certainly in germany. and whenever we've seen swings of the far right coming, they've come with a lot of emphasis on the danger of immigrants and the threat of foreigners and a way to reset that issue might be to focus on economic growth on coming together to continue to contain the pandemic and looking for ways to strengthen the economy and workers from all over the world coming to germany and contributing to germany is a way that that can be framed to everyone's benefit perhaps. yeah. or report their, rebecca mentioned the, the pandemic there. that's obviously the, the most immediate issue right now for this new government. how are they likely to respond to, to the current situation with the pandemic and, and the arm across very but on the one hand, the condemn it didn't appear equally in every part of germany. in the same way, so it made sense that the centralized political system as the federal republic of germany, but gives a lot of power to the cotton. as of the different 16 lender can react differen

it's germany's highest mountain peak since 2017. a new gondola has whisked travelers up to the top in just minutes. from here, visitors are treated to fabulous alpine panoramas weather permitting on the plateau under the summit that such spitzer has just the thing for winter sports enthusiasts . the highest ski area in germany, ah, i mean the swan king ludwig. the 2nd also contributed to the various attractiveness with his extravagant castles. the most famous being newish lunchtime, one of the top tourists draws in all of germany. ah, ah! with the mountains and lakes bavarian regions like the algoy or the pre out of a plenty of possibilities for long tracks and tours. ah ah oh. and the various cities are characterized by the clearly visible history in urine berg, the states, 2nd biggest city. many buildings in the old town were destroyed during world war 2 and lay to rebuilt. for instance, the flower, kotia, or church of our lady on the main market square 515000 inhabitants live in urine bugs. the city is especially popular with tou

workers from all of the world coming to germany and contributing to germany is a way that can be framed to everyone's benefit perhaps. >> she mentioned the pandemic, that is obviously the most immediate issue for this new government. how are they likely to respond to the current situation with the pandemic and the omicron variant? >> on the one hand, the pandemic did not appear equally in every part of germany in the same way. so it made sense that a decentralized lyrical system as the federal republic of germany that gives a lot of power to the governors of the different 16 areas can react differently and they did. evevery governor does things differently, but we also saw a lot of coordination happening on the federal level. that is why everyone was very curious to see who will be nominated to the new health minister and we have a professor of epidemiology expertise who was basically every day -- and for many years he was the health expert of the social democrats and was nominated to health minister. we both see basically a hard-line to fight the pandemic in the driver seat. it is very

north rind, westphalia, germany has 16 states in total. most of them were established after the 2nd world war, with the founding of the federal republic of germany. in 1949. after german reunification in 1990, they were joined by 5 new states, paul of which had belong to the former east germany, mecklenburg, western pomeranian brandon bog. saxony on hold for india and saxony. each german state has its own characteristics, 3 of them. berlin, hamburg, and breyman, our city states. the others are geographically defined, states yet differ according to their size, population density, and cultural and landscape features. so while destinations do travellers had fall when visiting germany the varia with its state capital munich, continues to be the number one choice of visitors to germany, even if their numbers have orland due to the corona virus pandemic. before cove at 19 struck, bavaria welcomed almost 21000000 people. in 2020, the states still accommodated some 7100000 foreign visitors with the reason why people are drawn to bavaria are pretty

it's also one of the most visited attractions in germany. for centuries, the cathedral has also been a place of pilgrimage. the faithful flock here to see the shrine of the 3 kings, a relic where he thought to contain the bones of the biblical magi. an archbishop brought the shrine to cologne in the 12th century. ah, cologne has also undergone a facelift in recent years, especially the areas right on the rhine, with striking convoys of which resemble cranes on the one side of the river and a new promenade on the other. a few kilometers further west is germany's very 1st unesco world heritage site. ah . cathedral emperor, charlemagne ordered its construction in the 8th century over its 1200 year history . the cathedral has undergone many extensions and reconstructions. 31 german kings and 12 queens were also crowned in it's palatine chapel these days, the monuments to north rind westphalia is industrial past, have also become tourist attractions. the thoughtful i and co mine industrial complex, in essence, is now a lively museum, offering an

