political decision by germany it's a clash with washington over 3 administrations now over what should be the policy of europe and the americans the transatlantic policy to stand up to russia but if you just policy of germany or the other one yes mr i don't know thank you found much by fighting this complex issue thank you ok well thanks. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news a top french railway executive says eurostar is in a critical stage following an 85 percent drop in travel between britain and the european continent last year eurostar is currently operating just one service a day between paris and london before the pandemic it offer 2 trains per hour during peak times. germany's health ministry says deliveries of the vaccine developed by biotech and pfizer will be delayed in the coming weeks as pfizer modifies its plant in poorest belgium the company is changing its manufacturing processes so it can bolster vaccine production by mid february its ending to produce 2000000 doses this year. the cape verde islands off the coast of west africa are famous for their tropical climates and beautiful beaches making them a much sought after holi

russia is to succeed. to complete this pipeline it would allow it to double the amount of natural gas supplies to germany so with berlin being the main benefactor of all of this project it has been saying that these sanctions are effectively foreign interference into something that is strictly a subject of relations of russia and germany have a listen. it's. that i consider these extra territorial sanctions to be inappropriate. as we've reported several times these the sanctions direct to do german and european companies and we fundamentally opposed them. by putting this vessel and some other vessels in the region under the sanctions essentially it's not the 1st time when the united states are trying to just completely derailed the north stream to project and also russia is saying that it is political pressure and effectively washington is trying to push out a competitor russia out of the market washington itself finds quite a lowering because washington has been promoting the idea for quite some time that europe should be buying natural gas from the united states and not from russia but according to the ru

really hard hitting measures to actually make a difference and really hit home here in russia for example if germany counseled the north stream to pipeline project which is a pipeline connecting russia to through the baltic sea to germany to bring oil and gas that could be a hard hitting measure but so far it seems unlikely from what we've been hearing from the kremlin that it will change course and that will make any difference to to the way that i think say nobody is being treated for example sit today gave lover off the foreign ministry here in russia said that the western reactions that we've been seeing from politicians are just their way of distracting from what he says is the deterioration of liberal values in their countries now what role emily in conclusion can mr ball play now. well people were kind of asking you know why did he come back to russia at all if he was in danger of 1st of all being arrested because the prison service had already put him on a wanted list even before he came back to russia and also if as he says the kremlin could have been behind his poisoning that's what now fi

gas pipeline from russia to germany has restarted after u.s. sanctions had forced its suspension the project should now be completed by the summer party you can shoot down off brings us up to speed. a special pipe laying vessel called for tuna has been spotted in the territorial waters of denmark now why this is important it is because this particular ship along with the company that owns it what got on the list on the latest on the newest list of u.s. sanctions that are aimed at de reeling this whole project now if russia is to succeed and to complete this pipeline it would allow it to double the amount of natural gas supplies to germany berlin has been saying that these sanctions are effectively foreign interference into something that is strictly a subject of relations of russia and germany have a listen. they consider these extraterritorial sanctions to be inappropriate. as we've reported several times these the sanctions direct to do german and european companies and we fundamentally opposed them. by putting this vessel and some other vess

imposed last minute sanctions on a company involved with the north stream 2 gas pipeline to russia germany's foreign minister hiker masses hopeful for more dialogue after all he said there are too many unresolved conflicts in the walt visits to steve forbes szabo full we're counting on the us to return to the international stage and to do so responsibly biden says he wants to be good partners for peace and security. and for climate change too biden has rejoined the paris climate agreement he also wants to get the u.s. away from its heavy reliance on fracking and burning fossil fuels climate activists heard his promises turn into action. if biden succeeds combined with a push for innovation in renewable energies renewable technologies and nature conservation it will give huge momentum to international climate protection. germany can also expect to pay more gemini's defense minister says the country in europe should be ready to invest more in security. until now there was the possibility to hand over all difficult tasks to the us that weren't happen any more will have to do ourselves and germa

