this is do w. news live from berlin the u.s. capitol is in a security lockdown ahead of joe biden's you know he ration as divisions of the impeachment of the outgoing president that donald trump's of course has accused the democrats of twisting the knife house speaker nancy pelosi insists no one is above the law not even the president of the united states also coming up uganda's long time president yoweri museveni seeks a 6th in an election mocked by violence from a pup sabi wind is his main challenger

a favorite among young voters. and the world health organization calls an emergency meeting to tackle new variants of the corona virus as its scientists thrive in china to investigate the potential origin of the pandemic. like a welcome to the program donald trump now faces trial in the senate off to becoming the 1st u.s. president to be impeached his republican party is the set by in fighting off the 10 republicans broke ranks and joined democrats in voting to impeach him for allegedly inciting riots is to stall the capital washington d.c. meanwhile is on high alert in the run up to president elect joe biden's inauguration next week. in the last 4 years the white house has

perhaps never been so quiet this after its top president was impeached a 2nd time. fencing has cut off the 1st residence more significantly to president trump twitcher has cut him off from his supporter. but supporters aren't necessarily turning away even after congressional democrats and 10 members of trump's own republican party sided with democrat house speaker nancy pelosi she called trump a clear and present danger to the country even with under a week to go on his term i hear 232 the nasal 197. there is a resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon that total well that motion to reconsider is a formality in the decidedly red republican state of texas trump supporters see cause for congress to reconsider namely an impeachment backlash against seems like

they're just doing it just to dig tonight deeper and twisted into the believe in what they believe and that's that's not going to change because of somebody else's political tactic tactics his presidency is over but his base is going to be stronger i think that as a very divisive thing to do i think it's a very vindictive thing to do that's not going to help to heal this country but speaker pelosi says the impeachment resolution she signed is simply about justice and a half demonstrated that no one is a far from law not even the president of the united states. the next step is a trial in the other chamber of the capitol the senate where the proceedings will likely wait until after trump leaves the white house trump and his supporters are confident an impeachment backlash will help prevent a conviction in a polarized senate for the needed 2 thirds majority to convict democrats are banking on a call for bipartisan justice. correspondent all of us solid

joins me now from washington d.c. good to see all of the president elect joe biden will be integrated in 6 days how is this historic impeachment trial hanging over his upcoming presidency. well joe biden preferred not to have the drilling because he wants to move on as quick as possible and focus on what he believes is the most important topic right now and that is fighting the covert 19 pandemic but biden also said it's up to congress to decide and he really wants to get this trial done as quickly as possible so that senate can then move on and focus on new legislature. with regards to covert 19 for instance so the big concern of course now is that donald trump will not just a disappear overnight and will also be overshadowing joe biden's presidency as something like a shadow president who is sabotaging his presidency and inciting his his followers and supporters against joe biden right now since the siege of the capitol last week

authorities have implemented a security lockdown in washington what's it like moving around the city these days it is really a surreal atmosphere although i would go to work by bike every day and have to drive alongside money kilometers off a fence that was set up in the in large part has a razor wire on top and that's essentially cordoning off large parts of the downtown area so you can't get anywhere near the capitol near the wide tell us also the national mall is locked off that's the giant park that is usually used for protests some 20000 soldiers are patrolling there up and down behind those fences and behind that cordoned off area and it really reminds of something like a green zone like in baghdad rather than all of the u.s. capitol but authorities are very clear about that this is a necessity if they want to have a situation like the one we witnessed

a week ago the storming of the capital if they want to avoid that you repeat it right so it sounds like washington is well protected but the f.b.i. has warned of potential protests not just in washington but in all 50 states capitals what more do we know about the. well the f.b.i. director christopher ray said there was a concern about chatter online chatter and far right groups about violence surrounding the inauguration day the f.b.i. is also looking at individuals that might repeat violence on the day and the security that we see in washington d.c. reflects that very much that concern but of course not every state has the same security in place so we will have to see what really happens then on inauguration day or as correspondent all of us in washington d.c. many things now vote counting is underway in uganda after