here in germany, professor, thank you for joining us on the show. would you ever have imagines that it would get to this point where people would actually immigrate overseas? because of coven 19 measures? no, the immigration of groups, especially feminine, is not a new pet on members of the protests. f already emigrated and support us live abroad. they have emigrated to reasons of conviction, as well as to escape prosecution. so we have in class we have some in class in canada where former journalist office, real estates, we know that one of the most critical spokesman is now living in turkey. we know the formation of the us book community historically it's, it's one of the strategies of the protesters and the denial to caught up with the situation. but what, what is now relevant is to observe what happens in these colonies. is there further radicalization are they producing propaganda so and we need to link it to the multiple forms of protest in the immigration. it's one part of the social media offer a lot of of possibilities to create these paral

not to understand what the nuclear phase out means for germany. let's just take a look at the country's energy mix. so in 2020 it was renewable energy sources like wind, solar, biomass, and hydro, that hurt increased to provide 43.8 percent of germany's energy. coal is the 2nd most important source with leg nights and hard coast, applying almost a quarter of the electricity. here the german government is actually, i mean, to close all of its coal plants by 2038 as it reduces carbon emissions. gas fired power stations provided 16 point, one percent of germany's electricity in 2020. and then comes nuclear power plants which generated 11.3 percent for that is obviously about change with all germany reactors due to be switched off by the end of 2022. so the world is watching germany's energy transition as it aims to switch off sources currently providing almost 40 percent of its electricity. that's nuclear and co critic say that doing it too soon could lead to blackouts, especially when it's dark and there's no wind blowing. they suggest keeping nucle

so germany was included, right? included, you mean, he was a top terrorism planner for germany. i found a top terrorism planner for europe as a whole, but especially for germany, britain, france, and frank. we found food, the leads in the kurdish region of syria. this is an internment camp for captured ice fighters among the imprisoned members of the terrorist group. we found ob, barajas full, my deputy, a turkish man named alias i. dean. as part of ios is intelligence om, he's responsible for tax at kill dozens of people, such as here in turkey. he claims to have for food, i deem was careful not to incriminate himself in the christmas market attack. but he confirmed ob ibarra played a central role in planning terrorist acts in europe. as the right hand man of senior leader, up mohammed al agnoni. according to i, dean, a barbara and iraqi is the man behind the mosque. directly at a non his side mazda of mama 1009. if up non, he wanted to send someone to germany or france, for example, or other lock. he was asked whether he thought the person be trusted, a kid or the on the youth

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collins, germany's chief negotiator. he says that under international law such negotiations can only take place between states. i not individual groups or there are many groups who say unfortunately were been not part of the negotiations. and if i would start to count these groups, i come easily about 101520 groups who are complaining not to have been included. but august kapoor, after the holocaust, germany didn't only negotiate with the state of israel. it also negotiated directly with many jewish groups on and others yelp, but i o w, i wouldn't, i wouldn't know media web lighter. and i went idea that it won't matter which one, whether the outcome says kapoor is that the namibian government has failed to secure direct compensation for the rarer. instead, the $1100000000.00 euros which germany plans to pay will be administered by the namibian government. and the only money guy on budget was g yang drive your, he'd only go by you and warner, media, warner, media, you, what did you wound rogers you today with the america?

and one of the major problems in germany, it's germany, is a huge economic pressure on the ospital. and that we have to treat many patients and have to last nurses and all the doctors were it. and that is one of the major points and depend damage really had a huge impact on that because they have to do more and you had to do more and the workload was even higher than before. and that is one of the major points. and therefore, i guess the 1st thing we have to do is to lower the workload and you can only do that if you have more colleagues. and the 2nd point is that especially the nurses earn more money than they do at the moment in germany. so understaffing is a key weakness. what more should the government should health care companies be doing to bring more especially nurses into the health care system in your case in germany? and let me give an example in your k, for example, you have one nurse for vonn when too late and patient in germany. one nurse has to care for at least 2 ventilated patients during the night. mostly for 3 patients. and that is one of the major points we have i

