for expect when is from the european federation of national organizations working with the homeless howcan others be helped to permanent housing during this crisis and even more importantly once it's over and hotel rooms about longer on offer. well i think what we have to like me 1st say that it's important the most member states in the european union have done an effort to get people off the streets into . what is important we start thinking or in the about the last quarter you know. you don't want to these homeless people i mean we're talking about thousands of homeless people which as we don't want them to be pushed back into the shelter or even worse into the street so we have to make sure they move into supportive housing as much as possible so i think that's a really important commitment that we have to get from policymakers and look at national what about using this opportunity to test the part of the population that may not otherwise see a doctor. well yes of course homeless people are more from the. general population so they should. be a priority they should be a priority grou

the housing 1st works especially for chronically homeless people frank skinner and from the european federation of national organizations working with the homeless thank you very much thank you and good afternoon. i'm to hand you over to our science correspondent derrick williams he's been looking it's your questions on the growth by. having 1000 survives like me protected to some extent from re-infection with the new variant. the answer to this worrisome question is still up in the air but it's clearly something authorities will be keeping a close eye on in the coming months so what makes things complicated is that the pandemic landscape is shifting so rapidly we're trying to track the effects of vaccines in multiple variants across societies but even nailing down exactly which variant might have affected someone somewhere is still much more the exception than the rule even in the u.k. which does a better job of tracking this kind of data than any other country they've only sequenced viral genomes from around 10 percent of all infected patients which means we only know in one out of about 10 c

the housing 1st works especially for chronically homeless people for explain away from the european federation of national organizations working with the homeless thank you very much thank you quite often are. i'm to hand you over to our science correspondent derrick williams he's been looking into your questions on the virus. everyone thousands of ideas like me protected to some extent from re-infection with the new variant. the answer to this worrisome question is still up in the air but it's clearly something authorities will be keeping a close eye on in the coming months so what makes things tom placated is that the pandemic landscape is shifting so rapidly we're trying to track the effects of vaccines in multiple variants across societies but even nailing down exactly which variant might have affected someone somewhere is still much more the exception than the rule even in the u.k. which does a better job of tracking this kind of data than any other country they've only sequenced viral genomes from around 10 percent of all infected patients which means we only know in one out of about 10

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massacre late last year amnesty international is saying the attack on the city of axum came as if european federal forces they took the capital of the tigre a region after a deadly battle and as malcolm webb reports they killing as might amount to a crime against humanity. eritrean an ethiopian forces began their attack on the town of axum with indiscriminate shelling according to rights group amnesty international. it's released these videos and the report says on the 28th of november last year the grain militia and civilians tried to fight back. some of them armed with only sticks and stones attacking eritrean soldiers on this hill it says the militia failed and the reprisals were brutal. according to dozens of testimonies amnesty says eritrean troops came into the town and executed hundreds of civilian men and teenage boys this video shows the body of one of them all describe. people running into each other and. being you know no one behind the other end exists it is. very trained soldiers. eritrea's government didn't respond to our requests for comment it was previously denied its troops were

if you know if assad has i'd be in the european union russian federation and they would like to express our regret during the pandemic a big run up when it's a deliberate suppose to get united the work together. all the countries in the world few with because of the viva so uses some forces in the european union let me put it this way though if the pay use you pay is tough subject matter to blame but it's russia and. obama's information campaigns i think russia with some cred actions said russia is right to help out with less abby wind including countries from europe and union to scabies fight her but a centrist fire is if you and soon believe that we want to give up its information or preserve the old days insinuations i think it should be a bit much to agree to start one more channel with the european union souls at all this conversations without information emerge to have some ground swell but we discussed this concern at the professional level of souls because it's. is separate proposal is still on the table and we are ready to discuss all but matter it's about what they ideas all t

the european army it's not clear where the estimates come from and in the past the european government has said federal forces haven't killed any civilians the former head of the european central bank mario draghi is meeting the italian president as they try to solve the country's political crisis president earlier announced he is putting together a new quote high profile government. and a dozen police officers have been arrested in mexico in connection with the killing of 19 people near the u.s. border the offices face charges of homicide abuse of authority and making false statements as you headlines al-jazeera world history power and influence begins right now. the state of rum and sits at the mouth of the arabian gulf at the eastern end of the arab peninsula. it is sometimes known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role it plays in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . at the same time it has a good relationship with iran and played a vital role in the international nuclear deal in 2015. sometimes sided saeed's ruled the country for 50 years and is widely considere

