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tv   Made in Germany  Deutsche Welle  January 19, 2021 9:00pm-9:30pm CET

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this is the w. news live from berlin tonight the last full day of the trump presidency of the president issues and he gets a political slap in the face mitch mcconnell the most powerful republican in congress accusing the president of using the lines to provoke the mob that stormed the u.s. capitol last week a shocking move that could be enough to help the senate convict donald trump in his 2nd impeachment trial also coming up tonight germany is now expected to remain under code with 19 restrictions until the middle of february that announcement is
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imminent as a meeting between the chancellor and state leaders continue plus a harsh winter conditions have raised the specter of lethal heating methods and hypothermia in a spanish shanty town we'll report on how madrid authorities are failing thousands of people who say they've been forgotten and left out in the cold. i'm burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome several members of the u.s. national guard have been withdrawn from their duties guarding the u.s. capitol in washington d.c. the decision follows vetting of the guard for links to extremist organizations 25000 members of the guard are on their way or now in washington securing the capitol ahead of tomorrow's inauguration of us president elect joe biden and in the
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senate chamber in washington republican majority leader mitch mcconnell today accused president donald trump of provoking the crowd that ransacked the u.s. capitol building on january 6th. but on the senate convene we have just reclaim the capitol from violent criminals who try to stop us from doing our due to. the mob. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people are let's take this now to washington our correspondent he is at the u.s. capitol good afternoon to you all over what impact is mitch mcconnell statements likely to have on his fellow republicans could it persuade some of them to vote yes to convicting donald trump in his impeachment trial. well it could have a big impact brant certainly have to keep in mind what an important figure mitch mcconnell is he is the senate majority leader so he's one of the most important and
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influential republican figures if not the most important republican in congress and also consider how supportive he has been through all the president's presidency via during the 1st impeachment proceeding when he was constantly backing president also in the aftermath of president trump's last election and his baseless claims of voter fraud and mitch mcconnell remain silent but this is changing now he is really a indicting donald trump that it was his fault that he incited the violence to storm the u.s. capitol that will have a big impact as you know we're waiting for the senate trial to begin it needs 2 thirds for the in the senate for donald trump to be convicted so it's certainly a big hurdle to take but it could make the difference of course. we are heading into the final hours of the presidency washington d.c. the u.s. capitol is certainly a change city we can see the capitol building behind you but you are nowhere near that building there's a reason for that isn't there. while washington d.c.
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brand is under lockdown and it's really hard to describe the atmosphere you are inside a military law military feels rather like a lockdown rather than being in a city. called also there is a lot of a roll of blogs and throughout the city you can see the capitol here and you can see the military trucks in the back and this is as close as you can get we tried to get a glimpse of how the situation is like in fields like let's look at our report. don't tell in washington usually buzzing with people and traffic know a ghost town. on the other side's traffic jams and checkpoints a city split into the center has become a militarized zone. and the u.s.