this is this intervention on the part of germany. and chancellor in particular, did not prevent the united states from supplying weapons to korean or sending its military advisors or from interfering very rudely in the ukrainian politics. we may argue about the facts and waste our time on that. but i think what russia sent the weapons to, i mean, we just talked about libya and sent to libya is against international law. there is no provision that prevents the united states to support your crime militarily. it's not, it's not, it's not with by talking about international law. we're not talking about the feelings of people here. and this is something that has to be relevant has to be talked about. that if you rush or withdraw troops from your crane, i'm sure that there will be no that there would be solution. but you have to remember it was rush or the aggressor rusher that violated the best number on that we just with. i don't want to renegotiate history here. let me ask you a specific question. a question that relates directly to the

as for r t, germany did not put any pressure on brussels or the decisions it made in germany. neither the federal government nor the state governments engaging meadows like that . so despite other people's best efforts, r t deutsch is primed and ready for action. launching on air and launching a fresh assault on those old ratings and views, rankings. mainstream media beware. well, with all the resistance at r t t has face, including today's youtube termination, we decided to take a bit of a well tongue in cheek look at why the authorities are so against it. i mean, you must, it is so delegated. and as you want to talk to, we stand together, we'll continue to stand together against russia, 80 in germany. repeat some of the areas that we doubtless made, say no cosivity, this chunky dawson about their ability to influence other nations, france b, u. k. can and even latin america, and other countries in future than they were to high from cycle pollute with members of your household. please, please, please, please. we're going to continue to fight with justin to russia must not be

and there's a says high temperature that we have in germany. and actually it is very much due to the green political style that his temperature has gone up because they have always taken very emotional, political positions. the next catastrophe of 54 years ahead. in former times it was a new nuclear war. then it was a dying out of german forest and now it is climate change and to the human race will disappear due to increased temperatures. so apparently the green party cannot live without the catastrophic, in which the green party is called to save human kind from these problems. in the book, i see you said just before that, perhaps because of this tendency to catastrophe. it is much easier in germany to be a popular green or a social democrat politician than a conservative or a christian democrat one. in fact, i think you know that the word conservative is now associated with something rational rate. but it's one thing to buy for power and another thing to be in power which is inherently conservative undertaking. do you think this new governme

it's germany's highest mountain peak since 2017. a new gondola has whisked travelers up to the top in just minutes from here. visitors are treated to fabulous alpine panoramas weather permitting on the plateau under the summit that such pizza has just the thing for winter sports enthusiasts. the highest ski area in germany. ah, i mean the swan king ludwig. the 2nd also contributed to the various attractiveness with his extravagant castles. the most famous being newish lunchtime, one of the top tourists draws in all of germany. ah ah, with the mountains and lakes bavarian regions like the algoy or the pre out of a plenty of possibilities for long tracks and tours. ah ah oh. and the various cities are characterized by the clearly visible history in urine dug, the state 2nd biggest city. many buildings in the old town were destroyed during world war 2 and lay to rebuilt. for instance, the flower, kotia, or church of our lady on the main market square. 515000 inhabitants live in urine drug. the city is especially popular with tourist fr

here in germany, professor, thank you for joining us on the show. would you ever have imagined that it would get to this point where people would actually immigrate overseas? because of coven 19 measures? no, the immigration of groups, especially feminine, is not a new petal. and members of the protests have already emigrated and support us live abroad. they have emigrated to reasons of conviction, as well as to escape prosecution. so we have in class we have some in class in canada where former journalist office, real estates, we know that one of the most critical spokesman is now living in turkey. we know the formation of the us book community historically it's, it's one of the strategies of the protesters and the denial to caught up with the situation. but what, what is now relevant is to observe what happens in these colonies. is there further radicalization are they producing propaganda so and we need to link it to the multiple forms of protest in the immigration. it's one part of the social media offer a lot of of possibilities to create these

