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 70000000 we can forget that americans voted for general 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 donald trump and they just don't trust in the police 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 we'll talk about that in a moment but 1st let's take a look at what happens. chaos unravels on capitol hill as the building is stalled by hundreds of trump supporters

. battling shoes between riot police and the protesters as they break cost security. based on the senate chambers to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election victory literally bringing democracy to a halt. by. police then true that gotten this. was was a woman was shot by police offices and was laid to proclaim dad was some protesters also time that anger against the media. not through like who. was 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 search his supporters to rally at the capital you were 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. 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. you've seen what happened trump has now been suspended from several social media accounts including twitter after tweeting to supporters who attacked the capital. 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 violence 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 remain 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 but we also know that sav 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 get to invoke the 25th amendment to remove donald trump from the 40 days he has left in office this means 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 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 wants to save 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 probably knowing how much concern is there in washington that democracy in the us democratic institutions have been damaged. so become certain but not only now it's have become sort of already for 4 months or even years i mean assuming we covered 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 are washington correspondent kind of you know issue more reporting for us as always good to talk to you. well leaders around the world watched in disbelief as the chaos unfolded in washington many have condemned the violence and called for democracy to be respected german chancellor angela merkel gave her reaction of a little while ago let's listen and. 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. our chief political editor michelle was there recovering the chancellor statement for us. what did you make of what we heard from chancellor merkel. well clearly angela merkel has come full

circle with u.s. president donald trump it was her may turn cooperation conditional on him appearing to those western values of democracy when she can gradually says him to his election victory 4 years ago now we see a german chancellor who's giving him at least part of the blame for the scenes that we saw on capitol hill over the past 24 hours and i asked her directly what damage she felt had been done to the very concept of western democracy and she responded saying that yes of course this didn't really paint a very positive picture particular to those watching all over the world who don't wish democracy well who want to see a more total tellus hereon rule this is something she's referred to many times actually particular throughout this pandemic that democracies need to show that they can deliver but she did also stress as she would do that democratic

institutions are prevailing in the united states and that that was the important message that was also being sent by those scenes where many germans have also been echoing chancellor merkel's concerns about what happened in washington and we talked to some people on the streets of berlin let's listen to what they said. here it was very very shocked these pictures reminded me of the situation that the german parliament when conspiracy theorists stormed the bundestag yeah yeah what was really bad was that in the usa of all places. people managed to get through. and there was no police no one to stop them. terrible i didn't expect something like this but i guess you can expect anything else from trump. thank you i. do think that it's not a bad idea to show that a state should wield power to ensure security in a country. more efficient and i'm long for the need for food i'm leaving.

but it is also important to show that the power still comes from the people you're . ok michel a hearing some voices there from germans what about other lawmakers here in berlin how worried are they by what i'm told in washington. well they are certainly disconcerted but even within the governing coalition you see differences in how this is being received an interpreted the chief whip of the social democrats who also have the foreign ministry here in germany he said that it was now time for you have to depart from standing so close america's side whereas conservative camp sees this as a reaffirmation that now was the time to stand together with the united states and defend the very value of democracy i also would like to add that the president who largely holds a ceremonial role here and many accuse donald trump of having disregarded the

cornerstone of democracy that peaceful transfer of power he also appealed to germans that particular politicians quite clearly that in this election year in germany it was time to show that democracy would prevail and that the democracy would be stronger than all the difference is that people may have so this is yet again sparking debate over the relationship with the united states at the same time sending the signal that it's time to decide how united the west and particularly with the u.s. at the homebody is our chief political editor thank you very much. well earlier we spoke to james d. been a novel from the university of bonn he served as an american diplomat in germany of the course of 3 decades we asked him what he made of the chaotic scenes from washington i have had much experience with. the 2 countries for almost 47 years