think the really bad actor in this is allowing this kind of shenanigans to go on, is the federal reserve and the european central bank and every other major central bank in the world making money cheap and allowing this kind of stuff to happen. i got out of the stock market years ago except for my 401(k). i don't dabble in it anymore. i think that one of the other areas in the economy that is on the rise is crypto. with the dollar becoming as cheap and getting into the gutter as it is i think we are going to see a lot more bitcoin purchases, an increase in prices of other old coins that are going to really change the economy. they factor in senator schumer that is crying for more and more bailout money because people can take care of -- can't take care of themselves. not saying that is anyone's fault, people are getting into the mindset where they can get to the government hat in hand -- i don't know if we are to the point of no return where the dollar will collapse but i think we will see a flight of capital into crypto where that kind of manipulation cannot happen. host: cryptocurrency, what do you thi

the decision made by the european court was notarried out by the russian federation.s remind ourselves of alexei navalny's journey to this point. a huge protest against the kremlin in 2011 and 2012. his anticorruption publication was publishing about the extravagant wealth of families, and it continues to do so. navalny was convicted of embezzlement. he was given a suspended sentence. theonvention meant he wasn't able to run -- conviction meant he wasn't able to run for president. august 2020 he was hospitalized after falling ill during a fight. he had been poisoned with under agent -- with a nerve agent. he spent months recovering. navalny blamed president putin, but the kremlin denies that the nerve agent was used. in january, navalny was immediately arrested upon his return to russia. he broke the rules while in germany, recovering from being poisoned. western condemnation has been swift. here is the white house press secretary, jen psaki. >> we are deeply concerned by russian authorities' efforts -- decision to sentence opposition figure alexei navalny. like. ever

the federal reserve, europeans don't know when their rate will rise, then why do you need to do anythingoke off stronger growth? for housing prices, australia homebuyers, but in terms of jobs, the kind of things every government wants to see bouncing back after they were hit by the pandemic, what is the needs to put on the brakes so quickly? you have more room if because all these global forces, technological court -- forces keeping inflation down are on your side, but that is obviously the big news that not only are they not going to taper, they are going to buy more. haslinda: that's right, esx up 1.3% and the aussie at 76.4. kathleen hays. let's take a look at the asian markets. it is a risk on day. asia, higher on the back of gains we saw overnight on wall street. the biggest rally in 10 weeks, concerns of a speculative buying, easing somewhat, unlikely to derail the bull market. the msci asia index up 1.5%. japan, back from lunch, set to extend its virus emergency by a month until -- the nikkei up .9%. stocks we are watching, alibaba du out with earnings before the u.s. opening. kee

basically lots of places and so uncle americal is convinced that the european way is the way forward but of course the german federal structure has also led to a situation where the vaccine rollout has been very slow now there is a bit of light on the horizon now with more vaccines being approved with byron take pfizer extending its production facility that news came out this week so there is a bit of hope but still it is an extremely slow process and the americans said we're hoping to have made an offer to anybody who wants to have a vaccine to have been vaccinated by the end of the summer that is still a very long time. you know she also referred to this 3 new variants that are around she called these variants very aggressive why did she do that using . well to justify the decision to extend the lockdown because of course the numbers have been going down extremely we have reached levels that we last saw in october so everybody agrees that the current measures are working and people are calling for the restrictions to be lifted but of course i'm going back and said we simply don't know enough about the mutations sh

these that threat seriously i mean you have to remember the european union is still the most important trading partner to the russian federation it's also the largest sort of a source rather of direct investment was in the country so it's hard to imagine a scenario where moscow and the e.u. could completely sever ties and perhaps the honest i mean. the the relationship has been live and loaded with sanctions since the crimea conflict and since the conflict in ukraine and they're still talking to each other they're still working with each other so it's kind of hard to imagine a scenario where they could completely break off ties and you also have to look at the context that these statements were made and it was made on a live stream of a russian journalist and there's a lot of you over who is often considered to be one of the kremlin's chief propagandists he often gives the kremlin an avenue to help shape the conversation within the country so these statements it does seem because they were taken place in that live stream it seems they were more intended towards domestic consumption as opposed to being some type of message dire

work in germany our correspondent vessel is there and has more the federal government of the various going against the bill of the european union will lead us agreed that they wouldn't do this anymore just close the borders and keep people from crossing them to go to work but they say in munich it is more important to protect citizens against the mutant variety the british variety of the virus then the economic fallout this will have in the region however here and on the czech german border people think that this is just not a blow corona crisis is bringing to them and they don't know yet how they will handle it in the end this is all about politics this is an election year in germany and some people think that they can raise their profile in coming down was really hard measures like these that we see behind us ok let's get more on the story now our brussels the bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by for us hi like sandra we know that the european union did not want to see border closures so tell us more about how brussels is reacting to this. well as you can imagine brussels has already condemned germany's newest r

