politics of population control we understand the differences on this in terms of cultures across the world so no matter what you see we've been losing colander for that matter to. trump defeated. biden wins. votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph r. biden jr of the state of delaware has received 360. carbs the rommany what you have is there a life my headquarters here in doha are coming up in the next 30 minutes. i after a long night of cale's in the capital congress confirms joe biden as the 46 us

president. also a new coronavirus wavelengths japan's government to consider a lockdown in tokyo and poses a new threat to the reshape chilled olympic games. welcome to the program one of the most extraordinary days in american history has come to an end it began with a rally by president trying to supporters that turned into a riot and it ended with the congress is full certification of joe biden. as the next president and vice president the senate and house rejected challenges made by electoral votes from arizona and pennsylvania vice president mike pence who was presiding over the meeting closed the session by clearing by to be sworn in on january the 20th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows

joseph r. biden jr of the state of delaware has received 306 votes donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 votes the announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january 2021 and shall be entered together with the list of the votes on the journals of the senate and the house of representatives. well in a statement trump says that he disagrees with the results but promises an orderly transition but it was far from orderly on wednesday doubleton supporters held a rally near the white house then marched to the capitol about 2 kilometers away but became a riot strong supporters stormed the building just as the counting of the electoral votes was getting underway at least 4 people have died and several officers were

injured trump has been accused of inciting violence at the rally he told his supporters to march on the capital and pressure politicians to overturn the election results well hard to castro has more from washington d.c. . but it took an armed guard to ensure congress can certify joe biden as the winner of the u.s. presidential election votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph biden jr of the state of delaware has received 360. for the state of florida has received $232.00 votes vice president mike pence made the announcement and refused president donald trump's demand to prevent the certification politicians could only complete their work after supporters of trump stormed the capitol building forcing a 6 hour delay. we will not be kept out of this chamber

by. mobs or through this mob was in good part president trump's doing incited by his words. it's. the earlier violence that shocked the nation and threaten the safety of congress members serve to change some republicans like senator kelly left her freshly off her reelection loss in georgia who withdrew her objection to certifying biden's when my objection was intended to protect the sanctity of the american democratic process but many trump loyalists stuck to their defense of the president president trump explicitly called for demonstrations and protests to be peaceful he was far more you can moan and groan but he was far more explicit about his calls for peace than some of the b.l.m.

and left wing rioters were this summer when we saw violence we've across this nation. trump who often uses twitter to praise supporters and attack detractors in real time was silent through the night a result of twitter blocking him for 12 hours after he called the crowds patriots and again lied that he won the election that unsubstantiated claim rejected 60 times over in court was also dismissed by senator lindsey graham one of trump's closest allies that maybe i am above all others in this body need to say this joe biden and kamel are harris or lawfully elected and will become the president and the bars president the united states on january the 20th normally a short process with little fanfare this year's congressional certification of the presidential election result was anything but rather it became

a test of the strength of u.s. democracy and a statement that violence cannot prevail castro al-jazeera washington. article how small milky patient congress by trucks full of was. the u.s. capitol building under siege. thousands of president donald trump's followers surrounded the building and burst in the result a remarkable scene of lawmakers clean and the police seemingly overwhelmed social media filled with pictures of trump's followers and offices in the chambers running free in what is supposed to be one of the most protected buildings in the country it started as u.s. president donald trump called his supporters to protest what he falsely claimed was a stolen election rylan them up with inflammatory words and misinformation are we going to walk down to the capitol was and we're going to cheer

on our brave senators and congressmen and women as a joint session of congress met to certify the election the president's followers heated his words and descended on the capitol chaos by. tear gas and flash bangs to try and push them back from the front of the capitol others moved to the back quickly pushing through a line of police many entering the building congress was dismissed and its members blood at one point reports of an armed standoff at least one protester was shot and killed several officers injured the incoming president responded this is not to sent it's just shorter it's chaos it borders on sedition and it must and now i call on this mob to pull back and allow the work of democracy to go forward he demanded the president tell

his supporters to go home and trump did but continued to repeat his lies i know your pain i know you're hurt. we had an election that was stolen from us it was a landslide election and everyone knows it as night fell on the u.s. capitol the national guard the police they try to regain control of the building in the morning it will bring fresh questions about exactly how this happened and whether they'll be any repercussions for the people whose words led to this unbelievable action. al-jazeera at the u.s. capitol. fisher joins me now from washington d.c. and alan what should have been a formality has become an ugly chapter in american election history and with less than well 2 weeks to go before the inauguration well monday is what next. well donald trump says that there will be a peaceful transition of power but interestingly enough he's not conceding the election in a statement that was put out by his deputy chief of staff because of course he is

