this is d w. news live from berlin, 3 weeks after the election. there's a grain light for the presidential transition in the us. the federal government recognizes joe biden, as the apparent winner of the vote is tame can now get started on the handover process. that was told by the trumpet, ministration, also coming out and the other promising breakthrough in the race to roll out a covert ninety's back. same astra zeneca says in fact, same could be 90 percent effective and has many advantages over rival formulas.

plus of china's on manned spacecraft rockets to the moon and its mission to bring back lunar rocks. we asked an expert on space relations. what china's ambitious launch means for the global space rightist. i'm rebecca written. welcome to the program. 3 weeks after the u.s. and lection president elect joe biden has finally been given the green light to start the transition process. president donald trump tweeted on tuesday that he was directing his administration to cooperate in the handover process. is the closest he's come to conceding defeat. meanwhile, biden has pushed ahead and began announcing nominations for his own administration . looking for presidential

president elect joe biden officially revealed his picks for the top positions of his cabinet, monday, signaling his readiness to take over the helm. biden's foreign policy and national security choices mark a clear shift away from trump's america 1st doctrine. instead, a lot of familiar faces from the obama administration. so many that some are calling it the obama administration 2.0. the choice is signaled biden's intention to return to a more traditional way of doing business and interacting with other countries', biden's choices or veterans with many years of experience like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named for the position of secretary of state. he will be tasked with steering the country back towards the paris climate agreement, the world health organization, and they run a nuclear deal. the best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john

kerry, who is poised to become biden's climate change. and boy, former federal reserve chair janet yellen says to serve as treasury secretary, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over. this pivotal role and would face the difficult task of shaping u.s. economic policies at a time when the country is facing both a pandemic and recession. biden also named avril haynes as the 1st woman to become director of national intelligence. a question is whether this was a wise action and alexandro majorca as the 1st latino to head the department of homeland security. biden appears to be making good on his campaign promise that his cabinet will reflect america's diversity. linda thomas greenfield was appointed to the helm of the u.s. mission to the united nations. but many of biden's cabinet picks will require confirmation in the senate where republicans still hold a narrow majority. for now,

at least with the transition process officially underway, some of the uncertainty and turbulence of the past weeks seems to be settling down . all right, joining me now to delve a little deeper is pitiful adown. hi peter, thanks for coming in and sent this part of the process is normally just a formality really, but has been 3 weeks since the election as we've just heard. yeah, i mean, after all, in the normal circumstances, this would not be a big deal, but, you know, usually we see the official translation kick in after just a couple days. we're now as you said into day 16 after biden was declared the winner. so in this case is absolutely is a big deal. it means that the bike to now has access to the same intelligence that trump has. it means that they have access to government data to the federal agencies and any and money and money. they have 100000000 to that, which is really, really important that it really essentially means that, you know,

the biden team is going to hit the ground running when they enter. we were looking to at least huge crises, the pandemic, but also an economic crisis. and so it is absolutely crucial that the biden government can't govern on day one and not censure what's been blocked and now they can finally start the process. this is certainly not a concession from president trump has vowed to continue the fight. what avenues does he have left? no, exactly, think this might be the closest, will actually see trump getting to making an actual concession. i mean, this is more like a time maybe after the 16 days of standoff. i think trump is essentially balin, to the growing pressure that we've seen over the past couple days and weeks from his own party. just on monday we saw more than 100 leading republican security experts coming out saying that he has to concede this transition needs to start happening. because essentially this is posing a national security threat,

not just in terms of endemic, but also because adversaries out there looking and looking at a bird's functional government at the there's a kind of that human of power in a way. and so, you know, trump has said that he will continue the legal challenges. we see that he's still hoping for, recounts in georgia and wisconsin to change the outcome. that's very unlikely that's going to happen. michigan has now certified by as the winner of that state. so, you know, trump won't, maybe continue to do this, but the chances that it's anything is going to change very, very light or, and i want to turn to the president elect. joe biden has started an ounce. think a cabinet picks the 1st latino as head of homeland security as we saw in the place 1st woman as director of national intelligence. quite a very slight. absolutely. i think in a lot of ways this is the we antitrust government. i mean, this is an attempt, i think, to calm a lot of nerves both, you know, we're broad and at home it's,

