truong 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 books. about this and this is a doozy of a live from doha also coming up. after a long night of deadly violence and chaos at the capital congress confirms joe

biden has the 46th u.s. president. and you corona virus outbreak leads to restrictions in tokyo and poses a new threat to the resettled in the big games. has just gone 9 am in washington d.c. where joe biden has been confirmed as the next president of the united states despite an unprecedented attack on capitol hill the very symbol of american democracy all is quiet now but a joint session of congress was interrupted for several hours after donald trump's followers stormed the building seeking to stop the electoral college such occasion 4 people died in the chaos which followed lawmakers were left running for cover. donald tong has been accused of inciting the violence he later said there would be a peaceful transition of power despite disagreeing with the outcome i did so castro

begins our coverage from washington d.c. . it took an armed guard to ensure congress could certify joe biden as the winner of the us presidential election the votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph arbeit in junior of the state of delaware has received 360 votes donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 232 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 were not because. of this chamber by thugs mobs or through this mob was in good part president trump's doing incited by his words his.

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 us or lawfully elected and will become the president and the bars president the united states on january 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. but ical hand was at the capitol as protesters took over the building she takes

a look at how things unfolded. 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 riling 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 followed. 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 continue 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 we're going to speak to. alan fischer who's at the white house it's only about 9 am in the morning there so obviously people still reeling what's been happening in the previous few hours but we've still got another couple of weeks to go before that integration. there's a real sense of shock in washington sometimes people say that but right across the city people really watched what happened over the last few hours and were taken aback by by the sights certainly the president has in the last couple of hours put out a tweet saying that he is committed to

a peaceful transition of power but again he hasn't quite accepted the fact that he lost the election he's saying it again in a statement that was put out by his deputy chief of staff because of course he has company banned from twitter that he lost the election because it was stolen from him which has been tested out in court more than 60 court cases taken by his campaign and his supporters had by more than 90 judges it's going to appeals and not one of those has been successful so people are wondering what the consequences will be to this for the senators and members of congress who talked up the allegations of the election being stolen when they knew there was no evidence for the consequences for the people who supported the president around his circle are judging him to continue with the fight rather than saying you've lost the election and of course consequences for the president himself the f.b.i. has in the last couple of hours just put out

a statement saying that they're looking for pictures from anyone who is in and around capitol hill on wednesday they are clearly intent in pursuing action against them and if your phone guilty of getting in to the chamber when you were told not to the some people are facing up to 10 years in prison here and the f.b.i. are obviously going to start moving on not in the next hour or so i understand of the ban on twitter has just expired probably in the last few minutes or so and so far donald trump hasn't tweeted anything obviously we're going to be watching not to see if he says anything but we have already seen stuff resignations in the last few hours as well there is talk of course of replacing the president in some form that is that likely to happen or is it mainly just all. well 1st of all in the resignations there were a few on wednesday night a deputy press secretary stephanie grisham who was the press secretary to donald

trump one point but then moved over to become chief of staff to 1st lady a maloney a trump she quit and there was a couple of others in the white house who resigned mick mulvaney is a former chief of staff former head of the office of management and administration and no this special envoy to northern ireland he's gone he called might pompey or in the last couple of hours and said he couldn't stay because of what he saw yesterday and so he has gone and there are others apparently are considering resignation including robert o'brien who's the national security advisor and his deputy however in instances like this and you remember after charlottesville there were people who talked about resigning but never actually did so mick mulvaney is actually followed through be interesting to see if there's more before the end of the day as for invoking the 25th amendment which involves replacing the president there has been some talk of it partly it's all been an informal nothing official but it would take mike pence the vice president really to make the most significant

moving get together members of the cabinet and with the majority of the cabinet suggest that the president could no longer do his job properly and therefore had to be replaced there are those who suggest that they shouldn't do that because there's only 13 days left of the trump presidency but there are others who are saying that something has to be done because there's 13 days left of the trump presidency alan thanks very much indeed that's alan fischer bringing us up today from the white house. well the images of the rioters forcing their way into capitol hill have gone global with a number of world leaders condemning the violence prime minister just says canadians were deeply disturbed and saddened he added violence would never succeed in the democracy would be upheld but as prime minister barak's johnson a close ally of trump called the violence disgraceful and urged an orderly transfer of power the nato secretary general jens stoltenberg described the scene in d.c.

