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this is news coming to you live from berlin. we did what we came here to do and so much more. as the outgoing president tells his america 1st legacy in a farewell speech joe biden in kabul the hearse paid tribute to the country's dead today before their inaugurated also on the program germany extends its lockdown until at least mid february with stricter rules on mask wearing as part of tougher controls to curb new variants of 19. 17 year old florian
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scores the game winner against dortmund to lift his 2nd place in the league it just 4 points behind league leaders. and how far would you go in the pursuit of good health. 6 for the muscovites who say a traditional. oh i'm terry martin welcome to the program with the clock ticking down on his final hours as president of the united states has issued a pardon to one of his most controversial former members of staff his top strategist steve. benen was credited as a. key influencer behind some of trump's most rightwing anti immigration policies
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later he was charged with defrauding investors in connection with funds raised to build the mexico border wall. earlier trump made a final farewell speech to the nation in which he wished the incoming administration luck but did not mention his successor joe biden by name trump did defend his american 1st legacy though it's been the cornerstone of his turbulent 4 year term in office. it's been 4 turbulent he is but don't trump has set his final goodbye to the presidency we embarked on a mission to make america great again for all americans as i could glued my term as the 45th president of the united states i stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together we did what we came here to do and
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so much more i also want to thank for the rest a 4 percent approval rating it will be hard to find many that agree but trump assassin he delivered on his pads to shake up american politics. and up to. trump leaves office a week after he was impeached for the 2nd time for his role in the if he's been charged with inciting an insurrection on the capital after his supporters stormed the building making him the only president in u.s. history to be impeached twice. the top republican in congress mitch mcconnell turned his back on his longtime ally and on tuesday condemned trump's role in the capital c. . the mob was. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. meanwhile security has been beefed up considerably in contrast to 2 weeks ago some national guard troops have even been
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removed from biden's inauguration after being vetted by the f.b.i. including 2 who posted extremist views. but all eyes now turn to incoming president joe biden who on arriving in washington d.c. on tuesday paid tribute to the u.s. as 400900 victims. to heal we must remember. it's hard sometimes to remember. but that's how we heal it's important to do that as a nation. that's why we're here today. the pandemic and the threat of violence means biden will be inaugurated to little pomp and ceremony but certainly an overflowing in-tray. peter little adult is monitoring the transfer of power in washington peter don't trip now has less than 12 hours left in office
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what's what you get up to on his way out the door. well travis really spent his last days in office you know effectively. reports paint a picture of an interesting and bitter president she was struggling to come to terms with reality the fusing to acknowledge that he lost the election brooding over imagine injustices and plotting revenge against perceived enemies including republicans you know this at a time when he finds himself increasingly isolated more popular than any time during his present presidency with several republicans top republicans haven't turned their backs on him you know for all these reasons donald trump is that it will not attend the inauguration the 1st outgoing president to snub his successor in this way in over 150 years you know instead trying to leave washington be poorer by it is sworn in in trouble have he said not at joint base andrews just a 10 minute helicopter ride from washington where he's asked for
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a military style ceremony and in his final hours before bidding farewell to washington you know please never truly want to trump exercise one of the few powers that he has left he issued over 70 pardons of everything from you know seen as rappers to maybe most controversially his former top strategies the ban and was charged with you frothing donors to transport or all campaign. you know there was also speculation not true might go ahead and and part of himself and his family but it seems for now he's decided against that also keep in mind you know accepting a pardon be duly speaking is effective in a mission field and if there's one thing we learned about trouble is that he would never admit to having done anything wrong this is inauguration day peter but given the pandemic and insurrection this inauguration will be rather different from all 'd that have come before want to. right mean this inauguration will i think
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truly be unlike any other washington is all very high high alert as were a number 25000 national guardsmen order to protect the capitol amid all these threats of war violence from from supporters who refused to recognize light and ask a legitimate maybe elected president. in us we also heard reported a dozen members of the national guard been removed from an operation to be a couple which were found to possible ties to some of these insurrection really a lot of fear that there is an inside job to the effort to maybe try to overthrow or interrupt this an operation so like i said and operational like anything we've seen in intrusive 3 w.'s pay a dollar thank you so much thank you. now straight after his inauguration one of the many things joe biden plans do is to speed up the rollout
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of coded vaccinations he aims to have a 100000000 shots given by the 100th day of his administration deaths from the virus have taught 400000 in the u.s. and the state of california has reported more than 34000 dead the state's health care workers are exhausted and trouble time just. barely is in a state of emergency while doctors scramble around the clock to save people's lives says bring in covert patients every minute emergency rooms are on the verge of being overwhelmed nurse added mcintosh has just finished her 12 hour shift in the e.r. her husband brian picks her up from work is there the. scene where . disappeared sorry. covert 19 dominates aaron's life for months no she's been using the journey home
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from work to process the day's events on explained over and over in my head is the fact that i'm like that don't look on his face when i went to israel 3000 years ago and it's like he let. the good. scientists on the nurse they sent his pal on a farm an ounce to get them in my arms and down in my car engine to pick something you can't die and there are no hospital. these days death is a constant companion for erin and her colleagues every last barnes itself into their collective memory they work until they are about to collapse. it simply is the worst thing i've ever experienced in my life. i have seen more death and these tough 10 months than all of my 8 years at nursing combined and i am i'm a critical. care nurse i'm a cobra nurse i respond to all codes in the hospital she has nightmares she has
