and we have submitted this since long ago but b.d.m., the opposition coalition have which trying its best to kind of destabilize the -- the democratic collected government. is almost on its knees because they're -- their protest has not attracted people of pakistan because they have -- they know that these governments, the past governments especially the pakistan's people's country. there have really damaged this country and they have in pass and the latest revelation of that has been the broad cheese gate apart from the panama scandal in 2016. >> ok. before we move on -- before we move on -- before we move on from the foreign funding scandal, the rb people turned on to scandal, i just want to bring up, do you trust the election commission to bring about a timely response? >> thank you so much for having me. the election commission is taking in inorder nantly long to decide this matter. the first initial case was found by a p.t.i. founding member in 2014. this has taken six long years. and p.t.i. has used every delatory captain it can. there are very, very full simple questions that

opposition coalition which is trying its best to kind of these to allies the. democratically elected government is is it is is almost on or sneeze because they're there to protest has not attracted people of pakistan because they have they know that these governments the past governments specially the pakistan people's party but just on muslim league known and well enough for them on they have really damaged this country and they have does in my. corruption and latest revelation of that has been the bart broadsheet case apart from the panama scandal that came up in 2016 ok saw. the following and i have done a 5 on family before we move on from the foreign funding scandal the issue at hand the reason that people tend not to protest i just want to bring and the snail to trust the election commission to bring about a just at a timely response thank you so much for having me the election commission has taken importantly long to decide this matter the 1st initial case was wide by a p.t.i. founding member in 2004 deep so it has taken 6 long years and b.t.r. has used

the bill of rights diffused anti federalist opposition, a coalition of anti federalists that had arisenquickly to try to respond to the constitution, but fairly late. it was too late to stop ratification, really. and once the bill of rights was clear that it was going to be ratified, it really diffuse their main issue, their main public issue, with anti federalists arguing that the new constitution was so powerful it would take rights away from individuals, and the bill of rights was a compromise the federalists made to try to ensure opponents of the constitution that the national government would still provide rights to individuals. with the bill of rights well on its way to being the constitution, anti federalists had no issue to keep them together. the new government then moved quickly to fix these problems of the 1700 eighties. congress established the federal judicial system, and for revenue, one of the problems of the articles of confederation was at the national government had no direct way to raise revenue. congress moves quickly under the constitution and passes the tariff of 1

opposition. anti-federalist with his coalition that had risen quickly and trying to respond to the -- in trying to respond to the constitution but were fairly late, too late to stop ratification, and once the bill of rights was cleared that it would be passed and ratified it to confuse their main issue, their main public issue. antifederalists argued this new constitution was so powerful it would take rights away from individuals, and the bill of rights was the compromise the federalist made to assure opponents to the constitution that it would not. the national government would still provide rights to individuals. with the bill of rights well on its way to becoming part of the constitution antifederalists and -- had no issue to keep them together. the new government moved quickly to fix these problems of the 1780's. congress established a federal judicial system, and for revenue. one of the problems that the national government had no direct way to raise revenue. congress passes the tariff of 1789. the tariff put about 5% import duty onto imports coming into the united states. president george wa

help countries better by the coronavirus pandemic because he ations collapsed due to opposition from the biggest coalition partner the 5 star movement but deeper political frictions between content that in c. lead to the crisis. where state level let's solve your problems that's politics it's populism to believe that you can result them with a post treat on instagram story to government demands respect for the parliamentary rules they must be a target too especially during a pandemic and a crisis like this. qantas aim now avoiding a new election at all costs for that he either needs to couple together a new majority in parliament or win over you tell you have eva. you know movie mode you're looking for this is the political will i will work until the very end to create cohesion among the majority party so it will never be my own personal matter the interests of the people have to come 1st for that is that if you do that even if the government does not reach awful new elections could be on the horizon. all right let's remind you that top story we're following the u.s. house of representatives in washington