and moscow the proposed resolution aims to halt construction of the pipeline stretching from russia germany which is now 94 percent completed and it calls on the e.u. to review its relationship with moscow based all on of all news case german chancellor angela merkel said the arrest of the activist which was highly anticipated after he was accused of violating his probation has not changed her support for the pipeline as for the ongoing threats of u.s. sanctions merkel said she is still waiting to talk it all out with the new biden ministration within the 2 dismissed and of course we will talk about this with the new american administration because this is a very critically across party lines in the united states of america and is also viewed from. in parts of europe but we must talk about what economic relationships with russia in the gas sector are acceptable and what are and. speaking of relations between europe and russia hungary just became a 1st.

imposed last minute sanctions on a company involved with the north stream 2 gas pipeline to russia germany's foreign minister hiker massa's hopeful for more dialogue after all he said there are too many unresolved conflicts in the world. both full we're counting on the us to return to the international stage and to do so responsibly biden says he wants to be good partners for peace and security. and for climate change too biden has rejoined the paris climate agreement he also wants to get the u.s. away from its heavy reliance on fracking and burning fossil fuels climate activists hope his promises turn into action. if biden succeeds combined with a push for innovation in renewable energies renewable technologies and nature conservation it will give huge momentum to international climate protection over. germany can also expect to pay more germany's defense minister says the country and europe should be ready to invest more in security. until now there was the possibility to hand of the old difficult tasks to the us that weren't happen any more we'll have to do ourselves and germany can't say

to sanction one of the russian ships involved in laying the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany it will be the 1st us government sanctions on the pipeline which washington says will make germany too reliant on russia. and before we go the e.u. flight safety regulator says it's approving boeing's 737 max jet to fly again next week and this comes nearly 2 years after the airliner was grounded on safety fears following 2 fatal crashes investigators found that those crashes were caused by a faulty computer system brazil canada and the u.s. have all recertify the plane. and that's it from me and the business team here in berlin as always you can find out more about these and other business stories online at the dot com slash business to check us out on facebook and twitter as well as always thanks for joining us to focus on in next time. maybe i'm david and this is climate change. happiness in 3 books. the books are you. smarter for free. or you 2. 160. because i want to be a gemini with a name the last few years have been quite. a marriage of the time but when it comes to. perhaps t

passed a resolution demanding a stop to the construction of north screen to gas pipeline between russia and germany this comes in response to russia's her resentment of opposition leader alexei no bonnie the massive baltic sea pipeline is about 90 percent finished but bases opposition from the united states and climate change with activism. google says it will block its internet search engine in australia if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content google's representatives spoke at a parliamentary hearing into new regulations intended to make tech giants pay publishers for using news snippets australia's prime minister said he would not respond to google's threat. authorities in china say it will take at least 15 more days to reach a group of gold miners trapped underground they've delivered food and medicine to some of the men who have been trapped for 11 days following an explosion one man is known to have died. 5 construction workers have been killed in a fire at a new code 19 back scene production facility in india the syrian institute factory was being built to ramp up supply of

this is the 2nd weekend of protests and it follows an avanti has returned to russia earlier this month even recovering in germany from a poisoning which she accuses the kremlin of sanctioning as a bank now reports. the corner of america you don't have to stay longer to demonstration in russia before you might be arrested. police wasting no time in taking these protesters away the feeling that they had been warned. in the current circumstances the risk of the protest organizers and active participants provocations is increasing and their aim is to violate civil order in this situation your personal safety can be under threat but alexina valmy supporters braved the subzero temperatures to have this say. these ones pushed out by police 5 themselves on 2 foes in waters the flood of awestruck. just this just remember that what i'm seeing now is some kind of inadequate reaction people are coming out peacefully they were not doing anything illegal now there is intimidation but as you can see no one is afraid the city square is completely blocked off by police but there is someone there from the protesters and there are

