hello welcome to the program and i'm wrong cause many children and the netherlands have grown up with the image of black pete is a help a necklace their equivalent of santa claus but black paint is highly controversial that's because the figure is usually a white person wearing blackface make up with exaggerated lips and an afro wig that's edition dates back to the 19th century around the time of the global slave trite but people say the character is racist and has no place in modern society some cities have replaced black pete with a compromise forget cold chimney paint his face is covered in soot instead. he's actually kind of beat me up when they say it's no longer appropriate to be completely covered with black makeup so we're using suit and this is just because we're going through dick cheney and you're not this year are you sent me to see what you did you know i'm working from home of the peace now that you know that my opponent and how he wants us to adapt in order to make it fun for everybody and keep everybody happy. they control the sea intensified earlier this year when bla

hello welcome to the program on the wrong call and many children in the netherlands have grown up with the image of black peets helpless as that necklace there require lots of signs of clothes books like pete is highly controversial. that's because the figure is usually a white person wearing black face makeup with exaggerated lips and an afro wig the tradition dates back to the 19th century around the time of the global slave trade but people say the character is racist and has no place in modern society some cities have replaced black pete with a compromise figure a cold chimney piece his face is covered in soot instead. and need new foundation it's no longer appropriate to be completely covered with black makeup so we're using it and this is just because we're going through the chimney and you're not this year are you certain you are need to. know i'm working from home. my home how you want to adapt in order to make it fun for everybody and keep everybody happy they control the sea intensified earlier this year when black lives matter protests began in the netherlands. and black pet

other european countries are taking measures to protect themselves the netherlands belgium and italy have banned all flights from the u.k. and germany is considering the same train services through the channel tunnel also cease in the next few hours now the aim is to stop the spread of a new more contagious strain of the virus identified by the british government but the barber has more from london. this is regent street in the heart of london and in the run up to christmas it will usually be full of shoppers well the people out and about are generally going for a walk or just looking at decorations because all nonessential stores have been ordered closed as part of these new tier 4 restrictions here in london in the southeast in the east of england that's 18000000 people being told that at christmas they cannot meet up with any other household lots of people have had to cancel their plans they're very annoyed we've seen crowded scenes at train stations with people trying to get on board transport to other parts of the country at supermarkets there have been crowds as people try to g

countries including the netherlands and the u.k. struggle to contain rising numbers of infections ahead of the festive season the smaller christmas is going to be a safer christmas and a shorter christmas is a safer christmas when we see.

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 with the final passengers from london to belgium who also shut up their borders to u.k. travelers to. several other countries across the world followed suit with many of the nationals having to change travel plans just before christmas coming home for christmas i was working as being a family so i think i just jumped to go and i went to the host idea paid a very 250 pounds for for you know you president for one saying yeah i'm for a good one no soldiers in sight from quarantining was here and then get to see a family and friends. the e.u. are holding crisis talks and brussels on monday to decide on a coordinated response to the new variant a compulsory negative test maybe one of the per requisite for travel. which has been the measure will decide on a full time it's probable the p.c.r. test will be compulsory that's why invite people

the netherlands have banned passenger flights from the uk from this morning. flights were stopped as of 6am after the country detected its first case of the highly—contagious variant of coronavirus that's surging through southern england. the dutch government said it would join other eu countries in exploring ways to limit its further spread across europe. anna holligan has this update from the hague. the decision by the dutch government has made almost immediately after the british prime minister revealed the rapid rise of cases in and around london was due to this mutant strain of the virus. the new variant is thought to spread more quickly and also be harder to detect. it is not thought to be more deadly. the dutch government said that sampling here had also revealed that one case of this new variant, so they are now investigating who that individual is and how they became infected and whether there are in other individual cases beyond that one. they haven't ruled out additional travel bans that would affect ferries and trains between the two countries. t

