this is d w news live from berlin and you base your defeat for donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democrat senators unite vote to override the president's veto of a major bill on defense spending it's the 1st time congress has overturned the trumka feet also coming up. countries around the world to roll out coronavirus vaccination programs for book with stocks limited so max spirits are recommending a rethink of the way doses are delivered. to europeans welcomed the new

year with a splash taking a deep cut in freezing cold water is a long tradition on the 1st day of the year in many cultures. yes happy new year and welcome to the show the united states senate has delivered a major review to donald trump but with just weeks left in his presidency republican and democrat senators came together to override the president's veto of a major defense bill the vote passed by more than the required 2 thirds majority and follows a similar bipartisan motion in the hives of representatives it's the 1st time congress has overridden a trump a veto the move unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending.

d.w. correspondent for salat sends us this update from washington d.c. it is a humiliating blow for donald trump on the last days off his presidency and it's also a 1st because never before has congress overridden a veto or trump since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in senate that has been extremely partisan throughout donald trump's presidency just think of the impeachment proceedings about a year ago where a lot of damaging material was produced against all still the republicans and senate back to him eventually exonerated donald trump and now it looks like the tides have changed the republicans in senate approved a defense bill against the will of the all trump and then also challenges donald trump's plans to pull out some $1236000.00 u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany that plan is effectively put on hold

no meaning another blow for donald trump and all the big question the big overarching question is what is happening with the republican party right now and how we see in the republican support for donald trump beginning to crumble more than 50 countries around the world are now rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs and of those many have fallen well behind their targets making some reconsider the way doses are delivered. a familiar sight from corona virus testing but in this florida drive by people are now receiving something much more hopeful vaccine shots and yet the race to inoculate millions of people across the world against kovac 1000 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are bogging 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. full recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert 900 back scene should be proud ties for both pfizer vaccine and astra zeneca vaccine 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 normal fridge 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. plans to vaccinate a 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 yancy and 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 well here are some

of the other developments in the pandemic the united states has surpassed 20000000 confirmed coronavirus cases experts are now warning of another surge in deaths and new infections following gatherings over the festive period french president emanuel mccall has promised to speed up his country's vaccination program fewer than 200 people have been inoculated since the rollout began on december 27th and from the 7th of january canada will require travelers arriving in the country to show proof of a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of departure. well the pandemic has changed the way important issues are dealt with including the cut climate crisis before activists were rallying in cities around the world to demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels but when lockdowns and social distancing put an end to public gatherings they took their message online. at.

a demonstration in berlin for more climate protection with masks and social distancing this is how climate activists protest in covert 1000 times. large demonstrations are not possible right now so fridays for future activists are also taking their protests online force america a spokeswoman for the berlin fridays for a future group that's a real challenge. it was we didn't know how to raise attention if we're not able to protest on the streets but i think we've managed to get through anyway with online tools. they have been hosting web seminars on climate justice digital meetings with scientists and have been using twitter and instagram as communication platforms simmias says this is all giving them a chance to strengthen their international network. it's my lords and i'm almost as

i'm most of it was the muslims why because when i'm on my son picked louis mo tom was one of the moderators of the global digital climate strike lifestream. he was able to draw almost a quarter of a 1000000 viewers for him the protests are essential in the fight against climate change the change happens when everyone who comes to the demonstrations tries to introduce systematic change in their field in their industry and tries to imagine what such a transformation might look like i find that personally totally motivating whenever i think about the coming years. but ever since the pandemic broke out climate change has been on the backburner. we asked people how important it is for berliners today that's not to do this nothing less it's important but right now people are more worried about dying than about politics or climate policy with a key hopefully the theme of my time and change has taken a backseat but we shouldn't forget about it both issues are important one is

important right now on the other for the future for our children to be oh we couldn't. but activists like samir a say action on the climate crisis cannot be postponed. the quarter cope at 19 crisis has been highlighting social injustices this year and we've seen that the government can handle crises why not the climate crisis yet. samir and the other activists want to affect the political change be it online or on the streets. let's take a look at some other international stories in bosnia herzegovina the army has been setting up tents to has hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions. places one burnt down the un's migration agency says appropriate permanent accommodation is still needed. rescuers in norway say they found the body of

a person killed in wednesday's landslide 9 people are still missing several buildings were swept away in the slide which occurred about 30 kilometers north of north of the capital. now after a nearly half century partnership britain has finalized its place with the european union and the channel tunnel linking britain with france is seen by many as a symbol of european cooperation and hours after the separation on the 1st day of 2021 the eurostar train service from london poland pulled into the french capital pirates for those on board it was a glimpse into the future of post brags that traffic. 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 is 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 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 the regs it necessarily i thought i guess the way to get is that day that's not what we have a at 4 pm just got at this happen and it. as ed said is a democracy so you have to kind of respect the rules now just go with your gut it's got to be dividing and already divided out. and what can you do hear. many e.u. citizens at the station expressed similar reservations. for forces who still frankly it's sad to see the united kingdom leaving europe like this.

