this statement in germany i got a makeover made these remarks in the meeting off of hardy's parliamentary group and they quoting 2 participants she was speaking about 8 to 10 tough weeks lying ahead of us what causes anxiety is the new mutation off the virus and. obviously said if we are not going to if we are not able to keep this at bay we are going to be in trouble straightaway a debate started about the measures in place if they should be prolonged or even tightened in any case politicians warned that we conned them too early. tougher measures have been in place for some weeks now but in fiction numbers still on the rise we take it the people in germany will simply have to stay at home and ride this out. tougher measures has been have been in place indeed but the question is how tough are they really compared to the measures in other countries and experts say that mobile phone data show that people move around much more than during the 1st wave in spring furthermore people do reduce their contacts as requested by those they meet with the contacts are close and more intimate and people tend

parliamentary group here in germany many thanks thank you. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world elon musk has become the richest man in the world to according to a bloomberg before the rising share price of musts electric car making company tesla has put him ahead of former number one amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos the report calculated musk's net worth at more than $188000000000.00. the climate monitoring service says 2020 was europe's hottest year on record and also tied to 2016 for the what is your globally the arctic and northern siberia warm more quickly than the planet as a whole scientists have renewed their calls for countries to slash emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. deaths from the corona virus have reached a new one day high here in germany despite an ongoing nationwide lockdown figures from the country's public health agency show 1188 covert related deaths in the past 24 hours almost 32000 new covert 1000 cases were recorded it that's a little less than the previous peak in mid d

parliamentary group. welcome to dw, sir. can we start with your reaction to this news that the u.s.enate has gone into emergency recess as these pro-trump supporters have stormed the capitol building? >> it is absolutely shocking. it's absolutely -- that people are decided to go to the senate and then to breach even the floor of the senate and interrupt a constitutional formal process of the confirmation of the president-elect of the country. i think american democracy is strong enough and checks and balances at the end of the day are going to work but what happened this evening is a massive breach of political culture of the united states. and i hope that is going to be a wake-up call for a lot of people who supported the insighters to wake up and hopefully they will find ways to break the polarization which is leading to this situation. phil: where do you believe this incitement has come from? >> you know, i saw that the current president just demanded peaceful protests, but as we heard from -- just a few minutes ago, the people has been very peaceful when they protested there unt

prevalent in great britain as you said she made these remarks during a meeting of the party's parliamentary group and according to participants she said if we won't be able to keep this mutation at bay here in germany we will be in trouble. straightaway that bait erupted if the restrictions can be lifted or not if there should be tighter restrictions and a lot of politicians warmth that we can to ease the restrictions to the health minister said this morning we won't be able to lift all the restrictions by the end of the month tougher measures have been in place now for some weeks but infections still on the rise do we take it the people in germany will simply have to stay on and ride this out. yeah. tougher measures in place in germany tough compared to some of the neighbor countries. experts say that. phone data mobile phone data show that people are much more mobile during this lockdown than they have been during the lockdown in spring and furthermore people do reduce their contacts. the contacts they have they are more close and more intimate because people tend to. tend to be close to. tend

you know the world stage let me pull in fair to he's a member of the german american parliamentary friendship group he's a member of holes coalition partners these social democrats mr are very it's good to see you again president biden he's focused we know on the pandemic at the moment but he has made it clear that u.s. foreign policy especially when it comes to europe will be at the top of his agenda soon what will that mean for germany. i braved a good series again i think your foreign policy wise we have to expect 3 things from your administration it's the one is the most important thing it's focused on the united states 1st place i think they will have. also because priorities of course polarization in the population i was taken at we had some problems we already had before all problems mostly to nato iran then there could be some new bigger challenges which we all should work together. and trust we know is a big issue can germany can europe trust the united states as it did before dawn or drunk came to power made do you see joe biden as a return to normalcy do you see donald trump has an anoma

made her remarks during her party's parliamentary group meeting and at the core of her concern is the mutation of the virus which is prevalent in great britain and according to participants of the meeting the chancellor said if we are not able to keep this mutation at by in germany we will be in trouble because the strain on the hospitals and i see use is severe and just to remind our viewers the country is currently under a hard lockdown now basically only really supermarkets that are that are that are open and in able to operate so you know given these statements on what could the country now be looking at going forward because this lockdown was supposed to last until the end of january. yes but how tough is this lockdown really sara experts who have a look at mobile phone data say that people move around pretty freely that they move around far more than they did during the 1st lockdown in spring which is something which spreads infection people did reduce their private contacts but they tend to contact those they are close to and with people you know very well you don't abide by th

you know the world stage let me talk there he's a member of the german american parliamentary friendship group he's a member of i'm going miracles coalition partners the social democrats mr are very good to see you again president biden he's focused we know all the pandemic at the moment but he has made it clear that u.s. foreign policy especially when it comes to europe will be at the top of his agenda soon what will that mean for germany. i braved a good series again i think your foreign policy wise we have to expect 3 things from your administration it's the one is the most important thing it's focused on on the united states 1st place i think they will. also because priorities of course 6 polarization in the population i would say going to we have problems we already had before all problems to nato iran then there could be up some new bigger challenges which we all should work together. and trust we know was a big issue can germany can europe trust the united states as it did before donald trump came to power i mean do you see joe biden as a return to normalcy do you see donald trump as an