a hard fought election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a charismatic young challenger veteran president where in the 70 is seeking a 6th term in office after ruling for nearly 4 decades his main rival the form of pop star bobby wine has inspired a new generation of youthful votes his election campaign was marred by widespread violence and an internet blackout. one by one each vote from this polling station is called out to onlookers supporters cheer for their preferred candidate. it's been quite clear to i can speak to this point the same time i think it was think more for the move but it got to the polls are now closed in uganda as people settle in for a tense count election day sore excitement in the long lines to vote mixed with the threat of violence with riot police patrolling the streets the election campaign has seen almost daily violence and crackdowns on opposition supporters but you can

do is remain undeterred. this nation. and with of to make you student. it's a clash of generations in one of africa's youngest countries incumbent yari mr veiny is one of africa's longest serving leaders the former griller leader has spent 35 years in office in a country where the average age is less than 30. always going to strong the army is strong. and experienced the whole british and. i want to. go out and vote thursday's election pits him against opposition frontrunner wine he thought it made compiler with his wife. the former

a reggae artist has managed to channel the frustrations of a generation into a viable challenge against most of a nice ruling national resistance movement. pre-election violence has also taken the lives of dozens of opposition supporters wind recently appeared at one of their funerals. was a lecture on. radio not preparing for the election on. rising prices over the budget for the group that brought divide by the military and the body of. the ruling and i am blocked access to the internet for the election challenge of bobby wind calling it dictatorial tendencies the and iran promises the elections will be free and fair but with the blackout on communications those looking for change are warry devoted to a lack of accountability and transparency. scientists from the world health

organization have arrived in the chinese city of work hands investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic international team will spend 14 days in quarantine before they start researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on it was traced to this which market which has since flows where wild animals were sold as food is a late sept follows months of diplomatic wrangling china and initially bob the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. meanwhile the w.h.o. is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new variants of the corona virus there are concerns that they may be more infectious than the 1st strain that emerged in china it's also unclear if the new variants to detention reduce the effectiveness of current vaccines at this london hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in intensive care units. they say they are

struggling to cope with this event in the before and in the fall that they live with and that is. sometimes very tough. stuff wise we're very rich but. what are the odds wherever they work you know for a shopping increase in serious cave in $1000.00 cases and record deaths come a month after a new variant of the corona virus was detected in the u.k. many countries have since restricted travel g.h. the british variant but it still spread to at least 50 territories according to the world health organization are the new variants have also been reported including in south africa and brazil the consequence of an ever changing virus. is that the buyers being in them or. the more it spreads and control magno in many places and the chances were getting that back to you.

here really empty streets again a feature of countries worldwide as governments extend all ramp up restrictions to try and limit the spread of the virus variants while authorities say there's no evidence that british and south african variants make the virus more severe they share a common trait that's believed to make them much more contagious. sports now and unwelcome news for track and field as the sports anti doping body the a a r u announced that elin pick $100.00 metre hurdles champion brianna rollins nick neil as the provision is suspended for a doping violation rowland's mcneill took gold at the hurdles at the rio olympics in 2016 to add to her world championship victory in 2030 the ai you has charged the american with quote tampering with the results management process without

giving further details rowland's mcneill is the source fastest woman ever in who doesn't fit. in further bad news for the sport a doctor is due to be sentenced early on friday after a doping scandal that has rocks german athletics the athletes alliance is hoping a long jail term will be handed to the doctor who under german privacy law can be identified only as mark is along with 4 alleged accomplices he accused he's accused of systematic blood. it's the biggest german sport to doping trial in years dr mark s. stands accused by the munich court of systematic blood doping in more than 150 cases over 9 years taking in the 28000 people in chiang winter olympics and ending with his detention last february following raids on his home it's the 1st major prosecution under unto doping legislation introduced in 2015 making it

a landmark case in germany. among other things the defendant is accused of breaking onto doping laws this trial is probably the 1st to invoke the anti doping law that doesn't concern sports in general but specifically professional sport. mark s. has offered to share with authorities his knowledge of doping methods a bit he says to make up for the damage that he has done but the doctor has confessed to involvement in illegal practices and the judge has told him to expect a jail term of 5 and a half years. now some sad news from the world of show business german magician sick fried fish has died aged 81 just days after it was announced that he was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer he was best known as one half of the world famous last vegas magic act 6th grade and roy gio rose to fame in the 1960 s. and formed in sold out venues well into the 1990 s.

