Pushes ahead with his transition joe biden makes plans to fill critical post but donald trump stands in his way refusing to concede the race plus storm slamming into southern florida the state is already waterlogged from weeks of heavy rain now residents could soon be even in deeper trouble and germany marks one week under a partial coated 19 blocked out has that helped bring down cases and our people even sticking to the rules. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program German chancellor Angela Merkel has hailed her countrys ties with the u. S. As a quote mutual treasure that should be continued for generations merkel was given her 1st on camera remarked. All the u. S. Elections since Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump heres some of what the chancellor had to say biden the friendship of our 2 countries is one that has to the test of time over many decades many people here and there live in the german American Friendship it is a treasure that we must preserve that we must cherish and we must pass on to new generations of europeans and americans of germans and americans we are allies in nato we share common values from the dignity of the individual from the rule of law and democracy and we have common interests as well i mean we the United States of america and germany as part of the European Union must stand together to tackle the make your challenges facing us in this day and age we must stand side by side to cope with the contest that is the pandemic we must fight against global warming. We must fight against terrorism stuff and stand side by side for an open Global Economy and for free trade with this is the foundation of our prosperity on both sides of the atlantic the german chancellor speaking a short while ago there meantime u. S. President elect joe biden has signaled that he wants to immediately get to work forming his administration hes expected to start with meeting a 12 member Coronavirus Task force later today and tackling the pandemic will be bidens 1st major task his team says that they plan to do more testing across the country and americans will be asked to wear masks mr biden also saying that his administration will focus on the economy tackling racism in Climate Change including rejoining the paris climate agreement. However President Trump has yet to concede and his lawyers say that they will launch several legal challenges to the Election Results later on monday have. Greeted by chance of losing. The u. S. President ial motorcade waives its way to Trump National golf course for the 2nd day in a row. Donald trump taking a shot at forgetting that alexion loss. He spent the morning in stubborn denial of his defeat refusing to concede to Democrat Joe Biden and giving air to disproven theories of Election Fraud several prominent republicans in congress have made supportive statements saying the elections not over yet. Theres a lot of shenanigans going on here if our President Trump i would take all this to court fight back and from a Republican Point of view mellon balloting is a nightmare for us the post office is now the new Election Center now more than all the republicans have expressed more confidence in the electoral process while saying trumps legacy will endure. He is without question the most powerful voice in our party. He will have an enormous impact on our party going forward. I believe the great majority of people who voted for donald trump want to make sure that his principles and his policies are pursued with the Trump Administration planning multiple legal challenges over the voting process and concession speech still seems far off. And lets get more on the Transatlantic Relationship now we are joined by by our he coordinates transatlantic cooperation that germanys ministry of Foreign Affairs hes a member of the german buddhist todd welcome to the program and thank you for joining us and i like to begin by asking you about something that you said publicly recently you congratulated biden on his went on twitter with the words lets build the new west together what is the new west in your view. Oh there are different terms of the same thing as being you know some stat some some a saying we should press the reset button and Transatlantic Relations other others are speaking off and reassurance i think basically if they express the same thing meaning reassurance of our joint basis which is so important but the way didnt stop there define a common interest also what the chance of was saying in their brief press Statement Today she emphasized the unity to draw interest and you know i was looking very much forward to cooperate in working together on fields where all the same side so i think thats what we mean and also if i may add that even though that to the past people were always talking about 7 the old west sounded like a bit of Old Fashioned but its not we have to build on the pillars we have interests and values the new west you graphically but beyond that so so tell us then i mean you know because a lot of this is sort of philosophical for people concretely what do you think you can achieve. If you are so we will we should set out an agenda ranging from traded economy digitization science research. Electricity security. Russia china. Defense these are these and many more topics on the transatlantic agenda and you know we have taken many things for granted. For dealing with traum some things we dock still a bit away others swear like in rock and start the top 3 priorities Transatlantic Relations we have to bring this all together so that out and against it together you find