cliques why do you go to germany? >> it's a good country. >> most of the migrants come from the middle east. people fleeing war, poverty, now used as pawns that is proving deadly. close to one dozen migrants have lost their life so far. some of exhaustion, others freezing to death. human rights groups warn the situation has grown worse by the day. with food and medicine and short supply and subzero temperatures dipping further. a humanitarian crisis unfolding as the conflict grows. brent: with no resolution in sight, angela merkel says she has asked vladimir putin to intervene. they spoke by phone earlier today. >> i would like to thank the countries currently protecting the border. latvia, lithuania, and poland. you have all seen the images which are cause for concern. i spoke to vladimir putin today and asked him to appeal to president lukashenko. because people are being used. they are victims of an inhumane policy and something must be done about it. brent: let's pull in our political correspondent. what do we kno

germany down by 0.5%. austria is the epicenter of the action right now, as we see a lockdown being imposed there, and talks that germany could follow. the ibex down by 1.8%. the u.k. down by about 0.5%. broadly, the stoxx 600, after peaking midweek, looks like it is going to have a negative close on the week. it is going to be a really tight call. we will check in 30 minutes as we get it to the close. alix: volume pretty solid in europe, as well as in the u.s. a negative day for some equity market. s&p energies off free .5%. exxon having a huge gap down as you have oil really falling out of bed. part of that is definitely lockdowns in europe. the plus side, the nasdaq 100 up 0.5% area if you take away stuff like apple and tesla, things aren't looking that great even for the large cap tech stocks. you to have chris weller making a speech, talking about the fact that the labor market could recover sooner than we think, so we could see rate hikes in 2022. you are seeing yields down by about five or six basis

this day does, it marks some of the heights of feelings of germany and some of germany's lowest moments. as we just saw in that report, many people that you meet on the street don't even know the significance of today. so did the german president, how was he able then to find the right words to encompass all of that? >> well, he actually wanted to precisely reveal the importance of this day in germany. we heard him there talk about those ambivalences, different events in german history that had a very different interpretation and a very different impact on that german history and what the german president wanted to do today during that event right here in berlin was precisely to heighten the importance of that day for german history, but also for german democracy. it is certainly a very important day, but you stress correctly, brent, that many here in better len and other parts of germany are not aware of that fateful day as it's called here, a date to reflect, a day for reflection as the german president himself called it. that was why he wanted to make sure that through this event wit

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they don't get caught in germany, but they put them down an asylum centers. and after a while, they get permits because they flow their id cards so they can't be deported as german authority. don't know where they come from. basically we were trying to help them find a better life of why they most likely would have been caught, put in some kind of asylum center and then the porter back to their home countries . now, as soon as they cross the border and get to germany, they are free. it was scary. the 1st time i did this adrenalin fear, police drew own arrests. a lot of my friends got caught while transporting them. the migrants were sent back and they, my friends, went to prison. most of the activities at done during the night, there are wild animals. he wait and hedges or canals until he cross over that kind of thing. we came across all kinds of migrants from algeria tune his ear, egypt. i don't know, but there were all kinds which we honestly transported from regina to cause in. whereas others tricked them stolen and left them on the side of the road which

if you got it in germany or doubt that luxury. so just for better life, even even in this kind of thing is not as isolate as it may appear to be, the movement of people are currently saying at the barrows, poland, borders happening elsewhere at a much larger scale. but influx of people fleeing conflict to the middle east have been going on for years. we've been talking about it here for years. and let's look at the well established routes that they use to get to western europe. on this map, you can see plainly, a popular root starts from pakistan and afghanistan. then they had through eastern europe slowly, but surely if they can before reaching may be, italy may be germany. in fact, the un says that 75000 migrants have traveled. 5 through bosnia and herzegovina since 2018 artes may finacialow spoke to a people smuggler, it was offering to take migrants into northern germany, orange walden, hulu. i think these people illegally cross the border because that government did not allow them to went to europe using legal methods. well,

