u.s. pressure against chinese telecom giant huawei continues to grow the trump administration is considering blocking all chip supplies now to huawei the u.s. department of commerce is dropping changes to its so-called foreign direct product rule which restricts foreign companies use of u.s. technology for military or national security products although no decision has yet been made a comment department spokesman said quote recent u.s. charges against huawei including conspiring to steal trade secrets we have firm the need for caution in considering license applications the u.s. continues to have major concerns about way. now this comes as america heightens its global campaign for its allies to ban wall was equipment into their next generation of 5 g. networks but just weeks ago in a blow to the united states u.k. dismissed terms claims and they said that it what allow always 5 g. into the country at least into its non-sensitive parts we clearly have the. people of this country the. right

u.s. prosecutors are alleging some rioters were stormed the capitol last week intended to capture and assassinate elected officials corps papers submitted in arizona for this man jacob chancellor to be arrested the memo has details of an f.b.i. investigation into him and it reveals he warned in a notes for u.s. vice president mike pence it's only a matter of time justice is coming chancing his lawyers say he doesn't feel at fault or has asked for a presidential pardon or the federal bureau of investigation the f.b.i. says they've identified more than 200 suspects those are the headlines the stream is coming up next on al-jazeera then it's the news hour from the car of my. own county the college president she's got ambition to turn china into a 30 trillion dollar economy by 2035 game be a witness the biggest migration since operation with workers returned to cities and canned goods bombing the world. counting the cost on al-jazeera. after me ok you watching this story today we focus on the

intelligence community and also in the u.s. u.s. senate intelligence committee i do cyber security and privacy law and i am the author of cyber privacy who has your data and why you should care it get to you and tell rebecca thanks for joining us but he did introduce yourself to international audience so i'm the director of international campaigns for reporters without borders which is known internationally as reporter some frontier i lead r.s.s. campaign for the release of julian assange and i have personally monitored the entire u.s. extradition proceedings against julian assange here in london. when. i'm just thinking drake you are in touch not the g. innocent but with his part nest how is he doing since the u.k. judge said last week he cannot be extradited but you have to go back to the u.k. prison belmar aspiration. well i think there's some relief within the camp if i can use that term the last we've been saying that british justice do its job in that shootings there's also concern now about 3 broader implications of the movem

britain and the u.s.d to restrict travelers from south africa because of an aggressive new mutation of the virus there. one of south africa's top scientists described the move as almost silly. our correspondent now reports from johannesburg. reporter: live samples of covid-19 are handled in a secure south african laboratory. scientists are racing to understand more about a sudden surge of mutations. the virus has already become far more infectious. but there are signs it might also have at least some resistance to current vaccines. >> when we look at the variant -- reporter: but south africa's leading covid expert told me his biggest concern was that the virus is clearly mutating so fast. >> we are going to see this occurring much more commonly. i think that is the message. and if it is going to occur more commonly, we are going to have to ensure that our vaccines are able to neutralize them. because if they are not, that means we are back to square one. reporter: right now, south african hospitals are ba

the u.s. and iran accuse each other of ramping up military hostilities ahead of the anniversary of the assassination of iran's military chief. i'm santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera presidential elections go to a runoff as the main contenders fail to win a majority. the u.n. peacekeeping mission in sudan's darfur region is coming to an end but thousands of refugees are now facing an uncertain future. and the u.s. . passes 20000000 corona virus infections with a vaccination rollout going slower than planned. we will get to all the stories in a moment do want to start with some breaking news that's coming out of india where the drug regulator has just approved india's 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the given the green light for the rollout of the. oxford astra zeneca vaccine i'm sorry as the 2nd most populous country this will be one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the world when it does eventually happen trial runs have been conducted nationwide w

the u.s. is also preparing to designate yemen's who are the rebels as a terror group in response to who these declared it's america that's the source of terrorism aid groups warn the blacklisting could have catastrophic consequences in a country already suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis is on the shelf. 27 people were killed in this attack on audience airport last month as the newly formed yemeni government arrived to the. united states said those responsible must be held accountable and although the who the said they weren't to blame secretary of state mike pompei oh has announced he will designate the who these as a foreign terrorist organization and abdul malik out who theon 2 of their leaders as terrorists. nearly 6 years into the war the who does remain in control of a 3rd of the country home to 80 percent of the population that's despite an air and ground campaign led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and the local forces they control the who these frequently sta

