1st that of course is seen as very welcome also biden stated intention to rejoin the paris climate agreement to tackle climate change also to return to the multilateral approach to dealing with the problem of iran's nuclear weapons programs both of these things as things that are seen as very welcome here in europe let's talk now about china because that of course is featuring really really largely when it comes to foreign policy in the u.s. is that the only big issue that biden will have to tackle well certainly not i mean i think it's one of the biggest challenges for the united states and for biden's attempt to work with allies because it was we saw in the report there i think the fear will be for the biden team that when the chips are down for the europeans they want to pursue their interests they don't necessarily blindly want to. follow what the united states is saying on an issue like china and you see that also with the

nord stream pipeline the north stream to pipeline between russia and germany which is bill being built at the moment also has the potential to create significant disagreements between the 2 sides so i think this also comes back to this regional point that the europeans are looking at the biden ministration of thinking we like a lot about this but ultimately we have to look out for our own interests too and this could put the transatlantic alliance under serious strain because of course europe is still totally dependent on american defense and from american perspective this is something that came out under trump was the attitude you can't have it both ways that europe cannot continue to live totally under american protection and try to sort of hedge its bets on relations with china relations with russia striking developments thank you so much richard walker chief international editor preceded. and really our go. going to turn our attention now to spain where it community of

people living on the edges of madrid say they've been forgotten by the authorities the region has had an unusually cold winter for some residents of madrid 6 shanty town it's proving to be life threatening parts of the settlement have been without power since october and now i see conditions have frozen the water supply did abuse nicole reese filed this report from madrid. it's bitter cold this morning here in kenya of os shanty town on the outskirts of madrid days after the area's heaviest snow falls temperatures are well below 0 yet some have preferred to be outside because they were pretty it's cold inside the house that outside now with the sun you can see on the street the way also cold here but into the issue where they will feel some 8000 residents live here in what may be europe's biggest informal settlement since a power cut in october more than half of them have been without electricity many

more rock'n'roll origin most live in poverty. conditions are worse than sectors 5 and 6 of the settlement because of the cold many like ramon's family now don't even have water. clean was this is how we do usually wash our clothes. and then we want our hands by the fire. and don't have electricity we don't have no water we don't know what to do. all sorts he's blamed the power outage on an electrical search thought to be caused by indoor cannabis farms insecta 6 of the settlement most of madrid's illegal narcotics come from here we can film openly here it's too dangerous but people we speak to confirm they too have no electricity. back in sector 5 a mother who wants to stay anonymous invites us into her house her kids up on build up attending classes online but only as long as

a phone charge and mobile data lost. one though and when i get upset i try to give them strength when i tell them imagine you were sick or didn't have hands but trying to give them strength i realized that i don't have any more strength myself i think it's a personal thing only you know it's a similar story for her neighbors one man likely died due to the cold and the baby was hospitalized with hypothermia many are resorting to using propane diesel generators car batteries last of. it's expensive and very risky says rama who touch from the neighborhood association she says at least 40 people here have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. but one in all that us fires. and when they notice that the fires when dealing with thrown more logs on to keep the house warm and because the fire consumes the oxygen this has adverse affects

they wake up with headaches nausea is a minus a lot is that those. several n.g.o.s have condemned the situation here. is how the reality on the 2017 the authorities signed a regional agreement ensuring dignified living conditions for the residents of the county are reality that specialness given unlike any other dental there said this is the basis of this agreement also covered crew by the electricity to the settlement i think until this woman is through a lick. the few families have been offered gas heaters or the opportunity to relocate the power utility now wants to shut down and legal taps however many here in kenya that reality feel forgotten they think that if authorities were serious about helping they'd already have presented clear solutions. research reporting

from spain rescuers in china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a go. mine in eastern china or the men have been stuck underground since an explosion at the side in shang down province 10 days ago authorities have managed to establish contact with some of the miners but fears for their survival are growing. for more than a week now these emergency workers have been doing all they can to reach the minus . 22 men are stuck more than 600 meters underground. rescuers have been drilling holes in the rock to try to create a way out for the men. but the local man says they're facing serious problems balled up. due to the heavy accumulation of the struggling materials shockwave formed by the blast cause serious damage to the facilities inside the shaft good work pipelines cables and equipment of the steel structure were all twisted

together and piled up sheets so the current clearing work is relatively difficult woman function that she. and the pressure is mounting. using a wire that was fed into the mind of the trapped men were able to send up a note describing the horrific situation they found themselves in. it said the water was rising around them and they were breathing in toxic fumes they said they were exhausted an urgent we needed medical supplies some were injured and they begged the rescue as well not to give up. since then the authorities have managed to set up a telephone line to talk to the men. they've also been able to get food and water to them but so far 10 of the 22 miners have given no signs of life since the blast . one miner appears to be stuck alone 100 meters below the others. china's mining industry has

