ah, around the world, more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge? yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, joe biden defense his record one year into his presidency. is per year challenges,

but it's also been a year, but enormous progress. widen counts his vaccination roll out, and his infrastructure bills as winds. but other key parts of his agenda remain stalled also on the program. help is arriving in tonga after last weekend's devastating volcanic eruption with airports run way now. cleared of ash plains are bringing aid from australia and new zealand. plus british prime minister boris johnson in the political fight of his life party gates scandal has his fellow conservatives outraged you. stop it too long for all the good you have done in a neighbor go ah, i'm ami at ease of welcome to the program. thursday marks one years since joe biden became president of the united states at a news conference. biden fielded questions about setbacks with key parts of his

agenda, blocked by both republican lawmakers and holdouts in his own democratic party. but he also defended his achievements so far. tomorrow will mark one year since i took office. it's been year challenges, but it's also been a year, but norma's progress. we went from 2000000 people being vaccinated at the moment i was born in to 210000000 americans been fully vaccinated today. we created 6000000 new jobs war jobs in one year than any time before the year of challenges, but also progress. i asked our washington bureau chief in his pole. what biden's big plans are for the rest of his time in office. he really wants to ring through his bill bank better plan even so in this press conference today, he kind of insinuated that he would be willing to split some parts of it that he

might be allowing that like some social spending topics are loaded on separately. also the vote on like protecting voting rights, but this is probably, this will be the 2 topics he will neck besides, obviously fighting co, 19 and the pandemic. he will focus on before the midterms because this is crucial for him if he loses the senate and maybe even the house that makes him a lame doc for the next 2 years and limits his possibilities to be re elected in 2024. so he will focus on the midterms in this november. interviews in his poll in washington. the 1st plains carrying aid have landed in tonga after the pacific island nations. main airport was clear the volcanic ash. these images from the capital indicate the extent of the damage from last weekend's volcanic eruptions. nami, some communication lines have been re established, but it could take

a month to restore internet connectivity on the islands, ash, as contaminate, fresh drinking water, and on some islands. whole villages have been wiped out earlier. we spoke to katie greenwood, who's the pacific head of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies in fiji. she finally managed to get through on to on the phone to some of her colleagues and tanya and she gave us this update with a mixed news coming out of toner. this morning. it is very good news that we have been able to finally make contact with our team who we hadn't previously spoken to since saturday afternoon when the erupt took place. so it was a very emotional fine call that we had with them to hear how they've been going on the ground, what they've been doing in terms of providing i related supplies to the tongue and people. but there's also some sad news, some devastating news that has come out of some recognizance trips that have gone

out to some of those smaller low line assholes that had found that most of the structures on 3 of those islands have been completely wiped out and destroyed the death toll the dr. watley. yes, today as well. so it is me news today. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the pentagon has released the video footage of a botched us drone strike and cobble that killed 10 civilians. as us troops were withdrawing from afghanistan. the target of the air strike was an extremist to us military thought was about to detonate a bomb near couple airport. it later admitted the strike was a tragic mistake. the u. s. supreme court has rejected a bid by former president donald trump, to block the release of documents relating to the storming of the capital on january 6th last year. trump, who has been accused of stoking is held on congress and thought to prevent the

records from beginning from being given to the panel, investigating events. caribbean island of barbados has held a snap general election 2 months after the former colony cut ties with queen elizabeth and became a republic. come at prime minister mia motley, called the vote. more than a year ahead of schedule. opposition leaders have accused her of trying to consolidate power. court and ukraine has rejected an appeal by public prosecutors to detain former president pitcher for shingo. the ruling means the 56 year old will remain free while being investigated for treason. thousands of supporters rallied outside the court house or shanker denies. the charges says they're politically motivated to the u. k. where boris johnson is fighting to stay on as prime minister after revelations about boozy gatherings held in his downing street residence at the same time that millions were enduring code. 19 lockouts.

