i'm michael oku welcome we begin right here in central europe where germany has closed its borders with austria and the czech republic in a bid to stop the spread of new more contagious variants of the coronavirus checkpoints have been shut up with only returning germans and essential workers such as doctors allowed entry trade transport is going ahead but the new rules are causing concern especially among e.u. leaders who have criticized the move and business owners worried about a financial hit. this company in southern germany makes parts for interiors of camping vans more than half of the employees sewing here are from the czech republic with germany's new strict border crossing rules they won't be able to come to work next week and that's worrying the owner. the we might have to close the business. he says even a debated quarantine rule wouldn't help much. we've heard talk of allowing people to work if they quarantine for 5 days after crossing the border but that won't work many women here have children and they can't just leave them alone it's going to be very difficult. along thi

a michael oku welcome lawyers for donald trump have wrapped up their defense in the former u.s. presidents impeachment trial denying that trump played any part in inciting the capitol hill riots last month the defense team took just 3 hours to make their case and called the trial a political witch hunt the senate will reconvene on saturday morning when members are expected to vote on whether to convict trump. day 4 of a trial which has an all but guaranteed outcome. yet its participants push on. it was time for don't try to make that defense and lay out why the former president shouldn't be convicted. the article of impeachment now before the senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance that augment focused on freedom of speech insisting trump was exercising his 1st amendment rights when coughing doubt on the election results the constitution in the 1st amendment must certainly apply to these and pietschmann proceedings and mr trump's speech deserves full protection under the 1st amendment . the defense also showed a 10 minute video of democrats