this is d w news live from berlin congress confirms joe biden as the next u.s. president bush has all. objections from republicans fail to do braille for democrats victory over president talk from the senate and house reject their beds to throw out some electoral votes for by. obama came just hours after an angry protests from mobs stormed the capitol forcing lawmakers into hiding outside police firing tear gas to disperse the rioters the president elect condemned the violence

as an insurrection and an assault on the nation's democracy to threaten the safety of duly elected officials fish the approaches which ensure rection. and world leaders react with shock at the chaos in washington germany's angela merkel slams president trump for stoking the violence by failing to admit defeat. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us the u.s. congress has certified joe biden as the winner of november's presidential election after a day of chaos and violence in washington the session was forced into emergency recess when a violent mob of president trump supporters forced their way into the capitol building to try and stop lawmakers from certifying the vote congress then reconvened later for proceedings that went late into the night and saw several

republican lawmakers abandoning their planned objections to the election result. and the unprecedented scenes unfolded after trump had urged his supporters to rally at the capitol as lawmakers debated the results and after bynes victory was certified trump released the following statement saying even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election and the facts bear me out and never the last there will be an orderly transition on january 20th adding i have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted while this represents the end of the greatest 1st term in presidential history it is only the beginning of our fight to make america great again let's go right to washington our correspondent cover us you moyse standing by for us there good to see you we know now that certification in congress is complete and we've seen at least in words that president trump says there will be an orderly

transition is this now over. well no one can try him to revoke this result now sumi it has been certificated by the senate the electoral college and by several states but still more than 17000000 we can forget that americans voted for donald trump so this doesn't mean that the division of this country is gone this doesn't mean that there are not a lot of american citizens that are angry that that do support and they just don't trust in the politicians right now or in democracy. ok alina as we said you know it comes after really an extraordinary day and night on capitol hill scenes that we haven't seen before and we'll talk about that in a moment but 1st let's take a look at what happens. chaos unravels on capitol hill as to building a storm by hundreds of trump supporters. battling

shews between riot police and the protesters as they break cost security. they stormed the senate chambers to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election victory literally bringing democracy to a halt. bit group of black. police then through that gone once. was a woman was shot by police offices and was laid to proclaim dead was some protesters also turned that anger against the media. not from like who. had been brought up early i had a rally near the white house president trump had repeated his unsubstantiated

claims that the election had been stolen from him and perch his supporters to randy at the capital. we're going to walk down to the capitol was going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them i was late to trump then released a recorded message telling his supporters to go home but failed to condemn the actions we have to have peace. so go home we love you you're very special we've seen what happened trump has now been suspended from several social media accounts including twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the capital the when lawmakers finally got back into the senate chambers several senior republicans condemned the violence including trump's vice president mike

pence today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. the binds was branded as a siege by president elect joe biden who warned of a threat to democracy. stormed the capitol to smash windows to occupy offices the floor of the united states senate rummaging through desks on the capitol of the house of representatives threatening the safety of duly elected officials it's not protest it's insurrection. the crowd dissipated once the 6 pm curfew came into force but national guard troops remained alert for potential violence throughout the night. so cattleya we saw there that several senior republicans also condemned the violence will this

have consequences for president. president trump can say enough is we also know that some officials and lawmakers say that he should be censured as well as the supporters who stormed into the capitol today we also know that some senators and representatives are trying to invoke the 25th amendment to remove donald trump from the 40 days he has left in office this means to me that the vice president and the majority of the cabinet could declare the president and able to this charge the powers and duties of his office and if pence does so and 2 thirds of both a chambre senate and the house of representatives are in favor of that then don't trump could be removed from office is probably also the reason why donald trump

published that statement you're already read out saying that even though he totally disagrees there will be an orderly transition of power he once was a huge power until the end of his term of office and conceding and now and saying that there will be an orderly transition of power might lead to that. the president could really knowing how much concern is there in washington that democracy in the us democratic institutions have been damaged. it's a big concern but not only now it's have become sort of already for 4 months or even years i mean when we covered the the elections here together you also experience how divided this country is how divided the society is it's not only divided in trump supporters or the ones who don't support trump it's also divided in terms of races it's divided in different ways and if this evasion remains and if there

is not a government that really can can can unify again this country and this is then there is not going to be peace there are still going to be this kind of clashes if there is not a unified country that is what our democracy needs our washington correspondent kind of you know she more reporting for us as always good to talk to you. well leaders around the world watched in disbelief as the chaos of folded in washington many has condemned the violence and called for democracy to be respected german chancellor angela merkel gave her reaction a short while ago let's listen in. we all saw the unsettling pictures of the u.s. congress being stormed yesterday evening and these images made me angry and also sad. i'm sure those feelings the shared by the vast majority of the united states

