to explore fascinating world her to start to. double your world heritage 360 starts now. playing. place. this is g w news live from berlin after weeks of protests on the streets at india farmers when their battle in the war against the new agricultural laws supreme court puts out to hold the laws that have led to widespread protests for nearly 4050 days from farmers who now have their voices heard and the highest court in the land also coming up to impeachment 2.0 and the u.s.

lawmakers take action against us president donald trump democrats formally accused of inciting insurrection last week the mob that overran the capital they say took cues from the president as the f.b.i. warns of the possibility of more violence in the coming days. and pressure is growing to remove bella bruce s post of the ice hockey world championship later this year with an ongoing crackdown on protesters in the country critics believe the tournaments could boost the image of longtime leader alexander lukashenko. played. on a welcome to the show we start with some breaking news from india where the supreme court has temporarily halted the implementation of controversial new agricultural laws that have led to one. spread protests from farmers the chief justice justice

says the court will form a committee to hear farmers grievances against the laws tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of delhi for more than a month and save a lot of benefits large private buyers at the expense of producers really 60 percent of india's population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'd and let's immediately bring in our correspondent money and money or a challenger who is in delhi following these latest developments in the euro the court has paused the implementation of the last tell us more about the decision and why the laws are so controversial. yes there have been widespread protests around the national capital delhi for the past few months from neighboring states have been counted on to protest the new laws now the government on its part has been arguing that these 3 new formula laws are actually good for the farmers and that they will open up new opportunities and that they will allow the followers

to actually lock could their produce more freely and also these laws will help strengthen the infrastructure in agriculture by bringing in more private investment and that is also what is a worrisome aspect for the families because bringing in more private investment also means that the level playing field for all the follows will go and the biggest concern has been about the minimum support price or as we call it the system which is basically in a short minimum support prize that didn't see it from the government when the government agencies by the produce from the farmers directly so these 3 new laws would bring certain changes in which the government agencies greenie end up buying less and less directly from the finalists hence making the 6 minimum support price system is relevant and that has been the biggest concern of the phone that's have there been any reactions from farmers groups yet. it's too early to look for proper statements but we're sure as the day progresses the unions and the protesters sitting out there will be about

a proper full fledged statement but at the moment the only reaction which are coming in are that yes it is the sort of huge relief that they're looking at but that they will not go back and that they will not turn back unless all the 3 laws are permanently repealed by the government and that is what they're saying at the supreme court has announced the creation of a committee to clear the issue how likely do you believe these mediation efforts can be. well that we have to wait and watch also because we need to remember that 8th round of negotiations between the formal groups and the government have actually led to no outcome because the farmers were. holding on to them did their demand of competing in repealing these 3 laws and now it means to be seen that the committee of the 4 people that have been formed it has been formed specifically to look for solutions out of this deadlock and even a people from the unions have been involved in it so we need to wait and watch and see how they negotiate with the formulas and what kind of solution they actually reach out to you know use mira choudary many thanks. us

now with the f.b.i. is warning there can be more violence in the days before joe biden takes office this comes one day after the democrats introduced an article of impeachment against president trump accusing him of inciting insurrection at the capitol that could make him the 1st president in history to face impeachment twice. this in a week after protesters stormed. the capitol is much changed and the author affects are not just evident outside inside the democrats are intent on removing donald trump who they say is responsible for the violence. resolution calling on vice president michael our plans to convene 1st the vice president was urged to use his constitutional authority to activate section 4 of the 25th amendment to declare president donald j. trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise

powers as acting president or what republicans quickly block the move i object democrats then introduced an article of impeachment against trump which could be voted on as early as wednesday. charges him with incitement of insurrection referring directly to last week's capitol rampage even if democrats have enough votes in the house it could be difficult to win over the senate the main issue is not on the house side it's on the senate side senate is not around they're not scheduled to come back until the 19th and so there is really nothing forcing them to do anything. quicker than that and a trial again if if they wanted they could rush it through but it would not want to do that neither side. whether it be sooner or later many washington

residents feel action needs to be taken seems pretty clear that the president was ignored and encourage inciting right encouraging sedition and you know even though it's 10 days i think that you know how the consequences for action should mean something no matter who it is and i think the inflammatory words of senator cruz and senator clearly. going strong. sometimes. i think he should hold them accountable i don't know my history will look back on this and if we do not act on this moment we fail and so i think that's really critical that we do our job as americans as a government to put down the possibility of this ever happening again but you have to go with the president having just over a week left in office lawmakers will be pressed to move fast. concerns about safety at the inauguration have been growing following the unexpected resignation of the u.s.

