this is coming. election rallies with the balance of power in washington at stake joe biden tells voters in the state of georgia the country's course generation by electing 2 democrats to the senate and repeating unfounded claims urges what he calls a republican victory so the democrats can. england back into a horse. under more pressure. since

the start of the. town as leaders meet. through the. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has repeated unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud on the eve of a crucial senate runoff election taking place in the state of georgia trump made the claims of an election rally in delton georgia in support of 2 republican incumbents trying to fend off a strong challenge by democratic rivals u.s. president elect joe biden also campaigned in georgia he told voters they could set the country's course for a generation by electing 2 democrats to the senate. well tuesday a special election will determine president elect biden's chances of pushing his

agenda through congress democrats will soon hold the white house and the house of representatives but if republicans hold control of the senate they will block biden from pushing through many of his policies here's the balance of power in the senate where republicans have 50 of the 100 seats right now democrats and 2 independent allies whole 48 seats democrats need to win both houses or both of the ga seats rather with vice president elect coming to harris tie breaking vote in the senate that would effectively create a majority of $51.00 let's take a closer look at the contestants in the georgia runoff we've got 2 democrats john and raphael warnock and they are up against 2 republicans david produced and kelly low flow the w's all over south it reports from georgia on this crucial vote.

and. it's people like julius hall who the democrats are now pinning their hopes on these among thousands of activists getting out the vote across georgia. african americans might be the decisive force in this runoff you know on my way out can it's and they're trying to get there by the get out and vote we've been to hand in this country. and so when you give us. you're own norad's and things are happening where we're there is some inclusion and then you get a clown that takes office for 4 years which is donald trump now we get rid of him and we feel like we can over again. john ourself is one of 2 democratic candidates it's a race the 33 year old senate hopeful must win for the democrats to gain control of congress. in america because the stakes are

high and so are his goals. establishing health care as a human right in the united states investing in clean and renewable energy to create jobs and solve the environmental crisis passing a new civil rights act to secure equal justice for all regardless of the race the run of his a big opportunity for democratic hopeful john also in his attempt to unseat the republican incumbent david per june but the runnels remain a neck and neck race in georgia has been a republican stronghold for decades and john also knows the fate of the biden presidency lies in his hands. on the republican side senator ted cruz wants to stop congress from certifying biden's victory he's under fire from democrats for his push to throw out the election results and he's rallying for turnout in georgia . and.

i've got faith and confidence in the middle women of georgia i think the people of georgia believe in common sense values. they believe in low taxes low regulations and lots of jobs and i think the people of georgia want to see a check and a balance on the extreme left wing. former trump campaign manager corey $11.00 he took the stage among several other big republican names like former senior white house adviser kelly and calling with. the spaces remained half empty after weeks of baseless claims of voter fraud some conservatives are skeptical about the electoral process all of us are concerned that is are bent going to count doesn't matter because i really do believe that that just like with the national election there's a chance that they are going to be able to manipulate the dominion software machine

again here in gwinnett county georgia right now i've lived here for 30 years and there is no way on god's green earth that this county when democrats in the general election. less republican turnout more democratic turnout a scenario that activists julius hall is hoping for on election day. stacey bivins from our u.s. election team is with us here safely this doubleheader runoff in georgia is happening under extraordinary circumstances not least because of donald trump's efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election what impact is donald trump having on these runoff races in georgia well what we're seeing as an american president chip away at a mock recy because he is so desperate to hold on to power and i lived in 2 countries that were run by strongmen i was in russia when vladimir putin was the

prime minister and with his presidential placeholder and i was in turkey under regift tie up burdwan and i was there in the 20 fifth's during the 2015 attempted coup attempt and when i spoke to americans and those places and back home there was this belief that we had the best electoral system in the world and that our democracy with indestructible and all of those other problems happened over in those other places and these developing countries and then you fast forward and president donald trump is actively try to undo the will of 80000000 voters who voted for somebody else while at the same time threatening to suppress their vote in georgia for his own party because for months he's been saying the election is a fraud and a ripoff and that people don't know if their vote will even count so to see him as an asset or a liability for the republicans in georgia. i see him as a liability. these senate races in georgia they are hugely important tell us

exactly what's at stake here the trajectory of the country is at stake and not just for the next 4 years underbite and but potentially for a generation because you. biden's agenda is on the line but also further on so let's say for example if he wants to offend opening up winds up at the supreme court or in a federal court. he would not be might not be able to be to have who he want because he might be obstructed by mitch mcconnell we saw this during the obama administration the senate majority leader under the republicans so if the republicans retain that majority in the senate it's going to make going to fire rove or for joe biden absolute baden's dema legislative agenda sure well georgia is a traditional republican stronghold currently the 2 senate seats are held by republicans what makes the democrats think they can flip those seats in these runoff elections i think hope and the fact that they were able to get

