america could face a rocky transition of power as team trump cries foul claiming they have evidence the election was fraudulent. europe expresses hope of better transatlantic ties and to joe biden that not everybody on the continent is going but. in other news the u.k. bans visitors from denmark after a new strain of code that is transmitted from human scope and a good will cold millions of the animals. russia's daily coronavirus rate tops 20000 for 3 days in a row of moscow's main coded hospital says that the warning signs were there. in the summer we relaxed let ourselves go and here you are we're seeing the

consequences of this in autumn. good morning thanks for joining us here on our team where we begin in the united states president elect joe biden's team is preparing its transition to the white house though the current occupant on trump is not leaving without a fight. and i say that because president trump has he had to concede this election he's made allegations of voter fraud and has vowed to take legal action some of his supporters also allege republicans were actually prevented from voting we believe these people are thieves the big city machines are corrupt this was a stolen election the best pollster in britain wrote this morning that this clearly was a stolen election that it's impossible to imagine that biden out ran a bomb in some of these states where it mattered they stole what they had to steal . stole stolen repeatedly says it was stolen but so far little if any evidence has

emerged of the alleged irregularities on saturday media outlets called the race for biden after days of counting president-elect biden has vowed to help america become a nation healed promise may be hard to deliver on though given the election was closer than many had anticipated auntie's daniel hawkins explains for many americans the 2020 us presidential election had so much riding on it it was symbolic a long awaited chance for justice to prevail for the country to correct the mistakes of 2016 at least that's how the media and many people saw it where were you in 2070 when we had the worst president we could argue it's unfair to rank trump as worth president ever after just one year but clearly those scholars see in him a great potential worst in most dangerous president in the history of our country the worst president is america has ever had. a rollercoaster few days

a rollercoaster which hasn't quite reached its end that moment came in the form of joe biden's victory the bible tells us to everything there is a season a time to build a time to reprint a time to sew and a time to hear oh this is the time do you hear on america thousands of jubilant people celebrating on the streets a far cry from the scenes we saw after the last presidential election seemingly the only tears this time with those of joy. it's. a case where a lot of people who have really suffered before odds might be exaggerating but to some it really looks like a savior has the same bit upon america except this is a reality only heart of the country but inspired it did landslide or blue wave didn't happen and no matter how many times he was called the worst president in american history the worst president the country's ever had trump still managed to

gain the support of close to haul free lecture it and they alongside his campaign theme i'm not giving up without a fight. i . was not able people over and immediately. with the democratic leaders will trump us so far also refused to concedes making a slew of allegations about the legality and accuracy of the voting process if you count the legal votes easily when if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal. the election from us he's now widely branded a freak deluded a sore loser but we've heard all this before you can run the best campaign you can even become the nominee. and you can have the election stolen from you and trump's team up behind him ready to do battle in the country's legal system and highest

courts to stop what they see as an injustice these lawsuits will be brought starting on monday as you know from the very beginning the mail in ballots were a source of some degree of skepticism if not a lot of skepticism as being innately prone to fraud this fraud war between the trump and bought in camps won't end anytime soon how do we know this well that simple the last one dragged on for trump's entire term a democratically elected president was accused of just about every wrongdoing trump is already acting like a russian donald trump is actively or was actively colluding with russia own told mahler's office about more contacts between trump's orbit and its it appears trump himself in russia they didn't believe trump when he denied there was any collusion for example so why should he give his opponents the benefit of the doubt

what claims the president made yesterday were simply not supported you know i think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner well it's not for us biden or trump to decide whether any wrongdoing took place during the 2020 lection it looks like math will be down to the supreme court but what we do know is that trump's 4 years in office might have taught him a valuable lesson about how to fight his battle and so far it looks like they'll be little unity along the way. lots of allegations of fraud we discuss them with our guests. there's no doubt but that joe biden is the president elect and will take office that noon on the 20th of january next year there are no court cases that have any merit the margins are such that they are not capable of being disputed and it's also clear joe biden won the election by 5000000 votes

