this is deja vu news live from berlin the cattle on parliament votes in a new government today and could the lack of fugitive president separatist leader carlos bustamante faces arrest if he turns up for the vote setting up a standoff that could reignite the separatist independence crisis we'll go live to barcelona also coming up. the countdown has started for president trump's first

state of the union address but will fall out from the shock resignation of the f.b.i. deputy director upstaged the president's big speech. and german automaker b.w. faces questions over a scandal involving diesel fumes tasking on humans. also coming up on the interview news that's based feel are on the radar of germany's security officials he claims to be able to heal insurable diseases but critics say that promise comes with a price our reporter takes a look at the evangelist trying to gain a following in ukraine and germany. and a little syrian girl also for hearing during the siege of aleppo we look at the irreversible damage of the war on children's health but why there may be some hope .

i bribed thomas a very warm welcome to the show all in just a few hours the parliament of the spanish regions of catalonia is due to vote in a new government but there is some doubt over whether that vote will even take place it all depends on this man the separatist leader carlos push demand he was dismissed as catalog president by the central government in madrid that following an independence referendum last year he's now living in exile in the belgian capital and is wanted by spanish police bustamante seeking reelection but must be present physically for this vote will he return to barcelona i'll put that question to our reporter in barcelona in a moment first we have this report on what's shaping up to be decision day in catalonia. this is the man at the center of the dispute catalonia sex president

cutlass push to months he's been living in exile in brussels since madrid imposed direct rule on the region after the shortlived catalan declaration of independence last here proved to months apparently acquired a taste for belgian beer but remains reluctant to speak out in public. so i don't want to make any statement i don't want to speak to the big question is whether the fugitive form a leader will show up in barcelona on tuesday to be sworn in again as catalan president spain's constitutional court says he must be there in person for that to happen but if he does return he faces arrest on charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds. when i look at it i think somehow he will show up i think he has planned a strategy and he will manage to make it happen. in didn't and it's a complicated situation which i think politicians should souls. because that's what

they're there for but if. you have perhaps i should go to parliament but he might not because of the constitutional court he's in a tough position and. the speaker of the cats and on parliament has so far also dodged journalists' questions and the former lead his legal team said they have not yet decided what to do whether pushed a month returns to barcelona or not spain's deepest constitutional crisis in decades is still a long way from being resolved and what's going to happen this morning to find out more let's bring in our correspondent barbara vessel she joins us now live from barcelona or the big question this morning barbara is will push them all show up in barcelona. this if i knew brian i could make some money off it and probably put some bets down i mean rumors are swirling

of cory's demonstrators have stay would be turning up here in the thousands and they would all have this mask and sort of show the face of card as he puts them on to make it all the more difficult for the police to find out whether he tries to enter parliament which is in the park right here behind us in the back we can probably see the police cars lights they have closed off all the entrances and exits off this park and i really looking everywhere for the month they've put up border controls and they are looking in the trunks of cars that enter parliament and so they really hunting him because they are really trying to prevent him from peering physically in problem because as you said if he is supposed to be voted in illegally he needs to be there the man in the flesh ok well could we see that in the next few hours spanish police physically bundling the ma into

a police car and whisk him away. anything is possible in this circus because really it somehow takes a takes on the character off the game between the independent the followers of independence here and come to lonia and the spanish authorities they are really not telling anybody what they want to don't even the law of commerce puts them on said last night it is possible that he would of today still apply to the high court for special permission to appear here and problem in something that is theoretically possible to do however so far we don't know whether he has as we don't know where he is it is really a game of hide and seek and of course intentionally the independent supporters don't want to show their cards because what they intend is a big surprise ok well supported as are saying that there is the possibility of a video conference that could be sworn in by video would that be legally binding.

no of course not because the high court said on the weekend that this cannot be done if somebody wants to be voted in to the office off the president here he has to be present he can be in exile and say hello this is me do you put your votes for me but i can't really be there because the. threat was present so that they could do it but it would not be it would have no legal force and of course what would happen then is the spanish authorities wouldn't give the government back to the cotton lines so that would be another standoff ok briefly if you could barbara what about the separatist movement does it still enjoy broad popular support. it still doesn't joy support particularly of course the hard core supporters of