public security chief acting homeland security secretary chat wolf has announced he's stepping down for what he described as procedural reasons wolf becomes the latest senior trumpet ministration official to quit following last week's deadly mob attack on the u.s. capitol well this resignation comes days after he pledged he would remain in office where we need to find take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a u.s. judge has halted the execution of the only woman on federal death row hours before she was scheduled to die lisa montgomery killed a pregnant woman and took her baby 16 years ago she would have been the 1st female inmate to be executed by the u.s. government in nearly 70 years. world leaders have pledged to over $14000000000.00 to tackle the climate crisis they were at the one planet summit which oversees the implementation of the paris climate agreement french president on monday on mccall said the money will go to the great green wall project which

aims to plant trees to stop the spread of the sahara desert. portugal's president marcel over bellowed to his test of positive for corona virus the announcement comes amid campaigning in the run up to national elections later this month the 72 year old has shown no symptoms of cope at 19 and his office says he is still isolating. for a look at some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the world health organization has warned that herd immunity from the virus will not be achieved globally by the end of the year that's even a fact seen makers manage to step up their production levanon is imposing a 24 hour lockdown for 11 days starting thursday to stem its latest spike in new infections the announcement sparked panic buying at supermarkets since only delivery orders will be allowed to gorillas at the san diego zoo in california have tested positive for the corona virus in what's believed to be the 1st transmission to apes. divers are searching the ocean floor off the indonesian island of java

looking for the flight recorders from the passenger jet that crashed on saturday authorities hope information contained on the recorders will clarify why the boeing 737 came down minutes after takeoff from jakarta 62 people on board. more dead being brought to land along with the belongings of passengers amidst the recovered items body parts are now also being discovered. there have since sunday we successfully retrieved 14 pieces of human remains from the scene of the accident along with victims belongings like clothing. over 2000 people are involved in the recovery effort closure for the families of the victims is now the priority. i have asked this very hard working team to concentrate on finding victims. because the victims'

families have been waiting very hope this can be completed quickly. we are also carrying out an intensive search for the black boxes but the focus will also be searching for victims. the 1st victim has been identified by their fingerprints but 29 year old flight attendant the search team believes they know where the black boxes are located but conditions and slowing down their recovery an agonizing wait for relatives who want to know why their loved ones died. turning to some american football now new england patriots coach bill belichick won't accept donald trump's presidential medal of freedom the country's highest civilian honor belichick is a long time friend of trams and the 6 time winning super bowl coach is assigned to decline the medal after last week's siege on the u.s. capitol belichick said he was flattered but that his love for the country quote

outweighs the benefits of an individual award. and opposition is going to be co-hosting this year's ice hockey world championship starting in late may but security forces brutally cracking down on protests against longtime president aleksander look at shango opponents including the tournaments co-host latvia say bello roos should not be rewarded with the tournaments now european politicians have joined in the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of its hosting duties. alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan and he's often seen showing off his skills on the rink would look close accused of using the sport to critics say a world championship in better routes would be used his image it's a process of its musicians focusing. on the stand for and for example delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada where you say money from

your countries will come to me. it's means it's a. hit. because it is the government's own government and it's all the question from critics how can a country be allowed to host an international competition when peaceful protesters are being beaten up and thrown in jail members of the european parliament have now taken up the issue writing to the international ice hockey federation and calling for better reefs to be stripped of the tournament. should not. play a common gain with the regimes which are using so much violence also against women children and peaceful demonstrations. the federation the i h f and its president switzerland's renny faso have so far resisted taking the tournament away from better roost they did the same when the country lost hosted in

2014 even though they'd also been a crackdown on protests against lukashenko. this is nice that this it's not the job of sport to somehow exert political pressure on something the politician isn't normally supposed to solve the political issues behind the scenes officials are looking into replacement hosts france ryan bill president of the german ice hockey federation told believe the i.h.s. was having quote intensive and important technical discussions he added we hope that sport can make the difference here in the role of mediator. switzerland could step in to host matches the country was supposed to host this she is world championship and so it was come sochi to the coronavirus pandemic and better ruth then might get a chance again in 2 or 3 years time in a classic compromise in the murky world west pool which meets politics.

before we go here's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you india's supreme court has temporarily halted the implementation of 3 controversial new agricultural laws that have led to widespread protests from farmers the chief justice says the court will form a committee to hear farmers grievances against the loss. that's it for me for now the news will be back at the top of the hour in the meantime there's always our web site t w dot com for me and the entire gene here in berlin thanks for joining us. on the world. beyond your own soul to. the stories that matter to me. i'm doing. whatever it takes.