more on the curb in 1900 situation in germany. let's speak to dr. young sans. he's the general secretary of the german society, the intensive and emergency medicine. thanks for being with us. dr. young since germany is surrounded on all sides by countries with soaring infection rates. is this country due for a rude awakening to yes. hello, good morning. i thing at this point in time we cannot provide any reliable data on the proportion of the amo from the very end in germany. this is also do like a lot of on health minister said due to the previous public holidays. here. the reports are always clearly delayed, how ever it can be assumed. i think that the on the can very and will certainly dominate in january like in the other countries like great britain like an all way like denmark like portugal. and this means that like, and other countries named con greece, we can expect significant number of infections and currently 10000 infections with the on the chrome veterans have been reported. here we are recording daily growth rate of

also coming up, germany's new chancellor gives his 1st new year's address hold off. shots urges the public to stand together and get vaccinated and pleading dangerous fires. in the american state of colorado, tens of thousands are forced to evacuate as powerful winds and dry conditions. fuel the fast moving flames. ah! hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. new zealand is among the 1st countries in the world to kick off 2020 to this time with a light show extravaganza instead of fireworks. the city of often put on the spectacular vector light show at the famous harbor bridge, as well as other iconic landmarks whose illinois has had one of the best track records in dealing with the pandemic with low death rates and high vaccine uptake. now, these revelers are looking to what they hope will be a bright future. in 2022. germany's new chancellor has recorded his 1st new year's address to the nation in comments due to be broadcast later today. all of shorts, schoultz urged all germans to stand together in the fight against coven 19. and to get back to unaided. other than tackling the p

and on behalf of germany on behalf of angle america. or do you think that agreement still stands a slightest chance of being implemented? there is when you look at the text to get it exactly a 72 hours for a cease fire to to start. the problem was that after 2 hours, the russian course is continued their take on the, on the, on the strategic point because they were not able to conquer that during the time that you were given. and this is a basic flaw that the ukrainians and then we went to the product, you know, your so sit with russia didn't do the 1st thing. we don't trust it was draw heavy weapons for russia. never did that. and so it was very hard to convince the ukrainians to do their cars. i still believe that the ministry agreements are the agreements that the basis but it has to be on both sides and both sides have to so the ukrainians have to go there. but there is the country that was invaded, you know, so therefore they have to trust russian that the russian and we see that on the always see monitors that have also been a goo

for germany, my boyfriend, a top terrorism planner for europe as a whole, but especially for germany, britain, france, and we found further leads in the kurdish region of syria. this is an intended can't. the captured i as fighters among the imprisoned members of the terrorist group. we found obs barrows full, my deputy, a turkish man named alias i deem as part of ios is intelligence arm he's responsible for tax had killed dozens of people, such as here in turkey. he claims to him for food i deem was careful not to incriminate himself in the christmas market attack. but he confirmed ob ibarra played a central role in planning terrorist acts in europe. as the right hand man of senior leader, uphill mohammed al agnoni. according to i, dean a barbara and iraqi is the man behind the mosque to ricky at a non his side. i said that a woman with online, if up non he wanted to send someone to germany or france for example, or other lock. he was asked whether he thought the person could be trusted, a kid or any use of what about the explosions in 2014 audi 2015 were all organized under the supe

we saw around 50000 people in germany in the streets . we have over 33000 right. wingers who count themself among them. we have network of corona deny us the study spied by the university of vienna and edinburgh estimate that nearly 9 percent of the population in germany belong to the ice and it's a very heterogeneous group. and the distance is the central element. not too long ago, in fact, we saw a torchlight march and from the house of the health minister in saxony. that's a german state. do you expect to see more violence, especially as we near this debate on a vaccine mandate in germany? nace lacy clear evidence of her the radicalization when we defined radicalization as extreme ideologies and violence with an increase in public statistics in a group based and and racist based hate crimes. and we see many protests, it's not, it's not that the amount of people is increasing. so. so the corona protests in 2022 that we saw huge protest but, but now it's going very much low color. and uh, the people who are now in this movement become ve