to do you know britain was a pillar of europe. it's unfortunate that we needed a country like great britain in europe. not a deception not as deception on the english side. in the sense that i think we all need other people. i think the europeans have a lot of wealth in london the english here not so much said not. anticipating potential chaos as the new regime kicks in france has weekly chito the $700.00 additional customs offices to work out that its borders with the u.k. their duties could include patrolling heroes star trains to make sure travelers have the right paperwork for whatever that carrying. manchester united striker edinson cavani has been banned for 3 matches after using a racist term on social media the striker from europe wide posted the message after

he was congratulated for scoring a winning goal in november he later devic deleted the post when he was told that the word in spanish could be considered racist kalani didn't contest the english football associations charge that his post was quote insulting and abusive and said the comment was meant affectionately. well the coronavirus demick has made celebrations difficult but many across the world raise their glasses to the new year from the comfort of their homes as some revelers like to take it easy on january 1st what some people here in europe alone is nothing more than to strip off and head to the water billed as a great way to kick start the year they pray to cold winter temperatures for an icy new year's day dip. 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. her courage because we are doing this as a message for coverage 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 of you. know kind of. i. 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 immunity so it's good for growth dogs. besides the alleged health benefits what a way to beat those summer beach crowds. well that's it from me and the rest of its team here in berlin make sure to stay up to date with all the latest news on d w dot com take care seasons and happy new year. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. to double your world heritage 360 get the map now. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken.

what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus up to the coastal special monday to friday. that the. president is reality we haven't seen a repeat of that trade chaos on britain's borders with the e.u. yet experts warn the steady flow of traffic could soon turn into a roll. pandemic has pulled millions of africans in poverty could you continent wide free trade zone turned around their fortunes. amongst the world's inoculation from code 19 can we expect a v. shaped old vaccine recovery natural course for the folks at half a year ahead. to school and that's the business britain and the e.u.

are officially divorced from today customs checks are in place with the u.k. leaving the block single market the busy route between the english port of dover in france. it's on the front lines of the changes but there was less disruption than many had expected trucks go through without major hassle so both human traffic was lower than usual. ok ferguson has been following this story for us kate i heard a lot of companies delay deliveries to avoid any sort of chaos at all they certainly did they were expecting a far more chaos than we actually saw today ben and it's important to note that we recently did see long lines of trucks i don't over because of coronavirus border closures but this of course is a story which affects ports up and down the country the likes of london on grimsby you don't see as much larrie traffic but they're responsible for millions of tons of u.k. imports and exports or oil and gas tankers container ships they're all affected by

the new customs rules that britain can't afford to let these ports become a bottleneck shipman's between the u.k. and the e.u. a kind for over 40 percent of all british port traffic the u.k. sports are major are should raise for british trades without them working efficiently britain's businesses could face shortages or price rises that's why getting port traffic moving is a top post for exit priority it's ok the question is how much longer will things actually run smoothly after talking about breakfast for 4 and a half years today seem to fit anticlimactic didn't it we were expecting chaos but we didn't get any and as you mentioned there are reasons for this one of them is that companies were prepared it was only last week that they find out that there was going to be a bracks deal at all so what they did was stockpile in advance on tis the facing all this chaos on a regular day you'd see 10000 trucks between dover and cully today it was less than a 10th of that and of course the other thing is that the british government only

released its document 300 pages of information about how trade should work in the future a few hours before the rules came into effect that it's not easy to understand i don't think customs officials or companies had time to sift through. what about that role that politics plays in business of the 2 always go hand in hand and nowhere is this more apparent than in northern ireland because it of course is part of the united kingdom but it shares alon forder with the republic of ireland which of course staying part of the e.u. to avoid conflict and chaos there under this new arrangement northern ireland is going to follow most of the e.u. has rules on trait so that will mean that they'll have to the customs checks the tween northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. so that means that c that's an important psychological shift because those who want to see a united ireland in the future are going to say well this shows that cooperation is closer on the island and on the mainland what about the other relations that the u.k. has with other nations and trading blocks and the e.u.