their shows often featured dozens of whites tigers and lions long time partner roy horn died last year as a result of complications from cover 90. you're watching the news live from berlin kristine london well we'll have more on the ugandan elections on news africa in just a moment. i think. every day counts for us and for our pleasure. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities streamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the worst. we can make a difference for choosing reforestation over to be forced to recycling paper

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hello i'm christine it's good to have your company ugandans have been voting in the presidential election that's been dubbed a contest between the country's young people and the old guard there were long queues at some polling stations some flutist reportedly waited albus 17000000 people registered to take part in this election most of them are young 1st time villages now the main opposition candidate bobby wine and his wife were surrounded by a cheering crowd when they voted in kampala and the incumbent president was 70 voted at his country home the longtime leader is seeking a 6th term up to 35 years in power. and corresponding jenas

mugabe is on the line via phone in kampala hygienists uganda's young people will decide this election what is at stake full of it very issue among many young your government is for training for employment like me to make your heart and to be fair election day you want to jump out of every 5 quarter 3 of you know you're 40 or so important there you're going to be the election all candidates have been appealing to many foreign voters are under syrian president were fairly near the leader of the country i'm sure they are overt unity to endorse his presidency or bring about change we're going to promise to secure their future while his main challenger poppy white 60 believe a very young people to a new uganda very very large majority very committed. junius we're talking via phone because the government shutdown the intimidates has benefits of the voting

process indeed because affected their voting process the internet shut down for scam others for privacy if talking to very minute people will get a companion like the history and range in age which has recruited many ugandans onto relying on being turned into the main source of information for shutting it down without even noticing the 2nd disruption biliteral verses and so far suffer the consequences and jam on the village or omission this morning was court to decrying the move reportedly saying that it does show that election process vestavia to going to drink and if you are by your matrix the forms in many important questions do then voting for more than $3.00 now covered the shutdown intended compromises to us audiences because it looks out what you the groups like the media and the general public from does the new getting information which can be a recipe for mug producers in the shadow of the infinite crisis yet and in the run

up to 2 to the next to the opposition's warning regain changing the supporters to be vigilant when crossing their ballots have begun any reports off of the regular season in combat or for example when you are. yes there have been some reports of irregularities because i will say that the main coaching you've done you've been to 90 some of them such as that tweet saying that the delay in voting to distribute moves to deny some people reach us 2 votes because the other 56 time we're putting the couples to and agree that there's a chance for an extension once a nation does this is the 1st time delays of been reported in 2016 some polling stations reported not open to voting until the estimate some voters of also report as you reach the voting locations i spoke to a voter 'd who told me that if they get a few for more than 2 hours and 40 man was looking that we just got despite having

confounded to be told and given his voting fifi should by the electoral commission i witnessed this morning with him of the host choosing the cue also on the phone the timing was not very good she had confirmation that my son just at the communities big elsewhere on the but apart from that i need to know about other original. this time in 27 the have been reports of by the copy but i haven't had any yet but to display my remains deferral the information the stunned me gets so it daily reads like perhaps you mean he wasn't just hot about the genius it was a lot of violence in the campaign so just have been deployed across the country president was 71 people not to break the mold very quickly julius could still be more violent images of the rise in the persian income unaware reports from other parts of the country so just assuming that more troops but please allow me to put a disclaimer that there are many if they could be instigators hopping but because