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capitol remains under a strict lockdown just days before the presidential inauguration we are just outside the closed perimeter and this is us close as the general public can get to the u.s. capitol which is currently cordoned off by a 3 meter high fence and razor wire which is currently installed on top of the fence we're going to go inside the perimeter and out to get a glimpse on the preparations that are underway for an inauguration day that will be unlike any other in american history. soldiers instead of visit or as some 25000 members of the national guard securing the capitol grounds there has been some concern about a potential inside threat as not everyone is happy with the new president it's a sticky situation is forced politically and. i have my own i have my own thoughts below but in uniform you know i can't give a damn but i'm here to do
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a job i'm here to follow one or 2 organizations do it and then we're carrying on with that mission. the president of the united states joseph jr on the west side of the u.s. capital some normalcy is coming back rehearsal sense soundchecks where 2 weeks ago thousands of trump supporters stormed the symbol of american democracy. the rehearsals for the inauguration ceremony were just completed and on this very long usually thousands gathered to cheer for their new president well this year many things will be different fear of an attack on the president means a ceremony with hardly any guests the national mall will remain shut down and authorities asked citizens to stay far away for the sake of their own safety. in the downtown area old buildings have been boarded up again after a year of protests and a pandemic these views have become
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a common sight for many washingtonians but businesses are suffering the business was not from last 8 months because we in the commercial area this is the commercial hub visit on a sort of close and the security has beeves of so much uganda and we're moving over to the revisionists but most people on the roads are close. allies behind fences and roadblocks those who live here can't wait until the new president is sworn in. you know or there's a real images there it's hard to imagine that is the united states and indeed the presidency in starting another one do we know what is on president trump's agenda today his last day in office. yeah the last day in office and i have his final press get you'll hear it reads president tom will work from early in the morning until late in the evening and he will have many phone calls and many meetings and sounds ironically but there is some truth to that because he has been very active
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in the last hour especially signing a lot of. orders a final flee of all of america 1st policy is really also leaving some burned soil for his successor joe biden will then perhaps have to undo some of those decisions they are trying to set to harden on red floyd lists and other person mostly white collar crime loyalists that supported him throughout the impeachment proceedings throughout especially the moller investigation they are so we're going to hear from that later today also he's said to have recorded already already he's his farewell message especially addressing his followers it's very likely that he will reiterate his position his baseless claim a folder a fraud there he will also say that this is not the end but it is a new beginning and that's his position here on his last day as u.s. president jim big changes tomorrow night at this time when we speak if all goes as
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planned there will be new president of the united states oversell in washington all over thank you. over politics to the pandemic the corona virus continues to ravage the u.s. the number of deaths due to cohabit 19 has now surged past 400000 that's according to johns hopkins university the death rates are wising in nearly 2 thirds of all u.s. states hospitals in the united states or the u.s. state of california they have said for weeks that they are simply full and other states have resorted to converting conference centers into temporary hospitals to treat sick patients this grim milestone comes as health authorities continue the mass vaccination program against the voters. or germany's latest coronavirus numbers bear some good news and some bad news for a land that is locked in locked out the good news is that infection rates are trending in the right direction but as german chancellor angela merkel meets with
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political leaders tonight to discuss what comes next the bad news is that the country is not out of the woods yet. people in germany have preparing for tightened coronavirus restrictions here a 4 likely outcomes from tuesday's political discussions in berlin one that the existing measures will be extended until mid february that means large parts of public life will remain closed like schools and daycare centers and also shops museums theaters and dining restaurants to an obligation to win medical masks the federal government wants these to be composed 3 on public transport and in shops as is the case in bavaria with f f p 2 mosques these often better protection than regular cluff mosques but they're more expensive city new rules would probably also an alpha keep a surgical masks. 3 more working from home the government wants to
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impose stricter rules to stop office workers from commuting as much pushing their employers to let them work from home. for a possible night tank of hese they're already in place in some regions along with strict of border controls but it's unclear whether they would be imposed nationwide . i'm joined by my colleague political correspondent. she's covering this ongoing meeting. has anything come out of that meeting. well brent's there's no official declaration yet the chancellor and us they promised us 2 talking but a news agency reports that they already agreed on reconnected recontracting the current logged on until february the 14 as that means old non-essential shops are staying close all restaurants fitness studios schools as well these comes as no
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surprise given the current situation because infections are still with randi. a leader is regional leaders and angle america also seemingly have agreed on making surgical masks amended sharee even public transport is already decays in the very hour we've just sated and also one of the biggest bones of contention was working from home news agencies say that's original leaders and i'm going to go found an agreement on that and a ministry for why it should send out a directive to companies to facilitate to enable waking from home whenever that's possible until now it was only a recommendation but there is a reason need to reduce contacts not only in the west place but also on the way to work and where this is not possible then offices should be reorganized so there's a few people in the room us who people as possible and what is not possible then medico f.f.t.