good evening probably as surprised at that sad song where the european union traded to the caps a couple reaching with the russian federation selection restall i wouldn't want to end a principle so far loons and 3 spawn 2 i would suggest to use the international law . norms and principle is subject to what charter says that which you norms and principle of the health seem final ask and not always see document that is for consumers and highest levels it includes for risk act for the rhetorical integrity and money will reach their institutions so far in that area and in the courts and free access to them in terminations something it will get i don't see in our work at a faster airports congress and there's a lot of fodder as. usual respect dilute and looking for it but i don't know it's equity in the interests and i don't know if you can see numbers there's a lot of going to change and it's because there's that's a basis for any kind of view but it is aimed at reaching goals and yet at the games and to cheers from the geopolitical on the clock the moves that humans have courage . from both sides good children sold off that's

support cautionary measure for the uk for that reason when the federal government wants into place orders either via the e.u. or for european colleagues your view that's one nationally so that we secure vaccine doses also for 2022 and especially from producers here in europe you know. just briefly that concern there about 2022 has to do with the fact that the health minister is worrying about mutations possibly requiring option of vaccines that are already produced and also the need for a booster shot so he wants to get well ahead of the game. meantime melinde let's move on to some some some promising news hopefully tell us a little bit more about bio on tac pfizer and buyer they had some announcements this morning what's the context here. indeed we heard a moment ago about biotech and pfizer that they will be providing over 70000000 doses of vaccine in the 2nd quarter and this morning ringback we also heard that the german pharmaceutical giant. does plan to work together with cura back to produce up to $160000000.00 doses of cure of xico $1000.00 backs in and that would essentially implement on a voluntary basis exactly th

has come from in the past the ethiopian government has said that federal forces haven't killed any civilians. the former head of the european central bank is meeting with italy's president in a bid to solve the country's political crisis mario draghi arrived in the presidential palace in the last hour president by thought up early announced that he's putting together a new high profile government 12 police officers have been arrested in mexico in connection with the deaths of 19 people near the u.s. border the offices faced charges of homicide abuse of authority and making false statements the charred bodies were found in the back of 2 burned out trucks in the states of taliep us last week more news for you here on al-jazeera after today's inside story next. condemnation by weald leaders and growing calls to action military leaders may have seized full control of the amount but they're facing mounting pressure to have it back so what kind of the international community to restore democracy in the southeast asian nation this is inside school. hello welcome to the program i'm come to know it's in criticized as unacceptable my

european country. president biden announced plans to funnel more federal pandemic aid to businesses owned by women andon wednesday, a twoeek win deopens for companies with fewer than 20 employees to apply for lens around the paycheck protection program. they make up a majority of small businesses in the u.s. lawmakers in virginia voted today to end capital punishment. it marks a historic shift for the commonwealth that has executed nearly 1,400 people since colonial days, more than any other state. governor ralph northam is expected to sign the repea making it the 34th state to abolish the death penalty. merrick garland said his first priority if he's conrmed will be to probe into the january 6 capitol insurrection. earlier today heowed to reject political interference an he grew emotional when senator cory booker asked about confronting hate and racism. garland's own grandparents fled anti-semitism in europe. >> count took us in. protected us. and i feel an obligation to the country to pay back, since the highest, best use of my own set of skills to pay back so i want very much to be the kind of atto

better communication and better cooperation between federal and regional leaders but also with the pharmaceutical industry as well and with european commission officials that will also be in attendance bill on the issue of vaccines and how is germany's locked down working it is working on some of the trends very good so the 7 day incidence rates for example or the daily caseload they are showing the right direction but at the same time there's a lot of concern about these new variants and more and more cases are being reported and that's why this is so important all these meetings are so important because they will also show the way forward whether germany will be able to leave its lockdown soon whether more restrictions will be necessary and whole how all this goes hand in hand with this very important but very controversial vaccination program and thank you for. to respond to tom's. now to russia where the kremlin has described many of those involved in protests against the jailing of opposition politician likes in the valley as hooligans and provocateurs kremlin spokesman dmitri pascoe often speaking a day after the 10s of thou

