controlled state of. conversion under which religious conversion would require permission from a state official human rights groups say the law is aimed at keeping. al-jazeera. watching the news. coming up in the next 60 minutes in his final hours as u.s. president donald trump is to $73.00 among them his former aide steve. flexion for all. his incoming successor joe biden owners more than

400000 americans have died in the coronavirus pandemic. some of biden's key cabinet picks outlined how they plan to steer the u.s. out of the trump era also ahead. an appeal for calm into his ear is processed intensify over unemployment and poverty. i'm joining us now with the sports as the australian open announces 3 more cases of coronavirus taking the total to 10. first grand slam of the season. it's 10 hours g.m.t. that's 5 o'clock in the morning in washington d.c. where in just under 7 hours time joe biden will be sworn in as the united states 46th president he takes charge of a country deeply divided and ravaged by the pandemic the number of recorded covert

19 deaths has just passed 400000 in the u.s. where even as vaccines are being rolled out the virus is largely running rampant the final hours of donald trump's presidency have been focused on a recorded farewell speech in which he outlined his legacy he also received more than $140.00 pardons and commutations including to this man steve bannon the former chief strategist was charged with keeping thousands of trump donors and misusing the cash they'd provided natascha going on the streets of the capital for the new tasha what's the signaling here that people will take away from the pardon for steve bannon. well president trump this is his 2nd flurry of pardons and commutations had already been criticized for providing pardons and commutations to his close allies and friends historically

he's not the only president to do that but he's being criticized because allegedly by his critics too many of these pardons and commutations have gone to his close allies and friends and as you mentioned one of them steve fan and white house former white house strategist an advisor who had actually fallen out of favor with but this is probably to be the most high profile one and one that reportedly trump agonized over he vacillated he had people in his orbit urging him not to pardon bad in and he had allies of bannan urging him to pardon bannan and reportedly on tuesday trump actually took a phone call from bannon where bannon clearly made the case bennett has not been convicted of anything he was charged last year with as you said defrauding supporters who had donated to a private fund to help build the us mexico border wall that is a huge signature project of president trump something that he was very proud of

during his tenure began it's not the only ally who got a pardon a man by the name of eliot brody a massive fundraiser for trump in 2016 he was the former finance chairman for the republican national committee he's a billionaire he had actually pled guilty in a foreign lobbying scheme last year and he was set to be sentenced next month there are other names that definitely are not household names 2 young men who are rappers one called little wayne and black kodak they both were in trouble for gun related charges but little wayne during the run up to the election was a very vocal supporter of trump but i thought. what a lot of americans are going to be interested in when they wake up this morning is who is not on that list in the months leading up to the end of trump's tenure there was no massive speculation and debate regarding whether or not president trub would

try to preach and give lee pardon himself or his family members even his attorney and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani to try to forestall any kind of legal woes. reportedly did seek legal advice and he was advised that he could invite more trouble and perhaps inadvertently admit to crimes committed because there was no way to otherwise to provide a blanket pardon for himself or family members but i do think that when all is said and done with regard to the pardons american public had remained very fixated on this issue peter and that's going to be the one that people are talking about this morning and as far as what america is waking up to this is far as the pardon for bannon is concerned constitutionally slash legally in america it's baked in isn't it if you accept a pardon you are implicitly saying yes i am guilty of the thing or i was guilty of the thing that i was accused of being

that's the legal advice that president tried for steve and i think it's very reasonable to expect that that is why he is not on that list nor are his family members ok we'll leave it there thanks very much natasha going to him there on the wet streets of washington d.c. mr biden has been keen to show how he plans to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and the economic ruin that's come with it millions of americans are struggling to put food on the table alan fischer reports now from the white house our rescue and recovery plan is a path forward with both seriousness of purpose and a clear plan. january 20th is an important date in 2020 it was the day that the 1st covert case was confirmed in the us the trumpet ministration has been criticised for sure sponsor over the past 12 months no on the