well here in germany, there are still a few hours left of 2021 and the german chancellor. as recorded his 1st new year's address to the nation in comments due to be broadcast later to they all have shots, urged all germans to stand together in the fight against covey 19 and to get vaccinated. other than tackling the pandemic, the german leader said, the biggest challenge for the upcoming year was to lay the foundations for germany's future development. i think one small changes that today i'm the one speaking to you on new year's eve. as your federal chancellor. things are different this year. after 16 years of new years addresses by angle america, germany's new head of government rose to the task for the 1st time. chancellor shall send at the challenges faced by the country in 2021. acknowledging the hardships that have been endeared, such as december's flirts in western germany and facing the resilience people have shown. especially during the pandemic. monte vic, lise de some people complained that our society is divided. i'd like to take this opportunity to make it ver

on d, w. 9 o. germany now has some of the worlds strict. this rules for people who are not fully vaccinated against coven 19. the country also has a vocal minority who refused, gets a job. many subscribed to conspiracy theories, and call themselves squared yankers, or transgressive thinkers. they've been protesting against the increasing rules in germany, and now many or so fed up, they're leaving some anti vaccines are now looking to get away from the lock downs and restrictions of their homeland even to places as far off as south america . ah. hello and welcome to deutsch, those coven. 19 special. i'm see from beardsley in berlin with every wave of cobra 19 illnesses in germany comes a new backlash from those strongly opposed to the health measures taken in response, including vaccination protests and refusal to wear masks in public places or the actions that most commonly take. some however have gone to more extreme measures. olga and vala cone came to hoa now in december 2020. it's a small town with around $15000.00 inhabitants in the s

as for r t, germany did not put any pressure on brussels or the decisions it made in germany. neither the federal government nor the state governments engaging meadows like that . so this fight will the people's best efforts. artie deutsch is primed and ready for action, launching on air and launching a fresh assault on those old ratings and views, rankings. mainstream media beware. so at all the resistance r t d has faced including today's youtube termination, we decided to delve into just why authorities are so against it. 0, one or 2. yeah. mm hm. you must, it has to be deleted. and as you want to talk to, we stand together, we'll continue to stand together against russia, 80 in germany. repeat some of the areas that we doubtless made say no to civilians as chunky dawson subaru. village influence other nations, france, u. k. and even latin america. and other countries in future than they need to wear to high from cycle pollute with members of your household, please, please, please please. we're going to continue to fight with just need to rush. you must not be allowed in ge

but germany wasn't having that. and so there have been some accusations of well, but germany is not as dedicated to the freedom of speech principal as it may be, wants to appear on the line. we spoke as well to mateo, don't a commentator tech travel geeks, he thinks just blocking one platform won't stop this, but of extreme is content obvious a telegram the users who and telegram at the moment shouldn't have too much of an issue. moving to whatsapp apples. i message platform, google's messaging chat platform, there are loads of different messaging apps and services. and let's not forget, there are also dedicated social media platforms which make it even easier to distribute this type of information or to congregate and discuss these topics. it's also very, very contradictory. we're sometime about 10 years ago in the, in the arab spring, we were celebrating these platforms for enabling uprisings across the mcgray. but in the middle east, it's one of those things that i think is very contradictory. it's fine when it s

this will be a huge thing for germany. next year, and of course, the biggest challenge for the country will are 1st and foremost to go to a will be to go through the said new wave of infections or covey. 19 infections due to the army current variants are here in germany, or officials or bracing themselves for a sorry number is come january a 1st. my stern hath been reached by the government of olaf shouts when he promised the end of november that $13000000.00 jobs would be administered by the end of this year. he succeeded. his government succeeded. but officials though, so fear data meets the sorry number of infections. well, also a health care personnel could be affected, meaning that less people would be available to, to work in hospitals or so in public services. so a really germany is bracing themselves at bracing itself to face this new wave of infections. but it does so hopefully this won't last the entire year, but a tough winter ahead are, i'm afraid. yeah, fingers crossed michelle's stay warm. stay dry and enjoy

