this is deja vu news coming to you live from u.s. lawmakers vote to increase their emergency payments to $2000.00 for 2 deals covered 19 but the house of representatives rejects outgoing president donald trump's veto of a massive defense spending bill. also coming up voice of anger in the chinese city of rouhani we meet a man who lost his father to cope with 19 and blames the government's lack of transparency for his death.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. lawmakers have rejected present donald trump's veto $740000000000.00 defense bill the votes in the house of representatives sets the stage for the republican controlled senate to deliver what would be the 1st veto override of trump's term in office elsewhere the house also voted to increase emergency pandemic relief payments to struggling americans to $2000.00. the pandemic left christina kelly unemployed she hasn't paid rent for months and her family has relied on an evictions ban to stay in their house now they may lose everything there are no options right now the homeless shelters are all closed people because the pandemic obviously. and i don't have a vehicle for me to even sleep in but now there's

a lifeline while playing golf in florida president trumpet been threatening to block a massive package of public spending then out of the blue he demanded an increase in one of payments to individuals from $600.00 to $2000.00 on twitter trump agreed to sign the bill also in the house democrats voted to overturn the president's veto of a 700000000000 dollars defense spending bill president elect joe biden is also weighed in complaining of a lack of cooperation from the outgoing trumpet ministration right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need the ongoing outgoing from the outgoing administration in key national security areas it's nothing short of more a view of irresponsibility the debate over defense and billions in pandemic 8 now moves to the republican controlled senate but many hard pressed americans can

breathe a little easier much needed cash relief is on the way. so why did president trump change his mind and sign a spending bill and we put that question to d. w.'s washington correspondent stuff and see months earlier political pressure i think i think something got to him that he won't be and that he tries not to be remembered as somebody who throws in the last 9 yards a grenade into all of this that would have been definitely not very good to see through his image which is scratched anyway so political pressure probably did this . so you look at some other stories making headlines today hundreds of pro-life activists have. a head of a congressional vote that could see argentina become the 1st latin american country to legalize abortion the senate on tuesday is due to debate a bill that was passed by the house earlier this month it would decriminalize

abortion in almost all circumstances. the australian government warns it may cancel the visas of visitors who breached restrictions on public gatherings and footage showed large crowds partying near a sydney a popular sydney beach with tourists the image the immigration minister asked local authorities to report violations to his officials. and 3 french soldiers and killed in the west african nation of mali they were troll in a remote area when an improvised explosive device blew up their armored car thousands of french troops are deployed in mali either fighting in islamist insurgency. it's been around a year now since the 1st coronavirus cases were reported by officials in the chinese city of han the pandemic is now largely under control in china but stories are emerging of how people have paid the price for beijing's alleged lack of transparency overcovered 19 reports now on

a chinese man who says he's angry with the government for not releasing more information at the time the 1st 100 cases were recorded. it is almost as if nothing had ever happened here life is back to normal in the city where the coronavirus 1st emerged at the time the government reacted with one of the most severe lock downs in human history now old and young enjoy outdoor activities children up back in school with their grandparents waiting to pick them up. what i'd outsiders might still have the virus that will hand people don't say oh it's because they govern well during lockdown. china has brought infection rates down to almost 0 in an exuberant exhibition the communist party celebrates victory in what it calls its war on the epidemic with tributes to soldiers and medics who work themselves with sourcing during the outbreak but 1st and foremost the party celebrates self and the general secretary xi jinping was hailed as the man who led the country to victory.

canada donegal henschel i'm very moved by this exhibition i feel that the people of who bay province the government and all its organizations have shouldered a lot. of. this is hala china wants people to see its reaction to the disease and how many people do see it indeed but there are other voices in this city. john high is one of them he is on his way to the municipal government. isn't this the people's government taking pictures is not allowed. to look like a country by means of i think they should change their name from the people's government of one hand to the bureaucrats government on one hand. john hi normally lives in the southern city of shenzhen but returned home to one han in january when his father broke his hip the elderly man received free treatment at

a military hospital this was where he caught cold it and later died. john high says his father would still be alive if the 03 g.'s in one han had not covered up the early stages of the outbreak he is trying to file a case in court against the government. i've been very upset since i came back to world. news is that i'm sad and angry at the same time you know for that's my current state of mind body relationship. on the floor that i can't stand all this propaganda about the achievements in the fight against covidien was just opened out of all the people who died the innocent people who left this world have never been paid proper respect as it has been so you will die in the war and government has never apologized and we don't know where

