france 24 and france 24.com. >> you are watching live from paris. here are our headlines this evening. the u.s. capitol complex was temporarily locked down this monday during a rehearsal for wednesday's inauguration and for a major fire in a nearby encampment. we will get the latest on that. russia's leading opposition figure has been arrested and detained for 30 days after arriving in moscow on sunday evening. this was his first time back in russia since being poisoned. an independent report criticizes the slow response of the who to

the covid-19 pandemic. we will hear from our correspondent in geneva. ♪ washington, d.c. is on tenterhooks with less than two days to go to joe biden's inauguration. a fire in homeless a cam meant roughly a mile from capitol hill sent a plume of smoke into the air. the fire was brought under control. security concerns coupled with a rehearsal taking place ahead of wednesday's ceremony solve the capital complex lockdown. joe biden is planning a number of executive orders as soon as he takes office to reverse many of the controversial policies of the trump era. from addressing the pandemic to fighting climate change, many of those orders are expected on the

very first day of his administration. >> with the swipe of a pen, donald trump enacted some of his most polarizing policies. now joe biden intends to just as swiftly write them out of existence. >> we need more action, more bipartisanship and we need to move quickly. we need to move fast. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> biden is following through on that promise. he intends to issue an executive order rejoining the paris climate agreement as well as reinstating a number of environmenl regulations to flight -- to fight climate change. restoring national monuments reduced by the trump white house, reinstating environmental reviews of oil pipeline projects and reversing in order to encourage offshore oil drilling. biden also intends to resend the travel plan -- travel ban on mostly muslim countries.

trump initially wanted to ban all muslims entering the u.s. but eventually settled on a watered down version of the policy. biden is planning an order mandating immigration agencies figure out how to reunite children separated from their families at the border as a result of trump' zero-tolerances policy. more than 3000 children were affected and hundred still remain separated from their family. the president-elect is expected to issue a number of orders related to the pandemic including a mask mandate on federal property and a halt to evictions and student loan payments during the crisis. aside what he can do with his pen, many of his policy goals will require the support of congress. a promising prospect given that democrats control the senate and the house of representatives. >> for more on that, we can talk to william, senior fellow at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. thank you for talking to us this

evening. we saw with that fire there, it might seem anecdotal, but it does show how jittery the atmosphere is in washington, d.c. concern over the loyalty to national guard. many of whom are being vetted by the fdi -- the fbi over fears >> it is hard to know whether. those concerns are valid, but certainly extreme caution is warranted in these circumstances. we have seen recently how violence can get out of control. nobody wants anything to disrupt the inauguration or god forbid lead to harm or injury to any participant in the event. everybody i think supports the extreme caution with which the security authorities are approaching this event. >> washington, d.c. is like a

ghost town by all accounts at the moment. . the public is being dissuaded from coming to participate in the inauguration. much of the celebrations are virtual this year. can those who are happy to turn over a new leaf look forward to any sense of certainty on wednesday? >> as we discovered during the political conventions this year and especiay the demoatic party's vtual particition is indeed possible and it can even generate sites and sentints that may not be available in more traditional ceremonies. i think that people who are looking forward to the new administration will find mucho admire and connect with in even the virtual ceremony. i myself have enjoyed in the past the real live ceremony.

there is obviously something irreplaceable about that, but under the circumstances given the security concerns and health concerns, turning this into a virtual event was absolutely unavoidable and i do not think anybody is faulting those who made that decision. >> america is of course deeply divided. we are hearing joe biden speech will focus on unity. he has a tough task ahead of him to try to unify such a fractured america with a speech and certainly his actions following up. is there any repairing this deep division of the united states after the trump era? >> i believe that measure of repair is possible. it will not be easy as your question indicates, but if anybody can do it, joe biden can. i say that for two reasons.

he ran his campaign very consistently on the idea of national healing and reconciliation. 81 million people heard that message and voted to support it. >> that might be true, but i think it is fair to say that there are two visions of the united states. a vision that is much more protectionist, much more nationalist and a vision, i suppose joe biden's, a more cosmopolitan, more open to the world. they are sort of irreconcilable. >> in some respects, to some extent. i think it is fashionable to believe there is no overlap of sentiment or belief between the two parts of the divided america. that is simply not true. there are points of compromise and agreement that are possible. in some ways, the public

postures of the two political parties has exaggerated the extent of the disagreement rticular on policy issues. biden's challenge is going to be to identify these areas of latent agreement and to turn them into public policy that commands support across party lines. >> just very quickly, what can we expect in your opinion from donald trump once he leaves office? you expect he will continue to play a major role in u.s. politics and what will happen to the republican party because of the divisions donald trump has caused the echo >> i am sure mr. trump wants to continue to play a major role in american politics certainly within the republican party. on the other hand, his actions since the election have weekend -- have weakened his standing both with his party and the public at large. he will be set on many fronts with economic issues etc..