where are all common interest you know there were recent voices top politicians say. Well you know we have to you know the of the old west of the Transatlantic Relations our people belong to. Somebody even speaking and comically from United States of america i think its the wrong answer we need to reassure each other about what were strong fundamental b. F. Otherwise we will not survive in the way were living so the stability and prosperity that we share so these are facing the challenges we have to be prepared for that you say that you have to reassure each other well another thing that youve also mentioned is that germany and europe needs to take on more responsibility that is of course something that the americans have been calling for since before donald trump they want to increase defense spending and nato burden sharing and so you know id like to ask you what sort of all of leafs are you preparing to deliver to the americans can they count on germany to deliver on that. Yeah i think germany has proved to be a reliable partner in that they asked me to 2014 besides the defense investment pledge. Which like all d other nato member countries where we are blash ourselves to increase our Defense Budgets over a time period of 10 years to 2 percent g. D. P. And we have come a long way we started to sluggishly but you know 45 percent increase in or Defense Budget of comparatives about 14 is not nothing so i think we have understood were doing this not because all your allies we have our own security interest in a big we have come to understand there are many at different being nato nato i think its something where we want to you know join forces with you with the other nato allies with the american friends with joe biden and his team to see how can we restructure. Nato when prepared that the challenge is. In the South China Sea i think that is also to modernize to prove nato d is very important very important task of the future well thank you so much for joining us to share those those hopes and those goals that you have now that we do know that president elect biden will be entering office as the next u. S. President picked up by our you could what need transatlantic cooperation at germanys ministry of Foreign Affairs member of the german bundestag thank you so much thank you very much. Well World Leaders have been sending messages of congratulations to you by the end his running mate kamel harris 2 notable exceptions are russia and china which have yet to hail the incoming President Joe Biden joe bidens triumph is being celebrated well beyond the borders of the u. S. World leaders from every continent have congratulated the new president elect. This year will push or new on the e. U. Stands ready to intensify cooperation with the new administration and the new congress theres a lot to do if you go we can strengthen our ties from our foundation of friendship and partnership. Britain germany france and other European Countries were the 1st along with canada to send neck and regulations most expressed parts of renewed unity and cooperation following 4 years of tense diplomacy. Very much to working with President Biden and his team on a lot of crucial stuff for us in that in the weeks and months ahead tackling Climate Change trade International Security many many many many other issues on the streets there appears to have been a collective sigh of relief from europe. I am relieved because these last days of insecurity that were weighing on my heart have been lifted or not the last few years is over. For us to see what i meant that he said all men have and that will certainly be a new political direction especially when it comes to the environment. So it is the stuff thats on the back to say a Brighter Future than before. Asia. He sneaked back in seems open to accepting peoples different viewpoints and wants to move forward in a united manal thats positive. Africa. I am absolutely thrilled that bidens won and a little bit scared about what trouble i do next hour winds. I think hes a hes a part a scary unpredictable man and the middle east they say charms better for as raul but i think when youre better for the world youre better for israel to pull to this office thats hard bargain is very different from trump trying to bully dos and wanted us to apiece him sponsoring. Countries with a historically difficult relationship with the us but in selection of burkes little 1000000 can alter your the future development of the china u. S. Relationship trump didnt do a good job i dont hold much hope for biden turn. But i. Do but in the drama here we talked about improving relations with russia but it didnt come to anything. Biden is openly against russia. Or for here. All eyes are now on biden and what changes he may bring to foreign diplomacy for the us. And lets get more now we are joined by did i use your ear shadow who is standing by with the view from moscow yury the kremlin has been remarkably quiet to silence speaks volumes. Hi sara well we have no official reaction from the kremlin so far youre right the russian president putin only commented the ones on joe biden spot simple victory that was that the day after the 1st d. V. D. Bait between trump and biden so some weeks ago as expected putin chose his words very carefully on the one hand hes sad he appreciated biden swarts about the possible extension of these 33 Nuclear Treaty between russia and the United States the current agreement expires in february next year and unlike trump joe biden has sat he is ready to extend it so putin praised biden biden for that in early october on the other hand he