denmark, italy and the netherlands have already detected the new strain. eu ambassadors are to bid for emergency talks on monday to work out a common strategy. france's band arrivals from the uk by most routes, including forfreight. uk by most routes, including for freight. ireland, italy, the netherlands, and germany with canada the latest to impose restrictions. —— france has banned. mark lobel reports. lorries isolated, passengers grounded, many in the uk now stuck as european nations try to protect themselves from this fast—spreading covid—i9 variant. the netherlands was the first to ban all passenger flights from the uk untiljanuary i, and now ferry passengers too. belgium has suspended flights and train arrivals from the uk for 2h hours. ireland's announced a 48—hour ban on flights arriving from the uk. france has suspended all travel links — that's air, sea, rail or road — for 48 hours, including freight. germany has banned planes landing from the uk, as has switzerland. the czech republic and bulgaria has suspended flights to and from

as coronavirus continues to claim lives across europe, the netherlands begins five weeks of restrictions, while germany goes into a hard lockdown on wednesday. just eight days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medicaljournals say the move would be a mistake and cost many lives. a senior republican finally breaks ranks with donald trump — senate majority leader mitch mcconnell speaks to joe biden and congratulates him on his election win. so, today, i want to congratulate president—electjoe biden. the president—elect is no stranger to the senate. he's devoted himself to public service for many years. european countries are being forced to tighten restrictions ahead of christmas following record daily cases and deaths this month. the netherlands has announced a new five—week lockdown, while germany will enter a hard lockdown from wednesday. the latest figures across europe and elsewhere are bleak. the first western country hit by the virus, italy, reported 816 deaths on tuesday, while new infections rose to 14,844 from 12,030. deaths in tu

we have had the netherlands, italy and belgium talking about that today. germany is not quite on the list yet, but the german newspaper is already reporting that by midnight restrictions could be brought in, so i'm afraid it will be very difficult for malcolm to meet up with his pa rents. for malcolm to meet up with his parents. what might we are out of time, i'm afraid.jim parents. what might we are out of time, i'm afraid. jim reed and professor nicholas stonehouse, thank you very much indeed for answering some of those questions. millions of people in england and wales are living under tighter covid restrictions, as action is taken on a new variant of the virus. in england's tier 4 areas, the stay—home instruction causes christmas plans to be scrapped, and could be in place for months. the new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control. and this news about the new variant has been an incredibly difficult end to, frankly, an awful year. it's my son's first christmas and he won't be able to see his grandparents. it'sjust ruined, rea

my understanding with drivers using ports in the netherlands if they are coming from the uk they have to have a pcr test. presumably the facilities have to be provided on the british side? you don't have any way to allow the drivers to arrive physically at the port preventing them from entering the netherlands until they can be test equipment presumably that has to be done on the british site? yes, of course. if there is a test necessary it should be allowed. as far as the government has decided, in the netherlands now, is that truckers in a company transport using ferries to the port of rotterdam, are exempted from this pcr test. in an expected move, president trump has blocked a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, which had been agreed by the us congress after months of wrangling. in a video released on twitter, mr trump denounced the bill as a disgrace and demanded changes to the payments americans are due to receive, to help them through the pandemic. and without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. they thought it was a done deal. after months of wrangli

and bays in the netherlands are demanding an investigation into the relationship between the country's embassies and multinationals like oil giant shell a dutch documentary called shells hell reveals the employees of royal dutch shell it deliberately causing oil leaks in one area with the knowledge of the dutch embassy staff also reports on this now from the hey. oil spill set for luther deny to doubt the for decades and all among the world's largest spills goals and serious help no widespread and fly in mental disaster while royal dutch shell has long blamed grinnell gangs for guarding the leaks this documentary shown on dutch television claims the child employees are paid in poor local youth to sabotage the pipes to then make money themselves from the clean up. we. have interviews with a number of ex members of these gangs and also. people that worked for safety company of shell and employees of shell so 3 different sources that gave us information of how they were involved in causing oil spills and subsequently profiting from the clean up of the oil spills but this footage shot in 2

