[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah doesn't say that when you knew his line from berlin a 2nd day of chaos in the us congress. republicans fail to break a historic deadlock and electing a new house speaker front runner. kevin mccarthy is defeated in a 4th round of voting. also coming up,

the european union moves closer to tightening restrictions on travelers from china . most member states, now they were testing to tackle rising cove at 19 infection. and russia deployed at new hypersonic cruise missiles is vladimir putin as the armed forces come under growing pressure over setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine plus breath taking pictures from the far reaches of the cost of the web space telescope sent back images originating millions of light years from earth will hear from a top estrada. ah i'm nichol fairly sh welcome to the program. the lower house of the u. s. congress remains in deadlock after another failed attempt to elect a speaker of the house of representatives. a 4th round of voting has ended in

defeat or republican. kevin mccarthy, we're seeing live pictures from the chamber their right wing, members of his own party containing to block the front runner. a 5th round of voting has just begun, which is what we're looking at here. president joe biden has called the chaos embarrassing and dw correspondence when we so much gonna joins me now from washington. she's been following all of this very closely for me. mccarthy has lost a 4th round of voting. what's next? well, here we go. we're starting all over again with a 5th round of voting. as you said, these are the pictures that you've been looking at. those live pictures from the chamber, you know, just before the 5th to vote. nicole, we were seeing members on the floor actually huddling in groups, trying to negotiate with each other, trying to make something happen. and i saw some images of kevin mccarthy on the floor as well. he was smiling and he actually said going into today, he's going to keep going because he's going to get the votes that he needs. but

both sides of pure actually to be digging in. so this group of hard, right republicans, is not backing down. they are staging a revolt within the party and nobody seems to know what the path is to find a compromise, at least not yet. and you know, this is all pretty new territory in modern time. so we haven't seen this in a century that we are seeing these many votes to get to a house speaker. and lawmakers themselves are trying to figure out what happens next. they need to select a speaker. so as we understand they're going to keep voting until they find one, whether that is kevin mccarthy or someone else who can get the votes of enough republican lawmakers that is not clear yet. and you know, to call yesterday we saw some democrats actually, facetiously getting buckets of popcorn ready. i think the novelty of that has worn up from now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle or just trying to figure out how to move forward. republicans taking over the house, they wanted to hit the ground running. now without a speaker, what is that the house can actually do?

well, that's going to be a short answer to called because not much at all. i mean, this is supposed to be the 1st thing the house does in a new session. we just had those mid term elections in november as you know, and all of these new congressman and congresswoman, they can even be sworn in yet. the house is essentially in a holding pattern until they elect a speaker. i mean, think of all the things that is facing congress when it comes to domestic policy, international policy. we're congress plays role. none of these things can happen, and that is something that has a lot of republicans and democrats really frustrated at the moment when democratic senator pointed out that american voters did not ask for this. they want to see congress take action. that's what they voted for in instead the house of representatives is essentially paralyzed. so again, that the answer there is, there's not much that they can do given mccarthy has vow to hang on for as long as it takes though, if he is in fact elected speaker of the house. where does the rocky path towards his position leave him and his power? he will really come in battered and bruised if he does managed to hold amin and

don't forget that this all goes back to those midterm elections. i mentioned the republicans expected to do really well. they did not when nearly as many seats in congress as they had hoped. so that was already a blow to kevin mccarthy and the republican party its leadership. now, were you seeing his inability to control his own law makers in congress? so you can imagine that even if he's not, even if he does get elected, it's not going to get much better in that position. it also tells us something to call about the former president donald trump as well. so he actually wrote on his social media network, i'm truth social to day that he wants republicans to close ranks and both for kevin mccarthy. and he used to have a lot of support among this hard right group of republicans. but his words did not change their minds. and the bigger picture here for the republican party is, this is a party, as you said, they wanted to hit the ground running the promise action they promised to hold present by an accountable. and they cannot seem to get past this 1st step. instead, they're seeing the small group of the party hold the rest of the party hostage,

and they really want to move the party to the right. so we're seeing a divided republican party and that might really have a big impact on republican selecting who they want to run to be the next president . because we're all looking already to 2024 and the next presidential election. and what all of this could mean for that race? he w, corresponding to me, some us cannot always great speaking to you now the european union is edging towards tightening the rules on travelers arriving from china. most member states now favor introducing testing. there's been a surge in cases in china and beijing abandoned it so called 0 covet policy, france and italy. we're the 1st e u. countries to require negative tests from people arriving from china. spain requires proof of full vaccination or a negative test while germany, phil has no restrictions in place beyond the u. britain, the u. s. india, australia, and japan are among those already restricting travelers from the chinese mainland.

