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rolls out a 2nd vaccine in beijing races to inoculate millions before the chinese new year. i'll use one of. 11780. recordings of a phone call revealed donald trump pressured officials in georgia to find and off votes to overturn his election defeat there. i'm joining us there with the sports japan's prime minister insists the tokyo olympics will go ahead despite a spike in current a virus cases and the cleveland browns reached the n.f.l. playoffs for the 1st time in 19 years will hear from their game winning quarterback in the next hour. iran says it is beginning the process to enrich uranium at 20 percent in a move likely to escalate tensions with the u.s.

that's a breach of the 2050 nuclear deal but it is under the 90 percent required to build a nuclear weapon the european union is describing it as a considerable departure from the agreement. we are across the story we have 4 correspondents this castro is in washington d.c. for the u.s. perspective we have dominic cain in berlin to bring us the reaction from europe with harry for sit in israel with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been speaking but 1st in tehran we have to also jabari iran had told the i.a.e.a. that it was planning to do this but is the timing a surprise. it certainly is it was something we certainly didn't expect to hear we heard from the government spokesperson eileen rebbie who told a local news outlet that the orders have come from president hassan rouhani to start this process of the 4 doe nuclear sites to begin the enrichment capabilities of up to 20 percent now it's important to note that the iranians had given

a letter to the i.a.e.a. on december 30th saying they were going to do this and based on a law that was passed in parliament in early december there were a few things that the parliament wanted to see happen with the country's nuclear program one was to go back up to 20 percent enrichment capabilities but also to limit the additional protocols that iran was abiding by when it came to spec sions in the country that meant no more surprise visits this is a 1st step that the president has instructed the countries atomic energy agency to take this is something that iran was doing prior to 2015 and nuclear deal between 20122015 iran was enriching 20 percent levels and that was when it saw some of the most stringent united nations security council being imposed on it as a result of it but the nuclear deal was supposed to be a way for iran to get away from those sanctions but since the u.s.

left this deal in 2018 they imposed a series of sanctions on iran in the establishment here has said we haven't seen any of the benefits so we need to reduce our commitments and that's what they've done they've taken 5 previous steps but this now is based on the law and it's certainly one of the most severe steps that they've taken to show that they're very unhappy with the way things have worked out. there in tehran let's go now to our aforesaid who's on for us and western and harry we've heard from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu what's he been saying. that's right he was pretty quick to react to this announcement on twitter talking about these actions and saying that they cannot be explained in any other way than the 3rd 'd the realisation of iran's plans to develop a military nuclear program and now of course benjamin netanyahu has throughout all of his career especially since becoming israeli prime minister in 2009 talked about

the threat of iran having nuclear weapons he was instrumental in convincing donald trump to pull out of the iran nuclear deal in 2018 and there have been other actions that have been taking place just in the last year which of sort of been attributed to israel not confirmed as being carried out by israel but if you remember those blasts that took place in various iranian facilities during the course of the summer of last year most notably the explosion of the natanz centrifuge plant centrifuge production facility which is said to of by some analysts to have destroyed about 3 quarters of that facility inside iran's most well known nuclear facility that was something that israeli ministers and officials hinted at talking about iran not being able to act with impunity it was seen as something of a terror and effort and then of course the assassination in late november of the

head of the iranian nuclear program most in fact residing again in iran blaming israel for that if those measures were designed to materially put iran back in its nuclear program or indeed trying to tear it this response from iran would suggest that that may not be at least the immediate result of that netanyahu is saying that israel won't allow iran to produce a nuclear weapon much now depends on how the new by the ministration tackles the issue have also put the israeli perspective there from west or islam thank you. let's get reaction now out of europe the mccain is live for us and then dominic everyone steps away from the nuclear deal have been meant to pressure the european countries to help with sanctions relief and to this point how do you think that the european signatories to the j.c. going to react to this. will this is clearly

a further step by iran as it were testing the waters testing how far the europeans and the chinese and the russians as the remaining partners in this agreement how much they will allow the iranians to do this the point to make is that all of the 5 remaining countries the partners in this agreement the european 3 that's the british french and germans they have been perhaps the most vocal in trying to find ways to allow iran to try to remain inside this deal setting up the instax program which was a which is a program rather which helps the iranians in some ways to circumvent the effect of some of the sanctions placed upon them it is worth making the point also just before the christmas holiday period began here in germany the foreign minister heikal masterman social democrat party he said that he believed that there was a window of opportunity in the new year for iran for this deal to try to save this

