On the former obama. Professional so he makes everything to be able to be in charge from day one on his presidency so thats a good thing about having such an experienced politicians have filling the seat after a dont know which who might refuse to make a transition smoothly all right our Washington Bureau chief in as paul reporting for us in front of the white house on this historic day. Of course of joe bidens victory crowns a long career in politics one that includes 2 previous a failed president ial beds and of course 8 years in office as Barack Obamas 2nd in command sic a closer look now at the man who will be in charge of the white house a for the next 4 years. It began half a century ago at 29 joseph biden was one of the youngest candidates ever elected to the u. S. Senate his success though laced with sadness when just weeks later his wife and daughter died in a car accident he remarried and made his 1st president ial bed in 1988 and again 20 years later my grandmother would yel
And donald trump is not going to quietly the u. S. President is pressing ahead with legal challenges to the electoral process. And he still enjoys the support of many senior republicans. Plus this woman suffered lifelong injuries in a terror attack on the u. S. Embassy in nairobi. 22 years ago. She is among many survivors excluded from a new compensation package. But now shes hoping the incoming tide and ministration full transform for fortune. Im sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. All of hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers have resigned in protest after the territorys government disqualified 4 of their colleagues. His family is now the hong kong chief executives. Decision came minutes after the Chinese Parliament passed a resolution allowing kerry and lamb to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. Beijing has recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a National Security law. After months of antigovernment, protests rocked the city
Back a as well have congratulated joe biden and his running mate harris after Major Networks to clear them the winners of the u. S. President ial election in a statement posted on twitter she wrote i look forward to working with president by our transatlantic friendship is indispensable if we are to deal with the major challenges of our time and to talk more about these Transatlantic Relations lets bring in detail be a correspondent. Whats the reaction in germany been. Well i think its a sense sort of for at least tonight here in germany youve read out the statement by uncle americas spokesperson on twitter its really about really really shuffling the cards between germany and the u. S. Its really about restarting again the trends that the transatlantic relation as a sort of Foreign Affairs minister talked about a new beginning a new deal when he congratulated president elect joe biden and Vice President. Arias so the relation between the u. S. And germany has been really really diffic
Support. Michael keenan welcome to conflict zone thank you hong kong has started off this new year with mass arrests 53 prodemocracy politicians and activists detained on the grounds of subversion under the new National Security law the move has been condemned by the worlds leading democracy has Rights Groups law associations as being nothing more than a crackdown is hong kong witnessing a dismantling of its freedoms and its opposition wont i dont think so 1st of all just like you were never deals in the world we are busy fighting the pandemic. Certainly the massive arrest that happened earlier this year is about a primary being held there last year it involving 5060 people who participated in a primary in preparation for last years election ok so so far the basis of the. Primaries involves a lot of candidates whose election platform. Volley. Article 22. 00 of the National Security law which is to paralyze the government to stop everything from functioning to basically opposed every si
For eyes are by john but it has led outraged armenians to storm their own parliament plus the world welcomes news of a Coronavirus Vaccine that appears to work and so far shows no negative side effects. And the palestinians mourning the waltz of one of their own voice i have ever caught has died from coded 19 he was an architect of the 2 state solution with israel and. Im off to those of you joining us on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with security and terrorism here in europe leaders in the European Union say they want to improve their shared security after a recent spate of terror attacks in france and austria. Chancellor Angela Merkel in berlin joined today a Virtual Summit with the leaders of austria and france in paris president emanuel is calling for a swift and coordinated response and he denounced what he described as the misuse of europes asylum laws by people seeking entry for sinister reasons and he said the fight against i