20th of january 2021 the problem becomes joe biden's this horse is so 'd far out of the board there really directing it is going to be hercules and asked and we need to get the new administration and the new president i think a significant amount of leeway in trying to redirect the ship redirect this force biden has already indicated he wants a $1.00 trillion dollar relief bill more money for ordinary americans to get through the economic crisis more money for vaccinations he wants 100000000 vaccines administered in his 1st 100 days and much greater federal involvement in putting it all together this is one of the most challenging operational efforts we have ever undertaken as a nation will have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated to create more places for them to get vaccinated. it's

a plan that doesn't come with a potential political fallout i think you're going to see more and more people dug in suggesting that somehow because you have an illegitimate president now attempting to infringe upon our freedoms people are going to become increasingly dug in to through war what the policy changes this new this incoming president is going to try to employment joe biden has said is his number one priority insists the reaction will be driven by science not politics something welcomed by those on the medical front lines. joe biden is going to look like a rock star by simply embracing what the best science says there are polls and experts say if donald trump it taking coronavirus seriously from day one through an resources at it rather than played it down he'd be about to start his 2nd term in office how the incoming administration martials the recovery will go

a long way to deciding how history remembers president joe biden alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. and as is the way with the new u.s. president we are getting a drip drip drip of information of course if you've been following the inauguration of joe biden you'll know that we've been expecting for several days several executive orders so-called that will be put in place from day one we now know as all of the past 30 seconds or so what 17 of them will cover including the incoming biden ministration will end the travel ban the so-called muslim travel ban that's affected mainly majority muslim countries he will begin the process with his administration of rejoining the paris climate accord barack obama took the united states into that donald trump took the united states out of that they will return to the world health organization donald trump of course really really had a huge problem with the world health organization accusing it of not being fit for purpose and crucially the border wall between the united states and mexico the

construction of the wall still technically is not finished the construction of that project will be stopped on day one on capitol hill joe biden's nominees for key cabinet positions have been lining how they plan to steer the u.s. through some of its other pressing challenges during those confirmation hearings there were also further recriminations of donald trump for the riots that spilled into the capital on january the 6th it's hard to choke restaurant. within a fortified u.s. capitol. the senate reconvene for the 1st time since a violent mob stormed the building on january 6th leading to 5 deaths and republican leader mitch mcconnell once a close trump ally pointedly denounced the president on his last full day in office the mob. there were provoked by the president and other powerful

people as plans for trump's upcoming impeachment trial take shape already senate committees are on to the next order of business the confirmation of joe biden's cabinet secretaries retired 4 star general lloyd austin is biden's nominee for secretary of defense who opened his remarks by valuing to address right wing extremism in the military the job of the department of defense is to keep america safe from our enemies but we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks. if confirmed hill be the 1st african-american to lead the u.s. defense department widely respected for his 4 decades of military service austin oversaw the u.s. withdrawal from iraq the general's confirmation is expected but because he recently served in uniform he'll need a congressional waiver allowing him to assume the civilian post of defense secretary in another hearing room secretary of state nominee antony blinken the

career diplomat was deputy secretary of state under former president barack obama after his expected confirmation lincoln will be tested to rebuild the u.s. is diminished global leadership when we're not engaged when we're not leading then one of 2 things is likely to happen either some other country tries to take our place but not in a way that's likely to advance our interests and values or maybe just as bad no one does and then you have chaos besides immediately having the us reengineer the paris climate accord and the world health organization blinken will have to take on strained relations with iran russia and china as we look at china there is no doubt that it poses the most a given challenge of any nation state to the united states biden will take office wednesday with few if any senate confirmed cabinet secretaries a democratic push to waive some senate rules to expedite the process has already

met republican resistance then there's trump's impeachment trial still to be scheduled and urgently demanded the senate now looking to balance those priorities in coming days. castro al-jazeera washington. well you heard from joe biden's pick for secretary of state who also addressed policy in the middle east he reiterated biden's campaign promise to end u.s. support for the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen blinken says he recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel and the u.s. embassy will stay there he also wants to build on recent u.s. brokered normalization deals between israel the united arab emirates bahrain morocco and sudan while on iran mr blinken wants to consult israel and gulf allies to return to the 2050 nuclear deal he wants a quote longer and stronger agreement the iranian president hassan rouhani says they would welcome the u.s.

