scientists have told us any contact that is not absolutely necessary should be avoided and this hard as that is and i know how much love goes into it when christmas stands a set up with mulled wine a warm waffles it doesn't fit with the agreements we made that food and drink should only be for take away to our homes always a good buy is to admit it i

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us here in germany a man has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting one of the country's worst anti-semitic attacks since world war 2 a court has convicted the 28 year old far right extremist of murder and attempted murder the defended killed 2 people and it's warded attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of hama last year during the trial he admitted he wanted to break into the synagogue and kill all 51 people inside here's a look back on the day that rattled germany. on yom kippur war the holiest day in the jewish calendar more than 50 community members and guests were celebrating in the synagogue and holler. at midday a heavily armed neo nazi attacked the synagogue he fired shots at the door and threw hand grenades. but the synagogue solid wooden door withstood the attack saving the lives of those inside. among them was max piva hot ski chairman of hull is jewish community the experience has left him traumatized. i never had a problem with the fireworks on new year's eve in the past but i noticed this year that they make me

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start here in germany with the latest coronavirus numbers show a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has had a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 590 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection enough much tougher restrictions seem almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until. christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays. at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert costa and sleeping russian exponential growth put into our story. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are at more risk than ever. currently we're seeing double the amount of outbreaks in assisted living facilities than in spring and every outbreak affects a lot of people are tough and. several german states are now considering tightening the measu

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us a growing number of countries are banning travel from the united kingdom to block a new strain of corona virus that is sweeping across southern england now the measures are already causing havoc at airports and other travel hubs in the u.k. which is now effectively cut off from continental europe now the governments of ireland france belgium the netherlands also a denmark germany and poland also on this list austria italy and also ball garia all these countries are barring entry for people who are traveling from britain more are expected to follow suit the new coronavirus mutation is believed to spread more quickly forcing the british government to impose a strict lockdown on the capital london and nearby areas. some of the last u.k. passengers to arrive in the netherlands this year. they arrived in the country just hours after it was announced that all travel from the u.k. to the netherlands will be banned for at least 2 weeks. these were the final passengers from london to belgium who also shut up their borders to u.k. travelers. sever

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german drugmaker bio on tech says it is highly likely that it's widely approved vaccine will work against the mutated strain detected in britain but the company said that if needed a version of the vaccine that specifically targets a new variant could be ready in a matter of weeks this comes as the international community grows more concerned by the new strain of covert 19 biotech's vaccine is authorized for use in more than $45.00 countries around the world already will buy into its chief executive told e.w. the new strain similarity to the existing one makes him confident in the vaccine. scientifically the likelihood is high that this is the case because even though this new valiant has multiple who taishan only one percent of this protein is changed and that means 99 percent is still the same and we know that what you want to sponsor the younger spawns that is induced by a vaccine this is attacking this protein on multiple sites so that the likelihood is high and that the vaccines. but we will get to the south into 2 weeks and then we

i'm sumi some a scumbag glad you could join us a worrying development that is how the head of germany's public health of such huge has described a spike in kona virus infections and deaths in the country at his weekly news conference the president. of the robert capa institute said the situation had deteriorated over the past 7 days she stressed that the country needed to do everything possible to prevent another exponential rise in elections and to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly in care homes were outbreaks have doubled since the spring now his comments come as the number of daily infections hit a new record of more than $23000.00 and the total covert nighty death toll surpassed 20000. but if it's also true in countries the infection activity we are currently seeing can quickly rise back into the exponential phase again a few extra cases could be enough to spark that. and ladies and gentlemen this we must avoid the virus has spread widely across the population. but we are also seeing large regional differences within germany. this shows us that the prescribed measures are w

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i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here in germany a man has been sentenced to life in prison for attempting one of the country's worst anti-semitic attacks since world war 2 a court has convicted the 28 year old far right extremist of murder and attempted effect temped of murder rather the defendant killed 2 people in a ford attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of khalid last year during the trial he admitted she wanted to break into. the synagogue and kill all 51 people inside here's a look back on the day that rattled germany. on yom kippur war the holiest day in the jewish calendar more than 50 community members and guests were celebrating in the synagogue and holler. at midday a heavily armed neo nazi attacked the synagogue he fired shots at the door and threw hand grenades. but the synagogue solid wooden door withstood the attack saving the lives of those inside. among them was max piva hot ski chairman of hull is jewish community the experience has left him traumatized. i never had a problem with the fireworks on new year's eve in the past but i noticed this

i'm sumi so let's go to thank you for joining us german drugmaker biotech says it is highly likely that it's widely approved vaccine will work against the mutated strain. detected in britain but the company said that if needed a version of the vaccine that specifically targets a new variant could be ready in a matter of weeks now this comes as the international community grows more concerned about the new strain of covert 90 biotech's vaccine is authorized for use in more than $45.00 countries around the world already now by text chief executive said the new strain similarity to the existing one makes him confident in the vaccine. scientifically the likelihood is high that this is to case because even though this new valiant has mouth open with patients or an even percent of this protein is changed that means 99 percent is still the same and we know that our sponsor or the younger sponsors that is induced by all of it see in this case attacking this protein on multiple sites so that the likelihood is high and that the vaccines both go back but we will get to the south into 2 weeks and t

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i'm sumi so much going to it's good to have you with us we start here in germany with the latest star coronavirus numbers showing a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day the country has hit a new high of nearly 30000 cases and 598 people have died the highest daily total yet weeks of partial lockdown haven't slowed the spread of infection and off . much tougher restrictions scene almost inevitable now with political momentum building for a harder lock down over the holidays. with only 2 weeks to go until christmas the looming question across germany is will a hard lock down come before or after the holidays at its weekly briefing on wednesday germany's robert cock institute said it was alarmed and that it was bracing for a significant increase in case numbers. because if it's always going to situation is usually typically end before it's a meeting to ration exponential growth patterns that are in short. the situation is especially problematic in assisted living facilities according to german authorities residents of nursing homes are at more risk than ever. currently we're see

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel has made an impassioned plea for tougher restrictions to bring down the country's high coronavirus numbers germany's death toll from cope at 19 is hit a record daily high of 590 with more than 20000 new infections michel doesn't have the power to unilaterally impose new rules instead that decision is up to individual german states addressing the german parliament earlier merkel revealed to the depths of her concern for the nation. uncle americal has spoken in parliament on countless occasions but this time was different she framed the decisions now facing germany as a matter of life and death in one of the most impassioned speeches of her life there are 14 days to go until christmas 14 days we have to give our all to ensure that we don't and back in exponential growth if we have too much contact with others before christmas and then it turns out to be divinely last christmas with our grandparents then this will be a terrible fear. to merkel's message it's time to act shops are still open and even some tradit

i'm sumi so misconduct that you could join us germany is set to return to a tighter lockdown starting wednesday to try to curb rising covert 1000 infection rates schools and kindergarten says well as non-essential shops and services will close private social gatherings will also be restricted health departments reported more than 16000 new infections on sunday that is 4000 more than a week ago fatalities related to cope with 1000 rose by 188 in a statement german president find potash time meyer called on people to take the lockdown seriously. presumed to drop the movie it was. we are not at the mercy of the virus it's up to us and we know what to do. you can postpone celebrations friends and relatives will also be happy to receive their presence at a later point. what matters now is to preserve health and to save lives our most important goals must be to bring down infection numbers as quickly as possible and then keep them at a level. of need or we can leave. let's get more on the story now we have our political correspondent standing by for us hi nina good to see you we saw the ger