complained that bidens come pain speeches to war have really influenced by and to russian rafiq as he sat also there is something that has already all the shadow at moscows relations with biden in 2011 when a reset in russian American Relations still seemed possible biden came to moscow to meet the then president need to meet their defenders and Prime MinisterVladimir Putin off to his talks with putin he made a surprise visit to nonsystemic opposition politicians and told to them that if he were putin he wouldnt stand for a 3rd term as president he is worth sounded like a threat there was hurt in the kremlin and of course couldnt be quickly forgotten yuri given all of that how could we see u. S. Russia relations potentially shift now with president elect biden. Well although Vladimir Putin as i said a lot himself a few kind words about the joe biden at the end of october russian experts see in moscow do not expect a reset in their relations between washington and moscow in the 0 pena nieto asp always had towards russia on the biden will most likely be more predictable than under trump but the 2 bit tough and that this subject of human rights for example which is always uncomfortable for the kremlin will be high on the agenda trumps main goal was to make America Great again by the biden and his democratic president ial administration will likely place ever interviewed and fizzes on the fight against Human Rights Violations so most go therefore could even the face some new sanctions for example for the poisoning of the russian opposition politician aleksey vali so there hasnt been much reaction you mentioned in terms of the top politicians there in russia to this this election but youre right i mean youve also been out on the streets there what are people telling you there and russia. There is an opinion the russia that donald trump had a better attitude towards russia than by them and going 1st became president russian certainly expected that relations between the countries of the 2 countries would it would improve significantly but ultimately those hopes have not been fulfilled so of course Many Russians i spoke to now hope that the russian american the relations will be fine and it will finally improve but that sanctions for example would be that one day and so on and so on on the other hand we also have a lot of free actions in the Russian Media russian state t. V. Is sticking by donald trump of the state channel that i see repeats trumps baseless claims about a stolen election the goal here i think is clear to downgrade the u. S. Democracy in the eyes of the russian people youre a shadow with a view from moscow thank you. Lets get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world police in the georgian capital tbilisi have used water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters demonstrating against last months parliamentary elections the Electoral Commission says that the ruling Georgian Dream party won the vote but the opposition has rejected the results and called for a fresh poll. Azerbaijanis have been celebrating after their president announced the capture of shusha a key city in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh azerbaijan has been fighting Armenian Forces since late september to retake control of the territory it lost in 1994 armenia denies that shusha is now in asa pensions hands. Riot police in thailand have halted a prodemocracy march to the royal palace the protesters say that they wanted to deliver letters demanding reforms to the monarchy thailand has seen almost daily rallies since july protesters are also calling for the removal of the countrys Prime Minister. Tropical storm at or has made landfall in southern florida bringing more heavy rain to an already packed drenched area for weeks there have been sustained winds of 100 kilometers an hour it has carved a path of destruction through the caribbean hundreds of people have died in its wake. Its a made landfall in the florida keys on sunday hurricane and storm surge warning was issued for the area. Authorities declared a state of emergency and urged residents to salt pile food and prepare for power outages. Before hitting florida thats a cause widespread damage across Central America in guatemala landslides devastated communities. In some areas the ground is so unstable that rescue teams are on able to work safely. In the worst hit village of quick 150 people are believed to be missing. Whole families were swept away. Years gone the way that there was a great tragedy here i lost 23 members of my family my father my mother my wife my 3 children grandchildren sisters sisters in law. Authorities in honduras say 1700000 people have been displaced after eta triggered flash floods and landslides more than a 1000000 homes have been affected. People here lost everything in the flood waters little bit of us bring us food we need help please help us in any way we have nothing. Some help came from the u. S. Army which sent helicopters to help rescue people stranded by the floods. Their task is daunting with whole regions cut off by the water. In panama too its a left a trail of destruction the search continues for survivors. But for many it is too late heartbreak here as people search often in vain for their loved ones. To proper mother and her father was hopeful that i would find her. Dead or alive. But i couldnt i couldnt also. On its way north then swept across cuba to wrench will rains cause rivers to burst their banks flash floods hit towns across the country tens of thousands of people were evacuated. Florida is now bearing the brunt of