deal but he said back then just before christmas that iran must not overplay its hands of the question has to be in the 3 european capitals which are the partners to this agreement how will they react to this announcement of going back to 20 percent enrichment a level which when this when the original deal was being talked through what will the european response be certainly and we know that if mr moss's attitude is mirrored in paris and in london they will not look upon this development as a positive one going forward. donna kane in berlin. finally let's bring in how did you castro who is in washington d.c. forests can we expect a response from the u.s. president donald trump on this latest development we are certainly seeking one kim and he has been on twitter in recent weeks increasingly belligerent in his

rhetoric against iran the big question here in the u.s. is whether this latest move by the iranian leadership is in reaction to the surprise order to keep the u.s. warship nimitz in the middle east that came down from the pentagon last night acting u.s. defense secretary chris miller issued a statement saying that the decision a reversal of an order of the had come just 3 days prior for the warship to return home to the u.s. miller said it was in response to threats from iranian leadership against president trump and other u.s. officials now there wasn't a specific threat cited and u.s. intelligence has been knowing for months that there has been threats against u.s. officials so the big question is what is really the motive the behind the timing of this order to keep the warship in the middle east there has been some questions about miller's inexperience and his role as acting u.s. defense secretary he was just put in that position after trump fired defense

secretary mark asper in november and trump is dealing with his own political domestic issues at home under fire and so there is some question whether this would offer trump a chance to distract from those troubling domestic issues we know that in november president trump was talked out of a preemptive strike against an iranian nuclear site and again he has been more and more aggressive in his rhetoric on twitter against iran how does your pastor in washington d.c. . so let's get some historical context now then this is not the 1st time iran has pursued a higher level of uranium purity in 2009 under the presidency of mahmoud ahmadinejad a similar decision that to israel threatening to attack iran's nuclear facilities the united states and israel that has its own under nuclear weapons program feared to iran was building atomic bomb the us exposed around underground enrichment plant

satellite footage of its fortifications and air defenses led to american officials suspecting it had a military purpose that increased tensions until they were diffused by the 2015 nuclear deal. all of us us loni is a senior research fellow at the center for middle eastern teaching studies he joins us now from tehran thank you so much for your time so why is iran doing this now in the final days of the trump administration talk to me about the timing here. well resuming the 10 a person enrich spent by you ron should not come as a surprise however it is the most significant move by 5th ron in the scaling up its nuclear activities and that this comes as a consequence of the measures that by the united states in this drawing funding nuclear deal bring imposing sanctions against iran and conducting a security measures against iran as well as the failure of the europeans in order to campus say that withdrawal of the you that that the states from that the. i

think this this is happening in the framework of a low recently passed by iran in parliament i think iran is somehow using this as for a negotiating purpose and they are using that as it leveraging case that if upcoming president in the united states takes office they want to signal him that any pressure against iran will have its own costs so they want to somehow pressure the other sides in order to return into full compliance this can be somehow apparently this might seem. but i think the purpose of business to push start the size to return to diplomacy and i think this is some would say a negotiating leverage to run this using a guess the other side ok but that how much does it ratchet up the tensions between iran and the u.s. between iran and israel even between iran and the european signatories to the j c p

a way. well it seems that the others parties like europeans or event the united states they might be somehow sensitive about this issue and they according to themselves they define this as a red line but i think because because of the fight this is a reverse of a measure by iran. you know there is still chance to hope for a solution to this but there are parties in the region like israel or saudi arabia are they might not like this they might like given this issue because they think that any tension or escalation in the region specifically between iran and the united states in addition to that a tension between iran and europe might complicate the process of engagement between iran and the upcoming administration in the united states and as a result to access their base the situation of the deal so they are hoping that

these tensions that escalations can somehow lock them away for reviving diplomacy but i think there is a chance because iran has clearly said that if the other parties to the nuclear deal including the europeans and in case if the united states returns to the if the written into of the full compliance iran will do the same in a very short time the last time iran was enriching at this level back and thinking 2012 talk to me about the historical context what do we see back in 2012 that we might see again i mean there were moves were there by the israelis at cross point i was talking earlier about tie u.n. sanctions not u.s. sanctions u.n. sanctions might we see some of that again. well you might be referring to the point that this move my to bring a unity or let's say present bit in the united states as well as its allies like europeans in order to impose you and sanctions against the country but