the most votes that any candidate has ever gotten the country's polarized but there was an extraordinary turnout in this election largely because of donald trump but because a majority of americans wanted did not want him to continue as president not joe biden got over a 50 percent of the vote for. hillary clinton and won by 3000000 votes but she didn't get 50 percent there are teams of lawyers in every state with question marks on them and their purpose is to put together their part of a case that's going to be presented to the public and to justice as a full case that shows that the election outcome was altered by the fraud that it was that significant number to give you just one of those mathematical near impossibilities to show you how you can obviously see that things were done but are not right to. vote for hillary clinton was very strong in

a lot of democrats capital cities including the ones in the swing states joe biden got fewer votes than hillary clinton in every a major american city except for and those 4 are milwaukee detroit atlanta and philadelphia the 4 cities where much of the obvious to cain are you is going on so joe biden got more votes than hillary clinton coincidentally in the 4 capital cities of the swing states but less all across the rest of the country and still he gets a record number 74000000 popular votes for president. how does this happen when only 4 cities have to make up a disadvantage to your previous gender day in the previous election it's just mathematically nearly impossible i think there's a lot of circumstantial evidence a lot of self evident impossibilities like that and you have to assemble them all into a single detail jason i think that's what president trumps team of lawyers is doing

right now. europe has been taking an intense interest in the us election with joe biden now confirmed president elect brussels has expressed hope the bilateral ties will get a boost though some of the continent's political top brass is skeptical things will be any easier under the new administration to show the dubiously picks up the story and the e.u. leaders were signaling their congratulations a sense of relief i think in europe that biden is the president elect there was a lot welcome particularly over the fact that biden has said he would bring the u.s. back into the paris climate ikari fold but there was also this carefully wooded suggestion about the challenges that are faced in the future and cooperation all those challenges together one of the big issues that european leaders are going to be thinking about is nato trump was seen as being divisive not particularly supportive of the alliance whereas joe biden's seen as somebody who is

a big supporter of nato and may look to reinforce the alliance but there are some aspects of that that he won't be changing from the trumpet administration clued in perhaps the 2 percent of the g.d.p. that trump demanded that other nato members pay their fair share that's likely to remain the status quo and those the suggestion that joe biden would not be making a u. turn on other important decisions. joe biden isn't going to change washington's approach to international issues overnight because he can't it's a mistake to believe that everything changes europe must above all count on itself nothing will be easy there are also many issues where i don't think anything is going to change there. there's also the issue of trade this is been a massive problem with all these tariffs that trump has been imposing on e.u. products over the last 3 years now joe biden comes into the presidency with a u.s.

trade deficit of $170000000000.00 u.s. dollars with the e.u. so trade is something that is going to be continuously a difficult issue there's also talks coming up over the digital tax on tech giants which of course friction over the past year or so and there is this continuing dispute over subsidies for airbus and boeing so that is unlikely to resolve itself very soon now the e.u. has also been pushing ahead with this agenda of more sovereignty in defense in trade trying to perhaps sort of rally itself up against the u.s. and that is also unlikely to change we need to up this marks a new chapter in european history where europe is independent crowned by european culture and identity and will be able to stand up against china against the united states against the disorder we are currently witnessing european strategical told

them is goal number one for generation we're sending a message not only door citizens but also to the rest of the world europe is the world power and then of course there's the issue of bragg's it those negotiations not going to well between the u.k. and the e.u. but the e.u. is hoping that a biden presidency will not give special treatment to the u.k. particularly if there is no deal breaks it so lots of issues that europe is waiting to find out about but the reality is joe biden has so much on his plate domestically trying to create the harmony within the u.s. and let's not forget that trump gained more than $70000000.00 votes trump is and is alive and kicking and joe biden is going to have to do an awful lot to reach out to those voters. ok to discuss what the e.u. can expect from the next to us of ministration i'm joined on the line live by karen klein i saw or former minister of foreign the 1st very good morning to you carol

good morning it looks i mean nothing is certain in life at the moment politically politically but joe biden looks like he has a very good chance of becoming the next president of the united states will european leaders be pleased at that prospect. while. the overall bottom line our reactions that we can read is one of enthusiasm in particular in the german speaking world we have seen very little to reactions by the chairman government because the relations also between washington and early in were really at a very low point but personally i would cheer the position by a former president of the you being commissioner. you're quoted nothing is going to change because although he can't change a lot and there certainly can't stand. factors there that will continue one of them is the trade deficit and the other one is the trade this and of course