country banned from twitter he said the election was stolen from he repeats the allegations that cause the issues yesterday you know just in the last couple of hours i've been on the web sites that are forums that support donald trump many of them seem to be disappointed with the president that why i call them to washington if he was then just going to send them home but there will be repercussions there are many people who think well look everything got done the country has to move on joe biden will be president we need to get past this but there are plenty of congressmen and women plenty of members of the senate who say that this cannot go unpunished that there has to be repetitions otherwise the next time it could be much worse if it is better organized therefore there has to be some sort of repetition to donald trump for firing up the crowd and pointing them in the direction to the senators and congressmen and women who essentially peddled the

lies that donald trump has been peddling since the election that somehow the election was stolen from him remember more than 60 court cases more than 90 judges have heard allegations from donald trump's campaign and his supporters and not one of them has been successful and they say simply has to be some sort of replication and also the f.b.i. just in the last couple of hours has sent out a note saying that anyone can send them pictures from yesterday they want to identify the people that were there big questions over why there wasn't mass arrests but clearly the police didn't want to shift resources from trying to contain the situation to arresting people holding them then transporting them instead there is going to be a more pop operation and many of those who are in the capital. perhaps don't realize that but just by going into a building a federal building that is restricted and if you are carrying a weapon is well if you are told by someone to leave and you stay that is

a federal offense and you could face up to 10 years in jail which is the how this story unfolds or certainly in the coming days thanks allen well images of the rioters storming capitol hill has led to a number of world leaders condemning the violence prime minister justin trudeau said canadians were deeply disturbed and sand to violence would never succeed in that democracy would be upheld the british prime minister boris johnson a close ally of trump all the violence disgraceful and orderly transfer of power nato secretary general un stoltenberg described the scene in d.c. a shocking and said the outcome of the election must be respected the dutch prime minister mark ritter condemned the violence and urged trump to concede well scott lucas is a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham he expects trump will continue to push his message of the election being stolen despite biden's win being certified i think we know what done troubled despite the statement put out in

his name by his social media director dan skule now a statement which may have come from trump start that there will be an orderly transition. if and when donald trump can get back on social media he is currently blocked by twitter facebook he will return to the theme of the stolen election the rigged election if this was taken from him now this may not be now to keep him in office after january 20th joe biden is now confirmed as the force its president united states but it could set up trust attempt either to run himself the president 2024 or to build up what is effectively a trip this faction within the republican party because remember that yesterday even after the viaducts even after the storming of the capitol there were 6 republican senators including the presidential aspirants ted cruz and josh ali and there were more than 60 percent of the republican representatives $122.00 of them who continued to side with trump with the dissent from mention and continued to

object to president elect joe biden now what will those republicans do today what will they do after january 20th will they actually accept the fact that the republican party needs to push away the truck post or will that party be divided and as the party is divided what will its relationship be with the new by the administration both still had hail knowledge as a full authority is not until you know threatening tough occurring virus restrictions as they struggle to vaccinate the population and the number of cases skyrockets. was also the greek orthodox church rebels against government kind of obvious restrictions going ahead with services to market at pity. for the perfect general the winter storm supply cuts at ways. severe

cold loads of snow that's been the story of east asia over the last couple of weeks and this is the significance near-line that's effectively a cold front if you like see japan is full of snow showers the elysees for snow showers has been a huge amount falling in japan this is northern homeshare that's a school being dug out as a result of yet more snow it's been snowing in the capital of south korea that's cold traffic or traffic destruction hardly a big surprise and this is that but a child sticks into the yellow sea in young tai shan doll that's also significant snow in areas particularly cold the hand river is frozen more or less in south korea just near the capital spectacular icicles are the result of this is a railway tunnel again in south korea they'll be more of the same the be more snow fall in the wind direction is the same the temperatures are as low as the coasts which were that hong kong little significant change but an easing in the coldest bows as we get towards saturday spectacular snow has fallen in the far north of

india jehmu in kashmir blocking roads as you might expect this time of year quite significant snow fall and it's been called a disturbance of the atmosphere all the way down from here down to the west coast of india where it is raining surprisingly in goa where it should be dry this time of the year. sponsored by qatar airways. the hillbilly a harmless caricature or a malicious label denying the people their culture to justify the exploitation of their natural resources that the batting haka thing as business successful that even people in the region believe that your type then becomes dangerous it's only a region of trash so. why not trash it what's in a name hillbilly a witness documentary on al-jazeera.