i must remind u that germany, namely germany, is in charge of enhanced forward presence in the waning -- lithuania, a military unit set up after 2014 invasion in ukraine, so we together with our allies and we trusted them and we are ready to defend ourselves. anchor: ok, so you're ready to defend. you are prepared, but this is something you really, truly expect to happen? do you believe that russia is messing troops in the east in order to invade? >> it is clear that russian behavior is aggressive. it was witnessed by the last military exercises in 2021 by the russian army. they are playing offensive, not defensive scenarios from us that the military buildup -- scenarios, so the military buildup is high, so we understand the tensions are being put high by the russian side. anchor: are these concerns shared by the general population? >> sure. sure. lithuanian population are very much nato-loving people. 80% of look the waning support nato and feel a part of nato. we have a return to the conscript army, and the young people are having their military service each year, and we are in clos

a pipeline created to supply gas from russia to germany, and europe has suffered another setback. germany's and as the regulator has suspended approval of the north stream to it, once the russian company behind the project to form a local subsidiary to operate the german part of the pipeline, thus pushed up a whole se gas prices in the u. okay. and e u. and as your price as well ready, high after the winter in europe last year, put prussia on supplies. the us and many european countries say the project would increase europe's reliance or russian energy and could be weaponized by moscow. but russia maintains it will solve the continence energy crisis. last month president vladimir put in announced moscow could start supplies as soon as it gets the green light from germany. jeremy kobus, you know, part of edward zeppelin in the gossum, as i've already told you, his 18 point. 5000000000 cubic meters multiplied by 2 minus 9 billions of guest non delivered on the european markets by the americans and the middle east partners and 22500000000 shortage because of decreasing production, he, european

now germany, the covert situation is taken a grin. turn is infection rates continue to break. national records of the country reporting is highest daily number of new corona virus cases. since the pandemic began, hospitals were increasingly under pressure and authorities, according for urgent tact should let's get across this one year, cause photo peter, all of his in berlin. faith after a little bit of hope earlier on this year that things maybe get him better. we go again, he's getting worse. grim grim figures have been coming out of germany over the last 48 hours. really. they've been pretty grim figures for the last few weeks. but over the last 48 hours, we've seen those numbers of new covered cases, either over or around $50000.00 per day. that's the highest that. germany's hard throughout the, the coven, 1900 pandemic, the robert cock institute here in germany, which is the public health experts in the country. they've advise people not to not to go to launch gatherings, to avoid making many contacts with other people. we've als

the captain of the 2nd united states cavalry on the border of east germany and west germany in november of 1989. on that day, near the town were martin luther translated the bible and the birthplace of -- is where our soldiers went from one moment staring down east german border guards to the next moment seeing the gates throw open. and then tends, then thousands, then tens of thousands, of east germans pouring across that border carrying cases of flowers and bottles of winds. there were hugs and tears of joy's. i'll tell you i saw direct correlation. not only back to this speech, but to resolve that president reagan demonstrated by affecting a renaissance in our military in the 1980s. and demonstrating our resolve to, as you said in his words, when you cited that early interview, that hey, we win, they lose. so, i felt a direct correlation, peter me. and i got to witness it firsthand in the west germany. >> jamie, to try to find one more time to find somebody -- you know correctly well, you see the speech at the time the speech was largely ignored. it did get covered. but it was just t

and in old trends, countries let's say from pakistan to germany. you have to understand there are people like max that you as a migrant have to go and pay. as we heard the un things, something like 70000 people have gone through that country in order to try to get to western europe. why is that? why is it such a popular route? first, it's the shortest possible way to get to be today. but there is another reason both, and he's also famous for being loyal to these kind of people because of their pat, of its past because they still remember how does it feel can be refugee and how does it feel run away from your own model in the war there was over more than 25 years ago, but they still remember it, and i can say the level of society people still sympathized with refugees and migrant. and another reason, the part from the countries passed in the present, the reason the very high level of corruption and very complicated political system and a very high unemployment rate and all day is altogether pushed so many youngsters down the criminal business. while

