africa people and projects that are changing the environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference let's show. the. magazine . long d.w. . the state of the news coming to live from a reprieve for dozens of gravely ill people in one scene. and eight year old girl named will soon get the treatment she originally knees she was one of the first to

leave revel held town under a deal brokered by an agency also coming up a large exchange of prisoners between pro russian separatists and the ukrainian government is underway in the east of the country why is it happening now and detained in myanmar court orders to reuters journalists to be kept in custody over allegations they breach the country's official secrets act. welcome to the show my name is sarah harman thanks for joining us aid workers in syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people for besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were greatest part of a deal between the syrian government and rebels government troops have besieged eastern ghouta for more than four years. the u.n.

has drawn up a list of at least five hundred people including children with cancer who need to be evacuated from the suburbs. joining us now from gaza on tap in turkey is mohammad could too he's from the syrian american medical society which supports hospitals in mostly opposition areas mr gotobed thanks for being with us are the evacuations proceeding smoothly. thank you so actually this is a long and chronic issue of the evacuation from. syria because and you see dear there are many of the concept of this is which is not available already and especially in d.c. to do some water this is was a few months ago or so we are losing the scoop of medical centers is that we are providing so we have now over six hundred people who need medical evacuation from this is a list of those twenty nine people who are considered the very action cases was submitted to the u n by sam's the end of october and it took six to

took to. the approvals from the syrian government and their provable. under a deal between the syrian government and the position on the group jason islam and then twenty nine cases will be evacuated only four of them are evacuated over the last night and we are expecting the evacuation to be continued so they have acquisition came under a deal it didn't come beach because all those human beings by the un all three shells and the states involved in syria stakeholders in. feeling the entry for medicines and the evacuation of those people who need advance to teach went outside and all of this is because of the look at of the sudan government of aid and evacuation how how dire is the situation and good are

right now. the issue is. the this area have been under siege since for oh even more years now. so it's chronic now one example is demanded to sink it says twelve percent of the kids under five years old are suffering from malnutrition managed just ten and different stages we over twenty eight people died in two months of is the is when seventeen because of the seas this is an area of big number of the pollution four hundred thousand people have been living without the basic needs without electricity without fuel water without to communication and even food the agriculture i have some products in the summer but winter is this us us for them you can imagine the team you can imagine your water you can imagine you question so how about medicines we have one hundred seven doctors still inside seven

people but the issue that those those those doctors are facing very challenging challenging circumstances you were telling us earlier that there are hundreds of people who need to be evacuated from gooda twenty nine are being evacuated in this particular round can we expect more evacuations in the days and weeks to come. actually i don't have high hopes that more people will be evacuated because this evacuation didn't come and humanitarian procedures where people are reaching for the treatment that they deserve it came under the deal of exchanging detainees with people who need medical evacuation which is not fair which is completely picking the international humanitarian law. people who deserve aid have to reach it people who deserve their right to hearts have to reach it and then. move the laws couldn't

be evacuated for for him instead in reasons so i don't have high hopes that more will be evacuated and those six hundred forty people who applied for the medical evacuation this is not only the people on the vaccination more people in medical evacuation but they have security concerns that they are more of the from opposition controlled area to a government controlled area they will be considered as affiliated with the with the opposition and they might chase security issues with where they will be where the syrian government and the procedures which which is set by the and says clearly that there is no guarantee of s. today the international committee of the red cross shares some information that from those twenty nine people there are four who couldn't get security clearance from the syrian government even they got the approval for the evacuation so those four people are there will be out and there are some some some devious experiences which wish there is not encouraging they was do not include the evacuees to be not

he did not call her show and they are describing we appreciate you joining us the saving from gaza on tap in turkey thank you very much mama tim thank you thank you . an explosion has ripped through a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg authorities say at least four people were hospitalized with the homemade explosive device was traced to a storage locker but no one has claimed responsibility for the blast which occurred northwest of the city center u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has expressed concern about the rising level of violence in eastern ukraine during a phone conversation he asked his russian counterpart sergey lavrov to make efforts to lower the bloodshed in the region it comes as ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists carry out a press stark's change kiev handed over three hundred six captives to the rebels