european u.s. stock futures driving global rates higher against the federal reserve pledge of continue policy support. hong kong tumbles on stock trading. let's get more on the markets with mark cudmore, our bloomberg's live managing editor. i suppose we start with the asian session as losses are mounting. it is not just a hong kong story and the tax increase. is it more about commodity prices being given free reign to rise as a result of jay powell yesterday? mark: i think you are right, this is a broader story in market. hong kong is leading and it is the catalyst in the short-term. we see a broader picture change in what is leading markets. this comes back to the bond move last week that we have seen the steepening of the curve. we are seeing that in retail names. the popular retail name in the chinese stock market is suffering today. there is a change in sentiment. everything happening in markets, one that i expect to continue for a few weeks or months in equity markets is about a market story, not a real economy story. the real economy story is positive and that is what powell emphasized, the re

better communication and better cooperation between federal and regional leaders but also with the pharmaceutical industry as well and with european commission officials that will also be in attendance bill on the issue of vaccines and how is germany's locked down working it is working on some of the trends very good so the 7 day incidence rates for example of the daily caseload they are showing the right direction but at the same time there's a lot of concern about forward whether germany will be able to leave its lockdown soon whether more restrictions will be necessary and whole how all this goes hand in hand with this very important but very controversial vaccination program and thank you for. to respond to tom's. germany and austria have announced a plans to assist portugal's overburdened health care system currently the world's worst coronavirus hotspots in the past week portugal has had behinds number of new cases per capita and the highest death rate the state of emergency has been extended until mid february. tight checks at portugal's borders at this entry point from spain only those with a valid reason are allowed throu

these that threat seriously i mean you have to remember the european union is still the most important trading partner to the russian federation it's also the largest sort of a source rather of direct investment was in the country so it's hard to imagine a scenario where moscow and the e.u. could completely sever ties and we have to be honest i mean. the relationship has been livable and loaded with sanctions since the crimea conflict and since the conflict in ukraine and they're still talking to each other they're still working with each other so it's kind of hard to imagine a scenario where they could completely break off ties and you also have to look at the context that these statements were made and it was made on a live stream of a russian journalist and there's a lot of you over who is often considered to be one of the kremlin's chief propagandists he often gives the kremlin an avenue to help shape the conversation within the country so these statements it does seem because they were taken place in that live stream it seems they were more intended towards domestic consumption as opposed to being some type of message dir

these that threat seriously i mean you have to remember the european union is still the most important trading partner to the russian federation it's also the largest sort of a source rather of direct investment was in the country so it's hard to imagine a scenario where moscow and the e.u. could completely sever ties and we have to be honest i mean. the the relationship has been livable and loaded with sanctions since the crimea conflict and since the conflict in ukraine and they're still talking to each other they're still working with each other so it's kind of hard to imagine a scenario where they could completely break off ties and you also have to look at the context that these statements were made and it was made on a live stream of a russian journalist and there's a lot of you over who is often considered to be one of the kremlin's chief propagandists he often gives the kremlin an avenue to help shape the conversation within the country so these statements it does seem because they were taken place in that live stream it seems they were more intended towards domestic consumption as opposed to being some type of message

germany our correspondent bob levey still is there and has more the federal government of the various going against the bill of the european union will lead us agreed that they wouldn't do this anymore just close the borders and keep people from crossing them to go to work but they say in munich it is more important to protect citizens against the mutant variety the british variety of the virus then the economic fallout this will have in the region however here and on the czech german border people think that this is just not a blow corona crisis is springing to them and they don't know yet how they will handle it in the end this is all about politics this is an election year in germany and some people think that they can raise their profile in coming down was really hard measures like these that we see behind us. ok let's get more on the story now our brussels of bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by for us hi like sandra we know that the european union did not want to see border closures so tell us more about how brussels is reacting to this. well as you can imagine brussels has already condemned germany's new us

also as a precaution or measure for us for that reason we in the federal government want into place orders either via the e.u. for european colleagues your view that's one nationally so that we secure vaccine doses also for 2022 and especially from producers here in europe you know all of us who have. just briefly that concern there about 2022 has to do with the fact that the health minister is worrying about mutations possibly requiring option of vaccines that are already produced and also the need for a booster shot so he wants to get well ahead of the game. meantime let's move on to some some some promising news hopefully tell us a little bit more about buy on tac pfizer and buyer they had some announcements this morning what's the context here. indeed we heard a moment ago about biotech and pfizer that they will be providing over 70000000 doses of vaccine in the 2nd quarter and this morning we also heard that the german pharmaceutical giant by year does plan to work together with the cure back to produce up to 160000000 doses of cure of xico 1000 vaccine and that would essentially implement on a voluntary basis exactl