was arrested for parole violations they remanded in custody for 30 days after returning to russia from germany where he'd been recovering from a near fatal poisoning. pakistan's supreme court has ordered the release of the british born man convicted of killing american journalist daniel pearl 19 years ago omar saeed shaykh who was accused was acquitted of the brutal beheading by a panel of 3 judges these 3 code cubans were acquitted last year. against iran has a new president nationalist politician start their yeah or of was sworn into ceremony in the capital bishkek he was released from prison in october after having a kidnapping verdict quashed jumper off one close to 80 percent of the vote in a presidential election held this month. their team of experts from the world health organization have become know their research into the origins of covered 90 in the chinese city of woo after spending 2 weeks in quarantine the w.h.o. wants to investigate the earliest known cases in the city to better understand where the virus came from and try to prevent future outbreaks it's not yet clear what auth

that's because of a resurgence of jewish life in germany since in 1900. from russia. ran and even israel today there are more than 200000 jews living in germany. and joining me now from cologne is on the way out she's a pianist and entrepreneur and currently managing director of the association 700 years of jewish life in germany and co organizer of this anniversary year welcome mr cole what. we just heard over 200000 jews in germany but sadly they are facing increasing levels of anti semitism with that synagogue shooting and then 2900 glaring example how significant or crucial even is a celebration like this in this context. yeah this is very crucial specially after these events i mean if you look at and he said his i'm. older than once us 1700 years it's like pandemic virus it existed before it existed after the terrible attack on holland. and the jewish people here in germany we felt that. his and all the time i mean i personally grew up here was always there and obviously you know we saw how this. thinking that anti-semitism in the minds can turn into action can tu

imposed last minute sanctions on a company involved with the north stream to gas pipeline to russia germany's foreign minister hiker massa's hopeful for more dialogue after all he said there are too many unresolved conflicts in the world. is that steve chabot full we're counting on the us to return to the international stage and to do so responsibly biden says he wants to be good partners for peace and security. and for climate change to biden has rejoined the paris climate agreement he also wants to get the u.s. away from its heavy reliance on fracking and burning fossil fuels climate activists heard his promises turn into action. if biden succeeds combined with the push for innovation in renewable energies renewable technologies and nature conservation it will give huge momentum to international climate protection. germany can also expect to pay more germany's defense minister says the country and europe should be ready to invest more in security. until now there was the possibility to hand of the old difficult tasks to the us that weren't happen any more we'll have to do ourselves and germ

transatlantic alliance well to begin i would say north stream too which is the pipeline between russia and germany that has been a thorn in the side of the u.s. and many other. german allies in europe for many years germany has shown no signs of being willing to let go of that project that will remain a problem. mentioned the investment in defense in germany that will remain an issue but i think the really big looming issue is china the united states sees china as a massive threat to the western world and to the stability of the world as a whole europeans. don't appear to agree with that assessment this is a consensus in the united states between democrats and republicans we just saw the e.u. led by germany sign an investment pact with china against the objections of the incoming by the administration so i think that it's a little bit too simple to say you know the atmospherics are going to improve because by a nice guy i think it's going to remain very difficult. to take us back to our title for the last few seconds of the program we talked about the wrecking ball of trump ism house wrought irrev

1200 kilometer underwater dual pipeline north stream one has been delivering natural gas from russia to germany since 2011 north stream 2 was to start operating last year it's nearly completed but construction work has been disrupted in recent months that's a no small part due to harsh criticism by the us government the trump administration insists north stream to undermines europe's overall energy security and provides russia with a dangerous amount of leverage also the us is eager to increase its own natural gas sales as a result washington has been threatening to impose sanctions on companies that are involved in north stream 2. in germany the state government of mecca and burke western pomerania has created a foundation to promote natural gas as an environmentally friendly bridging technology. but the foundation will also purchase essential equipment from north stream to aiming to guard companies that are part of it from sanctions. the world's biggest comic is from toyota to fox and they all have been forced to halt all slow production atom is a global shortage of a semiconductor chips thes