independents but we have to keep in mind they do not have an absolute majority in figures they did win the elections by a narrow margin by the are about forty eight percent in total figures among the population so it's not quite clear whether they really have a majority among people here in catalunya ok barbara visual for us in barcelona thank you very much and what promises to be a very dramatic morning or you are now to some of the other stories making the news at this hour is the hold a referendum on reforming the country's near complete ban on abortion prime minister leo varadkar says he will campaign for a change in the vote at the end of may arland currently has some of the strictest support for malls in europe all suggest a majority in favor of reform of course romania has sworn in its first female prime minister amidst the wave of anti corruption protests eureka on c.l.a

became the third had of government within a year european union has criticised new legislation which opponents claim will make it harder to prosecute high level corruption while later today u.s. president donald trump will deliver his very first state of the union address laying out his government's agenda for the year ahead ok let's have a look now at some of the key issues the president is likely to address on trade it is of course america first staring his speech at the world economic forum in davos trump said that the american economy remains his top priority and that the nation was open for business. but america for years does not mean america alone when the united states so does the world. well immigration and the future of the so-called dreamers are going to be the other key issue the prejudiced president has suggested that he is open to protecting the

seven hundred thousand so-called dreamers now they are the children of on documented migrants who live in the u.s. illegally in return the president wants the senate to approve billions of dollars in border security funding and trump's also expected to give an update on the fight against terrorism and his view of international threats especially north korea donald trump has repeatedly targeted the north korean dictator kim jong un following the regime's ballistic missile tests and nuclear threats to the u.s. and its allies. while as the president prepares this address washington has been rocked by this sudden resignation of the f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe will be heading into early retirement now mccabe has been repeatedly criticized by president trump and his republican allies for alleged

biased against him and the republican party the reason for mccabe's early departure from the law enforcement agency is not yet known the white house says president trump has nothing to do with it but that he stands by his criticism of mccabe. well in the studio to talk about this is irwin collier professor from the j.f.k. institute here in berlin good morning to you urban. let's start off with the mccabe resignation what might be behind that well mccabe has come into position after his predecessor james komi was fired he's considered by trump to be loyal more to komi then to donald trump there's also this feeling that because mccabe's wife was running for democratic position

and was funded by people close to hillary clinton that he is not a man to be trusted when it comes to donald trump and so that's probably the reason why from trump's point of view he should go and he should go sooner rather than later this is as honorable an exit as can be mutually agreed to ok and there's a memo and question that's playing a role here those were expect that you have the least level of complication is there is a memo having to do with someone who reports to. the head of the f.b.i. and that's rob rather from the head of the f.b.i. reports to rob rosenstein who directly supervises mohler the special counsel investigating the russian affair in the united states the next target is is rosenstein and the memo has to deal with rosenstein rather than mccabe ok and that's in the line up in the days ahead of showbiz's or we'll be hearing about this

ok let's talk about the president's state of the union address tonight the white house has been indicating the president will reach out with a bipartisan appeal to the nation is that what we can expect and what we can really expect is the run up to the congressional elections trump pass to walk the line between. being being reasonable to keep the democrats from gaining too much of a blowback in this election at the same time he has to give red meat to his people so when you hear immigration he is thinking the wall he wants to deliver the wall to mexico to his base and with the dreamers there is there's the possibility of a deal the democrats look at the wall as a needless piece of infrastructure the dreamers is essential for the notion of fairness ok so reach out across the aisle on that we can expect perhaps

a trade off and in the days and weeks ahead between the dreamers and the wall everything's possible i wouldn't be surprised ok what do you think will be another focus of the of this speech tonight well i think very important for trump is his position. the same watch just like louis the fourteenth who said the state is me the economy is it's all about him that the fact that the united states economy is booming doing very well right now as is the world economy donald trump wishes that the world perceives that as his particular contribution to the world economy so basically things are going all right why would you want to change any part of the leadership if the unemployment rate is low and there's no sign of inflation. horizon ok so the economy some good background music tonight it always helps the incumbent ok irvin call your from the j.f.k.