just let me just say that i think i am appalled 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 is there's an awful a pall in the effort to undermine our democracy. how worried are you about the state of the u.s. a mock receive right now i'm very concerned i'm i'm also at the same time reaffirmed in one congress then decided and came back immediately after the council 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 that are marcus's 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 here 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 pointed to the chancellor just made in the point point that she made at the very beginning of his term that we are we are connected by the values of democracy rule of 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 we see the difficulty of democracies and the the strength of democracies isn't being together and proper plod the prime 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 lies so that they can understand that the 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 of financial crisis many people lost their homes and they've lost their dennehy those are issues that are really thick or that mr trump has 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 nickel director of the center for advanced its strategic and integration studies thank you so much for joining us i thought or think you. well across europe other leaders have echoed chancellor merkel's condemnation of the attack on the u.s. capitol this is what french president a man on the call 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 of all democracies we believe in the strength of american democracy let's get some more european perspective now we can speak to kratos 5 she quote ski's the chair of the delegation for relations with the us a member of the european parliament and he's joining us on the line from poland mr shikar ski i want to ask you 1st of all about a tweet that you sent out saying that the u.s.

cabinet should immediately under the 25th amendment of the us constitution declare donald trump insane and terminate his presidency so you really think that president rob is not fit to serve out his final days in office no use and never was a college of electors which was specifically created by the founders of the american republic to prevent demagogues from gaining. or should fulfill that role and let me remind you that you don't think are just great called immoral and it was he who called for the demonstrators to march on the capitol and the question is what else he can do in the remaining 2 weeks in office and from what i hear members of his cabinet are considering whether or not to. put your firm and what message you think the sense because the german foreign

minister said democracies enemies would rejoice to see images like this do you agree. well of course. and you were only need to look at chinese russian or below russian media to know who i'd even be useful to offer to be progress would be gone by. the point. in the long run. than some of the conspiracy theories. which continue to peddle after he leaves office. ok and well we've heard that this is not just a threat in the us we know that europe has seen populist surges as well so do you think that something like this could actually happen in europe as well folks from and under like you have discovered that her boss has heard of the population of the country or don't really care about democracy and in fact her and who are a terrier

a viewpoint and searchable to attribute the commotion to. a kind of popular through failure and it was a matter of proportion and wherever. the current democratic majority different jewish. will leave it there then. chair of the delegation for relations with the us member of the european parliament thank you so much for joining us here . thank you. let's check in on some other headlines from around the world the russian orthodox church has been holding its main christmas service with elaborate ceremonies taking place across the country in moscow patriarchate kiddie led celebrations attended by fewer worshippers than normal because of coded restrictions and 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. starting friday for about

a month the japanese capital reported more than $2400.00 cases on thursday that's almost $1000.00 cases more than the previous day. and there's been widespread international condemnation of hong kong authorities after mass arrests of pro-democracy opposition figures $53.00 people were detained under beijing's new security law western nations accused of grave repression and a grievous attack on freedoms promised when britain handed down kong back to china . now in the race to vaccinate against the coburn a virus germany has been getting off to a slow start they did order too little of the job let's take a look at where the hold ups might lie everything is ready hundreds of people could already have been vaccinated here but the vaccine refrigerator at berlin's battle hospital is still empty no one has received the coveted job here yet and chief dr

handspike gold is disappointed as we haven't started vaccinating anyone yet in we've been waiting for the vaccines so that we can get started and we're frustrated that we haven't been able to. have been working nonstop for months the vaccine is a glimmer of hope for us but i just hope that we can start soon. but why is it taking so long people have been getting paxson aged 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 but when we reach that depends on when we get the vaccine hopefully next week 2 more vaccination centers will open and then a week after that the others will be. here in germany thorough our preparations

have been made the vaccination centers were set up early on and staff have 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 vaccinations 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. let's get a reminder golf 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. across the world political leaders have reacted with shock at the chaos of washington germany's chancellor angela merkel slammed president trump for stoking the bottle and spice failing to admit defeat. you're watching to deb you don't forget you can always get our news

on the go download route from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use the out to send us photos and videos of what is happening during the. top next or show focus on europe we leave you with some of those pictures from last night that sent shock waves around the world.

