with less than 2 weeks left of donald trump's time in office twitter has announced it is 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 is stripped of his favored communication tool at the same time he faces growing calls to step down or risk impeachment after week that has left the united states absolutely reeling. the world watched as hundreds of trump's supporters stormed the u.s. capitol. several arrests have been made to since wednesday's events the man who is pictured sitting at speaker pelosi is desk has turned himself in. and a republican lawmaker from west 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 permanently suspended his account just hours later this followed president elect joe biden's comment that trump was unfit for office. is one of the most incompetent. presidents in the history of the united states for merck indicated he wasn't going to show up at the i act in order is one of the few things he and i ever dreamed of. it's a good thing i'm not sure in. security at the capitol is being ramped up ahead of inauguration day which will take place in less than 2 weeks even the national guard

has been deployed. so what may be the most mulcher is we in donald trump's presidency call mineta and with the president losing his biggest bullhorn his twitter account to talk more about this i'm joined now by peter grill a doll from our u.s. elections team peter what are we to make of all this right i think you know by any measure this is a big blow to the president who is finding himself increasingly isolated in the wake of wednesday's events you know throughout his presidency trump is really use this platform in a way that's completely abandoned the traditional ways of you know for presidents to communicate with the public he's essentially used it to circumvent the traditional media filters if you will communicate directly with his some 90000000 followers that have their own twitter so essentially twitter is now taking away from super power if you will. you know it also follows facebook on thursday

announcing that it was suspending his account trans account indefinitely at least until after inauguration and there have been a lot of calls for these social media giants to do just this not just for this week but really for years the problem nor the tough balancing act for these companies has always been we are still looking at a sitting president who has been broadcasting his thoughts and it has been a unique window into his thoughts even to the extent that the national archive which archives every presidential documents that that he wanted to also have access all his tweets because they're considered you know policy directives and and so forth so you know that i think again really goes to show that trump is being increasingly isolated in this week's of the presidency doesn't the president have other options here i mean he could tweet. arlie which is a conservative site or there's even been some discussion he's indicated that he would create a stone platform yeah there's right in it in

a tweet that's now unavailable he said that he's looking into the possibilities of building his own platform in the near future and saying he will not be silence and this is a great that a lot of his supporters of hat with social media especially twitter and facebook where they feel like they're conservative voices have really been silenced that they have been the target of what they see as kind of a liberal conspiracy to drown out their voices. i do think though trump can move yes absolutely to more fringe sites like parlor but cutting him cutting the court to twitter means essentially that his soapbox has been shrunk dramatically it's much much harder for him to broadcast his thoughts to the public and people went out to actively seek out trump if they want that the only concern i will say is that you know will this mean that we're seeing increased bubbles where we're just never going to get to that shared reality that

a lot of people are pining for right now peter really delve thank you so much appreciate it thank you. highlighting now some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour rescue workers in russia are racing to find survivors of an avalanche that buried tourist cabins in a siberian ski resort and emergency workers pulled a teenager out alive but said his parents and infant sibling were found dead authorities have not yet confirmed how many people were trapped. riot 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 santiago protesters have been demanding pension health care and education reforms in the country. so far more than half a 1000000 germans have received their 1st jab of the virus vaccine most of them elderly citizens and health care staff the country's health minister said the vaccination program was gradually picking up speed the government has been under

fire for the slow roll out of the campaign. an outbreak of covert 19 has prompted chinese officials to tell people in 2 cities south of beijing to stay at home for 7 days the cities in he bay 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 mass testing of more than 11000000 people china says it will provide coronavirus vaccines free of charge. we're joined now by fabienne crash were a journalist in china and currently. china has sealed off 2 cities following covert outbreaks leaving 20000000 people under strict lockdown how great is their fear that the virus will actually spread. well actually he had one for example life

not so affected by it but yes the feeling of the ring around the chinese new year the mid february and the holiday season is usually more than 500000000 chinese on the move to traveling to their hometown and visiting relatives and for me it sounds like it is happy because exactly last year what's the chinese new year season when things got out of control and the virus spread pretty frocks within the country i already know from my sources who work in state owned companies they have to cancel their plants to visit family and i'm expecting if this were the no drastic turn of events for the better then that would be a really big travel warning general trouble warning and for the people in the kobe problems that affect the province if they already now go trying to go to beijing they have some problems so. it's quite dramatic some in china of course says it plans to provide $1000.00 back scenes free of charge tell us more about the vaccination plan in the country. well basically they have not only one vaccine that

they use step 3 chinese specs instead of very promising and on to chinese new year so in mid february the government that's already vets in 8 months and 50000000 people and they are already investing a lot to skating up the production. quite hopeful but of course you have to see this 1400000000 people living in china. curious if there is some uncertainty as you well know surrounding the world health organization visit to woo han to investigate the origins of covert 19 when can we expect that to get underway. well it's not really kids yet and they're really mixed signals officially the chinese government is saying we're welcoming. it up u h o investigation team we've been great in principle that they can visit us but they haven't granted visas to them and it's quite disappointing and i'm here every day i