may be carrying on to germany. in fact, the u. n. says the 75000 migrants of travel through bozeman and hertz governance since 2018. well, next, an exclusive rather shelter one. those should we say our t 's maria phenomena spoke to a people smuggler who was offering to take migrants into northern germany. and this is what he had to say you others through. i think these people are legally across the board because that governments did not allow them 20 years, refusing illegal method. they tried to flee and get as quickly as possible to europe in countries like germany, switzerland. some of them are on the run 3 to 4 years as soon as they cross that border and get into germany, it's a done deal and they are free to travel anywhere within the european union. they don't get caught in germany, but they put them down in asylum centers. and after a while they get permits because they flow their id cards that he can't be deported as german authority. don't know where they come from. which basically we were trying to help them find a better li

it as case numbers rise here in germany significantly. while, as peter mentioned, austria is also suffering reco. daily coven cases, prompting the government there to bring in special restrictions, but only for the unvaccinated. i don't see why 2 thirds should lose their freedom, because one 3rd is dithering for me to clear that there should be no log down for the vaccinated out of solidarity for the unvaccinated. from monday, then it'll mean tough restrictions for unvaccinated people in austria is to hardest head regions. that means they'll only be allowed to leave their homes for a central reasons, such as to buy groceries, see a doctor, or go to work. and parliament going to decide on sunday, on the nation wide imposition of such measures elsewhere around the world. other moves being taken in singapore, for example, kobe patients who declined the jab will have to pay for their own medical bills regents in germany and limiting restaurants. bars and clubs to only those who are inoculated or have recently recovered from the disease in gre

germany had to deal with 6 years ago. well, so did the country learn any lessons from that? is germany better prepared to tackle the issue this time around? you think is germany stole cells, weapons and supports waltz wars all over the world. i don't think they learned anything from 2015. so we need to radical solution and radical mean solving problems are very lucky, deeper into it. as you mentioned, a lot of these migrants are coming to europe from mortal countries like syria, iraq fighting, still going on there is still very unsafe for families that have tried to leave. do you think that it's ultimately the a you will turn these people away under it's tougher rules? this policy has not worked for a long time and sub 0 temperatures, thousands can neither go for it, nor back at least 10 people have already died. of we as a rural community, as europeans wants to solve this humanitarian crisis, we can only do it together. diplomatic negotiations between poland and bell roost must resume instead of new sanctions and militar

let's focus on germany first. do you share the politician's view in that report that vaccination complacency has led to these high infection rates? >> i guess that is true. you have just shown in the report that there are countries like portugal or spain who have much higher vaccination rates and lower hospital admission rates. this is a direct corlation. we have a lower vaccination rate anour intensive care units are full. we he more and more patients also in isolation wards. that is a direct correlation between the vaccination rates nd what we see in our hospitals now. michael: as you well know, germany is not the only country. austria, for example, is going into another lockdown today and mandating vaccines as from february. do you think vaccine mandates are the way forward? >> fir of all, we need to vaccinate elderly people, because we see more and more people who are already twice vaccinated, with vaccine breakthroughs. then we have to talk about mandatory vaccinations like in places like hospitals or retirem

i want to respond to our colleague in germany. yes the german government wants to move to renewables but to get from here to there, they need gas. they are getting out of nuclear and want to get out of coal. you need a baseline to produce the energy everyone needs -- the electricity everyone needs. >> european supplies of natural gas remain tight so prices will continue going up. that will most likely push european countries, germany in particular, to revisit coal and fuel oil. is this a good option given the coalition with the greens will dismiss it? >> it is too early to predict what the new coalition will decide. they keep everything secret on the whole coalition agreement. in the next week we will know what the compromises will look like. we can read the decision today as a way to buy time for the new government to decide how to balance conflicting interests and fulfill requirements from the eu to divide the operation and network. this is technically an important reason for the agency for why they decided that way. but i think