as shocking so the outcome of the election must be respected and dutch prime minister mark rutte a condemned the violence and urged trump to concede other world leaders have also expressed shock and sadness i just wanted to express our friendship and our faith. in the united states what happened today in washington this is not america definitely we believe in the throwing thought of all democracies we believe in the strength of american democracy kish matter what issues that should go to camp what happened last night in the us shows that western democracy is weak a populist person has ruined the reputation of the u.s. over the past 4 years he hurt the u.s. relationship with the world i hope it's next leaders learn a lesson and restore the reputation of the american nation scott lucas is

a professor of american studies at university of birmingham expects trump will continue to push his message of the election being stolen despite biden's when being certified i think we know what done. despite the statement put out in his name by his social media director dan skule now a statement which may have come from trump stuff 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 that 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 trumps attempt either to run himself the president 2024 or to build up what is effectively a trip with factions within the republican party because remember that yesterday even after the violence even after the storming of the capital 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 troposphere or will that party be divided and as the party is divided what will its relationship be with the new biden ministration. still ahead an al-jazeera authorities in argentina are threatening tougher coronavirus restrictions as they struggle to vaccinate the population and the number of cases skyrockets. digging deep the illegal extraction of sand in bangladesh is a roading livelihoods. it

is significant ecology significant the snow it has been for quite a few days now throughout japan some of that snow has reached south korea and this part of china that juts into the yellow sea it's a continuation of the same slightly less cold i think in parts of the korean peninsula but the snow will keep falling in sapporo and further south so how often do you expect citizen for corcoran in japan than to freezing a cold wind and snow we're talking about down here and that codice switch over that to the south to china hong kong's high temperature 30 degrees they sense or colder in hans's the showers further south it is the rainy season that we have seen flooding in nature malaysia kuala lumpur singapore and old sumatra we could see more of the same on both friday and saturday as a result of deeper sunder storms and his an unusual picture you are expecting to

see rain in this part of india in sri lanka the northeast monsoon but not up the west coast a lot showers up to rogers and up towards new delhi but they are all there and they've been there in the forecast go as average rainfall for this time of the year is point 2 millimeters we've had more not already and we'll have more to come over friday and saturday but it's fine again on sunday. ok calm and make sure you're not hyping the situation be part of the debate my main characters are women when no topic is off the table there was in the last allowed child marriage to happen legally these are basically archaic walls ballads often legitimized and legal why is pedophilia on air online jumping to the quick section and the team to be part of the discussion this stream on out is there

a. quarter or does it all remind of our top stories this hour united states congress has formally approved joe biden's election victory clearing him to be sworn in as president on january 20th the senate and house rejected several challenges made to the counting state votes in biden's fate. donald trump has issued a statement saying he disagrees with the outcome of the election but promise that there will be an orderly transition on january the 20th when biden is set to take office. the certification proceedings were suspended for hours after a crowd of top supporters violently breached the capitol 4 people died during the

violence. the world health organization is calling for intensified measures in europe because of the more contagious variants of the virus it says more needs to be done to prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed this moment represents a tipping point in the course of the pull the mic. science politics technology and values must form a united front in order to push back this persistent and elusive fighter's which means that for a short period of time we need to do more than we have done and do. the public health and social measures to be certain we can flatten the steep vertical line the u.k.'s recorded one of its worst daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic on wednesday 1041 deaths were reported the 1st time the death

tolls exceeded a 1000 since april by most about is johnson says restrictions will be eased gradually rather than drastically at the appropriate time or than $77000.00 people have died from covered 9000 in the u.k. and nearly 3000000 have been 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 or the the tears house every last month was working with the old variant but alas this mutation spreading with frightening 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 let's speak not in a dim barber he's joining us live from london just talk us through the kind of pressures the hospitals are under at the moment. well robot they are immense and

that's the knock on effect of this increase this surge which the prime minister there puts down to the new variant people working in hospitals in the u.k. are extremely stressed they're extremely worried about what's happening they're saying they're seeing people dying of covered 19 as young as people in their twenty's they're seeing also things like children's wards and operating theatres being taken over by intensive care units have been converted because of the the pressure that's having a knock on effect we're hearing that in london alone in the next 2 weeks they could be short of 2000 critical care beds that's in the best case scenario if the virus doesn't spread even faster than hoped for. matt hancock the health secretary has said that the so-called nightingale hospital

a field hospital part of a network the field hospital for the london here is being put on standby to take people recovering from known covet treatments in hospital originally it was set up for covert patients last year it closed in may after treating only 51 people now there are real warnings coming out of doctors and nurses working in hospitals that people need to stick to the lockdown measures the so-called lockdown measures if there's to see the tide turning but the government is accepting the damages on their own will not be enough to stop the spread of covered $9000.00 with this new variant let him talk us through the vaccination program which is being rolled out across the u.k. . well that's where the government's really pinning its hopes on trying to get the pandemic under control it's very ambitious it wants to have by mid february

