the report we may is that joe biden and come on here us will be the president and the vice president according to the ballots that have been given to us. many express their anger over the violence. including donald trump's own vice president. 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. and there are fears of further violence after weeks of misinformation that the president has fled to his supporters claiming fraud very special in the early hours of thursday morning the white house issued a statement from donald trump seen he promises in orderly transition on january 20th but the violent scenes of the capital have shattered the image of american democracy. many world leaders including germany's angela merkel and nato is

installed in barracks express their shock french president had this to say. i just wanted to express all friendship in our face in the united states what happened today in washington d.c. is not america definitely. we believe. in the throwing thought of all democracies we believe in the strength of american democracy criticism also came from a close trial by a lie. the rantings of the couple who. just threw for the suv must be vigorously. i have no doubt the american democracy will prevail in the people who has. come statements before and after the storming of the u.s. capitol has raised concerns over whether he is fit for office and over what he will

do in the remaining days of his presidency. earlier today i spoke with richard painter he's what this chief ethics lawyer and they do it's w. bush administration and i asked him how much responsibility does donald trump bethell what we saw at the u.s. capitol i believe that donald trump is directly responsible for a lot of what transpired yesterday at the ca joe biden won the election 7000000 votes more than the dharma truck there was no significant older fraught that could be demonstrated in any of the over 58 lawsuits brought by state republican parties after the election the objective truth is that joe biden is that duly elected president that ought to states donald trump has fanned the flames of hatred with his

a lie he's about the election and about fraud that did not exist no matter what your political you no matter what your protest my allowance is an acceptable we do not accept it from the left we do not accept it from the right. donald trump in his campaign rally encourages of orders to beat up protesters he has encouraged by lots among his supporters and yes they did his bidding yesterday on the steps of the capitol and in the rotunda of the capitol this is a they are embarrassing moment but the united states we have a process for resulting our differences we have elections and this election has been decided joe biden will be the president continued out differences of opinion but my guess is never. was a pain to the speaking to us but around the world there was disbelief at the scenes

that unfolded in the u.s. capitol yesterday just look at these front pages that we for paired for you germany's builds newspaper talks of a coup attempt and a moment of great shame in britain the daily mail a daily telegraph rather also didn't mince words was democracy on the scene the picture from supporters storming the cubs and also dominates the united arab emirates gulf news daily and the nigerian tribune had this blistering verdict from supporters defile us democracy. now for european view let's bring in devalue correspondent terry shuls in a brussel to get that perspective terry walked reactions are you seeing from european leaders and lawmakers. well certainly you know we've seen these reactions trickle in starting last night you've seen some of them there i think the 1st one that was remarkable to me was nato secretary general yen stoltenberg who is so

hesitant to say anything about internal affairs of an allied country and he called out the seams as shocking and said the election results must be respected but another thing that we should note is how few of these leaders actually called out president trump by name many of them said this is not america this is not what we expect from our american partners but so few of them said president trump is responsible among those who did were the irish foreign minister simon company he said you know we have to call this what it is and that is a deliberate assault on democracy by a sitting president and his supporters so that makes it very stark how some leaders are seeing the view today of course this could not be done most likely of president trump wasn't on his way out of office or expectedly on his way out of office but some of them are now today saying by name president trump is responsible and he needs to take responsibility for these actions. through all the hopes in brussels

that joe biden can now and will actively try to repair transatlantic ties and how can he do that. well those hopes were already very high before the these incidents and i have to say as horrible as it is that what happened yesterday in washington probably makes it easier for president elect biden to mend these ties because basically all he has to do is act in a statesman like manner which he already does and everyone will see it will feel so relieved so even today the portuguese prime minister who is taking over as the rotating president of the european council he was talking about how high the hopes are for president biden but he went back to some of the issues they're expecting you know rejoining the paris climate accord possibly rejoining the iran nuclear deal president elect biden already has a lot on his shoulders expectations from europe but this doesn't make it any more

difficult i think that this people will be even more relieved to see president elect biden and his call transatlantic nature come into the white house now terry briefly if you can and other worries that this would happen in washington could provide inspiration for fringe groups in europe as well i think it can't help but provide inspiration who doesn't want to be you know the guy with the hurry foreign the furry whore and how it's breaking into you know the very center of the capital and putting his feet up on the desks of the people who they are actively trying to disrespect so i think there are very valid fears that this will inspire extremists here in europe and also look at how easy it was for them to get access i think that that all european institutions should very much be checking their security systems right now and their plans for for you know attempted breaches because that was very frightening turtles in brussels thank you terry.