the election is an unlikely prospect because everybody in the ruling coalition knows the opposition wouldin a vote and parliament has less seats available for the next election because a constitutional reform. alix: a good analysis. john, thank you. time for the markets, our head portfolio manager at lawson capital joins us now. marco, you lived in italy for many decades, bank of america says to buy unless it's a snap election. >> i think -- i'm not concerned at all. what you viewers should know is that what happened last night was the straw that broke the camels back. he has a small percentage of the italian population voting for him and his small weight cracks the coalition. i agree with what john said when he said that the outcome is for the elections. there is another alternative but we could discuss that later on. alix: all good. we have the politics part and the market part. let's stay with politics for a second. what's the path of least resistance? marco: right now he has not decided what he wants to do. he's been running the government with decrees issued by top ministers. it's no

opposition. anti-ed toists were a coalition that had arisen quickly in trying to respond to the constitution but fairly late, too late to stop ratification really, and once the bill of bright was cleared -- it was clear that it would be passed and ratified it really diffused their main public issue. anti-federalists argued that had new constitution was so powerful it would take rights away from individuals, and the bill of rights was the compromise that the federalists made to try to assure opponents of the constitution that it would not, that the national government wouldy still provide rights to the individual. so with the bill of rights well on its way to becoming part of the constitution the anti-federalists real he no issue to keep them together. the new government then moved quickly to fix these problems of the 1780s. congress established a federal judicial system, and for revenue, remember, one of the problems of the articles of confederation is that the national government had no direct way to raise revenue. congress moves quickly under the constitution and passes the tariff of 1789. the

coalition on groups. lawyers of ugandan opposition leader bobby why no waiting to hear the outcome of a petition challenginghis house arrest after last week's disputed election well the wind has been prevented from leaving his home after declaring victory in a vote the opposition says was marred by widespread fraud and violence electoral authority says longtime president you ready most of any one a 6 term in office with almost 59 percent of the vote will be one secured just 35 percent catherine so i has this update from i get it close to bobby one's home. well the winds lawyers have finally been allowed to go and see him but for us journalists this is the end of the road we have been prevented from going farther he leaves about 500 meters from this area and he has said that he's under house arrest he's been confined to his home since friday not been allowed to have visitors journalists have been blocked in the u.s. ambassador here natalie brown has also been denied access to him she says and she just wanted to see how he's doing how he's health is but security officials are spoken to have been very careful

in central african republic during last month's disputed elections opposition politicians say the vote was rigged and the rebel coalition outside the capital says president today and his government must go. gay were civilians bearing the brunt of the violence. hoped digging for gold would pay for his education he worked at a mine in the bush here in the central african republic. motorbike to get there on his way home he says militia held him up stole it and then told him to lie face down on the ground he refused. them if you want to kill me to my face as you were talking. to screaming. so he should the other then i couldn't walk anymore. the bones in mores legacy shattered with it his plan to study. he was a passer by. this hospital in the capital. it's run by the charity doctors without borders. the manager says many others so lucky the armed groups who want to overthrow the government control most of the country or wondered if maybe some hundreds or even 1000 people we do not have any right to groups and dream discount of because playlist where everybody is more in the bush and are not able to stay in the villages i t

coalition quit. following that he has tried to tempt opposition senators to try and jump ship and given the number thato he will now have a cabinet meeting tomorrow morning and he will then go to the presidents office and tender his resignation. now, it is likely that he would be tasked with forming a new coalition government. which might sound rather strange to you, that when the prime minister quits he's given a chance to form a new government. but that's one of the quirks of italian politics. remember, this is a country that has had 66 governments since the second world war. a country of seemingly perennial political crises. and when a prime minister quits, they then will go to inform the president and then usually and hope to be given a chance to form a new stricter coalition, a reformed coalition. if he manages to do so he can relaunch his government. if he doesn't then the task would move to another political figure. and failing that, if nobody can do it well then fresh elections would beckon. this is a country with more than 85,000 deaths in the covid crisis. the highest death toll in the europe

coalition quit. following that he has tried to tempt opposition senators to try and jump ship and given the number thatg and he will then go to the president's office and tender his resignation. now, it is likely that he would be tasked with forming a new coalition government. which might sound rather strange to you, that when the prime minister quits he's given a chance to form a new government. but that's one of the quirks of italian politics. remember, this is a country that has had 66 governments since the second world war. a country of seemingly perennial political crises. and when a prime minister quits, they then will go to inform the president and then usually and hope to be given a chance to form a new stricter coalition, a reformed coalition. if he manages to do so he can relaunch his government. if he doesn't then the task would move to another political figure. and failing that, if nobody can do it well then fresh elections would beckon. this is a country with more than 85,000 deaths in the covid crisis. the highest death toll in the european union. and of course the economic crisis now sin