denmark, italy, and the netherlands have already detected the new strain. eu ambassadors are to meet for emergency talks later to work out a common strategy. france has banned arrivals from the uk by most routes, and including freight. other countries include ireland, italy, the netherlands, belgium, and germany — with canada the latest to impose restrictions. mark lobel reports. lorries isolated, passengers grounded, many in the uk now stuck as european nations try to protect themselves from this fast—spreading covid—i9 variant. the netherlands was the first to ban all passenger flights from the uk untiljanuary i, and now ferry passengers too. belgium has suspended flights and train arrivals from the uk for 2h hours. ireland's announced a 48—hour ban on flights arriving from the uk. france has suspended all travel links — that's air, sea, rail or road — for 48 hours, including freight. germany has banned planes landing from the uk, as has switzerland. the czech republic and bulgaria has suspended flights to and from the uk untiljanuary 31. in a

that method worked in those remote areas of the netherlands. they would find a remote town that showed traces of covid in the sewage system. they would then get testing into that town, find people who were infected and didn't know they were, do contact tracing and try to tamp down those outbreaks before they spread. it worked in those remote towns in the netherlands. it worked in some cases here too. this is data collected from a company called biobot which was testing wastewater in delaware back in may, in new castle county, delaware. see the light blue line? that's the number of confirmed covid cases in the county, confirmed by traditional testing, people who already had the virus. you see that big spike sort of toward the end of the month back in may 2020. but look at the dark blue line. the dark blue line is the results of wastewater tests. the concentrated amount of virus they found in the sewers in new castle county, delaware. the amount of virus in the wastewater directly tracks with, directly predicted the cases going up in that one del

scientists are using the netherlands' largest football stadium to model how a cheering football crowd might spread germs through the air. their hope is that by finding out more about the behaviour of aerosols or airborne particles, they will be able to remove them from the air and get fans back into stadiums and concert halls. aruna iyengar has this report. empty stadiums, cardboard cutout fans, and now, strict limits on numbers. that has been the face of all since march. now this experiment at this stadium in the netherlands might bring back full throated singing on the terraces stopping aerosols like these spray stopping aerosols like these spray saliva like treatments dominic droplets which simulate a noisy crowd. what you see as actually a small generator that is generating droplets, presenting saliva and the small droplets will actually evaporate on the residue will be floating around here, and the number of this remaining particles is actually measured by these kind of sensors, and they count the number and the size of each of these particles. if the concentration of particles i

many people in the netherlands have been dreaming ofa the netherlands have been dreaming of a relatively relaxed christmas but then over the weekend, people where sharing photos of city centre is crammed with christmas shoppers and the infection rate here at the moment is almost double the government's worst case scenario. so there is a sense of inevitability about this full on lockdown, actually, compared to what has been in place here in the past. all nonessential shops are closed. museums, theatres, gyms, saunas, amusement parks, all shut down. the restau ra nt amusement parks, all shut down. the restaurant and amusement parks, all shut down. the restau ra nt a nd cafe amusement parks, all shut down. the restaurant and cafe is an cannabis cafe is will be allowed to continue serving takeaways as they are now. the hotels will stay open over the holidays, too, but they won't be allowed to serve food or drink or even room service. from tomorrow, things go even further, a step the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, had said he had been determined to avoid. schools, secondary and primary, wi

the republic of ireland is to restrict air and sea travel with britain from midnight — and the netherlands, italy and belgium and germany ban flights between the uk, as concern grows over the new coronavirus variant. long waits for some shoppers, as only essential retail can be open in england's tier 4 and in wales. it's my son's first christmas and he won't be able to see his grandparents. it's just ruined, really. we're going to try and make the best out of it. as much as possible, eat, celebrate. and who will take this trophy — and become the 2020 bbc‘s sports personality of the year? good evening. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the new mutant variant of coronavirus is out of control, as new restrictions enter into force for millions of people in parts of england and in wales. all previous tier 3 areas in the south east and east of england — including london, kent and most of essex — have moved into a new tier 4. the public is being asked to stay at home, and non—essential shops have closed, along with gyms, beauty salons and hairdressers. there will be no ‘christm

we have had the netherlands, italy, belgium talking about that today. this is incoming flights to the country, but if you come here, you want to go back at some point. germany is not quite on that list yet, but a german newspaper is already talking that from midnight tonight, these could come in for germany today, tonight. so it might be difficult for malcolm to meet up with his parents. jim reed and professor nicola stonehouse, thank you very much indeed for answering some of those

