city metro manila once to become an environmental pioneer and cut traffic congestion with new concepts pasig is one of 10 model cities worldwide where mobility is being promoted with funding from the e.u. and the international climate initiative. but it's not that simple and america pasig knows just how urgently change is needed. climate change an air pollution there definitely problems for us globally but. city in the middle of. air pollution is definitely a big problem recently we just completed our greenhouse gas inventory we see that reads of air pollution in the city are. alarming to see the least and we need to do it every week to lower these numbers in the near future. wants to profit from this switch to elect your mobility base to the south of metro manila to 7 years now it

has been building a range of electric vehicles including these jeepneys currently motors still imports all its components from china the vision is actually producing and engineering locally for our local costumers so our mission is to have people enjoy electric vehicles as their mode of transportation for public and private. but the company still relies on support from the philippine government and the european union plus immobility has yet to properly take off in the country and the technical specifications have yet to be finalized the heart of the whole thing will is the electric battery. and we need to get a good picks between the size of the battery and what would be affordable for the order for the for the market. at the moment hardly anyone buys electric cars in the

philippines the private use. nifty has a start up the bills folding bicycles and originally electric ones too but with that business proving unprofitable the 2 founders now only upgrade bikes with batteries the parts that. costs seem. a bit to get from china so for a start up it's very difficult to compete specially in such a new market such the. market where it's very price sensitive income for e is the startups co-founder he and his team make standard folding bikes he's a cycling enthusiast and keen to contribute to efforts to reduce traffic congestion our cities were not designed are there loads of fun sport the show especially it will not die plate that i support the show once so. if you're see at least not

for bicycles electric bicycles would also be challenging. electrum ability comes at a high price it's still too expensive for most people and it also hasn't gained widespread acceptance among the population according to the merest past sake nevertheless the desire for a cleaner and more environmentally friendly city is growing so what the people we talked to like to see that he has from now. being a bicycle i hope the congestion will have eased by 2050 particularly if more people use electric vehicles whether they're motor bikes bicycles or cars i hope they'll be more of them because it will improve traffic. but again 2050 hopefully it's the seat the we're in on. not just accepted but widely used. where it goes do not dominate the roads the vehicles are not by the people but

instead you by the service and without the slower phone on the white solution of. the mobility police measurable in 25th i hope that metro when it embraces cycling as an infrastructure as a way for people to move around you know you have by means here to vegas or iraq to different cities covered with trees. and it's a vision that seems a world away from the current congested reality of manila by 2050 up to 23000000 people will live in the region making the need for new mobility concepts all the more pressing. now we had from bustling manila to rural south africa that many people would love to have more options for getting around. kids and teenagers here often find it challenging even getting to school. all reports

a uni iraqi met members of an ngo who are kissing children out with 2nd hand bikes to sting the lives of many near the coastal town of margate. is the child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get there she lives in kwazulu-natal province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to. call. toll on the way is really long. there's no public transport around her children often arrive late to school or just don't go she goes to include primary school. the deputy principal says a number of issues need to be addressed if this problem of late coming as it is or

the other and this is that is the issue that driving and then. walking wonder road with them this program of crime nor the crime and sort of figure out ways that program was. a few kilometers away is the base of an ngo that wants to solve the transportation problem for poor local children not iraq's most i am to muslim gamey and some are part of the team of sweet bike they're on loading 400 and 72nd hand bikes recently delivered from switzerland they'll go to kids at various schools here in the area around market 140 kilometers south of to happen so basically when a new concern arrives i feel like a small child who's about to open a like a park and it's really like this is a change or something into the country doesn't have a feeling that i get when you know i was pretty good. sweet by got going are still here and has already provided more than $1500.00 bicycles to schools each one 1st

has to be assembled and tested at the sweet bike workshop the project depends on donations. depending on how much money comes in something and the team buy an import up to several containers full each year. because it 19 pandemic has meant delays and deliveries recently. are we trying to squeeze everything in for the closing of the schools for the festive season which is a bit stressful at the moment but. the workshop has 5 trainee mechanics. is in charge here. together they process about 40 pikes a day vocational training is another core element of sweet bikes mission the aim is to enhance skills and create jobs and new opportunities and bicycle assembly paths and distribution. the idea is at the end of the year to equip them

we have enough skills so they can either open their own workshop or be placed in a drab that you can see in the field we try and teach not only to think of it as mechanics but also maybe as selling bikes some of the trainees already have plans when they complete the course in future would lead to where or bicycles and certainly to all out to all round areas because there's not much transport so they can use space shuttles. sometimes under a under muslim gamey we're going to visit a friend in florida training. he lives in a village a few kilometers away. supermom close in armor completed the course a year ago. he now runs

a bike workshop in his house. sweet bike gave him a starter set of tools. he thought a lot of schoolchildren would come to have their bikes looked at but the pandemic and lockdown meant schools were closed and few actually showed up still businesses not bought. i'm going. in town so obviously no one can come and i can just to fix the a bicycle. the next morning back at sweet bike it's time to distribute a bunch of newly assembled and tested bikes before schools close for the christmas holidays in mid december. these bikes are for include primary school.