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trouble sleeping there she can't go to work she feels guilty. she just. she's just not here when she's physically here because she's still dealing with she's dealing with a lifetime of trauma and every she used to tell me maybe every couple of months about a patient that died and now it's every day it's multiple patients and it's not and from what she tells me it's not like a good way to go it's it's suffering aaron is on route to her next 12 hour shift she knows that the toughest weeks are still to come her dedication reflects on julie's multiple people fighting. here in germany the government has extended the current coronavirus law to mid february although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope new wrist new restrictions can stem the spread of more transmissible coronavirus burials that have emerged in other
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countries the government is imposing new rules that include the wearing of higher quality masks and more people working from home. just as infection numbers were starting to decline in germany there in strains of covert 19 believed to be more contagious could on do all the hard work they've been isolated cases of some strains and authorities want to get on top of the threats. the business of. the scientists tell us that it's not yet dominant and. there's still some time to contain the danger to them. of course it would be wrong to conclude from that that we still have all the time in the world to act. so just over a month into germany's latest lockdown the chancellor in the 16th state premiers agreed to extend existing measures until mid february large parts of public life will remain closed mike schools and daycare centers but also shops museums
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theaters and restaurants. they'll be a lot more of these to be saying medical masks will be compulsory on public transport and in shops the so-called f p 2 masks offer greater protection but common surgical masks will also be allowed. and there's to be much more working from home the government's imposing stricter rules to stop office workers from commuting as much reducing the infection risk on public transport. germany's leaders are once again appealing for patients if the shelves what we are asking of people is hard but the priority must be protection that is what we have to take into account and that is what we have taken into account today. for now the public is mostly on side recent polling shows 40 percent happy with stricter measures while just over 20 percent would prefer things to stay as they
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are but around a 3rd want restrictions to be eased or to end completely. before that happens there's likely to be some hard weeks ahead infection rates are still nearly 3 times the preferred level. but we've patience persistence and sticking to the rules. the pandemic will start to loosen its grip on germany. bring in our political correspondent needed here nina what's the strategy behind these new measures. markell is a scientist so she believes when scientists that we could face an even greater threat from those new variants are coming in from other countries and so it was very clear from the beginning that the current restrictions would be extended for as long as possible and under german law that is 4 weeks so that brings us to mid february and the idea of course is that
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a sudden new spike in numbers has to be prevented. and we will hopefully have more information on the new variants by then the current restrictions are already quite strict large parts of public life have been shot since november but the numbers are not going quite as much as they need to be and so now the idea is to focus more on the works fear and not just on the private sphere because there are very big limitations on how many people you can meet in private but people politicians are saying that still too many people go to the offices when that is not absolutely necessary and that means that trains and buses are quite full so more infections potentially and. that is why they've introduced this obligation to where medical masks. prevent infections where people do need and they're forcing companies to have their people work from home wherever that is possible. the need for further action need it was clear long before the chancellor and state premiers gathered yet
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it took them hours and hours to agree on the new rules why. well the key sticking point was whether or not to introduce or to. to keep schools and kindergartens shut and extend the measures for them as well or to keep them shut for a longer period and that was of course a debate about the right balance between opening them because children have a right to education here in germany and there's a lot of pressure on parents at the moment are essentially having to teach their kids at home and on the other hand the data that scientists are giving us weather warning that the information that they have seemed to suggest that the new variance of the virus are a lot more transmissible also amongst children and young people and so on go on medical wanted to keep the schools shut until the numbers would have gone down a lot more significantly but there was a lot of resistance from some social democratic leaders of regions who said that the schools must be given a perspective to open again you know thank you so much w.'s political correspondent
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nina hundreds of their. so you look at some other stories making headlines around the world today ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since oct china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation he was missing chinese state media reported the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via video meeting on wednesday. rescuers in eastern china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine authorities stablish contact with 12 and who have been stuck underground since an explosion damaged the entrance to the mine 10 days ago but fears for their survival are growing in tunisia police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the under arrest has been sparked
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by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worsened by the pandemic and police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces. well to italy where prime minister just up a contract has survived a crucial vote of confidence allowing him to stay in power the country failed to secure an absolute majority meaning he now heads a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies as the country faces an economic and health crisis. no i mean me. so see it went right down to the wire in a vote of confidence in the italian senate prime minister just to pay contact managed to narrowly scrape when they're up already know their boney's after a tough year living through a pandemic which hit italy harder than most other countries this power move could hardly have come at a worse time sparked by former prime minister renzi lead of the junior coalition