use relations with other other nations both sides are very busy looking for a new friends at the moment of the past few years britain has agreed about 60 new trade agreements most of that that were covered under its old rules with the e.u. even though in the last couple of days it's a great deals with vietnam and turkey so it's been doing a lot of copy and paste it hasn't e.t.a. you probably see fit so in therapy that in those attacks the e.u. has been following its own course as well this week we saw that the big investment poc with china signed that's going to make it easier for european companies to do business in china not without its critics of course a lot of people joining at human rights violations in china so a lot of people not happy about that and it's not all about just goods is it it's certainly not so over the next few months it's going to become apparent what's not in this deal it does not cover a services and services account for 80 percent of the british economy and i'm present we don't know whether pressures banks and insurance companies are going to have easy market access in the e.u. and that could cause a lot more chaos what we're saying that could be just the come before the storm

done ok i shouldn't hold my breath i would never do thanks for coming in interesting stuff well africa's free trade blog is now open for business but it's not all free is still disagreement on the scrapping of tariffs as many african nations rely on that revenue agreement could take years. the catch was meager and to make it almost sure had to go far out last night where the fishermen used to fish has been cut off by the military the kenyan government is spending a huge deep sea port off their island in the indian ocean. they want to take this song from. me. to. people in lamu make a living from tourism and fishing but they're victims of a new era in the age of africa's streatch trade zone lemuel is set to become an

international law just 6 center soon the excavated recent dump trucks will be replaced by cranes thousands of shipping containers will pass through a brand new port said best who runs the mammoth project says new rows and train lines will make the area essential transport hub for all of africa we're looking to be becoming a signature infrastructure for the integration of the african continent to realize the africa. and kenya biggest juice factory they can't wait to reap the benefits of the free trade zone 200 tons of fruit a process here every day they can peel and ophelia are brands every child in kenya knows and the boss commando kendo would like to export to more african countries the problem so far lack of infrastructure and high tariffs but those are history now as of january 1st 90 percent of goods can be sold entirely free of tariffs

looking forward to this. because. there will be uniform. and therefore that's open market the african free trade zone will be the biggest in the world every african country except it it is taking part it creates a domestic market of 1200000000 people. the world bank estimates that free trade could help 30000000 africans escape poverty but it's going to be a long road here at the construction site in la more workers earn just 4 euro a day a pittance and they're working for chinese construction companies china has long recognized how strong the african market will be. it sure has i asked analyst lindo brutal when tariffs will be scrapped because some say it could take years yet there's a lot of conversation about that throughout the you know the pandemic one kind of

man secretary general of the yes yes he has been moving around africa is talking to ministers of trade and different groups grab bags. you know private enterprises so we show that there is a way to get revenue sued to too soon to ensure that in time it is and use hopefully would see this in the future but there is a lot that law going on to ensure that that happens and until those conversations you know and who she asians are comes to completion i will not know exactly when this is going to happen but the the expectation is that terrorists will be reduced and 90 percent of trade between the continents and this is what we are. time now for a quick look at some of the other business stories making news tesla has started selling its chinese made model why customers in china can expect to live for years only is this month the world's biggest comet is offering subsidies for electric

vehicles as it seeks to kind of missions. english football club chelsea made a profit of over $44000000.00 last financial year that's despite the pandemic interrupting play the beignets money from qualifying for the champions league and selling expensive players like belgian winger i didn't bother. americans face higher costs for medication the likes of pfizer and glaxo smith kline have already reportedly braced their prices drug makers argue the pandemic means fewer visits to the doctor and fewer prescriptions which means lower profits. and the german vaccine maker biotech has warned the e.u. could experience supply shortages until other coated $1000.00 jobs are approved the blocks come under fire for being slow to authorize the buy and take pfizer inoculation and for the half as many doses as the u.s. . so what's in store on the global economic front and 2021 our financial correspondent in frankfurt. takes

a look at whether vaccines can drive recovery if the year 2020 was all about the coronavirus and love downs this year promises to be about vaccines and a return to normalcy the pharma industry created several vaccines in record time it's about getting those shots into the arms of people all around the world global markets so impressive rallies last year despite the pandemic wreaking havoc vaccine breakthrough suggest market participants could ignore the immediate pains and look forward to a swift post pandemic recovery the jury is still out on how global stock markets will fare this year some experts said that the markets have already factored in a vaccine ledger coverage others say there is still a lot of steam left however there's little doubt when it comes to shares in travel and tourism companies airline stocks took a battering last year as a pandemic brought international travel to a virtual halt they could be ready for takeoff once restrictions are lifted and

then there is the biden factor the incoming u.s. president is seen as less combative and more predictable than president trump and that would be a big relief for global markets which are still reeling from trance trade wars and that means global trade is likely to continue its impressive post pandemic recovery last year saw a 9 percent slump but the w.t. who expects global good street to ride 7 percent in 2021 that bodes well for germany's export reliant economy the global recovery has so far been well supported by government cash and ultra cheap loans from central banks any premature tightening there could spell doom for markets and the mutating why this may yet throwing a ball or 2 but fingers crossed. and a reminder of the top business story we're following for you customs checks have been reintroduced as the u.k. exited the e.u.

single market people goods and services the busy road between the english world of dover and collate is on the front lines of the changes but there was less disruption there today many had expected safe to say that white. guys are in business with the. long jam in germany. people who love their cars and don't want to let them go. on trucks and probably. it's time to try something new what about self driving buses and goods distribution of power by a us official intelligence read. next on g.w. . germany's world heritage sites like you've never

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