returning to the 2050 nuclear deal adding that donald trump's decision to withdraw and his aggressive policies since that have been a complete failure. moves that is immediate the ball is now in america's court and if they return and apply their commitments we will also conduct our commitment trumps political career is dead and the nuclear deal lives on with his entire efforts were put towards getting rid of the accord and he was unsuccessful so well the european countries also looking to research u.s. relations the e.u. commission president us live on the line says the incoming administration office quotes a new door and she's praised biden's commitment to rejoin the paris climate agreement we just heard that's going to happen she says that's a good start joe biden so she will be a message of fueling for a deeply divided nation and it will be a message of hope for a world that is waiting for the u.s. to be back in the circle of like minded states this time honored ceremony

on the steps of the u.s. capitol will be a demonstration of the resilience of american democracy. and the resulting proof that once again after 4 long years europe has a friend in the white house. correspondent dominic cain joins us live from the bureau in berlin morning dom so what effects has the trumpet ministration at on relations with the e.u. well most analysts both in the e.u. and based on continental europe would say a pretty poisonous effect on relations that it's been a struggle for many of the leaders of the e.u. over the course of the past 4 years who felt that well we heard it there from from the lion from from the sort of underline the president of the european commission that they're looking forward to having a friend in the white house well contrast that the obvious implication being that

they did not believe that they had a friend in the white house in the previous 4 years and it not just from an e.u. perspective that that approach will change that that that hope for a change approach will come also from the european countries who will have looked back on the previous 4 years under the trumpet ministration and some of them would have shattered certainly that is the approach that that's the opinion that many analysts have suggested has been the feeling behind the scenes that in the 1st few days of november many european leaders were perhaps hoping that president elect biden would emerge as the victor and so we need to see what's being said now through that prism it's also worth saying that. president ford alliance colleague the president of the european council of ministers shall be share has called upon the 2 institutions as it were the e.u. and the united states to build a new compact to 2 as it were rejuvenating their relationship

a new transatlantic partnership what was actually being suggested then don. well that's the question isn't it because you already have there are already institutions which exist we know nato being the classic example of that where the united states of america canada and the europe or many countries from the european union have a formal relationship with each other president bush made those remarks this morning and didn't really go into a great deal more detail about what exactly this entails but well it's intuitively we can imagine that it means a a reengagement by the united states administration of the administration of president elect biden when he becomes president later today the rejuvenating and rekindling of interest in the important relationships here and just looked at from a different from the different countries perspectives from the german perspective

one of the effects of the trumpet ministrations policy regarding nato regarding u.s. troops in germany was very negative for different prime ministers of states around germany wrote to members of the u.s. congress after the trumpet ministrations suggested it was going to withdraw some of its troops here in germany for state to prime ministers listen to that and then approached members of congress in washington d.c. to say please will you try to stop that happening so clearly the hope will be well can they persuade president elect biden and his colleagues in cabinet to rescind those orders to recommit as it were to the relationship that previous united states governments had not just with germany and then written large with nato here in continental europe dominant thanks very much dominick and they're reporting live from berlin and we'll have a lot more on the inauguration a little later here on the news hour for you but also still to come tighter restrictions and extended lockdown as new strains of the corona virus spread to

even more countries but it's a different story in south korea as it marks one year since its 1st case and a setback for tiger. god says he has more surgery on his back that's coming up in the sport with joe. it's been a 50 nights of protests in tunisia over unemployment and poverty the prime minister says he's aware of people's frustrations and accepts covert 19 has only made things worse in charlotte but us. thousands of tuna's ians protest each feeling disappears and frustrated this week the feelings have boiled on to the streets the coronavirus pandemic has crippled the fragile economy leaving a 3rd and young tunas ians unemployed they blame the government for the problems

and as you take your money out of there is a feeling of deep disappointment with the pandemic may god protect us from it poverty unemployment and the situation we are living in as young people. know the protests have morphed to include police brutality and unlawful detention was still there with the bit this man says more than $600.00 protesters have been arrested most in their homes and asks why protest is and demanding their release they say this is a government ordered crackdown. it's there c.n.n. called him to the politicians i say one thing if you have something to say don't say it with the police go out to the people and face was the prime minister responded in a televised address another one and the lack of a. i'm well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that the economic and social situation is a crisis deepened by covert and the measures we have taken to preserve the health

