for the future. for the biggest city. in sight. culture. this is the day of the news my friends are lame 2021 arrives to scale back celebrations around the world despite the usual spectacular midnight fireworks coronavirus restrictions crowds are encouraged to stay at home and watch the displays on t.v. also on the program a stinging defeat for president trump republican and democrat senators unite and

vote to override the president's veto of a main jet defense spending. hundreds of mike pence a sleeping rough in freezing conditions after a fire a migrant camp in bosnia herzegovina how it looks as though the obvious has been called in to help. we have freedom in all. and he's talked to us to make the most. of the space now official britain ends its nearly half a century membership nothing european union will take a look at the changes ahead just want and i'm not because. i'm phil welcome to the program. well wells been celebrating the 1st day of 2021 under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns and curfews made it to

new year like no other and people bade farewell to a year many would like to forget. new year's eve in times square new york city. the last 12 months seem to have changed little but look close a year ago a huge crowd caroused in midtown but this year people were encouraged to stick to socially distance pods in what was a relatively intimate get together. the bright lights were switched off on radios quite pick up on a beach to only the turned up to watch a few fireworks go off. with brazil's death toll from the virus still climbing many locals are in the mood to mourn not celebrate. but billons brandenburg gate this pick calculi chair was strictly made for television this year revelers were told to stay home and the see these parties did in the name was deserted unlike 12 months ago the lights were still on in sydney too but there was basically no one at

our residence for banned from taking the show along the hall before shore. and most opted to follow the government warnings of watching t.v. at home instead. only in a few places like hanoi vietnam and oakland new zealand did authorities let the party go long and hard. and this new year's day the sight of so many people gathered together is almost a stunning as the fireworks in the skies. well hours after welcoming in the new year the united states of past more than $20000000.00 confirmed coronavirus cases that's according to data from johns hopkins university the u.s. is the epicenter of the pandemic with more cases than any other country experts are now warning of a surge in deaths and new infections following gatherings over the festive period

countries around the world and i'm rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs but many have for them well behind their targets making some reconsider the way doses are to be delivered. a familiar sight from coronavirus testing but in this florida drive by people are now receiving something much more hopeful back scene shots. and yet the race to inoculate millions of people across the world against covert $1000.00 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are backing down the process many countries including the us and germany are falling far behind projected rolled out speeds the main issue is that the biotech pfizer vaccine the 1st one to be widely approved requires cumbersome refrigeration at extreme temperatures and 2 shots within 3 weeks to be the most effective. this has sparked

a debate among experts about whether the time between doses should be stretched to 3 months some argue that it is better to give many people some resistance to the virus then to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for rapid and high levels of vaccine uptake. recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 facts should be prioritise for both pfizer vaccine and. britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its

biotech pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plants are vaccinated 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancey in vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process. to take a look at some of the other developments in this pandemic will start in israel in 2 weeks into its about the nation program israel's delivered the 1st doses of the bomb tech pfizer vaccine to a 1000000 people that's 10 percent of the population french president emanuel macro

has promised to speed up his country's program fewer than $200.00 people have been inoculated since the rollout began on sunday and from the 7th of january canada will require arrivals to test negative for coronavirus the p.c.r. test taken within 72 hours of departure. well the global covered $1000.00 faction is dr a's posing huge challenges in the world's poorest regions in places like mali the lack of infrastructure it makes even basic health care difficult doctors that are hoping for international how to carry out vaccinations. are one of will these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against the disease in a country where temperatures often top 40 degrees celsius the campaign is a huge logistical undertaking vaccinating malia's in the largely rural country against the coronavirus will be an even greater challenge. it's extremely

important that the vaccines have a functioning logistics chain if you will be very complex to get it to the people in the countryside. so not to c.d.b. travels on foot by motorbike and sometimes by donkey to distribute the polio vaccine in remote villages people ask her if she will soon be bringing relief from covert 19 the health worker doesn't know what to answer many african countries will struggle to pay for the drug. the coronavirus affects the whole world but here in mali we have no vaccine i pray to god that we get it to. russell. infection rates are on the rise in mali while little testing is taking place in the capital bamako the health minister recently opened an intensive care

station with the help of the w.h.o. she hopes that the international community will help pay for the vaccines and that rich countries don't keep on buying up everything for themselves. the numbers are rising we need the vaccine that's why i have asked for help. mali hopes to access the vaccine through the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund and some pharma companies have committed to delivering the vaccine through the mechanism but even if it becomes available the vaccines distribution will be tough in a country without a reliable electricity supply. at least have a generator but that's not the case at other health centers if there is a power cut that's a huge problem. the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe but across

africa most people will likely still have to wait and aconitine leave a long time for relief. now to the united states where the senate says delivered a major rebuke to donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democrat senate is united to override the president's veto of a major defense spending bill the vote passed by more than me because 2 thirds majority and follows a similar bipartisan motion in the house of representatives it's the 1st time congress has used its power to override a trump veto the move unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending straight to d.w. correspondent all of us satellites in washington welcome all of us so what's the significance of this move by congress. well phil it certainly never happened as you mentioned since president trump took office that senate or that congress in general