it is not only germany that is suffering. it is the most obvious place where we can see the phenomenon, but it is all over europe right now. mark: i picked up on the back of the report talking about the specific issues, and it strikes me we have an intelligent educated society, so why is it such a small uptick or not a total uptick of vaccination? >> we are fighting against an unnoticeable disease. it is invisible. it has been there for quite a while now. at the beginning, everybody was anxious about an invisible threat, and now it is an invisible companion, sort of. you are not watching d folling the right practice to protect yourself the same way, and people get tired of all the meases and sff like that. yosee thos people gathering altogether because they believe that it is over. unfortunately, it is not. even if you are vaccinated, even if you look for the proper protection measures, if you don't respect social dispensation, you give the virus an opportunity to jump from one individual to another. what we have now is we wi

in west germany in november 1989. and on that day, near germany, the town where martin luther translated the bible into german and the birthplace of hans morgan, that is where our soldiers and her troopers went one moment staring down the east german or unreported cars to the next moment seeing gates thrown open and intense and thousands and then tens of thousands of east germans pouring across the border very bouquets of flowers and bottles of wine and there were hugs and tears of joy and i saw a direct correlation only back to the speech but to the resolve the president reagan demonstrated by affecting it to renaissance in our military in 1980s and demonstrating results to sit in his words when you said nearly interview, we win and they lose and so i felt a direct correlation and got to witness it firsthand and west germany. >> i'm going to try one more time. you know correctly, will you say the speech at the time it was largely ignored. it did get covered but it was treated the way the press treat it, nothing speci

the brakes are off for germany's traffic light coalition. and the peppa pig guide to being prime minister. our dateline panel this week, the portuguese academic and journalist eunice goes. we're hoping to bejoined soon by thomas kielinger, veteran uk watcher and royal biographer. and in the studio with me, the bbc news presenter and foreign correspondent clive myrie. good to see you, clive. first, covid, a new variant identified in south africa, is causing concern and disrupting international travel as a result. and clive, it's been called omicron tonight. it's always a bad sign when they give it a greek name, isn't it? yeah, it is. it's an attempt not to stigmatise its place, seeming place of origin. but the south africans are feeling very bruised by this, actually, because they feel that their systems have managed to detect this, detect it pretty quickly, and bring it to the attention of the world. and the response from the likes of the uk and a number of other countries now is to suspend flights and they feel a little bit bruised by that.

that is effective in germany like and then an example and with power over germany's economy. >> that china. you are in the white house. you are national security advisor you have the top job in the institution that brings together military and diplomatic initiatives to the united states at the moment at the moment when the whole country partly because the donald trump and president xi though whole country is realizing that china will not be a friend. we are in for something new "berlin on —- the berlin wall is an analogy for the great firewall of china the combination of laws and technology to isolate the realm of the chinese communist party from outside influence". all kinds of things are different what all the russians have ever got from us the chinese are invested in silicon valley up and down. >> a lot of things are different. that you are arguing there is something central to the relationship of china and is not that different from the relationship of the struggle of the soviet union. is that correct? >> absolutely you can see that. this is an ideological competition and also

also, germany reaching a san milestone as 100000 all over 100000. people have now died from cove at 19 in the country. we are in a period of governmental transition here in germany at the moment, says angular merkel steps down and all our schoultz looks likely to be the man that will be replacing her. now both governments have set the alarm bells ringing really when it comes to this latest wave of coven 19 the problem is obvious. we are heading for an emergency. the likes of which we have never seen before in this country. is that also the way out of this pandemic is that in institutions where especially vulnerable groups are cared for. vaccination is made mandatory. all i've shown they're talking about the idea of introducing mind the true vaccinations in certain situations. now it is a big question here, found elsewhere about why vaccine uptake is not being as, as prevalent as in german speaking countries. so basically germany and austria were looking around 69 percent 68 percent, whereas you look elsewhere that haven't part mandatory vaccinations