institute thanks so much for being with us well the latino population in the united states makes up a growing and very important segment of the u.s. electorate donald trump one around one third of the latino vote in the twenty sixteen election but as the president moves to block immigration from latin american countries some of them are starting to question whether they would act on trump again. just five miles from the white house it's lunch time at el poil rico restaurant a favorite spot for the latino community in the nation's capital while customers speak highly of the peruvian street food they have very few good words for president trump during his campaign he blamed latino immigrants for many of the nation's problems now after his first year in office many latinos feel unwelcome even threatened. my idea of a lot of latinos are afraid to go out to go to war they are afraid that migration officers will catch them afraid to be deported. we have lots of needs whether we

are from god our ones have five or eight hundred us all central and south american countries he sued america and i think that after one year there is no room to say. that it was a mistake that maybe he didn't mean it because he has been very consistent with the message. although thirty percent of us hispanics voted for trump in two thousand and sixteen recent polls show that his approval rating among this demographic has sunk to under twenty percent i think i'm one of the half of the country that we just want this period to hit his four year period to be over with and then maybe in the border again. the future under trump is uncertain for many latinos living in the u.s. the regulars have poor rico told d.w. that until the next presidential election they are expecting things to change for the better. it's over to close off now and there has been some sharp condemnation

of some very questionable casting in the german army billons sharp criticism indeed brian repulsive absurd in excusable that's just some of the reaction to reports that german car makers financed tests in which monkeys as well as humans were exposed to toxic diesel fumes now the aim was to give the diesel technology a good name and secure valuable tax breaks but it backfired rationally. here at the university clinic in him in twenty thirteen and fourteen a group of twenty five healthy people were made to inhale nitrogen dioxide in varying concentrations over periods of hours several times a week the car manufacturers wanted to use the tests to determine exactly how dangerous nitrogen dioxide was to humans the tests were commissioned by the european research organization for environment and health and financed by german

car makers v.w. b.m.w. and german parts supplier bosch the study was supposed to be conducted under the car the that they were to be no negative effects on the human subjects but the methods which have now been revealed have let loose a wave of indignation. and it's absolutely understandable that people are outraged that tests on monkeys and even on human beings cannot be ethically justified. that amounts to nothing more than hot air according to environmental organizations they say the german government has been in bed with the automotive lobby for years. mrs merkel is really the first cat chancellor and she even fights in brussels to make sure that emissions regulations are less strict and if possible not controls which control yet and it seems there were no controls at volkswagen either the supervisory board says it knew nothing about the studies and is now threatening consequences. because i'm to complex this complex

is reprehensible ethically morally and in that sense i think the w. will have to hold the employees who are responsible for this accountable so they can shift. these revelations will deliver another blow to the german car industry's image. well for more let's bring in our correspondent bedri god in brussels band wagon had its annual reception in brussels last night i would assume the mood was not particularly cheerful what did the company had nothing as miller say at the event. well the chief. said he was very sorry that things you simply don't do his that it is an ethical wrong and disgusting was happened what happened and he excused he made an excuse that folks wagner co finance obviously this murky studies which were intended to whitewash the condors three and that's of course did not work and now the reputation of the low

reputation of german comic has here in brussels is even getting low especially when it comes to the european commission the officials they have to regulate the whole deal of the car companies and then i was saying what's what's coming next and this is not helping the comic because in their course here in brussels banned regatta in brussels thank you for the moment but do stay with us we'll come back to you in just a second now the revelations about these questionable tests come at a time when europe's car industry is effectively fighting for its life diesel engines lead to market in most countries but facing increasing pollution the european union is now taking a tough stance on days of cars there's no dispute that nitrogen oxide pollution is a problem levels are too high in places like dusseldorf stuttgart munich hamburg and berlin a total of twenty eight german cities exceed limits in some cases dramatically but it's not just germany france has nine yards of nitrogen oxides are produced by

diesel engines even the cleanest diesels produced this talk sake gas now the e.u. commission as some of nine and vironment ministers to brussels for an air quality summit today among them is germany's barbara hendricks. and with that we go back to bare and regard in brussels our correspondent standing by ban the european union is giving germany britain france and six other e.u. countries a final chance they say to comply with quality standards what does that mean. we are in the middle already in the middle of an infringement procedure and that means that you commission is ready to take these countries you mentioned to the court to the european court of justice and the court then can issue some hefty fines after the trial and to avoid that the car industry especially the countries

have to come up with a plan to curb the pollution and the commission said no this is not really a summit it's a hearing about this country's had the chance to present your plan come up with something reasonable but so far that many doubt that germany has some new measures through to present here today a bad of diesel cars from inner cities is one of the options being discussed what is germany doing in order to improve the quality that hendrix the environmental mina's the present a plan he has so called action plan she is promising to spend half a billion euros to replace for example these the buses in the n.s.a. it is she wants more electric cars on the street she wants to put commuters on train but she's not suggesting any refitting betting of these are cars so far and that this is enough because these measures only have