not in some of the other stories making headlines around the world germany's main stock exchange index has risen to its highest ever level. broke above $14000.00 points for the 1st time the blue chip index has rocketed over 70 percent from last year's low investors are hoping the u.s. economic stimulus measures will boost demand for german goods. japan has declared a state of emergency for tokyo and 3 nearby regions are on a virus cases rise to new delhi highs stay at home measures will be enforced from friday for a month's japanese capital reported more than 2400 cases on thursday almost 1000 cases more than the previous record. to turkey now where president. is facing a rare challenge hundreds of students ignored police warnings and marched across

istanbul in protest. of a loyalist head of an elite university defiance on the streets in a nation where public dissent is barely tolerated. police offices outnumber students at the entrance to istanbul's was it she university whoever wants to get on campus is very carefully checked. it's been like this since earlier this week when news of the surprise appointment of a state approved director started to sink in. one of turkey's most respected and most liberal universities sealed off by police offices and water cannons conveying a strong message that protests won't be tolerated here many students say that despite the shortcomings of turkish democracy this university still working safe haven for academic freedom and many fear that will soon no longer be.

the new man on the job. was never a faculty member it was a cheat he has run in elections as a candidate for the ruling party and is considered a loyalist of president brigitte type and that's why many view his appointment as a provocation. i know that by heart i am a physicist i know that scientists need freedom to think freely we don't need autocrats. and academic institution needs to be independent it should not be managed by someone with a clear political agenda. to get a count instead of suppressing us like this and making young people want to leave the country they should support us and encourage freedom of speach. the government has had no patience with the protesters on monday students clashed with police and offices fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

act since then dozens of young people have been detained in nightly raids more reminiscent of anti-terrorism operations. president and one has appointed about 30 university rectors by decree since last year alone. he rejects any criticism. when russia look at the moment obviously the president has discretion for this within the laws therefore the accusation that academic autonomy and freedom are being destroyed is invalid gibson don't need to get shot get should you do your god now because the boy was a chief student see it differently they remain concerned and are taking their protests off campus to other sites in istanbul.

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speech prevention and sustainable local production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to news now. it's 2021 began with a worldwide ambition to vaccinate as many people as possible against covert 19 but in many parts of the world it's been a slow start there aren't enough vaccine doses available yet and sometimes logistical problems add to the shortages. that's mighty u.k. decided to simply delay the 2nd vaccine dose to increase capacity we should prioritize having as many people getting the 1st dose as possible. and that that

will allow us to get protection to more people more quickly. than otherwise. others including germany discussed this option but there are no clinical trials available supporting this move what if it goes wrong. what indeed hello and welcome to our coverage 900 special i want to get jones and like many of you i'm waiting for my turn to get vaccinated but i don't want to be a guinea pig so i'm not quite sure what to make of those developments in a moment i'm going to ask about all of just about this the 1st a look at where we're actually acts wisco with 900 x. scenes. only a handful of different vick scenes have been authorized so far some countries have already kicked off x. in nation complaints. supply remains extremely limited despite manufacturers ramping up their production capacities. most of the vaccines

require an initial jab and then a booster shot some time later to provide adequate protection with a global population of 7800000000 people that means that almost 16000000000 doses need to be produced for everyone to be vaccinated producing that amount will take years some experts say but time is of the essence the longer the virus keeps spreading around the globe the higher the likelihood of mutation just recently scientists discovered 2 new variants in the u.k. and south africa that appear to be much more contagious the fear is that those mutations could render even stricter lock down measures useless and eventually even the vaccines now experts are trying to find ways to get more shots into more arms the discussion is focused on 3 options the 1st

option is to delay the 2nd dose that would mean more people could have a 1st shot which might provide some protection the u.k. and denmark have approved the measure and are about to put it into practice but some experts warn that immunity might wane in the weeks following the initial shot that could create ideal circumstances for the virus to mutate and become resistant . the 2nd idea is to cut the doses in half which would double the number of people that could be vaccinated while there are indications that the immune response is the same experts say we can't know for sure. the 3rd option is to combine to vaccines so that the composition of the booster is different from the initial one the reasoning behind that idea is that both the astros' and the car and bio take vixens target to virus a spike protein but with 2 different methods. the problem is

none of the proposed alternatives has been tested so far. not trust is everything and for many getting a brand new vaccine is already a leap of faith so let's talk more now with julian tung he's on a reverie associate professor and clinical biologist at the university of leicester good to have you with us tell me isn't it a bit risky to change the way we use those vaccines on patients without proper clinical trials to back up those changes as to how the vaccines are administered ok so we do have some dates on 1st if it is c. or both the vaccines. and the others and seeing all the little trials were not designed to test 1st it's the only protection we're from since our experience with those vaccines is that the 1st those actually does most of the work the 2nd those just. so most people respond to those 1st as well as to use sufficient sufficient

