to explore the major world heritage site of the. world heritage 360. business d w news live from berlin the u.s. electoral college formally confirms joe biden as winner of november's election the president elect tells americans it is time to turn the page on the trump era and that the will of the people has prevailed. also coming up the u.s. begins the most ambitious vaccination campaign in its history dr nurses and other

vulnerable groups are 1st in line to receive doses of the biotech finds are back seat. and a new investigation shows russian agents trained in chemical weapons followed kremlin critic alexina valmy for years leading up to his poisoning with a nerve agent this summer. i'm sumi so much god that's good to have you with us the u.s. electoral college has officially confirmed joe biden as the winner of last month's presidential election the formal vote by the electoral college paves the way for congress to accept the outcome of the election when it comes together on january 6th outgoing president donald trump has yet to recognize biden's victory. it was the state of california at the tip the scales of the electoral college.

california the most populous state in these united states will be formally catholic it's both for the winner of our state's popular vote through civil r. biden and vice presidential running mate california's own harris across the u.s. state elections confirms the popular vote formalizing joe biden's victory in the november elections the president elect has the democratic process. in america politicians don't take power people grant power to them the flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago and we now know nothing not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can dismiss claims of election fraud he's launched a string of lawsuits to overturn results in battleground states courts have rejected every one. in which that slate. the president trump has refused to acknowledge defeat we've never seen before

a position that refused to respect the will of the people refuse respect the rule of law and refuse to honor our constitution. last week the supreme court dismissed a lawsuit aimed at invalidating results in 4 states that biden had won. its a position sarge through that anger among his supporters leading to threats of violence to politicians and election officials in states such as michigan alexis had to cast their votes amid tight for a unanimous supreme court a media plea in completely rejected this effort. trump's brazen accusations have state security. most republican lawmakers have so far backs trump's flailing attempts to overturn the election those are looking even less viable after the electoral college confirmed by dence win but trump loyalists could mount one last desperate attempt when congress confirms the electors vote on january 6th. he'd have used peter hello dolly is following the story for us good morning peter so is

president trump's attempt to overturn the results now over. well i think this is definitely the closest we're going to get to. you know that it's finally being over . you know it means that trump may continue to push some of these claims and various courts but they're all that should be futile like most of his other many many attempts have been over these past weeks i think ultimately this is more about from continuing to try to drum up the base keep in mind we have a key we have key senate races in january that will determine the control of who controls the senate whether it's republicans or democrats and and donald trump really need to keep firing or point fuel in that fire he's kept rich re tweeting even after the state solidified bites when.

he kept repeating false claims about fraud so it doesn't look like he's going to back away from the rhetoric but it definitely means that he has very few if any at all avenues left to dispute this election with the consequences of that have been serious pain or some states imposed insecurity there are concerns over the safety of the electorate some lawmakers as well receiving threats how unusual is this. this is highly unusual i mean usually is this is really just a formality this is an afterthought that most americans don't even pay attention to it really underscores i think just how divided the country is that the plight of parity and that not even republicans can really feel safe from the wrath of from supporters i mean keep in mind 74000000 some 74000000 voted for trump not all of those are ardent from supporters but a portion definitely is and those are people who refuse to acknowledge bitin

president elect biden and vice president elect come all the harris asked legitimate president and vice president that poses a huge challenge to united states going ahead and also really just underscores again you know donald trump may be leaving office but trump isn't very much going to continue to hang with a big fat dark cloud over the united states. politics and democracy and peter just really quickly take us to the next step the electoral college votes are counted in congress what happens there. right ungenerous 6 there's a going to be a joint session of congress where both houses the or both chambers the house representatives and the senate me to really confirm the electoral college votes some republicans have that they will go to to try to maybe slow down the process

but we're trying to object to some of these votes there's very little chance of that going anywhere all the documents happen there is to maybe delay the process but democrats continue to control the house. president elect biden and vice president small has all the treasure to be confirmed and will be inaugurated on january 20th he's peter when a doll reporting for us thank you. but let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world russian president vladimir putin has congratulated joe biden following the electoral college vote in the u.s. in a kremlin statement putin said he was ready for interaction with the president elect putin was the last major foreign leader to acknowledge biden's victory in last month's election the boko haram jihadist group says its fighters carried out friday's kidnapping of hundreds of students from a school in northern nigeria days after the raid the government says it is negotiating with the armed men boko haram was also responsible for abducting