ireland, italy, the netherlands, belgium and germany, canada the latest to impose restrictions. mark lobel reports. lorries isolated, passengers grounded, many in the uk now stuck as european nations try to protect themselves from this fast—spreading covid—19 variant. the netherlands was the first to ban all passenger flights from the uk until january 1, and now ferry passengers too. belgium has suspended flights and train arrivals from the uk for 2h hours. ireland's announced a 48—hour ban on flights arriving from the uk. france has suspended all travel links — that's air, sea, rail or road — for 48 hours, including freight. germany has banned planes landing from the uk, as has switzerland. the czech republic and bulgaria has suspended flights to and from the uk untiljanuary 31. in a breathless and ever—growing list, turkey has too, as well as banning flights from denmark, the netherlands and south africa. for the travel industry, this is devastating. european countries are looking at their own health systems and the potential threat to those health systems. the uk

he was brought up in the netherlands, and it was only when he got to britain in netherlands, and it was only when he got to britain “119113, after netherlands, and it was only when he got to britain in 1943, after he had escaped from the occupied netherlands, that the mother change the name to blake to sound more british. he was brought up partly in egypt, where he had been great friends with a cousin who was communist. he also said it was when he was a prisoner of war in north korea and he saw the anglo—american offensive on korea during the korean war. and there were also allegations that he might have been brainwashed by his captors. as with all of these spy by his captors. as with all of these spy stories, one does not really know. what he said was to possibly not the truth. as we said, one of the most extraordinary things about his life and career was that he was convicted of being a spy and then managed to escape from prison. and presumably a huge propaganda boost for moscow when he did escape? well, it was except that it wasn't the kgb who sprung him. which would have been a

that the degree your fractionation is as high as possible with more than 12000 deaths the netherlands has a relatively high death toll despite the risks employers and the government gone for speed. dissipate in a vaccination program experts say to make a vaccination successful the government should tell people that this by its rapid production the vaccine is safe that they can explain how could this go that fast all the investments we've made why there are so many scientists who have completely sort of let down all their normal tasks and went focusing focusing upon gov it but this is a story that needs to be told companies like a lamb have been preparing for the arrival of the vaccines for months the government has yet to start informing the public because in concerns that other countries may have reach higher vaccination rates much sooner and therefore can also open up the economies earlier step faster al-jazeera answer. or in iran 50000 people have now been killed by the corona virus so some restrictions are being lifted in spite of that in several parts the country following a 2 we

"the netherlands‘ traffic is in europe the most dangerous for children." maartje was a key player in the movement that transformed dutch cities in the 1960s and ‘70s. the start was there in the ‘70s when people got alarmed about the figures of children on the way to school. the accidents — the numbers were so high that we had to do something, and that's how it begun. here, the action groups — and this is us — "we want a car—free sunday at least once a month" — that was in the oil crisis... in 1973, maartje launched a campaign called stop the child murder. we sat together and said that this can't go on. we have to do something. and so more and more actions were taken. we were blocking roads in the rush—hour — people on their way home — drivers totally overtaken and surprised about mothers in a circle on the corner of the road, blocking it. and there you were, right at the front? maybe, yeah. me and this... maartje‘s efforts have been immortalised as the heroine of a new children's book. here we went through the tunnel, under the water,

we have heard of italy and the netherlands banning travel to the uk. what about long haul flights? those banning travel to the uk. what about long haulflights? those are coming on as normal, and i think a lot of people will be surprised there is a lot of activity coming into heathrow, luton, manchester, sta nsted and so heathrow, luton, manchester, stansted and so on. gatwick airport is fully open. we are seeing a whole sequence of flight restrictions. it almost reminds me of going back nine months to the middle of march when we had very short notice restrictions. i am we had very short notice restrictions. iam hearing we had very short notice restrictions. i am hearing austria has also banned the uk. france and germany which would be the two most significant european countries along with spain haven't banned flights yet, but there is most definitely discussions going on among the eu nations to decide what to do, and thatis nations to decide what to do, and that is almost certainly going to play out in other parts of the world, particularly the gulf, maybe north america in terms of