blocks one of his policies now what's really important to mention here is that the republicans so donald trump's party hold the majority in the senate and we have witnessed some extremely partisan politics you know throughout president trump's presidency just think of all the impeachment proceedings one year ago where there was a lot of evidence produced but again the republicans in senate protected donald trump and that was not the case here today what they did is override a veto to veto a regarding a stimulus bill that was issued by congress to help the situation of the americans here with regards to cope with 19 mitch mcconnell criticized that it was not taking care of the individual situation of americans so trump wanted $2000.00 to be paid out it's going to be 600 that is unlocked all that's taking place and also very important as you mention is the defense bill and that has

implications for president trump's planned troop withdrawal from germany that at the time when announced that he would withdraw a large part of the troops stationed in germany analysts already said that this move will not pass congress and that is exactly what we're seeing here today so it's a good sign that both parties value the transatlantic partnership so resolve this because is this decision likely to have any effect on the upcoming vote offs in georgia. well it's a very important step that we're seeing here in the election process of course the presidential elections are over but the democrats need to win 2 very important seats here in this runoff election giorgione january 5th traditionally as you know it's a republican stronghold but it was flipped by the democrats for the 1st time in decades now the big question here is who will control senate after we had a split congress you know for for several years and joe biden and the democrats

will have to win those 2 seats that are up for grabs if joe biden wants to be successful from day one and push through his policy proposals and in particular to undo president trumps policies like migration or simply that are about america's role in the world that is at stake here and the big question is will he be successful a successful president or will the republicans obstruct him in senate from day one . good talking to one of the thank you for the town of a saucer in washington. is take a look at some other news from around the world will start in israel where troops are fired projectiles and tear gas at palestinian protesters throwing stones at least one protester was reportedly injured by a shot to the head palestinians are protesting against the establishment of an effigy sputum israeli settler. occupied west bank. the pope francis has delivered his traditional blessing on new year's day despite ill health it

missed earlier ceremonies because of pains in his leg the urge people to remember the children suffering in the ongoing war and you haven't spoken the papal library instead of some peter's square in order to discourage crowds. or forces in bosnia herzegovina appear to be moving to prevent a humanitarian disaster at a burnt out migrant camp in the country's north west the army has been setting up tents for hundreds of people at lipa the camp was set alight after it was closed down with no be placement accommodation provided leaving about a 1000 people without shelter during the freezing bosnian winter the european union has called on both north origins to find housing for the migrants. piece of our assets is that western balkans coordinator to bosnia and herzegovina representative of the international organization for home migration joins us from

sarajevo welcome to g.w. is the both be just providing 10 so will it also be washing and cooking facilities . well for now what we have seen is that they've provided tents for about $900.00 people which is sufficient. to give shelter to 9 people are there it's not clear what if they're also toilets in your basic things that my guess would need while of course is local it was the authorities to action it has to be emphasized stance or not heat and he doesn't really address the fundamental problem which is that the sides we don't access to order without access to electricity remains very much or will remain very much such standards place for people to say. and in the given what you've just said and given the fact that the bosnian government has allowed these people to live out in the cold winter for a day they does look as though they don't really care about them like that they're

not that bothered well. enough usually different politicians do care has been proven nearing what were actually impossible to come to a political consensus to real war as we saw also to open a new city which government didn't do a few days ago. i don't think it's this certainly. carol it's more an impossibility of coming to a political consensus between central authority on the one hand and the local authorities in different parts of the country on the other hand ok so that's that's the bosnian government but the camp at lipa was barely fit for human habitation before it burned down and your organization delayed the decision to close it until the day before christmas in subzero temperatures was that sensible. well we should have close to realize you authorities are you are going to close facility

on the 30th of november and each time you produce that legal system we look at people 'd around the corner turned out not to be the case and when we decided to get. very close to. it was because libor had become extremely dangerous ringback only in collapsing under the snow luckily it was a prayer to know it was spring time but it became very clear to us that it was very hazardous to keep people there so we could not include conscious tell people say here you are safe serious they were not. thank you for joining us of peter fonda our at his from the international organization for migration thank you very. nearly a half a century of partnership britain has finalized its split with the european union a channel tunnel linking the u.k. to france's seen by many as a symbol of european cooperation hours after the separation at midnight the eurostar train service from london pulled into the french capital for those on

board it was a glimpse into the future of post breck's a travel. at 1st glance it could have been any other day for the eurostar train service that connects the u.k. with mainland europe. on closer inspection at paris's garbage no station some new red tape was already apparent. but how was the mood among the 1st travellers from the u.k. to arrive in paris on this historic occasion. it was it was fine i mean it was a we knew that there'd be checks to do with. why we're coming here and that we had a covert test but other than that it was kind of like normal i think most of that most of the checks were due to the coronavirus restrictions rather than bags it necessarily i thought i'd get away with this that day it's not what we buy it for getting to sky at this happening really but yeah as ed said is

a democracy so you have to kind of respect the rules now just go with it you have got it got to be dividing and already divided out. in here what can you do hear. many e.u. citizens at the station expressed similar reservations. was if you saw frankly it's sad to see the united kingdom leaving europe like this. city you know britain was a pillar of europe. it's unfortunate. we needed a country like great britain in europe an all nighter the deception of there's deception on the english side in the sense that i think we all need other people. i think the europeans have a lot of work in london the english here not so much said not. anticipating potential chaos as the new regime kicks in france has recruited over $700.00 additional customs officers to worth at its borders with the u.k.