beijing calls the rules discriminatory despite the dramatic rise in cove at 19 infections. and global airlines also opposed stricter measures by shanghai hospital pushed to the brink. doctors working around the clock to save patients after the relaxation of the so called 0 cobra policy, led to a spike in corona virus infections. yet even as hospitals strain, many chinese are heading abroad after years of not being allowed to travel stoking fears, that if a new variant were to emerge, there would be no containing it. in december half the passengers on 2 flights to italy, we're later found to have covered italy started testing all arrivals from china. as more countries joined in china's foreign ministry pushed back both and what the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting china lack scientific basis

. and some of these excessive practices are unacceptable. we are firmly opposed to attempt to manipulate the cove at 19 measures for political purposes, and will take count images affecting it's unclear just what counter measures are on the table. but the patchwork of requirements has led to confusion as well. the voice is the family and when my brother, who has not been allowed to travel for 3 years, he is coming from china and didn't know anything about the testing. we had to tell him before he boarded to be careful because they were going to do a p c r on arrival. let me say about that. it's been 3 years since the corona virus started. it's trip around the world. and the end of the journey is still not in sight. professor steven banker as an expert on biology and head of the belgian institute for health and brussels. welcome to the w e. u. countries are still in negotiations on coordinated restrictions on travelers from china. what measures do

you think would make sense? well, for me, the most important thing is that there is a common approach or for all european countries, or at least for the european union. what i think is a bad thing and what we absolutely shoot to void that you have different measures, different restrictions in different countries because that doesn't make sense and it will not use an effect. so for me, the 1st and most important thing is make sure it's harmonized across the european union. so whatever day decides are for me, i think the effects will also be relatively limited at, let's say if the european union says that there will be a test requirements for people traveling from china to europe. or you might stop some infections, but i think the effect is, are quite low. because a corona fight us is everywhere. or we are also seeing intense circulation of the

fires in many european countries. also in the united states, it's not only in china, so by having trouble restrictions, it will not really have a big impact on local epidemiology, to be honest. but at least let's make sure we all agree on, on, on similar measures that would already be an important objective, i think. but don't expect a big impact offer any travel restrictions. but why go through all the trouble than if you and many of your fellow scientists say that this will all have a very limited impact and that it might, you know, postpone a new wave or a new very end arriving. but there are variance thriving here because there's can out, we're not free of corona buyers and many countries are pretending that the pandemic is over. yep. well, it's, it all has to do with the lack of transparency and a lack of trust. i think that's really the issue here. we have difficulty in

believing the figures from china. and there also is some distrust that may be we are not fully aware of what kind of a variety of the fighters are circulating over there. and it's really, these are these distrust, which is a public sensitivity and also a political sensitivity. and i think this is really what these are playing here. and are we in belgium, we propose that it would be roots or not so much to impose restrictions, but are specifically when people returned from china and they develop symptoms we did within one week after returning from china. they always get test that. and we also try to characterize the fighters that they have been infected with as a way of doing an independent cultural to see what kind of petitions or circulating in china. and whether it is corresponds which are the dates or the china is giving us. so that is important, i think,

duties independent check or surveillance. but for me really restrictions or even asking vaccination certificates and pretty departure testing requirements. i think there are of relatively limited to tell you how likely is it really that new, more infectious, and potentially more dangerous covariance mean developing china well, more dangerous. i think it's unlikely or more infectious that's always possible. but for the moment or bigger worries actually in the united states, because in the united states, you know, have a new for ryans, which seem to be more transmissible. and it's taking over a many regents in the us. and it's may be possible that it will also emerge in europe. so actually the danger is not coming from china for the moment, but rather from the united states. although i'm not terribly worried because it's really a trust me civility. we have no indications that and there will be

a new horizons that will cause more severe disease. i think it's all likely that this will happen. i don't think it's the case with the variety from united states, and it seems unlikely that it will emerge in china. and why do i say that? because over all our immune system or is quite robust for the moment, we have been affectionate. that many times we have had many exposures in europe or to, to fight us. and this has made or immunity quite robust, that it can handle different types of for riots. it will not always protect us against infection and mild symptoms. but most of the time, we're quite well protected against severe disease and against death. and it's unlikely that a new variety will emerge that will circumvent this protection entirely. you cannot exclude its, i agree and we should be vigilant and continue monitoring. and that's what we really advocate so, but we shouldn't, should not exaggerate the risk also for better theory of anger. head of the belgian institute for health. thank you so much for alison. thank my pleasure.