can pretty experience how sensitive this issue is at chinese state media they cannot. report on that topic the question of where to buy was a originated it's a very sensitive especially since the communist party he kept the fight against the pirates the victory against the pirate by risks to a heroic story that does not need any room for criticism or reflection. from me in crash or in woo hunch minus think you found here. the central asian republic of kyrgyzstan will choose a president and a new system of government this weekend the front runner to lead the muslim majority former soviet state is yacking president a populist who has served jail time for hostage taking opponents fear the victory for their combative said years apart will mean the authoritarian rule for a small country with a volatile history. sure and has been to capital bishkek to talk to voters about their hopes and fears for the future. we don't

want they shout using the term for the emperors who used central asia for months protestors in the kyrgyz capital bishkek have been out in the streets every sunday even in the freezing cold like many here feminist activist an artist. says she's defending democracy she thinks if they pass the constitutional changes the president has proposed could threaten basic rights like freedom of speech and care to stand. here. i have the impression that so they are creating a constitution that allows him to stay in power for life like he just needs a throne now these people aren't even politicians they're just criminal groups people who come to power not to develop the country but to enrich themselves and get more power. said

the favorite to win the presidential race seems to sense that people want to new beginning campaign ads show him as a reformer fighting corruption he swept to power in the popular uprising in october becoming acting president until then he'd been serving a prison sentence his supporters say was politically motivated during the recent revolution protesters stormed the white house the seat of the government and not for the 1st time there have been 3 revolutions here. in kyrgyzstan in the last 15 years and people's impatience is only growing especially since the coronavirus pandemic has hit kyrgyzstan's cash strapped economy hard pushing up prices on everyday goods at one of bishkek spigots markets many people say they hope will finally bring stability. look like them. but we want one president han used to have a han the han works and kyrgyzstan lives congo like.

that there won't be any more corruption mafias or criminal structure it's just part of said he would punish that strictly. president what the so every year things get worse and worse yes the president changes but nothing actually changes here now people in kyrgyzstan are hoping for a better offer the yeah. and you hear me now oh yes we don't need you and how it all stands german chancellor whimpering you uncle our mascot and you've never cut have surprise yourself it was just possible cold really what moves and want also to talk to people and follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us for metals last august.

some in germany. for years it's been a departure point for long distance animal transports today its cards just separated from their mothers. very profitable here in germany young boys often go for export. are headed for northern spain. and another collection point. this footage was filmed by. the animal welfare foundation she's followed the transports for more than 20 years the slide in their care about us always are the noises the cats make when they're suffering and they increase as the journey goes on. and it more and more calf's join in this bellowing you see them licking everything sucking at each other and are really in

a kind of starvation stress the animals are under common and stress healers and then. after an almost 20 hour journey the animals are unloaded spayed many of the young calves are completely exhausted song having survived the ordeal. in this film we track animal transport not only display. we also find out what happens to german livestock sent to other places such as north africa. and russia where we document the longest transport of german animals over thousands of kilometers to central asia. get.

it early december $21000.00 when we set out with us bombed out now for the 1st time . we want to find out what exactly is going on behind the trade in young cattle and what happens to the animals financially in a frontier we're driving to a collection point near to clear. vision to become i was tipped off by an official who said young calves were being transported via various collection playoffs to spain they were for sheena's damaged times to be at. the collection point is located in a small village on the river most of us watch as what goes on from an opposite hill she's expecting a transport to arrive today from bavaria. suddenly at around 3 o'clock in the morning trucks begin arriving while others the park. we follow to animal transporters. they take a strange route they should be heading straight across the border into france but

instead they take a huge detour appear to be. the german cabs are unloaded at the collection point in your news. according to animal transport regulators the cattle should be watered and fed and allowed to rest for 48 hours now. next morning meets a friend i didn't call or not works for the french animal welfare group well farming what are they expecting. that on spot the transport will probably go on to spain and that's what we assume there are german cabs there too but we just don't know yet when they'll start to load the i reckon they'll do it when it gets light what to expect today well from oakland where we expect our living in the morning and go to pep in hand and maybe we can have but he's come to our

opinion. writing letters and speak. it's the afternoon less than 24 hours after arriving the transport is on the move again. we're on the highway heading be early on to the south of france. and the cabs have already been in transport for much longer than is legally permitted. at a service area near neem the drivers take a break it's a chance for the animal rights activists to get a closer look and maybe have a word with the drivers. that your tag suggests there are german animals on board mostly from bavaria and been written back yet. no you just ask the drivers where they've come from and where they're going. they say they came from near louis and are heading to spain. no mention of the fact that they started off in bavaria. back