now, in germany, in the covert situation, i've taken a bleak turn. as infection rates continue to break national records, that's as the country reports its highest daily number of new cases. since dependent mac began, hospitals are increasingly under pressure and authorities are calling for urgent action. as our chief peter over reports from berlin. grim grim figures have been coming out of germany over the last 48 hours. really, they've been pretty grim figures for the last few weeks. mark is zada, the leader of the states of bavaria. he's been expressing serious concern about the number of hospital admissions that we've had across germany, saying that the health care system is really creaking to its breaking point. practiced. the fact is that the hospitals are full. they are the limits both in terms of the workload and the emotional situation. that is why it's important that we act now. and we've also heard from yen spahn, the german health minister of interim health minister. we still don't have a new government here exactly yet. but again, spawn

what is the new era for germany as a nation? is that to inaugurate a new chancellor for the 1st time and yearly 2 decades, will bring you the latest on the ground in berlin. and later the i m f is once again pushing back against el salvador. this is the you'd bitcoin as legal, tender. we'll talk about it, but the majority of american thing, they are now feeling the impact of inflation as the holiday season begins, the pressure is on for the federal reserve to combat rising prices and to take more action now that president joe biden confirms he will read in a j pow and in addition to the political divide, feeling like it is growing more than ever at times, divide between the poor who are struggling to survive. and the rich who are watching their wealth multiply continue to have an effect on the nation. but while americans get back to work and weekly jobless claims hit their lowest point in 50 years, workers are entering a world where they are forced to comply with the vaccine mandates in order to survive. yet, even with the roll

it is set to transport natural gas from russia to germany. germany's infrastructure regulator, the federal network agency, on tuesday, suspended it's certification of the project. it's a very big deal because as they say, winter is coming and the cost of energy is already sky high. now, while the pipeline has been the subject of geopolitical tensions between berlin, washington, moscow, and brussels, it's bureaucratic red tape has gotten in the way. the german watchdogs reason for delaying the certification process is due to the swiss based company behind nordstrom to needing to form a german subsidiary under the countries lock be granted. it's license for operation and still.

an ostrich may be germany as well. come back to light, a pate, your correspondent, and we told to to a virus expert, he says the jim politicians haven't handled the code situation well enough, so foreigner lockdown isn't necessary there. this was one of these offices in the really good. we have enough beds and hospitals, we have fewer staff there either a lot of people who have called in sick or who are no longer available as nurses in intensive care units. in other words, they gave up. there were empty promises from the government, the nursing staff would get more money, intensive care nurses, or underpaid. anyway, it is a stressful job. at the end of the day, many of them can hardly cope with the situation where a relatively large number of patients are dying. i think the locked down is completely unnecessary. we have almost 70000000 vaccinated people. they can no longer get seriously ill. why should it be worse now than last year? come on. i don't understand where people are thinking. if it were ologist claims, that

there is this huge problem with the 4th wave of coven 19 in germany. we're going to have to look to see what their plan is to tackle it. it oliver, while with germany's 4th cobra, waive in full swing hospitals are feeling the strain intensive care units are running at full capacity nationwide and frontline stuff are not only dealing with that, but also the push for them to have mandatory vaccination to this is for only a few weeks ago, there was discussion about making vaccination, compulsory foreign nurses. many employees are afraid since there are risks medical concerns that, that up against taking it. but the compulsory vaccination for all discussion has taken root. now, because the virus spreading hearing about compulsory vaccination for all meaning throughout the health sector and other industries is also not unprecedented. it was discussed a few weeks ago since it can be a fast way of containing the virus. the situation was already tense before the pandemic. the workload is high in nursing homes and hospitals. it's not surprising that there is op

