this is deja vu news live from berlin no more trump on twitter the social media platform announces its permanently suspending the u.s. president's account due to the risk of further violence as congress moves to try to bring an end to an early end to donald trump's term in office also coming up. a year after the coronavirus surfaced in groupon china locks down millions of people in have a province you know bit to contain its worst outbreak in months. and

down 2 goals to the champions byron munich convention flood stage aids blistering comeback the fight for the finish in the film this league is writing like. pablo foley s welcome to the show with less than 2 weeks left of donald trump's time in office twitter has announced it's permanently suspending the president's account saying trump has repeatedly violated policies on glorifying violence it's a huge blow for the president as he stripped of his favorite communication tool at the same time he faces growing calls to step down or risk impeachment after a week that has left the united states reading. the world watched as hundreds of top supporters stormed the us cap.

several arrests have since been made since wednesday's events. the man who was pictured sitting at speaker pelosi as desk turned himself in. and a republican lawmaker from virginia is facing a criminal charge after breaking into the building. president donald trump has finally agreed to a peaceful transfer of power but tweeted that he would not be going to the inauguration of his successor. this turned out to be one of his final tweets as twitter pair minutely suspended his account just hours later. this followed president elect joe biden's comment that trump was unfit for office is wrong competent presidents in the history of the united states for mark

indicated he wasn't going to show up at the. inauguration one of the few things here evergreen. so good thing i'm not sure. security at the capitol is being wrapped up ahead of inauguration day which will take place in less than 2 weeks even the national guard has been deployed. well for more on developments in washington did abuse bureau chief in this poll sent us this update. with less than 2 weeks before president elect joe biden takes the oath of office to become the $4.00 to $6.00 president of the united states calls for donald trump to be impeached continue to persist biden has called his soon to be previous answer as incompetent and unfit to serve no president elect has ever spoken so forcefully about the president leaving office

democrats have been furious with trump and how he in able to supporters to a tank the capital which led to the death of a united states capitol police officer and 4 civilians on monday democrats plan to submit articles of impeachment for the 2nd time in donald trump's presidency this would be historic action no president has been in to peach twice during their presidency ever nancy pelosi and other democrats have not chide away from calling trump a dangerous leader lawmakers are concerned that even with the clock ticking trump can still do damage it is unlikely that donald trump bill be removed from office because republicans have refused to go that far but the democrats want to underline the danger of the presidency of donald trump. well the developments

in the united states are being viewed with concern here in europe and germany's foreign minister is now calling for the european union to work with the united states on a marshall plan for democracy now for more on this i'm joined by deja vue political correspondent and manuel chavez welcome to the show or manuel how significant is this call from the german foreign minister well this is history going full circle when foreign minister calls for marshall plan to have the u.s. in fact the marshall plan was the u.s. program that helped germany and other e.u. european countries to economy actually recover after world war 2 so of course this i'm this is not about economy quick cauvery it's about repairing democracy it's about salvaging democracy and say there is no democracy in europe without a democracy in the u.s. so he really highlights. the need for transatlantic ties so the marshall plan this

is highly symbolic but not something i can mouse is no stranger to right after the elections in november he called for a new do you between europe and the u.s. now it's very telling that those. america condemned in the strongest terms what happened this week in washington with and saying there's no place for the enemies of democracy between the u.s. or indeed you and i got america remarkably who stayed as she was sad and farriers about what happened. was partly responsible for the violence isn't again just trying reactions here in germany are strongly tied to german history this is a country which is no stranger to to put attempts and referring to denounce the time and also in terms of storming into a parliament last august and in november we saw. a conspiracy theory is trying to

storm. into the german parliament so does is something that is not only happening in the us well i mean we're out of period now where joe biden is about to take over the presidency briefly what can we expect from u.s. german relations well they're following a power of the past this is also an election year here in germany so be quite challenging here as well now the things we can look forward to is the u.s. are we entering the paris climate agreements as smooth or ties smoother relations when it comes for example to nato or to a nation's. to to negotiations for trade that being said what we saw this week is that you are possibly independent from the u.s. and that the u.s. is a giant but a giant with feet of clay well. thanks for that update moving on now let's take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world north korean leader kim jung un is threatening to build more nuclear weapons he said the u.s. is north korea's biggest enemy and that pyongyang has relationship with the united states depends on whether it abandons its hostile policies the threat of presents a tough challenge for the incoming by the right a strange ride police in chile have used water cannon and tear gas against protesters who took to the streets for the latest round of demonstrations in the capital something protesters have been demanding pension health care and education reforms in the country. once again germany has registered more than a 1000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours the country's slow vaccine rollout is coming under increasing fire some predictions in german media claim if the inoculation drive continues at the current pace herd immunity won't be reached in germany until 2027. now brightcove covert $1000.00 has prompted chinese officials to