a win for joe biden and this election no matter what trump said he did not win this is a victory for joe biden and in georgia the democrats have had a strong ground game grassroots one of the main people responsible for that is states abrams who lost her gubernatorial race but she has worked really hard to galvanize black and brown people in georgia in order to get them to vote and she's got more people to register she and these other activists since the election the presidential election so they're optimistic that they can work a miracle in georgia one of the polls are looking at looking like right now the polls are so tight still for both of these races like one percent for each race so it's really hard to calculate that ok so she thank you so much state should have been from the u.s. election to their welcome here. so you look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the head of the far right group known as the proud

boys tar has been arrested in washington police say he was involved in torching a black lives matter batterer taken from a church during protests last month he was also charged with possessing illegal high capacity firearms magazine. police saying at least 4 people have been killed in flash flood that swept through the streets of the bolivian city of sukkur that after torrential rain and hail local media reported that the storm lasted only about 30 minutes. saudi arabia is opening his air sea and land borders with qatar it's a 1st step toward ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided u.s. allies in the region since 2017 the lifting of the embargo paves the way for contras ruler to attend tuesday's summit of gulf leaders in saudi arabia. chancellor angela merkel and germany's regional leaders are expected to extend

germany's current coronavirus lockdown as infections remain stubbornly high in the country schools are currently closed because of the restrictions which were originally due to expire next week well parents are bracing for yet more home based learning monday was meant to be the 1st day back at school after the christmas holidays but classrooms across germany remained empty most students saw their vacation time extended until january 10th well there is attended classes virtually calls are growing across the country 1st schools to stay closed even longer or to only open partially in berlin opinions on the matter very. thank you no as i have 2 children myself one in high school and one in elementary school i think schools should remain closed a little longer even though it's difficult for us parents. perhaps we can find

a good balance with some learning at home and others allowed to be in school. i think that as long as the lockdown stays in place and i expect it will be extended children should stay at home. hope for a return to normal lives with the vaccine germany has so far administered almost 266000 jobs but the government is coming under pressure it's vaccination program has been criticized for being slow and chaotic but ect because the man who coordinated the construction of berlin 6 vaccination centers says he would like to see more doses available. we clearly don't have an effect scenes for all vaccination centers to be operational my hope or my expectation is that we'll have a lot of vaccine doses soon on the one hand though it was also good to be able to phase in the vaccination centers in phases one after the other but if you initial problems are to be expected new cases and deaths have remained high over the

holiday period and the situation in germany is hospitals is very difficult all signs point to an extension of the current lockdown let's bring in political correspondent should the sub deli here or julia germany's 16 federal states have a lot of authority to set their own policy what can we expect them to agree on in their meeting with chancellor merkel today. we see quite some consensus building around of the need to extend the current lockdown in place we expect it to be extended until the end of january most likely without much fuss but there are some other points that might be a bit trickier to decide upon especially looking at schools and childcare now schools have mostly remain open in germany throughout the fall they have at 1st been close with the current lockdown mid december and they are expected to remain closed until january 10th calls are growing for schools may remain closed even

longer or to only open partially and the 16 culture and education ministers of the states have come up with a plan that they're proposing to only go back to school in phases so the younger children 1st and then gradually the older students but only partially some students in class and some students at home so this issue might be a little tougher to find agreement on and states could also go it alone on the issue ok a lot of things have already been closed since the beginning of november bars restaurants all leisure facilities and schools and shops have been closed since mid december yet infection rates remain high is it safe to say the government's strategy in tackling the 2nd wave of the pandemic has failed so far. well one thing we should keep in mind is that currently it's hard to have a clear idea of the numbers because over the holiday period there are some

reporting lags in terms of numbers of deaths and of new cases so at the moment numbers are fluctuating we haven't seen them drop significantly so it will still take some time to see what the numbers are actually doing one point though is the incidence rate of cold cases at the moment here in germany there are 139 cases per 100000 inhabitants over 7 days the aim is to bring that number down below 50 and that is clearly still far away and that's why the states and the federal government are considering keeping the restrictions in place. but about germany's vaccination program which being criticized for being slow and chaotic were expectations too high on going into the vaccination. that's what the critics are claiming here in germany. health minister yen spahn is claiming the

opposite he says that expectations are being met issue with the doses and. critics are saying that not enough facts was ordered he's claiming that enough was ordered the issue was that it wasn't delivered and produced because of production lags due also to the high requests of vaccines around the world vaccination centers are ready to go they are saying that those whose are not coming in are they could administer more if they were there but the health minister said what was meant to be delivered by the end of the year of 2020 was delivered and you expect for more 1000000 more doses by the end of january so he is optimistic that the program will be carried out judy thank you very much should be w. correspondent julia. in while in the u.k. prime minister boris johnson has announced a new nationwide lockdown for england lasting until at least mid february the country is grappling with a new coronavirus variant that's more infectious and is spreading fast england's

chief medical officer has warned the country's health system could be overwhelmed in the coming weeks. desperate times call for desperate measures with boris johnson announcing england would move into its 3rd national lockdown similarly strict to the 1st one that began last march that means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. you may only leave home for a limited reasons permitted in law such as too short for essentials to work if you absolutely cannot work from home to exercise to seek medical assistance such as getting a test or to escape domestic abuse. with england experiencing a 50 percent jump in the number of patients in hospital with covered 900 since christmas day scientists hospitals teachers unions and opposition politicians have old cold for decisive action in recent weeks. parents will need support