which it is he and your voice is heard and your anger is legitimate and it is my role and the governments to work to realize your demands and to make the dream of chinese. become true. the frustrations have record across multiple cities this week in the capital tunis softest facts. and in the west here in kasserine the rights group amnesty international has warned against excessive use of force. use it knives protests evolved into running street battles between demonstrations and permits the government has deployed the army in several cities and rolled out a curfew to quell the clashes. the demonstrations come just days after the 10 year anniversary of the ouster of former president zine el abidine ben ali a result of protests that birthed the arab spring but many to new zealand still

disenchanted saying the hope of that time has gone on realized as it has been nothing much. in 10 years there's no strategy or prospects for the future or even hope for change on the contrary every year the amount of hope decreases to date in 2021 practically all young people are just desperate. and so they turn to the streets harasses just like they did a decade ago palace al jazeera. coronavirus injections have been on the rise again in beijing prompting tougher restrictions the 1st cases of the variant 1st identified in the u.k. have also been detected there the authorities say they'll investigate anyone who came into beijing from abroad after december the tense they want to get on top of it before the chinese lunar new year season when hundreds of millions of people traditionally travel zimbabwe's foreign minister has died after contracting coke at 19 in 2017. announced the coup that toppled president robert mugabe zimbabwe is

currently recording around 50 coronavirus related deaths per day. russia's health watchdog has announced a 2nd coronavirus vaccine developed is 100 percent effective russia began mass trials of corona in november it's made by siberia's vector institute the announcement comes as the european medicines agency begins reviewing the sputnik weaker on a virus vaccine also made in russia step pass and has more from amsterdam. the russian producers called put in a creek the world's 1st certified vaccine against cope with 19 but it may take a while before it use it insists it will use it while countries like russia argentina and serbia have already massively been facts in aiding people using this vaccine do you see in medicine agency here in amsterdam has held a meeting with the russian producer gum a layer to see if it matches european standards worldwide scientists have

criticized the early registration of the vaccine in russia early in september after it was only tested on a very small group of people well at that time i founded very early and certainly not according to standards as they are in place here in europe so because the number of participants at the moment was very small very little information about safety about possible side effects maybe in only use some of the participants but if the number of participants is very small you might not be able to pick them up to detect them so at that moment i. was astonished that prove that it was already given to people she says the hasty procedure in moscow has led to a lot of suspicion in and outside of russia but if the european medicine agency approves put big 3 it is safe to use she says the a will now have to go through hundreds of documents before it can advise the producer to seek market 3 sation

a process that can take weeks or even months to finish sputnik he is using a similar technology as us to say the car which is produced by oxford university dyspraxia will likely be approved at the end of next week and that shortly after millions of doses will be available soon within the european union how much appetite there will still be for sputnik 3 will depend on the scarcity of sex scenes at that moment. korea has had mixing sense since confirming its 1st case of 19 a year ago it's since had 3 waves of the virus in casey's peaks of a christmas they are dropping as bright explains from seoul. ode one time south korea was the worst affected country outside china when the fear of this new and relatively unknown virus was very real. everyone to restrain themselves from group of interactivity not on the indoor places but also outdoor places. drawing on

experience from previous epidemics and with close cooperation between government agencies and the private sector the country got to work it quickly pioneered innovations like drive through testing centers and then mass testing and tracing to avoid the shutdowns being experienced by other countries subsequent outbreaks pose new challenges such as a cluster centered on night clubs used by the gay community requiring a tactful response. to that were what we cooperated with the l g b t community and explained the situation was grave and introduced anonymous testing which just required a fine number and the number of people getting testing increased 8 fold. the authorities also faced outbreaks in church congregations and among political groups holding super spreader demonstrations in a society that cherishes free speech steve gian opened his gym right at the

beginning of the pandemic managing to survive and adapt to a new reality i don't believe in god i think people will lean towards having more personal space that is well defined rather than coming together in big groups. like soul city itself looking ahead to life after the pandemic. or even when it's over it would be difficult to go back to the old normal would have arrived at a new age where we have to adapt. one year round south career is just getting over its 3rd wave and the lines of people waiting for their free tests and now mostly gone starting out on a 2nd year of this pandemic here as elsewhere there is pandemic fatigue the difference seems to be while some people in other countries got fed up and gave up people here are still largely prepared to put up rob mcbride al jazeera so. ok much more still to come for you here on the news hour the u.s.