were down as much as 7% after the french government expressed opposition to a canadian company buying that company. italy with a coalitionthe brink. unclear if we will have a technocratic government, if the prime minister can keep his job, but you see the italian 10-year yield, 0.89. coming up, can a country handle a political crisis on top of a pandemic and a recession? we talk italy next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: economics, finance, politics. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm francine lacqua, here in london. let's get straight to the bloomber first word news with laura wright. laura: last year germany saw its deepest contraction in more than a decade. the economy shrank 5% as the pandemic raged at the government was forced to lock down citizens and close businesses. germany is likely to have fared better. france and -- better than its peers. donald trump has been pitched by the u.s. house of representatives for a historic second time. democrats and 10 republicans voted to charge him with incitement of insurrection for the role he played in his support of the attack on the capitol. the charges next go to the s

in central african republic during last month's disputed elections opposition politicians say the vote was rigged and the rebel coalition outside the capital says president to their and his government must go welcome web reports from bangalore civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. hoped digging for gold would pay for his education he worked in the bush here in the central african republic. he bought a new motorbike to get there on his way home he says militia held him up stole it and then told him to lie face down on the ground he refused. them if you want to kill me to my face as we were talking he showed me in one leg i started screaming esau i could still walk so he should the other then i couldn't walk anymore. the bones in mores legace shattered with it his plan to study. it was a passer by who grew more used to this hospital in the capital. it's run by the charity doctors without borders. the manager says many others lucky the armed groups who want to overthrow the government control most of the country or wondered if maybe some hundreds or even 1000 people we do not have any right to groups and during

in central african republic during last month's disputed elections opposition politicians say the vote was rigged and the rebel coalition outside the capital says that president fast into a delta and his government must go michael ware reports now from baghdad where civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. moyes were banging hoped digging for gold would pay for his education he worked at a mine in the bush here in the central african republic he bought a new motorbike to get there on his way home he says militia held him up stole it and then told him to lie face down on the ground he refused. them if you want to kill me to my face as we were talking he shot me in one leg i started screaming esau i could still walk free shoot the other then i couldn't walk anymore. the bones in mores legacy shattered with it his plan to study. it was a passer by who through this hospital in the capital. it's run by the charity doctors without borders. the manager says many others lucky the armed groups who want to overthrow the government control most of the country or wondered if maybe some hundreds or even 1000 people we do not

darrow's reelection the opposition had challenged the results of last month's vote and had asked for a recount but today or a 2nd term is under threat of violence by a coalition of armed groups or against him to u.n. peacekeepers were killed just hours after the verdict from the capital is marking which. violent last month's presidential election and widespread rigging according to political opposition to the central african republic the constitutional court rejected their demand for a rerun president fast into a day or was announced the winner. you can see that it was called the candidate 5 student what data having reached the absolute majority of the express for what is declared elected in the 1st round of the presidential election i. i good news for tiger and his allies but then other challenges to the government's fragile grip on power the cool building is in the center of the capital which is one of the few parts of the country is under the control of the government and the foreign armed forces this quarter you know everybody agrees with the court's decision just a few kilometers up the road groups refute the election dispute is result in a threatening t

opposition. the planning department received a petition from the san francisco housing action coalition containing over is 00 significants in support of the project. the two letters in opposition took issue with the shadow impact of the project. the project sponsor has conducted outreach to neighborhood groups, including bryant street neighbors, friends of franklin square, united save the mission, calle 24, the community stabilization fund, nearby residents association, the building trades, san francisco housing action coalition, and yimby action. in response, the building design has already been altered to increase the use of color and enhance the human scale. in addition, the sponsor has committed to dedicating the ground space to a local trust to be used as a gallery dedicated to show local artists. >> clerk: commissioner buell, you need to mute yourself. >> -- including 31 on-site b.m.r. units, and that ground floor space that's proposed to be dedicated, so this concludes my presentation, but i'm available for any questions on the project. >> thank you, michael. if i can get the next slide, pl