there is one point that critics here in tehran argue and that's that by the previous remade the actions but by iran introducing its nuclear come at once most they mostly somehow seeing as they say symbolic moves so in order to change that calculation in the west and european capitals to have around wanted to something let's say significant in order to change that calculation this is against a backdrop of a historical move i mean made in 2009 or even earlier that iran wants to change those calculations or behavior in washington or european capital by. putting pressure through scaling up its nuclear activities and that when the bush administration they didn't want to accept in recent into ron ron started to increase its activities the number of machines and then the americans

decided to engage with think well maybe they think that again yet that's the solution which can happen in future thank you so much for your time after your analysis asante there from the center for middle east studies. thank you can. thank you my head on the news all including. south africa has called it a vaccine apartheid look at affairs that there won't be enough shots to inoculate people across the continent. rebels in central african republic make a push for the capital the head of provisional election results. in christiana rinaldo schools twice before you ventus says he moves to 2nd to the all time goalscorers list that's coming up and. a court in the u.k. says wiki leaks founder julian assange will not be extradited to the u.s.

he's wanted on espionage charges for the publication of thousands of secret american military documents and 20102011 u.s. authorities are expected to appeal against the decision the judge denied the request of the concerns about a songes mental health risk of suicide. the prosecution's case fortunate that. she refused the last moment in the last words of her judgment because she accepted that julian assange was a suicide risk i would if he was put under special abuse measures in the united states prison system that would be an oppressive act. live for us at the old bailey in london so nave this wasn't about politically motivated charges this decision was based on a songes mental health. purely on the state of his mental health according to the presiding judge as she said that the overall impression is of

a depressed and sometimes despairing man fearful for his future this after in 2019 half a razor blade was found in his cellar we know also that julian assange should sought help from the samaritans expressing that he had been experiencing suicidal thoughts one by one of the judge here and she rejected all of the statements made by the defense that they felt would justify not going ahead with this extradition and it was purely on the grounds of the state of his mental health that this extradition request has been rejected as for the choreography next we know that the prosecution. the u.s. government of course acting through britain's crown prosecution service will appeal this result we also know that a wednesday we're likely to hear back on an application for by all from judy and. according to his legal team if it's granted and given all of the questions

surrounding the state of his mental health that could be a possibility but it could well mean this is what the defense say at least that he could walk out of prison at some point before the end of this week. we're looking at scenes jubilant scenes from when the ruling was announced it looks like there are still people behind you as well so julius has a lot of support it's. he does a few very vocal supporters here outside the courts a lot of people have stood by him some of them very high profile some celebrities probably around justin vivienne westwood the fashion designer to name a few and of course one of the most vocal supporters has been his partner stella morris as she was a member of his legal counsel when he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy they are now engaged to be married and she is also the mother of 2 of his children

fathered whilst he was in the ecuadorian embassy this is what she had to say about this ruling of the central criminal court. we are pleased that the court has recognized the seriousness and inhumanity of what he has endured and what he faces . but let's not forget indictment in the u.s. has not been dropped. very extremely concerned that the u.s. government has decided to appeal this decision. it continues to want to punish julian. and make him disappear into the deepest darkest hole of the u.s. prison system. for the rest of his life. so that you have a reflection of. ok this may well be a minor victory but given the implications that the prosecution in the u.s.

are hoping to take this further an appeal this ruling there is still quite a significant amount of ground to cover still an awful lot more work to be done to ensure that julian assange is out of danger when it comes to extradition to the united states. ok thank you for that neve barkha there in london joining us also from london is rebecca vincent she is the director of international campaigns for reporters that without borders thank you for your time miss vincent it's interesting isn't it that the judge projected the arguments that the charges were purely politically motivated and instead made this ruling based on the songes mental health. yes so we were relieved that the decision was made that he will not be extradited and we share the court's assessment of his serious mental health risks we have long highlighted those as. 'd reasons that his immediate release was more urgently needed and we have called his his possible extradition to the us a possible matter of life or death so in that regard we are relieved but indeed the

rest of the decision was quite concerning because on substantive grounds the judge made it clear that actually she accepted the prosecution's case largely across the board she did reject that this just this case was about journalism that it was about free speech or that it could be politically motivated those are positions that we maintain at reporters without borders we believe that he has been targeted for his journalism and the courts failure today to take a strong stance in support of journalism in press freedom is concerned because the door is now left open for a similar case to possibly happen against others what do you make of the assertion from some in the us from the prosecution that assad is not actually a journalist and therefore is not entitled to the protections that journalists would traditionally have. so it's not about whether or not mr assad is a journalist it's about why he has been targeted and the implications of such so we fully believe that he was targeted for his contributions to journalism whether one considers of

