this is. from the u.s. house of representatives to vote on impeaching president trump of last week's attack on the capital trump projects responsibility for the violence and accuses his opponents of dividing the country on the program. the largest mafia trial in more than 30 years begins in italy speak to the informant risking his life to put the mobsters behind box. in germany. and the country appears to be unable to bring the cases under control.

welcome to the program a number of republican party members have said they will join the democrats in voting to impeach president donald trump by the last week's attack on the u.s. capitol building the house of representatives looks set to move forward with a vote on impeachment today earlier vice president mike pence refused to invoke an amendment declaring trump unfit for office. president trump has been subject to massive criticism of late but he can still draw loyal supporters. banned from major social media outlets trump seized the opportunity on tuesday to reconnect with his base he headed to texas to talk about one of his favorite topics

the border wall with mexico but before that he remarked about efforts to remove him from office the impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger and division and pain far greater than most people will ever understand which is very dangerous for the usa especially at this very tender time. his comments came as debate continued in the house of representatives democrats are stepping up their efforts to remove the president from office. democrats accuse trump of having incited the capital riots and say failing to hold him to account would be a dangerous precedent all of us should do some soul searching about 5 dead americans a capitol police officer who's did it dozens of people wounded lots of our capital cops in the hospitals and a country on edge and inflamed right wing which thinks that we are on the verge of

a civil war. the assault on the capital has eroded support for trump in congress several republican lawmakers say they're willing to back impeachment efforts they now include 5 members of the house of representatives notably liz cheney the number 3 republican in the chamber she's released a statement saying the storming of the capitol was trumps doing and that he did nothing to stop the violence she said there has never been a greater be trailed by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution cheney's move lays bare a split among republicans over trump and the future of their party i'm joined now by d.w. reporter paid a rather dull paida impeachment is moving forward at a swift pace in the house of representatives what's the latest on the efforts to

remove trump from office. well today really is said to be a historic date on a trump altar sure to become the 1st president in u.s. history to be impeached twice it's really notable that over a dozen republicans have indicated that they will back that ever just over a year ago the 1st time donald trump would compete exactly ciro house republicans voted to impeach the insurrection on january 6th really does appear to be the last role for many in this party high ranking republican member of this cheney released a strongly worded statement saying that there's never been a greater betrayal by a president of the united states of his office to the constitution it really does take a strong break with trump who's fighting himself increasingly isolated as the white house and that many republicans really see the party at a crossroads you know according to reports that a majority leader senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is even indicated that he believes impeaching trump is not just the easiest way to get rid of the president but also get rid of purpose and from the republican party whether that translates

into trump actually being removed from office a different question you would still need a 2 thirds majority in the senate to do that and that's all but guaranteed a demand on the sage what's the president himself saying sighing about all of this he's been thinking digging his heels in somewhat hasn't. right donald trump never was one to adamant mistakes in his 1st public appearance since the violence i was on capitol hill last wednesday really was no different than on tuesday he went down to texas and tried continued to deny any culpability in the violent riots that left a lot of people dead. and threaten the lives really of not just members of congress but of his own vice president trump insisted that his remarks to its supporters in washington which many took to be encouragement to essentially storm the capital with those remarks were quote totally appropriate trump also warned that his impeachment could lead to more violence and not statement password

a lot of people because they know that trump supporters are hanging on his every word and could treat this as a tacit encouragement to even more unrest at this time with us we'll come back to you in amman and but 1st let's take a look at this report on preparations and the increased security measures in washington ahead of next week's inauguration. time to tighten the screws washington is building up in anticipation of the presidential inauguration. victor and his colleagues have their hands full with work they have never seen the city like this everybody is afraid of course and with the momentum right now so we treat it like this with perfect safety for the people instead of festive celebrations businesses brace for damages. and that the capital security has been ramped up significantly. the atmosphere here

at the capitol is very different compared to last week for one and over 2 meter high fence was erected and this patrolled by members of the national guard additional police is roaming the streets all of which to guarantee the safe inauguration of president elect joe biden next week on the steps in front of the capitol the big worry is that approach on supporters will try to disrupt the ceremonies but police wants to be better prepared this time. the city is in a state of emergency buses with national guard troops are right around the clock up to 15000 soldiers could be deployed in this city. meanwhile the stage is set perforations on the go but the celebration certainly feels different. you know on the excited for joe biden to assume the

presidency but at the same time as i continue to read reports about the potential insurrection here again potential interaction across all 50 u.s. capitals it concerns me to say the least i think now that we saw that the capital was stormed i think there's a high chance that we'll see more people who think that that means that they can just behave like that i feel safe you know i mean this place looks like an armed camp at the moment. will start to use on discouraging americans from coming to d.c. on inauguration day like many others that will so hold up at home instead. prefer to think. for the t.v. was going on because i want to go home. it will be a hot topics of biden to bring the barricades between americans down again. still with us here in berlin as our reporter paid a lot of security on hand for the inauguration which was not really the case last

