the few traces that remain of their existence. chain stores are 11th on d w. this is g.w. news live from berlin a defeat for donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democratic senators unite and vote to override the president's veto of a major bill on defense spending the 1st time congress has overturned a trump veto also coming up countries around the world roll out coronavirus vaccination programs but with supplies limited some experts are rethinking the way

doses are delivered. europeans welcome the new year was a splash taking a dip in freezing cold water is an old tradition on the 1st day of the year in many countries. i mean use of welcome to the program the republican controlled u.s. senate has voted to override president donald trump's veto of a major defense bill with just weeks before he leaves office it's the 1st time congress has rejected a trump veto the vote unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending . this year's holiday season was cut short for u.s. senators as the body convened for a rare new year's day session of the world while a final push to pass a coronavirus aid bill fell through and senators voted to override president

trump's veto of a sweeping defense bill majority leader we passed this legislation 59 years and a row and one way or another we're going to complete the 60 years and no n.d.a. and pass it on to law before this congress concludes on sunday. president trump opposed the bill because it includes provisions allowing military bases named after confederate military commanders to be renamed. he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany to be reconsidered. in a rare show of bipartisan unity the u.s. senate delivered the president a stinging rebuke just weeks before his due to leave office 81 republican and democrat votes were far more than the 2 thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto the objections of the president in response trump turned to twitter saying the senate had missed an opportunity he said not passing the

coronavirus aid bill was unfair and not smart. correspondent ultrasound sent us this update from washington d.c. 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 all tromped since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority incentive 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 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 that also challenges donald trump's plans to pull out some 1236000 u.s.

troops that are currently stationed in germany that plan is effectively put on hold no meaning another blow for donald trump in all the big question the big overarching question is what is happening with the republican party right now and how we seeing the republican support for donald trump beginning to crumble. more than 50 countries around the world are now rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs but many have fallen well behind their distribution targets prompting a search for new ways to deliver doses a familiar sight from coronavirus 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 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 and to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for rapid and high levels of vaccine uptake j.c. recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 that scene should be prioritise 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 the situation entirely unlike its buy and take 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 let's take a look now at some of the other international stories. in bosnia herzegovina the army has been setting up tents to house hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions the new camp at the power replaces one that burnt down the un's migration agency says appropriate permanent can accommodation still needed. rescuers in norway say they have 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 the capital oslo. around a 1000 far right activists have marched through kiev and to mark the birthday of controversial ukrainian independence leader step on bandra he is glorified by many in the country as a freedom fighter but supported hitler's nazi party against the soviet union during world war 2. the corona virus pandemic has quickly changed the way the global

community deals with the climate crisis last year activist rallied in cities around the world demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels but when lockdowns and social distancing put an end to public gatherings they had to take their message online. 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 for samir a gandhi or 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 white noise and i'm almost as i'm stuck on swype that's one item on my. louis mo ta 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 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 now close it's important but right now people are more worried about dying than about politics or climate policy for the cleanup will need to be modified i'm a 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. samir and the other activists want to affect the political change be it online or on the streets. in football germany's team shaka haven't won

a game since january last year and they're on target to set an unwanted record the longest winless streak in the bonus lisa the current holders of that title are a team called money of berlin who set the record back in the 1960 s. and despite the negative connotations tasmania are not keen to relinquish their place in history but it does look like shaka will displace them the last place squad with just 4 points as even hired a new coach christian growth who hopes to drag them out of the doldrums and avoid them becoming the new holders of the bonus league as worst ever record. does money a bellina known throughout germany for $1.00 thing that disastrous $96566.00 season the cup win $31.00 matches without a win in the campaign a blunder sligo record they also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season and 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 i can say that we were of course proud to play at least one season in the honestly. sometimes just to meet the expectations of it but also to never disappoint and to eventually realise when the opponent was simply better than us. then again a bit of our but now they're winless record is in danger of falling current bundesliga side shall come and doing their best to usurp. they haven't won in 29 matches with their last league victory coming in january earlier this year for the 7 time german champions it's an embarrassing predicaments for tasmania it's a threat to their identity they've become surprisingly attached to this undesirable record and don't want shelter taking the glory. maybe it would be put through that

tried to break this record but i can't imagine that we did it once season and try to get it over the truth season so there's a throw really of not competitive for us through no. shell to have just 2 games to save their reputation with a victory bizarrely their biggest cheerleader will beat us money they want their record as the bundesliga is worst ever team to stand i got a crowbar spend a mic has also changed the way people across the world celebrated the new year but here in europe one ice cold tradition has lived on have a look. taking the plunge into rooms 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 her it was courage

because we are doing this as a message of recovery 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. 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 the. kind of. i i that may or may not be even further north this dutch beach saw 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 a grown up time. besides the a legit health benefits what

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