a journalist or not is irrelevant when his publication of the leaked information informed extensive public interest reporting the public how to write these stories that expose war crimes and other illegal actions by states so journalism certainly benefited from from the leaked information and the implications of such as well we have stated repeatedly that this case will have long lasting implications for journalism and for press freedom and it's because of the precedent that it sets and unfortunately being decision against extradition to mental health grounds doesn't strengthen protections for journalists again others can be worried still that the u.s. government or other governments could pursue them in a similar manner if they publish leaked information or require a national security issues that the u.s. government wants to keep hidden depending on who you talk to joe they have a song just received in so many different ways isn't a defender of the truth or deluded narcissist as our correspondent was saying earlier why do you think he's being so divisive in that sense. this is probably the

most divisive case i have ever taken off in my human rights career and again many aspects of julian assange as a person were were brought to the forefront there seems to have been a real concerted effort to smear him in the media to discredit him i do believe that is deliberate this case was politically motivated and again it was connected to his journalism but the the fact that he became a somewhat unsympathetic figure allowed these states to move forward in what is essentially a political case i believe that had there been earlier and more concerted pressure on the u.k. government and the u.s. government that we could have been looking at a different outcome earlier the fact that there hasn't been public pressure in that regard because he has in some quarters been determined to be unlikable has has really just fueled the case against him and i guess also had those sexual charges or allegations laid against him. a few years ago now so do you think there should

be a separation between the man julian a song and the case of julian assange. not just the man or the case but why he has been targeted and what the occasions are as you would take on any other case it's not about personalities it's not it's not about whether or not you know we believe certain things to be true i will say one thing about this case is that the word that i have gotten involved in it there are so many levels of misperceptions. in any angle and again i do believe that that has been a deliberate part of the case against him intended to divert public support from his case but it's never about the person in any case that we defended about why they are targeted and what the implications are and that is the same in this case as well thanks so much for your time your perspective there from london rebecca vincent the director of international campaigns for reporters without borders. well turning now to the global fight against the corona virus pandemic the united kingdom has added another tool as it tries to stop rapidly rising infections it's

given the 1st patients the covert 19 vaccine from oxford university and astra zeneca it's the 2nd shot being used in the u.k. that says it has 530000 doses available and tens of millions on their way china is also ramping up immunizations focusing on those at the highest risk of contracting covert 19 that includes medical workers overseas students and port workers japan's government is considering imposing a state of emergency following the rise in infections the city of tokyo itself has just announced an 8 pm curfew in kenya a nightly curfew has been extended until mid march large public gatherings are also restricted but schools are reopening and pfizer biotech is reportedly offering up to 50000000 vaccines across the african continent by the end of the year but andrew simmons is live for us now in london so andrew a very big day there in the u.k. where the infection rate has been soaring. most certainly

a very dangerous situation here in the u.k. now just under a month after the launch of the pfizer vaccine in the u.k. which was a world 1st here we have the 1st of half a 1000000 doses going out this is this vaccination to an 82 year old a kidney dialysis patient was regarded as really being something that you could celebrate something triumphant you kate sermons but that's been completely put to one side by the situation that's getting out of control in the u.k. with the infection rate $75000.00 deaths in the u.k. now the u.k. prime minister boris johnson saying that he's going to have to take more restrictions are right across the u.k. was seen very soon whether that will be on monday or not is remains to be seen but already there are 40 years with millions in the highest tier right now of

restrictions and so that is of great concern now this new vaccine which is cheaper and easier to store and actually administer than the pfizer vaccine there are 100000000 doses on hold and they will be according to the prime minister something like tens of millions used in the 1st 3 months that's a highly ambitious targets many health care professionals doubt that can be reached but really the race is on now to get these vaccines out and to make them effective now you came up the 1st to roll these out the maybe the 1st to get the approval but this key of the just takes this main line area of the just ticks is of great concern to so many people issues such as those making the vaccinations being recruited some retired. medics bringing in and also others who are not experts on

them they're having training programs how long they'll last is a controversy because there are so many aspects to it so really the u.k. is in more of an emergency now that any stage in the pandemic so whether or not the vaccines are going to be out in times of to actually temper this to any great degree is open to question right now andrew stevens there in london for us thank you. i was going to meet him in joins me now live from johannesburg for me how is the situation in south africa and also across the continent in terms of vaccines and how prepared they are to get enough vaccine. well at this stage we do know that there is that promise of about $50000000.00 vaccines that's promised to the continent and it's nearly it isn't nearly enough especially given that it will still be provided even though at cost and so there