and is receiving seventy four prisoners in return. what's being called the largest prisoner exchange in the eastern ukraine conflict david stern is in kiev david this is the first major prisoner exchange in over a year why is it happening now. well it's a good question this could be a sign it's obviously a sign of progress the only question is how big of a sign of progress it is this is a very large and exchanges you've said in fact exchanges been completed now what we're being told is that all seventy four of the ukrainians have are now on their way back to kiev where they will actually be greeted by people crowds that are going to the main airport just outside the capital and on the rebel side on the russian backed rebel side a few some fewer than were originally reported the koreans are saying about forty three have decided to stay in ukraine but again the question is why is this

happening now obviously this is a sign of progress but the fighting is still continuing in the east and as you said at the top that there is concern about the level of fighting right now and indeed the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has asked russia to clamp down on the violence in eastern ukraine so is it fair to say this conflict is heating back up well this is the question right now it is it has definitely heated up over the last week or week two weeks whether this is a temporary surge which we sometimes see before cease fires could be a possibility or it could be something a sign of something much more serious obviously the international community is watching very closely and also making statements not just secretary secretary of state tillerson but emmanuel mcallen angle americal made statements over the weekend what they're hoping for is a cease fire for the holiday season which will which they hope will prove to be

more lasting are some world leaders are watching this very closely but david put this in context for us what it all mean for the peace process. we will see exactly how with the moment that the momentum is whether we'll see more exchanges in the in the coming weeks or perhaps months there is there have been indications or some statements by the rebels and we'll see what exactly comes from this on the in the in the bigger picture of whether there is going to be a larger agreement between russia the united states and ukraine all right that's david stern reporting for us from kiev thank you here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world right now russian opposition leader alexina says he's organizing a nationwide rally on the twentieth of january to support his boycott of next year's presidential election the country's election commission has barred the

kremlin critic from running in the march election so i think a controversial embezzlement conviction of ali says it was politically motivated. the french coast guard has rescued a polish sailor who says he spent seven months drifting in a progun down boat the fifty four year old was discovered near the french island of rain on he says he set off for south africa in the chorus and islands back in the way. south korea says the comfort women rile with japan is unresolved despite the two countries having reached a deal in two thousand and fifteen officials in seoul say the agreement over south korean women who were forced to work in japan's or time brothels fails to meet the needs of the victims. europe's largest association of hackers is holding its annual congress this week in life daniel has

more on that and the far more than computer nerds he's a very intelligent people as well the chaos computer club has been keeping tabs on surveillance privacy data security issues for over thirty years its annual meet ups of grown ever larger and the leipzig event is no different from the latest cyber threats and data privacy issues on the agenda and edward snowden is this year's keynote speaker you might notice the dim lighting here because usually for events like this no one wants to be in the line. events that like to trade fair grounds don't usually have such a clunker stein and secretive feel some areas are right off limits to t.v. cameras it's the first time the venue is hosting a convention by europe's biggest hacker group the chaos computer club with visitors from across the world. to see and i want to learn as much as possible. that the internet security advances. my head will probably explode while i'm here i

hope all of. the array of c.c.t.v. cameras normally used to track trade for visitors has been turned off on exactly keen on being watched surveillance is high on the agenda the organizers oppose the facial recognition system recently introduced to the person train station despite it being aimed at preventing terrorist attacks. off if surveillance becomes as intense offline as it already is online and soon they'll be no place left where you can have any privacy as kind of. the event will also be tackling issues such as security loopholes on smartphones and computers the kind of communication congress in my position and saturday. to china now and all week we're looking at the new silk road its namesake was an ancient trade route which ran from china to the rest of asia and beyond the chinese government is investing hundreds of