of the shutdown the brain think it might be knowledge reportage there is a police and military deployment kids in kampala here but as we head into the 14 vote counting it's an area of tension the budget is under the instruction to send people home most of working from were desperate of. corona virus but your pollution are all deployed to read what they want people to go all in the interest of public health but probably one of our porters to stay and monitor what's going to be an area of concentration and if it happens it through the night slide into violence that's genius macumba correspondent reporting in kampala thank you g.d.s. and stay safe now you heard our correspondent tell us that many virtues particularly young people want more economic opportunities we'll be talking more about bats off to this ugandans because didn't we have a view to see. our economy is strong the army is strong

and experienced the physician. i want to get eyes on when we. don't have metal. or not but about everything we do not there. are it's a full context on the economic situation in uganda i'm joined by correspondent joy be in russia julie is from uganda and reports on east africa upon a 6 and economy welcome to the program joy we've just heard 2 very different positions on the situation in uganda many young voters particularly say that there are no jobs no opportunities but president u.n. with 70 says the economy is is strong. well it's strong can be described in a different context here because if we're going to look at what's been happening the past couple of months. you know the pandemic interrupting economies across the

continent actually cannot say that the economy is not in uganda and not in the african continent but looking at uganda in particular uganda has the youngest population by a median age on the african continent and that could explain the high unemployment rates and also if they are employed it's the quality of work that they're doing that could be questionable because up until today i don't think uganda has any minimum wage for its citizens and that in itself is an economic question that needs answers or that has needed answers for the last 3 days and if we're going to also look at the growth as a. $21000.00 you're going to see konami growth was about 6.3 percent and that drops to about 3.4 percent the following year and so that explains just how much the economy is in a dire state joint tell us about the economic potential at bet that you're going to

has and why is that not being fully realized. well you get his economic potential. if i'm to read it it's probably is one of the highest across the east africa region after kenya. and if you're going to look at why exactly it's not realizing its potential there's so many reasons one of them being what is even being experienced during the elections the authoritarian hand of the government in uganda that can decide as and when they're going to shut down the internet that itself interrupts the economy and then also deems. possibilities are trapped in foreign direct investment and foreign investors do not look at uganda as a viable investment destination just because of the very tarion regulation that the government has. but then again it has great potential

a great culture has very great potential is what joy i have one more quick question for you this elections come down to 2 candidates which of them is offering the best plan to improve the lives of ugandans very quickly the income and kennedy who is president here in 70 is talking about secure in uganda is economic future but he has been in power for 13 of us 18 years now in fact this is the 34th year and ugandans are still waiting for this economic future that he has been securing for so many decades. the wind or about joe klein who is now the strongest opposition candidate is talking about you know reinventing the wheel and capitalizing on uganda's young population just stimulate economic growth he says he wants to do this by also changing the education system to in the law student it's employment possibility join in and reporting for us they in iraq be thank you joy.

it's to the central african republic now where rebels have mounted they've closed this attack yeah it's to the capital bangui leaving a one day u.n. peacekeeper dead before being pushed back now this latest attack comes after rebels launched an offensive vowing to march on the capital after last month's contested presidential election the government has called this an attempted coup and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist strongly condemned the attack calling on all parties to stop the violence and engage in meaningful dialogue. on these northern outskirts where the attack took place. the u.n. peacekeepers have reinforced their positions in the central african republic scuttled just taking what they can carry people are fleeing the area terrified of more violence. so the innocence of the ones dying now the

government and the leaders of the armed groups need to sit around a table and focus to discuss the future of the country you can't keep a country together through war. rebels encouraged by former president francois protesting the really action on december 27th of president forced to addenda and have threatened to take the capital. good morning just currently the situation remains calm at the initiative of the armed groups that have infiltrated bondy has been thwarted and currently the troops on the ground control the situation that's just the. government says it has a risk that several rebels and killed dozens but the head of the international crisis group is concerned the violence will spiral out of control i given the current violence it seems unlikely that the government will i am serious and talks with rebel leaders in the coming days. all the more sorry because rebel leaders are

confident that they can see it from the territory and recent weeks they've taken several towns now controlling 2 thirds of the country and they seem determined to continue their march. that's it for today's program see you next time back. to the point. that opinions clear position the international perspectives. after urging on the angry mob the storms the capital last week donald trump continues to claim he's the victim of a witch hunt how dangerous does he remain that's our topic on to the point. to support. the story up to 60 minutes.