a. long term effect on the traffic bandit got to t w a correspondent in brussels thank you turning now to syria where people are starting to trickle back to cities destroyed in the country's seven year long civil war brian one of those cities christophe is homs it's a former stronghold of anti-government forces it was retaken from rebels after two years of heavy fighting by the syrian military here's a look now at a man who's returned to that city and is calling on others like him to do the same . returning to homes. who lived in this house until twenty eleven that's when he fled the war with his family. now he's putting all his savings into rebuilding his house. he hopes to move back in a few months time so far he's the only one in his neighborhood. we wish everyone

would come back it's our country this is where we were born and raised we're going to be in the. homes is a city of contrast the guns have gone silent but a few areas are still covered in ash and rubble. elsewhere a sense of normality has returned water and electricity are available schools and businesses are open. since the last rebels left homes almost a year ago but assad forces have been in control of the city. but the billions needed for rebuilding are lacking local authorities hope people will take some initiative. with the seventy percent of the buildings in this culture destroyed no one can come back here another quote is any about a fad of buildings are gone that's why people can build their houses on their own. many here want to start over but mistrust among citizens of homes still runs deep after seven years of conflict the wounds of war will not heal quickly but without

reconciliation be building the city may not be possible. while many syrians have of course been making their way as refugees to germany and here in berlin the two main political parties conservatives in the social democrats are struggling to make a breakthrough in negotiations to form a coalition government and one of the main obstacle obstacles is family reunions for refugees social democrats want a lenient approach but the conservatives are demanding a tougher line spoke to one refugee from syria who is holding out hope that his wife can join him here. her son hasn't seen his wife since he arrived in berlin two and a half years ago he came to germany with three of his brothers. cousins wife alone in lebanon has requested entry to germany on the grounds of family reunification.

she hasn't yet received a response. i hope my wife can come here has and says. he knows that he's among many refugees hoping to reunite with their families . but he and his brothers have little chance of bringing their relatives here the german government expects refugees like him to return home at some point if they're not in danger of persecution the u.n. disagrees with this policy. the need for protection is the same you cannot predict a conflict is significantly shorter than the need for protection based on individual persecution for example because someone is a political opponent mentioned problem you people need to be with their families we have to see the situation from a humanitarian perspective it's not right that people should be separated from their spouses and children for years at a time and this is a question of humanity and for the teat cousin isn't sure why it's difficult for

refugee families to be reunited here imagine he says if germans were in his situation all alone in a new country without family in any case he's adamant that returning to syria is not an option does nothing left for him to do but wait for the decision from the authorities and keep in touch with his wife every day online. here with the news still to come on the show a seven year old is from syria lost her hearing when aleppo was bombed now she lives in lover on a group of doctors is trying to help her here again is restored coming out. and a dubious faith healer from. ukraine is making headlines here in berlin with officials warning against this advice apart our correspondent who has asked one of his healing events. that and plenty more straight ahead it would end up. putting

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a massive destruction. from get me to hiroshima starting february third d. w. . i'm back this is the interview news live from berlin our top stories at this hour cattle on lawmakers are due to vote this morning for a new regional government exiled leader to mock risks are raster in spain but is seeking reelection as president. spain's constitutional court has ruled he must be present physically or the vote to be elected. and the countdown is on for u.s. president donald trump's state of the union address expected to set the nation's agenda on the economy and immigration but the resignation of a top f.b.i. official involved in the russia investigation threatens to overshadow the

president's big speech. later tonight here at u.w. will be bringing you that speech live donald trump's first state of the union address as it happens and throughout the day will be focusing on various aspects of the president's policies and their global impact first let's take a look at how the u.s. nuclear policy has changed under president trump. a disused nuclear warhead is being dismantled this is what the future of nuclear weaponry looked like until now that is. i want this our nuclear arsenal. to be the biggest and the finest in the world we spend a lot of money a lot of time a lot of effort. tip top shape and getting better. only a small number of countries in the world possess nuclear weapons russia and the us are by far the biggest players between them they own more than ninety percent of

the world's nuclear arsenal while russia is estimated to have seven thousand nuclear warheads the us is thought to have six thousand eight hundred though only a fraction of them are actually deployed and ready for action first then and you the proclamation of the treaty for your signature. ever since the end of the cold war the us and russia have steadily reduced the number of nuclear weapons and their arsenals a series of agreements signed by successive governments committed the two countries to part of nuclear disarmament. but with a new president in the white house things may be about to change in february the u.s. administration is set to publish its new nuclear posture review an early draft obtained by the media suggests that trump wants to build new smaller nuclear weapons that would be a radical break from decades of u.s. nuclear arms policy. and it seems the russians are no longer keeping their side of