the storm and thats shows no sign of letting up forecasters predict as it will move into the south eastern gulf of mexico im intensifying again so hard against ramp. The worst is not over yet meantime in the coronavirus pandemic youre the latest developments lets have a look now at what is happening in the coronavirus pandemic because pharma giant pfizer and its german partner biotech say that their covert vaccine has proven more than 90 percent effective in advance trials theyll be seeking approval by the u. S. Food and Drug Administration this month hungary is shutting down its secondary schools universities and restaurants in a bid to stem a fast rise in covert cases there the Prime Minister says that the countrys nighttime curfew would also be extended britain could take 5 to 10 years to recover from the pandemic as covert expenses saps the countrys ability to rebuild after brags that thats according to advertising magnate martin sorrell. Now germany is marking one week since authorities tightens restrictions on public life for a 2nd time to fight the spread of the coronavirus bars hotels are shut restaurants are open only for takeout but schools remain in session d. W. Had a look around berlin to see how people are coping. Alexanderplatz in the popular areas the shopping in strolling a safe distance is not guaranteed safe politicians. Think. Thats why there are compulsory mosques even outside thats finished its own foyer i find it terrible why should i put on a mosque out here when nobodys working behind me you have to be able to bring fresh air im with mine at all no one. Or 4 of i do not find it ok in moscow to put on in certain places a minute because i mean that its really outdoors what is actually that supposed to happen in public buildings im. Trying everywhere but not here in a Public Square in cuts. To politicians need to explain more clearly what theyre doing to combat the pun that. The can think of them over the whole thing doesnt only depend on the politicians the whole thing is a social g. T. Like many others in a democracy people have to support it in some form or another in the law we will have to live with this far somehow and we actually need a social debate of how its going to look exactly if we compare the situation in germany with other country and then were relatively ok that people care can be true for corruption gets most mobile storage because dont talk so much something has to be pushed through analogous corking legal road we have to look at the end of the day to see what happens which indicates that the measures are the right ones who are. Comes out at the end will it go on like this with the waves get higher and higher and of course one has to ask the question what we still have to do. To lose do for. Mom doing even more hardly possible for the restaurants and cafes in the capital they have to close for a month again. This can be seen almost 5 kilometers away in the tranny district friedrichs on. There are usually hundreds of people in this public just direct. Tourists but also learn this. Needs these security measures to put down the virus and disease children does he said and i work in the Hotel Business myself and my hotel is also closed yes its a lousy so as long as its only 10 minutes im sure its fine november if that is a no no. I think everyone who is not affected is fine with their fear so i dont have any big problems to do without now sure a while. But also because i dont walk in the Hospitality Industry and have nothing to do there. But i think i can understand that people are angry and secure and that after i read to sapps them professionally and i get stuffed full face. At the same time most restaurants have invested a lot of money in hygiene measures. Some officer to go to at least a little money. Football now and sundays are the games all wolfsburg host struggling hoffenheim and the teams served up a thriller took an early lead and looked to be on a roll one about veg cost made 88. 00 to nil on 26 minutes but sargon is out of not get hoffenheim a lifeline 3 minutes from the end when he fired home for goals keeper saves a penalty in injury time to deny the visitors a point and there is relief for byron munich fans after star midfielder yahshua kimmage was only ruled out untold january after undergoing a knee operation there had been fears that he could be out for the rest of the season and hurt himself during saturdays 32 blunder sneak a win over door and he will however missed germanys november international. Cricket mind our top story german chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated joe biden comma laris in her 1st on camera remarks on the us elections outcome in a sign that she is looking to reset relations after an icy 4 years for donald trump merkel also dealt what she called the treasure of u. S. German ties. Marty diffused coming up at the top of the hour where you will be joined by my colleague phil gale im sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us to take care and states. He told india people in bangalore own homes want to get to work on time bright gold bugs karthik wrong marks point some Internet Marketing cycle to work based on the number of kilometers hes written. Having fun during your commute its good for your health and for the environment and the cyclists to wind up with the most points get along in. Dublin. Told. Sleep. Carefully. To suit your needs to be a good. Match. Discover who. Subscribe to the documentary on you tube. And you you may know yes heres were going to you and i last years gentleman sounds. Now well bring you that man card as youve