won't be a profit it still is expensive and also there's the issue of storage and transportation and this is what the health minister in south africa specifically pointed out on sunday evening when speaking to south africans around the vaccine rollout and what the government's plans are in that they say they have approached a number of pharmaceutical companies either vaccines are too expensive or storage needs are quite difficult for south african particulars of this is reduce the options for this country specifically the now the government has said that it has obtained what would serve us i suppose or provide vaccines to about 10 percent of the population but that's only likely to happen in the 2nd quarter of this year and there's been a lot of criticism against the government and it's the the slow pace at which it's try to procure these vital of vaccines for country now that is seeing its 2nd surge

where numbers are increasing there have been between 11 and 18000 new cases every day for the past 4 or 5 days and they've been about an average of 3 to 400 deaths in south africa every day alone so it is very concerning given the slow pace or at least what the government has explained in terms of the the rollout they are no agreements in place currently the government is saying regarding getting vaccines any earlier than about april next year and this is what is concerning as well as the south african governments lack of communication on this matter. for minimal or there in johannesburg thank you so much for that. and time now for the weather has ever been. hello we're seeing some rather nasty weather moving across northern parts of india recently and even to the south has seen some very heavy showers around sri lanka and so in areas of india but up to the north where we've seen some big downpours some thundery showers but

a bit of snow just around in kashmir but it's the heavy rain which is cause recent problems one consolation is it has been clearing the poor air quality that we have seen in recent days and weeks across the north of the country but warnings still remain in force just across kashmir pushing up into northern parts of pakistan some heavy downpours light is to turn wintry as we go through the next few days further south it quietens down somewhat but we will see heavy showers around to do kerala and also into sri lanka no sort of too many showers across the arabian peninsula meanwhile we've got a little bit of cloud in the northern parts of saudi arabia over that general drive 5 plenty of sunshine quiet weather just around the gulf we could see a little bit of early morning mist unfold here a cutter over the next couple of days further south there we go lots of hazy sunshine and that stretches down across the whole of africa we have got showers just around tanzania wet weather all the way over towards namibia and we'll see some very heavy showers this week the south africa. rebels in central african

republic are advancing on multiple fronts ahead of the announcement of provisional election results groups threatening to enter the capital bangui analogise 20 kilometers away separately russian fine just in support of the government have failed to push back the rebels have taken control of the town of congress so that wasn't is following developments from senegal of capital nicholas what more can you tell us. well kim we've really seen an uptick of violence just hours before the official or the provincial official results of these election and these attacks that happened in benghazi was a real blow to president. who went ahead with this election despite calls from the opposition and some international actors to postpone this election saying that this situation isn't stable enough to hold these elections now in benghazi which is one of the major towns in central african republic we've seen sporadic attacks until now the rebel forces are calling themselves the coalition for patriotic change have

taken over the town itself despite the central african forces the u.n. forces and the support of russian fighters on the ground this fight all of this well they've lost that town and we now know that these rebel groups which is made up of a coalition of armed forces that were once fighting each other's each other that are now united against president. well they are just 20 kilometers away from the capital in the capital bangui su there's reports of russian fighters wearing ski masks heavily armed patrolling the capital and police vehicles there's also who has sent an extra force there to beef up their u.n. presence there and to stamp out any any attempt to take over the capital but no matter what president is announced to be the favorite in this race and if he does win then he'll be in charge of the country that has very happy that he has very

little control over most of the country right now is in the hands of these armed rebel groups as the fighting and then as they move towards the capital intensifies we've spoken to and s.f. doctor who's been treating wounded. injured from these attacks that have happened in benghazi when their modus operandi of these armed groups is really guerrilla warfare where they attack villages retreat and attack again so a tense situation just hours before the presidential election results are announced . ok thank you for that nicholas hawk there in dhaka. the number of people killed in attacks on 2 villages in the west in the share has risen to about 100 the prime minister visited the area where it happened a region neighboring mali because of falso and binny and its reports from the capital niamey villages in western e.j. gather to pray after one of the deadliest days in the nation's recent history these

graves just 2 days old. the prime minister flew in to see the devastation for himself don't let up we came to provide moral support and presenting condolences of the president of the republic the government and the entire nation of. new jersey interior minister says the villages were attacked on saturday after local people killed 2 fighters from an unknown group but no one has claimed responsibility for these attacks it is a. very risky. bets on the situation is simply horrible committed by an identified individuals but the investigations will be conducted so that this crime does not go unpunished that we can attacks in the 2 lobby a region where some of the deadliest since armed groups began carrying them out in the. gold just before the general elections 7 soldiers were killed in fighting in the border region between mali and burkina faso. has endured