state department delivers its most damning assessment yes with china's treatment of muslim we can send other minorities. italy's prime minister clings onto power as he grapples with the pandemic and economic freefall. and we'll have reaction from the n.b.a. including this through the legs pass that's coming up in sport. we got very wet some windy weather pushing into western parts of europe at the moment any consolation i can offer is at least it is turning a good deal milder with these systems rolling in from the atlantic we are going to see increasing cloud and rain tumbling from his storm christophe asportation some very heavy rain across northern parts of england more than wales has that milder weather as we go on through the next couple days it punches right into central and

pushing them towards eastern parts of europe so we see temperatures gradually rise here but it is still if you told it is still on the cold side the recent snow around for western russia pushing towards moscow once again clear skies for many. there is but there is that wet weather which is going to continue tumbling in across france good parts of spain and portugal we have got 5 risks back in full here then as we go through the next couple of days hopefully thursday looks a little drier across england wales as christoff head syquest no wait and see the walls norway with some snow pushing in across norway central and northern parts of suede and as we go on into friday that will continue to bring snowy weather in across a good parts of scandinavia stays dry the across much of the u.k. brighton breezy the very brisk wind coming through the showers down towards the southwest and still a few showers spain and portugal. but

. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground and in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse for $2200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bi ministration he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like it live get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on al jazeera setting the discussions 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 the morning edition also exploring the fund and simply won't cost programming designed to inform why is shall the only solution for a child as young as 10 months if they come to inspire you see the weld from a different perspective on out his iraq.

welcome back you're watching me on to a news hour mining's piece of your headlining stories aides to the u.s. president elect joe biden have just revealed in the past half hour or so more about the executive orders he will sign on day one there will be 15 of them they include halting construction on the border war with mexico and ending the travel ban that's affected mainly muslim countries biden says containing the pandemic is his number one priority the u.s. is now recorded no than 400000 from the corona virus outbreak. and in the final hours of his presidency the outgoing president donald trump has issued more than $140.00 pardons and commutations they include former chief strategist steve banner

. will a stay with that big story the democrats adam schiff who is chair of the u.s. house intelligence committee tweeted his reaction to that saying bannon's received a pardon despite the fraud in trump's own supporters into paying for a border wall that trump promised mexico would pay for he goes on to call the trumpet ministration a quote den of thieves well ahead of his swearing in joe biden will attend a church service alongside the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell he's invited top ranking leaders from both parties as part of a push to bridge the political divide but outside the cathedral since the biggest military presence since the american civil war ready to deter any threats against the inauguration here's john hendren. joe biden arrived in the capitol on the eve of his presidency to his solemn tribute to those lost in the global pandemic. it's hard sometimes to remember. but that's how we heal. it's

important to do that as a nation that's why we're here today between sundown and dusk but a shine the lights. doctor's a long sacred form of inflection remember all we lost it was a dramatic split screen moment on one screen the outgoing president congratulating his administration for its accomplishments via video where no one could ask about his status is the 1st president ever to have been impeached twice we achieved more than anyone thought possible on the other the incoming president lamenting the exorbitant cost of that administration's greatest failure democrats now with an ally entering the white house held their own moment of silence on the capitol steps for covert victims and perhaps for those who died in the attack on congress inspired by the outgoing president biden bid

a tearful farewell to his home state for now look. you know you've. kind of motion. with my whole career. and through the good times in the back. thank you very much for the 1st time in modern history there will be no handover from president to president no handshake no tour of the white house a place to which former vice president biden hardly needs an introduction with trump skipping the ceremony here at the capitol the closest the 2 presidents will ever get to a handover is sharing the night on pennsylvania avenue with donald trump in the white house joe biden across the street at blair house a metaphor for 2 administrations with very little overlap. the national guard

dismissed a dozen guardsmen protecting the capital including 2 suspected of having ties to right wing militias now the lengthy sometimes hostile takeover of the u.s. government comes to a close with the incoming and outgoing presidents as distant physically as they are ideologically john hendren al-jazeera washington. you know going u.s. secretary of state might pompei o has accused china of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against we go muslims it's believed around a 1000000 have been imprisoned in camps in recent years mostly in the region of activists of documented atrocities including rape torture and the sterilization of women shyness as the camps the centers for education and training and the statement of what he said was a careful examination of the facts he also said i believe this genocide is only going and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy by the chinese