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make up your. taxes. l.o.l. and a warm welcome to focus on the euro alice show and this is a very 1st show in 2021 the new year comes with some changes here and europe brags it has been finalized and the u.k. is now out of the european union. in brussels that's meant goodbye to the british union jack the e.u. has now shrunk down to 27 members so far the anticipated chaos at the borders

hasn't happened but uncertainty remains high on both sides of the english channel. about 30 years ago this area was the site of european history being made the construction of the euro tunnel connecting buke a and france was celebrated as a political and technological milestone it's 50 kilometers long and it runs beneath the english channel our reporter met up with those who once built the euro tunnel and forged that special connection between france and to the british island. but on a clear day phillipe can see the famed cliffs of dover from his hometown of kelly frantz team uses how the water in between it used to be a wall of the sea separated us. until the human drive to unite outmaneuvered mother nature that historic day december 1st 1990 the

last barrier between the 2 sides crumbled. because that and his british counterpart graeme fag links hands and. the 2 tunnelers had been chosen by lottery for the honor that remembers the moment vividly. i was there we were on hold until 12 o'clock exactly 12 hours 12 minutes 12 seconds and there we saw each other. 6 years in construction the tunnel under the english channel was a feat of engineering and partnership cementing the u.k. european union bond personified by the 2 happy men in hard hats so.

this is a remarkable image of ram and me. in largely the whole we just made. yes the memories memories and a memorial in cali to the workers who forged this connection physically and created one emotional 2. laurents to work together to live together we don't have the same way of looking at things the french and the english but we learned. after so much effort to come together and work together and live together who could have imagined just. 3 decades later the breach that is bracks it hurt her. now 4 and a half years after that vote even many of those who actively campaigned to remain are ready to move on. people like paul bartlett deputy council leader in the city of ashford just half an hour inland from dover and the result was

a disappointment but obviously we as politicians local politicians have to embrace the result and the council has done locally is to ensure that the impact to break seats is minimal completely. residents and businesses so that they can continue their. as if breaks it didn't happen that might be hard with the potential traffic in his own neighborhood brought on by extra bureaucracy required for delivery trucks. out of the e.u. single market the bartlett says he expects things will work out i am so glad that we left the year but equally we haven't left europe will be working together both with some with the e.u. community and that we're all in this together. but not together like the period

filipe calls the highlight of his career when both sides were blasting through obstacles to meet in the middle that says he respects the british decision but love the new deal all the future will tell if they were right do all wrong sort of all they will start will be noticed it quickly enough and at that point maybe they'll change their minds. minutes he hopes u.k. citizens will want to rejoin the u. he says the path he helped build will always be there for them. e.u. citizens working in the u.k. currently seeking a path out of the country thousands came to work in the health sector or more in care homes even freedom of movement made it easy for them to seek jobs but now that the u.k. is no longer a member of the union workers from e.u. countries need a visa if they want to work on british soil these restrictions are putting

a massive strain on the already plagued health sector. costs a gram is from portugal and she is among the few who wants to say she knows that the demand for nurses and caregivers is high especially now during the coronavirus crisis while infection rates are still rising tremendously. even if you could do with a little less rain luigi done a frio has grown to love london. for. the long run is a place where you can really integrate people coming from all over the word but they only live together and this is amazing to 6 years he worked as a nurse in south london and even became a head notice but now he's moving back to italy as an e.u. citizen he's felt neglected by the british government since the bracks it referendum and says his hard work during the pandemic has gone unrecognized our

voices never been heard and we've never been on the rather even during the last year we supported u.k. in many different ways but i've never seen much a person appreciation would never been on the rather. silly region of freo is returning home to italy many of his italian friends in london have already gone back he'll have no trouble finding a job in italy because since the corona crisis began his skills are in demand everywhere. we all obviously leave a gap. because we are an essential part of the system so most of us are perfect and. have had a massive carrier developments most of us our managers or our experience nurses and doctors like all other e.u. citizens in future doctors and nurses will need

