to begin and germany, parliament is versions where like ola sholtes as chancellor to replace angela michael. ah. hello there, i'm is darcy at hand. this is out of their life and also coming up. no break through and talks between the u. s. and russian presidents as moscow masses, troops on ukraine's border. i caught in malaysia, upholds the corruption conviction of former prime minister, not to a browser, but says he can stay out of jail for now. and as trailer joins at the u. s. diplomatic boy cause of next year's winter olympics. and beijing, china says no because if they don't come ah, what 1st to breaking news from india where an air force helicopter has crashed in the south of the country? it was carrying 14 military officials, including the defense chief general bip in rot. while the air craft was flying from the sulu e f. i a f air base to wellington when it then came down in the neil garris district that's in tamil nadu for people are confirmed dead so far. 3 government officials have been taken to hospital and bit and an investigation into the cause is underway will be bring you mor

the legs are left sholtes to take over as chance left from angela. michael. ah, hello there understands ya. and this is al jazeera life and are also coming. an air force helicopter, carrying india's defense chief and other senior military officials, crashes, and someone who is fictional policy with the british prime minister. and the pressure off to lead to video shows as officials joking about holding a party during last year's private, my team lockdown and australia joins the us diplomatic boy, host of next year's winter lympics in beijing. china says nobody cares if they don't come. ah, now germany's a federal parliament has confirmed or laughed sholtes as the new chancellor massaging democrats in the mattel. he's now leaving office of the 16 is he'll be sworn in very, very shortly. he is already at the bunder stock. well, seltz's, incoming coalition government has promised to step up efforts against climate change and the pandemic. let's take you to some live pictures now of the buddhist dog, where they've gathered a head of the swearing in. we'll be brin

and as infection and mortality rates rose across europe, so did michael's resolve. -- angela merkel'sesult. x europe's economy is shaken. human rights have had to be massively restricted to an extent unprecedented for our democracies. these are decisions among the most difficult in my term as chancellor. >> her pragmatism meant giving grants to ailing european economies. >> she was brilliant at managing crises, but not in a visionary way. there is hardly a project i could link to her saying this is where she actually implemented whatever topic we are discussing , a great idea. it is more that she managed to get through the crisis. >> but covid was a crisis she could not manage her way through alone. in her last days, record highs, now she had to give way to the incoming government leaders who vetoed her proposed lockdown. and as parliament to liberates, she is a spectator, looking on as the man who replaces her two having styled himself as a male merkel. >> let us bring in our guest to talk about this in berlin. a professor of political science at stanford university in berlin. from b

michael's government always said -- angela merkel government said they do not want to impose that.hink people here have been surprised that sony people have rejected t idea of vaccination. -- so many ople have rejected the idea vaccination. it looks like at the beginning of next year there will be a vote in the parliament over whether to impose mandatory vaccination. health care workers now have to have the vaccine or will have to be able to prove they have had it by march of next year. in some segments of society, it is already coming in. it is provoking a lot of anger. there is a rising concern, i think i'm the radicalization of people who do n like the idea vaccination who perhaps do not believe that the coronavirus pandemic exists and so forth. we have seen in recent weeks, th it is getting more extreme, things like, for example, groups turning outside -- up outside a regional health ministers house with flaming torches. just this morning, we learned that police in berlin are looking into a number of letters sent to political and media figures which included pieces of meat, rat

fact, i know they were much more frustrated i by angela merkel's i approach to russia — which by the way, is not that different thanjoe biden's. . michaelan age — - they grew up in soviet times, and merkel also felt - if you talk, if you're talking rather than provoking crises, that's a better thing - than trying to engage in brinkmanship. - just one less thing — 30 years ago this week was the conference in. which the soviet union . officially wound itself up. the treaty was signed on december 25. - ukraine, belarus and russia agreed there was no more l soviet union, there would bel something new called the cis. and it wouldn't surprise me if some of this pressure - being brought by vladimir putin | is, in fact, because he's awarel it's the 30th anniversary. ah! i think this means . something to putin. i don't think anyone _ in the west even remembers it. lukashenko is still in his home court. j ukraine no longer is. and i think he's going - to make it uncomfortable. it isa it is a question of can you defuse _ it is a question of can you defuse it? _ the federation of independent states, 30th anniversary coming up. paris, notjust the eu

michael. god meant it. so it i am. glad you're the day will be named. when do i later? hello. emphasis on duty dude. angela can't, i'm not who can you make on that? been a hm. only migrant laborers out willing to enjoy such conditions and for such make up time. but ty, workers will continue to come to swain and to hunt the fruits of the forest dreaming of a better future. mm. uses performance ought to draw attention to the critical and controversial issues facing chinese or one or 18 mates. china is active with on al jazeera january just 20 years ago, the euro was brought into circulation. we investigate how the eurozone benefited from having an official currency be part of the st. enjoy im out social media community. se early owns recovery from civil war, continues. we month to decades since the end of one of africa's most brutal complex, the bottom line, the clemons dives headlong into the u. s. issues that shape the rest of the world. as we enter the 3rd year with covey 19, we go back to woo him. where it all began and investigate how far we come since the pandemic january or no, just the dreams, johns

sometimes the reply in visits, we had boris johnson, we had michael gove, we did have a few front bench of labour. there was not angelamer. it does make you wonder if party headquarters _ starmer. it does make you wonder if party headquarters in _ starmer. it does make you wonder if party headquarters in london - starmer. it does make you wonder if party headquarters in london had . party headquarters in london had already concluded that the party was not going to win and all the momentum had gone to the lib dems. it is going to be aiden interesting couple of years for you and your colleagues. mark andrews, at the shropshire star, imagine you had a late night too, so we appreciate you making time. more on our lead story this hour. sue grey is in charge of the inquiry into parties at downing street. simon case... he walked through where the event was taking place on his way out of the office for the night. let's move on to talk about 0micron. for the third day in a row, the uk has had a record number just over 93,000 have been recorded in the past 2a hours — that's a rise of almost 40% in a week. in scotland, 0micron h

and angela merkel, on her way out the door, is headed in a totally different direction. >> first of all, michael, i can't believe you're looking for intellectual consistency. shame on you for even asking that question. clearly there are some republicans who see opposition to vaccine mandates and requirements as a winning political issue, right? >> no doubt about it. and, sadly, i think it plays well in certain parts of the country. but, yes, they are recognizing that digging in and opposing the president, first of all, but especially on this issue, making it a gadsden flag don't tread on me kind of thing has resonance in certain parts of the country. and i think the white house realizes this now and is going in a slightly different direction than they have been going here to for. >> republicans blame biden for rising cases, right, but fighting precautions every step of the way. so they're trying to keep the problem going as they blame the president for it. >> well, brianna, yes. and john is right when he points out the hypocrisy that exists in all of this. why isn't the winning hand for republic

michael wiess, thank you so much. >>> as the omicron variant is putting the world on alert, germany is taking strong measures to contain the spread of covid-19. angelay after a meeting with federal and state leaders. under the tighten restrictions, people who are not vaccinated will be banned from non-essential shops and restaurants and events. the unvaccinated will have access to businesses such as super markets and pharmacies. germany battle as surge in cases. chancellor merkel says the steps are necessary to address concerns that hospitals could be come over loaded with covid patients again. officials plan to make vaccinations mandatory in the coming months. katty, if you are leader in charge and you believer science. do you look at how the science has played out around the world and how it's played out for the unvaccinated, i don't see any other options here? >> it's super interesting because you have all these central european countries and case rates are surging. you look at france, italy and spain and case rates are low. vaccination rates are high. you got austria back in national lockdown and you got greece mandating vaccines for people and