he is about to return from germany to russia this afternoon. in russia last august. we can show you the scene now at berlin brandenburg airport. there are microphones there so we think mr navalny will be talking before he leaves on the plane from brandenburg airport in berlin back to russia, which is being seen as a direct challenge, that flight, to president putin. you are watching bbc news. winter in rome means starling season, when up to 4 million birds gather in the italian capital on their migration from europe to africa. their murmerations in the skies are beautiful — but their droppings create a hazard, and the city authorities are trying new methods to move them on. here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. in the roman twilight, nature's great dancers flock to the stage. the acrobatic twirls like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to africa. nesting at night in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. a murmuration, it's called, and this city o

calling for an all for us protest the rally was sentenced to 30 days in jail upon his return to russia from germany on sunday. while police may be able to comb the demonstrations on the streets it's a different ballgame for them online social media is one of the volleys most powerful tools in his fight against the kremlin but will that on one support translate into real change for the movement. to record this rap songs text says to be against the leader does not mean you're against your country this song plays under a student stick talk radio as she takes down a photo of putin and another student replaces the putin picture with one of the phony. tick-tock is russia's most downloaded app more than 100000000 people have watched the videos they're calling on people to demonstrate here this woman packs a backpack preparing to head out to the streets to protest. me these people are looking for like minded people for the demonstration they discuss what you should bring and what precautions to take some. short video clips of putin and of only our trending. no only is behind bars since his return to russia

siberia in the east to moscow st petersburg and the west nile knee was arrested on his return to russia from germany where he spent 5 months recovering from an attempt to kill him with a nerve agent supporters say his wife yulia is among those detained at a gathering in moscow. all for the latest from the russian capital we're joined by d.w. correspondent anthony share when i am really well you've been following the protests the protests all day what is the situation right now. well public. news team have said that this is the final point of today's protests this is come some square right in the center of moscow you might be able to see there is a huge police presence after that announcement they came here basically ready to start arresting protesters again that's what we've been seeing all day essentially what we've been seeing is kind of a cat and mouse game between the protesters and the police the police had initially closed off a huge chunk of the center of the city including the spots where protesters wanted to meet so protesters had to then go somewhere else and essentially we've been seeing

it's good to see you again what are the german government's actions over russia i mean will we just be hearing tough words from germany or is there something that can be done to force russia's hand. well i think that we are concerned for mr love on this safety it was quite a bold. courageous move him to go back to russia but he did it very consciously very deliberately also i think as a political demonstration of it's his will not to be exiled from his own country. what we have think demanded his immediate release i think what happened today is particularly yesterday's particular provocative as mr of and he is supposed to be present tomorrow morning in a in a hearing of the council of europe's parliamentary assembly legal affairs and human rights committee where he is a request it and invited to testify on his case and if there is no russian cooperation on that investigation the russians house announced it will not participate we will have to see whether they will commit missed an avanti to appear which may be doubtful and i think this is going to be a major publication again against an international organization in t

passed a resolution demanding a stop to the construction of the north to stream to gas pipeline russia and germany it comes in response to russia's imprisonment of opposition leader alexei navalny massive a baltic sea pipeline is about 90 percent of finnish a faces opposition from the united states climate change activists. google says it will block its internet search engine in australia. if it's forced to pay news organizations for their content representatives at a parliamentary hearing and new regulations intended to make tech giants pay publishers for using new staff it's australia's prime minister said he would not respond to google's threat. the release of the latest a bond film has been postponed again no blow to movie theaters across the globe that have been hard hit by the pandemic no time to die was originally scheduled for release in april last year but has now been pushed back to october it's the 3rd time the film has been delayed. and the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for double suicide bombings in the iraqi capital which killed 32 people and wounded more than 10