party state. but and secretary of state nominee and to need blinken echoed that statement at his senate confirmation hearing secretary pump aoe designated the chinese communist party as having engaged in general regarding the we muslim population do you agree with that as that would you my judgment as well you do agree yes ok let's wrap up where we are so far this inauguration day when the talk to ma and bashar al-jazeera senior political analyst meaghan what's your reading of this flurry of executive orders very quickly on picking what mr trump put in place right on day one day 2 of his presidency. well look this is and indispensable for or for joe biden to do that because if he doesn't start quickly to reverse some of that there's asterisks policies as he sees it of donald trump then he's going to start losing faith immediately and

people will lose faith in him the people who brought him to the presidency. some of them are urgent because the democrats have been railing against them such as the muslim band the building of the wall and so on so forth clearly you know going back to that part of sql i mean the cord is very important biden has already appointed john kerry as a special envoy on the question of climate change so these are very important to send an important signal that he his administration is serious about reversing some of those critical issues that democrats have opposed that the more just it the of americans i will post but for me peter the most important will be his initiative on corona pledge that he will ensure 100000000 injection in the 1st 100 days that's going to be something to look forward because after $400000.00 deaths he's desperately need to fulfill that promise ok the optics now

seem to illuminates the last few hours few minutes i guess of an outgoing presidency defined by division and conflict for you ma one what's the trump legacy given that you know 74000000 americans they voted for mr trump. well this is the thing that also an indent of 2016 there was division and misery in america for whatever reason and that brought in trump today there is even far more misery and diffusion. in 2020 wind than when present on command and hence of course the country elected by them so america has not been exactly a happy nation it has been a divided nation it has all sorts of crises including existential crises about liberal democracy about race about the economy and so on so forth and what

president biden or candidate biden promised to do is to restore the soul of america and what does he mean by that the restore the civility to american politics let alone of course also the vitality and prosperity and so on so forth but clearly that issue of civility and tolerance is going to be key in order to tackle all sorts of issues in order to restore our credibility and leadership because as it looks now peter america does not look good america looks fit the example of america as a liberal good stable prosperous democracy is down under and hence there's going to be a lot of saving a lot of restoration to do there are many many big foreign policy slash global economic his use that mr biden's got to get to grips with as well i mean donald trump was clearly happy to appear and to sound say tough on china mr biden

can't appear soft on china but if he appears soft all week on i don't know canada nobody bats an eye at that because everyone loves canada because canada's canada but he's got to toe that line has been put in place kind of by mr trump but take it back to having a positive moving in the right direction relationship surely. yes i think that's probably the most important questions for us in america it's the issue of great power politics as it were and notably the g 2 a relation relation between the united states and china. and clearly. in the beginning of his campaign back in march in may 2020 as we emerged as more focused on china but i would think that a biden policy on china will be somewhere in between and obama policy and i thrum

policy meaning it will be sober it will be extended get hands to a closed fist as it were. it will be cautious to speak about human rights and about china's destabilizing policy in the south china sea and so on so forth it could be trying to bring the our allies probably not as much or where obama did by creating the trans-pacific partnership i think that's already in the past because trump has scrapped it's and because some of these countries have already went it alone as it were as it will with china sure but the question for me that is a bit more dangerous is what you played in. a sound bite from anthony blinken when he said we have no choice but to lead in the world because if we don't lead in the world then be one of 2 things one some someone else will step in a lead like china russia and that will be horrible out to where they would be chaos

that's sort of an amazing thing you know judging from where we are after 25 years since end of the cold war because for mr blinken and apparently for mr. president by the end the idea of a multi-polar world does not even figure its i that i support chaos america has to lead and of course we know from in recent history america's leadership has not always been you know a plethora of good well it led also to the invasion of iraq at that thought a number of disasters the idea that america needs to work with the allies it also needs to work with other global powers like china like europe on the question of climate on the question of global health these are key issues that president biden knows all too well are indispensable for global security then also in indispensable for american leadership the small arrow and the sense that america could continue to lead but it would have to do it. because some of the issues the global health