a series of attacks by groups including nigeria. i saw and. thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced by the presence of thousands of regional and international troops while i'm groups in the region pose a growing threat to the west african countries expected to see its 1st democratic transition of power since 1960 following last month's elections. according to results announced from saturday a 2nd round will be needed after none of the 30 candidates won a majority. wherever the winner use would likely be dealing with more attacks like this how many priests al-jazeera and the army. in a recording that leaked to the public u.s. president donald trump told the top election official in the state of georgia to find enough votes in order to overturn his election defeat there georgia was one of the battleground states that flipped in favor of president elect joe biden it's an

unprecedented move by sitting president and with just a few weeks to go before biden takes office trump still refuses to concede that he's lost repeating baseless claims of fraud and pressure reports from atlanta georgia. from a president with evidence the election was stolen from him pressure on the top election official to find votes to help overturn a result the audio of the hour long call from the oval office to george's secretary of state was 1st obtained by the washington post and captures donald trump even warming of big legal consequences if you didn't do something i here's one of the. $11780.00 loans which is one more that we have because we want to say. it's a move that may create legal problems for the president he's pressuring an elected official to change the result of an election already certified by the state president trump claimed again without evidence he'd won georgia by hundreds of

thousands of votes he didn't the state went for biden and he raised other conspiracy theories all dismissed by brad raffensperger well mr president the challenge that you have is the data you have is wrong donald trump refused to accept the 2020 presidential election congress meets on wednesday to confirm the result although a number of republican senators plan to object he summoned election officials from various states to the white house and field in almost every legal effort to contest results one longtime washington observer says even for donald trump this call is remarkable it's an outrage it's the president of the united states putting pressure on a public official to lie to cheat possibly to steal votes so that he can win the state of georgia vice president elect harris has been in georgia for an election rally ahead of tuesday's senate runoff but the president's call was there hanging over

her comments was yes certainly the noisy desperation. most certainly than and it was a. they all the abuse of power by the president of the united states even if donald trump did manage to flip georgia it doesn't matter joe biden won more than enough electoral college votes to secure the presidential election. will actually be in georgia on monday he's here supporting 2 republican senators whose feet in a runoff election will decide the balance of power in washington a race which is no been overshadowed by the most controversial oval office tapes since nixon in the 1970 s. alan fischer here at learn to georgia. the new u.s. congress is beginning its work for control of the senate is still undecided however that will change after tuesday after 2 runoff elections in georgia take place let's

take a look at the numbers at the moment republicans have 50 of the 100 senate seats and democrats have 48 so this is what makes these 2 undecided seats in georgia so important republicans david who do and kelly muffler are running against democratic candidates john are soft and raphael warnock if the democrats take both seats the senate will be split $5050.00 president come out harris would be the deciding vote giving democrats control publicans only need to win one of the seats to hold onto their majority shepparton seat with this report. the 117 congress was gaveled in at noon on the 3rd day of january as required by the constitution but it was clear that this was 2021 members of the house was sworn in in batches and was strictly limited in the number of guests they could bring and attempt at preventing this from becoming a super spreader event meanwhile in the senate the vice president who's also

president of the senate oversaw opening proceedings as he will on wednesday for the certification of the presidential election but always a quarter of republican senators have now said they will challenge that certification defying majority leader mitch mcconnell we gavel in today like a $116.00 prior senate gaveled them before. with plenty of disagreements on policy differences among. the latest a group of 11 but by ted cruz they say they want the concerns of the 39 percent of the american people who told pollsters that they feel the election may have been rigged to be reflected in congress but on the sunday talk shows they failed once again to produce any evidence of wrongdoing instead they say they want another investigation into the allegations that are circulating we have a unsustainable state of affairs in this country where we have tens of millions of people who do not view this you actually result as legitimate we just come off of 4 years where the other side refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of president trump in here we are again and what we're saying is we need transparency there are still

2 senate runoff races in georgia that have yet to be determined they will decide whether the republicans maintain control of the senate and that was notable that one of the candidates a key trump supporter was careful not explicitly to commit to challenging the presidential election results in a state that voted for joe biden my number one objective right now has to be winning on january 5th so that we can get to the bottom of what happened in these elections over 100 republicans in the house are also expected to challenge the certification on wednesday and while they all expected to succeed their interventions may well drag on proceedings for many many hours added to all of that is the old certainty of what will be happening outside congress donald trump urging his supporters to gather in washington for what he says will be a wild protest she have written see al-jazeera washington.

