counted it's just on the on the grounds that his mental health is being very poor and that he might face isolation in the us and that's what's in mind to basically a suicide risk for him so that was the sole reason why she said he should not be extradited to the u.s. and we saw some of the images of people cheering and tell us more about how people there and from the courthouse reacted when they heard the really. very very happy and i think a lot of them thought it was quite unexpected from what i what i'm hearing a lot of supporters have been gathering here outside the central command criminal court where in the constant scuffles with the police because the police are saying that gatherings are not permitted because of coronavirus restrictions however now a lot of julian assange just so reporters have actually congregated. huddling together not really celebrating this verdict because they are also hoping that he

might actually be free so there is. not the decision that can be made which is about a possible release on bail so that's what we are still waiting on for the moment while there are some concerns that the his extradition has been blocked for the wrong reasons let's listen to what one campaigner had to say we're concerned that this decision leaves the door open for further prosecutions in this regard if this happens to somebody that did not suffer from the mental health issues that mr assad suffers they could easily be handed over somebody else could just as easily be made of an example of in the same way so regardless of the fact that he will now not go to the united states a clear signal has been sent that the arms of the u.s. can reach everywhere that journalists everywhere have to be a bit concerned about what they publish particularly related to national security issues pertaining to the united states government. so berger this goes back to the judge's reasoning that you were just mentioning i mean take us through how political this case has been well what we've just had

isn't is an example so julian assange has supporters arguing that the u.k. should have never considered extraditing him to the u.s. because for them for reporters without borders for amnesty international human rights watch and many other rights groups he's a journalist and what he has done is in the public interest and that they're fearing if there is if there is still a risk of exhibition for people like him that that could be in the words of reporters without borders have chilling effect on press freedom and on journalism across the world so they are thinking that this verdict today is basically for the wrong reasons and that might not protect future whistleblowers of future journalists who would who would publish material that they argue is in the public interest in coming back to julian assange and what happens next for him. well we're we're waiting because there is

a decision to be made whether he could be released on bail we don't know whether this decision will be made today possibly that could still happen soon so there is a possibility that he might go out and he says supports have told me that they are hoping that this can happen that he could be released on bail even today even though they are saying this is a slim chance but that chance is that however we are expecting that there will there will be another court hearing that there will be an appeal against this verdict today so it's probably not the end of the legal journey and it's not the end of julian assange here in london and in the u.k. . following the latest developments outside of the courthouse there in london thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world a 7th body has been found after a hillside collapsed in a norwegian town on wednesday a search mission for 10 missing people has been underway for days after the earth

gave way and several homes slid into a tent the king and queen of norway visited the landslide site and ask on sunday. as prime minister has said 100 people were killed in attacks on 2 villages on saturday islamist militants are believed to be responsible for the rates near the country's border with mali he sure has suffered repeated attacks amid an upsurge in islamist violence in the region. a spanish humanitarian vessel says it has rescued 265 migrants from the mediterranean and 2 separate missions activists from open arms say most of the migrants are from eritrea they were rescued at sea on thursday and saturday open arms is now seeking permission to dock from italian authorities. the u.k. is scaling up mass vaccinations against cope with 19 with a newly approved and locally developed shot the 1st immunizations with the newly approved astra zeneca back scene are underway the shot was developed in cooperation

with oxford university and british pharmaceutical company astra zeneca it could prove to have an edge for some countries struggling to deploy mass immunizations the shot is less expensive and it's also easier to store many experts believe these qualities could make this latest vaccine more accessible for developing countries in particular and let's get some perspective on the story now we have mohammed when you're with us he's a fire at lancaster university in england good to have you back with us how significant is the rollout of this vaccine in particular. well i mean if we look really on to the number of cases those are surging very significantly in the u.k. particularly because of the festive season and also the new variant out to be heading towards winter all in all situation is pretty grim and i think the only bait we can really get this holds not again from seoul is to have a multiplex a nation and that is not a priority in the u.k. to have as many people as possible to unionize and government is planning to have