johnson is facing mounting pressure to quit from the opposition, from his own conservatives, and from ordinary citizens after the drink parties to hang over in parliament bars, johnson defied cold to resign from his political opponents, most likely is no time for him to resign. no mrs. vega, but what i can tell her is, as i said to his last week, i apologize sincerely, for any misjudgments that were made. continues. johnson is apologize for tending, bring your own booth gatherings. bassetti told it was a work event and was told was against the rules. he sitting tight for now, but even his tory peers may try to asked him, one law maker defected to the labor opposition and his party's former breakfast minister urge him to resign yourself. there to law for all the good you have done in the name of god go. as the political storm continued in the house of commons,

johnson announced the end of covered 19 measures, introduced a car of the rapid spread of the arm across variant. some people were skeptical about the timing and felt was meant to distract from his current political woes. m. o, being cynical, i think his baby book 1st johnson feels he's about to be f says and he wants to vote for the public something maybe among health workers in particular. there was anger at the idea of the gover and boozing while they fought the virus. i had to say, listen, i resign well where sit at night says and read. think about why city we by england, we're working hides as anger grows. johnson, we'll now hoped out an inquiry he is ordered into the downing street parties, plus a bit of luck can help save his job. us secretary of state antony blinkin has begun 3 days of meetings in europe aimed at preventing

a war in ukraine on wednesday. blinking wasn't kiev where he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. during talks with ukrainian president load m years, lensky lincoln spoke of washington's unwavering support for ukraine. at a time when its sovereignty is being challenged by moscow, lincoln will hold talks with his german, british and french counterparts in berlin. on thursday, head of a meeting with russia's foreign minister in geneva. any new types of assist, although the ultimate goal is to avoid conflict, lincoln warned russia again that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace . at the same time, we continue to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs

of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine. earlier we spoke with steven piper, a former us diplomat who's now a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he talked about washington's diplomatic strategy and how the u. s. and its allies can prevent aggression from moscow. i think russia has tried to frame this crisis as nato russia, but it's really about ukraine. so it's a good thing that secretary lincoln was there to underscore american and western support for ukraine, but also to talk about more american defense supplies as a way to help the ukrainians better have their keep, improve their capability to defend themselves. in the event of a russian attack, and that's part of an effort to deter and dissuade moscow from attacking in the 1st place. i think that the message that needs to be sent to the russians is that,

well, there are some issues that can be negotiated like the questions on strike systems in europe or exercises. ah, that the west is not going to say now, even though there is no enthusiasm within native now for putting you can on a membership track. nato is not going to allow russia to dictate a change in policy where data would say we will never enlarge again. and then to reiterate that should the russians use military force against ukraine, there will be very painful at the consequences including economic sanctions, greater merit with greater western military assistance to ukraine. and also steps by needed afford a fire their defense position on the eastern flank or u. s. diplomat steven piper. they're talking to us earlier, museums and concert halls in the netherlands, have been offering haircuts, and manicures and a protest against grown of iris restrictions, as because the government recently used restrictions for small businesses such as

hair salons, but not for cultural venues. they've been shut since mid september, much to the dismay of many dutch ah, it's a different kind of in to met. so at this concert hall and amsterdam, the orchestra plays 2nd fiddle to a pair of hair dressers. yes, it will say it's so beautiful to, to be here. now in these days where there's no possibility for o. predict the culture sector, the netherlands was put on to lockdown in mid december due to record coven 19 cases . hair dressers, beauty salons and gyms have now been allied to reopen museums, concert halls, and other cultural venues, have not in a protest, action called hare saloon. stages and galleries were turned into small beauty parlors or yoga studios. or at the famous vanguard museum. you could

get cheer, fingernails painted, organizing this to make the point that we think the cultural sector should be open to museums in particular, very safe places to visit. the way we've set this up is also, according to the rules. there's plenty of social differences. there's lots of space, lots of fresh air, and we think we just really don't understand why we're close and beautiful on with this concerts have to eventually stop. but the progress deville would surely have been pride. mm. to football now and in the german cup, there's been another upset in the round of 16 with hanover knocking out mentioned loud. bah, 2nd division side, hanover, one by a score of 3 mill. this after glad by, had demolished byron munich in the previous round. also on wednesday, ebay lives. it took down

a 2nd to your hans the whole stock when you're building beat across town, rivals hatta and fryeburg thrash hoffman time. in the end, only 4 buddhist legal teams made it through to the quarter finals at the africa cup of nations. there were no surprises in the group stage, matches played on wednesday. nigeria beat under dogs, guinea bow to nil super ego scoring. both of the goals in the 2nd half and favorites, egypt not passed down by a score of one mill earlier under dogs, camaros pulled off a surprise victory over favorites, gonna knocking them out of the competition. in the process. there were celebrations in the capital city of maroney. as their side claimed, a 3 to 2 when small island nation has never qualified for african war. and now have a chance of progressing through the group stages. if other results go their way,

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