mostly a u.s. market pretty much brushed off the events of the -- the political events we saw in washington yesterday ending very close to their all-time record highs. we saw the reflationary trades come back in full force, a strong day for financials, for the construction sector, materials, anything really that had gotten beaten down last year and also would benefit from a fiscal stimulus or extra amount of funding going into infrastructure was a beneficiary yesterday. so the handover to europe has also been pretty strong and you can see the stoxx 600 is opening up in slightly positive territory, so far for the year european market kets as are doil fo ftse 100 is actually the best performing index in the world 4 this year. but we are seeing some hone return back into the uk index. we've talked a lot about the deep discount that the uk discount trades at and certainly investors are eyeing that as an opportunity. cac 40 in france up about 0.4% and we're seeing money go back into cyclicals in europe

u.s. senators from both sides hand donald trump a major defeat in the waning days of his presidency overriding his veto of a national security bill. hello there i'm alamo here dean and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the number of confirmed u.s. coronavirus infections passes 20000000 making up almost a quarter of all cases worldwide it's. a generally smooth starts for trade and travel after the u.k. completes its separation from the european union. following new era of free trade begins in africa which aims to one day become a $3.00 trillion dollar economic block. but 1st the u.s. senate has delivered a significant defeats to president donald trump forcing to override his veto of a defense policy bill the senate switches controlled by trump's republican party easily achieve the 2 thirds majority requirements of this reflects a growing rift between some congressional republicans and trump who has 20 days left in the white house well that speaks to a white house corresponden

the u.s. president reacting on twitter calling this pathetic particularly angry with the republicans in the senate for not standing with him and he feels and tweeting that he believes that they should have done more for americans with respect to the coded relief raising it from $600.00 to $2000.00 that didn't happen and also the president so i happy with some of the power of the tech companies particularly leverage over the u.s. election also talking about why more wasn't done for that now in the midst of all of this the house speaker nancy pelosi she reacted as well sending out a statement that this is a resoundingly we're buke of the u.s. president and his assault on the american military and national security noting that in the waning days of his presidency she accused him of attempting to sow chaos and undermine security so very strong reactions from the u.s. president but also one of the president's biggest critics in the u.s. congress what we've seen in recent days and weeks is a growing

u.s. president obama dropped kept his campaign promise to get tough on iran in a radical departure from the obama administration trump abandoned the iran nuclear deal back in 20 tensions between washington and tehran have increased ever since now there is hope that president elect joe biden will be able to turn down the volume some but that goal is getting more difficult by the day on tuesday u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe accused iran of providing a new base for the terrorist group al qaida you now have the world's state largest state sponsor of terrorism islamic republic of iran as the home base for al qaeda their partners in terrorism partners and hate this axis poses a grave threat to the security of nations and to the american homeland itself i would say iran is indeed the new afghanistan as the key geographic upper of. but it's actually horse unlike in afghanistan when that kind it was hiding in the mountains ok and it today is operating underneath the hard shell of the irania

and china the u.s. has some major issues with china and right now the u.s. wants to hurt china so badly that they're going to hurt america in trying to hurt while way and that's really a shame it is and right now the trumpet ministration is trying to move forward with these chip regulations to block shipments from the world's largest contract chip maker taiwan t.s.m. c. and that's always one of big always biggest chip suppliers so it's all even prepared for something like this to happen there we've been very working very hard on the so-called plan b. i got back from some very intense meetings in china more than 2 weeks ago and saw the progress that we're making right now we're selling our 5 g. equipment around the world with no american components as you may know more than nearly 300 american companies want to sell the water we spent over 11000000000 dollars last year this can impact 40000 american jobs directly so these jobs are on the line if america decides for some unknown reason they're not going to allow american companies to sell the wall which would