major chinese tech companies are spared from an american investor block list we are of course behind the move and what it could mean for joe biden's pledge to go talk on china. also coming up after more than a decade of continuous growth germany post its biggest economic decline since the financial crisis. pushed into poverty millions of people in brazil are struggling to make ends meet as this pandemic robs them of their jobs. business you

. heard from thanks for joining me the u.s. treasury has decided not to chinese tech giants 10 percent by due to an investor blacklist it goes against the advice of the department of defense which alleges the companies have links to the chinese military 9 other chinese companies including phone makers have however since been added to the block list prompting questions about what the criteria for inclusion are obliged as american investors to get rid of their stock within one year time to bring in our financial correspondent yen squatter in new york oh yes what's behind this decision by the treasury. ok that clearly has been a surprise a pleasant surprise if you are u.s. investor in those companies and if you look at the stocks of 10 sendoff by the end of the babar they're clearly outperformed the market here on thursday at the stock

market to right behind me a well i mean obviously the positive effects for u.s. investors so that there is still be able to trade those companies outweighed the national security concerns and obviously stephen could convince the u.s. president donald trump to not bend those companies so he did defeat to the china hawks and as i said so quite a surprise on that front and let's look ahead joe biden has promised to be tough on china do you think this represents only a temporary reprieve then for the likes of alibaba on tencent. well i mean if it comes to probably even delisting some chinese companies we really have to wait and see we do not really know what joe biden is going to do at that beehive what we do know is that he in general is a supporter of multinational agreement still trying to form a coalition with western democracies maybe also with some asian nations like japan

for example to build a front against them china the question is if that's a bit too late in the game just a couple of days ago we heard that china has signed an agreement with the european union so it really we have to wait and see what's going to happen and as i mentioned if it might be too late in the game when it comes to the terrorists joe biden did hint that he's not going to change anything at this point and then we also have to wait and see how high china is on the priority list of 4 upcoming president joe biden i mean we have the virus of pretty much out of control here in the united states and every 5th person tested for example in the l a region has been tested positive recently and then we also have all the economic damage so we have to wait and see how high on the agenda the china trade tensions are for the upcoming administration he'll have

a lot to cut to thank you very much. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news general electric has accused of siemens energy subsidiary of using stolen trade secrets to rake bids for lucrative contract to supply gas turbines to public utilities she alleges an employee of the utility sent confidential business information to siemens. delta airlines lost 12000000000 dollars last year as pandemic restrictions battered the travel industry while the u.s. carrier is hoping bookings will pick up a box seen both sides continue lucrative international business travel is likely to recover more slowly and less profitable domestic trips. u.s. authorities have off tend to recall 158000 model s. and model x. vehicles over safety concerns regulators say they've discovered a problem with the car's display screens which could pose a risk by causing backup cameras and

d frosties to malfunction could face legal action if it refuses to recall the cards . samsung has unveiled its laces line of smartphones the 3 galaxy s 21 models featured bigger screens better cameras longer lasting batteries than last year's models the pandemic weighed heavily on demand for samsung's flagship handsets the current crop supports ultra fast 5 g. mobile networks. germany has posted its biggest economic contraction since the financial crisis more than a decade ago last year g.d.p. declined by 5 per cent a figure economy minister called dramatic but not as bad as had been expected. many businesses remain closed as the lockdown across germany continues. the pandemic has dragged the country's economy into one of its deepest post-war recession. you know actual 1st witchcraft is the minutes the german economy