in the coming days because the schools are shut businesses will need support because they won't be able to operate that package needs to be put in place the soonest possible because compliance needs clear messaging but also support for people to make sure that they can comply. in wales where patients were among the 1st to receive the u.k.'s 2nd approved vaccine produced by astra zeneca tough lockdown measures have been in place since the 20th of december. hours before johnson's announcement scotland's 1st minister nicolas sturgeon imposed similar restrictions while northern ireland's executive are expected to follow suit. british hospitals now have more covert 19 patients than at the height of the pandemic in spring with resources low and stuff overwhelmed. it's been

rather washouts of my entire life. intense i'm looking off till many more sick. old me look awful. this is overwhelming the whole situation and. things aren't expected to improve immediately in spring it took nearly 3 weeks after the introduction of the lockdown for hospitalizations to reach their peak. just for boris johnson made his announcement on the lockdown a court in london ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges the judge said it would be oppressive and would damage his mental health a songe is a strictly and citizen who could face up to 175 years in prison if the u.s. successfully appeals his lawyers have a few apply for him to be released on bail. with news trickling out of the courtroom came chance of celebration from julian assange just supporters the static

that after 10 years of legal fights they finally had some form of picturing. this protects him from extradition in the united kingdom. but it doesn't protect him from exhibition elsewhere around the world there isn't it is time for the united states to shut down this extraordinary prosecution which has messy free speech implications and i certainly hope that this will be the end of this case and. fairly songes team began the day with a low expectations. for. his fiance called on donald trump to pardon the father of their 2 children. that's not really a stranger suffering isolation as an on 5th street march prison as long as our children continue to be proud of their father's love and affection.

well the great. people celebrate today from. inside the courtroom the judge dismissed most of his songs as defense but she conceded that his mental health was such that to extradite him would be oppressive . diesel then the legal battle began with a video that shocked the world the sondra least classified footage of us apache helicopters killing iraqi civilians and journalists. more shade an understanding of what the posix use of oil is being why. the u.s. accused him and a wiki leaks of being enemy combatants for the past decade very thick and thin as always maintained that he was a journalist. the saga is not over yet the u.s. government has said it will appeal the decision. coronavirus restrictions

have forced people around the world to rediscover home cooking with restaurants banned from seating diners people that were once customers become their own caterers and as our next report from india shows in some cases that's created new business opportunities. gordy cook has always found comfort in baking as in india architect numbers and science makes sense to her as does the precision of being in radians and baking dion's she's glad she left her job as an architect 4 years ago to set up takuma because as simple as fine because it made 2020 so you know defined by the by men make a fantastic one i think because of my being from home because i think being produced by only one person mean that's only one person. who never lift plans have with us i actually managed to grow cool my business before and if not just

a muslim of. naughty and nice alcohol abuse kicks on the one hand and foods that big diet do destructions into account on the other. new clients up all of the times to what instagram ph i'm bored of my god he acknowledges it hasn't been easy . from working 12 to 14 hour days scrambling to find used supplies right now during india's lockdown. but she got tired health in the kitchen yet because more hands on deck could mean more exposure if things get better in 2021 door she hopes to expand put dean of one. and her daughter nicole have had a fantastic 2020 do they run a food delivery service called mood in delhi named after an ever changing menu inspired by whatever is in the mood to cook customer loves the kitchen and had always wanted to do something with food. 2 years ago she launched moved on

instagram with nicole's help cooking dishes from her childhood influenced by cuisines from me bhutan and tibet. started as a once a week service after india's lockdown the spike in demand has meant the now also 5 days of to me all those have multiplied 4 or 5 forward. because job has been updating instagram and charging the customers she loves sharing the reviews the received with. nicole says mood has been ted a beauty meeting the months fly by in a year where she hasn't left since early march it was just a huge blessing because you know we found something we were able to do something that kept us busy that you know reach for the productive so you didn't even miss the outside world and i think some days in that kitchen you almost even forget that everything that is happening is happening you know it's just we're just a little food with more than nicole of course

a must see if they found this week 142020 and are actually looking to expand their fresh food output nicole does have some ideas the fruits and foods is one and the popular meat because another. last year was overwhelmingly eventful for the do and it will set the tone 420211 of gratitude and enjoying love for good. in sports news now and in football the euro why and players' union has called on football authorities in england to overturn edinson cavani s 3 match ban for using a racist term on social media the manchester united striker posted the message after he was congratulated for scoring a winning goal in november and later deleted the post when he was told that the word in spanish could be considered racist but he said he only meant to extend affection with his comment the union say companies banned discriminated against the

culture and way of life on your line. well let's go to russia now or 12 women have joined the ranks of moscow metro drivers after russia lifted controversial legislation that banned women from certain jobs a stance simply because of health reasons women began working for the subway system on new year's day previously women were employed as drivers for decades until the metro stopped hiring them in the early 1980 s. the profession was listed among jobs with harmful or dangerous conditions the recent legal changes also allow women to work as long haul truckers tractor drivers and in skipper. don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download are up from google player from the app store it will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news that if your part of the news story yourself

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