because we know in that previous election john muhammad was an incumbent and he lost and so anything can happen by is too close to call this morning. we've just been talking about some of the economic challenges poverty level. and of course we know about what do we know about the candidates approaches to those. so the incumbent government has largely focused on industrialisation trying to build factories across the country is yet to really make is yet to really fourfold the promise of good in every district about that is the intent of the government currently the candidate has full course also want to restructure in the financial sector so that has been basically a train for the current government and also trying to ensure that. bring some technology to the economy of how to run the economy. has largely been this campaign on creating jobs and also allowing low cost to business is. this really is the difference between the 2 candidates are going to decide on monday. and just quickly isaac if you can how big a role has the impact of coronavirus on the gandhian economy played in the run

now where gun a ends go to the polls on monday with president hu for alto and former president john muhammad among 12 candidates for the presidency god is loaded as one of africa's stable democracies and is also considered a regional beacon economically the west african country is rich in raw materials chiefly or oil and gas but also gold and cocoa and in recent years it's seen consistent growth g.d.p. with levels as high as 8 point one percent but the corona virus pandemic is expected to push that growth down to just one and a half percent 5th year the pandemic is also swelling garners already enormous debts to over 76 percent of g.d.p. ghana has applied for international aid credits to help with that well going to has registered success in combating poverty it still has a way to go and not to according to the world bank around 23 percent of the population still live on less than the equivalent of a $1.90 per day in u.s. dollars on this let's speak to our correspondent collette see who's joining us from the gun and capital accra great to have you on the program so election coming up on mond

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is seeking a 2nd 4 year term his main challenger john muhammad is also a former president. reports from accra both candidates have competing visions and how to rebound the economy. president. arrives to vote at a polling station in his assistant home k.b. hoping to to see to guess his protests as a defeated pretty 16. the president is confident his performance of the past 4 years will earn him another tim in office. we have a mature and civilized people that get their people because we have proved in the past we have seen tents democratic values you know culture i did have a little cold surprise and this is the school day those who live this across the country. in the northern town of bully his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with stops and problems with verification machines on voting day no matter what their futures likely i mean he's already saying there's a meeting here at the moment he's got to kind of i got this from a distance and let him in i thought i would have it was one of a regular th

seeking a 2nd 4 year term his main challenger john muhammad is also a former president of the drinks reports from across. president. arrives to protest a polling station and he's a sister katie hoping to to see to guess his protests as a youth defeated pretty 16. the president is confident his performance of the past 4 years will earn him another tim in office. we have a mature civilized people that get it and keep it as we have proved in the past we have deep attachment democratic values no doubt so i do have a little tall surprise that this is the school day there is scrutiny of this across the country. in the northern town of forli his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with the late stops and problems with verification machines on voting day. you're just like you know i mean i was already saying this i mean you are just going to kind of i got this from the station that hit me and i thought oh my god why don't i remember that i was over having you stand here with him heard during the exhibition we checked h

get a refund credible the government and its party of course responded to those allegations by john muhammad and today when we were supposed to be getting the final results of the next presidential election a parliamentary election this is exactly what's happening in front of the election commission you can see for your release the other part of the united nations not taking the wrong body changing the test is saying i turned to the military to have their complaints about the allegations brigade they live on against innocent commission as well as. the security forces here trying to stop them have stopped them by the way from getting to the election and this is not on the place where we are witnessing this incident then being. there in the town of tamanna by the way similar incidents where opposition supporters. opposition and d.c. party are protesting the way and none of the results will be later and they believe that there was an attempt to steal the boat from those to get what they knocked out of a big election comes here is not a gun is that these radicals and they are yet to even announc

in the northern town of folly his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with the late stops and problems with verification machines on voting day. if you're serious like you were i mean was a very serious illness and maybe the moment has not had contact with this woman is there something else might have been a lot of it although it was one of a regular that was already said here with me about her time during the exhibition we checked as the name of the day that we got it from his name is something the while the 2 leading candidates differ constance of marie is participating in an election for the 1st time of the late for so so ho it's so simple. i thought it's very little value. what i want to buy nolo dirty has been voting since when gunness founding president kwame cooma was in power. i continue to borrow he said to our democracy keep growing not also expect whoever is charities in work to develop the country one. of 7 say this election is a referendum on both candidates a president for 4 years well i think the the t