rush. as president vladimir putin has announced the deployment of new hypersonic cruise missiles, he says, a free gate armed with a weapons is now on its way to the atlantic and a shell. a 4th, russia, china, and the united states have been in a race to develop hypersonic weapons, highly desirable because of their speed and maneuverability via video link, russian president vladimir, to him join descending a ceremony for a new frigate. equipped with miss the celebration, looks like a destruction tactical off the russian troops suffered heavy losses in her son. and my case criticism of the military leadership is mounting. moscow says 89 russian soldiers were killed in my caseworker dozens more than the death till it initially announced it thought the men were killed in the school building where they were staying in part of a russian controlled area of east in ukraine. military officials say the soldiers themselves were partly to blame. notice each

a commission is working to investigate the circumstances of the incident. but it's already obvious that the main reason for what happened was the switching on the massive use, contrary to the ban of mobile phones by the troops who were in the zone of enemy weapons. this allowed the enemy to locate the troops for myself, driving like karen tomorrow on tuesday, people around russia a morning, the dead investigations by the military's commission on going. meanwhile, some politicians and ministry. commentators venting their anger at the russian military leadership on the online service. telegram and calling for revenge. deputy do miss baker. andre met v a. t f says housing troops and buildings rather than bunker's is akin to helping the enemy. and while rushes steps up its attacks on ukraine civilian infrastructure, it plans to protect itself with a new hypersonic missiles system. with through if you will,

just because i am sure that such powerful weapons will make it possible to reliably protect russia from potential external threats. with that, put in sent off the new frigate on its hypersonic cruise missiles for now on a training mission is a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. today. irish regulators have ruled that facebook's parent company meta must pay 390000000 euros and fines for violating european online privacy laws. regulators also banned the company from forcing european users to agree to personalize the ads based on their online activity. meta says it plans to appeal the ruling. hope frances has used his weekly audience to praise his predecessor benedict as a great communicator of the catholic faith. frances is preparing to conduct benedict funeral at the vatican. thousands of mourners are paying their final

respects before the ser. oh, benedict is also remembered for his work in africa, a 3rd of the population of cameroon. for example, as catholic, and gave the former pontiff a warm welcome in the early years of his policy. but his visit was not without controversy as dw blaze. a young reports. ah reverend father hale, but it was bought of cecil destroy quiet the sun too grateful printed with huge pieces with cameroon to tarzan on my she remembers it well. when i met him in the basilica, ah, from a distance, i could see the humility of a great buster or someone wore has the church or has, in a certain sense is whole at the helm of the church. but the humility of the past, or in walking down the aisle and greeting a pew grims,

it was been at his 1st visit to africa as poor. he came down in the central african country to a warm reception. but as where the focus was on comments he had meet on the flight, he did a monster pause. i would add that the aids problem cannot be solved by money alone, even if necessary to land america cannot be solved with condom distribution once you process. but it cannot distribute condom distribution only makes matters worse . out. here are ment, i know probably more lazarus versus the point is remark spock our reach from help organizations trying to save lives by promoting condom use. at a time about $22000000.00 africans, we're leaving which i v and eats normal motor, the con protel's unilateral. but father nearby supports the pope's message, that the best way to stop the spread of each i b include chastity,

a fidelity marriage. i do agree with the stance of benedict dis. 16 this spread and a distribution of contraceptives, increases promiscuity. and given the fact that contra cities are not 100 percent efficient because of perhaps a synthetic lapses are, it gives the illusion of the group i get in a safe sex. there are and for us use are widely echoed across the african continent . it's fair to say poor benneditas justine will mostly be remembered here for the impact he had on the african people with bennett, spoke about women's rights violence and he criticized yup. news on our income. a rule at a time when many after fairly does we're doing all the could to stay in office, need us like his horse, bobby, a hosty has the country for 2 years after taking office hominy to walk. i do not and got to thinks the pope understood the struggles of