do germany in the you need to play in increasingly tougher role here. after all, there is criticism that the u. s. is backing more and more away from the world stage? sure, well i certainly think it's an important it's, it's a way that you to put germany and take a bigger role on the world stage. but i also think it's just simply a realization that engagement with china on an old, based on a school. so economic basis is not really an agent for change with in china, and that human rights abuses for one unfair trade practices off which the european chamber of commerce is less than $900.00 recommendations to improve the environment for you to be in businesses doing, doing business in china, you know, there's lots of room for improvement there, and there's a feeling that china isn't playing fair. and simply knowing those concerns. i want to pick you up on that actually because she said that he was hoping that germany would treat chinese companies fairly. so what do you make that statement? it sounds like you believe that the criticism should be going in the

are very young in germany. we just started and when i imagine like the same as communist movement and equal equal rights of women, how long that took and still we haven't reached our goals as women. then i can imagine that it will. it will need some time to talk to talk about diversity to reach the goals and to have also here are equal rights. now you've said that there is structural racism in germany. tell us how deep you feel this racism goes it's. it's really deep and the main problem is we don't talk about it. we talk a lot about the right extremes and about nazis, but we don't talk about racism. and it starts in a very young age when it comes to which schools the students go. and there is this some image off by which students can go to the better schools at in the 4th grade that the teacher sky side, which coolest the better school for children. and without really being aware of it, there's this image like children from migrant families can't really achieve much. so you have to send them to the easiest cal

given germany's tough negotiating tactics. they have always shaped away from even mentioning the word genocide. but the, the biggest challenge was her and went to which has remained very key issue to the point that he took almost deranged. then there is no difference to the word reparation wise germany allergic to the term reparations negotiations in our view have been for political and moral reasons. there are, this was not a legal question. we avoided illegal speech to avoid this kind of misunderstanding. and reparation is illegal term and therefore we spoke about healing the wounds, which means in a sense, probably the same but not in a legal term, but says palmer, the negotiations were less about healing wounds than they were about avoiding legal liability. what was a very heavy debate later on, they came around and said to that, okay, if we agree to pay the partition, then we will do our we with development it and we said no, those are 2 different things for their victim. community is good reason why germany is keen to av

so restrictions on, foreign traveled to and from germany have hit the capital hot. in the years since the fall of the wall, berlin has broken one visit a record after another. for instance, after german reunification people flocked here to see the newly constructed government district that sprang up around the hike stock. ah, ah. among berlin's many highlight saw museum island with its ensemble of 5 museums, including the altar, nazi anal gallery and altima museum. museum island has been on unesco, welled heritage list since 1999. ah, just a stone's throw from museum island and the berlin cathedral is the newly reconstructed berlin palace. it houses the humboldt form which incorporates the ethno logical museum and the museum of asian art. the humboldt forum open to the public in july 2020 was running along berlin's former internal border, the east side gallery as both a tourist magnet and a memorial to the once divided city. the longest piece of the berlin wall still standing, was decorated by international artists after the war fowl right next to it on the banks of

everything's closed. germany is in the hot looked down at the start of 2021. the 2nd wave of infections has swept across the country. by now, the vaccination campaign has just gotten underway. many hope that the japs, we bring gradual relief to the situation. but it has to come that if i get the chance i would like to be vaccinated because i think there will be little side effects. i'm sick for right, because i'm over 70 and are, is it fair that during the 1st few months of the campaign, there's a priority list of people who can get immunized elderly people in health care workers being 1st in line. but the start of the inoculation campaign has been a bit dumpy. there are not enough exceeds a new production facility is yet to be built for the german develop biotech, pfizer vaccine. the situation in hospitals is becoming more dire by spring. a 3rd wave has reached germany, triggered by the more contentious elva variant. as absolute as it was incredibly stressful for my colleagues that there was a lot of an aside. he and we had frequent staff shortages. they want