rebel forces demanding the government resign a coalition of armed groups launched an offensive but last month to try and disrupt elections the opposition claimed the vote was rigged at least 60000 people have fled the fighting a nationwide lockdown in portugal has led to a record early vote turnout for next sunday's presidential election almost 250000 people registered to vote nearly 5 times as many as last time bell system is buckling under the pressure of a rise in more severe cove 19 cases tied to measures to slow the spread of the virus are expected to be in place for at least one month. as i've continued into this year days after the 10th anniversary of the topping of president zena ben ali. the 2nd straight night of the been running street battles between police and protesters in the capital tunis people are angry about the country's dire economic crisis and poor public services the police have so far arrested 240 people. now in what's believed to be the 1st case of its kind a palestinian court is hearing about an israeli settler accused of damaging land and property palestinian courts don't normally have jurisdiction over israel

coalition of armed groups out of the capital. violence escalated since elections last month which political opposition says was rigged the armed groups say the government must go. about 2 thirds of the country including most of its gold and diamond mines the armed groups now control the villages that we can see just over there on the other side of the river people who live on this side say they can hear gunfire when they're fighting this is one of the homes of one of the usual residents of the village of song biloela it's basic to the villages being completely overrun its population is fallen by about 20 times of the new arrivals those lucky enough to have a mosquito net sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structures made of branches and leaves they're exposed to. malaria and everybody here says there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us to eating whatever edible plants they can find in the bush the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it's operating on a car budget internally for supporting long term refugees who settled here after the last exodus 8 years ago are

talk about the danger and the opposite of danger the opportunity that we have been forming multiracial multi-identity coalition in ways that i think about people like cathy cohen that can be free of anti-. >> that's right. let me start from where we are trying to go. the purpose of doping these kinds of coalitions is to build a multiracial democracy and for everybody is watching right now, right now and through the history of this nation the rules have been made by white men. heterosexual men and if you look at the history of who has been the leader of this nation and presidents you'll see there's only one black gerson in 46 administrations. so we fast-forward to what's going to happen on january 21 and multiracial coalitions are not the same as college campus for you have one of everybody and everyone is smiling and laughing and kumbaya but underneath that kumbaya it has to be about work and learning about each other's history and tell -- i'm telling the stories that we have been told about ourselves and each other and recreating new narratives that are rooted in truth and experience so we can project a diffe

coalition quit. following that, he is trying to _ tempt some following that he has tried to tempt opposition senatorsp ship and given the number that they need. it seems he hasn't managed to do so. so he will now have a cabinet meeting tomorrow morning and he will then go to the presidents office and tender his resignation. now, it is likely that he would be tasked with forming a new coalition government. which might sound rather strange to you, that when the prime minister quits he's given a chance to form a new government. but that's one of the quirks of italian politics. remember, this is a country that has had 66 governments since the second world war. a country of seemingly perennial political crises. and when a prime minister quits, they then will go to inform the president and then usually and hope to be given a chance to form a new stricter coalition, a reformed coalition. if he manages to do so he can relaunch his government. if he doesn't then the task would move to another political figure. and failing that, if nobody can do it well then fresh elections would beckon. this is a country with

party is always at best the senior partner in a coalition there are so many bottlenecks there are so many choke points or so many places when an oppositional party can just stop the process and last there they're far weaker than they are today even obama only had a couple months with this i have 3 fifth's super majority that's why the obama administration had to take the health care plan from the heritage foundation and they will get a. second but you know will what surprised me was the gender sacking gave a press conference to the white house journalists very quickly afterwards and said that one priority would be to attend to the root causes of central american immigration now why flag that up given the joe biden infamously supported the death squads of central america. well i think this is one thing were an american liberalism as a whole seems to think that the world started in 2016 or at least american empire and all the bad things the us did started with trump upon his election they seem to want to return s.s. status quo ante but of course we know that the united states is a sponsible for the destabilization of thunderous removing or h