u.s. president donald trump has been recorded telling the top election official in the state of georgia to find enough votes to overturn his election defeat that georgia was one of the battleground states that flipped in favor of president elect joe biden trump with. this is to can seem to he's lost repeating unfounded claims of fraud alan fischer reports from atlanta georgia. from a president who insists without evidence the election was stolen from him pressure on a tough election official to find votes to help form overturn a result the audio of the hour long call from the oval office to george's secretary of state was 1st obtained by the washington post and captures donald trump even warning of big legal consequences if you didn't do something i here's one of what i . $11780.00 loans which is one more that we have because we want to say it's a move that may create legal problems for the president he's pressuring an elected official to change the result of an election already certified

and european u.s. relations we just were hearing about one namely china policy there will certainly be pressure on europe and germany to be tougher on china at the same time there are opportunities here to work together on china the statement goes forward north stream what we do know is that europe would like to see the u.s. return to the 4 old when it comes to the w t o to the world trade organization and certainly if joe biden is serious about multilateralism he needs to be looking into that and looking into how he can work with his european allies to reform the w t o so that has broad implications for trade policy on many levels including north stream as you know the u.s. imposed sanctions on germany companies that were involved in this project is not clear that these are in conformance with rules. there may be an initial impulse on the part of the by administration to leave those sanctions in place it doesn't like the north stream project as you mentioned but i think certainly we will see the commu

u.s. president donald trump kept his campaign promise to get tough on iran in a radical departure from the obama administration trump abandoned the iran nuclear deal back in 28 tensions between washington and tehran have increased ever since now there is hope that president elect joe biden will be able to turn down the volume some but that goal is getting more difficult by the day on tuesday u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe accused iran of providing a new base for the terrorist group al qaida you now have the world's state largest state sponsor of terrorism islamic republic of iran as the home base for al qaeda their partners in terrorism partners and make this axis poses a grave threat to the security of nations and to the american homeland itself i would say iran is indeed the new afghanistan as the key geographic upper of. but it's actually horse unlike in afghanistan when that kind it was hiding in the mountains ok and it today is operating underneath the hard shell of the iranian

the u.s. capitol thanks to him and her. >> the duties of the office upon which i am about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. brent: kamala harris comes the first woman vice president and the first first in of color to be -- first person of colored to become president of the united states. donald trump leaves the white house after four turbulent years. the 45th president along with his wife departed the white house a final time early on wednesday morning. trump did not attend biden's inauguration. the first president to skip an inauguration in more than 100 years. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and our viewers around the world, welcome. unites states has a new president. joe biden took the oath of office, becoming america's 46th president. he made a call for unity to his fellow americans. . he takes power at a time when the u.s. is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. . the country faces deep divisions over racial justice and is confronting the threa

u.s. president elect joe biden rallies voters to support stem across the candidates until ronald the elections that will determine control of the senate. the weeks ahead will be the hottest year but i really do believe the entry the last piece of the straw. and england is ordered back into a national lockdown as a fast spreading coronavirus variance runs rampant across the u.k. . saudi arabia is opening its airspace and borders to qatar in what are seen as big steps toward resolving a 3 and a half year diplomatic crisis the united front was made ahead of the summit's of gulf neighbors in the saudi city of willa. reports from doha. and more than 3 years after saudi arabia u.a.e. behind and egypt imposed a blockade on qatar finally a breakthrough but that the military fuck up an agreement was reached open the land and maritime borders between the kingdom of saudi arabia and the state of qatar starting tonight this statement from the kuwaitis on the eve of a g.c.c. summit in saudi arabia was

u.s. senate has delivered a significant defeat to president donald trump voting to override his veto of a defense policy bill the senate which is controlled by trump's republican party easily achieved the 2 thirds majority required it reflects a growing rift between some congressional republicans and trump white house correspondent kimberly halkett says trump has unleashed his anger online. the u.s. president reacting on twitter calling this pathetic particularly angry with the republicans in the senate for not standing with him and he feels and tweeting that he believes that they should have done more for americans with respect to the covert relieve raising it from $600.00 to $2000.00 that didn't happen and also the president so i happy with some of the power of the tech companies particularly leverage over the u.s. election also talking about why more wasn't done for that now in the midst of all of this the house speaker nancy pelosi she reacted as well sending out a statement that this