at least 30000000 people above 55 years old including frontline help workers care homes to do vaccinate did until easter part ok so this vaccine is cheaper it is easier to store but what about its safety and efficacy i mean was it the right decision by the government there in the u.k. to rush to start this as the 1st country in the world. well that is something is pretty debatable the reason is that we have the data that was published and the video journal the lancet journal but that data isn't really the one that made the basis for the approval of this vaccine the data that may be of rule for this vaccine is only belonging to the doman that is not publicly available and according to the government is like this that if the 1st bill is given the person to do it is our own 70 percent of the k.c. and then if it is the 2nd those given that it would be around 80 percent efficacy. at 3 months but that is something that we haven't seen the debt as so therefore all is in error and we don't really know how executions would it be particularly after

the festivals ok that is important to know and there's another question mohamed reports now that the british government is worried that this will not be so fact up against a south african variant of the virus tell us about that. yes old african variant emerged before they. got into merged and both of these are very good merged indeed and then there isn't any link except of their own fumigations those are called months and we have noticed this old africa has been diversity of country in all africa with the highest number of deaths and the infection but so therefore this is certainly laurean and the negative when we come to new larry and of course we at the moment we don't have a dad at the table to escape the immunity established by the vaccine but we call it suitably ignored that all these variant could jeopardize not only the vaccine campaign but also the destruction bill been put in place because of their closeness abilities certainly these are the things that need to be looking very carefully at it i mean that is mohamed money of our all is just that from lancaster university

in england as always good to talk to you. the media are reporting now that chancellor angela merkel's government and regional leaders have agreed to extend germany's lockdown until the end of january that's at a planned meeting tomorrow between the chancellor and 16 regional leaders weeks of tougher restrictions on public life have so far failed to effectively bring down infection rates and the country's vaccination program has gotten off to a sluggish start. appeals to stay home seem to have little effect in this western german winter resort town a ban on entering the ski runs failed to 10 large numbers of people from hitting the slopes at the weekend so many that police intervened not stopping when to enthusiasts in the tracks. gemini's government together with the heads of its regional states must decide on how to proceed with anti coronavirus measures there's consensus that a knock time will have to remain in place beyond january 10th the very i want it

extended by at least 3 more weeks to science and not miss a still too high and we're not yet able to assess how the situation has developed over christmas new year and especially through the large numbers of travellers returning home that's why it would be in. responsible to relax the locked and now it should be extended until the end of january looked on the on or off or linger. on choose day state heads will discuss how long the lockdown should be extended for and whether the current measures should be adjusted states with low infection numbers want to shelter lockdown while those harder hit want to measure is tough and. we need to act in those areas to to most affected in this case that saxony and. so we'll be toughening measures for our schools and childcare facilities until january 31st just as we'll be doing with public life will be increasing restrictions even more chilling. a key topic on the agenda is where the nurseries and primary schools should be closed some argue that young

children struggle with online learning. but germany central government remains skeptical about whether physical teaching in schools is a good idea. our political correspondent hans brunt is tracking the story for us there are reports that we're hearing now about the lockdown in germany will be extended what more can you tell us. well these reports confirm what we've had over the last i heard that over the last couple of days from various sources press reports and leaks from the proprietor negotiations that have been going on for a while they confirm that there is a push to extend this locked all until the end of january but obviously the decision is going to be taken only tomorrow when uncle amount called the chancellor meets the heads of the 16 regions in germany and these discussions have been mocked in the past by very long hour long discussions hour long acrimony is

a very great difference between various regions in germany and that has leads to intensive discussions i suspect that the leak of this poll to decision to extend the locked on through the end of january is part of an attempt to influence those discussions by those regions in germany that are in favor of such an extension in the end we have to wait for a decision to be taken tomorrow at the same time hands are spent a lot of questions raised over the government's vaccine rollout and we have a graphic that we can pull out here that shows more of the country that is administered the most doses per $100.00 people is israel it's already vaccinated nearly 13 percent of its population that's followed by bahrain and the u.k. with the u.s. and denmark rounding out at the top 5 here germany meanwhile has vaccinated less than point 3 percent of its population making it 9th on that list so tell us what critics here are pointing to when they criticize the government strategy. well