it is not clear to me he is going to be able to carry through on his political wishes. >> senior fellow at the brookings institution. thank you for talking to us from washington, d.c. a russian judge has ordered alexey navalny of to be jailed for 30 days. that ruling comes after he returned to russia from germany where he was recovering from a nerve agent poisoning he blames on president vladimir putin's government. a bounty was being held at a police precinct since his arrest at a moscow airport on sunday. we spoke to theo in moscow. >> navalny has put this call t on social media in youtube video from the pretrial hearing he was at today. many of his supporters have made similar calls. many prominent activation -- opposion activts are telling people. not to be afraid they are telling people to come out on the street and make the change

happen that they would like to happen. not just to support nalny,ut in their words, do it for yourselves. do it for the pressure you want to live in. we are not sure yet how large of these protests are going to be that it is real deeper russian winter at the moment. it is -2 degrees. looking to be warmer at the weekend but not the conditions thatull tens of thousands of people into the street. the kremn is hopinpeople will stay-at-home. all ll be come clear in the coming days. >> stricter lockdown data -- structure and rules are being enacted in portugal. hospitals are scrambling to cope with a surge in infections. >> santamaria hospital under unprecedented pressure shared 43 out of the 48 intensive care unit beds allocated to coronavirus patients were

occupied on monday. >> [speaking foreign language] >> hospitals across the nation are overwhelmed despite the government having doubled the number of icu beds since the first wave of the pandemic. a 15 day lockdown came into force on friday as a response to the surge in infections. there is already concern it is not being fully complied with. authorities reported 70 percent of normal movement over the weekend. the capital was busier than expected on monday. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the government announced new restrictions and a response

including a ban on gatherings of people in public areas and an increased police deployment in front of schools. >> [speaking foreign language] >> portugal emerged from the first wave of the pandemic with fewer infections than first -- then most european countries in part because it wasuick to implement restrictions. the situation has changed drastically since christmas. over the last week, portugal has reported the highest number of cases per alien habitants in europe. >> an independent panel has criticized the world health organization for not declaring an international emergency into the 30th of january last year. the experts reviewing the handling of the pandemic were led by a former prime minister of new zealand and former president of liberia. they have called for reforms to

the agency. for more, we can cross to geneva. can you take us through the main points of the report? >> this is a very hard-hitting report. by the two former political leaders. the key points are firstly, they highlight in the early stages of the pandemic in january of last year, especially in wuhan, china, the panel says it was clear the public health measures could have bn applied more forcefully by authorities in china. they also go on to criticize other countries where there were early cases of the virus and they did not act fast enough. on what you just mentioned in the introduction, the emergency committee met on the 22nd of january, but they did not decide

it was a global health emergency until the 30th. they were puzzl why they did not take the decision and is surely. the also criticized why did it take three weeks to hold the initial meeting? all around, it is very critical of member stas of the who, the who agency itself and the international community as a whole. >> besides the who, and understand the report is crital of other international organizations, notably the u.n. more broadly, for not being reactive -- for not being proactive and just reacting to events. >> that is correct. they put the finger on the geopolitical tensions, which have been throughout this pandemic. the council did not pass a resolution until july of last year. the general assembly di n meet on the covid crisis until a year later. they are critical of the g7 and

the g20 for being reactive and not proactive on this crisis. they have highlighted their needs to be a political step change. governments need to take responsibility for their actions. >> thank you so much for that. it is time for business news with kate moody. good evening, kate. you are starting with news of job cuts in the pharmaceutical industry. >> with all eyes on it as it tries to develop a covid-19 vaccine as its rivals are doing, the french pharmaceutical giant is pushing ahead with plans to cut someone thousand 700 jobs across europe as it announced in june. unions said on monday that would inude 400 employees in its research and development division in france. employees are worried about the broader implications as julia explains. >> outside this site in the

paris region, workers are not happy about the news. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the voluntary redundancy plan would ask for hundred jobs in the research and development departments even though the company is lagging behind the race to produce a vaccine. for the labor union, job cuts have consequences. >> [speaking foreign language] >> they have denied this. it's pledged to -- it is not certain the employees will see any of that money.