it's good to see you again what are the german government's actions over russia i mean will we just be hearing tough words from germany or is there something that can be done to force russia's hand. well i think that we are concerned for the mystery of our niece safety it was quite a bold. courageous move him to go back to russia but he did it very consciously very deliberately also i think as a political demonstration of it's his will not to be exiled from his own country. what we have demanded his immediate release i think what happened to day is particular yesterday's particular provocative as mr of and he is supposed to be present tomorrow morning in a in a hearing of the council of europe's parliamentary assembly legal affairs and human rights committee where he is. request it and invited to testify on his case and if there is no russian cooperation on that investigation the russians have announced they will not participate we will have to see whether they will commit missed an avanti to appear which may be doubtful and i think this is going to be a major publication again against an international organization in

it's good to see you again what are the german governments since over russia i mean will we just be hearing tough words from germany or is there something that can be done to force russia's hand. well i think that we are concerned for the mystery of our niece safety it was quite a bold. courageous move him to go back to russia but he did it very consciously very deliberately also i think as a political demonstration of it's his will not to be exiled from his own country. what we have demanded his immediate release i think what happened today is particularly yesterday's particular provocative as mr of and he is supposed to be present tomorrow morning in a hearing of the council of europe's parliamentary assembly legal affairs and human rights committee where he is. request it and invited to testify on his case and if there is no russian cooperation on that investigation the russians house announced it will not participate we will have to see whether they will commit missed an avanti to appear which may be doubtful and i think this is going to be a major publication again against an international organization in this

resolution demanding a stop to the construction of the north stream choose gas pipeline between russia and germany it comes in response to russia's imprisonment of opposition leader alexei navalny the mass of a baltic sea pipeline is about 90 percent finished but faces off as issue from the united states and climate change activists. authorities in china say it will take at least 15 more days to reach a group of gold miners trapped underground they've delivered food and medicine to some of the men who have been trapped for a levon days following an explosion one man is known to have died. 5 construction workers have been killed in a fire at a new coping $1000.00 a vaccine production facility in india this year and institute factory was being built to ramp up supplies of the vaccines to plant operators that the fire did not affect existing vaccine production or its stockpile. a u.k. warehouse full of coping 1000 vaccines has been saved from rising floodwaters wales and parts of northern england have been battered by heavy rain and strong winds storm kristoff has to lose parts of the nation some riv

russia even exist. we had to be spotted in western germany to meet an expert on the matter. e's the hesco state animal welfare commissioner monoline martin. unhappy with accounts she heard she and 3 other veterinarians travel to russia last year. we haven't but we did actually find 2 supply stations with a russian permit in the small island screen. for us and con in they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun off i was. very inspired and turned over i was in fear put stunk of haven't the is the 2nd part of the trip went towards the spake astounding thought so does this. long this route there was not a single supply station with the russian permit i hope it's all that. and all that means it's impossible to win load animals. of course that's extremely shocking because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls. and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no more than a pile of haiti under a roof. o

russia even exist. we had to be spotted in western germany to meet an expert on the matter. she's the hesco state animal welfare commissioner model dean martin unhappy with account she heard she and 3 other veterinarians traveled to russia last year. we haven't cuts if we did actually find to supply stations with a russian permit in the small lands grange and. for us in comp and they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun and. i'm very inscribed in total rises in fear fish that was based on the user would to the 2nd part of the trip went towards a spake a stone dogs does this along this route there was not a single supply station with the russian permit hope the horses it's all. met and all that means it's impossible to one load animals. of course that's extremely shocking because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls . and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no more than a pile of haiti

resolution demanding a stop to the construction of the north stream 2 gas pipeline between russia and germany. it comes in response to russia's imprisonment of opposition leader alexei navalny the massive a baltic sea pipeline is about 90 percent finished but faces opposition from the united states and climate change activists. in china rescuers have delivered food and medicine to miners trapped underground and say they are now gaining strength 22 workers were trapped always on explosion at a gold mine in eastern china one miner died from head injuries. on glee as prime minister has resigned after public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby crowds took to the streets after the woman was moved to an infectious disease center wearing just hospital pajamas and plastic slippers at minus $25.00 degrees celsius. a u.k. warehouse full of coping 1000 vaccines has been saved from the rising floodwaters wales and parts of northern england have been battered by heavy rain and strong winds storm kristoff has delusion parts of the nation with some rivers surging to reco