i think also the closes that we're going to get to, you know, a technocratic government in the u.s. . i mean, as we heard in that report, there we are talking about people who have served in the obama administration of served in previous is before that, who have decades of experience under their belt. you know, notably also there are no really big name picks a lot of speculation about other presidential candidates like elizabeth warren, for instance, who was very interested in getting treasury secretary. so biden, also, they're really trying to show themselves as a centrist, as someone who will govern from the center and who will need both sides to come together and also reflect in that reality that biden is facing when he takes office on january 20th, that he won not have a majority in the senate, or if so a very, very slim what he has lost ground in the house, so he won't need both sides to come together in order to be able to govern. all

right, pedo one adult thanks very much for coming in. thank you. just how easily joe biden can push through his agenda as president would come down to the us state of georgia to runoff elections there in january will decide if the democrats or the republicans will control the u.s. senate state employees, washington bureau chief in as paul visited one small georgia town, the same political divide, climbs up in the heart of one of the most divided counties in georgia. nice. the town minutes with half of its population is white and 48 percent to south africa, an american. in an antique shop in downtown, we find many items that reflect the time when milledgeville was george just the state capital. that was during the civil war. when the confederacy, including georgia, fought to keep slavery some elements of that time still seem relevant to shop owner

larry hughson, who seems to be stuck in the past. there is never, never going to be equality in race. he has a grim take on the current political situation. and i don't think the republicans and the democrats are going to maybe only level play and fail. floyd griffin has been doing his bit to level door to us political playing field for decades. he was the 1st democrat to have been elected from this area to the georgia senate and also served as milage rules. mayor. the bottom line is ratios here and in america, the present majority, white community are going to be in a minority here pretty soon. and they are the black and brown people are going to take over the divisions here in

milledgeville, broadly, reflect those of the whole of the usa bringing together people who feel as differently as floyd, griffin, and, and teak, shop owner, larry hughes didn't do is a major challenge, but they need to work together on the many problems in the country and in the town . stephen hall was or has some ideas. he is the director of the local library and tells organize the initiative on the table brings people together to discuss local issues in a constructive way. the approach is low drama and encourages everyone to get involved. i think the biggest issue for us is, what is america? we've had a lot of changes in the last couple years and a lot of the norms that we've had for better or for worse and gone away. and i think we're looking at a future of what is our value, what are our ideas of how we should behave toward each other?

and what is the common purpose that we have? i think we've lost a little track about and i'd love to see that come together in the future for that americans have to start listening to one another and stop shouting over each other . as tenants on the stories making headlines this hour, shares in tokyo penshoppe a high on news of the u.s. presidential transition, going ahead in early trading. the nikkei rose to levels not seen, you know, last 3 decades like other international markets. tokyo was also boid by new vaccine news. fresh protests have taken place in brazil after the killing of a black man by white security guards at a supermarket last week. police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse some protesters in porto alegre. there have been several days of demonstrations after a graphic video showing the killing circulated on social media. there are

more encouraging signs in the race to develop a coronavirus fact same drug maker, astra zeneca. an oxford university have announced their vaccine is up to 90 percent effective in preventing covert 19. the vaccine was most effective when patients were given a half dose followed by a full dose one month later. crucially, this new vaccine does not require extreme cold storage and is relatively cheap and easy to mass produce. these files hold a promising formula for entering the covert. 19 pandemic globally. a cheap, effective, easy to distribute that scene. we have to get a lot of people who work for me to we're not thinking about solutions working in terms of one person at a time. we have to think about vaccinating communities, populations, reducing transmission within those populations, so that we really get on top of this pandemic. and that's what it now looks like. we're going to have the ability to contribute here in a really big way. the vaccine was developed at the ukase university of oxford using

the i don't know, virus platform. researchers took a common cold virus that infects chimpanzees, genetically engineering it to trick the human body into thinking it has been infected with the virus that causes that 19 producing an immune response., over $24000.00 volunteers took part in the clinical trials in the u.k., brazil, and south africa. the late stage trials show the a donor viral vaccine is better at preventing hospitalizations and severe cases of covert 19 m.r. in a vat scenes developed by madonna and pfizer by on tech. but people are not getting sick with the spike scene, which means that ultimately, even if you were to get ill, you have mall symptoms. and so i think that's incredibly important because it'll keep most people birds free and people won't be dying from this virus. and