that's the major question as germany calls on republicans in congress, not to approve new sanctions against the project for this guy. and the rift between the european union in the united kingdom continue to deepen as the 2 remain at odds over fishing and trade right. later on we sit down with hillary forward for the latest. got a lot to get to look you through it. and we lead the program with a slight re about for markets here in the united states following friday's sell off in response to news of i'm across the latest co with 19 various. now all 3 major indices fell over 2 percent on friday with the downfall. more than $900.00 points the markets worst day since october of 2020 oil prices also saw their worth day since april of 20. 20 has fears over the impact of the very coupled with the lack of liquidity. i mean to increase demand surrounding the holiday weekend took a toll. now the binding ministration announced that would ban travel from south africa where the variant was 1st reported as well as 7 other nations in southern africa. the news send the travel industry into a panic, and whi

is there any contingency plan here for germany and for europe? well, it's interesting that every member of the upcoming new government announces that we need to radical changes when it comes to climate change. and they are all pushing for renewables that more needs to be done more than what the previous government has done. and given that we've seen the rising gas prices that could potentially be leveraged on the stand, that it's now high time and we shouldn't discussed the nitty gritty is of how distant is when male next to building or all the reasons why it didn't meet the targets that have been defined before, so they are certainly a push coming from the current. what was described as a perfect storm that we'll see more efforts and more investment in renewables and decreases the cio strategic dependency from russia. pulse. this is a crisis moment. everybody's looking for leverage. oh it comes to ukrainians. the seem to be pretty much excited about the potential. what might happens next particular because they are now going to be part of the co

germany in november of 1989. and on that day near the town where martin luther translated the bible and determined the birthplace of hans morganthal, is where our soldiers, our cavalry troopers went from one moment staring down the border guards to the next moment seeing the gates thrown open and then tens and then thousands and then tens of thousands of east germans pouring across that border bearing bouquets of flowers and bottles of wine. there were hugs and tears of joy. and i tell you, i saw a direct correlation not only back to the speech, but to the resolve that president reagan demonstrated by effecting a renaissance in our military in the 1980s and demonstrating our resolve to as you said in his words when you cited the early interview that hey. we win and they lose. so i felt a direct correlation and got to witness it first hand in coberg, west germany. >> jamie, i'll try one more time to find somebody who will say -- we are just way over doing this. you know correctly that, well, you said at the time t

why has germany done this now? is it at the past of nato? is it brussels pressure from washington dc? is it really a precondition being set by berlin in this red tape bureaucracy which, which are the guess was describing supplies can be made immediately available if russia wants them to. and if germany wants or needs them to springs your worst case scenario. but i think here's where you're talking about, you know, gaz promise cegna. they come 6 months to take care of the paperwork in question. this is chess and natural gas is, is just one of the assets on the board. yeah, certainly sounds like an added. let's talk about oil for a minute. the international energy agency said tuesday, it's much oil supplies to rise for the rest of the year. they're hoping that this will kind of ease rising prices. what's the situation there, and by the way, are we nearing the end of the oil? so why issues of economies are supposed to be transitioning out of the pandemic? well, right now, we're seeing demand to sell out pacing supplies. and i mean, we are getti

for the situation is increasingly bonds in some parts of germany. if we look in the states of bavaria and germany south, we're seeing intensive care. busy beds there in extremely short supply. in fact, some patients are already being taken in by hospitals in italy that have more capacity. right now, a situation that is, is developing and it's not developing in the right way or certainly not in the way we would like to see at the moment across germany, or for that matter here in austria, where i'm speaking to you from util. travaras expert who says the german politicians haven't handle the covered situation well enough, so far a lockdown isn't necessary there. this was, was the zillow for cents in the vinegar. we have enough feds and hospitals, and we have fewer staff there either. a lot of people who called in sick or who are no longer available as nurses in intensive care units. in other words, they gave up. there were empty promises from the government. the nursing staff would get more money. intensive care nurses are underpaid anyway. it is a str