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altogether left politics over losing an election to her and then from no but what can who leads the parliamentary group on foreign affairs here in the german parliament china played a large role that can also be seen as a legacy of those trump he is calling on europeans and specifically germans to remember where true north is when it comes to dealing with china and europe trying to avoid being caught in the middle of that standoff but i must tell you that international politics didn't really play a large role apart from those issues europe and how to deal with china and almost caught in the middle of that debate was i mean last set to seen somewhat of a male angle americal who's seen as the man who would most likely continue the legacy of the machall years of that stability politics he's the only one who holds a regional state office the state premier of north rhine-westphalia he's the one who stressed how important china is as a market for those european for those german companies and that's also why he was a lot more down to earth when he pitched for himself to become the one to succeed and the ameri

adversary who altogether left politics over again election to her and then from no but what can the parliamentary group on foreign affairs here in the german parliament trying to play to a large role that can also be seen as a legacy of those trump he is calling on europeans and specifically germans to remember where true north is when it comes to dealing with china and a europe trying to avoid being caught in the middle of that standoff but i must tell you that international politics didn't really play a large role apart from those issues europe and how to deal with china and almost caught in the middle of that debate was i mean last year to seen somewhat of a male angle americal who's seen as the man who would most likely continue the legacy of the machall years of that stability politics he's the only one who holds a regional state office the state premier of north rhine-westphalia he's the one who stressed how important china is as a market for those european for those german companies and that's also why he was a lot more down to earth when he pitched for himself to become the one to succeed angel

you know the world stage let me pull in verity he's a member of the german american parliamentary friendship group he's a member of the i'm going miracles coalition partners these social democrats mr are very good to see you again president biden he's focused we know all the pandemic at the moment but he has made it clear that u.s. foreign policy especially when it comes to europe will be at the top of his agenda soon what will that mean for germany. i braved a good series again i think it's harmful as you guys we have to expect 3 scenes from your administration it's the one is most important there it's focused on the united states the 1st place i think that will have an influence on the outside also because priorities of course polarization in the population i would say going to we have problems we already had before all problems to nato iran then there could be up some new bigger challenges which we all should work together. and trust we know was a big issue can germany can europe trust the united states as it did before donald trump came to power i mean do you see joe biden as a return to norma

you know the world stage let me pull in verity he's a member of the german american parliamentary friendship group he's a member of uncle merkel's coalition partners these social democrats mr are very it's good to see you again president biden he's focused we know on the pandemic at the moment but he has made it clear that u.s. foreign policy especially when it comes to europe will be at the top of his agenda soon what will that mean for germany. i braved a good series again i think it's harmful as you guys we have to expect 3 things from your administration it's the one is most important there it's focused on the united states in the 1st place i think they will and also because priorities of course polarization in the population i would say going to we have problems we already had before all problems mostly to nato iran then there could be some new bigger challenges which we all should work together. and trust we know is a big issue can germany can europe trust the united states as it did before donald trump came to power made do you see joe biden as a return to normalcy do you see donald trump a

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who altogether left politics over losing an election to her and then from no but what can the parliamentary group on foreign affairs here in the german parliament china played a large role that can also be seen as a legacy of those trump he is calling on europeans and specifically germans to remember where true north is when it comes to dealing with china and europe trying to avoid being caught in the middle of that standoff but i must tell you that international politics didn't really play a large role apart from those issues europe and how to deal with china and almost caught in the middle of that debate was i mean last year to seen somewhat of a male angle americal who's seen as the man who would most likely continue the legacy of the machall years of that stability politics he's the only one who holds a regional state office the state premier of north rhine-westphalia he's the one who stressed how important china is as a market for those european for those german companies and that's also why he was a lot more down to earth when he pitched for himself to become the one to succeed angola macha