that's not the only advantage. unlike the m.r. lay vaccines, it can be kept at normal, frigid temperatures, making it easier to distribute, especially in developing countries. it can also be manufactured at scale, meaning it can be produced in much greater quantities and that much lower cost than its rivals. but i think this will be a truly global for in terms of its deployable and its accessibility. it's going to be probably more affordable than most of those 4 countries. astra zeneca has pledged it won't make a profit from the fact seen during the pandemic. if it gets regulatory approval, the firm says it's ready to produce 3000000000 doses next year. germany's government is optimistic that the country might begin vaccinating people by the end of this year. but in the meantime, late is are eyeing an extension of the current partial lockdown. cases have

plateaued since unlimited lockdown began, but remained high, rising by over 13 and a half 1000 in the past 24 hours. following a meeting of the leaders of germany's 16 states, a draft proposal suggests extending current restrictions until at least december 20, with a potential great axe ation over the holiday period. a final decision will be made at a meeting with chancellor angela merkel on wednesday. let's bring in david is emmanuel shaz. emma, lots of good news on the vaccine front. what sort of strategy is the german government preparing? well right now, vaccination centers are being set up true out there can treat, but at 1st there won't be enough vaccines for everyone as production goes, of course of production will increase over time. but that's why we'll see a to face these 2 t.-g. and during the 1st phase of vulnerable people, i mean, dhea elderly. 1st responders will be prioritized and vaccinations will take place in those centers and through mobile teams. then there will be

a 2nd phase device seen will be more broadly available and the general population will have access to it. and these will be available not just in centers, but those who have medical practices right now, minister jus to meet every 2 weeks to discuss the measures of christmas is obviously just around the corner. has there been any news on restrictions over the holiday period? well, you have mentioned it state premiers agreed on monday evening to extend the current measures until at least december 20th. i'm going to america have say that if it were to her, the measures would be much stricter already, but she has to find a common line wheezes, state premiers, and that will be discussed on wednesday. we could see topham measures being adopted then, such as more restrictions when it comes to socializing. for example, at the moment we are allowed to meet up to 10 people at the same time from 2 households. these might be reduced to 5, but was an exception for christmas. also, the churches might be able to conduct ceremonies around the time,

even if people will be encouraged to save isolate afterwards. we should also know when state, if the office or it is indeed will ban the sale and use of fireworks on new year's eve. that's a longstanding tradition here in germany. but 1000 might be banned, so as not to overwhelm hospitals, which are already dealing with a pandemic. now keeping schools and kindergartens open same's to be the priority at the moment. what has the government going with that? is that likely? well, the government made clear that he wanted to schools to remain open as long as possible as much as possible, but at the same time they reason need to reduce infection, wades within the younger population, those well. so we can imagine measures being adopted, such as men that are in mosques wearing as a solution in areas where there's more dense 50 cases, perhaps 100000 inhabitants. homeschooling is something that is decided individually by each state. but also when there's a $1000.00 case in the closet, then the whole class would have to quarantine for 5 days and then get tested. in

fact, the topic of schools is a very controversial topic, both at a political level. i know so in the general society of, for parents and teachers alike. thank you. emmanuel shaz, date of your correspondent in britain. chinese rocket is on its way to the moon with a mission to bring back rock samples back down to earth. it's the 1st attempt by, any nation to retrieve lunar samples. since the 1970 s., china has poured billions into its space probe program and the probes mission is a chance to show global competitors just how advanced it's become obvious. by the way, this is a launch is a milestone for china, a spacecraft. that symbolizes the country's technological prowess. and its military might. the unmanned rocket blasted off early on tuesday morning, local time from high in an island in the south destination. the moon. and

you want to have a young woman who was in the aerospace control center reports that the long march 5 rocket lifted off normally and the channel 5 spacecraft has entered orbit as planned. i can now announce that the launch mission of long much 5 has been completed successfully far from all over the government, imo. the channel 5 rocket is made up of several components. one is the land which will dig for rocks and soil. these materials will then be transferred into the return capsule for the journey back to earth. protocol to the current luna program consists of 3 phases, orbiting landing and returning the china. 5 will carry out the 3rd phase, bringing moon samples back to earth that we hope this will be a success. we hope was a good your mind that you hope. if successful,