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many party loyalist and the rest of the nation look to former president john muhammad to reign in new supporters so as not to plunge the country into chaos he says he will but he's also not conceding defeat i want to states categorically and shaming that i'm not congratulated any person. nor attempt should be made to steal this election we will resist it. tensions between supporters of gun us dominant political parties have been on the rise even before election day despite the deployment of 63000 security personnel and a peace pact signed by the leading candidates at least 5 people were killed. in post-election violence. protests like this one i want most people feel good. ready to are already tense situation why some business owners decided to repeat the last time elections were his friends it was 8 years ago. no position candidate. tempering of the result and filed the petition with the election tribunals. now those supporters of president say they want to hold back their celebrations. across. the u.s. justice department is investigating the finances of one to biden the son of the p

for the hard work that ensured his reelection and for the supporters of the opposition leader john muhammad. taking night in fact hundreds of them to see the election commission headquarters and they were stopped actually by the police and the military from accessing the headquarters why they stood and waited for the results to be announced they might have forced a change of venue for the end of mint from the international conference and to the election commission headquarters because of their presence there but again what they expected at the end did not happen the other candidate was declared the winner and there was in fact a pin drop silence when the name of. a call for argo was pronounced by the election commission chairperson and then shortly after the huge crowd thinned out and then disappeared but not before one of the supporters told us that they would not accept this result and they will fight against it how they were going to do that he didn't say a lot of people now are watching to see what orting to hear and see what president former president john muhammad would say in his add

officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting him ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammadthe results fall in contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. the boeing 737 max aircraft has taken to the skies for the 1st time almost 2 years after being grounded following deadly crash a commercial flight in brazil took place after the country's aviation regulator lifted restrictions on the aircraft in november a flight is reported to have been incident free. a space x. test launch in texas has ended with a crash landing after successful ascent the starship rocket returned to the landing pad at excessive speed causing it to explode it was the highest flight yet for the rocket ship that space x. founder iran must says could carry people to mars in as little as 6 years. now here in germany a bleak milestone as daily corona virus infections climbed to new record high this hour authorities report more than 23000 new cases and 440 deaths from 2 over 90 countries rising chased down has prompted a rare impassioned plea from chancellor angela merkel on wednesday calle

and his family says john mahama 2016 muhammad became the only incumbents to be voted out of office and he's hoping to inflict the same fate on. in a region he sets with security issues ghana is viewed by many as a beacon of hope and stability but he shoes such as corruption and unemployment have been me headache for many gun ians like sonny brought him. mohammed sunny ibrahim started development communications at the university and live cinema an informal settlements in ghana's capital accra. vet 38 year old has tried but filled to secure a meaningful job since 2016 of them the father of 2 and often depends on the generosity of relatives as well as casual way to take care of his family sonny says it is a nightmare waking up every d. not snowing or nowhere just the next meal will come from a little money to. give morning to a family to your family to those who don't have school then some with this and. we're going to go to school one you read and didn't get money. so money is the problem and there is no money because i look within. sonny like millions of young canadians wants to join. w

josh to devote generally free and fair but your position and back in the other main candidates john muhammad rejects the result and says it will appeal well joining me now is peter deputy general secretary of the m.d.c. party hello and welcome sir why is your party rejecting the result. well clearly you have. flaws and the tabulation arrows and the eighty's that you know confronted despite the lessons you would have decades whereby most of the places in the stronghold of the ruling government you had already printed. would you know you see star power do got a stumble but the news most of them were arrested in the stronghold and you had a case where by most order is also coming from. mr ridden by an extra 30190000 votes and. you would realize that when you look at the results from the electoral commission there were some tabulation arrows and if you guess that they gave you how to change it to 5 from last night this morning they have changed the figures they have declared 3 times in each of the cases when you out it goes to a runoff so it is not a one time victory we think that this results a

and his longtime rival john muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of groats. british and european negotiators will today resume talks to secure a post brags that trade deal with an agreement hanging in the balance the latest round of talks is taking place in brussels ahead of an e.u. summit later this week the e.u. is offering a tariff free access to the single market in exchange for britain agreeing to e.u. rules on state aid environmental and labor regulations britain will lead the single market trading block at the end of this month. and for the very latest let's go over to brussels barbara vessel is standing by for us there hi barbara good to see you so negotiations that were tense over the weekend there resuming today has any progress been made. no progress has been made because from what just emerged by a very early morning briefing by show bunya the e.u. lead negotiator to the european ambassadors who are 1 the point people off the member states here in brussels there is no. mood of victory absolutely not the talks are slowed talks ar