parliamentary friendship group welcome sir david w. so how can we start with your reaction to this news that the u.s. senator is going to emergency recess as he sat pro trump supporters have stormed the capitol building. just are absolutely shocking. absolutely and that people are inside it to go to to get to the senate and then to reach even the floor of the senate and interrupt a fuchsia not formal trousers of confirmation not for president elect the country. i think the american democracy is strong enough and the checks and balances of you not today going to going to work or what happened this is even it is a massive breach of political culture and democratic culture of the united states and i hope that it's going to be a wake up call for a lot of people who supported sighters yet to have to wake up and hopefully they cannot find ways to break that polarization which is leading to this situation where do you believe this is silent has come from. enough i saw that president the current president just. demand it for peaceful protests

a share of the parliamentary group, i have been receiving e—mails from right across the united kingdomuma and for many bereavement, will be secretary of state now take the opportunity to now strengthen funding for much—needed mental health and well—being strategy for children? is like to thank the honourable lady for raising such an incredibly important point and it would be a great opportunity to meet up would be a great opportunity to meet up with members of the all—party parliamentary group to may be actually discuss some of these wider issues that we do notjust face in schools in england, but of course face in schools across the whole of the united kingdom and there have been various different initiatives, some uk wide for the higher education centre that universities have done so much on, but also initiatives in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland and it would be really good to have a four nations approach on how we support young people with the real challenges of mental health and i look forward to having that discussion with her, because i note she feels passionately a

subjected to appalling behaviour for the last three years by a group of disenchanted people within his shadow cabinet and with his and his own parliamentaryledges to back his successor. and who do you think should take over from you? i really don't know. it will be up to the members to decide which direction they think the scottish labour party needs to go in, and when i took over, we were in third place as a party. in a poll today we are challenging for second place with the tories. richard leonard wants to serve another term in holyrood, so he is not quitting politics. the msp, monica lennon, may consider standing. the interim leaderjackie baillie says the party faces a fight for its life as the leadership contest soon begins. scottish labour may need something of a superhero if they are hoping to revive their fortunes. andrew kurka, reporting scotland. there's evidence that the physical well—being of children may be suffering because of the pandemic. according to an annual survey by sport england, children have been less active and less engaged in sport. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. we are going to go a little bit fas

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good conservatives who have worked with other colleagues from other parties on the all party parliamentary groupny day, and they are being penalised for having savings. the government needs to look in the mirror and realise it needs to act on both compassionate grounds but also thinking ahead to the economic recovery. it’s grounds but also thinking ahead to the economic recovery.— of you to give us your time. thank you forjoining us. it's holocaust memorial day — and people are being asked to light a candle in their window at 8pm this evening to remember the millions of victims. purple lights will also being shone on national landmarks across britain. a special ceremony will be streamed online to mark the genocide ofjews and other minorities at the hands of the nazis. we can speak now to hannah lewis, who is a trustee of the holocaust memorial day trust. during the nazi occupation, hannah and her family were rounded up by the nazis and taken to a camp in adampol, where sadly she witnessed her mother being killed. it's good of you to join us. if i can pick up at that point, you were taken to this

parliamentary support. earlier we spoke to journalist seem a group in rome and i asked her whether qantas expected move is a responsible one in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic this is a country that up until now now has lost more than 85000 lives to cope 19 it's dealing with increases in the number of hospitalizations as well as missions to the intensive care units the country is in simply a lockdown in certain parts and very stern appear restrictions in the rest of the country and about summation programs that we do understand as well is suffering delays of supply and so they are lots of issues to deal with but clearly this came about because of the fact that matteo renzi the former prime minister and leader of that small party meet that decision to cool its support from the government creating this crisis and situation and he has been widely. criticised irresponsible but clearly now mr condit had to meet that decision when he saw that didn't have the support in order to handle his resignation. blunders legal club her tourbillon have announced that they're hiring dada as the new head coach this will

thing to say here 1st of all is that angle americal was speaking to an internal group of her own party have parliamentary party as it were and her quote is that she believes that if the german authorities are not able to contain the variant of the corona virus that was 1st identified in britain here in germany then she fears a 10 fold increase in the number of new infections and that in order to combat that that she sees it's quite possible that the restrictions in place on pretty much everybody in germany right now could be extended right through till just before easter which falls the start of april this year that in addition to that which obviously is something that many people will be concerned about this double possibility a that the mutant variation variant is starting to spread and secondly this lockdown being continued so far into 2021 you then have a key ally of hers in the state of bavaria the prime minister there mark is a christian social union a conservative politician saying that now there has to be a much stronger and stricter application of the requirement to wear masks you know says a su