it would be the 1st time in 4 decades. that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it's a kid, a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a human into space. 010 years later, china hit another milestone successfully landing an unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january 2900, in a global 1st lunar pro, touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space, and bush and must is also in its sights. this year, beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the

country's rival to u.s. owned g.p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's most ambitious to date. and one that beijing is determined will be another success . joining me now is blair than bowen is an expert for space warfare space policy and international relations in out of space at the university of leicester talked about. and thanks for joining de wu, what's the scientific importance of this mission? rocks have been brought back from the moon before they give warning. signs of importance is that they can always do with more materials to analyze. they're going to be from yes more different areas as well. so as far as my limited understanding of the sides goes, those are sort of the major arms because we're much material for fucking possibly very good because it's torso and involve material is always

a good thing for more scientific tests to do just right. so china has ambitious plans for space, including the building of its own space station. is it pure science that is driving these plans? so when we talk about china's space program, it's important to think of it exploration where the robotic or crude is maybe one program of many, many space programs in china. so i would separate the scientific and civil and exploration space program from the economic, commercial military and intelligence space programs as well. so at the moment, and china has launched or has registered with end of states around $350.00 plus satellites. and they provide all sorts of essential services down on earth for military and economic and infrastructural purposes. the space science and exploration. that's very much about stimulating high tech industry. also as

a pocket for techno nationalist purposes as well, which is not unique to china and sort of the propaganda and prestige rationales behind it as well of demonstrating china's high tech space capability. so any last space program has a lot of motivations behind it, but it is important i think, to separate the space station, which is fairly benign compared to the more military elements of china's other parts of its space program. i k y r, china's space trans, creating sort of a competition with other programs such as the american and european i would downplay sort of an intentional competition because china's becoming a comprehensive space power. it's doing so on the back of its winds and modernization of its economy, military and infrastructure and space as part of modern economic and military development. so it's sort of, it's entirely normal behavior really, that china is investing in these massive spread. the space,

getting the latino vote. those rates concerns based in many ways, china is catching up to where the united states as a lead over 3040 years ago in terms of space infrastructure. and i would, i would not sort of the deuce china's actions based on what are the people are doing in space as well. so china is developing its bases of all kinds according to its own timetables. and it's not a rushing about to tell you that it's taking its time to do it right. ok and let them go and expert for space warfare from the university of leicester. thanks very much. thank you. it's a football now and in the champions league top, european clubs face off later today among the fixed his dorm and take on bruges. while leipzig are in paris, with the 2 german sides in play on tuesday, you is taking the spotlight fresh from becoming the bundesliga as youngest ever player on saturday used to from a coco faces the prospect of breaking the same record in the champions league. he

only turned 16 on friday and would set a record unlikely ever to be beaten. but speaking on monday, dortmund coach lucien favela refused to be drawn on whether the youngster would make his next record breaking debut in the match against bruges. says it's hard to speak about this all to give a straight answer. we will have to see in training. we have so many options up front, so we will have to wait and see a few years ago like 6, you are not goals man became the youngest coach in champions league history. and in coaching terms is still a spring chicken at age 33. he too has put faith in youth. only 2 clubs in the competition have fielded younger teams, the novel's man this season. but he's already wary of the pressures of top level football. to cut. pressure is

a lot about what's in the heads of the players before the game and as much discussed and talked about. but once the game starts, it isn't just the pressure that is the deciding factor. of course, there's always a lot of it in the champions league as there aren't that many matches in the group phase. so every game is crucial. every game comes with a certain pressure, but it isn't that different to the bundesliga. leipsic will face a tough task, awaits a power resounds emma. and noddles money is unlikely to risk starting any debut tomes in this crucial fixture. you're watching data. news has a reminder of the top story we're following for you. the u.s. government has agreed to begin the presidential transition for joe biden to trumpet administration had to light the handover process for 3 weeks of allegations of the force of forward in iraq today, this hour on stage change for our current affairs documentary series close up,

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