meanwhile the u.s. has already announced it will appeal the court decision we speak to some of the signs of support is outside the london court. for whatever reason it's fantastic. he's got to tell the truth so. i. just because he's a terrific guy. the decision is a milestone in the almost 10 years saga from sexual assault allegations in sweden to the espionage case in the us and 29000 the saunders arrested after being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy for 7 years and until now has been waiting for a decision over his extradition to the united states. good afternoon you're watching international just gone 4 o'clock in moscow good to have you company now we'll start this hour with breaking news because a u.k. court has rejected a u.s. extradition request for june the sangita concerns about his mental health he will remain in custody while the u.s. government decides whether to appeal the decision it has 2 weeks to do so and there were massive celebrations outside the london courthouse when the judge ann

the u.s. vowed to ramp up efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal with iran it comes after tehran stepped up its uranium enrichment program on monday to levels not seen since before the agreement. we are highly concerned by the steps taken by iran to stop enriching uranium to 20 percent and we will redouble our efforts to keep the agreement the iranian government confirmed this week that it has started increasing its enrichment of uranium its foreign minister said that the steps are fully reversible if other signatories comply with the deal however that appears increasingly unlikely ever since donald trump quit the agreement in 2018 with washington slapping another round of sanctions on iran's steel industry only today is the russian foreign ministry's take on the situation. the renewal of reman richmond by iran is a departure from the joint comprehensive plan of action but these devastations are caused by the united states actions iran should be ready to act accordingly once the u.s. abandon

the u.s. officials would be sanctioned those specific u.s. officials were actually mentioned in all of this which is fairly interesting that they didn't list any individual so i wonder if this is not a bit of a bluff. you come out and you make these statements with only what 2 days until you have a new administration sworn in you know president elect biden will become president on wednesday and what does that mean what means that your entire administration is about to turn over so the fact of the chinese did not name names indicates to me that what they're saying is in preparation for the next administration that's incoming we're going to let you know right now that if you continue these policies and if you continue to deal directly with taiwan instead of going through us if you reverse course on this one china policy that as i said has been in fact in decades and that's not to defend the policy by the way it's just been in effect for decades if you were to say if you can decide you're going to continue to do this by the administration then w

and the u.s.our peasant shown any signs of wanting to cause any trouble with china. merkel has promoted cooperation between the two blocks. if you look at the potential replacements to her, both of them seem also to follow merkel's viewpoint in terms of having a trade centric approach to policy, which would mean very -- meaning being very supportive of china. this could be a big tension between the e.u. and the u.s. the one wildcard which is different from the trump administration is that biden will have more of an active climate change policy, so that could be an area where there could be more compromise with china and the e.u. the biden administration may allowed certain things to happen on the trade side. that could be something that could pan out to be less hawkish on that side. guy: always a pleasure. what have we got coming up next? the former u.k. prime minister tony blair sees a return to multilateralism on joe biden's presidency. this is bloomberg. ♪ so you're a small business, or a big o

the u.s. capitol that he incited. pelosi saying congress may impeach the president unless vice president pence and members of the cabinet declare the president unfit for office and remove him under the 25th amendment to the u.s. constitution. now cnn is learning that federal prosecutors are looking at mr. trump's unprecedented role in inciting this shameful violence. one top u.s. attorney saying, and i'm quoting now, we are looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role. meanwhile, the disgust among members of the president's own team is fwroeing and growing. secretary of transportation elaine chao has become the first cabinet member to resign over these truly stunning events, saying she's deeply troubled by what she calls, and i'm quoting here now, entirely avoidable events. we're covering all angles of the breaking news this hour. correspondents in key locations. let's start with our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. fast-moving developments in the wake of one of the country

amy: the u.s. congress has of joees the election biden and kamala harris hours after a violent, right wing white supremacist mob, incited by president trump, stormed the u.s. capitol in what's been described as an attempted coup. four people died in a day that shook the nation. >> the votes for president of the united states are as r. ofws, joseph biden, j the state of delaware has received 306. donald trump, florida, 232 votes. amy: lawmakers held the vote hours after being forced into hiding inside the capitol as right-wing rioters ransacked the building. a shameful on our democracy. it cannot deter us from our responsibility to validate the election of joe biden and kamala harris. amy: hours after the deadly insurrection began, president trump to the riors -- "we ve you y'reery spial." talk inow growg of reming e presidt fromffice bere s term es on juary 20. will spd the ho looking at the remarkae velopmts. althat andore, comg up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine repor