experts say it has become more frequent for big pharma towel source it's rnd to startups like biontech, which partnered with pfizer to create one of the first covid-19 vaccines. >> the most detailed research happens in these startups with financing that comes from these labotories. ce there is a drug that is effective and profitable, the big labs by the license for the formula. >> they have partnered with british company glaxosmithkline to develop a covid vaccine that says its doses will not be ready until the end of 2021. >> a check on the day's trading. wall street is closed for the martin luther king holiday. a mixed close for the major european industry saw the ftse 100 closing slightly lower in london. monday saw the market debut of the new name of the car company that includes fiat chrysler.

the merger was finalized over the weekend crating the world's fourth largest car manufacturer by volume shared shares rose over 7% in paris and milan. moving on to some of the after business headlines. joe biden is planning to issue a number of executive orders once he is sworn into office this week including a u-turn on a controversial oil pipeline. the keystone xl wheel project aims to streamline the delivery of half a million barrels of crude oil per day from alberta, canada to refineries i texas. biden and barack obama have expressed concerns about the environmental impact. the president elect is reporting to evoke the permit. a french oil giant is buying a 20% stake in india's green energy. the two and a half billion dollar deal would give the company a stronger footing as it struck -- is it tries to shift to renewable energy sources.

disneyland paris will not open its doors until at least april, seven weeks later than initially planned because of the coronavirus pandemic. the theme park, which implies 17,000 people, close last spring and again at the end of october. cutting 32,000 jobs around the world. central london saw a different kind of traffic jam today as more than a dozen shellfish trucks staged a protest near the houses of parliament and downing street. the drivers were mainly scottish fishermen and seafood exporters who say their business is floundering post brexit because of delays to shipments of fresh and live produce. the protesters and others in the industry have complained of mountains of paperwork. >> for our weekly shipment, it was pretty much three to have thousand pounds extra per week for me to ship to my customers.

where does that ney come off? it cannot come off hours. it has to come back to the boats, customers. it is not feasible to run. >> lots of extra costs. boris johnson reacting to the protest, describing the call these as teething problems, which will be smoothed out in time. a lot of the fishermen saying they cannot afford to wait. their slogan was brexit carnage. >> a lot of upset as the brit realities kick in at the moment. thanks for that. today's focus report takes us to tr,". 60 years ago, the prime minister after independence from belgium was assassinated. the execution by congolese officers sparked global outrage. the exact circumstances of his death have remained unclear to this day.

>> it is a gruesome crime that shook an entire nation to its core. this historian spent many years trying to identify the exact location of the assassination, congo's first prime minister. that night, some 20 people gathered here in the southern province. the mineral rich region had seceded a few months earlier with the support of westerners as the belgians and americans sought to maintain their influence over the area. both countrieslso saw it as a threat, accusing him as -- accusing him of ties to the soviet union. several of his ministers were present, as were four belgian officers and a firing squad. standing opposite them, three prisoners. the first two were shot. then came his turn, who had been

deposed and arrested a few weeks earlier. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he collapsed a few seconds later, his remains and those of his co-prisoners were thrown into a freshly dug pit. >> [speang foreignanguage] >> the next day, belgian officers returned to the scene and dug up the bodies to move them on the 21st of january, they dismembered the corpses and dissolve them in sulfuric acid, secretly saving two teeth from his body as a trophy. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> the mystery surrounding his death has not stopped his children from seeking answers. in 1961, giuliano was five years old when her father was murdered. >> [speaking foreign language] >> belgian authorities have recently promised to return one of the teeth of the late leader, a move welcomed by his family. juliana says it will not be enough. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> in belgium, the assassination has been the subject of heated debate for decades. this sociologist started political storm 20 years ago when he alleged in a book belgian authorities were directly responsible. to back up his claim, he used evidence such as this telex sent by the belgian minister of african affairs. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the revelations prompted a parliamentary inquiry in brussels, which to the disappointment of many, concluded belgium only had a moral responsibility in the killing. >> [speaking forgn language]

>> in a bid to seek reparations, his children filed a complaint in belgium in 2011. out of the 10 people under investigation for war crimes, only two are still alive. >> [speaking foreign language] >> in 1960, he was a young diplomat working for the ministry of foreign affairs.

a telex sent three months before the assassination called for the leader's definitive elimination. >> [speaking foreign language] >> he has little to worry about for now. no trial date has so far been set by belgium's federal prosecutor's office. >> time now for weather. i will be back with news and headlines straight after. ♪

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