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to mosques should be provided by the employer so we're looking at more of this partial lockdown until valentine's day which is not going to be a love story that anybody wants to be a part of it tells us doesn't it emma that the current restrictions that you just are not working as. exactly it's not that they're not working out told they're working too slowly if you look at the 7 days incident trey's incidence rate or if you look of the numbers of the number of infections they do tend to decrease but not fast enough it's a better situation that than what we sow in december or in early january but the number of infections and especially the number of deaths to you too high and there's a raise right now between trying to reach immunization through vaccination and also watching out for new strains of the virus that appear at the moment all right our correspondent in montreal shot with the latest tonight here in berlin on what looks like to be ever longer walked out for germany and i think you owe
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an independent panel of health experts and sharply criticized china and the world health organization for their response to the corona by was pandemic their report says that beijing should have imposed tougher health restrictions more quickly during the early stages of the outbreak and they say the w.h.o. should have declared an emergency sooner panel members also said they were disappointed and frankly discouraged that poor countries are struggling to get enough vaccine doses for their populations compared with richer countries. will short while ago we had the opportunity to talk to the co-chair of that panel ellen johnson sirleaf she's the former president of liberia and a nobel peace prize laureate we asked her whether this global pandemic could have been avoided if the w.h.o. had acted more sort of lee and if china had been more forthcoming. absolutely.
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it's if china has given information on some of the early trying things about a breakout. is done oh happy skeptic ness for a timely and effective alarm system yes it could have been forwarded i think our report is very clear. on why this is so we believe that it does the issue a communications system is still here and needs to be in the in the digital age oh we think also nations could have done more to use defensive measures they could have in showed you know mask social distancing context tracing all of those steps that help so put could have been given you know suspects still yes i think. timely and effective along system yes this be deadly could
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not have cracked quickly and ass intensive intensively as they did. a sobering else is there from the ellen johnson sirleaf about the origins of the pandemic are let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world rescuers in china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine in eastern china the men have been stuck underground since an explosion at the site in chandon province 10 days ago authorities have managed was stablish contact with some of the miners but fears for their survival are growing protesters rallied in tunisia as capital tunis after several nights of violence the mostly young protesters demanding jobs and the release of detainees many repeated the chant of the people want the fall of the regime as the slogan that helped spark the arab spring in tunisia a decade ago. spain now where a community of people living on the edges of madrid say they've been forgotten by
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the authorities the region has had an unusually cold winter and for some residents of madrid and the other ryall shanty town it's proving to be life threatening parts of the settlement have been without power since october and now icy conditions have frozen the water supply we use nicole richie's filed this report from madrid it's bitter cold this morning here in kenya that out of os shanty town on the outskirts of madrid days after the area's heavy snow falls temperatures how well below 0 yet some had preferred to be outside to get them up but it's cold inside the house that outside now with the sun you can stay on the street the way also cold here but until they're sure what 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 moroccan of roma origin most live in poverty. conditions are worse than sectors 5
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and 6 of the settlement because of the cold many like ramon's family now don't even have more to. come when i look at this is how we do usually wash our clothes. and then we will my hands by the fire. and don't have electricity we don't have no 2 we don't know what to do. all sorts he's blamed the power outage on an electrical search for 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 charger and mobile data lost.