significant and growing and that's why the confrontation with the opposition is unlikely to end anytime soon. that is how and. germany's coalition government has approved legislation that forces big companies to appoint at least one woman to a senior management role the law applies to list of companies employing more than 2000 people led by a 3 board members the decision has been held a milestone for sexual equality in the workplace. still ahead on the news hour cattery rally driver and makes it a hat trick of wins of the car rally in saudi arabia that story is coming up with joe in sports. all right let's get an update on the sports as well joe there ian thank you let's start with the head of world football fifa president jannie bunty you know he's welcome the end of wealth cup hosts katsa on tuesday saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt lifted that 3 in a haul fia boycotts and agreed to re-establish. diplomatic and trade ties with their gulf neighbor inventing a congratulated all nations involved in the agreement and says he hopes football will also help build solidarity in the region set to host the fee for arab cup later this ye

these expectations and norms joe biden is the opposite of that i do, i think that it is deeper than personality though, right it is about how the coalitions trump's inauguration, you had the million women march, the women's march, and millions of people in the streets around the country, and that didn't really stop for four years, right? like, that activated this opposite reaction, and today is kind of the fruition of all of that work, all of that reaction of people saying like, "no, that is not -- that is not what i believe my country should be and look like. and that doesn't stop now. like, that kind of the thermostatic reaction of american popular opinion and the way in which opposition form, like the thing we've got to figure out, which i thought that biden spoke about well today, is, like, how to make the perring thrust of politics happen in a box that's more democratic and more normal and less threatening about the end of democracy, which is what we've just kind of like narrowly avoided. >> seth: right, which is -- you know, again, it is only two weeks ago. and again, president biden addressed it today, again tone is not going to be

claim for things the vote for the opposition not just by one but all of the other presidential candidates faced a number of hurdles just campaigning just accessing the coalition to to get them to to hear the answer period and i think that. that is obviously very problematic and shouldn't be the case you should the. question declares that in the space where the last elections. all right sir and nicole of human rights watch in uganda in kampala the capital city thank you very much for your insight. football has suffered under the covert 19 pandemic with leagues disrupted worldwide and clubs cutting costs this is left many professional players who are free agents now in a state of limbo one of those is nigerian defend. a women's football star in the country she became the 1st african to play in 5 cops and now teaming up with the organization a common goal maybe is helping educate and encourage young girls. i don't know maybe is in a class of her own. i started playing football for my mom's whom it's safe to call i know me the queen of african football in 2019 she entered the record books as the 1st african footballer to play in 5 people world cups and no major p

work, organizing, talk about the danger and the opposite of danger where the opportunities that we have are really forming multiracial multi-identity coalition in a way that i think about kathy cohen teaches us about antiblack. >> that is right, let me start from where were trying to go, the purpose of building these kinds of coalitions is to build a multiracial democracy and everybody who is watching, right now and for the history of this nation the roles have been made by white men, heterosexual men and if you were even to look at the history of who has been the leaders of this nation by being president, you still see there's only one black person in 46 and ministrations. fast forwarding to what is going to happen on january 21 and multiracial coalitions are not the same as college campus brochures where you've got one of everybody and everybody is smiling and locking arms and kumbaya, underneath all that kumbaya has to be work and has to be learning about each other's history, on telling the stories that we have been told about ourselves and each other and re-creating new narratives that are rooted in truth and experience that can project

the country activists and opposition lawmakers however claim it's an attempt by a weak government to stay in power prime minister we have been yes ian has headed a shaky coalition since taking office last year the state of emergency suspends not just palm and but also any elections to form a more stable government yes in proposed emergency measures at the same time that a near lockdown went into effect across some regions to control the pandemic. malaysia under strict movement contro amid a partial lockdown life has been brought to a standstill here as to number of coronavirus cases continues to search and among these tough measures a declaration not heard in 50 years. so at the last yesterday i met with our king his royal highness to go on to present to his royal highness our ministerial proposal that a state of emergency to be proclaimed by the king in accordance with article 155 of our constitution. the move allows the prime minister to suspend parliament and delay general elections until at least august critics say the weakened government simply wants to avoid leadership challenges. this emergency has nothing to do with the pen demick maybe there's another