a lawyer from the city of kassel in western germany. after a racist terror attack, she nearly moved abroad but she try to stay and decided to bring about change. >> there is a lot to do and no time to lose. she has been working around-the-clock since the general election that secured her a spot in germany's history books. she had been born -- involved in local politics for years. then a racist killing spree in her home state shook her to the core. i don't know why but the terror attack pushed me over the edge. i thought something has to change, i can't stand this any longer. >> 10 people were killed in the terror attack. none of them first and second-generation immigrants. overcome by the feeling that germany was no longer a safe place for her and her family, she considered leaving the country. >> but frankly it is hard to find a country that is free of racism. the next option was staying. and doing everything possible to fight against this criminal nation and racism. >> here in a rural area, a woman of color on the ballot is analogy. b

ambassador to germany. dr. gutmann, thank you for your willingness to serve in such an important leadership role. dr. gutmann serves as the president of the university of pennsylvania. before i highlight a few of her many accomplishments, i went took knowledge the different aspects of penn's history. benjamin franklin was one of the u.s.'s must accomplish diplomats he navigated the collocation -- collocated dynamics of european politics to protect our nation's democracy abroad. much has changed but many double medic challenges franklin faced are the same today, including faithfully and ardently defending u.s. interests, even in times of disagreements with allies while maintaining those relationships. we face this challenge today in our relationship with an important european ally, germany. we rely on germany is a major security and trade partner, especially given its role in the european union and amidst increasing global threats, strong representation to germany is critical. i am confident dr. gutmann will ari

but this year, germany's reputation as a pandemic success story has slipped. the country has found itself at the center of new virus outbreaks, while vaccine skepticism has proliferated. our next report takes us through the ups and downs of germany's fight against the pandemic, and 2021. everything's closed. germany is in the hot looked down at the start of 2021. the 2nd wave of infections has swept across the country. by now, the vaccination campaign has just gotten underway. many hope that the jobs we bring gradual relief to the situation. but it has to come that if i get the chance i would like to be vaccinated because i think there will be little side effects. i'm sick for, right? because i'm over 70 and are, is it fair that during the 1st few months of the campaign, there's a priority list of people who can get immunized elderly people in health care workers being 1st in line. but the start of the inoculation campaign has been a bit dumpy. there are not enough exceeds a new production facility is yet to be built for the german develop biotech, pfizer vacc

but this year, germany's reputation as a pandemic success story has slipped. the country has found itself at the center of new virus outbreaks, while vaccine skepticism has proliferated. our next report takes us through the ups and downs of germany's fight against the pandemic, and 2021. everything's closed. germany is in the hot looked down at the start of 2021. the 2nd wave of infections has swept across the country. by now, the vaccination campaign has just gotten underway. many hope that the japs will bring gradual relief to the situation. british hostile come that if i get the chance i would like to be vaccinated because i think there will be little side effects. i'm sick for a while because i'm over 70 and are, is it? during the 1st few months of the campaign, there's a priority list of people who can get immunized elderly people in health care workers being 1st in line. but the start of the inoculation campaign has been a bit bumpy. there are not enough vaccines. a new production facility is yet to be built for the german develop biotech, pfizer vaccine

please give me an example for germany in here to that printer. well, of course, i have a couple of examples here, and you mentioned your experience of going up in, in germany. and then in my professional experience, i covered the number of my conflicts, including the conflict in libya. as you perhaps know, in that particular case, the you and mandate was greatly overstepped by some of your closest western partners. it's true that germany on that particular vote voting on the resolution 1970 me, abstained and found itself in the same group with russia and china and voted against the preferences of let's say, franz, the united kingdom, the united states. but that war preceded non de last and turned a relatively stable and prosperous country into essentially a failed state. i don't think we can argue over the fact here. so it is just interesting to me whether again, germany tends to associate itself more with the western camp, even if you don't like the word class, despite the fact that it's been western countries primarily that have been responsibl