parliamentary election is being held in neighboring kazakstan president cutscene jamal. seen here casting his vote is expected to win easily as the only registered opposition group is boycotting the polls they say the political system is rigged pope francis has described opposition to the covert 19 vaccine as suicidal denial the leader of the roman catholic church says he'll be vaccinated next week others to do the same when they can the vatican city is home to 450 permanent residents will soon launch its own vaccination campaign. the discovery of a more infectious variant of the corona virus in latin america is raising alarm tougher restrictions are in place but large numbers of people are defying orders by travelling attending parties daniel schwarm the reports from argentina's capital one of us. this is not what medical experts had in mind when urging people to take measures to restrict the spread of the 2nd wave of recorded 19 pandemic beaches in rio de janeiro and elsewhere in brazil where infections top 8000000. dollars i mean there hasn't been any bare minimum planning and logistical organization for the establishment of what feasible box a nation plan brazil is at the

militarily and economically on this country and these groups are represented very heavily on the political stage as well they did very well in the last parliamentary elections so by no means do they have the full support of iraqis who are very concerned about notions of sovereignty and independence but one thing you can say is one thing that does actually unite most iraqis is this notion that america's presence here america's military presence here has to end so that is something that they certainly do agree with these pro iran backed groups and iran on all right thanks so much chance transfer there has go now to gabriel alexander who joins us live from washington d.c. take us through the posture that washington is taking particularly militarily in the region right now. yeah there is always a lot of posturing when it comes to tehran and washington but more now more so than ever we're seeing very much mixed messages coming out of washington after weeks of escalating the situation with iran now at the last minute on the eve of the one year anniversary of the assassination of solo monny now the u.s. apparently decides to quickly deescalate by calling

parliamentary election in neighboring kazakstan president seen. has cast his vote his party's expected to win easily the only registered opposition group is boycotting the poll they say the political system is rigged this is the 1st legislative election since the form for hasn't resigned in 2019 after nearly 3 decades in power protesting farmers in the indian state of punjab have vandalized more than 1500 cellphone towers and forced the closure of dozens of petrol stations their target is one of india's biggest companies reliance it's part of weeks of demonstrations against new agricultural laws elizabeth purana reports from. in punjab state. subjects and his cousin cut mustard leaves on their farm in the state of punjab the plant is one of around 20 crops which are guaranteed and a minimum price by the government but subsidies and many farmers fear that will end under new agricultural laws. and hundreds of thousands of others have been protesting against the laws for 6 weeks you know the major laws that we're talking about after these farm laws that implement is we fear that in the near future they will end the government procurement system with co

there now there's a parliamentary election in neighboring kazakstan president seemed takei or voted early and his party's expected to win easily their only registered opposition group is boycotting the vote they say the political system is rigged this is the 1st legislative election since the former president resigned in 2019 after nearly 3 decades in power. the un is warning that latin america's hunger crisis is getting even more critical especially in guatemala has one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in the region made worse by recent storms and pandemic john heilemann reports. this is santiago s.q.l. guatemalan health worker today is heading to the village of power in the east of the country as usual one of his big worries is that people there are not getting enough food. for years of drought large families and few jobs have all contributed to chronic malnutrition here in general what somalia has one of the highest rates in the world its 2015 survey found that almost half the country's children was stunted for lack of food. then developed thin underweight you see their ribs their faces are thin and sometimes parts of them swell up. but lately things

rights groups say the extraordinary measure is an attempt by the prime minister to hold on to power, by blocking elections and removing parliamentary oversight. in the middle east, israel has refused a request from the world health organization to make coronavirus vaccines available to palestinian medical workers. israel rolled out its vaccine at record speed but has come under fire for neglecting to vaccinate palestinians in the occupied territories. secretary of state mike pompeo tuesday claimed al-qaeda's new home base is iran and that the group has centralized its leadership in tehran. pompeo did not provide any substantial evidence. iranian officials immediately refuted the allegations. this comes as iranian leaders have warned the trump administration may be planning an attack before president-elect joe biden is sworn in next week. india's supreme court has stayed the implementation of highly contested farm laws that seek to deregulate agricultural markets. the laws triggered historic, ongoing protests outside of new delhi and around the country since late november. the court is appointing a committee to hear farmers' grience

a larger group of the minority in the house is repugnant to the rules, to their fellow senators and house members and rul hear from the parliamentarian today and alan knows that parliamentarywell. if there is any effort to color outside the lines that it is a violation of the rules, hopefully the vice president is the presiding officer will go along with that. >> and, alan, to that point, this is abby fiphillip, that's something that there seems to be an openness to from the vice president in terms of at least voicing some kind of concurrence with the idea that he supports dissenting the electoral votes counted from certain states. is there room in the process for the vice president to say in his ceremonial position that he supports the fact that the votes aren't counted even though he will have to count them? >> if there's room in the process, i've never seen it. i i have a bunch of papers, the constitutional, the statutory language and looked all over for something to authorize the vice president to speak and express an opinion and it is like trying to find waldo. it ain't there. >> appreciate it. wolf? >> i want to go to arlette saenz. what are you hearing about vice pr