opposition. the planning department received a petition from the san francisco housing action coalition containing over is 00 significants in support of the project. the two letters in opposition took issue with the shadow impact of the project. the project sponsor has conducted outreach to neighborhood groups, including bryant street neighbors, friends of franklin square, united save the mission, calle 24, the community stabilization fund, nearby residents association, the building trades, san francisco housing action coalition, and yimby action. in response, the building design has already been altered to increase the use of color and enhance the human scale. in addition, the sponsor has committed to dedicating the ground space to a local trust to be used as a gallery dedicated to show local artists. >> clerk: commissioner buell, you need to mute yourself. >> -- including 31 on-site b.m.r. units, and that ground floor space that's proposed to be dedicated, so this concludes my presentation, but i'm available for any questions on the project. >> thank you, michael. if i can get the next slide, pl

come back with a revamped coalition, to search around and try to find other coalition partners potentially and to peel off oppositione winter we thought we would go to spain, and so off we went to spain injanuary to be locked down in february, so we went back to edinburgh and then one of my friends said, barbados are doing a programme, you can go and stay there for a year so we thought, let's do it! wejust stay there for a year so we thought, let's do it! we just bundled a few things in a case and jumped on a plane. things in a case and 'umped on a lane. ~ ., , things in a case and 'umped on a lane, . ., , ., ~' ., things in a case and 'umped on a lane. ~ ., , ., plane. with tourism taking a massive hit, the barbadian _ plane. with tourism taking a massive hit, the barbadian government i hit, the barbadian government introduced the welcome stamp initiative last summer. it opened up the islands to foreign nationals to live for a year and work from home for theirjobs in other countries. for their jobs in other countries. jim for theirjobs in other countries. jim works five in the morning to 1:30pm, and the rest, but t

some of his powers to the benefit of coalition partners and the other thing be talked about is broadening the government majority to include some of the oppositionally bringing in a new prime minister, potentially a technocrat mario draghi of course is a name that comes up. but in any case, it is unlike delay we'll see a major change in the political direction of the government or the policy outlook, which is i think one big reason why markets so far to a large extent paper through all this political uncertainty >> on that latter scenario that you just outlined, the path of potentially forming a grand coalition or unity government led by a technocrat, what did you thinks chances are that that actually happens and what would be the policy changes? seems like you don't expect much to change, but what could look different under that scenario? >> i'm personally still quite skeptical of that. that is probably the main fall back option if a compromise can't be reached within the confines of the existing governing coalition. that is still our base case i would say, but if that doesn't work out, that is proebably the second best option and there is a lo

believed it was carried out by rebels from the coalition of patriots for a change they've been challenging president to water as recent re-election russian opposition leader of the extent of all the plans to return home on sunday he's been recovering in germany after being poisoned many western governments say it was an assassination attempt but the kremlin denies any involvement of all these planned return comes despite russian or 30 seeking to jail him those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after al-jazeera world thanks for watching by. i lived. in beirut. and i want to have. a message sent from beirut by call him in the 1940 s. to the intelligence section of the jewish agency. the agency played a major role in founding israel. and the new states intelligence service would later become more 3rd started at the sony will ferrell. laskin buddy gamble with kelly already a lot of. dollars so that he was in trouble as she can be false if you choose when we carry over the us order and quality awards get on the. shuttle is that what it's going to. be further up the lawyer who the hell up. going to the lokpal bill bledel to kill him or

opposition strongholds. germany's governing party is just elected a new leader army lash it's been described as the continuity candidate holding up a chance wrangle merkel's coalition building politics when she steps down later this year but it's possible coming chancellor isn't guaranteed he could be facing a stiff challenge from within the ruling bloc itself so many can reports from berlin. he's led germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia finale for years now arm in russia will soon be leading his national party with a clear direction in mind in mid after i'm vote on the voice i'm aware of the responsibility of this job and i will give my all to walk to give a through this year to win the regional election in only a few short weeks and make sure that we will win the next general elections and provide the chancellor of germany although this vote needs to be confirmed by the entire party membership on friday so many army lash it is a continuity candidate his slogan was there i am the representative of the executive branch so if you vote for me you can be sure you get a leader you get someone actually who had won elections so none of the other 2 candida