in the car i didn't call them not contact the french police she asked them to stop the trucks and check them. says it's just looking at me they're going to shift but before she has even finished her call the transport is off again. the animal welfare activists follow them and even see them and sometimes if anything did you know i'll fetch i just tell me they don't have enough stuff for a check and unfortunately they couldn't do anything tonight. the 2 women watches the trucks pass the border into spain without a hitch. we want to know how this transport was possible in the 1st place even though you laws prohibit such long journeys. we had to the 2 years i explored veterinary office and speak to the man a charge that you can all just not want. to go has brought some colleagues for

support. how do you check these transports for the loading and unloading are monitored and the papers are checked to make sure they're ok and those in the we know it's a check on paper no i mean there's a check on the ground to. call what kind of check exactly. you know if you have as your chance to see whether the animals appear to be healthy or not the nation is on. but the office also ought to check whether the transport is credible. this came from a very of your tree or to ours us. and that's almost double the distance it needed . that alone arouse some suspicion. is that if i didn't know when to ask why the animals were taken to ensure holden and then when a direct route would have been quicker. according to our checks the transport times

well by the book it's an economical decision whether to take the direct route and that of all take a diversion. why would a diversion be economical. because i can't be the judge of that each company must decide for itself which route makes most sense. no one here appears ready to go beyond the call of duty but we're not giving up quite yet. some of your tags when the trucks were parked in southern france. that's enough for us to trace which farm the cabs originally came from. the tags lead us to a small parish in the burying region of all going. on the farmer to let him know we're coming. to you all for your focus of talks with your mates in the early evening. is this your farm.

and you keep you count. how many cattle do you have. so it. 'd has its ups and sort of at least most of them so last the kind you have calves to. their female both bred from high yielding cattle if all goes well he says they'll be producing 10000 liters of milk a year. because in this could be a few before i come to your because we film cattle on a transport to spain that was last december 5 like and what did you get for those animals who does it you couldn't become a wash on the physio that actually if you feel and what is in the book will do this if you feel it what will this wonderful sequoia with this in just a few. will say oh yes but i don't know what the price what their place is coming off so be fair to say that the ball cans as males are

a waste product of this breed and these are 2 new and do the most when i see minus a child fast as a 5 little beat this record was about 6 mr obvious from place here come a saga so. it's a lot of grief so this is. 5 little the farmer shows us there's cow shit he has a mixed herd but they're largely high yielding cattle. only keeps the dairy cattle so he has no use for male offspring. as in addition there's little demand in germany for veal these days. e.q. the photos this is. all done with this that most of the good is destructive wasn't enough. for them gay hoes. i don't get this coming. this we expect of this. i'm never one of the animals we're going astray after so

vague at least you must have time to get what did you think. that you'll hurt who are you selling to the elf. after. what it always does in the end. the farmer's bowl cabs ended up being taken to spain but what happened to them after that. we had to cut a loan yet to find out it's the center of spain's cattle fattening trade and here we discover one foreigner after another. in the spanish that go with us to take a look. there are hundreds of cabs here we can see they come from all over the european union. this is the spanish style of industrial kathy army. on closer inspection of some of the parts we see that some of the animals came from the u.k. . the only. yellow pages. there are also

cabs from france and slovakia. were not far from the court are going up and find that's where most of the cabs are exported from. on the way to the port we see animal transporters on the return journey. the transports unload on the pier. electric prods are used to drive the young bulls onto the ship. this load is mostly made up of animals from france or destined for lebanon. one man stands out among the workers at the port you want to start an animal exports are obvious from morocco. as we establish later he's bought the animals for an arab company. but he's prepared to talk to us so we

arranged to meet with him a few days later. what's your job. most contiguous and explore the city i work as an export of the companies here in spain and organize transport to arab countries. whose. cities i drive around and pick out the animals i am i make a selection by them try to negotiate the best price to export them to arab countries they always end up by john abbott. which countries do the transports go to. most. clearly bill you know i work a lot with lebanon but i also export to jordan. saudi saudi arabia libya. morocco tunisia. almost all of the

arab countries to be on a computer design the more many animals how many cows in their low draw from germany. with. us thousands of them. i don't keep a precise count these are. the statistics live cattle from germany are shipped abroad for slaughter to many arab countries are insufficient cooling conditions for frozen meat. we meet. back a terror going to port where she wants to show us a ship. that docked the previous day and tomorrow it's going to load up an animal transport. it's the crema law. she got for christmas. the corrie marlowe was built in 1965 originally as a car ferry it's 55 years old at some point it was repurposed to carry livestock

transports but unfortunately not very well. in 2016 we got onto the ship it shouldn't be allowed to carry animals so. it's full of things that animals can injure themselves on the ramps are still not for animals when they run out of the ship they have to make a 90 degree bend and go straight down steep perhaps then they're hit with electric process. which by mining the shopping day there's one deck on the ship that's only one metre 60 high not even a person can stand on it but can also regularly load it on there it's terrible the animals can't reach their food or water and if there's a problem no one would crawl through there to get an animal i don't know so. for years because the monarch has to burst the mediterranean with its cargo of lives.