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meet a man who's had a profound effect on the story of islam in america he's the son of a lie john muhammad but he led the largest single conversion to mainstream islam that america has ever seen. in 1958 charles de gaulle made a famous speech in algeria. campaigning. but take a don't hold back the tide about jury and independence all keep francis colonies in africa and the pacific. in the final episode of the series al-jazeera explores how the long and bitter fight for the french empire still resonates today blood in tears french to colonise ation on al-jazeera. canada a country of promise and opportunity for migrant workers but with little protection from the state authorities many are forced to pay extortionate react. under saddled with heavy deads tested also no luck to come to canada here. not as many in one brave group of indonesians workers speak out and seek justice for their exploitation migrant dreams a witness documentary on al-jazeera. hello there i missed you tend to how with the top stories for you here on al-jazeera millions of people across the u.s. state of california are b

for the hard work that ensured his we election and for the supporters of the opposition leader john muhammad. taking night in fact hundreds of them beseech the election commission headquarters and they were stopped actually by the police and the military from accessing the headquarters where they stood and waited for the results to be announced they might have forced the change of venue for the and all from and from the international conference and to the election commission headquarters because of their presence there but again what they expected at the end did not happen the other candidate was declared the winner and there was in fact a pin drop silence when the name of. a quad was pronounced by the election commission chairperson and then shortly after the huge crowd thinned out and then disappeared but not before one of the supporters told us that they would not accept this result and they will fight against it how they were going to do that he didn't say a lot of people now are watching to see what watching to see what president former president john muhammad would say in his address i

many party loyalist and the rest of the nation look to former president john muhammad to reign in newsupporters so as not to plunge the country into chaos he says he will but he's also not conceding defeat i want to states categorically. and family that i know congratulate any person. i have bad. no attempt to steal this election we will resist. tensions between supporters of gunness dominant political parties have been on the rise even before election day despite the deployment of 63000 security personnel and a peace pact signed by the leading candidates at least 5 people were killed in post-election violence. protests like this while what most people go for a party added to an already tense situation why some business owners decided to me the last time elections where he's dancing kind of was 8 years ago. then opposition candidate for i do tempering of the result and filed a petition with a election tribunals. for now though supporters of president say they want to hold back their celebrations uppity three's. a crowd gonna yes president elect joe biden has nominated every time gener

the 2nd time in office with a narrow window of 51 percent of the vote that's ahead of his rival john muhammad 47 percent of the results of this closely fought election had some residents of the competition across. well 1st of all i think. very great. i love the. democrats and what i think about it is. everyone's reaction towards it i mean a lot of people. with the results are just moving on with. life peaceful done. wrong this election. to do is to create a job. it's it's not it's it's. a you and. i was looking. honestly speaking. these people coming to do the same thing again for the next 4 years is going to be the same thing nothing will change because you know it's like. you coming ok going to politics for 4 years i'm giving you paul for 4 years the next 4 years you come in rupie. as a judge to devote generally free and fair but your position and is the party back in the other main kind of a general homma rejects the result and says it will appeal joining me now is peter deputy general secretary of the m.d.c. party hello and welcome sir why is your party rejecting the results. well clearly

office officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting ahead of his predecessor and rival john muhammad the results follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and violence. u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated retired army general lloyd austin to be his defense secretary if confirmed he would be the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon but he faces resistance from some democrats who have a preference for civilian control of the military. meanwhile the president elect's son hunter by has confirmed his tax affairs are under federal investigation president donald trump has often accused hunter biden of corrupt dealings in ukraine trumps early pursuit of those allegations resulted in his own impeachment after pressure the ukrainian president to investigate a 100 bidens work in the country. also in the u.s. regulators and top prosecutors and 46 states have filed and antitrust lawsuit against facebook alleging that the company used its dominant position to crush or buy smaller competitors the suit forced the company to divest its major acquisitions instagram and w