their duties could include patrolling the eurostar trains to make sure travelers have the right paperwork for whatever they're carrying. let's talk about this further but they don't use. mr alex forrest whiting here on day one of britain's post future well quote the ports and airports it sounds as bricks it feels might have been overblown well i think that must be huge surely for boris johnson and his government that everything has so far gone according to their plan they haven't been major hick ups. but this is the 1st of the brics has become a reality but let's remember that today is a public holiday it's not a normal day normally for example the number of trucks and lorries of going across from dover in the south of england to cali in france would total about $10000.00 today estimated there were $800.00 now obviously that's partly because it's the 1st

of january but also because many hold these companies stayed away they didn't want to get caught up in any delays and the red tape but they are warning that the next few days in the few weeks we'll see will be when that they will see if there will be good delays and what that paper what will really mean for them big victory though for the british prime minister boris johnson who's this election promise was to get bricks it done so now briggs it is done what's next for he's got a lot on his plate but yes we have to hand it to him he has got brecht's it done this is a very good for him he's had a very difficult year particularly with the covert crisis many people blaming him in his government for not locking down the u.k. early enough many times in fact not just once and that that has led to more deaths in the u.k. related to cope at 19 but within his own party he's been criticized for looking down too much for ruining the economy so he can at least say look i've got done

this is a success now he's got to put the politics into action they're already saying the government that it could cost around about $7000000000.00 pounds that's almost $8000000000.00 euros just the business is to deal with post bureaucracy here. so knows that this trade deal with the e.u. is all about goods whereas it is services that make up 80 percent of the u.k. economy he's also got the issue of wanting to level off parts of the u.k. specially the cash but will he be able to do that what he's have cofa to deal with and there isn't any money ok briefly roughly half of brits voted to leave and roughly half of brits will now benefit from leaving props not the same people who and why well i think that those people who really wanted it to happen will be happy that that's happening of course but i think one thing that they can say is a success for brics it is that they have now got rid of something called the tampon

tax now this is a tax on senate tree products across the whole of the it's a 5 percent levy now the u.k. is out of the e.u. they can get rid of that tax altogether of bracks it is celebrating women and saying it's a victory for equality alex forrest whiting thank you. all germans hard shell could have won a game since january last year and are on target to set an unwanted record the longest winless streak in the bundesliga the current holders of a title or team called the body of berlin who set the record back in the sixty's despite the negative connotations that not king to relinquish their place in history but it does look like shell code will displace the last placed squad with just 4 points of the even harder new coach christiane groves who hopes to drag them out of the doldrums and avoid them becoming the new holders of the blunders league is worst ever read. does money of bellina known throughout germany for $1.00 thing

that disastrous $96566.00 season the cup when $31.00 matches without a win in that campaign abundance legal record they also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season ends the most goals conceded i thought form a player that's a becker says the small club is still proud to this day is competing for that one season in the bundesliga. and kind of i can say that we were of course proud to play at least one season in the bonus they go sometimes just to meet the expectations of the but also to never disappoint and to eventually realise when the opponent was simply better than us and then again the best of our. but now their winless record is in danger of falling current bundesliga side shall come doing their best to usurp. they haven't won in 21 matches with their last league victory coming in january earlier this year for the 7 time german champions it's an

embarrassing predicaments. it's a threat to their identity they've become surprisingly attached to this undesirable record and don't want szoka taking make lawrie. maybe it would be poor through the tried to break this record but i can't imagine that we did it once season and try to get it over through season so worth $4000000.00 if not competitive for us through the. shell to have just 2 games to save their reputation with a victory bizarrely their biggest cheerleader will be. they want their record as the bundesliga is worst ever teen to stand i well despite the pandemic putting a damper on saturday brace in some lots of people around the world still raise the glass to the new year or most residents like to lounge around the house the day after some in europe love nothing more than to strip off and head to the water

billed as the perfect hangover cure they braved the winter temperatures for icy new year's day dick. taking the plunge into rome's chilly tiber river for decades italians have dived 15 meters down as the year kicks off this time around coronavirus restrictions kept the crowd small but one diver said their tradition sent a message people needed this year. got out you'll go to your her courage because we are doing this dive as a message of recovery as i hope to get everything back to normality. in portugal it's a diff into the cold planting. some swear by the health benefits of cold water swimming with or. without protective gear. the family it's a good way to start the new year by keeping all the viruses away. it's a bonus this way we don't get sick from i'm. not going to miss this.

i that may or may not be even further north this dutch beach some more health obsessed people come out to take the waters the coronavirus kept many away but those who did keep their tradition were confident they were doing the right thing it's proven scientifically proven to improve your communities so it's good for grown up dogs. besides the alleged health benefits what a way to beat those summer beach crowds. today at the top of the hour and of course as always the website d w don't call a good day.

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