the u.s. crossing another pandemic threshold. the death toll has surpassed 350,000 based on johns hopkins data. saturday alone the country reported almost 2,400 deaths. the pressure just keeps growing on doctors and nurses and hospitals are filled with more than 100,000 people fighting the virus. now every day for more than a month. as of sunday, only about 4.2 million americans have received the first dose of an approved vaccine, even though the cdc says more than 13 million doses have been distributed throughout the country. so no state is feeling the pain more than california. health officials in los angeles county say the virus is claiming a life every 10 minutes. hospitals are so overwhelmed, the military is helping out. paul vercammen is in los angeles with the story, paul? >> reporter: the covid-19 tsunami in california is stretching resources so thin that the army corps of engineers has now jumped into the fight here in los angeles, surveying some seven hospitals to improve the oxygen

under the u.s. law the tech platforms like twitter have effectively a safe harbor against whatever contents putting out a being put out on their platform as long as they adhere to a certain minimum set of rules they are not legally responsible for what people put whether it be the president of the united states or anybody else that has been the subject of much discussion and debate and i think and the incoming congress you know once we get past the inauguration and the new congress takes that c section 230 the liability reform is going to be one of the top issues of discussion and it really is a very polarizing issue because the democrats think that the tech companies should do more to censor or this kind of content traditionally republicans have said no you don't have any right at all to try to censor or mute content on from the right and so they're very different perspectives do you think this could lead to some kind of litigation from donald trump and his followers and what could he do in retalia

in the u.s. filed that big antitrust lawsuit against google over what they say is the company's anti-competitive practices f.t.c. did the same thing with facebook so you know all these folks say we need some guidelines we can't let social media companies politicians whoever regulate who gets to say what when we're having such divisive results and it looks like from the past we've talked about it before they have been fine and they've have had to pay these big fines in several countries in the european union now have any of them actually confirmed they will be attending the hearing. no nobody is confirm that yet and in fact nobody is necessarily expecting them to come i think it was just one of those invitations to say we're putting you on notice we would love to hear from you this is your chance to weigh in we're going to be talking about it we're going to be implementing some rules whether you're here or not we sure would like to hear from you about your business practices and some of them don't

one year ago a u.s. air strike killed a general there and the heightened tensions in the middle east. >>> if you want to get a sense of the strains facing hospitals right now, take a look at southern california. health officials there say co-vid patients are dying at a rate one every ten minutes. that's one factor that's pushed the u.s. death toll past 350,000. more than 20 million americans have now been infected with co-vid. hospitals across the u.s. have reported more than 100,000 co-vid patients every day for more than a month now. many facilities are so crowded they're in danger of running out of resources to help people with nonco-vid emergencies. and a key factor to keep co-vid patients alive is getting enough oxygen into their blood. many of those delivery systems were never designed to treat so many people at once. we explain how the u.s. military is trying to step in. >> the covid-19 tsunami in california is stretching resources so thin that the army corp. of engineers has jumped into the fight

and we advise u.s. secretary of state compared to have a clear understanding of history to stop manipulating taiwan related issues to stop acting against a trend and not to go further down this wrong and dangerous path otherwise he will be severely punished by history. well time one has lived with the threat of the chinese invasion 1st 7 decades but with china dramatically building up its navy and military in recent years the threat seems more acute than ever international editor richard walker as. february 2020 taiwan's air force releases this image to the media it shows a time when east jet fighter intercepting a chinese. flying near its airspace rank glimpse of the dangerous tension in the skies so we have been doing our skies defending all our want to see it every more but in the last few decades is constant pressuring from the chinese side it's like a stress test on multiple levels it's hardly going to demoralizing the taiwanese public but it's also simply wearing down taiwan's planes. and it also

the u.s.apitol police fatally shot a woman during the assault on the building. forcedrred after mobs their way in and were attempting to break into the house chamber. what other people died in was called separate medical emergencies. the city is extending its state of emergency for 15 days. that is your first word news. let's stick with the top story. run us through what happened and where we stand now. aretarting with where we right now, the house is debating an objection to the pennsylvania electoral votes. the count has started up again. an objection was raised to pennsylvania. the senate has already voted to reject it. both chambers have to make a ruling. all of this was interrupted by an extraordinary event on capitol hill. protesters breached security. they made it onto the house floor. and into some offices. they caused havoc. they were cleared out by a heavier police presence that was moved in. with a veryrted ceremonial appeal to the day. were brought votes in in mahogany boxes. and p