the nuclear bargain nato recently confirmed that moscow is in breach of a bilateral treaty on intermediate range nuclear missiles something the u.s. has known been claiming. this is fuel for trump's mutely ambitions observers say he has scientists already working on developing a missile system to match that of the russians. last week nuclear scientists move the hands of the doomsday clock it is two minutes to midnight. revealing that the world is now another small step closer to nuclear and no hellacious. the last time the clock was this close to midnight was nine hundred fifty three point of the cold war. years teri schultz got the chance to sit down with nato deputy secretary general rose gottemoeller for an exclusive interview now the american diplomat is an expert on arms control international security here's what

she had to say about the prospect of a new nuclear arms race as somebody who has spent their entire life working for arms control how does it feel to know that the perception. for many people is that nuclear conflict what you've spent your entire professional career working against is closer than ever that we truly are facing the possibility of a new arms race i think that's an important point once again that we have at the present time a situation where. where the major nuclear powers are proceeding with nuclear modernization and the united states is modernizing the nuclear triad i frankly support that as long as nuclear weapons are in the world the united states needs to maintain a safe secure and effective arsenal and the age of the current u.s. arsenal is such that it's hard to maintain its safety frankly going forward so in

my view modernization is necessary but it must be coupled with continuing work on disarmament so it's fine if we modernize the arsenal but it doesn't mean that there's going to be a big build up. in fact from numbers are coming down and they need to continue to come down so you can modernize but you modernized in a judicious and a measured way and i think that's a very important point that people lose they say oh modernization it means a big burst again of building missiles building submarines bombers and nuclear warheads no it means judicious keeping the numbers coming down but on the possibility that the u.s. is now reversing the strategy of a nuclear free world it's seems to be a worrying sign for plenty of people the arms control community back in the u.s. certainly and european allies as well. is that something you think is warranted at this time i don't expect it to be any change for example in u.s.

support for the nonproliferation treaty which is the bedrock it's truly the bedrock of u.s. arms control and nonproliferation policy as well as for countries around the world and it means that the united states remains focused on cooperation on one plus cooperation on disarmament and cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear energy and that you know that those three pillars of the n.p.t. are extraordinarily important and really provide the backdrop so i frankly don't expect any change there and that's what people need to be focusing on a state of use teri schultz there talking to nato deputy secretary general rose dr malone and you can find out more from that interview including got a most take on the war in syria and turkey's military incursion there on our website just go to g.w. dot com for more on the. well our

next story begins in the ruins of aleppo the syrian city left ravaged by years of civil war not so long ago it was home to a young girl her name is isra and her family as a result of the constant bombings is for a while so hearing the family fled to neighboring lebanon where they still live today there they got in touch with an ied organization that wants to hope for here again here's what happened. is her has trouble talking but she can still smile as a small child in aleppo she clung to her siblings whenever she heard bombs exploding. at one point she got a high fever and began to lose her hearing. that's why she's had difficulty learning to speak. nice neat stuff. will.

solve a problem because of the war i couldn't get a hearing aid for her we couldn't take her to a hospital to see a specialist either. in the beginning she was completely normal. and there were no problems but then she got sick we quickly noticed that she could barely hear us the smog. i had that she was a big difference between israel and her siblings they're all getting older and will someday leave home and get married israel will not be able to do that you know how sick along nicely how i israel is seven years old now. and twenty certain her family fled aleppo and now lives in lebanon. her father works as a day laborer and sometimes can't afford the monthly rent of three hundred fifty dollars. but israel's been fortunate she'll be attending a school for the hearing impaired on this day she's off to be a route where she'll be fitted with a hearing aid. is what normally communicates with signals and gestures

that's worked fairly well with her family members until now but her mother says she's been withdrawn lately playing less with children she doesn't know so she's been growing up without friends. about eighty syrian refugee children have come to the route from all over lebanon to receive high quality hearing aids donated by a large manufacturer. the children are tested to determine the severity of their hearing loss and there. are many aren't completely deaf. but it turns out it's right can still hear a little when the sound is loud enough. to know basically she can't his speech at normal spoken level because they hear in god sees is too severe for that yet so she is missing out on