never heard before to surprise yourself with god as possible to this miracle really what moves and what. We talk to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles last hour. Its all around us we cant even see it but nothing on this planet would be able to exist with doug able its one of the essential characteristics that makes our look unique but the quality of far is getting worse every day what can we do or do we could better not only for us but for the creatures we all have between thats what weve got along the world igor india. Lets start by taking a look at butterflies their presence in our surroundings indicates a hell the above meant but in the city like delhi in a perennial concretize dust butterflies are struggling to find continuous green which is a basic requirement for them to try to a group of ecologists and citizen volunteers observe bisphenol a dog and are now striving to help them out. These small grass yellows are working hard to mill butterflies are looking for salt and minerals in the damp sand they need to ingest valuable nutrients to ready themselves for the meeting season. So. This is not some remote and pristine rural area but daily more than 100 species of butterfly live in the city one of the very largest and most polluted in the world. So here medan is an ecologist of the Conservation Education Center in delhi hes an expert on butterflies. The reason behind. Us being lucky enough to see the number of species that we see in the ne is. Is that we still have a lot of green area green spaces left in the early ones these. These green spaces become such islands there can be no more movement for. We need guys beared any sort of wildlife they need a color door to go in and out of that protective space. In daily is to grow in half as a fashion. Areas of green tree that connect the citys main butterfly sanctuaries celebrity violence sanctuary in the south and delhi region in the not are at risk as more and more buildings go up. More than considers that a major risk to dalys butterflies. I dont the world butterflies are under threat more than 40 percent of all insect species are in danger off extinction. As bali metres butterflies are important for maintaining biodiversity. From a solo if youre trying to get to. Either but then i find something on the cluster very a mere 3000 gardens then theres one duck in me. Veronique has made a garden. Just habitat that we have been doing right here across the river. In order of corporate drug. Medan is heading to us good poor jockeys better batch of based land is being turned into a butterfly garden most of the land for the project belongs to the minister polity some individuals and companies also make lots of elevator. Some of jan is an ecology student he contributes his knowledge and labor to the project while learning more about what butterflies need in order to try. This is a kind of blood and all the plans that we understand at all our host plans for butterflies apart from the normal rows nothing or. There they act as whole sponsor of the butterflies like this one is for the common one the people and. The major difference. Of labrador the normal part will be that there will be no formal design with the butterfly hybrid bad that you will be able to make out because we want it to be overgrown we want it to be growing why you feel. The Conservation Education Center daily has so far created more than 40 butterfly garden across daily with the help of hundreds of volunteers for as its manager helmet on shares his expertise and knowledge and encourages city doesnt to get involved and help look after the cities why life uncouple is one of the volunteers in just 2 weeks the 74 year old has cleaned out a trash full near johnson a city forest in the south of delhi and transformed it into a habitat for butterflies people were impressed but baffert award you mean. A bunch of dry blocks in this set around getting you getting this in there doesnt mean sort of a ground where we throw all our money mark but now people have accepted that yes but nephrite part of kaufman darkening is their. Then are not a far colony. Some years ago also hilma than launched a campaign to get people across daily to go out and count and identify butterflies near their homes every september. That has really boosted Public Awareness and enthusiasm to do something to have. One thing. Called a door is in place and not just being in place once we have substantial numbers it did 100 but of labrador thats across the city we were definitely see increases in the population especially for. 3 or. Butterfly species that are dispersing if there are 100. 00 laid by a butterfly and another butterfly only whoville big or dull but of layers on their own the rest 98. 00 will be eaten. And many more larvae are killed by pesticides some people consider the Little Creatures unwelcome guests in their garden think of all the glorious butterflies they might have because. Now alongside butterflies every living being on the planet. Polluted the long term effects. To be devastating if pollution is a massive problem in many cities in india last year in total a list of cities with the worst quality in the world and who live there i believe at 21 evolution was once also a huge problem in london in the United Kingdom but things seem to have changed now. Everywhere. Fog up the river where it flowed so much green meadow. Down the river where it rose defiled among the shipping and the waterside pollution of acreage and. City and if. He to work when written about devon were to cotton for beijing. This is how Charles Dickens described it in london