tell people in 2 cities south of beijing to stay at home for 7 days the cities in have a province have tightened lockdown measures including a ban on public transportation nearly 350 people have tested positive so far around 3000 medical staff have been mobilized to support my ass testing of more than an 11000000 people china says it will provide coronavirus vaccines free of charge. now we're joined by 5 b.n. credit for a journalist in china and currently in hand fabiana china has sealed off 2 cities following covered 19 air cover 19 outbreaks leaving 20000000 people under strict lockdown how great is the fear that the virus will spread. i mean also here and what you see that more and more people are very much again and that temperate such

checks and cold registrations needed when you enter shops for example however it's still quite remarkable that life goes on if normal i'm just coming from a very crowded shopping mall yesterday i was very crowded place and i mean it's basically like that's not much but there's an underlying fear that there might be a 2nd. wave of coal but. well china's going to provide covert 19 vaccines free of charge tell us more about the vaccination plan in the country. yes you know they are already 9000000 doses that have been at minister that quite a large number and until chinese new year that in one month around 50000000 people are supposed to be vaccinated by then however i mean with mess appropriation of 1400000000 people the relative numbers still fight small. chinese vaccines they have one. advantage that they can be struck just in a normal fridge so we can look just it's actually quite easy especially when

they're also exported to developing countries. and china has confirmed the world health organization that will visit will hand to investigate the origins of of covert 19 and pandemic what can we expect when can we expect that to get underway where they're mixed signals for example the health commission here in beijing today said we are very welcoming we're just waiting for the w.h.o. investigation and to start however w.h.o. they say that the pieces have not been granted yet and so we don't it's you know when this will start and the w.h.o. is quite disappointed by the behavior of the chinese government that's remarkable because in the possible understanding towards beijing you can say that beijing is very afraid of this issue getting politicized however they themselves politicized that question of the origin of the virus really have any place somebody and what hans andersen exhibition about the origin and the story how it's told here is

really a story of the communist party winning the fight against the virus and that's really no room for. mistakes or self reflection. in china thanks for that update. let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic the united states has set another daily record for new infections with almost 300000 new cases and more than 3600 deaths reported on friday a strain is the 3rd largest city of brisbane has entered a 3 day 3 day lockdown after the emergence of a variant 1st detected in the u.k. officials say it was contracted by a cleaner out of quarantine facility no community transmissions have been reported and the new study published in the lancet medical journal says most people hospitalized with corona virus still have symptoms after 6 months the most common

ones are fatigue and muscle weakness but also sleeping difficulties sport now and in the bundesliga is friday night game engine gladbach notched up a surprise $32.00 win against league leaders byron munich and they had to battle from behind to do it seem to be making a habit of being inhospitable hosts when byron paid them a visit. the last time byron munich came to brucia park over a year ago it was glad who ran out victorious. but when florian noise house handled the ball in the box robert live in dosti converted the ensuing penalty to give by her in the lead after 20 minutes. and then a great solo effort from lay on gorecki doubled biomes lead just 6 minutes later and it looked like the visitors were cruising to victory. but wait on us hoffman pulled one back for blood buck 10 minutes after that mon cruelly

slotting it in past manuel neuer and just before half time hoffman found himself one on one against neuer again and once again he won that battle 2 all at the interval. and soon after the restart your house made up for his earlier handball by putting blood back in front what a shot from the young germany international to seal a 32 win. once again send by him back to munich empty handed. when a powerful winter storm is dumping what's spain's weather agency is describing as exceptional amounts of snow on large parts of the country storm filomena has grounded planes at madrid's barajas airport the region is bracing for anywhere up to 20 centimeters or even more of fresh snow now while the city wasn't especially prepared for the biggest snowfall in decades residents have been making the most of

us and so much. were more than others were prepared for the arctic conditions. well that's it for now i will next check in a bird's eye view of germany's world heritage sites and don't forget you can always keep up to date on our web site to talk to talk to me in the rescue team here in berlin to take your seats in. the new year i mean down the years we're going to tell you and how last year's german chancellor when we bring you an angle out now caught and you've never caught have surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves and want also to talk to people who follow along the way the market.