the burden sharing within the alliance when you talk about it i mean donald trump was very aggressive towards the wasn't a you know he wanted them pay more money or will withdraw some of our troops you're not pulling your weight he pressured them about what he perceived as a reliance on russian energy so it was constantly had his foot on europe wanting more compliance from the region joe biden will be just as aggressive or a bit softer. maybe the malady might change but it will also take some time for every administration in the us to change the main negotiators to change the main ambassadors because we know in the us it's really a coming and going with the at the new situation also of the civil servants. apparatus so until that is all settled even saw joe biden himself disposes of water and 40 years of foreign policy experience all that is not

a guarantee that he can really handle that with. should i say the effectiveness that is right now and to urgency that is right now necessary in order to get things done because personally i don't see the relation between the european union and the united states so much on his forefront of chanda for him and his team it will all be about china and there are the european union countries the european union as a whole and the united states will be competitors since we are still in the midst of this pandemic we're still in the midst of reconstructing. economy here and there and this all will go along in some sort of competition with the chinese and donald trump originally fired to the e.u. . appointed an acting ambassador who has said in an interview that is

a minimal contact with senior e.u. officials partly because of coronavirus partly because of the temporary nature of his position but it kind of suggests that you know under donald trump of ministration they weren't that bothered about even communicating with top e.u. officials do you think that joe biden that america will really care very much what it europe thinks. well given his experience and given that they're that they're still it's i would say it's in the mutual interest back to the big but we also have had. scientific research even about that going on the diplomatic stuff in the state department has been decreasing we have seen and they say you can defections of hiring king diplomatic stuff over the last 4 years and in order to replace all that expertise to skills that have been lost

within the state department within the overall diplomatic staff there hasn't been enough band to have been the right choice is made and this will also still be felt because you might have the nicest agenda but still you need people to do that and you know i think it will take some time to build all that up and again personally i don't see the european union issues being top on there chanda we might believe it that we are so important that washington wakes up in the morning and now cares 1st and foremost about how to repair the alliance how to get back to better relations with various member states no i think their 1st and foremost foreign policy of chanda will be the people's republic of china and how to handle all the open issues with them i'm talking about who is president elect biden

will he be is i mean how is he going to be many obama or 'd is he going to be a man how do you see him as being. while. it's i think it's difficult when you have served as a wise president then to become related to the president because this image sticks with you somehow and your questions very pretty in em. many leaders who are still around have met him as the vice president so it will take an additional effort by him to say here i am i'm the new man i'm you strong man and this is difficult this is certainly i would say from there. from a certain. personality it's just something that that he will also have to handle but on the other hand he has got the experienced 40 years in international relations somehow he's still that thanks you are hearing new math this shall be around he was around in life in 79 still. he has seen 40 years of developed

man's not so many other leaders have seen their 40 years although donald trump would say 40 years of doing nothing many thanks for your time karen karen crisil my guest austria's former minister of foreign affairs you are most likely to have a good moscow. we are of course thing across latest developments in the u.s. 2 days after b. to projections put joe biden above the 270 vote mark needed to secure the white house and declare him president elect donald trump still refusing to concede and with legal challenges being mounted by his team the transition of power in america could yet face hurdles.

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back at the united kingdom has denied entry to all visitors from denmark of concern as they may be infected with a new strain of 90 the mutation of the virus which spread through has been detected in 214 people have been reported in fur farms across other parts of europe to states and millions of men can now set to be culled. you share the virus mutates in man and the mutated virus can spread to humans this

is very very serious as the danish health authorities and they are bored to have found 5 examples of fire assists in maine farms in the mutated virus the main committee therefore pulls the risk that they are becoming vaccines it will not work as they should. the response to the new viruses spots concern among animals welfare activists it's an issue that was debated by public. the current weight and hard. precautionary measures are very important if there are issues then you need to stop the roots of transmission wherever however you can my concerns are that if this reservoir of infection then spreads to other animals and then we

establish a animal reservoir for the corona virus sars kovi 2 variants then it becomes much much harder and much more more difficult to control and eradicate corona virus from the human population if that is what we are trying to achieve it's not the 1st time that we have seen cold at 19 on make farms we have seen far farms in the neck netherlands in spain in italy in the u.s. and in denmark all become hotspots for the virus so why take the risk why should we can ball with what could be a huge threat to public health nobody needs a mink coat but we all need a vaccine that's effective yes of course we can expect today she and yes of course it is sad to rack knowledge that meant have got this infection one thing that is a missing link is that international bodies who can look at the genome