billions in infrastructure projects to resurrect that trade route on land and as you can see down here on the water as well and today we're stopping in africa since two thousand and five the chinese have invested sixty six billion dollars across the continent that makes them the largest investors that they're pumping money into the construction of harbors roads and railways to boost their own supply lines in may this year a new railway line opened in kenya linking the port of mombasa with the capital nairobi soon the line will be extended all the way to lake victoria total price tag eight billion us dollars even though kenya needs massive investment in infrastructure the railway agreement with china raises many questions. there is no effort spared to keep trains on the new nairobi mombasa link looking speakon span they're not just an infrastructure project they're important to the image of

progress that kenya wants to project and that includes the polish presentation of the train stuff that morning roll call the four hundred seventy two kilometers of railway line cost around three and a half billion euros the chinese state stumped up most of the capital chinese companies laid the tracks and delivered around sixty diesel locomotives and seventeen hundred carriages the opening of this artery of communications in eastern africa is a great achievement of the friendship between china and kenya in the new era it is also the chrysalis zation of the win win and mutually beneficial cooperation between china and kenya. this stretch is just the beginning they are a big plans afoot for expanding kenya's rail network this line links the capital with east africa's most important port the transport of goods a lot of them chinese of course should become much cheaper the new link should more than half the travel time from around ten hours to just four passenger tickets cost

around eight euros but contracts for the massive projects have also raised questions there was no transparent tender process and there's talk of corruption critics say kenya is being sold obsolete technology at an exorbitant price on credit which has to be paid back at high interest rates. you know african leaders think china is santa claus they're not santa claus they want returns on their investment we've already had a levy on each liter of fuel sold in kenya there is a libby going towards the repayment of that loan now this is more sophisticated banking than china has been known for they have got a fantastic return and they've got security they own and run and manage the whole thing but. there have been plenty of protests against the project the route passes directly through the nairobi national park and threatens the nature reserves existence but the protests have had little effect in kenya the

chinese are pressing ahead and in uganda they are building another rail connection china's grand plan is to link the two countries with rwanda burundi and south sudan carving out a new trade network and new markets for chinese goods. hot on sanders heels amazon employees at a major distribution center here in germany are going on strike they're unhappy about pay and have been for the past four years striking several times over that period the very union says they should be paid the same as retail workers and as an argues them more of a logistics saying these strikes will not interrupt the livery industrial action will continue until the end of saturday. back to sara once more news and we go to west africa that's right thanks so much to you know we're going to liberia to be precise where voters are waiting for the results of yesterday's presidential election a result that could see the first democratic transition in the country in over

seventy years a few moments ago u.n. secretary general antonio terra's hailed what he called the peaceful conduct of the vote counting is so going on at the national tally is an hour but preliminary results are expected as soon as the saving but the fischel results on third. day voters had the choice between senator george weah a former world footballer of the year and the incumbent vice president joseph. now we are top the first round of voting the book coming in second but neither one of them secured the fifty percent that was needed to win outright and so this election headed to a runoff a we are is a favorite with many young liberians and his supporters think he set to win i think i have a i feel happy because i mean a lot sure to say this creates a chance spirit we are going to get but i guess really at least at u.c.i. you know what president will be very happy with is. you know my next you know the

choice of the party we are this president. with you know i mean. over the phone. you can't. it's somebody in the war zone. before let's go to the capital monrovia where correspondent evelyn pad a seat bay is standing by evelyn we know supporters say he is the winner is it a done deal what the united commission that's not so easily announced anyone as you know but what's happening is that the you know. coming up from there good luck. maybe get clarity. if we can all i can most of the board we are you ok most of the courts i don't work almost all the think so i think that

there's some reason not announce anyone with one now ok another winner whoever it is will succeed president ellen johnson sirleaf who won the nobel prize for helping to secure peace for liberia's back to back civil wars what does we all want to do that sirleaf didn't. during the campaign two years of georgia we have said that the issue of corruption is an issue president seventh administration was not able to deal with a shiite and it kept three people played that she did not perceive a practical option as she promises to solve it by also the issue of reconciliation and this government of president kennedy has called not to be there these are things that judge me i repeat that because you know to talk about doing the counting while still support yesterday he also talked about you know probably most of the time people consider george weah as something of a young population as