progress is slow on the unpaved road. but. the children are excited about the bikes. especially as if they charge. for her it had been a long wait time they can hear me i felt like help get a bike that i don't care. about maybe if they come again when it happens. to happen. before the kids can set off on their bikes they get safety training for some riding a bike is an entirely new experience. now i have my own time spots can all i want. it is. something that. balancing on 2 wheels takes a little practice but to seal a child who is keen to learn and would like nothing more than to cycle to school

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not. longer more like arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . was. last. this is the w. news a live shot from berlin germany enters a tougher lockdown in a bid to conceive a pandemic schools and non-essential businesses closing for at least 3 and a half weeks at the same time europe's medical authorities promise to approve a coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week also coming up on the show us a senate majority leader mitch mcconnell becomes the most senior republican to

congratulate joe biden on winning the presidential election 6 months ago will get an update on the 10. cans of the coaching change at dortmund paid off the right away the perennial going just to go contenders start what they call beat a winning streak. i'm playing richardson welcome to the show coronavirus vaccination campaigns have already begun in britain canada and the united states now people in the e.u. are asking when it will be their turn now under pressure to move quickly the european medicines agency has moved up a meeting at which it's expected to approve the vaccine developed by by on time and pfizer now that this. could come as soon as monday meanwhile germany has started a harder lockdown with schools and non-essential businesses to remain closed

through january 10th but the restrictions coming into effect on wednesday sent last minute shoppers scrambling to buy presents time for the holidays there's always a surge of people at christmas time hunting for last minute gifts but this year the crush has come earlier than usual in germany. shoppers rush to make last minute purchases ahead of the country's tough lockdown but right people seem pretty stressed about the whole thing you can feel it is going up but we're finished we got it done. up and he's on time for health reasons all i can say is that it's the right thing to do we can't wait until it all falls to pieces. but while some may not find what they're looking for a welcome christmas present may be coming soon germany is waiting for the 1st corona virus vaccines to be approved the problem is so far not even the health minister knows when that will happen. and so not so nano national authorities are

supporting the european authorities to the best of their ability the goal is to secure approval before christmas. germans have watched patiently as a vaccine invented in the country has been rolled out already in the u.k. and the u.s. mass immunization centers are currently being equipped millions of doses of vaccine are on order those with heightened risk of infection will be invited 1st the elderly as well as front line medical workers establishing priority is key in distributing the vaccine many people wanted as quickly as possible but that isn't enough at least in the beginning so that's why we need clear and transparent priorities the vaccine is being kept under key and lock and it's very highly protected the vaccine is coming to germany but unlike with father christmas himself nobody can get be sure when to expect that. the crown of virus has spread to some of the most remote parts of the world like the amazon rain forest in brazil so

people there also need a medical treatment and when they become available vaccines but getting them the doses will be a major logistical challenge which the government is leaving up to the army. the troops are ready the destination an indigenous community in the amazonas region. it's hard to reach the area where this group lives luckily we have the right transport going to. commie doctors and nurses airlifted to the region whether to kunar people live the flight takes them 100 kilometers across virgin rainforest. the resilient army has been responsible for these medical missions since the start of the pandemic 6000 security people live in villages here and in the forest the soldiers and doctors arrival is an event the community put on a welcome ceremony it's the 1st visit to this kind since the pandemic began then

the medical work begins local people help doctors examined everyone and carry out false coronavirus tests so far 2 people in the community have died from covert 1935 people caught the virus but they say they recovered with the help of traditional medicine there are no acute coronavirus cases and that surprised doctors. i spent 12 days in a coma on a ventilator after that i was in pain and couldn't stand up by myself. i'm really happy to be here and help others. but the military operation deep in the amazonas region is controversial the soldiers help the community but risk infecting them at the same time indigenous groups a critical. 2 years ago the government pulled doctors out of the indigenous land and they've weakened permanent local health authorities in the region.