joins me now live from atlanta natasha what's going to fall out of all of this of these tapes of donald trump. during that call president trump said i don't want to shake up the whole world but i think it's safe to say that he has shaken up georgia ahead of this high stakes senate race on tuesday trump is filing state and federal lawsuits against the georgia secretary of state who is also a republican it's worth mentioning that trump has repeatedly verbal e attacked the secretary of state here in georgia and called on him to resign but trump is saying that the secretary of state secretly recorded a quote confidential settlement discussion of pending litigation there's been no official acknowledgement regarding exactly who recorded that call and leaked it but media outlets are reporting that it was the secretary of state and he did so

because he wanted it as a kind of insurance in case trump attacked him and during that call trump did attack him when he said that the secretary of state had not been reporting on election fraud there's been no evidence of that by the way he said that's a criminal offense you can't let that happen that's a big risk for you as you can imagine democratic condemnation has been swift the democratic candidate for senate candidate here in georgia john aasif has said this is a direct attack on our democracy that it trumpets into attempting to intimidate election the election and disenfranchise black voters his opponent senator david produce said that it's shocking that a republican would record this call it's disgusting but what the president says exactly what he's been saying for the last few months but trump did say something on that call that he has not acknowledged publicly he said i know this call is likely going nowhere ok natasha on tuesday as you mentioned georgians will

head to the polls to vote again for its 2 senate seats in a runoff how is the campaigning been going. it has been intense this senate runoff has been cast as determining the future of america these are not my words more than $800000000.00 has been spent more than $76000.00 new voters have been registered since the presidential election in a feverish attempt to get more especially traditionally disenfranchised voters to the polls and more than $3000000.00 georgians have already voted during that early voting period shattering runoff records so it's clear there is a lot of interest in the state and of course in the nation focused on the senate runoff there is an interesting dynamic at work which president mentioned it in his call yesterday he was saying that republicans are so angry with the secretary of state and the governor that it may in fact depress turnout on election day and the

turnout on tuesday is actually expected where republicans are needed and expected to turn out and possibly tip the race the early voting period was supposed to favor the democrats on the times can a man live from atlanta georgia. school children in kenya are back in the classroom after a 10 month coronavirus shutdown but all extracurricular activities are banned for another 90 days some teachers unions objected to the reopening they say schools don't have enough space to keep people safe the government is tied into other restrictions including extending a nighttime curfew 124 new daily cases have been confirmed is that a primary school in nairobi with more. 15000000 schoolchildren are back in school across term months of the schools were closed as part of the precautions to stop the spread of the core covered 1000 pandemic the government says it has put

everything in place and has provided $140000000.00 to schools across the country to ensure they have mosques. children can wash their hands and also desks to ensure that. social distancing in the classroom but here in a young new primary school in the it will be we're seeing a totally difference in there's not only shortage of mosques but also not and maff stations where the children come and wash their hands teachers are complaining that their biggest challenge the theories is the overcrowding in the classrooms due to lack of enough desks to ensure the social distancing between the school children when they're in class the costumes themselves are also really high and the head teacher of the school told us that they have not received any funds from the government and that all the soup from the government was some masks which are not

enough for the 1500 school children of course some parents are choosing to keep their children at home fearing that they will contract the virus and have been homeschooling them we've been seeing a big boost in the number of 19 cases in the country in the past few. but they are furious across the country. uptick in the bite us once again. still ahead on al-jazeera staff carry spices things up with a career high 62 points for the arias as coming up with jones for. business later zaal to buy the brass part.

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time now sport has joe came thank you very much will increase him only now he has tested positive for 19 on arrival in sri lanka the all rounder is part of the england team who are on a 2 test tour in the country which is beginning in 10 days time where we will now isolate for 10 days in line with sri lanka's quarantine rules fellow all round a chris woakes has been named as a possible close contacts were also self isolate before testing again news comes a day off to the team landed in sri lanka and were greeted by men in hazmat suits they and their equipment was spray down disinfectant speaking earlier bowler james anderson said the measures were reassuring we spoke about there and we it made us feel really safe. and obviously we're trying to have a fairly low cases there were 6 taking every precaution to make sure that they stay safe over here so it was understandable that those measures were taken. and yes it