book about. the whole wrong a reminder of our top stories the united states congress has formally approved joe biden's election victory clearing him to be sworn in as president on january the 20th the senate and house rejected several challenges made to the counting all the state to votes in biden's saver. has issued a statement saying he disagrees with the outcome of the election but promise of an orderly transition on january the 20th when by the set to take office. on certification proceedings were suspended for hours after a crowd of troops supporters violently breached the capitol one person was shot and killed by police while 3 others died during the riots. trade and transport between

cattle and boycotting gulf nations could resume within a week a minister from the united arab emirates said it would include measures for airlines and shipping it follows an agreement to restore ties with qatar after a 3 and a half year blockade by saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt they'd accuse doha of meddling in their internal affairs and supporting terrorism which qatar strongly denied the u.k. has recorded one of its worst only coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic on wednesday $1041.00 deaths are reported the 1st time the death toll is exceeded a 1000 since april prime minister boris johnson says restrictions will be eased gradually rather than drastically at the appropriate time more than $77000.00 people have died from covert 19 in the united kingdom and only $3000000.00 confirmed infected as we take this giant leap towards finally overcoming the virus and reclaiming our lives we have to contend with the new variant which is between

50 and 70 percent more contagious the old variant which the house last month of the the tears house of the last month was working with the old very good but alas this mutation spreading with ease and speed in spite of the sterling work of the british public this mutation has led to more cases than we've seen ever before all journal joins me now from our london news center and generally just pressing figures coming out of the u.k. and the government under sort of more pressure to rollout the vaccine much faster. the numbers do seem to be getting worse and worse as you pointed out there deaths up above a 1000 on wednesday for the 1st time since the beginning of this pandemic 30000 people being treated currently in hospital for covert 900 that is a record figure and that figure has led to dire warnings from national health service leaders particularly here in the capital london that london's hospitals

could be overwhelmed by covert patients in a matter of weeks the worst case scenario even with the lockdown currently in place is that london could be short of 5 and a half 1000 beds for covert patients by january the 19th that of course leads to the specter of doctors and nurses having to make life and death decisions about who they treat and who they don't people needing critical care for other health conditions perhaps not being able to receive that care it is very clearly now a race there does seem to be a consensus you heard the prime minister mr minister there that this new highly virulent variant of the virus probably won't be contained by a lockdown alone all eyes now on the vaccine rollout as you say the big questions about supply and the pace of that road out earlier today the health secretary matt hancock said that the pace of rollout can only go as fast as supply allows with very little in the way of detail from the government about what that actually means

by the end of the day today we're promised a number that will tell us where the vaccine rollout is up to now and then daily updates from next week and that will begin to give us some idea of whether the government's target of 13900000 vaccinations of the most elderly and vulnerable by mid february is even achievable for the update thanks very much jonah hill for us there in london. prime minister you should assume declared a state of emergency in tokyo after rising crew and virus infections on wednesday in the country reporter the record of 2447 cases in the capital and more than 6000 nationwide this is japan's 2nd lockdown after the 1st emergency was declared in april last year but medical experts are warning the government's plans might not be enough fancy snow is a professor of public diplomacy acute a university of foreign studies she thinks the one month restrictions won't make

a difference they didn't move fast enough on this one of the. focuses was on the economy and this was a shift away from by risk containment to traveling throughout chapin this started a few months ago with this go to travel and that was suspended just in the last few weeks but i think the for the japanese people there was a sense of complacency you know we all are wearing our masks again that's voluntary the social distancing though was rather weak here there were large crowds gathering over new year. people going out to see the christmas lights going to the tokyo christmas market mobs of people 'd all with their masks on but that's not enough and i'm not sure if just this one month restriction

so-called soft law will really make that much of a difference i think it will get tied to whether or not the tokyo olympics are going to go forward. it looks like they will that it will be substantially different than what we anticipated last year with the postponement decision. the e.u. has approved the use of madonna's covert 19 vaccine trials to accelerate its knock elation program it's more than 440000000 people but there's been criticism of the slow rollout across the continent the netherlands has only just started its vaccination campaign on wednesday the last in the e.u. stop vasant has more from amsterdam. great relief at the university medical center in amsterdam and the 1st i.c.u. nurse got her price or by in tech shot thousands of doses of the vaccine had been stored in the south of the country for nearly 2 weeks with the hospital facing an alarming influx of patients and increasingly staff falling ill they had waited for

this moment with frustration especially looking at neighboring countries where vaccinations were already in full swing medical workers like had nurses and their home and bury were initially not included in the 1st group of x. nations but an urgent plea to the government to help she can barely believe they thought there was expected of them but it feels very strange because we've been waiting such a long time an emotional moment it's very exciting and i'm very happy we have been talking about this for such a long time. the dutch government came under strong criticism from parliament for being the last in europe to roll out its vaccinations prime minister over to admitted mistakes were made. it would have been better if i had also personally asked our health agency to start preparing in case we had to change our strategy and start with large scale vaccinations 1st with medical workers an employee said