this last elections in germany of produce that rather paradoxical results. and i think historically lowest showing what angle americans, christian democrats and some of the best results for her rivals. both the social democrats and big beans as far as you are concerned, is that more about the mark or fatigue or the excitement for her opponents or her successors in this case. well, actually what we have seen is that the vote for the city you have not been vote for this party. they have been vote for angela america. and the policy angle america has conducted throughout many years was up policies. well, come for the social democrats and for the green voters, sir, for what we have seen is that many of people who formerly a voted for glenda wins. im also top candidate of christian demo. credit union now did not vote for the christian democratic copied. but for the social democratic and green original, this is what we have seen. and uh. busy sure, it has promised to continue the policy line of america and say a for he has won by a narrow margin, but he is one. and

around one million people came to germany. she insisted failure to integrate them was not an option. ch. merkel: we will manage this. >> while she was hailed abroad for her open arms policy, at home, she was targeted by right-wing populists, who chanted merkel must go. to this day, europe lacks a common asylum policy. merkel's plan to focus on europe in her final year was derailed by the covid-19 pandemic. a scientist herself, she did not hesitate to accept the magnitude of the threat. ch. merkel: it is serious. take it seriously. >> germany went into an immediate bud light lockdown -- immediate but light lockdown. she also dropped her resistance to eu direct debt, leading german taxpayers standing in for other european countries. in her exclusive legacy interview with dw, she says this is one of her toughest moments. ch. merkel: the two events i personally found most challenging were, for one, the large number of refugees arriving here, and now there's the covid-19 pandemic. those are perhaps the ones where you can see people

germany has a new chancellor. the social democrat olaf scholz took the oath of office and took the reins of power from angela merkel. it was a moment political history was written here in berlin. angela merkel, the most powerful woman in the world, handed over her authority in the first transfer of power the country has seen in 16 years. her successor tonight promising germany a new beginning. >> german chancellor olaf scholz, this is the moment he waited for. a standing ovation in the but his stock -- ovation. when asked if he accepted the decision for him to lead a country of over 80 million people, a firm yes. then flowers and fist bumps for an occasion that does not happen very often. he is just the ninth postwar chancellor of germany and its first in 16 years. the final key moment, the oath of office. >> i swear that i will dedicate my efforts to the well-being of the german people, remote their welfare, took them from harm, uphold and defend the basic law and the laws of the federation, perform duties consci

as for r t, germany did not put any pressure in brussels, of the decisions it made in germany. neither the federal government nor the state governments engaging meadows like that. so this fight will, the people's best efforts are t deutsch is primed and ready for action. launching on air and launching a fresh assault on those old ratings and views, rankings. mainstream media beware and irreversible divide knots. the point american society is reaching according to a new academic study. it found that polarization in the u. s. is close to tipping point. if polarization is to extreme, people become divided even on the shock issue. if we reach that point, we cannot unites even in the face of war. climate change pandemic, or of the challenges to the survival of our society. earlier former pennsylvania state senator bruce marx join my colleague, rory so shay here in the studio to share his perspective on the growing rift in american politics. the a and b. c. accommodate of nvc was saying, he said there was 30000000 people right now, ready to take off palms to for donald trump, back in

we want to go to germany. what need to go? but that path is blocked in many migrant se, so 2 is the way back to minsk, the united nations human rights office accuses both poland and fellers of pushing migrants back and forth across the border. it refers to statements made by migrants interviewed by a u. n. team in early december describing human rights abuses on both sides of the frontier. the majority said that while in belgrade they had been beaten or threatened by security forces, and also alleged the balance sheet security forces, force them to cross the border on team also had numerous reports of people being immediately and automatically returned irish from poa the human rights office is calling on both nations to address the crisis in line with their obligations to international human rights and refugee law. so what would be the red pill or the blue pill? that was the choice facing kiana reeves more than 20 years ago. and the groundbreaking science fiction epic matrix, the film and its 2 sequels to pick to the destinati