looks unusual with all the house not safe and everything but like i said i think. that it's be safe in that situation and we thought in the student and got on with it well anderson and the rest of the england touring party will be retested on cheese day before being allowed to train on wednesday where we now he is the 1st england player to test positive for copa 19 they managed to play a full summer of cricket in england against the west indies pakistan australia an island with no cases but the last overseas tour of south africa in december had to be cut short of the positive cases in the hotel where they were staying. australia's 4th test against india in brisbane is in doubt of the indian team said they were not prepared to quarantine again when they got to queensland india are in sydney for the upcoming test there in 3 days time and are reportedly threatening to boycott the next game at the gabba if they have to stay in their hotel rooms australia's states have different quarantine protocols in the queensland would

require them to self isolate for 2 weeks after travelling from new south wales but with some of india's team having breach covert protocols in melbourne there's little sympathy from their opponents. i know there's a few people from different from both squads who have been bubble for close to 6 months now but in moyles it's a very small step for us to for us to get out there and play the game that we live in and put a lot of small zone on a lot of people's faces around the worlds in more oil as we just have to suck it up and get on with it. and as repairing a state of emergency is being considered in japan after a spike in cove in 1000 cases the prime minister yes he he day he does suga is insisting the take him picks must be held as planned there are just 200 days to go before the games begin in the japanese capsule officials get to release plans about how they'll get 15000 elim pick and paralympic athletes into japan keep them safe let alone hundreds of thousands of fans media officials and the eyepiece mathen or

for the tokyo olympics and paralympics in the summer will be proof that humankind has overcome the coronavirus and an opportunity to share with the world the recovery from the great east japan earthquake with the determination to take all possible measures against infection and to realize an event that delivers hope and courage to the world we are proceeding with preparations. it's take them 1000 years for the cave in browns have finally returned to the n.f.l. playoffs ending the longest wait for postseason in the league the browns narrowly beat the pittsburgh steelers on sunday schools backed by committee field help set up a 2 young touchdown pass to austin peay pass in the 3rd quarter that was just one of the highlights of his game as the team sailed a 24 to 22 when they put him through to the playoffs the 1st time since 2002 also sets up the 1st round rematch with the steelers next weekend in pittsburgh. when pittsburgh steelers didn't just play all right we'll see them we don't know

where yeah ok well i'm not tired of the night ok all right i am proud to say i got to say something was the goal over just a girl or you know more or less yes all right it's a moment i'll definitely forget. i'll start by saying that you know the cliche thing but i truly do mean this and everybody you know often doesn't you know we're not satisfied we expected to be here we've worked extremely hard to get here and now we're excited had the chance been playoffs well after a lackluster start to the season the golden state warriors stefan curry has said his critics in style the warriors star call it scored a career high 62 points to lead his team 28137122 win over the portland trail blazers on sunday the blazers just had no answer to his dominance and curry had the highest scoring game in the n.b.a. this season. so all we really want to do is win the 1st quarter and take it from

there and. obviously that's what we did and continue. and. yeah we are winning spirit we just got to figure out how to do it consistently and against the good teams the league is going to last us if you thought they were good in the n.b.a. check out formula one driver done your ricardo's half court shots yes training is clearly enjoying some downtime before joining up with his new mclaren team having left runner at the end of last season. even to superstar christiane a renowned author has overtaken pele on the all time goal scorers list out of that and twice again today on sunday 35 year old now boasts $758.00 goals for club and country throughout his career he's also just one behind the overall record of $759.00 held by joseph it's and despite winning this match for one year they still find themselves outside of the champions league places and study at their faith in

standings 10 points behind the greatest ac milan we did as a struggling in 13. but as they get champions by mean it were given a real shot by relegation threatened minds on sunday but only in the 1st half 17th placed mites were 2 no up at half time the 8th straight game in which by and have conceded 1st nothing wrong with the attack though kimmage sunday and sula all scored star striker up 11 a ski got to a spine completed a $52.00 victory. to the dakar rally in saudi arabia on cattery drive a nasa has bounced back from a pool starts after disappointing 10th place on the opening day in one monday's 2nd stage by more than 2 and a half minutes that is still only good enough to put him 3rd overall 9 minutes behind the leader stefan pets and so is 3 minutes behind defending champion colors signed to a 2nd. right that is like a sport for now have more for you later can thank you for. that as the news article

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situation there's only one doctor and one nurse for 2200 people and in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines. inside story on al jazeera setting the discussion millions of americans feel disaffected by both political parties examining the headlines this group of activists and relatives are marching band clinton right now where they're calling for morning edition now to explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform why is the only solution for a child as young as 10 months of age come to inspire you see the weld from a different perspective on out his iraq. policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman part that she put selectively goods and where he boards changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at

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