friends and the millions of people who admire america's democratic traditions. i don't want them to go to diminish the basic rule of democracy is after elections there are winners and losers both have to play their roles with decency and responsibility so that democracy itself remains the winner and i very much regret that since november president trump has not acknowledged his defeat and failed again to do so yesterday doubts about the outcome of the election was stoked and that set the stage for what made wednesday's events possible in the 1st place but the words of president elect joe biden and reactions from both u.s. parties make me quite certain that democracy will prove to be much stronger than the attackers and rioters and i thought. let's bring in our chief political editor michelle because now she was covering the chancellor statements for us i mean what did you make of that reaction from the chancellor. well it seems we've come pretty

much full circle here after donald trump was elected u.s. president it was her who stood up and basically lectured him on those shared values of western democracies which she would see as the basis for cooperation also reminding him that international law was to be adhered to and now just 2 weeks before he is supposed to peacefully transfer power to his elected successor joe biden she again stands up and cites those cornerstone values of democracy and also in that statement we heard earlier from this building here where i'm standing at a gathering of her sister party was confident and saw it as a sign of hope that congress did continue its proceedings over the past night and that those democratic institutions would prevail despite that hope there is a lot of concern tell us about some of the other reactions you've been hearing from

lawmakers about what we saw unfold in washington. well absolutely i mean we also heard from germany's president who has a largely ceremonial role and he described that peaceful transfer of power as a cornerstone of democracy that had been disregarded time and time again by the u.s. president he said that those repeated lies at the very highest level meaning of course donald trump had tried to damage u.s. democracy but there would now be a new chapter opened well there are some disparities though even with in the governing coalition of merkel the leader of the social democrats group sees what we saw those scenes we saw on capitol hill as a reason for europe also for germany to reconsider being such a close ally of the united states for europe to go its own way whereas angela merkel's over in cd you party sees this now as

a warning call that the west must stand. together particularly in that competition democracy versus more totalitarian systems and i got the chance to ask the german chancellor about exactly that how much damage had been done she said that critics of liberal democracy had of course seen this that this was a bad showcase but that she too was competent she has to be of course that democracy would prevail also in that international competition but a very difficult picture to really explain to the rest of the world our chief political editor michelle ecus now with the reaction here in germany thank you very much. and let's get more on the german perspective now we can speak to james de been the now go director of the center for advanced security strategic and integration studies at the university bonn and also former ambassador to the us mr been and welcome you served as a diplomat in the u.s.

over the course of 3 decades so 1st of all how do you assess the images that we saw from the u.s. capital. first let me correct i was a american diplomats are in germany for all those years but yes i have had much experience with. the 2 countries for almost 47 years just let me just say that i am shamed and i find it pitiful the way the president has incited this insurrection the sedition that has stormed the american capital the 1st time since the war of p.t. 12 in $814.00 it is it is awful appalling effort to undermine our democracy. how worried are you about the state of the u.s. mark receive right now. i'm very concerned i'm i'm also at the same time reaffirmed that one congress then decided and came back immediately after the capsule was cleared to continue the business and to confirm the election of biden

and harris that is a really should a very good sign of the resilience of the members of congress and the institutions it's our democracy but they're threatened. there is some relief here in germany at least that joe biden was elected but i mean front of your sense your being in germany how much trust is are still in the u.s. as a partner you know that that's a very important question there is i've seen the relationship under mr trump or road in dramatic ways on the other hand the point of the chancellor just made an unpaid point that she made at the very beginning of his term that we are we are connected by the values of democracy with law and a respect for human dignity that have held us together and it is at this time that democracies need to come together because this threat is not just in america it's also we see it in europe all over we see the populist movements who see the

difficulty in democracies and feed the strength of democracies is and be together and applaud the president the chancers comment that we need to stick together in this effort and it's not a time to abandon your friends when they're in trouble what does a president elect joe biden now have to do to restore some of that trust. the democrats and certainly the president and the vice president elect will need to reach out to those 74000000 people who mr trump has misled through his conspiracy theories and lives so that they can understand that the democratic process is one that is they should join in and meet remain the democrats need to respond to the concerns that they have that many people have been left out and then left behind by globalization and trade agreements and financial crisis many people

lost their homes and they've lost their dennet if those are issues that are really core of that mr trump they've been used to change and what we need to do in america is address those concerns and win them back for democracy and get them out of the fantasy world of mr trump. james even a knuckle director of the center for advanced extra teach it and integration studies thank you so much for joining us my pleasure thank you. so other european leaders have been echoing germany's condemnation of the attack on the u.s. capital this is what the french president in monaco had to say i just want to express all friendship and all faith. in the united states what happened today in washington this is not america the finitely we believe in the throwing thought of all democracies we believe. in the strength

of american democracy. let's talk about the european perspective now we have tried especially question with us he's the chair of the delegation for relations with the u.s. member of the european parliament and he's joining us from nakul poland mr xi coarsely good to have you with us i want to ask you about something that you tweeted you said the u.s. cabinet should immediately under the 25th amendment of the us constitution declare donald trump insane and terminate his presidency that's pretty clear you're saying that you don't believe president trump is fit to serve out the sign a liaison office. i think is a rule of the united states and world and more. this is not something we should risk this is just my point of view but it doesn't harm. us to mock up with a war and we saw the consequences. and it's just.