a marriage that is there for the young people and another return so that you see the corruption poverty and reconciliation have been the talk of judgment for the exception of the campaign for how and where he's going about doing it clearly he has not put a lot of them were how do people go about of you know say look at your corruption and also the poverty which is very high among like there is almost half of the population lives below one dollar a day. i thank you very much evelyn pat a sikh thanks for reporting for us from monrovia a court in man maher has extended the detention of two reuters journalists for another two weeks authorities have charged the reporters violating the country's official secrets act which carries a maximum sentence of fourteen years the journalist reporting on the crisis in iraq kind state or a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand rohingya muslims to flee

the country. while alone in the blue jacket hadn't seen his family in two weeks. even so as he and fellow journalist chose so-o. arrive to a courthouse scrum he protested their innocence. we're just carrying out our jobs we would never violate journalistic ethics he told the crowd. in the frenzy no amount of police or press could stop his wife. the men are accused of breaking secrecy laws as they pursue the story of a military crackdown on runs on muslims human rights groups and foreign governments have condemned their arrests observers say it's an attack on press freedoms outside the hearing while loans wife called for him to be released. i want my

husband to be free soon and i trust him that he would never violate the rules of law he has good morals so he should be free soon. but not for another two weeks at least as the judge extended their detention shows so all had his say. we tried to tell the truth. with the men level range while the ones wife made one final bid to hold him. a trial date has been set for january tenth. the african nation of beginning now where many young people attend the dangerous land and sea journey to europe in hopes of a better life those who don't make it and return home face the challenge of rebuilding their wives and our next report we show how a project near the capital is helping them to reintegrate into society.

it's early morning on a chicken farm near conakry. mamadou to lead but he is working for a project for returned migrants. but he himself tried to reach europe last year but he only made it as far as. he saw many of his friends die along the way and he was tortured by people smugglers and thrown in jail by soldiers after he was released the international organization for migration or i.o.m. flew him back home. after i returned many people made fun of me because i didn't make it but i felt relieved i'm back home now and no one is oppressing me i'm living well in the share we have problems with the military and we were discriminated against. the discriminants. a total of three hundred people work for the e.u. funded project which was launched by the i.o.m. and a local ngo the most important aspect its members are made up of equal numbers of

return and local residents that's to ensure there is no resentment women also play a crucial role in the reintegration of the returning. fund. our own children and not among the retina knees but these young people could easily be our children that's why we take care of them. soon the first chickens and eggs will be sold with three hundred participants though the first payment will probably be low but at least some income. many young canadians have lost well paid jobs are hard to find and there aren't enough career options for many escaping to europe seems like the only way out so the local job office in the i have interviewed young people in conakry. interviews helped us determine who is most likely to leave the country illegally. we then selected them for

a total of twenty one projects such as a chicken and now we're supporting the. other young people will hopefully be spared terrible experience he now lives with relatives and cannot create and is studying political science for now at least he's given up his dream of going to europe. all of my friends warned me before i left but i had to experience it for myself to believe them all i would say to my friends now is don't even try it destroys even if you do survive either you feel so ashamed that you didn't make it or you go crazy. it's not clear whether he can really stop his friends from leaving the i.o.m. estimates that around fifteen thousand canadians are still waiting to be repatriated. reminder of the top stories we're following for you this hour aid agencies in syria have begun evacuating almost thirty critically ill

people from all rubble towns east of the capital damascus the evacuees include several children who urgently need medical treatment the operation as the result of a deal between the syrian government and rebels. a major prisoner swap between ukraine and pro russian rebels is underway at this hour in total three hundred eighty prisoners are being exchanged and will soon be returning home. and i'm steve every news you're up to date don't forget you can always find the latest on our web site the address is www dot com i'm sara harmon in whole team thanks for watching we'll see you at the top of the hour for an update.

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