young africans. bennett is not just a speech of father is staff of a similar who is morgan poem and it's more of justice for all young people. so one was there for us. us will ask until versus bennett left africa and mrs. uh huh. how renewal you may be. dish that many of the good number of colleagues on the continent were remember him for it's been just over a year since the web space telescope was launched and the detailed images it's delivered have been among the most breathtaking pictures of the past. here. although the telescope was 14 years behind schedule and vastly over budget for scientists and stargazers, it's already proved. well worth the wait. the james web space telescope is about $100.00 times more sensitive than its 30 year old predecessor, the hubble space telescope. and

o it's mirror is around 25 meters square. it's made up of 18, hexagonal segments coated with a thin layer of vaporized gold that reflects in for red light especially well. the mirrors body is made of beryllium, a light weight metal that holds its form even an extreme cold hard to believe, but it took only 48 grams of gold to coat all of its segments. remote controlled actuators are mounted on the back of each segment. the small motors can pivot and turn them in 6 directions. the main mirror collects light and reflected on to a smaller mirror it and turn focus as the light to the telescopes, measuring instruments. probing the universe is mysteries with a hitherto unknown sharpness and clarity and recording stunning images. like this shot of

a vast stellar nursery called the tarantula nebula pat with young stars. or this one from the corina nebula, that has been dubbed cosmic cliffs. there are razor sharp images of galaxies far beyond our own milky way, like the cart wheel 500000000 light years away, but also magnificent shots from our immediate neighbourhood, the solar system, among them, jupiter, in exquisite detail. and the ringed gas giant, neptune seemingly close enough to touch for months. now the james web space telescope has been revealing the wonders of the universe and unprecedented ways. and this is just the beginning. oh, harry mal vodree is an astronomer at the harvard san sonia center for astrophysics . just a few months ago. he actually made headlines when his team discovered the closest

known black hole to earth. mister l boundary. pleasure having you on d w. and tell me, how has the james web space telescope changed astronomy? i good to be here. yes, so i the j. w. estie is, has touched probably all field of astronomy in the 1st year that's been operating the biggest innovation it offers is that rather than looking at optical light, like what we can see with our eyes, it mostly looks at infrared light, the longer wavelengths and outlets it study objects that have different temperatures, typically, objects are cooler than we can see and optical light and objects that are really far away. so they're, they're light is red, shifted by the doppler shift. and you are an expert on black holes and binary stars . will you be able to find more of them with the help of the james web telescope? i hope so. so. so the web telescope is it has

a relatively small field of view. so it's not so good for i looking for something if you don't know where it is, but it's very sensitive compared to any other telescope we have access to. and so i did the mode that we hope to use it in is to find objects. so we think might be black holes or interesting binary the other telescopes, and then take deeper image of the images of them with web. so these pictures are of course, incredible and breathtaking, but to those of us here on earth who are not in your field of expertise. what this is james web do for us. how will what people discover through the telescope, help us here on earth? well, it's unlikely that it's going to lead to any immediate technological innovation or anything like that, at least not, you know, you know, on the time scale of years or probably even decades. i think of it more as you know,

it could give us a broader view of what's out there both, what we couldn't see with our eyes. we could do it earlier, telescopes, and what we can't see, but we can only in for the effects of indirectly, for example, through its gravity. i. so i telescoped like, like web i shy new light on on i you know, the ingredients of the galaxy and the universe and we on earth are just a tiny part of that. i really think that the biggest thing we can take away from it for, you know, relatively small investment is, is learning what's out there. yeah. right. what parts of the universe we could start to see now and how much more there is to go and what future discoveries are you looking forward to? yes, so like i said,

i gave you s t is is most good at looking at the infrared so it can look at objects that are cool, right? part objects like stars in their light, shorter wavelengths that we see with our eyes, but infrared mostly cold objects. so personally, i'm going to use j. u. s t to look at around worse. are classes start. objects that are lower mass and stars to their to cool to emit. i like that we can see with our eyes, but they're perfect for, for a telescope like j to g. fascinating stuff, astrophysicist kareem on friday. thank you so much for your time. yeah. have a good one and he's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you today. the u. s. house of representatives is trying to elect a speaker in breaking a historic deadlock and congress front runner. kevin mccarthy appears to have lost a 5th vote as right wingers block, his appointment. and don't forget, you can always going to

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