week and law enforcement in the u.s. is also warning of my just troubling right we've seen a lot of activity on social media by from supporters planning more violent protests in the days ahead of the insurrection one of the big states there is daenerys cavities and it really shows shows just how coordinated they are and what we saw last wednesday was far from just a spontaneous act of rebellion america's senior military leaders the military joint chiefs have also come out releasing a statement condemning the interaction that we saw last week in the capital and really reminded their service members to do. their obligation to support and defend the constitution and that is notable because usually these high ranking military leaders go out of their way to do anything that could be interpreted as political in this really comes amid reports that you know i think that several violent rallies are being planned ahead of the on occupation but also met reports that the

f.b.i. actually knew that this was going to happen an internal memo suggesting that they were where of all 'd these plants on january 6th before that happened so a lot of pressure to avoid a repeat of january 6. thanks so much. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. has carried out the 1st a federal execution of a woman in nearly 7 decades montgomery was put to death by lethal injection in an indiana indiana prison shortly after the supreme court i think go ahead in 2004 montgomery killed a pregnant woman and stole her baby. and the supreme court has suspended the implementation of a new agricultural law that would have led to widespread protests from farmers the court to form a committee to hear their grievances thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of delhi for weeks i said the last benefit large private by is at their

expense 'd. madagascar is facing its worst drought in a decade that's according to the un's world food programme the organization reports harvests on the island in 2020 were the worst in 5 years causing a stock rise in interest and rights in the region. well the uganda government has deployed a massive military presence ahead of the general election thursday's vote will come after one of the bloodiest election campaigns in years veteran leader your body must invent he has been in power for some 35 years is seeking a 6th term he's main challenger is the singha turned low back of bobby wine as the election draws near there are growing fears about escalating violence. violent scenes of become common during the election campaign. and the a minute victims such as just a number. there

was. this number was shortened to buck last year on nov 18th. police clashed with supporters of the opposition candidate will be one leaving at least 54 people who did. the police running in and started shooting. i was in the cluster. and. told that those people should live there people who think. they should get. home. on

christmas eve sophia another was up and her daughter were attacked by unknown people she suspects they were attacked because she mobilized support for president jordan was 70. we want one more everyone should be given the right to support a candidate of his or her own choice. whoever wins should not mistreat the other party because we all need peace we are all ugandans we must be united. to governments and cleanse the violence on the opposition watch the opposition counter accuse the police and the military for pressing ugandans opposed to president must have any. body why now once the international criminal court 3 to get to the i laid human rights abuses we have information that they needed and people that are not in uniform have been deployed with automatic rifles. sitting on

top of buildings snipers too short and the kid anybody that would be seen with that with a black eye no matter how peaceful the president must have any has assured ugandans the election will be peace for and across the country security forces have been deployed to enforce this jordan of all. no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people who were previously done this . we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are. the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the biggest victims of violence activists. to exercise their democratic rights

in a peaceful manner. the largest mafia trial in over 3 decades is starting in italy the defended scene clued more than $350.00 suspected members of one of the world's most feared organized crime groups the end. they're accused of offenses and crimes dating back to the $990.00 s. including murder drug trafficking extortion and money laundering max and spoke to the late prosecutor in the case and also a former mobster turned informant and now fears for his life. he has to move quickly the chief prosecutor of capone's out of new cannot read t.n.t. has powerful enemies illusion number one mafia hunter is leading the fight against the notorious calabrian network then that and get his own oh well many. there are men of that into and get there within the public administration by

attempt to manage it in whole or in pods trying to succeed in dominating not only on the economic level but also on the administrative and political level. political. teddy has been fighting them for more than 30 years and he has been preparing a strong message to send to the calabrian families and the public. over the next 2 years more than $350.00 mafiosi and accomplices will take the stand in the biggest mafia trial in decades here in a specially built bunker courtroom set up to accommodate them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the family's reach and influence go far beyond calabria over the years its business model has evolved from fighting bloody wars in the streets to more sophisticated financial crime. scene that i'm getting now operates in the shadows for example by importing tons of cocaine from that in

america and quietly buying power and influence over europe this in their twisted but strong sense of family are the main reasons why. it's so hard to fight the family clans. tells us now working with prosecutors he was raised to become a powerful. that if you start with guns as a child you shoot. they carry guns and you're a kid and it's all a game to you. the kids have toit guns but your guns are real you're not afraid of being beaten but of disappointing those who are training you. smuggle drugs extorted people and even participated in murders but after the birth of his 2nd child he decided this life was no longer for him and turned against his own family. when it became known that ambushed me twice within 12 hours the 1st time i managed to escape the 2nd time i was armed and returned fire 3 people they tried to