work in germany our correspondent faisal is there and has more the federal government of the various going against the bill of the european union will lead us agreed that they wouldn't do this anymore just close the borders and keep people from crossing them to go to work but they say in munich it is more important to protect citizens against the mutant variety the british variety of the virus then the economic fallout this will have in the region however here and on the czech german border people think that this is just a blow corona crisis is bringing to them and they don't know yet how they will handle it in the end this is all about politics this is an election year in germany and some people think they can raise their profile in coming down was really hard measures like these that we see behind us. ok let's get more on the story now our brussels a bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by for a silent sandra we know that the european union did not want to see border closures so tell us more about how brussels is reacting to this. well as you can imagine brussels has already condemned germany's newest restrictions

terms of bringing the first fiscal integration of the european levels, transitioning it into something that is more similar to a permanent federalomeone who can do that, mario draghi is the person. francine: what is his main challenge? is it to make sure that the political parties don't start rallying again in italy so that there is a domestic problem, or is it the vaccination rollout and things that are outside of his control because it is the e.u. that is in charge? silvia: it is really -- sorry, that is my cat. the pleasure of working from home. it is a mixture of things. the emergency is the vaccination plan. that is outside of the control of the government. the constraints that we all know about for european countries. the rollout is essential for the recovery as well. when it comes to the government, this is a very different situation from the previous government that we remember, the monte government. this government does not need to cap spending, this government needs to spend a lot of money. which is something italy is not very good at doing. performance in spending structural funds from europe or even with domestic pub

claimed more than 120,000 lives in britain, more than any other european country president biden has announced plans to funnel more federal pandemic aid to businesses owned by women and minorities. on wednesday, a two-week window opens for companies with fewer than 20 employees to apply for loans under the paycheck protection program. they make up a majority of small businesses in the u.s. lawmakers in virginia voted today to end capital punishment. it marks a historic shift for the state that has executed nearly 1,400 people since colonial days, more than any other state. the governor is expected to sign the repeal, making virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty. president biden's nominee for attorney general, merrick garland, promised today to enforce civil rights and fight extremism. he also vowed to reject political interference. and, at his confirmation hearing, he grew emotional when senator cory booker asked about confronting hate and racism. garland's own grandparents fled anti-semitism in europe. >> the country took us in and protected us and i feel an obligation to the country to pay back. this is t

europeans, a lot of emerging countries. china, also, let us not forget they cooperated very much so. and also with many federated states from the u.s. now, does the biden administration's first move -- now, the biden administration's first move was to rejoin the paris climate agreement, so i call for everyone to revise our upward -- cut to 55% and commit to carbon neutrality by 2050. these are the decisive milestones in the future to shape our behavior. now we need to apply this at the local, the regional level. we need to have carbon pricing that is high enough, need to have mechanisms that encourages and invites companies to go down that road. we need to have sanction mechanism so that companies, households can go faster, stronger. we need to renovate our buildings, our cars come etc. -- our cars, etc. this is the central pillar. the second pillar is about bringing with us the finest industries and private companies, private sectors. this goes back to what we were saying p8 i really believe in the initiative we set up with the one planet summit with sovereign wealth funds. on december 12 the last year, we had

the execution of european court decisions, that the decision made by the european court was not carried out by the russian federationcorruption foundation was publishing embarrassing revelations about the extravagant wealth of officials and theirfamilies — and continues to do so. in 2013, navalny was convicted of embezzlement from a state timber company in kirov — a charge he says was politically motivated. he was given a suspended sentence and this conviction meant he was unable to run for president, as he had intended. he carried on campaigning, and in august 2020 he was hospitalised in the siberian city of 0msk after falling ill while on a flight. he had been poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. he was transferred to berlin, where he spent months recovering. navalny blamed president putin, but the kremlin has denied any involvement, and disputes the expert conclusion that novichok was used. injanuary, navalny returned to russia and was arrested, accused of breaking probation rules which required him to report regularly to russian police over the embezzlement charge while he was recovering in germany. these are

suggestions to the federal government for a test concept for travel still isn't one we should be moving more quickly and not have to wait another 4 months for digital passports. or the european union says developing this kind of passport could take 3 months months during which travel dreams will keep on growing. sports news now and in the bundesliga better braman ended an unbeaten run of her visitors frankfurt brahmins a $21.00 win is their 1st against frankfurt in a 3 years shortly after the break brahmins a take it or die brace a lassie be it the frame for defense to level the game at one all was the defenders or 2nd goal of the season but it was american striker josh sergeant who netted the deciding goal helping braman a pick up 3 badly needed points it's frankfurt's a 1st are going to sleep in defeat this year. and as your news update at this hour you're watching news live from berlin before i go going to leave you with some pictures from a sri lanka's traditional elephant parade celebrating. thanks for watching and enjoy. her. day there i'm david and this is a climate change brags that sex. happiness increase book. this is the book for your. children smarter birth free