a visa if they want to work in the u.k. already far fewer e.u. citizens are coming here than before the press at referendum requests that i read about roger siegel run several can homes in norfolk in the east of england at team meetings they frequently discuss how to cope with stuff shortages for the last 4 years it's been almost impossible to find qualified workers. after the break zip of the vote many european staff felt very remote communities and they actually left some returned home and where we had for approximately 20 odd european nationals we're down to one or 2 maria tara from portugal is the sole remaining e.u. worker here her job is hard minimum wage with lots of overtime with her back city if. people can come and we'll be. a country without gathers i

think how can they care about this people. maria is very fond of the older ladies she can most suffer from dementia yet maria says they've taught her a great deal she hasn't seen her own family in portugal for a whole year. i count my residents now like half of my family i can't see my family my days and these why sometimes i i do almost of my shift is long days because they are my family i me alone they are my family so i put all my love of my my straitened. few britons are ready to show that level of dedication here in norfolk caregivers are often hired but quit within a matter of days the u.k. has a shortage of around 100000 care workers people just don't want to work for those sort of hours and i can show you e-mails and comments that we've had from recruits

that we've taken on that people are just disgusted by the level of pay that they get and the level of work a little responsibility that they have for the amount the that they receive. plans to stay in britain finale despite pressure she wants to visit her family in portugal soon but afterwards she's promised to come back to norfolk not to the relief of the people here. this picture was taken in 1939 during the 2nd world war it shows was border patrol switzerland did not take sides during the war but it had to protect its neutrality and so weapons and ammunition west stored in different parts of the country in fact they can still be found in many places to this day like inside the mountains in the small village of neat-o. it's in kandahar there's a serious risk of an explosion and that's why residents will have to leave the place they've called home for so many years.

in riddles in the can i put it into words the only uncertainty is the worst part. yes it was a shock it's very was a shock and i actually felt the pain in my heart for cramps. in your home for 10 years so his tough life and me told has taken a drastic turn. better and hid in a tomb care bill to house with their own hands back then meet toltz promised a measure of freedom. well. we had a real life here. and we could offer our children this environment they were happy and surprisingly we were able to build our house just how we wanted it was so

really serious walton and that's what they did about 200 meters away from the mountain holding the former ammunition depot they never suspected any danger eldrick and they're often got. a big rock for a good place for them to climb so we had no idea what was in there on the. one. of us now they know all too well about $3500.00 tons of ammunition and it's far more hazardous than previously thought the site has to be cleared and the village has to be evacuated for 10 years the proximity of the 2 cars house puts it in the red zone. we thought it's staying here as long as we could and now we have to make new arrangements laurie orgone but almost all of them. hanging on to the past. we have to make a change we want to do it now and no longer have the strength yet the one

who shows era our. 'd ridiculous claim and. now the 2 girls have to make other plans just like some 170 other residents of me told most of the families have lived here for generations but the villages knew about the depo from a tragedy caused years ago. in 1947 a huge explosion held rubble and bombs into the village 9 people including children died but the depo wasn't cleared the remaining ammunition remained inside the mountain experts decided it posed little real danger but a recent investigation found the risk to be too high army officer hans petter elec was assigned to inform the residents. i was extremely nervous

how would i react if i were to receive this news you have to leave your home for 10 years past tough that was quite a difficult message. now senses have been attached to the mountain to warn of any imminent danger. you can live well here there's nothing to fear you do it because it'll get more complicated when we start working on the ammunition just the preparations to move the explosives are projected to take some 10 years the residents inside the redzone likely a radius of one kilometer will have to evacuate their homes. right in front of us you see a few houses where we'll have to find solutions for the occupants so they'll be able to live someplace nice and dignified during the clearing operation. erica and davidge from canada had built for their futures at this location. they renovated their house and invested in the farm now they face the uncertainty of whether or

not they'll end up inside the red zone. if we end up in the red zone what can we do who will have no alternative but to leave because. we hardly. used to the thought i just block it out in the house their children layo and yana were born here giving up everything the families built for themselves would be extremely hard this is their home and their livelihood. all gave the state on their end we live with no end of warre and uncertainty right now it is no 1st really to where. it's how. even if their farm ends up outside the danger zone part of the lease holder will be inside it and it won't be easy to find other land but they try to keep their spirits up for the sake of their children and their future. and if you want.