the dutch government has announced it wants to start vaccinating 1000 in early january many in the netherlands a less than enthusiastic survey suggest nearly half of the dutch population has serious doubts about getting a job the report from a. stocking up on dry ice needed to keep defies so biotech vaccine at minus 70 degrees even in mid air at amsterdam airport a large operation is gearing up to safely transport covert 900 back scenes to destinations as far as africa and asia we have been preparing and we've been moving pharmaceutical go for a long time we've expanded our pool capacity and also are having capacity for instance for his containers so we are immediately ready but outside the airport many in the netherlands are far from pier while the dutch national airline is getting ready to do this job you'd texans worldwide millions here in the netherlands are still reluctant to be vaccinated and some say they will use the inoculation with covert 90 altogether you know until we know what the side effects are it's not monthly. and his daughter maxime i'm not against vaccinations but won't tak

countries including the netherlands and germany are struggling to contain rising numbers of infections and deaths too in the u.k. london and the surrounding areas have entered the highest level of restrictions the prime minister boris johnson wants to relax rules over the christmas holiday season scientists say the plan will cost lives germany has entered its 1st day of an emergency lockdown with limits on most christmas gatherings and events to at the same time a record daily death toll was recorded with more than 950 people losing their lives let's begin in the u.k. journal how is standing by for us in london so jonah we have heard from boris johnson the u.k. prime minister in the last half hour or so what was he saying. well it's clear now that the rules as you suggested there the relaxation of the restrictions over christmas for a 5 day period from the 23rd to the 27th will go ahead there had been a great deal of pressure building on boris johnson particularly to revise or scrap those that relaxation in the face of rising infection rates particularly in the south in the south east

the netherlands was one of the first country to act. on sunday morning, passenger flights to and from the uk were banned. belgium came next, announcing borders would be closed to all travellers from the uk for 2h hours. meaning notjust a ban on flights, but also on train and car travel. germany has followed suit, announcing a ban on uk flights until the end of the month. other countries including ireland, france and italy have also quickly announced their own individual uk travel restrictions. pressure is now growing for an eu wide response. on monday morning, european government representatives will meet to come up with a plan. the travel bans came after british health secretary, matt hancock, warned that the new strain of virus was out of control. in the uk, the move has sparked a scramble among international travellers wanting to get back home before the borders close. coming home for christmas, the most important thing is being with family. so i think ijustjumped the gun and went in. that was the idea. i paid about £250 for a fligh

until now, the netherlands has been reluctant to impose some of the stricter measures adopted by neighbouring nations. but with the number of covid—related deaths now approaching 16,000, hospital admissions increasing, infections rising sharply and pressure on the health sector intensifying, a full—blown lockdown comes in later than many had hoped. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. stay with us on bbc world news — still to come: a royal deal with spotify. the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host a series of podcasts. music. chanting.

until now, the netherlands has been reluctant to impose some of the stricter measures adopted by neighbouring nations. but with the number of covid—related deaths now approaching 16,000, hospital admissions increasing, infections rising sharply and pressure on the health sector intensifying, a full—blown lockdown comes in later than many had hoped. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: six weeks after the us election, president putin offers his congratulations tojoe biden — the man who described russia as, the biggest threat facing america. music.

until now, the netherlands has been reluctant to impose some of the stricter measures adopted by neighbouring nations. but with the number of covid—related deaths now approaching 16,000, hospital admissions increasing, infections rising sharply and pressure on the health sector intensifying, a full—blown lockdown comes in later than many had hoped. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. the us food and drug adminstration has opened the way for a second vaccine to be approved for use in america. the moderna jab maker's claims it is safe and 94% effective have now been verified.