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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 strings myself is a personal thing only. 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 most of. its expensive and very risky says touch from the neighborhood association she says at least 40 people here have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning. the point in all that us fires. and when they notice that the fire is dwindling lispro and more locks on to keep the house warm and because the fire consumes the oxygen this has adverse affects
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they wake up with headaches or nausea as a man is under the covers those. several n.g.o.s have condemned the situation here. is that how the reality on the 2017 the authorities signed a regional agreement ensuring dignified living conditions for the residents of the county. specialness given unlike any other event of this. of this agreement also covered crew biding electricity to the settlement asked if you can do this for me through electrical a 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 are forgotten they think that if authorities were serious about helping they'd already have presented clear solutions. where european lawmakers are set to discuss the fate of migrants stranded on the european union's external borders the
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situation. especially acute in bosnia where thousands of mostly middle eastern migrants remain in limbo bosnia is not a member of the european union but it borders croatia which is part of the e.u. and human rights groups they say that migrants have frequently reported rough encounters with croatian police including beatings and being forcefully sent back as you see right there into bosnia croatian authorities they've denied these allegations currently nearly 19000 migrants are estimated to be in bosnia many are from afghanistan pakistan or syria the u.s. migration agency says more than a 3rd are living without any shelter now many were left homeless when a camp in libya was evacuated back in december you see it right there it happened after bosnian authorities failed to prevent the prepare the camp for winter the empty camp was later set on fire the bosnian army has set up new tents but n.g.o.s
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say more permanent shelter is sorely needed to be used marina strauss has this report. thought of past 3 months this makeshift canyon busting us border with grace has been home for he'll suffer the on pakistani shares the shelter in the woods with 5 others there. and i think in that. tuning everything they're putting up on. newsnight who they have enough to eat suffer says but other than that they have practically nothing of this time of here temperatures often drop well below 0 or suffer has to collect which from the far east to keep them full of that's only one reason the man anger at these conditions they want to get sick crazy and into the european union thiat in 8th and
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15th i little thought when it gets. their beard while you can. afford to. have you come in the course of our. stuff or wants to find work in germany in his hometown of karachi pakistan he says she had to struggle day in day out just to make ends meet and while living in the woods is hard she says it's still better than life in deepa the leaper refugee camp made headlines in recent weeks 1st it was cleared and burnt down the migrants and refugees have now been moved into tents but many here say nobody should live like this in winter it's pictures like these but half attracted unwanted attention to how boston authorities have handled the situation but the region's prime minister says the e.u. and the boston government share the blame. so there are solutions for the migration
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situation in bosnia the highest officials in this country need to show political will to stop and regulate illegal migration into the country and to control how the money is spent. all of the people we spoke to here nandan want to stay in boston but rather to continue their journey into the e.u. for many the chances of being granted asylum in the u. are slim but it doesn't deter soffer who says going back to pakistan is not an option. as soon as it gets a bit warmer for his sufferable try to cross the border again but for now he has no choice but to wait here a life in march rain and severe cold. well driving
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a 4 by 4 through the desert is a popular pastime in qatar for men there are no women who do this the female off road enthusiasm or so this are just breaking the mokes the south african is not only an enthusiastic doing bash as they are called but also a safety marshall at her local club and she hopes that many more women will follow her example into the same. a convoy for by fools traversing the desert is a common enough sight in qatar but off roading is something of a male preserve so woman at the wheel has had to overcome a convention of gender separation to the driving seat. when you start off with this you think it's a man's sport and this was also keeping me away in the beginning but that
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changed quickly one small cell gave you to go. as soon as my tires touched the sun and i found that. the south african is not only a passionate driver but also emotionally club meeting she's responsible for keeping things ticking over and making sure no one gets stuck in the sand. the club's chief marshall college shot say's muscles expertise is not the only benefit of having i round of now with marcel as a martial she's encouraging lots of form of to be part of this. muscle herself is certainly pleased that she's been able to have such a positive impact. it's always good things fire people in a positive way it. does that driving trips are among the office with which plans to winnow the visitors to the kingdom during the 2022 football world cup and the off road was once
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a male domain we made all making inroads as moss elvis's example shows. all right here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you mitch mcconnell the most powerful republican in the u.s. congress has accused president trump of using lines to provoke the mob that stormed the u.s. capitol last week a shocking move that could be enough to help the senate convict trunk of his 2nd impeachment trial. you're watching the news after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight former u.s. national security adviser john bolton on america's foreign policy after 4 years of presidential we'll be right back.
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the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context.
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town this is where. welcome to the 77 percent. this weekend on d w. in less than 24 hours donald trump will depart the white house without welcoming its new resident soon to be president joe biden a final break with tradition by a president who came to power promising to break all the rules and he deliver on that promise at home and abroad tonight trump's former national security advisor john bolton joins me to discuss the global order.

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