a pool safety record but in this case questions are also being asked about why the incident was not reported until one day after it took place authorities have launched an investigation but the 1st priority is to try to save the lines of the mine. and finally here's a different kind of sporting activity from russia a seasonal one that's said to have lots of health benefits but also health risks every year on january 19th for the feast of the epiphany devout and hearty russians take the plunge he showed up to document the physical and spiritual refreshment of this is one of the coldest winter has ever seen. in the last a decade i've lived here for 5 years and i've never seen people taking the plunge in such a call to its minus 20 degrees celsius. even so these brave muscovites have come here to the moscow canal is they all want to take part in a popular off

a duck's christian tradition. because celebrating this way has become popular among nonbelievers too as it's sad to that week i said bath can be good for your health 6. but. for christians believe that on january 19th today so is the day when the jesus christ was baptized all water became holy and taking a dip in a natural spring can wash away your sins and even your illnesses i. usually the whole is blessed by a priest is a night before people jump in the see a many christian communities are warned. believe us not to take an ice bath because

of the coronavirus. nevertheless of their own 50 official public ice holes in and around moscow the moscow city administration has even set up a rescue service points there and i'm going now to ask these russians why they're doing these themselves but i also would like to know if these people actually believe that this has miraculous healing power was. discussing why are you doing this. it's a peson each day so we have to wash away all our sins really just about how you think the water has magic powers. no idea but believing is everything. that you've heard it's so cold why are you doing this to your body. if i know the cold it is the warm of the water feels seriously this isn't my 1st time

it's a really a russian holiday and i like it. and the water has miraculous powers yes really miraculous i have never gotten sick i've been here when it was wet and this holiday when there was slash was never sick. so there are lots of health benefits as we just learned but apart from the health benefits there are also a lot of health risks associated with this i swimming so it's not advised for those who are not to used to such activities plus you definitely have to be brave like these. brave souls in russia yuri should have gotten in there as well ok you're watching the very new still ahead. how conspiracy theories and misinformation could hamper

pakistan's rollout of mask over $1000.00 vaccinations and india is celebrating after a historic test cricket win in australia take a look at the headlights highlights i should say ok that's it for me and the news team for now our news asia is up next with the banner jim will be back at the top of the hour with the world headlines.

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welcome to. glad you could join us with don't know about us cases on the rise pakistan has just approved. 1000 vaccine for emergency use the approval comes just days after the thought of his green lighted the oxford astra zeneca vaccine but pakistan is also hosting mosse trials for another chinese made covert 19 vaccine can sign nobody will the testing requires thousands of volunteers but they're tough to find in a country that vax sentiment runs deep and past vaccination campaigns have even turned lethal. vaccination teams going door to door in pakistan they part of an immunization drive against polio but these health workers also need protection over the past decade more than 100 vaccinators have been

killed in targeted attacks fueled by conspiracy theories and misinformation hostile anti vacs as a republic health threat in pakistan in need of an antidote especially as the country prepares for mass immunizations against covert 19 phase 3 trials are underway here for chinese vaccine developer can see no boy logics but researchers are still in countering mistrust and fia with this kind of. book there are those misconceptions there in fact anything you're due for the 1st time you've come across people who have this fear factor part of the problem is. fundamentalist people who are trying to. superstitions and myths into this. vaccine might. it is. and then maybe that's the reason why i'm still struggling with that scene when it comes to the coronavirus pakistani authorities are also

struggling to communicate the dangers and the urgent need to stamp it out in a recent poll more than a 3rd of pakistanis said they'd refuse any covert vaccine that became available for more let's bring in sherman charms from asia to vaccines approved for emergency use but how does the government plan to convince people to take them. well i think the government has not been doing much to convince anyone sourced of all we know that do work seems have been approved by the government but we do not know how is the government going to direct snape. the lish so unlike india where we see the state mission prior is happening at the moment we don't see anything in we don't even know when the vaccines will be or where it was in the market is it going to be a private sector group is it going to be

a stake or drive we are. at the scene i'm so many people are reluctant to get vaccinated. they don't believe that or not why mr exists there is we see that there is. skepticism in box starts and believe really hard for the government to convince people to get vaccinated we don't see a must drive happening but it does have not been done and the law and so it's always a chaotic and we see that the government does not. you spoke of skepticism in general when it comes to the question of vaccines and vaccination. and wanting me to put in some order or vaccination drive in the troubles that it has faced in pakistan in the past then explain for us from him why that is such a general distrust of vaccines in pakistan. oh