almost 14000000 of the elderly and most vulnerable people in the u.k. vaccinated that means having at least their 1st dose interesting enough they've recently changed their approach saying that the the priorities to get as many people as possible having a 1st rather than having the 2 doses and that has been a back talk in a way in the last few hours by the world health organization in europe who you were just hearing from they said there should be flexibility from governments they say it's imperative for governments to protect as many people as possible saying that they can space out the 1st and 2nd doses here in the u.k. they saying it could be up to 12 weeks between those doses just in the last few hours the astra zeneca the oxford astra zeneca vaccine which is the 2nd type of vaccine has been rolled out at family doctor's practices around the country there have been problems in england 2nd city birmingham they are saying they haven't received any of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine and could run out of the other one

the pfizer beyond take the vaccine by the end of this week so there are great challenges and possible obstacles to overcome if the governments to get near its target dean thanks very much indeed nadine bamma bringing us up to date from london japan's prime minister yoshihiko has declared a state of emergency in tokyo baf to rise in corona virus infections on wednesday the country reported a record 2447 cases in the capital one bore than 6000 nationwide this is japan's 2nd lockdown after the 1st emergency in april last year but medical experts are warning the government's plans might not be enough. more than half a 1000000 people in latin america have died from the virus the busy holiday season has led to a rise in cases in many countries that isabel reports from paula says where health authorities are warning tighter restrictions could be introduced. because it's

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. the cases are on the rise once again we knew this could happen because of the holidays and 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 the government 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

a 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. to measure we had to declare a state of emergency to give us a better enforced ability 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 coronavirus. 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 guess that. over here you have the mind to 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 infection if we all together nobody knows if they have covered or not. more than half a 1000000 people have died from coleridge 19 in latin america it's hope vaccines 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. and when a site is traded transport between qatar and boycotting gulf nations could resume within a week the foreign affairs minister from the united arab emirates has said it would include measures for airlines and shipping it follows an agreement to restore ties with qatar after the 3 and a half year blockade by saudi arabia the u.a.e. back rain and egypt that accused of meddling in their internal affairs and supporting terrorism which cut out strongly deny and rapid urbanization is

driving up the demand for a son in bangladesh leaving livelihoods threatened and riverbeds ruined uncontrolled and often illegal extraction of sand is putting surrounding farmlands at risk their charge and spoke to farmers in north central bank later. right michael can say is the german army very used to flow through where she is now standing and she and her family could farm here before but now it's full of illegally extracted sand her husband now drives a rickshaw car to make a living and the struggle to support their family of 6 they illegally took away all the sand from the riverbed using trucks after dredging and creating a sinkhole which makes the river and stable all this is now destroying our homes and farms in the area. they extract and sand is also used to fill in wetlands that people then lead plane to uncontrolled and mostly illegals and extraction from river beds for construction and length fillings are killing rivers and farmlands

across bangladesh rock gold as the sand lifters call it does not cost them much to extract but such as good money. villagers have held protests in recent days against dredging in the. sometimes illegal sand mining is carried out with support from elected officials of the roman comfort in the war of independence against pakistan in 1971 he says he's losing incest or land because of the german river been dragged by local authorities. the aman not go away i've got the order that they are illegally dredging our land to make a new way for the ignoring a decision they're grabbing our answers from land by force we don't bring any compensation to the villages. bangladesh department of environment did not reply to algiers address request for an interview and vironment lawyer say wake regulation and lack of law enforcement is partly to blame so i may need slightly.

what would be legal framework we have that is not followed either in leaving out this time i already. as a result we are losing. reverse sand mining and the heavy machinery used in extraction are changing the course of rivers and eroding them over there destroying our rice field by dumping the sand in our farmland we are requesting compensation from the prime minister for the damage it's our ancestral land because of all the documents to prove it one percent of agricultural land in bangladesh is disappearing every year because of this fast growing economy and rapid i've been a zation according to the are going development foundation c u d and the un's environment agency say is the global demand for sand and gravel up between $40000000000.50 tons a year is an emerging crisis for the world with the constant depletion of farmland

and the rising river russians many here say bangladesh will face a major challenge in the future in growing the food it will need to and we charge 3 i'll just jump on our riverbank should object launch. this is i'll just say that these are the top stories the united states congress has formally approved joe biden's election victory failing him to be sworn in as the 46th president on january the 20th the senate and house rejected several challenges made regarding the counting of state votes in biden's favor the votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph r. biden jr of the state of delaware has received 360 vote. but the state of florida has received 232 votes the announcement.