well, it's already been a number of new measures put in place across germany. if you want to get on public transport or go into a workplace, you're going to need to show some variation of either a proof of vaccination certificate. a proof of recovery certificate or a negative cove at 19 test. in some areas which have been most worst affected, what we've seen is add them taking action to close christmas markets, also to bar the unvaccinated from things like bars, gyms, and all leisure facilities. now the health minister yen spawn has said that the situation across germany is dire. indeed, the lost buffer fleece gear force is currently flying patients from one hospital to another within germany. just imagine what that means for germany. i hope this is a wake up call for many people. that vaccination is a good thing across the border in austria, they are currently in the middle of a national lockdown that is imposed a little while ago. there are also looking ahead to february when mandatory vaccination will come into play. we now know a little more about how that

there's also concerns about the health care system in germany just over the border. we heard on friday from the president of the robert cock institute, that's germany. public health authority saying that to g isn't working at the moment now to g. is the system by which are only if you've got a, a proof of vaccination or you've got proof that you've recovered from covert in the last 6 months that you can have access to things like bars, restaurants and it's something more needs to be done. he didn't say lockdown that was noticeably missing from the, the press conference that was given. but looking at what's happened here in austria, it does seem like not maybe the direction germany is heading. particularly when you take into account what yen spawn, the health minister in berlin had to say. and we are in a position that we can't exclude anything. we are in a national emergency. vaccinations won't be enough. at this point to stop the spread of coven 19 controls. i needed to stop the rise in covered 1000 cases and so for the situation is increasingly bonds in some parts

we don't have a government yet or a new government yet here in germany. what we do have though, is a 3 policies in talks to form a coalition, and they've been putting forward their ideas for what they want to see done in order to tackle this. and it looks almost certain, like we're going to see tougher restrictions put in place that coalitions that they're looking to be formed made up of the social democrats, the green policy, and the, the free democrats. it looks likely that we're going to see plan follow with similar routes has been seen in austria. also in some german states already that have introduced new policies by themselves essentially. meaning there's only those people that have recovered from covert 19 within the last 6 months. and those that have been vaccinated will have access to things like restaurants, head, dresses, shopping malls, it could go on and be, be involved more things as well. but what we've, we've heard from people on the street here in berlin in particular, is this. while they're not in favor of mandatory vaccination, they do

poland into germany over the last several days. many people by may have changed their minds at the is what they imagined. the strip would be like is very different from what it was like, which is when they faced her flashbanc grenade said tear gas. water jet, fired by polish security for many of them are now saying that they would rather return to where they came from, rather than risk running the border liberty. we let them each and i don't have any more hope for the european union. we were sleeping in the forest for 10 days and they were children with us. it's very dangerous and none of that new countries are ready to speak about the speak problem. and nobody accepts us in holland is using take us against women and children. and the you keep silence about this. i only poland is telling the media that we are dangerous. they sees as animals are, but we are not analysis oliver. i have failed to reach germany, and i want to go home that we've tried to get to europe 3 times and we didn't succeed. i'm upset when i saw happen to the bor

what we are seeing is health care systems being pushed to their very limits across germany. and as r t found out speaking to a nurse, it's not just the health care system, but health care professionals that have being pushed to breaking point. nissan is who should have been working here for 5 years. and the situation has never been as bad as it is. now. we are completely overwhelmed with an incredible number. we no longer have an carry unit, why all the patients are waiting until that's become available. eventually, patients that need to go and ventilators will be in the emergency department, rather than in the intensive care unit. there should actually be nurses and we only have 4 and sometimes a 3. and it is not clear how we can take care of adequately extend that to unpleasant. well, a big discussion amongst politicians in germany right now is whether the country can follow austria's lead and impose mandatory vaccination in austria. that will start from the 1st of february, next year. politicians here in germany though discussing whether that would even be legal under the