really hard hitting measures to actually make a difference and really hit home here and russia for example if germany counseled the north stream to pipeline project which is a pipeline connecting russia to through the baltic sea to germany to bring oil and gas that could be a hard hitting measure but so far it seems unlikely from what we've been hearing from the kremlin that it will change course and that will make any difference. to the way that i would say not mine is being treated for example sit today gay lover off the foreign ministry here in russia said that the western reactions that we've been seeing from politicians are just their way of distracting from what he says is the deterioration of liberal values in their countries now what role emily in conclusion can mr vali play now. well people were kind of asking you know why did he come back to russia at all if he was in danger of 1st of all being arrested because the prison service had already put him on a wanted list even before he came back to russia and also if as he says the kremlin could have been behind his poisoning that's what now vin

china and you see that also with the nord stream pipeline the north stream to pipeline between russia and germany which is bill being built at the moment also has the potential to create significant disagreements between the 2 sides so i think this also comes back to this regional point that the europeans are looking at the biden ministration of thinking we like a lot about this but ultimately we have to look out for own interests too and this could put these transatlantic alliance under serious strain because of course europe is still totally dependent on american defense and from american perspective this is something that came out under trump was the attitude you can't have it both ways that europe cannot continue to live totally under american protection and try to sort of hedge its bets on relations with china relations with russia striking developments thank you so much richard walker the douglas chief international editor crush it. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. police in guatemala have broken up a group of thousands of myron's from central

russia even exist. we had to vs bodden in western germany to meet an expert on the matter. she's the hester state animal welfare commissioner modeling martin unhappy with accounts she heard she and 3 other veterinarians traveled to russia last year. we haven't what's if we did actually find to supply stations with a russian permit in the small lands grey jen. for us to come in they got a very open reception one and were allowed to look at everything. in there the 2nd one was quite different the manager there was clear about not allowing us access he even had a man with a gun. there inscribed in total rises in fear cooked fish that was based on the 5 and the is a wood to the 2nd part of the trip went towards a spake a stone dog's side does this along this route there was not a single supply station with the russian permit hope and the horses it's all. one and all that means it's impossible to one load animals. of course that's extremely shocking because we were finding these places with decrepit stalls. and no water or electricity. or the bus sometimes the stations were no mo

capital moscow including of ali's wife you are the kremlin critic was jailed when he returned to russia from germany earlier this month he been recovering from a poisoning which he says was sanctioned by the government this is the 2nd straight weekend of protests alexandra gold for has more from moscow the organizers announced that that is it for today that they made their point by managing to reach the tension center where now vialli has been held the but that didn't come easy today 1st of all the original point where the protesters were supposed to gather was completely sealed off the whole center of moscow the heart of moscow was sealed off with buses not running metro not stopping so they started together in the reserve points and this points were changing in an hour because every time they would start gathering coming out on the streets then police would immediately detain people. the european union is saying it will receive $9000000.00 extra doses of covert $1000.00 vaccines from the pharmaceutical company astra zeneca making $40000000.00 in total it comes after a video conference between the

calling for his release people told me that this is about fighting for a better future and a better russia. germany and austria are offering to help portugal deal with one of the world's worst coded 19 outbreaks portugal has the highest number of deaths per inhabitant of any country germany's military is sending medical aid and doctors austria's preparing to take in some of portugal's critically ill patients portuguese doctors say the situation is becoming desperate. tight checks portugal's border is this entry point into spain only those with a valid reason are allowed through. portugal had seen a period of relatively relaxed restrictions now people are confined to their homes except voice central outings nursery schools shops and cafes the shot the government has entered crisis mode. i think it could be even stricter there are still too many people on the streets. because in many portuguese still haven't understood that we've gone from being a good corona country to one of the ground is simple puzzles that appeal. portugal's intensive care units a straining some hospitals are running out of bed s

that ruling comes after he returned to russia from germany where he was recovering from a nerve agentoisoning 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 --