kill me several times and set fire to my wife's shop since then has helped put hundreds of mafiosi behind bars he welcomes the efforts of prosecutors like but he is not the only one worried that i will fight back. if i understood that if they knock me down all this great work and discreet team will stop there are thousands and thousands of people who believe in me and therefore i am the last hope. so this also gives me courage and helps we have to carry on what ever it takes if i pulled out today i would feel like a coward. while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. ok let's take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. flooding has left more than $10000.00 homes in the southern serbia without power days of heavy rain and snow in the balkans region have caused rivers to burst banks in and i think houses and fields and disrupting transport. spine is grappling with record low temperatures after the heaviest snow falls for half a century temperatures have plunged to minus $25.00 degrees celsius in areas unused to extreme winter with authorities people to stay indoors indoors rather to avoid straining hospitals with liberty isn't it 19. germany's health minister against bond says the country will not be able to lift all the restrictions in place to curb the spread of the corona virus at the beginning of february the news comes as the death toll from. continues to mount and

new infections rise in 24 hours more than 1000 people have died with the virus and now the 20000 more people have tested positive chancellor angela merkel has reportedly said she expects the situation to remain tough for at least another 8 to 10 weeks i'm joined by political correspondent and. chancellor angela merkel says there are more difficult. to be expected how is that statement gone down in germany. well. the. thing what courses i go on macos anxiety is the new and highly in fact infectious virus mutation prevalent in great britain as you said she made these remarks during a meeting of the party's parliamentary group and according to participants she said if we won't be able to keep this mutation at bay here in germany we will be in

trouble. straightaway that bait erupted if the restrictions can be lifted or not if there should be tighter restrictions and a lot of politicians warmth that we can to ease the restrictions to the health minister said this morning we won't be able to lift all the restrictions by the end of the month tougher measures have been in place now for some weeks but infections still on the rise do we take it the people in germany will simply have to stay on and ride this out. yeah. tougher measures in place in germany tough compared to some of the neighbor countries. experts say that. phone data mobile phone data show that people are much more mobile during this lockdown than they have been during the lockdown in spring and

furthermore people do reduce their contacts. the contacts they have they are more close and more intimate because people tend to. tend to be close to. tend to be more easygoing with people they're close to they miscalculate the risk so politicians appeal to the to the people to. be more careful and really stay put and still to come german health minister will make a statement what should we expect or prepare for from him. the minister is going to deliver a parliamentary statement followed by one of the beta in the past few days there has been a discussion about. about compulsory vaccination for nurses and doctors the minister has always rejected that so i suppose he will stress that they are

won't be that vaccination will stay voluntary in germany and we have a slightly paradoxical situation because on the one hand science the government has been criticised for not speeding up the vaccination process on the other hand there are not enough people willing to get the job right now so i expect that minister spawn will fall will appeal to the people to get the vaccination and explain germany's vaccination strategy. political correspondent and you call that thanks so much for a look at some of the other major developments in the pandemic and the japanese government says it plans to expand the state of emergency the cleared for the tokyo area last week to 7 more regions the spread of hiv 19 is casting new doubts about tokyo's ability to host the olympic games this summer after

a delight china will allow its seen from the world health organization to travel to the city of blue on thursday to begin investigating how the pandemic started big and indonesia has begun its vaccination campaign president you know what we do with brother received the 1st 19 jab as the world's 4th most populous country faces soaring infection rates. ok sports news now and the handball men's world championships starts today in egypt germany enters the tournament as underdogs the organizers and the surely plan for the event to go ahead with spectators despite the pandemic but that changed after a number of players voiced concerns. forests the god of the pharaohs the mascot of this handball world championship he stands for strength power and in durance characteristics that matter in this mammoth trying to mint. but with the covert pandemic raging not everyone is on board.

i'm definitely looking forward to the world championship i realised the situation isn't the best at the moment to host a world championship though. i just wouldn't feel right travelling there in january my priority is my family and i'm convinced that's right the controversial president of the world handball federation egypt's mostafa has insisted the tournament must go on it seems like a vanity project with one of the halls bearing his name the event was planned to be held with spectators until the organizers nixed the idea after many athletes had spoken out against it safety 1st i believe it's the right decision yes i think. we'd all rather play in a packed hall but right now i think this is the way to go the hosts have been working on a hygiene concept for months all teams will live in so-called bubbles leaving their

hotels for training or matches they left no contact with the outside world. it certainly takes some getting used to. of course you also have to look after yourself and try to avoid cabin fever in a small group. the world championship is expected to boost handball in egypt where it's already the number 2 sport behind football the cairo club ali runs 3 youth academy is with over $300.00 players even 6 year olds are taking up the sport young girls and women also play here and a national women's team is being planned. nowadays in egypt the culture of limiting women to the home has changed a lot of women go out and take part in many areas of life. germany are not one of the favorites at this world championship with important players missing due to withdrawals and injuries but maybe they'll still be able to soar.

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