back when he read the novel greek house more than 150 years ago and he would be anyone struggling to bury. Now london still looks pretty great but it used to be even more polluted then cities across india are today. You know. So you see it. This matters because evolution is one of the biggest killers in the world every year we have w7w primitives its caused by air pollution i mean i think this gives you an idea of the terrible public health. We are here. Satellite images show particular concentrations of 2019 were greatest across asia and africa. Europe meanwhile has gotten much safer so what can londons past teach asian cities today. The World Health Organization call their mission the sign of. Every breath we take contains invisible particles that together not 2 to 3 years of our life. The lungs and need to diseases like asthma and lung cancer but those partly cause the. Particularly to look at their own small peny they go everywhere this mornings ones that we go eat what would close the street and then from there they can affect any system any. One of the biggest variance is that many governments consider pollution a Necessary Evil however many people get sick. And pollution rises when countries industrialize and cities across asia have developed like london did back during the industrial revolution. When workers burn coal to power engines theyre released particles that stain shirts and shock try to like to. Smoke lowering down from chimney pots making a soft black drizzle with flakes of sorts and its as big as full grown snowflakes dickenss description stayed valid for the decades to come the amount of raw sewage at the time was so great that victorian london experienced the great stink a century later the pollution called the great smoke which officials at the time estimate killed 4000 people in a week now this made life as horrible as it sounds the focus or depths that it stop trains traffic shops and even help the problem the dock and thats all before you factor in the cost of Health London has died from lung to be like bronchitis in great numbers at the works at the peak of the pollution of the Health Damage alertness thats meant to to have cost up to 20 percent of british g. D. P. The bad news is that delhi there today is pretty much a spot of londons weather centrica like in london that cost light. Theyve. Been statements and even out rates in now and yet you know i think. And you know when you know it was that you know you know like 26 now you know it is really all about that is that i mean what you say that. Me and my children still mean. That is shot. Knowing the scale of the damage puts parents in an impossible box. That is there gets extra bad in winter because farmers in surrounding states burn crops and the cold traps might look closer. But much of the urban india of pollution has come from burning more coal and driving more cars. When i grew up in both in mumbai in the eightys and ninetys having a car was an incredible incredible luxury i bet if you samis had a car in the last 20 years lets look there lies a shinin globalization leeson india. Car sceptical because the. Needs are. And these are not held to the same standards as scarse in the us in europe. Scientists say that quality 1st gets worse of countries industrialize and use more energy but then after a while it costs become too high to ignore and invest in solving the problem. Thats how britain fixed it over the course of a century the government factories out of cities brought in a Clean Air Act to find companies both trapped poisons and replace coal cookers weve got it built parks and Public Transport Networks that reduce reliance on carbon and in doing so they showed critics of environmental regulations that saving lives also means saving money piecing argument that if you want to develop it konami you need to destroy the environment by this story in the environment history might. Not correct. But europe still have an. Alto evolution today still called the 400000 deaths in europe each year people in the poorest parts are set in place to factory the road with polluted. And because europe has exported a lot of its manufacturing to factories in asia its exported some of us have pollution to. What could have been india take away from this. Both parties are tightening fuel standards and in some cities placing power stations are her searching when you can drive cars india is also looking next door to the progress made in china after president xi jinping declared war on pollution beijing reduced its levels of fine particles by 35 percent in just 5 years from 2030 but in cities across india the air is clearing to slow due to celebrate and until the government tackled the source of the pollution residents are forced to live their lives around it. Thats why director otto makes heap of filters to block toxic particles coming in from outside. These there purify and start off white. This isnt like in one of the this is something if you look like within a month then if you ask for the this is what you get this is the. Pollution what you put it in in delhi this place that has been used for more than 3 months without solving the cause of the bad pollution filters like these just reduce the effects of the problem i am not enough that i. Know you know if i can manage it. Well. Yeah. You know do you think thats just a mother. But with so many successful examples to learn from indian cities now need to Scale Solutions up to bring the pollution down and if theyre really stuck for ideas well they could be one thing going out and planting a tree. After having congested streets. With