they don't get caught germany, but they put them down and asylum centers. and after a while, they get permits because they flow the id cards so they can't be deported as german authority. don't know where they come from. and care home and health work has protested london after being told they're going to lose the jobs unless they get the coven job with similar threats being issued in other countries to we put this big anti fella pink story up for debate for, you know, and see vaccine, you know, we can see the importance of having the vaccine. however, i think it just goes to a different level. when he compulsory, i expect the care workers good be immunized. we have to be careful to not let co bid once again mass a lot of the social issues that are going on. ah, good afternoon to russia has just turned full pierre. moscow, it's kevin o in at ortiz, will these edge queue for the next off. i with the latest on one big story dominating again as you've just heard in the headlines, the escalating standard of, of migrant. suddenly poland better was poured, is spil

the question for many in germany right now is, will they also here in germany, be going in to lockdown out there is thomas cane reporting live from berlin. dominic, many thanks. india's government has made a dramatic, you turn as announced that it's withdrawing 3 controversial farm laws. the legislation had triggered nationwide protests that lasted more than a year. the government introduced the measures say that they'd modernize the agriculture sector, but farmers said that the reforms would hurt their livelihoods. now, prime minister landrum audrey is so telling them to go home. i'd met up today. i have come to tell you and the entire nation you that we have decided to repeal the 3 laws summoning we will conclude the gotten the short process of repealing the laws during the parliamentary session that begin to the end of this month. revenue. today i'm asking all my former friends who had been protesting nick to return to your homes, your farm land 0 and your family is number one out from alzheimer's poverty natal, who's at a protest site. when the ask us a few jelly, i'd one of the tr

now, in germany, the vaccination rate is around 67 percent. that's lower considerably than the 75 percent. that health experts said countries need to populations need to meet in order for the vaccination to be as successful as it can be. often the laga, even if the situation is different, because so many are vaccinated, it is still not good, especially because not enough citizens have taken advantage of the availability of the vaccine. and that's why we have to continue to be careful. while we're being told here in germany, to avoid large events and limit contact, certainly all situations that would be not advise to listen to what the, the robert cock institutes have up to say about limiting the amount of contact and limiting the possibility of catching cove. it is case numbers rise here in germany significantly less. peter mentioned austria's also suffering records daily coated cases, prompting the government to bring in special restrictions, but only for the unvaccinated. i don't see why 2 thirds should lose their freedom, because one 3rd is

alright, set to reimpose, tough ne restrictions, germany among them. so let's get a snapshot than what ma'am. speak to peter all over this morning. he's in bird and get a good morning. peter, on the chancellor. we here will be discussing potential new measures today. you think another lockdown is on the cards? well, just about nothing is off the table at the moment when it comes to how germany will deal with this. there has been so mentions of potential emergency breaks being pulled, but we'll get to those in just a moment. this meeting that's taking place on tuesdays between anglo merkel, the current german chancellor and the successor in waiting for that position. all are short of the social democrats. they're going to be sharing, gathering with the health ministers from the 16 states that make up germany. it's going to try and work out some type of national overarching plan to deal with the current state of affairs here. and it really comes down to the figures that have been really causing grave concern in germany. the 7 day indices, the number of p

. -- also in germany. it is possible has already arrived here. there are certain clusters of the variant, which still have been under the radar. but those clusters if they exist will still be very small. brent: the world health organization has positioned itself against travel bans, which have popped up in the last few days, but it is recommending people over the age of 60, people who are most vulnerable, that they postpone their travel plans. is that enough to slow the spread of this variant? >> i don't think so. it will help but i don't think it is sufficient. as we discussed before, the question is if it has already arrived in europe, every measure is going thelp. if it is t yet in the general population, we have to do as much as we can to delay spread of the virus. more efficient than just asking people not to travel. brent: we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. >> you're welcome. brent: german chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders across germany have crisis talks today as the country's coronavirus infection ra