until now, the netherlands has been reluctant to impose some of the stricter measures adopted by neighboring nations. but with the number of covid—related deaths now approaching 16,000, hospital admissions increasing, infections rising sharply and pressure on the health sector intensifying, a full—blown lockdown comes in later than many had hoped. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. as the number of deaths recorded on tuesday in the uk reached 506, the british government has come under intense pressure to revise its plan to relax covid—19 restrictions for five days over christmas. a meeting between the four nations of the uk to discuss to discuss the plan broke up

we have had the netherlands, italy, belgium talking about that today. this is incoming flights to the country, but if you come here, you want to go back at some point. germany is not quite on that list yet, but a german newspaper is already talking that from midnight tonight, these could come in for germany today, tonight. so it might be difficult for malcolm to meet up with his parents. jim reed and professor nicola stonehouse, thank you very much indeed for answering some of those questions. breaking news, the republic of ireland is going to introduce restrictions on flights from the united kingdom, after discussions were held this afternoon. republic of ireland is now joining afternoon. republic of ireland is nowjoining that afternoon. republic of ireland is now joining that list. afternoon. republic of ireland is nowjoining that list. time for some weather. the showers have been pretty wide spread. just to our west, we've got a rather bigger area of cloud. this is the next area of low pressure that is going to be bringing some fairly strong winds an

here in the netherlands, less prepared. we are looking around the 8th of january. there is more good news out of amsterdam. the ema i expecting to release a decisionn moderna vaccine on the sixth of january. so, there is something, some positive news here in tu europe this evening. >> let's go straight to the u.s. with president-elect joe biden is getting ready to receive his vaccination. 'let' listen in. [unintelligible] >> ok. >> we have seen a number of high ofile politicians in the u.s. have their vaccination on camera. this, of course, is the most high profile person to do it yet. the reaso is because one concern we have heard expressed from anthony faucher, the expert on the virus in the u.s. and many others is that for that vaccine to be effective, the majority of americans are probably going to nn d to have itder to reach herd immunity. we know there are some people who are skeptical aboing the vaccine. and joe biden and many other high profile politicians are determined to persuade americans there is nothing to fear by having it done live on camera. that i

the netherlands was the 1st to put a hold on flights coming in from the u.k. but over the course of the day numerous other european countries and else to similar flight stoppages with britain. the dutch health minister said the move was largely a precautionary one. i think we need to take a step by step approach and ensure we get all the information we can from the u.k. other international sources and our own public health agencies then we can decide to what extent we should be concerned for us it's about keeping our finger on the pulse. of the several european countries say they've detected the new strain already and fears are high it could get a foothold on the continent. the new variant is said to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than of the strains it's been blamed for a surge of new infections in london and southeast england that surge led authorities in britain to take drastic steps introducing tough new measures for the christmas period. it was an abrupt u. turn by prime minister barak johnson. millions of people have been forced to cancel the chr

rotterdam in the netherlands and also in the zebra here in belgium large elenchi import terminals already exist which are only running at about 50 percent capacity they could be used for any additional supply that's because of all will the new l.n.g. station pay for itself demand for ellen g. will be growing in the coming years the port operator a certain of that and the port could become the future site of a new environmentally friendly energy source hydrogen. is i'm with our potential customer our. we would like to find out to what extent and ellen g. terminal is a building block in the development of a hydrogen infrastructure if they're right it would be a stroke of luck for the new port and the investment would pay off for decades to come. and that's your business update here on d w at this hour for me and the team member thanks for watching. the be. a laugh. from people make fun about their own social economic and political problems. in mozambique we say that you have to laugh so you don't write it's hard people told me think they'd. as a journalist often talk about these folks in th

has actually been detected while the netherlands which is in its own lock down now has imposed a ban on all air travel to and from the u.k. we're hearing that belgium is doing the same and that france and germany are considering a similar step i think this really reflects the lack of knowledge about exactly what kind of threat this new covered 19 variant poses israel has begun its covert 900 vaccination campaign the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza u.s. lawmakers are set to vote on a long delayed $900000000000.19 relief package that could be a government shutdown if no deal is reached by congress on sunday night meanwhile shipments for the 2nd approved covert $900.00 vaccine of the gun across the u.s. . somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after east african leaders held an emergency summit in japan somalia cut ties with kenya on cheese day and accusing it of violating its sovereignty and meddling in the country's internal affairs leaders of the interg

anna holligan reporting from the netherlands. let's take a look at the rules over christmas across the uk. three households can form a "christmas bubble" from 23rd december to the 27th. they can mix indoors in private homes — which includes overnight stays. no travel restrictions are in place in the five—day period. you can't go to a pub or restaurant with your bubble.