germany and our correspondent barbara vessel is there she has more the federal government of the various going against the bill of the european union will lead us agreed that they wouldn't do this anymore just close the borders and keep people from crossing them to go to work but they say in munich it is more important to protect citizens against the mutant variety of the british variety of the virus then the economic fallout this will have in the region however here and on the czech german border people think that this is just not a blow corona crisis is bringing to them and they don't know yet how they will handle it in the end this is all about politics this is an election year in germany and some people think that they can raise their profile in coming down was really hard measures like these that we see behind us let's get more on this now we have did have you brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by for us higher aleksandra as you mentioned the european union did not want border closures here so tell us more about how brussels is reacting to this today. well as you can imagine brussels has condemned germany

the federal prosecutor opened a criminal investigation against the officer, but it did not result in formal charges. the father was not satisfied and took the case to the european of human rights, backed by rights activists. after a year of deliberations, the court has given its unanimous verdict, that germany did not infringe on human rights and did carry out a thorough investigation. that is not the verdict that human rights organizatns were hoping for. >> it is obviously disappointing for the villagers that there shld be no were dressed for the dozens of civilians who were killed -- that there would be no redress for the dozens of civilians who were kill. on the other hand, it is significant that the european convention of human rights shou apply in cases like this. >> rights activists are hoping that now the legal process is over, the german government will apologize to those who lost loved ones in the attack. brent: you are watching dw news. ill to come, we will find out why some people in belgium are refusing covid-19 vaccinations, and that includes health-care workers who are at high risk of catching the virus. and the members of the chinese uighur minor

federal work place safety regulations. u.s. car maker ford is planning to turn its entire european fleet of passenger vehicles electric by 2030 the company will invest over 800000000 euros in its factory in cologne germany the plant will produce battery powered cars with a new model expected to reach the market in made 2023. the czech republic has one of the highest coated 1000 infection rates in europe with new variants of the virus causing particular concern the government has declared a state of emergency in an attempt to curb the spread corona virus infections are now all inspections sorry are now also in place at the german czech border making life harder for commuters and businesses. there haven't been border controls near the german city of to tow for years until last sunday truck drivers now need to have a negative coronavirus test and register electronically before they're allowed to cross into germany. this drive this truck isn't registered he has to take his 40 ton lorry back to the czech republic about a surge of trucks have been turned away. the next driver has everything he needs a negative 1000 test and the electro

americans are not allowed in 27 european union countries because of our failed federal government response. the new administration has put together a bill, $1.9 trillion, simple, fast, and big to get real relief of will that need it now. that is a good thing. the bad thing is that it is 10 months late and these nursing home that's -- home deaths in new york, ohio, colorado, or any other state as a consequence of that failed federal government response. with that, i will yield backward >> let me recognize the gentleman from north carolina, mr. rice. >> i am tired about hearing about a lack of responses. the cdc has been uniformly, through science, issuing guidelines throughout this entire process. and i just wonder if the democrats have been in control of all three branches of government as they are right now with the -- with the national response would look like. i suspect we would have shut down the entire country and there would have been no marketable change in the advection rate and our economy would be on its knees and we would have a 10% or 15% unemployment rate rather than half that

life but still the trend to spatio the european union nations feel what we can as a human the endless excuses is the biggest trading partner of the russian federation entrepreneurs you are at the main door and asked her it's for the russian economy at least one of the main and that is not the plan the new buy that sets and make the stuff. indicators of the by little chart earn over our teal. frailing the dynamic is a fact that if and i think that our worry was a lazy man's a good special leads our it was given to us in chilled the fountain and are just ecstatic some think we must use the word being pressed for the battle to marcus and he have been spending christmas we are calling this booty or odd bird called a raven in the framework of cold feeling it's renewed ations with about us that talked about health care about climate change about of science about education as those areas that act purchasing use that are said and minister is from both sides can prepare a cool idea. still quite a significant above agreements that you and we will try not to drag out special work but if our european counterparts are ready for it they had to go to prison which