you have to say that about 240000 people have already been vaccinated in germany with in just over a week that sounds like a lot but compared to a population of 80000000 it really is a drop in the ocean the problem has been partly logistical in the sense that the for instance the telephone systems that have been set up for people to make appointments to get vaccinated if. they're entitled to do so have not been able to cope with the flood of applications lot of interest and there's also been that is the really the center of the criticism there has been too little vaccine available germany gets this vaccine through a european union a mechanism the european union as a whole both those that see it and is the distributing of knowledge to its member countries and there is the feeling that germany could have made stronger efforts to get more of this this this vaccine early on but at the same time i think the

criticism expresses a certain kind of desperation in certain areas of germany where the feeling is that all measures that have been taken so far to control the spread of the virus have not really been successful and there is a kind of desperate hope that vaccinations will finally make help us turn the corner and that is that criticism criticism justified well the german government says that it has specifically tried to do the story of european union mechanism so that there is not a kind of run for the vaccine competition between various member of members of the european union and germany is not cannot be accused of kind of strong arm tactics because it is the strongest country in europe and it's also saying that within a week or so another vaccine will be approved that will make a large number of extra doses available so that by the end of january the feeling is enough vaccine that vaccine will be available and then it would just be

a question of getting to do just 6 running to make make it possible for a very large number of people finally to be vaccinated do you have these hands front reporting for us thank you very much. let's get a look now at some other developments in the pandemic japan is considering a state of emergency to slow the spread in greater tokyo that move raises more doubts about whether tokyo will be able to host the olympics this summer south africa has announced a plan to begin immunizations next month pending arrival of its 1st vaccines the country's the worst hit on the continent and australia's most populous state new south wales is reporting 0 local coronavirus cases the state includes sydney where residents can be fined on the spot if they don't wear masks in public a recording has emerged of president donald trump apparently pressuring a state election official to change the outcome of the november vote the washington

post says released audio of a phone call in which trump expresses his frustration at what he calls voting irregularities and then tells georgia secretary of state he needs to quote find more votes trumps democratic rival president elect joe biden won the state of georgia by a slim margin. 2 months after his election defeat donald trump is still hoping to reverse the voters' verdict the u.s. president has long refused to concede the race citing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and now there's evidence that trump pressure to georgia's top alexion official to alter the state's results. you know we love you all i want to do is as i do as one of. a lover that doesn't 780 votes which is one more that we have. because we want to say the people of yours you're angry the people of the country are angry and there's nothing wrong with

saying that you know. 2 2 that you've recalculated well mr president determines that you have is the day that you have a legal trump suggested that profits parker a republican could face prosecution for refusing to cooperate. you know what they did and you're not reporting and that's it you know that's criminal that's a criminal offense and you know you can't let that happen that's a big risk do you want to ryan your lawyer and that's a big risk trumps comments drew swift condemnation from the incoming administration and. i. was. most certainly then. and it was. all of these

how the president and the 9. years of trying to potential meddling comes at a crucial moment for the state of georgia and the nation on tuesday millions of georgians will cast ballots in 2 runoff elections that could decide which party controls the u.s. senate with polls showing a close race trumps comments could have a significant impact on the eventual outcome of those contests. the debate is william glue cross discovering the story for us hi william good to see you this recording is something of a bombshell what do you make of it. hi sue me it is a bombshell but i'm not sure at this point after 4 years that donald trump as president we can any of us to be truly surprised by anything he says or does or tries to do to put things in his favor whatever the issue is that he's trying to push i mean we've seen donald trump you know so doubt in the election through his own tweets through statements he's made at rallies for his own supporters in around