you got. the me. but few people speak publicly about their grievances many others appear to have put the experience behind them night life is back on the streets especially young people enjoy their newly returned free there's. almost nothing else what do you feel energized we've stored up in a g. for almost half a year i've been exercising and taking care of my health every day i feel healthier and more alive than ever before you know what do you. think i didn't feel the need to rested only your we had a rest that was way too long there's no excitement a high not even a reading young life but many places in the woods to struggle with the pen damage the city where it all 'd began is moving on. stake look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic india as confirmed 6 cases of the new more infectious

variant of the virus 1st detected in britain it was found in people who arrived from the u.k. in recent weeks. brazilian authorities are closing rio de janeiro's beaches for new year's eve to help contain the spread of the coronavirus the city has already announced that copacabana beach would be shut down if it is traditionally the heart of celebrations and south africa's faster spreading variant has prompted the country to tighten restrictions these include extending a nationwide curfew and re imposing a ban on alcohol sales for a course in saudi arabia has sentenced a prominent women's activists women's rights activist to nearly 6 years in prison news a tool came i came to global attention as the face of the campaign to allow women to drive in the conservative kingdom she was charged with harming national security under anti terror. bluejay now left little has paid for activism

with ease of her life she believed it was her right to drive no matter what saudi little said. men who want to stop us from driving are doing us an injustice they are pressing off. now have to lose been arrested more than once for women's rights activism she's being kept behind by since 28 tame. her family has alleged she's been tortured in jail now she's been sentenced by an anti terror court the moment. she saw their verdict 'd she she started crying well because the fact is the fact that she has been labeled as a terrorist basically. now have little is just one of several women's rights activists who've been in jail for the past 2 and off years because it's been taken up by campaign is a broad they say the sentence is intended to stop the saudis from seeking shine.

the saudi authorities have done this in the costs with human rights activists which we have seen in sentence of being treated as terrorists they have made it clear to their citizens that you cannot demand you can only provide it a month off tillage i was arrested and the government finally allowed women to get behind the wheel to favorable headlines of broad. but rights groups say this reform came at a cost. to the very people who spoke out 1st on behalf of this basic freedom. freedom of speech access to information and a free press are taken for granted here in germany but these things do not exist in many countries at least 50 journalists have been killed in the past year campaign group reporters without borders as most were targeted assassinations afghanistan is one of the 5 deadliest nations for journalists along with mexico iraq pakistan and

india. this is the 3rd funeral of a journalist in afghanistan in 2 months the t.v. and radio presenter. and her driver were killed by gunmen in early december. and then somehow but i wouldn't i don't want to know hundreds coming. she was on her way to work and we had planned to do a show together i was on edge when i got the news we had to stop the show. that's true but how about a round and all but i want to go to one of the simply points from that a bit of a journalist and a woman in the spotlight 25 year old with a symbol of the new afghanistan a threat to fundamentalists and goes she criticized that i have 10 more daughters like my lai who could give their lives for a cause but i want the killers apprehended back in the know what is possible not targeted killings of journalists like my one by gunmen or car bombs have become all

too common in afghanistan despite the ongoing peace talks between the government and the taliban the country is still rated as one of the world 5 most dangerous places for journalists and with weekly reports of new attacks threats and intimidation local journalist groups are raising the alarm in november the afghan journalist safety committee wrote a letter to the un security council urging it to help reduce the violence. i don't think it's ever been as. scary as it is right now. because it seems that all journalists or reps. will only 6 weeks of lost for jobs so you have all the. jobs you know are. targeted killings. so. and that has created that sense if you're a military journalist all of a because. just days after my one death and almost 300 kilometers away another

journalist from my to learn next hour was killed. shop close to his home are known gunmen head of the local journalists union and reported for outlets like a.p. and al-jazeera according to his colleagues he had received threats and inform the authorities about them but got little help. and attack on john with an act of oppression in our society no one is more press than journalists i have to say let's question ourselves and let's get united let them ask our leaders to explain why this quarter has happened and how long it's going to continue and whether it is the taliban i s local strongman or government affiliates the question of who is behind these attacks often remains unanswered good for those who continue to do their work as journalists one thing is clear they should not have to risk their lives to do their jobs. you're watching news we've got more for you coming up the top of the next hour coming up next molecule be here with all the latest business for you and

of course you can catch up on all our stories anytime you walk on our website d.w. dot com. thanks for watching. i think is everything 1st i'm going to be. much different culture between here and there. or if the thing. is the same think it was worth it for me to.