oddo and his longtime rival john muhammad ghana is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa but the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the country into economic crisis. coca-cola pepsi and nestlé have been named the world's top plastic polluters for the 3rd year in a row all 3 companies have been accused of making 0 progress on reducing plastic waste coca cola announced earlier this year it would not abandon plastic bottles saying they were popular with customers. bob dylan's entire catalog of songs has been bought up by universal music for an undisclosed sum to deal covers the rights to 600 songs composed composed rather of a 6 decades thing clude times are a changing knocking on heaven's door and like a rolling stone reports the deal was struck directly with to. the new york city where all public schools were shut down last month due to a rise in corona virus cases some prekindergarten and elementary schools reopened on monday night 150 schools in new york about children back into classrooms with hands sanitizing temperature checks and other measures in place with

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and his longtime rival john muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of growth. rescue operations underway after torrential rains flood flooded cities in the north east and italy firefighters reached 20 people trapped in their flooded homes large low pressure system is causing snowstorms and strong winds across parts of italy with more rain on the way . in russia an unexpected fireworks display erupted after a pirate techniques store was set ablaze in. fireworks stores and russia are usually well stocked at this time of year ahead of new year's celebrations it's unclear how the fire started luckily there were no reported injuries. another metallic monolith has appeared this time on a beach on the isle of wight on england's south coast nature lover said she spotted it while on a walk it's the 4th such mirrored structure to gain attention in recent weeks with others spotted in the u.s. and romania football news now match day 10 of the bundesliga sunday night's game pad 2 clubs going in opposite directions by liver who went into this one unbeaten

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expected by wednesday it is said to be a tight race between incumbent nonna and his longtime rival john muhammad ghana is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa but the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the country into economic crisis. a peace deal signed by our media as prime minister has prompted the opposition to call for his resignation many armenians are angry over concessions made by and he called last month to end a 6 week war with us or by john over the nagorno-karabakh reach of the agreement sees armenia returning a significant part of the disputed territory to azerbaijan well thousands of johnnys are now starting to move back to areas that have been under armenian control. or to be mario mr points to the place where she once lived she says our dome was a beautiful town until 1903 the year i mean ian forces captured it her husband and her brother died in the fighting this is her 1st visit to argue in over 27 years. to condemn grew to secure i'm happy and proud of course everything has been destroyed here and i'm home again this is where i lived and grew up in

post-election violence at least 5 people have been killed former president and main opposition candidate john muhammad accused the incumbent of trying to rig the election ivory coast president al assad what to push to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term despite an opposition boycott the election was marred by intimidation violence and electoral malpractise observers reported the 23 percent of polling stations did not open at all due to threats or attacks in guinea alpha condé is decision to also run for a 3rd term sparked protests that were met by a crackdown by security forces condé want almost 60 percent of the vote but his opponent said the election was rigged and that condi violated the constitution by running again dozens of people have since been killed in anti-government demonstrations. and in ethiopia's northern region of to great tensions escalated after leaders of to grace people liberation front held regional elections defying a federal government ban prime minister ahmed announced a military offensive after accusing to grand forces of attacking and seizing a military base in the

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percent of the national vote that figure puts the incumbent ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammad while the vote was largely peaceful police said at least 5 people were killed in the election related violence moring what observers said was they will organize. are going to bring in now. our correspondent in the capital of gone then it's good to see you are the incumbent president gets reelected but it was a really close result wasn't. it was really close it was fast asleep between the 2 leading kind. of cars they incumbent president to manage us we're not getting to the result that way dk by the electoral commission chaired by it was really close and you could see that it's really in their results for the parliamentary seats where we see at honk parliament which will mean that they can come bank president will have to really wait closely with the opposition a few ones too as acute some of his policies in a 2nd tenure i mean this means continuity for the country but what does it mean beyond that is forgotten. what a comeback dick president-elect has already spoken about and in and y