washington cause other congresspeople and of course his own you know most hardcore protesters on the streets outside of election centers outside of state you know state halls state city halls things like this where votes have encounter officials need to do to do their work to do their election work but nonetheless this is a this is a huge step what's come out for golfer what tolle trump has done and it's very reminiscent of the very thing he was impeached for earlier this year late last year or sorry 2 years now 2019 if we all can remember that time when he was impeached for a legislator pressuring the ukrainian president to do things in his favor to dig up dirt on biden and joe biden and his family you know it's only a court of law can say if what donald trump has done in this case or in past cases amounts to criminal activity what i think is very clear is that donald trump shows a pattern of simply not understanding what it means to be president not really

understanding the limits of his power what he is allowed and is not allowed to do and that's something that we've seen throughout this term as president well what about the timing of this because as we mentioned this is just ahead of those key write off elections for senate in georgia also the confirmation of the electoral college vote in congress what do you think this means for the race in georgia 1st and foremost. it's going to be really interesting you know to do a post-mortem on this runoff election. if you could go one of 2 ways you know this could really energize the core trump base and core republican voters and get them out to vote in georgia to tip the scales towards the 2 republican senators who right now the polls are completely neck and neck it's really no way to say or make any determination who might have an edge going into this runoff election is why it is a runoff election it could also depress republican voters you know by selling doubt into the election process both trump and you know his his hard core supporters have

said this election is a fraud don't go out to vote you know there's no point in you know taking part in a fraudulent what they see as a fraudulent system so that might actually keep republican voters at home which of course would be to the detriment of the republican party in the control of senate while driving democratic turnout to make a point to show that this kind of behavior is and is not to be not to be accepted in the in the u.s. political system so it can really go either way for either party you know be very very interesting to see who actually wins the day tomorrow. will include covering this story for us thank you so much for analysis. to sports now in the bundesliga on sunday byron munich avoided embarrassment against the 17th placed team in the league after trailing at half time the varians rallied against minds to regain the tops on paper it should have been a routine victory for the reigning champions who faced a might side that had won just once so far this season but for the 8th time in

a row by and conceded 1st unit on book cards netting in the 32nd minute. jerome poets' having felt he had been fouled in the build up but the goal stood down just before half time mind doubled the lead as alex on the haka was left on mocked and noted into send by and into the break to nail down but the record champions bounced back a us were kimmie had a got by him back in the game and then leroy sent a level discourse off to drifting inside from the wing with the mind's defenders allowing him time to set up his shot. 3 more by on goals followed the pick of which was robert levin dusty's effort to seal the 52 and result. by an reclaim top spot while minds still 2nd from bottom were left to ruud their wasted lead. meanwhile dortmund beat valse fir to nail on sunday to move up to

4th in the table stars striker erling holland was back from injury but it was not all a conscious who got dortmund going in the 66th minute the swiss defender benefited from a corner kick by sancia at such a low later scored as well when he burst through to get his 1st one a single goal since may. ok let's take a look at the bundesliga standings there were changes at the top of the table as a result of the weekend matches barring munich again finishing the game day on top with the win dortmund moving back into a champions league spot creeping into the top 4 of the league there in the lower half shell cup at the very bottom with a measly 4 points and still remain winless mind not doing much better their thoughts. it's. and those are the standing after match day 14. now gerry marston the british singer from liverpool who popularized the song

you'll never walk alone has he was 78 the song became a major hit in the anthem for his hometown football team at anfield stadium marson 1st performed at with his band gerry in the pacemakers where it stuck with the fans then and now. where. the. ok let's get a quick reminder of our top story how there were scenes of celebration outside a london courthouse after a judge rejected a u.s. response to extradite julian assange to the u.s. the judge said the wiki leaks founder would have been a suicide risk if you were handed over to u.s. authorities to face ask him to charge us. coming up next on news asia india

hilsey authorization to vaccines for the country as a game changer but why are health experts raising concerns. melissa chance that story coming right up on g.w. news asia state of.

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