hundreds of schoolgirls in the town of chibok in 2014 an explosion in afghanistan has killed 3 people including the deputy governor of the capital kabul the interior ministry says unknown assailants attached a bomb to my. vehicle no group has claimed responsibility for the attack german police say they have arrested another suspect in last year's robbery of priceless jewelry from the famous green ball museum in dresden only last month investigators arrested 3 young men 2 suspects remained on the run now one of them has been detained in berlin. countries across europe are tightening coronavirus restrictions as new infections surge london and parts of southern england will start a stricter lockdown on wednesday morning the netherlands and the czech republic are also implementing stricter measures germany has ordered schools and non-essential shops to close and as restricting social contact over the holiday period. well the

u.s. has marked a major milestone in the fight against the corona virus the country has started administering the 1st doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine doctors nurses and other at risk groups are 1st in line for the shots with the u.s. death toll now surpassing 300000 millions are hoping that today will mark a turning point in the fight against the pandemic. a moment of hope in the us most of all for frontline medical workers who were honored with receiving the 1st coronavirus vaccinations in the country this is the beginning of the end for kovac together as a community as a nation we can and this the 1st recipients seemed eager to convince others that the vaccine was safe it's very important that when the vaccine comes that we took off the science it is ok to take the or elsewhere in an effort to show government

confidence in the shot acting defense secretary christopher miller also took his jab on camera. that's it oh i thought i heard all. advisory panels in the u.s. and the u.k. have determined that the benefits of the shot fine outweigh the risks yet one in 3 people in the u.s. say they won't take it sorry i'm not interested it will never take it out of my dead body. i don't know want so. logistics pose another challenge because the country is so big and the concoction so fragile the bio on take 5 vaccine has to be kept at a chilling minus 70 degrees celsius a deep temperature requiring massive amounts of dry ice. despite all this u.s. officials are preparing for the largest vaccination campaign in the country's

history along with front line workers the elderly are also 1st in line to get an ocular rated. as corona virus cases climb sharply u.s. authorities have set a goal of vaccinating every willing american by midway through next year. let's check in now on some other developments in the penn demick the drugmaker says hackers accessed documents related to its coded 1000 vaccine candidate during a cyber attack on europe's medicines regulator israel is starting the 2nd phase for a vaccine that if successful could be rolled out next summer and the u.s. department of agriculture has confirmed the country's 1st known case of the corona virus in a wild animal a mink. a new media investigation has found that a group of russian special agents followed opposition leader alexa of only 4 years

before he was poisoned this summer that report says the agents from russia security service the f.s.b. were part of an intelligence team specializing in toxins and nerve agents. an independent thorough investigation of a crime that the russian government refuses to consider investigative website belling cat reveals a story about a specially trained team of russian agents with the goal of poisoning dissident aleksey nouvelle me with a deadly nerve agent shock. at the moment it's nobel now i found out who tried to kill me i know where they live and where they work i know their real names their fake names and i have photos of them that. belling cat worked with russian news organization the insider german newspaper der spiegel and us broadcast to c.n.n. to map out evidence that novell me was being followed by the russian security

service the f.s.b. well before the incident and even revealed previous attempts to poison him. at that this is a story about a secret group of killers from the f.s.b. which includes doctors and chemists it's about how they tried to kill me several times and once nearly killed my wife you won't hear about this on t.v. especially that the one giving orders to this group is russian president vladimir putin. that used publicly available flight logs and other information to back up their claims. and we did this we found that there were 3 people who had the same bioterrorism. but they were really surprised we looked more to these people and we noticed these people were looking at our colleagues had fallen of only for over 30 trips 2070 practically every time the only one around russia could use a presidential candidate i'm sorry and 2017 these people had the exact same track what internet probably not all that. an anti corruption activist and kremlin critic

felt dangerously ill on a flight from siberia to moscow. he was flying to germany's capital berlin for treatment and was in an induced coma for 2 weeks. german french and swedish laboratories have determined he was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent the chalk. held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. let's get a reminder now of our top story. the u.s. electoral college has formally confirmed joe biden as winner of last month's election in a televised address president elect biden told americans it was time to turn the page on the trump era and that democracy prevails. coming up next pope and hitler earlier this year the vatican opened it once.