it's said to be a tight race between incumbent now in a coup for i know and his longtime rival john muhammad garner is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa but the coronavirus pandemic has plunged the country into economic crisis. coca-cola pepsi and nestlé have been named the world's top plastic polluters for a 3rd year in a row or 3 companies have been accused of making 0 progress on reducing plastic waste coca-cola announced earlier this year it would not abandon plastic bottles saying they were popular with customers. music legend bob dylan's entire catalog of songs has been bought up by universal music for an undisclosed sum the deal covers the rights to some $600.00 songs composed over 6 decades they include the times they are changing knockin on heaven's door and like a rolling stone reports say the deal was struck directly with bob dylan himself. was a sport now in the bundesliga football hoffenheim have won in the league for the 1st time in 8 games after beating out spoke $31.00 at home it was $11.00 at half time but florian grill it scored his 2nd of th

elections is expected to be a tight race between the come but not a coup otto and his longtime rival john muhammad gone is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa but the coronavirus has plunged the country into economic crisis. the european union and the united states say they will not recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary elections it handed president nicolas maduro control of the national assembly and cemented his position in power the socialist won almost 70 percent of the vote but turnout was just 31 percent after all physician parties called for a boycott international observers condemned the vote and more than a dozen latin american countries have rejected the results venezuela's self-proclaimed acting president won why go as called the vote a fraud. so little us influence who are scared of the people are the ones who commit fraud madieu rule and his regime have lost the popular will the majority of us want change in venezuela don't be surprised if they try to advance their assault in the coming days of december because this election has done them no g

reported since monday's presidential and parliamentary votes president the main opposition candidates john muhammad accused the incumbents of trying to break the election president a coup for are those team has released on official results suggesting he's in the leads let's get more now from. joins us live from the capital accra. seems there is a violent end to this election what walking. well basically the police are confirming 61 incidents over the past few days of course trying to one of the. related to the elections this. the opposition of course more than an hour ago we spoke to the members of the mahama or the opposition leaders the campaign team and they confirm 5 dead during the election violence what is happening right now is that we expect the election commission to be here in a moment from now to brief the press and in hours the results for the elections especially the presidential elections now there are concerns actually after. so many individuals between the 2 leading political parties in this country and last night in particular there were rivals celebre tree parties by both parties

argument is the 1st woman on the ticket as vice president she is running alongside former presidents john muhammad hoping to defeat the incumbent presidents not a call for though he's struggling to control the flagging commie heart hits by the pandemic. from hong kong politician and pro-democracy campaigner ted hoy has announced he's seeking exile in the u.k. he's facing multiple charges relating to the last years anti-government protests that says media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy line has become the latest high profile figure to be taken in city police custody give you a good pal and reports now from hong kong a news room that's once again at the center of the day's news as the apple daily goes to press the detention of the tabloids founder will be making the headlines on thursday jimmy lyon 2 of his media companies executives appeared in court to face charges of the illegal use of an office space in the paper's headquarters the court ruled that jimmy lie was a flight risk and denied bail he could remain behind bars until the next hearing in april the 73 year old is one of hong kong'

it's expected to be a tight race between the incumbent nonna khufu oddo and his long time rival john muhammad gonna is considered one of the most politically stable countries in africa the corona virus pandemic however as plunge the country into economic crisis bob dylan's entire catalogue of songs has been balled up by universal music for an undisclosed sum the deal covers the rights to $600.00 songs composed over 6 decades they include times they are changing knockin on heaven's door and like a rolling stone reports say the deal was struck directly with dylan himself. german chancellor angela merkel has reportedly told members of her party that the current partial lockdown is not sufficient to get the country through the winter the restrictions which are known as lock down light have been in place for more than a month now they have slowed but not stopped the riots in new corona virus infections hospitals in some areas are now working at their limits the german state of bavaria has already opted to tight restrictions beginning wins day bavarians will be asked to stay at home with only a few

reported since the poll or the vote pitted president than a coup for i do against the former leader john muhammad for the 3rd time the defeated challenger as a ready accuse the incumbent of rigging the vote and that interest has the latest from across already a lot of businesses have remained sharp since the election.