issues the climate issues cannot be done solely on american their arms they're going to have to be done in a multilateral way in a more multipolar world if you want my crystal ball tells me we're going to be talking over the coming hours but in the meantime thank you so much more on bush out of the senior political analyst. taking a look now at some other top stories from around the world for you the italian prime minister has every county has survived that confidence vote in the country's senate allowing him to remain in office it was triggered after the former prime minister my children pulled his party from qantas coalition last week over his handling of the covert pandemic kaante appeal to senators ahead of the vote defending his leadership through the crisis stephanie decker joins us live from rome good morning good afternoon was all this back and forth in effect for nothing the right thing to do given that the government was in place and it's remaining in

place. absolutely i think you've hit the nail on the head it's remaining in place but it's emerged as a far weaker government peter this is the challenge about a time when this country needs a strong hand to push through legislation to deal with over 200000000000 euros of european economic recovery fund when it comes to the disastrous effects of the pandemic has had on this country its health system economically so what you have is that you mentioned that they would n.z. there he they actually abstained yesterday not going against this governments are really almost emerging as a potential kingmaker which is why people a lot of italians for straight saying why isn't there n.z. playing what seems to be power politics at such a desperate time for the country so where are we now it was 13 hours of debate yesterday peter and you have a government the same government that's emerged weaker far less seats in the senate prime minister called is going to have to go to the president today and see if the president can do this kind of weaker coalition if you will and there's some talk

also in the chinese media that it's going to be about 2 weeks to give prime minister conn to the time to try and beef up get more people on board get those numbers higher which means that legislation will be easier to push through but certainly 2 days very long days of back and forth in both houses of parliament and yes we've emerged with the same government that simply weaker but still having to face the same very difficult challenges and for italians i guess they're relieved because this could have done towards another snap election in italy i mean they've had dozens and dozens of governments since world war 2 they must be they've had it up to here with all the surely. yes i think a lot of italians will say exactly what you just said that a lot of this is political theater that their politicians are back and forth you know even just listening to some of what was going on in parliament yesterday peter it's not only italy but you know what politics is like but what was different this

time i think is this is coming at a time when this country is still suffering huge implications of the pandemic and it's still in a partial lockdown shops restaurants and bars have to remain closed and most of the areas have been talking to business owners people are hugely in debt the country is hugely in debt so battalion said you know what we get that that business this game of politics and we get our politicians but this perhaps this is the majority because of course there are some who support renzi but this was not the time to do it there are far more things to deal with like the vaccination program like getting our health care sorted like reopening schools the massive debate going on some of the schools still not open because of karada so people saying there are certainly more issues to deal with on a day to day basis than not you know those sitting in the senate and in the parliament really having their egos heard a lot of people saying that so again question marks going forward because it's a weaker government will have to wait and see how things will evolve over the next couple of weeks nothing i think is still clear stephanie many thanks stephanie that today reporting live from rome. still to come. 3 more test positive for coronavirus

ahead of the australian open on one play as an unwelcome guest in quarantine that's coming up with joe and then a turbulent coming to an end we'll have a look back at moments from donald trump's presidency but. his legacy.

the all. working back time for sports news is just fate of thank you well of and 3 more positive current virus cases at the australian open in melbourne with the title now

up to 10 people associated with a grand slam tennis tournament health officials in australia say they're very confident one is a player who's shedding the virus and isn't infectious while the other 2 are a player and their support person. has remained in hard lockdown 14 days in the hotel rooms being on flights with confirmed cases the current team is likely to cost $30000000.00 with tennis a straighter space to pay for that australian open director craig tele has criticised what he's called a minority of plays that continue to complain about conditions in their 5 star hotels these players have been travelling around the world and have been in isolation and quarantine and it's been a very difficult experience for them but they are going to be in a position when they do come out next week that that they'll be able to compete in the next 4 weeks for $83000000.00 in prize money and be in a country that's managed the virus better than anyone else in the world so so i think that's going to be the reward at the end and we're looking forward to getting to that because some of these challenges we experiencing now are not ones that we

didn't expect but they have been difficult and often of obviously the commentary in the social media hasn't helped 3 time grand slam champion stanford brinker is one of those allowed else to practice his coach says players who have been locked in their rooms for 14 days should get preferential treatment such as a 1st pick of practice times as much as schedules for the cola times of the day daniel fall but do also says he understands the players' frustrations. i know the players are not complaining about about the hard quarantine does not. they should for the players use that they've made the trip to australia to perform as an athlete and to perform. one of the biggest. sporting events in the world and thus their job to to be to be prepared to do that so i think they're just disappointed that they're not able to to to prepare but one play is quarantine has come with additional housemates put in save a complaint after finding