we have to understand that stymies as a nation they love conspiracy theories that it is happening it happens and some do share sonic's. most people believe that it is a rest of the conspiracy. they also believe that bill gates is trying to. get some chips and their bodies are going to go right back seen b. c. that the clergy that islamic clerics are against it they have been summoned izing against their backs the vaccines as it is our larger army issue many people believe that it is not a lot it is thought in by ship of what happens as we see them you see increasing and at all the dimes on board you are girders because there is a skepticism that bastion agents. understand and they

try to use this vaccination crisis to start their did and gender what happened we must not forget that brenda's are not in this all are all gotten leaderless assassinated by us groups and 2011 there was a point where solution right where sharkey offering me was a gas rig was. allegedly involved. as a as a spy for the cia so a lot of many people who understand believe that the best countries are behind these campaigns to. destroy their action or to make them non muslims are all sorts of conspiracy theories and boxed up right miranshah many don't know about us cases continue to rise in pakistan how is the government coping . i'm not going to get all over ish because i as i said earlier

be don't see any problem by the government we don't have the vaccines until more and we don't know we're not going to come to boxed on this no social distancing there's no government will really do. to reduce social distances there's no lock down the business is all in the shop so people are mainly readings are taking place so nothing has been seen by the government in that direction so much on some you know michel thank you very much. and it's 2 cricket now where india has produced a stunning test series win in australia they pulled off a record run chase the brits been to seal the seabees $21.00 india's triumph follows a rollercoaster few weeks where they were without many of their top names for much

of the series in the 1st test itself they were bowled out for just $36.00 their lowest ever total in test cricket. and that with us to talk going crazy for my india batsman such a commonly referred to as the god of cricket in india at least said a quote if you ever score 36 or less in life remember it isn't the end of the wode he could have been talking about my test scores the score of australian that's been great shane warne applauded the team for showing quote tremendous character resilience courage and belief and indian prime minister narendra modi to congratulated the team for its court remarkable grit and determination. mark meadows for me double sports join me to tell me more about this incredible india where member so happy i get the words right mark welcome so for those who are not familiar with test cricket what's the fuss about well yeah people might know

one day cricket while the big hits in the razzmatazz test cricket tends to last 5 days and you might wonder how can you have drummer in a sport the last 5 days of course a test series is simple test matches so it can take weeks sometimes months and yet this test series has been absolutely incredible so many twists and turns and it's going right down to the wire in the very last match and you know pundits fans alike i think this is one of the best series of test cricket ever played and it really is phenomenal just how amazing was this victory i mean let's go back to the 1st test as we saw they lost their heavily they scored 36 their lowest ever test score. and that was with their captain in the side virat kohli one of the best players in the world he then goes back to india for the birth of his child and injury thing hang on we've got 3 more tests to play here in our talisman isn't here yet they go on when the 2nd test they put up a fantastic effort in the test a draw and then they go on with the fall of test at the gabba in brisbane sort of

the spiritual home of a straight in cricket really i mean should one pill 9189 the run chase 329 that has a record run chase in brisbane and just absolutely amazing their best to spin bowlers who are missing in this game no one gave them a chance and they've gone and done it it really is it that good that baby is a good or for this really but there can be no sirree with this fantastic rehab and this test series the government award a series now this is almost equal in importance if not more than the ashes series against england yes i mean standing against england has been the benchmark for so many years but we've seen several series now between india and australia where the games have been incredibly close yes there's been some sledging there's been a bit of needle that's kind of added to it what was nice is a few fans were allowed into the stadium in brisbane quite a few indian fans actually so amid all the coronavirus chaos that was really nice and maybe extra special i mean just to put it in perspective this is the 1st test

defeat by a stay at the gabba in brisbane since 198840 years ago but. what about you don't ever want to what effect did this have on the world that's happened just now well not only to test cricket last 5 days there's a world test championship has been going on for 3 years the final is going to be in june in london coronavirus permitting and now india are top of the table so they're looking good for that final we'll see how it pans out rater and mark thanks so much for coming in. from one extraordinary feat to another this week 10 nepalese mountain is made history by becoming the 1st team to climb to the top of k 2 and back in the wintertime get to the 2nd highest peak in the world after mt everest and if the last mountain above 8000 meters to be conquered in the punishing winter months when wind speeds can exceed 200 kilometers an hour and temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees celsius and one of the expedition members

a sonar sherpa filled himself high above their malas just metres from the k 2 summits. but that few. in the wintertime to get to the top. on our website. we leave you now with more images from.

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