monday's presidential and prime parliamentary vote former presidents and main opposition candidates john muhammad accused think cumberlands of trying to rig the election president's nonna a coup for are those team has released unofficial results suggesting he's in the lead. has the latest from the capital accra well basically the police are confirming 61 incidents over the past few days of course trying to one of them. related to the elections they said and the opposition of course more than an hour ago we spoke to the members of the or the opposition leaders the campaign team and they confirm 5 dead during the election violence. but i meant to serve british prime minister boris johnson says no leader could accept the post breaks a trade deal that the european union is offering has been facing questions and bar laments just hours before his due to fly to brussels there he'll meets the european commission schieffer sort of underlying for dinner they hope to reinject energy into negotiations that have stalled on and off for months the u.s. supreme court has rejected a last ditch attempts by republi

officials say he won over 51 percent of the vote putting ahead of his predecessor and old rival john muhammadthe results follow a contentious poll which led to widespread protests and some violence. today marks human rights day and this year it is no surprise that the united nations theme for the annual occasion is linked to the coronavirus the focus is on rebuilding a better world by ensuring that human rights are central in the recovery process the social and economic toll of the pandemic has hit the poorest members of society the hardest inequality and discrimination on multiple levels have been exposed as some governments have also used the pendennis to curtail basic rights. for more on this we're joined from geneva by kenneth roth he's the executive director of human rights watch ken thank you for joining us here on d.w. as we mentioned the pandemic has certainly exposed inequalities in many countries across the world and you have talked about how it's important to respect human rights and that is the best public health strategy where have you seen this borne out i mean what examples of

to being come and president than i can for those main rival is the man he replaced 4 years ago john muhammad both might have signed a pact saying they will accept the officially declared winner. the french president of anyone mccall's says future arms sales to egypt will not be made conditional on its human rights record he's hosting of the egyptian president up in fact the has d.c. in paris activists have been urging micron's to use the visitor purse for the release of political prisoners and reports from paris. the grandest ceremony at the start of a contentious visit egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi was a school to the lease a palace where he was greeted by the french president emanuel michel the leaders discussed regional issues counterterrorism and the shared opus ition to take these actions in libya and the eastern mediterranean mackerel said he also raised concerns about human rights in egypt with sisi but refused to jeopardize paris's strategic partnership with cairo. conditionally. i will not make our cooperation in defense or economic matters conditional on these disagreemen

because of the tensions before during and after these elections we expect the opposition candidate john muhammad former president will address his supporters and of course the international media later this evening we understand as we speak the president. is planning to address his supporters a lot of members of his party gathered at his residence and at the party headquarters celebrating his victory we understand that he's going to make a speech any time from now accepting his victory and probably making some pronouncements later today but how far will he go in. addressing the concerns and the issues raised by 6000000 other gagnon's who rejected him during this election. we we plan to see how far you will go in addressing those concerns already a lot of businesses have remained shut since the election that they could be cautious after the declaration of results we will monitor the situation to see how things go on to morrow but for now the members of the opposition who are gathered. only earlier today to protest what they call plan to rig the election have disappeared from the headquarters of t

and his longtime rival john muhammad the west african country is experiencing a financial downturn after decades of growth. in australia residents have been told to evacuate from fraser island as bush fires burn toward homes well than half of the world heritage national park has been destroyed by fires in recent weeks with a heat wave worsening conditions it's thought and illegal camp fire sparked the place to look now at some of the some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic several institute of india says it has applied for emergency use authorization off its coronavirus vaccine in india britain says it will administer the 1st doses of the biotech finds a vaccine on tuesday health care workers and senior citizens will be 1st in line and covert 19 infections in germany are still trending upward despite the partial lockdown imposed in early november health departments reported more than 12000 new infections about 1000 more than on monday last week. well in the german state of bavaria new coronavirus infections remain among the highest in the country after a crisis meeti

the 2nd time in office with the narrow win of 51 percent of the vote that's ahead of his rival john muhammad who are 47 percent of the result of those close to 40 election had some residents of the competition across. well 1st of all i think. very great. i love the. democrats and what i think about it is. everyone's reaction towards it i mean a lot of people are not happy but when you look and. everybody is cool with the results and we're just moving on with life over there we just want a better life peaceful don i'm happy to. i'm happy with the current president's strong this election and what i want to do is to create a job. it's it's not it's it's easy for me day you and. i was looking. honestly speaking. these people coming to do the same thing again for the next 4 years is going to be the same thing nothing will change because you know it's like. you coming ok going to politics for 4 years i'm giving you paul for 4 years the next 4 years you come in rupie. i was service jobs to devote generally free and fair but your position in d.c. party back in the other main candidate john hama reje