care homes prioritized the elderly will have to wait at least another month taylor told me the longer it has taken too long but indeed they will have to check everything 1st but i agree they should inoculate medical workers who are working at the baths 1st now we are waiting till it's are richer and the sooner the better. the european medicines agency has approved a 2nd fact seed which will be distributed to $27.00 e.u. member states with the 1st phase of biotech becoming scarce millions of doses of the more dramatic scene are eagerly awaited with strike lockdowns expanded throughout europe the approval process by the european medicines agency has come under scrutiny already trailing behind the u.s. and the u.k. some european countries are getting frustrated with the delays they blame efforts for one common vaccination strategy throughout the e.u. for slowing down the distribution of covert 19 vaccines steps last and al-jazeera.

well more than half 1000000 people in latin america have died from the virus the busy holiday season has led to a rise in cases in many countries report someone is ariz where health authorities are warning tighter restrictions could be introduced. was summertime in the southern cone and people are flocking to the beach in the province of one of cytosine argentina in spite of the pandemic the police are trying to disperse them to prevent more infections. here are concerned about the increasing kovan 1000 cases in the past few weeks. on the cases are on the rise once again we knew this could happen because of the holidays in the gatherings happening in the country what worries us the most are young people in their perception they are not at risk but then they meet with their parents and the situation gets worse fears of a 2nd wave in latin america government are struggling to vaccinate the population

securing vaccine supply has been a major challenge for this part of the world if compared to wealthier nations and that's why governments in the region are implementing knockdowns once again in spite of the economic impact they have. in the city of my mouse in the state of our mass on us in brazil the mayor declared a state of emergency as the number of infections again posted a challenge to the health care system for the 1st order stuff to measure so much that we had to declare a state of emergency to give us a better and faster billeted to implement necessary measures for example real working on the possibility of getting vaccines from private company which would make us the 1st municipality in brazil distribute vaccines brazil has the worst covert death toll outside the united states but has lagged behind neighbors like chile and argentina in getting inoculations against the virus underway. president. has been critical of the world's vaccination campaigns and in the past has

downplayed the risk of corona. iris. despite a reduction in the amount of infections in december cases are on the rise again posing a major challenge for developing nations in bolivia people have to wait 4 hours just to get tested but i get that but i never get over here you have the line for cover tests and on the other side you have patient visits and we're all together how is the not going to be a massive section if we're all together nobody knows if they have covered or not. more than half a 1000000 people have died from coleridge 1000 in latin america it's hoped that scenes can help contain the pandemic and prevent even more deaths but it may be a while before countries in the region will get access to them. when a site is. greece's powerful orthodox church has violated coronavirus restrictions on open places of worship to mark the christian holy day of appear fanie prime

minister cause must tackle this has called on church authorities to such an example place were present but said they wouldn't interfere john psaropoulos reports now from paris. the the church got its way in the end it services went ahead with worshippers in attendance although the traditional casting of the cross on open water was left out this year in agreement with the government which is concerned about the spread of coded they were strict limits on numbers of those inside churches at any one time with many worshippers having to wait to enter and police enforcing social distancing policy outside which some felt was heavy handed but we were doing fine before the police came and started telling us to keep safe distances do you think we're safely distanced look around why they provoking us without reason really bothers me epiphany is perhaps the best attended service in the greek orthodox calendar after those of easter week it commemorates the baptism

of jesus which according to the church had the effect of blessing the water itself worshippers take water on this day to bless their homes and consider that the world waters are blessed given them on or it's not just tradition it's all of greek shipping to consider thousands of sailors around the world awaiting 40th day for god's blessing of the water to grant them a safe journey and this has been happening for thousands of years. church and state had agreed that christmas new year's and typically services would be held with limited numbers of worshippers but last week the government imposed a severe lock down its priority it said was to open schools safely next week the church insisted on keeping to the original agreement and prevailed church services are of particular worry to the government because of the potential spread of infection through people using shared spoons for communion and kissing icons what bothers many worshippers here is that the rules don't seem to be consistent you

know whether the body for these measures are taken in a panic when the churches are empty but supermarkets are full you can't get infected in a supermarket apparently only a church there's no rhyme or reason the orthodox church was the only institution to defy the 1st covert related lockdown in much it agreed to abide by government rules after infection spread but with 17 centuries of tradition behind it christianity is oldest church is adamant it cannot always be told what to do jump several plus al-jazeera pires. to watch al-jazeera means they'll robin a reminder of our top news stories the united states congress has formally approved joe biden's election victory clearing him to be sworn in as the 46th president on january 20th the senate and house for tekton several challenges made regarding the counting of.