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party it's. all it's now or never for an economic recovery if we continue with these policies i mean we keep focusing on little projects them will never get out of this crisis we have a national debt of 160 percent the countries children confined to their homes will have to buy the financial burden of this crisis renzi is calling for italy to access the 200000000000 euros in the e.u.'s post pandemic bailout fund a move for ejected by contact. he has admitted that his government has made mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus crisis but said the nation deserve to have a stable government. help us here in the senate to continue our efforts as quickly as possible help us to heal the wounds of this crisis as fast as possible with the trust that our citizens have invested in a good movie so not often already winning a simple majority in the senate the government a coalition of the 5 star movement on the democratic party have avoided fresh
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elections for now the government but without a strong mandate to govern at a crucial time. with corona virus cases on the rise pakistan has just approved china's sign of farm vaccine for emergency years and the approval comes just days after authorities greenlighted the oxford astra zeneca vaccine but pakistan is also hosting mass trials for another chinese made back seen can sign no bio the testing requires thousands of willing volunteers but they're tough to find in a country where n.t. box nation sentiment runs deep the distrust is due in part to a fake vaccination program that the united states organized in pakistan in 2011 as part of their hunt for al qaeda leader osama bin laden after that violence against health care workers increased. vaccination teams going door to door in
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pakistan a part of any mean drive against polio but these health workers also need protection i for the past decade more than 100 vaccinators have been killed in targeted attacks fueled by conspiracy theories and misinformation. hostile anti vacs is 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 a chinese vaccine developer can see no boy logics but researchers are still in countering mistrust and fia with this kind of. book that they are this misconceptions are in fact anything you would do for the 1st time you have come across people who have this fear factor part of the problem in. fundamentalists people who are trying. superstitions and myths into this that the vaccine might be or sign it is. and then maybe that's the reason why i'm still
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struggling with what you have seen 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. she's quick look at some other developments in the current a virus pandemic the world health organization says more contagious u.k. variant has now been detected in at least 60 countries 10 more than a week ago authorities in beijing have imposed a law down on 5 neighborhoods after the city reported a handful of new cases china reported 103 new cases countrywide and the number of cases linked to the australian open tennis tournament in australia has risen to 10 after 2 players and a support person tested positive for the virus a total of $72.00 players remain under horrid locked up.
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in german football by a leave accusing defeated bruce in the big midweek honestly a showdown florian vits was the man or rather teenager of the hour who helped leverkusen option important 3 points and keep their shot at the league title alive and after not waiting since mid december. both leverkusen and door man wanted to get back to winning ways the midweek action. laver because in fired the 1st warning shot in just the seconds minutes. 17 year old vets launched a rocket that was almost too hot for roman burkey and his defense to handle. 12 minutes later bailey sent to beautiful long pass to most be who coolly slotted it into the next nice job controlling the ball before taking his shots. dortmund equalized midway through the 2nd half thanks to you leon brunt
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a powerful effort from long range for his 1st goal of the season. laver couzin had the last word late teenager vets hitting the target this time with a shot that was faster than burkey 21 the final score. they are refusing to get their 1st win since mid december and remain very much in the title race. and will leave you with a report from russia where it's time for the traditional ice bathing season every year on january 19th for the feast of the opinion a devout and hearty russians take the plunge into icy cold waters hoping to reap the supposed health benefits the w.c. your earshot was there this year to talk about the physical and spiritual refreshment. this is one of the coldest winter moscow has ever seen. in the last a decade i've lived here for 5 years and i've never seen people taking the plunge
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in such cold to it's minus 20 degrees celsius. even so these brave muscovites have come here to the moscow canal is the all want to take part in a popular off a duck's christian tradition. because celebrating at bethany 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. for christians believe that on january 19th today still the day when the jesus christ was baptized all water became holy and taking a deep in a natural spring can wash away your sins and even your illnesses.
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usually the whole is blessed by a priest is a night before people jump in the sea a many christian communities have warned to leave us not to take nice 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 concerts and i also would like to know if these people actually believe that the v.c. has miraculous healing power was. discussing why are you doing this. it's a piston each day so we have to wash away all our sins just about how you think the water has magic powers no idea but believing is everything.
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that you are it's something called why are you doing this to your body. as a startle if i know the cold it is the warmer 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 it was what. i. saw 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 the used to such activities plus you definitely have to be brave like these. but.
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i. could. that's it for me and the news team up next we've got close up for us a documentary looking at asia's largest psychiatric facility for getting it all its news that anytime you want to our website at d.w. dot com thanks for watching. the game. the going to.
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lose. their calm the close us currency. i am 1700 imprisoned in pakistan's largest psychiatric hospital not all of them suffering from mental illness they are victims of domestic violence discarded by society and forgotten her ever. close up. next w. . go india. there's
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