sequence of the virus that is circulating amongst the denmark minke other people haven't had access to to carefully scrutinize and see what the issues are we need to be cautious we need more information from denmark about what exactly is this mutation that you are very concerned about the only thing that we can do to protect animals and to protect human health from this sort of thing that can develop on many farms is to ban the far chain and this is. we're calling 110000 psi industry anyway talk designers in the world are refusing to work with us and i do concur with my colleague that. the use of the figures for the fashion industry is declining fenix quite some time but this this is this is serious the size of the trade that was related to mix when exam comes to denmark

it's elegant you're talking 800000000 worth of trade to towards all of us and especially to china but it was all of the world and this measure that has been so drastic by the government and the prime minister most probably will put an end to this to this. to this industry anyway is it really necessary to have farmed animals so that we can harvest their 1st i think not per se is very cruel and i predict that there have to be euthanized now the question we should really be asking is is it necessary to farm them in the 1st instance. turning to russia now where the cove in 1900 is spiraling with the daily rate of new infections topping 20000 for 3 days in a row our correspondent ryan culture of has more from moscow. russian authorities are saying that despite a growing number of infections the country has enough resources to battle the

spread all 5 coronavirus without a log down over the shutting down over the economy now more than 20000 people have been infected almost on a daily basis in the country over the weekend with the russian capital claiming more than a quarter of that number so it's no wonder that the measures here in moscow a sign of the strictest and solve itself is in the entire country now masks and glad gloves are mandatory for everyone almost anywhere that's a public or a indoors and seniors over 65 years old and others who are in high risk groups are supposed to stay at home and observe the isolation measures employers in moscow have been instructed to send 30 percent of their workforce to work from home to restaurants bars and nightclubs all of those they remain open here in moscow

however for contact tracing a reasons customers must all register with and they queue are cold system now moscow mayor sergei suborning he says that despite the fact that the city was able to prevent a major outbreak the situation still remains far from stable but. we don't see stabilization at a certain level the dynamics of kuwait in 1000 cases are continuing to grow again we do see tougher measures are brought up to full lock down we are not yet proposing this this teacher health care system is coping with the thousands already infected russians are expecting that an anti call the vaccine will soon be available for mass use now sputnik the vaccine that is going through itself final trial stage at the moment is meant to be the 1st russian vaccine which will be. they are both for everyone and it's make a promises that there will be end off for all i suppose within the next 2 weeks we

may expect the vaccinations in moscow in the moscow region to increase this is what is called mass vaccination everything is going according to plan by the end of november we can expect tough a 1000000 doses of the vaccine to be rolled out among the population and in december this figure will be 3 times higher porting to the manufacturers the number of available vaccine will grow to at least $15000000.00 doses per month and with its a near perfect record so far split they can the vaccine had already garnered interest in other countries like argentina venezuela and hungary to name just a few meanwhile another vaccine had already been registered and russia and it's now hot on the heels of nicky also going through a final trial stages. was a cope with the growing infection rate to moscow's opened up

a number of field hospitals auntie's russian channel went to check out conditions there. course as our polling. shows that i have a. lot of prayer for almost still it. here's the thing. that i well know the 2nd week how is it different from the 1st i think people have become less vigilant what do you mean people get used to it yes people got used to it but here are those who refused to believe there are 2 groups now all of those who are extremely concerned about coronavirus know what it is who lost their loved ones dick and those who say you are all liars in the summer we relaxed let ourselves go and here you are and what we are seeing the consequences of this in autumn no one need only relax because there were some objective reasons for that or

were we just being stupid no we are not stupid we are just human beings many temporary kubiak 1000 hospitals were set up in moscow 5 and all them can accommodate over a 1000 patients approximately 430 to have sort of the reporter for. the pulse of earth but it was of the thought if the. news and it will slowly be shown some ventilators has the survival rate grown since march and for patients on a ventilator it hasn't changed much what is the rate 25 percent however our approach has changed a lot of them for us now placing a patient on a ventilator as a last resort when all other possible treatments are exhausted or the freedom.