instead they send in a lot of troops to areas where they used to be health missions. the military's role has long faced criticism the government also sent in the army to protect indigenous land from illegal logging and gold minus the soldiers document their mission in these videos. but the destruction of the rain forests continues in the last year an area 4 times the size of luxembourg has been destroyed. the areas on the military control have really been the black to and no one has been prosecuted where wondering what the army is actually doing there. the chicken a people are happy about the doctor's visit at least they are skeptical about the vaccines being promised. if if the vaccine works we will take it but if it's not

clear that it's really effective we would be reluctant to africa. bad because only vaccines that don't need to be kept in a freezer can be transported here and when they arrive here in the amazon it will be up to the army to distribute it. to the united states now where republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has congratulated joe biden on his victory in a november's presidential election mcconnell was among many congressional republicans who had refused to acknowledge biden's defeat of president donald trump who has continued to make unfounded claims of fraud comes after the electoral college officially confirmed that the results of the election. for. let's bring in our washington bureau chief you know as a poll for more in as a so mitch mcconnell now finally saying anough is enough even as president trump concede refuses to concede how significant is it really to have this senior

republican leader finally acknowledging biden's victory. if the president proves it finally kong regulated biden senior majority leader mitch mcconnell indeed also acknowledged. the outcome of the election as well well for him it's actually simply political he sees the reality in front of him which is that joe biden will be president and he will have to work with them because you know the majority for either party will be razor thin. and we do still have more than a month to go until joe biden's inauguration on january 20th what do you think we can expect to see from donald trump in his final weeks in office. well we learned over the course of the last full 5 years that this is really really hard to predict but what he will keep doing he will keep feeding the narrative that the election was stolen of him simply to keep his supporters angry

and on his side illegally don't know for the options to fight the outcome i think at this point rather it is nothing but a p.r. really to prepare his cum pain running again for president 2024 and i think we could be seeing more of trump in the future looking ahead what can we expect from diehard trump supporters now that it seems the republican establishment establishment is beginning to come to terms with the idea that trump may no longer be useful to them. right claire but you have to keep in mind donald trump got more than 73000000 votes and let's say at least a 3rd or so of them are die hards from supporters which the party needs to have to have a chance to win the white house again i was attending a trump rally just last weekend in washington and it was actually quite amazing how many of his supporters told me that they would start their own party if the

republican leaders don't listen to donald trump so we have to keep in mind donald trump has no loyalty towards the republican party whatsoever after all he was a his whole life democrats so it's not about america 1st it's about charm 1st and he knows that this child said they will create a new party gives him a lot of power and this is something he will use to keep his influence. thank you very much a washington bureau chief in us. and let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour u.s. president elect joe biden has picked a former democratic rival he took you to judge as his secretary for the department of transportation going to judge would be the 1st openly gay person confirmed by the senate to a cabinet position in the united states. hungary has amended the definition of

family in its constitution to limit adoption by same sex couples rights groups have attached the move which defines a family as a female mother and a male father prime minister viktor orban has worked recast hungry in a more conservative mold a since coming to power. the european union has unveiled a new draft laws aimed at reigning in the market power of tech giants like amazon apple and facebook the proposal includes a serious fines and even has powers to break up noncompliance companies brussels sees their power as a threat to competition and democracy. the european commission used in advance callender. its updated did to 2 groups along the way to a chocolate treat for many people some said this new legislation could change the internet as we know it and limits at least in some parts the enormous power of tech

giants that influence so much of our daily lives we search with google online we buy christmas presents on amazon and we share our latest holiday snaps with our friends on facebook or instagram or whatsapp both belong to social media shy and facebook a few tech giants dominate the internet and dictate its rules studies show for example that google's online shopping search engine is still disadvantaged in rivals just by the regulatory crackdown 3 years ago. our let's take a look at you tube by google companies like you tube collect data from users this information then feeds augur of them's that decides which ads and which content we see online it is not transparent how it works. legal framework for the internet is 20 years old when the world wide web was completely different it is time for an

update but it could take years to be implemented as different e.u. institutions have to agree on a common law in. reporting their sports now and a rare midweek slate of matches in the bundesliga charmant was hoping to get back to winning form after a coaching change from a new interim boss a deal that tired took his club on the road to bremen including with the youngest player ever to start in the league. don't mean 16 year old yusuf mukoko who became the blade is think his youngest debutant in november started his 1st league match at braman another historic moment for the teenager it's also the 1st start of the season for assistant coaches turn head 18th hits each do it minute get their new head coach fired up early in the 12th minute jaden since those shot was blocked the raphael guerrero found the rebound to dig the ball over year republican

for the league. to do it when lead didn't last long only about 15 minutes framings mechs egleston put it on a t. for a candid move who smashed it into the net to level the affair. after the break the youngster mukoko got his chance but the 16 year old put too much peperoni. brainy and aggressive defense past them to match. pov lanka brought down manuel and congo to set up the decisive goal. of the days to have lanka did his best to prevent marco rice's winner but to no avail publica managed to get a hand on the ball but royce was there to clean it up. dortmund with 18 chances at the helm get back to winning ways with a 21 victory over brain. that is your news update at this hour coming up

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