chamber of commerce u.s. president elect joe biden will have the daunting task of unifying a dangerously divided country if you believe we're in some what happened on wednesday and it also shows what even just half joe biden is going to say if i'm in his presidency and then tell few p.e.d.'s also that his look is going to be in while it's in the beginning. the incoming president certainly want to have an easy to trumpet ministration will end with a nation divided and sick the viruses wreaked havoc on the u.s. economy and labor market the toughest times my lie ahead. all right let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york yemen's korda good to see you. what does this mean for business destination america it's still a vital market around the world. it definitely is i mean their reputation has suffered to yes china has caught up i mean that's true as well but then on the other side the u.s. still is the largest consumer market on the planet one measure you might take the u.s. economy is still the bigges

tech giants that has ired the u.s. administration and president biden as well so i think that could be a potential stumbling block and as well as as carson said whether the e.u. will really join and on these efforts to form a bigger bloc against china the e.u. is very dependent on china and has really voided head on confrontations with china so i think that will also be a key issue to be watching the delay me and causing jesse thanks to you both. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news just hours into his presidency joe biden is holding a construction on the controversial keystone x.l. pipeline which is said to ship oil from canada to the united states and the u.s. state of nebraska he's president or donald trump had backed the project campaigners have been warning for years about the damage in consequences for the environment but your line kill em is a halting all 270 weekly long haul flights to the netherlands from friday after the government there announced new covert 900 new regulation

guy: if i want to play the u.s. recovery in 2021, how high up the list do you think the banking sector is? walter: i think it is one of the core sectors you would look at. you look at the performance of the markets, since the announcement from pfizer, financials has one of the top performers. to the extent we continue to get interest rates to push higher. the curve is flattening a little bit this morning. we continue to see the steepening of the curve. rates move higher. given another 1.9 trillion dollars in stimulus announced last night. that is a great backdrop for financials and banks in general. alix: the flipside is higher taxes and more regulation and oversight on buybacks and dividends, etc.? walter: jamie dimon talked about that on the calls. he talked about the regulatory environment given the new administration. he admitted it is likely to be tougher. the tax issue i think is a good point. i'm curious with all the good news we are looking at with the second half of the year, what point does not come into f

the u.s. senate. over 3 million georgia residents have already cast their ballots, in a record turnout for runoff elections. on thursday, incumbent republican senator david perdue said he was quarantining after possible exposure to the coronavirus. he is facing off against democrat jon ossoff. incumbent republican senator kelly loeffler is running against reverend raphael warnock. trump is campaigningn the conservative stronghold of dalton, georgia, today while president-elect joe biden will be in atlanta. vice president-elect kamala harrisampaignein savanh on sund. in more election news, as many as 140 republican congressmembers and a least 12 senators plan to contest the official counting of the electoral college vote wednesday. ted cruz is spearheading the effort among senators in the latest desperate attempt to overturn joe biden's victory and buoy trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. congress will still have a majority of lawmakers to certify joe biden's win. on sunday, the

u.s. government wants julian assange to face charges that could see him jail for up to 175 years for leaking secret documents 10 years ago his lawyers say the government only wants him because he revealed evidence of u.s. war crimes and human rights abuses well today a british judge cited mostly with the u.s. government but still refused his extradition because of me.