contracted 5 percent last year that's a dramatically high number but it was one percent less than we feared during the early phase of the pandemic which is some consolation on the me it's hard to post. the recession could have been much worse but the economy has been resilient and the government has pumped billions of euros of aid into it and this year the outlook for europe's largest economy isn't so bad the government expects a rebound but it won't be quite as strong as previously hoped. earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt who is known for his take on the state of the german economy 5 percent contraction of the german economy what do you turn after a decade of continuous economic growth all of the sectors of the cult of the were hit hard by the pandemic only one sector managed to increase and that's the building industries mortgages are easy to get to finance and also the german

housing market needs more supply that's what kept keeps the building sector robbing now in this situation of course hope by the government is needed but businesses report that a particular one program announced by the government is an auto has made many obstacles payments were delayed nobody knows really why. there were disagreements between the e.u. commission and the german government which resulted in the government to draw parts of its original promises. to britain's leading supermarket group say argent intervention is needed to prevent disruption to northern ireland's food supply some shops are ready facing shortages of fresh produce since britain left the european union northern ireland which is part of the u.k. but shares a large border with the e.u. has occupied a unique status when it comes to trade. these lorries normally return from mainland

britain parked with food but since brigitte was finalised 2 reaks ago many of them come home with nothing. i've never seen disruption. on the scale receive i talk a lot i'm reporting 40 percent trailers are. just. being felt in supermarkets too i was in tesco out there is lots of that i was mostly the frozen food as well i was looking for like fish and stuff and i was on their mind it was no food despite promises of frictionless trade many products from england scotland and wales now require extra paperwork to cross the irish sea. when working with supermarkets in order to ensure that northern consumers can have an uninterrupted supply of the products that they used to enjoy he said that it

would be some initial disruption we're only ruling it out but the situation will get worse before it gets better german freights devi schenker how suspended shipments to the u.k. after just 10 percent of consignment had the correct paperwork morning sir and in the netherlands british drivers had their sandwiches confiscated on arrival at the border yeah right then i take you to meet the great no everything will be. rugged rock the thorough search. hard to stomach but as many in britain are finding out there is no such thing as a free lunch. with more than a 1000000 covert 1000 infections recorded brazil is one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the pandemic as the health care system cons under increasing strain economic hardship is the coming ever more widespread to. michelle the olivia still has some supplies but they won't last long is extremely worried she had been

getting around a 100 euros a month in government assistance and now that's being cut off the family of 8 has lived off donations in kind since the new year almost everyone here has lost their job because of the pandemic. and i thought of going to celtic elian beer place that's. millions of impoverished brazilians are on state support but the country is facing an economic crisis and the government no longer wants to pay out for social security which is a big line item in the budget getting it say g.d.p. grew 2 percent great but nobody eats g.d.p. if you like a slice of g.d.p. for breakfast in 2021 we'll have people who meet all the definitions of poverty will be at the risk of the disease of hunger i'm not talking about dignity i'm talking about mere survival here. and the economic crisis is spreading

earlier this week ford employees demonstrated in front of their factories the u.s. automaker wants to close 3 of its brazilian plants citing a lack of demand during the pandemic. we're all outraged all the workers are outraged their parents and if this decision is not reversed it will have a very big impact on the back 5000 jobs are on the chopping block at ford brazil which means even more people could soon need state support. and finally a painting that was supposed to feature on the cover of a 936 tintin comic book has fetched a record 3200000 euros on a paris auction the artist as a painted it for a comic book titled the blue notice it depicted to not his loyal dog snowy inside a porcelain vase facing a red dragon the publisher deemed the 4 color reproduction to be too expensive if

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hate money. fans friends find us fans and fans. on you tube joining us. greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture with historic elections in uganda as the backdrop we look at bobby wine the charismatic musician taking on the country's long time president also in the pipeline. kenyan off their evolving. explores east africa pre-colonial past and present in her latest novel. oh he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their

say in a historic election that saw him face off against president. who's been in power for 35 years started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. to spread good gripes with his music singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20. his lyrics are political. like it is giving a voice to the oppressed.