we know that in the netherlands this variant of saws cove to the virus which causes. has actually been detected the netherlands which is in its own locked out now has imposed a ban on all air travel to and from the u.k. we're hearing that belgium is doing the same and that france and germany are considering a similar. i think this really reflects the lack of knowledge about exactly what kind of threat this new coverage 19 variant poses israel has begun its covert 19 vaccination campaign the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank in gaza. in the u.s. the 1st batch of more the vaccine is being prepared for delivery the 1st of those injections is set to be given out from monday it's the 2nd inoculation to be approved in the world's worst hit country it comes as senators race against the sunday night deadline to approve a $900000000000.00 emergency stimulus package to avoid a government shutdown somalia and kenya will resume diplomatic ties after east african leaders held an emergency sum

ok well the judge in the netherlands is reading out that sentencing that allison and. it declared quote its support for a free and fair electoral process in the upcoming presidential elections conducting according to lebanese constitutional rules devised without foreign interference or influence and quite. by early 2000 by early february 2005 a broad political coalition that included members of mr hariri parliamentary bloc the future movement was calling for the withdrawal of syrian forces from lebanon on . the syrian authorities were growing increasingly concerned by these developments and on 1st affair b. 2005 the syrian deputy foreign minister mr wiley did it while i'm this is mr hariri at his home current and palace in beirut. in the meeting mr hariri had told him that quite. we want approached you're in regime a little but at the same time be ruled by syria unquote. so if you can judge reading out the sentencing in the tribunals in the netherlands let's get more from saying she's in beirut where that attack took place so it seems the sensing is going to take some

has actually been detected while the netherlands which is in its own lock down now has imposed a ban on all air travel to and from the u.k. we're hearing that belgium is doing the same and that france and germany are considering a similar step i think this really reflects the lack of knowledge about exactly what kind of threat this new covered 19 variant poses israel has become in its covert 1000 vaccination campaign the government is aiming to inoculate 60000 people a day but that doesn't include palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza u.s. lawmakers are set to vote on a long delayed $900000000000.00 over $1000.00 relief package now they could be a government shutdown if no deal is reached by congress on sunday night meanwhile shipments for the 2nd approved covert 900 vaccine have begun across the u.s. . somalia and kenya have agreed to hold talks to restore diplomatic ties after east african leaders held an emergency summit in djibouti somalia cut ties with kenya on choose day accusing it of violating its sovereignty and meddling in the country's internal affairs ano

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. travel. with several other countries across the world followed suit with many of the nationals having to change travel plans just before christmas going home for christmas i was working as being the subway so i think i just jumped to go and i went to it those the idea is a very 250 pounds for for you last night president to call me when say their home for a good one no soldiers in safe and quarantining by here and then get to see a family and friends. the e.u. are holding crisis talks in brussels on monday to decide on a coordinated response to the new variant a compulsory negative test maybe one of the per requisites for travel. whatever the measure will decide on a full time it's probable the p.c.r. test will be compulsory that's why invite peop

and canada with a new york intensive care nurse the 1st to get the job and the netherlands joins germany announcing a christmas lockdown surging infections mean london is also set for tougher restrictions. hello i'm barbara sara you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up. across the u.s. electoral college voters gather to formally pick the winner of the presidential election the u.n. says more than 400000 people have now fled their homes in northern mozambique where isolated fighters have seized entire towns and a storm washes away one of australia's most famous features but there's better news from the great barrier reef. thank you for joining us we begin in the u.s. where thousands of people are getting their 1st vaccines against the coronavirus it's a pivotal moment for the country that's been hit hardest by the pandemic with the national death toll fast approaching the incalculable last of 300000 people a new york intensive care nurse who street at some of the sickest cove in 1000 patients for months was the 1st person in the u.s. to receive the vaccine made by pfizer

the netherlands has already announced a new five week lockdown. mitch mcconnell — the most powerful us republican, after the president — has finally broken ranks with donald trump — and congratulated joe biden on winning the presidential election. mr mcconnell also urged fellow republicans not to object to the result when congress meets to ratify it.