european central bank obviously, and in the u.s. i think the treasury market will have to continue to observe a lot of federal borrowing.om: david riley will continue with us, from bluebay asset management. futures at negative nine, dow futures at -67. i am going to call it a turn to the market. -- h schoen to the market full -- i will call it a schoen to the market. this is bloomberg. good morning. ♪ want to save hundreds on your wireless bill? with xfinity mobile you can. how about saving hundreds on the new samsung galaxy s21 ultra 5g? you can do that too. all on the most reliable network. sure thing! and with fast nationwide 5g included at no extra cost. we've got you covered. so join the carrier rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get a new samsung galaxy starting at $17 a month. learn more at xfinitymobile.com or visit your local xfinity store today. ritika: this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm ritika gupta with the bloomberg business flash. a surprise fourth-quarter profit for disney, posting a surge in disney plus streaming customers. a loss of the theme parks has crippled that has been crippled by the virus.

better communication and better cooperation between federal and regional leaders but also with the pharmaceutical industry as well and with european commission officials that will also be in attendance bill the issue of vaccines and how is germany's locked down working it is working on some of the trends very good so the 7 day incidence rates for example or the daily caseload they are showing the right direction but at the same time there's a lot of concern about these new variants and more and more cases of being reported and that's why this is so important all these meetings are so important because they will also show the way forward whether germany will be able to leave its lockdown soon whether more restrictions will be necessary and whole how all this goes hand in hand with this very important but very controversial vaccination program thank you for us. to respond to tom's. kremlin has described many of those involved in protests against the jailing of opposition politicians alexei in the valley as hooligans and provocateurs kremlin spokesman dmitri pascoe often speaking a day after tens of thousands rallied in cities across

federal work place safety regulations. u.s. carmaker ford is planning to turn its entire european fleet of passenger vehicles electric by 2030 the company will invest over 800000000 euros in its factory in cologne germany the plant will produce battery powered cars with a new model expected to reach the market in made 2023. the czech republic has one of the highest coated 19 infection rates in europe with new variants of the virus causing particular concern the government has declared a state of emergency and attempt to curb the spread corona virus infections are now all inspections sorry are now also in place at the german check border making life harder for commuters and businesses. there haven't been border controls near the german city of to toe for years until last sunday truck drivers now need to have a negative coronavirus test and register electronically before they're allowed to cross into germany. this drive his truck isn't registered he has to take his 40 ton lorry back to the czech republic about a surge of trucks being turned away. the next driver has everything he needs a negative covert 900 test and the electronic

better communication and better cooperation between federal and regional leaders but also with the pharmaceutical industry as well and with european commission officials that will also be in attendance and be on the issue of vaccines and how is germany's locked down working . it is working on some of the trends very good so the 7 day incidence rates for example of the daily caseload they are showing the right direction but at the same time there's a lot of concern about these new variants and more and more cases are being reported and that's why this is so important all these meetings are so important because they will also show the way forward whether germany will be able to leave its lockdown soon whether more restrictions will be necessary and whole how all this goes hand in hand with this very important but very controversial vaccination program thank you for do to respond to tom's. britain has started to accept applications from hong kong others for visas offering a fast track to citizenship the move was introduced in response to china's controversial national security law and it's in suing the crackdown on freedoms on congre

this week jerome powell said the federal reserve is seriously considering creating a digital dollar that would exist alongside the traditional dollar. the european bank chief wants to do the same for the euro. in fact, a recent survey found 86% of central banks are exploring the idea. to understand the idea, consider cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. these are decentralized systems created by private actors that theoretically work like cash. you instantly purchase a tesla by sending them bitcoin. no credit cards or bank checks are needed. but this only works because tesla has agreed to accept bitcoin as payment. it isn't legal tender. no one has to accept it. central bank digital currencies, on the other hand, would be legal tender. imagine the government wants to send everyone a stimulus payment. rather than taking weeks to transfer money to bank accounts, print checks and mail out debit cards, the government just sends the money directly to a digital wallet on your phone, which could then be used to buy groceries or pay rent. this is already a reality in some parts of china. in pilot projects across several cities, the chinese government has sent

ethiopian government said federal forces hadn't killed any civilians access to the region has been severely limited since fighting broke out in november and the former head of the european central bank mario draghi has accepted a mandate to form a new italian government after the previous coalition collapsed the stream is coming up next asking if u.s. president joe biden can abolish the death penalty i'll have more nice fear in about 25 minutes time. i am so yeah ok neal watching this story because you were going to take a look at the movement of polish the death penalty in the united states of america you can be part of this conversation as well you can weigh in in the you tube comments and the car of today show. growing up my mom told me 2 wrongs don't make a right. my faith teaches me that we should return for evil and that's exactly what the death penalty does people who are capable of terrible things but we get on are the victims without creating more victims we don't raise people who are great to show that rape is wrong and we don't need to kill to try to show that killing is wrong the death penalty just mirrors that evil rather than healing the wounds of it byron