and this is you course i just want to make sure that we understood you correctly because your line is breaking up there a little bit you are saying that you believe the president is responsible for what we saw. yes you call them. mark on the couple and we have elements of law these removed from office happening already. we hear that nothing more to do by the decision of the defense department and the boys were not earth. hours away from them clearly his closest associates have. can only be costed to. and. i'm sort of person we saw having some problems with the line there so we're going to leave the interview there but thank you so much for joining us by those 560 quest the chair of the delegation for relations with the u.s.

member of the european parliament thank you. so. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world there has been widespread international condemnation of the hong kong authorities after the mass arrests of pro-democracy opposition figures 53 people were detained under beijing's new security law western nations accused authorities of grave repression and a grievous attack on freedoms promised when britain handed hong kong back to china . the russian orthodox church has been holding its main christmas service with elaborate ceremonies taking place across the country in moscow patriarchate led celebrations attended by fewer worshippers than normal because of covert restrictions. japan has declared a state of emergency for tokyo and 3 nearby regions as corona virus cases rise to new daily highs stay at home measures will be enforced from friday for a month the japanese capital reported more than 2400 cases on thursday that's

almost 1000 cases more than the previous day. and the race to vaccinate against the coronavirus germany has been getting off to a slow start did it order too little of the jap let's take a look at where the hold ups may look. everything is ready hundreds of people could already have been vaccinated here but the vaccine refrigerator at berlin's spittal hospital is still empty no one has received the coveted jab here yet in chief dr hans feingold is disappointed. we haven't started vaccinating anyone yet we've been waiting for the vaccines so that we can get started. that we haven't been able to. working nonstop for months the vaccine is a glimmer of hope for us i just hope that we can start soon. but why is it taking so long people have been getting vaccinated in germany for about 2 weeks but things

are still slow even in vaccination centers the long awaited serum doesn't exist but it's only gradually being made available here vaccination centers have yet to reach their capacity. we can vaccinate up to 20000 people a day when we reach that depends on when we get the vaccine hopefully next week the nation centers will open a week after that the others will. here in germany thorough our preparations have been made the vaccination centers were set up early on and staff of been ready and waiting but even though the vaccine was developed in germany it's in short supply here. that's why there are strict criteria for who gets the jabs 1st starting with very old people and nursing home workers the 1st facts of nations have turned into media events.

germany's health minister yen spawn says the slow start comes as no surprise. the reason behind the bottleneck for the short supplies at the start of the vaccination campaign is not because too little was ordered supplies are short because of low production capacity. but other countries took that into account and ordered large amounts of the vaccine very early on that involved taking a risk germany's approach was more cautious and took into consideration the likelihood of increasing production qualities and decreasing prices that is the joint strategy of each you countries meant to prevent competition among member states there is also hope that more vaccines will soon be approved after all the government's aim is for every german who wants to to be able to receive the vaccine by this summer. now we have a bit of sports news for you now cameron will be hosting the african nations

football championship next week it's going to be the continent's biggest sporting event since the start of the pandemic which caused the suspension of a number of high profile sports events who must go for the shias african nations championship begun. before the people who. has proved the big city who see just the tournament was originally shadow from last year but had to be called off because of the pandemic. the wait time for all the traffic understand are out it's trouble in full gear but most fans will be gets into history too with. restrictions mean all the normal number of fans will be allowed to attend a group stages however 50 percent more can be allowed in during the knockout stages this is according to comer a sports minister. the 1st. african country has been suspended. who. is doing his best to get the side read

obviously for us you know we got the players together only a week ago on the last time this group of players were together was back in march so was an international team it's been very short preparations it we're from the stadiums cameron is busy with groundwork for hosting the competition. i thought i was still into cleaning the crowds and the fans are determined to who we were about the virus to one side. yes more that we are not there hope that everything will be ok. this is the 1st time come these to. 16 national teams above the new dot for africa's most important so prototype 2 is the fundament. let's get a reminder now of our top stories congress has confirmed joe biden is the next president of the united states that came just hours after supporters of donald trump try to disrupt the proceedings by storming the u.s.

capitol one person was shot and killed in the violence. and across the world political leaders have reacted with shock and the chaos attached to germany's chancellor angela merkel has slammed president trump for stoking the violence by sailing to admit defeat and. coming up next is business news but we leave you now with some of the images that sent shock waves around the world.

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