w. . this is news live from berlin a defeat for donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency the public 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 truncates also coming up. countries around the world of roll out coronavirus vaccination programs but with supplies limited some tax friends are rethinking the way doses are delivered. to europeans welcomed the new year with a splash taking a dip in freezing cold water is an old tradition on the 1st day of the year in many

countries. i'm mommy and he said welcome to the program republican controlled u.s. senate has voted to override the president donald trump's veto of a major defense bill was just weeks before he leaves office it's the 1st time congress has rejected a trump veto the vote on locks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending. this year's holiday season was cut short for u.s. senators as the body convene for a rare new year's day session of the world the 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 6 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 he's 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. w. correspondent all over salat sent us this update from washington d.c.

they 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 on since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in the senate that has been extremely partisan throughout all times 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 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 $1236000.00 u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany that plan is effectively put on hold no meaning another blow for donald trump now the big question the big overarching

question is what is happening with the republican party right now and always seeing the republican support for donald trump beginning to crumble and more than 50 countries around the world are rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs and 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 than 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 faxon should be proud ties for both the 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 doubt them 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 job could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process. here are some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic 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 south korea has extended restrictions for 2 more weeks and a surge in new infections country also reported its 1st case of an apparently more contagious variant the tech than south africa and from the 7th of january canada will require inbound travelers to show proof of a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of boarding a flight to the country. it's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. in bosnia herzegovina the army has been setting up tents to house hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions a new camp at leapai replaces one that burnt down u.s. migration agency says appropriate permanent accommodations are still needed. rescuers in norway say they have found the body of a person killed and 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 a far right activists have marched through kiev to mark the birthday of controversial you train in independence leader stefan step on bandra he is glorified by many in the country as a freedom fighter but he supported hitler's nazi party against the soviet union during world war 2. the israeli troops have fired projectiles and tier gas at palestinian protesters throwing stones at least one protester was reportedly injured by a shot to the head the palestinians are protesting the establishment of a disputed israeli settler outpost in occupied west bank. the coronavirus pandemic quickly change the way that the global community has dealt with the climate crisis last year activists are rallying 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. at. a demonstration in berlin for more climate protection with masks and social distancing this is how climate activists protest in 1000 times the. 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 white noise and i'm not moses i'm on swype that's one i'm on. 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 not because it's important but right now people are more worried about dying than about politics or climate policy with

a key you know pretty please but i meant 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. now staying fit and healthy has become even more important during the pandemic for an older generation of football fans a new take on the game has been keeping them on their toes they're calling it walking football let's have

a look. it's the beautiful game only with the brakes on walking football started in england and it's now spread across the globe like here to australia. walking football and camp has been around for 2 years now. quite small with players so so. nearly all of the 200 mark. the rules are very similar to the full throttle version only the pitches a record for of the size you see the 5 or 6 the size and of course there's no running allowance to gain skater towards the over 50 with some minor adaptations required passing to people who call it wrong you can't put the ball 3 yards in front of them with got to be to their fate. i been watching football with my dad since i was a little girl i played for about 14 didn't start till i was 14 years old and i just

love football. playing well into their advanced years but loving it just as much as they did and it's teens. now the crown of virus pandemic has also changed the way people across the world celebrated the new year but here in europe one ice cold tradition has lived on it. 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 current courage because we are doing this 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 like going to. look kind of funny. 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 community so it's good for grown up dogs. besides the alleged health benefits what a way to beat those summer beach crowds. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. u.s. the u.s. senate has voted to override president veto of a major defense bill is the 1st time congress has overturned

a trunk veto delivering a bipartisan rebuke of the president just weeks before he leaves office. this is the only news live from berlin up next reporter takes a look at how the pen demick is affecting the world of opera don't forget you can also get the latest on our web site that's dot com ali and he says thanks for joining. i am puzzle you so it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about the wife and i don't do this because we can't stay home and it's when i was a play that i consciously global news that matters d.w. made for me.