the attack the federal prosecutor opened a criminal investigation against the officer but it did not result in formal charges after her none was not satisfied and took the case to the european court of human rights backed by rights activists after a year of deliberations the court has given its unanimous verdict that germany did not infringe on human rights and did carry out a thorough investigation. that's not the verdict that human rights organizations were hoping for now. it's obviously disappointing for the villagers that there should be no redress for the dozens of civilians who were killed and no criminal trial. on the other hand it's significant that the european convention on human rights should apply in cases like this. rights activists are hoping that now that legal process is over the german government will apologize to those who lost loved ones in the attack. when i look at some other stories making news around the world now thousands of people have been have taken to the streets in algeria to mark 2 years since the start of the protests with the force the former president on down as he's bootie flicka from power the demonstrations have restarted recently after

european allies to tackle defense covert 19 and climate change. u.s. president joe biden says he will approve a disaster declaration for the state of texas paving the way for more federal aid to deal with a crippling winter storm nearly 15000000 people have seen water supply disruptions and at least 2 dozen deaths have been attributed to the storm in the southern state . nasa rover perseverance has sent home with some spectacular images from mars one shows the rover descending from the sky crane that lowered it the final few meters to the surface the mars rover has a large amount of data in its memory banks which it's gradually sending back to earth as it searches for signs of ancient life. you're watching t.v. news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website. the cliches are starting to get on my nerves. to discuss i think it's one of the to this jewishness whether you're a strict rule that so dainty even know when russia china is just all of its here in germany. and. i decided to stay with this complex in. the now and then. i'm sleepy rituals shop actually. 1700 years of documented jewish history in germany in this commemorativ

ordered the attack the federal prosecutor opened a criminal investigation against the officer but it did not result in formal charges. none was not satisfied and took the case to the european court of human rights backed by rights activists after a year of deliberations the court has given its unanimous verdict that germany did not infringe on human rights and did carry out a thorough investigation that's not the verdict that human rights organizations were hoping for now. it's obviously disappointing for the village is that there should be no redress for the dozens of civilians who were killed and no criminal trial. on the other hand it's significant that the european convention on human rights should apply in cases like this. in absolute end his rights activists are hoping that now that legal process is over the german government will apologize to those who lost loved ones in the attack. you're watching t.w. news still to come we'll find out why some people in belgium are refusing cope with 19 vaccinations and that includes health care workers who are at high risk of catching the virus and then members of china's weaker minority detained in force to spy on their own peop

later today, the head of the european central bank will be speaking, a lot of attention on what she has to say and jerome powell, the head of the federalwell. treading water really for markets. boeing has advised all airlines to ground flights. . —— boeing has advised all airlines to ground flights which use its 777 airplanes, after a united airlines plane suffered engine failure after take—off on saturday. in response to the incident, japan has asked all airlines using boeing 777s with the same pratt & whitney 4000 engine to avoid its airspace.( joining me now from our asia business hub of singapore is mariko 0i. tell us more about this latest development on this type of plane. b5 development on this type of lane. �* , , ., development on this type of lane, �*, development on this type of lane. , plane. as you say, the japanese authorities _ plane. as you say, the japanese authorities have _ plane. as you say, the japanese authorities have ordered - authorities have ordered japanese carriers to stop lying that particular type of plane. that order came on sunday, which affected i9 planes and 13 for which affected 19 planes and 13 forja

federal government for a test concept for travel, and there still is not one. we should be moving more quily and not have to wait another four months for digital passports. the europeanon says that developing this kind of passport could take three months, months during which travel dreams will grow. phil: there are ethical considerations about this proposal. let's talk to professor peter to -- peter about thiem. welcome to dw. do you have any ethical concerns about this idea of vaccine passports? >> iould like to put my considerations in a rhetorical question -- how do we frame this decision? is it about giving back freedom of action to people or do we frame it as an unjustified treatment? and on this, i tnk we will have to justify which direction we run. i have a tendency to the first to direction since the crucial value of our constitutional state is freedom, but, we have to balance it with avoiding discrimination. phil: how do you do that then? the justification will be that it allows people to travel for tourism or business or whatever, so how do you do that without discriminating people, because the whole point is to discriminate against people. >> or to give ba