and the u.s.o the month of november was the u.s.'s turn. so people started gathering at these checkpoints. word had gotten out that supposedly the checkpoints were open. they could now cross. berlin police were not prepared for this onslaught of people, and so the mayor of berlin -- and these checkpoints were still in russian territory. there was sort of a buffer zone, if you will, between the actual checkpoint that you crossed through before you got into west berlin territory. so the west berlin police needed permission to cross into that sector to help out the east berlin police with this rush of people. so harry gilmore, this was an on the spot decision, had to make it. normally, protocol would have had him consult with counterparts and notify but he gave permission on the spot for the west berlin police to help out with the crush of people. and of course, the wall came down and not long later, the country was reunified. the u.s. embassy, which was in bond, was moved to berlin, so this unique p

sanctions from the u.s.cials have also caused other banks to close accounts, so there's pressure coming from both sides. more broadly, i think the hearing will also include questions on their backing of china's new security law in hong kong, which we haven't heard them speak much on. more broadly, the business community in hong kong has argued, as has the government, that the law was necessary to propose -- preserve stability. it is compliant with the framework that governs the city. we haven't heard him speak much about why they decided to support that. >> just quickly, what's at stake for hsbc here? jonas: i mean, the bank is just about betting the house now on its expansion in asia, and china is a very important part of this, so it's very dependent on tensions easing on both sides. further sanctions from the u.s. and more ratcheting up of measures from china would put it in a very difficult spot. >> greater china finance editor jonas bergman with the latest on hsbc. we heard about the role of hong kong as

decides whether to expose of numerous u.s. war crimes over to the americans. the u.s. misses the 2020 vaccination target by a long shot cannot kill 800 fewer than 620000000 americans that had promised would get the job before the year's end dr gives us her take on the problem. all these months of trying to create a vaccine and that time was. developing a plan for how to actually get the vaccine to the people who. under british prime minister goes to war with teaching unions over whether to reopen schools amid a christmas pandemic spike we hear from the union representative. not. just. not. good. but i welcome you watching our international just gone 2 o'clock here in moscow i'm going to start with some breaking news to you because the u.k. has rejected a u.s. extradition request for judy. let's get more on this now from our london based correspondent chante edward stashed he's outside the court and he's just about if we can go to our belief but anyway let's just recap on what's happened because britain has decided not to extradite. this breaking news right now and we c

south korea and the u.s. have demanded the release of a south korean tanker seized by iran's revolutionary guards in the gulf iran says the cammy was breaking maritime environmental laws and carrying all the 7000 tons of oil chemical products south korean forces have now been dispatched to the area the seizure comes ahead of a planned visit by the south korean deputy foreign minister to discuss $7000000000.00 of a rainy and funds frozen in banks due to u.s. sanctions a u.k. court says wiki leaks founder julian assange will not be extradited to the u.s. is wanted on espionage charges for the publication of thousands of secret a man in american military documents in 20102011 u.s. authorities are expected to appeal against a decision made back reports from outside the court. it is for now at least the result julian our soldiers supporters had wanted. the wiki leaks founder will not be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges for the publishing of classified military and diplomatic documents and 201011 th

important health issue could still be extradited to the u.s. based on the exactly same charges the ruling may have been a small win for a son but it's spelled to do for whistleblowers and the judge's opinion journalists shouldn't be allowed to solicits damn namely cool to publish and redacted scandals in my judgment mr sanchez a legit to vicki's went beyond the mere encouragement of a whistleblower free speech does not comprise a trunk card even when matters of serious public concern are this closed and it does not provide an unfettered right for some like mr sashi to decide the fate of others essential ie the judge accepted almost every one of washington's arguments against the sun and by implication whistleblowers what this means is that if you is a professional rule citizen journalist soo much is ask for information about a potential state and you get it via any means but their press office you and who have the knicks it's a liable to be prosecuted and if you publish that information and someone feels that someone might be threatened by it c

u.s. futures touching new all-time highs. u.s. futures continue to point to the upside.icy makers facing an economy gripped by the virus as they hold their first meeting of the here today. christine lagarde said the central banks economic growth projections are still very clearly possible. her tone is threatened by stricter lockdown measures and a slow vaccine roll out the region. simon wells is still with us. let's start with the economic backdrop. how quickly are you having to adjust? these lockdown extensions that we are seeing in parts of europe. were they crafted with sufficient flexibility? simon: we are chasing a moving target. the ecb is chasing a moving target. i think the issue is even if q1 is going to be considerably weaker than we thought in economic terms, is that going to bask -- bounceback in q2 and q3? will we and the year roughly in the same point as we might've thought we were before this brutal third wave gripped us? the answer to that is yes. a lot of sympathy for what christine lagarde is saying. from a policy point of view, things haven't changed t