a mouse in her remember earlier this week i need to be switched to a new room where she found one the 2 mice she's posted the videos on twitter but the kazakh player has been told she can change rooms again because the hotel is full of tiger woods could be out for up to 2 months after having yet more surgery on his back the latest procedure was to remove a pressurized disc fragment that was pinching a nerve it caused him pain at the p. and c. championship last month when he was playing with his son charlie 45 year old woods is expected to make a full recovery is aiming to be fit for the masters in april he's now had 5 operations on his back and 5 on his left knee. and b. a basketball player carries liver says his move to the indiana pacers may have saved his life after his medical revealed a mass on his kidney the 26 year old joined from the brooklyn nets last week and the problem was flanked by an m.r.i. jaring his mandatory physical exam he will undergo undergo more tests to determine

the nature of the mass but his remaining optimistic. you know of any symptoms as you well know i was playing games i missed any games this season and. in a way this straight definitely. showed. you know what was going on and. definitely looking at it you know from that side and definitely humble to know that you know straight could have possibly. you know stayed. the action now and how about this for a pass from denver nuggets player a condo come out so on the break back through his legs to set up his teammate montane morris and i guess winning in style against the oklahoma city thunder by 18 points. and in the days of the game donovan mitchell was the standout player for the utah jazz as they backed up their 6 straight wins he's gone $28.00 points and had 7 rebounds in their 16 point victory of the new orleans pelicans. the

president of the new york mets baseball team says he's angry after sacking general manager jared porter just 38 days off to hiring him that's up to e.s.p.n. reporter the porter seen here on the right said explicit text messages and images to fame male reporter back in 2016 when he was working for the chicago cubs 41 year old porter joined the mets in december on a 4 year deal we got references from the right you. organizations the number of individuals people who divorced him who knew him from you know he really stays in college there wasn't really a dissenting voice from my standpoint i was shocked you know eventually that gives way to disappointment who little bit of a for the 1st time in american football history a woman referee will officiate at the super bowl sarah thomas has been named as a down judge in a team of 8 officials for the n.f.l.'s biggest game thomas became the league's 1st

full time female official in 2015 and women ushering in a new era in indy car racing as well most useful so executive best progresso has launched a new predominately female i'm team to rice at the indianapolis 500 a may also have 2010 indy 500 rookie of the years to manage to sylvester drive the team's car. to be honest as a driver a dream come true and i think from something that is really special i think it's going to be the best opportunity yet with everyone involved believing in the same goals right think we can be really successful when we when we come in may and i really hope that along this journey will inspire more women for their dream all right that is a sport for now have will for later pizza thank you very much will finish this news hour with a look back to us presidency that began almost exactly 4 years ago as the u.s. and the world looked to a new era under joe biden here are some of the moments that shapes and perhaps will

define donald trump's white house. all right donald trump do solemnly swear from this day forward it's going to be only america birth total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states we will build a great wall i love the southern border. you know. $525000000.00 that's been a theory that should have been based at this moment in history calls for us to strengthen our cooperation. as both israel and america face common threats i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal the united states will withdraw from the paris climate of court we

reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for america at the united nations and withdrawing from the one sided global deals that never served our interests. i think there's blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it either. we are all equal in article i can bring. it it's tragic that the president's reckless actions make him huge make necessary donald trump president of the united states is not guilty as charged in the 1st article of impeachment they tried the impeachment. we have a very much under. this is china's fault this is nobody's fault but china

china should not have allowed it to happen. america wants to be open and. americans want to be open. i don't wear masks like him every time you see him he's got a mystique could be speaking 200 feet away from it he shows up with the biggest mask i've ever seen. leading in the polls they have no idea if you count the legal votes i easily win we're going to walk out and i'll be there with you we're going to look. anyone you want and i think right here we're going to walk down to capitol. and we're going to see you on our brains senators and congressmen and women votes for president of the united states are as follows joseph arbeit jr of the state of

delaware has received 306 votes donald j. trump of the state of florida as received 232 votes. soften the hauen and. says no. i'm not. you senator.

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