immunity that commuter the beast is exposed to the virus in the population. but but this is not how they were designed certainly by ontic pfizer already mentioned that they they are a bit dubious about extending the period between those one and today's 2 so how big is the risk that extending the period between the 1st of the 2nd jab are already using the vaccine dose which is also talked about that that creates a vaccine resistant strain of the virus. here so this is a theoretical risk because you don't have complete immunity but this is fact you're still using code even arise the 2 doses so if you suppress replications fission really won't those the risk of that mutant arising is a lot less than the no dose of the top so if you know this whole the population 2 doses of the hope that nothing is also a risk newton's may rise not in the hall where there's no vaccine protection at all

so the risks are relative and i don't think they'll be any worse with just one dose was no dose to what you know of the population essentially all right well there are various kinds of vaccine so before we go on let's just take a look at at some of these different kinds because one is created with the activated or dead parts of the virus another one is called the vector vaccine and it uses another harmless life virus as a carrier to transport genes from the dangerous virus into cells in the recipient's body the immune system then detects the offending protein and creates antibodies. and then there is or there are big scenes that use messenger r.n.a. a part of the genetic viral code and these vaccines prompt sales in the recipient to produce viral proteins themselves which in turn then provoke an immune system. so with that in the back of our mind julian tang from from the university of

leicester there is talk about combining different vaccines to make up for shortages or even booster vaccines efficacy is that safe has this to been done before. and so we've got some experience with a new book about since we have perth nar 7 since rex $10.13 mixing and matching is on the doses certainly in singapore though in that without much harm if the box is taught the same antigen the protein with the delivery by m.r. nay or primary and no virus or even supply protein vaccines like the flu. vaccine design i think the minister even if it is the will be fine do you feel that people will trust this kind because this this is all going extremely fast and on the fact that we have a vaccine already within a year do you think that people will trust all those different combinations. so then you have to explain to the people and make them understand more about the

vaccines to give him the confidence that in fact what we do is just delivering the same antigen and use the same immune response we just slightly different areas and carry shouldn't really make that much difference to the current is just in just immune response to react even more against optical antigen and delivering it in a different way to the body to produce the same immune response or the same integer to put it protect against the same virus so if you explain this to people from an understand that we live and has brought it just just like with anything more right and do we actually know how long our immunity will last once we do get vaccinated. so some of the studies do have long term follow ups and overturn his long term follow up a few 100 days after senator vaccine has followed 250 days and phase 2 clinical trials protection against this is no backs in versatile against water infection for at least 5 months so we do have some long term follow up for that

date or of course the longer you leave it the longer the immunity the more immunity will wane and then those with a 2nd dose at 3 months is going to come in julian tank the honorary associate professor and clinical neurologist at the university of leicester thank you so much care. know what most of us conway to finally be immune to this virus speed for 100 days 150 or maybe up to 3 months there are still tons of questions about the safety and efficacy of vaccines available and he has one such question you sent to a science correspondent stan mcwilliams. that scenes prevent infections entirely are do they just reduce your symptoms if you catch the virus. ok to answer this we need to go over the basics of how immune response works in a healthy adult immunologists distinguish between 2 different aspects of it the

innate and the adaptive immune responses and you can think of the innate response as as kind of the body's shock troops its different components react quickly and and nonspecifically to invaders especially those the body has never encountered before new pathogens also set an adaptive response in motion as the body learns to home in on the invader churning out antibodies to flag it up so it's a highly specific killer cells can can recognise and and dispose of it the adaptive response which takes time to kick in and also retains a memory of the invader that allows the body to respond quickly if it ever encounters the same pathogen again and you become immune to it however in new kind of a loose term it just means that you are resistant to developing the symptoms of the disease again after having it once or being vaccinated for it but that doesn't

necessarily exclude the idea that if you are exposed after that you could actually carry the virus for a while or maybe even transmit it just not develop symptoms because you are adaptive immune system jumps on it pretty quickly the real holy grail. vaccine development is what's called sterilizing immunity that's one of a very rapid immune response wipes out the invaders subsequently so fast that it has practically no time to reproduce although trials in approved vaccines showed they mostly prevented vaccinated people from from getting ill those trials board set up to show whether people acquired sterilizing immunity until we collect more data on that even people who receive the vaccine should therefore go on the assumption that even if they are very unlikely to develop symptoms after an exposure they might still be contagious to others.

so it's all about collecting and analyzing data and i'm sure you still have tons of questions about the corona virus so keep your questions coming derek will be back tomorrow to send an e-mail to feedback dot english out deal to you dot com type expert in the subject line or leave a comment thanks so much if. you .

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