a lot of sounds so that's where the hearing aid comes in yeah yeah so the idea is to. give her back hearing so she can at least hear of are meant to sounds and speech again yet. we haven't had that she's really looking forward to hearing aids is real one so much to talk in here like her siblings oh. then the moment of truth is on the can is right here again. she can hear her mother's voice and others to hear. it's confusing a new for her. and a great joy. but it was luck is a very rare. yeah many other syrian children have lost their hearing for good as a result of the wars loud explosions. if the children get infections amid poor hygenic conditions at camps like this one their

conditions worsen. not. really much of an aid worker describes the situation for about two million syrians living in lebanon. that look at what i do what may i do feel that i did become go back to syria at that moment and they cannot continue living and live on them because they don't see any hope and here. who's twenty five years old is a single mother of six children she's not getting any help from aid organizations the u.n. says it has too little money for so many refugees yeah. she says i get nothing at all other than. when children fall badly ill in the winter months their parents can't afford treatment in a hospital it costs the equivalent of about eighty euros

a month to stay in the shack was it to some as months behind on the rent. the father of her children has married someone else. donations to help only a little. when the money is used up the struggle to survive goes on. the worst part is there's no improvement in sight. and as long as the war in syria continues refugees can return home. lebanon is overwhelmed with refugees and would rather not have to shelter them anymore. that little israel has her hearing back is a small ray of light in a dark desperate time and that but after. that it's because of flak the number should be less but the need to send bigger so i think that she is really lucky while other children are mottled lucky. i on her first day of school with her hearing aid israel runs to class with her

pink satchel she's eager to learn and reacquaint herself with the world around her . israel forms the name mohammed with her lips not how i feel now that she can hear again she likely learned to speak. but she's only allowed to visit the special school for one year right now unicef is footing the bill. it's not clear whether she'll be able to stay. but for now in the midst of so much despair it seems like a victory that a seven year old girl from aleppo who'd gone deaf from the sound of war can now enjoy a quieter more joyful surrounding. yet still to come on the show we'll take you to europe's number one karaoke country and no it's not what you might expect it warns out. there. is

a karaoke place to be. in fact it is so popular there you'll even find people performing in public bathrooms. but. a story in a moment but for now we stay here in berlin where self-styled faith healer is making headlines keep taking your medication vice from german health officials when ukrainian evangelist flatted near mint visit earlier this month went on says he can heal anything from cancer to blindness but what cost or correspondent it calmly as more. my. this is the man they'd all come to see in the flesh self-styled apostles led him in one town and the prolific on social media and cable t.v. this was the ukrainians first personal appearance in the german capital just.

just such time destroying the curse of cancer a phone call a g.'s. s. gone yes. yes. but it's not just cancer that claims to be able to heal with. there was a problem exactly here. the problem is now gone. the holy ghost has taken it away. your heart is completely healed. it's a claim that draws in the crowds to these crusades as the service is unknown. it is maidment on a celebrity in ukraine but it also raises questions to munch on followers give up on conventional medicine and who pays for these immaculately choreographed events. back in the ukrainian capital the country's orthodox churches and their arcane

rituals are losing ground fast to the times. when chance church known as regeneration center with its modern social media operation and cable t.v. network is one of those filling that gap. was to. touch on a spent ten years as a member of one town's regeneration center by the time she left she was working as a live in assistant for the montel family her own family first joined the church when her sister became seriously ill they credited the church with her recovery. people always want some kind of miracle something extraordinary i was a member of regeneration for a long time sometimes they'd bring the same person onto the stage more than once i'd pray for them the person would fall to the ground that would go on wake up to wake yes. but the promise of healing comes at a price. that they convince people they need to donate

a minimum amount each month but to really get god's blessing they're told to give more and more each month for. such other tells us of congregation members going heavily into debt to donate to the church of a culture in which spiritual growth meant paying for expensive courses and retreats from. the nerve center of minxin church and media empire is located in this vast industrial units in kiev a place to tell a spend a lot of time but eventually she became disillusioned by the incessant financial demands what she says was the excessive focus on the church's founder. in the worst letters in i think there's a cult of personality around a lot of me and munch on it regeneration it's all about serving him everyone of ours to hear but it's not about god anymore it's all about him he's even shock movies about him a selfie one and with

a record number of crusades planned for twenty eighteen ever more of them in germany the outside world looks set to hear a whole lot more about ukraine's apostle of health. and here to talk about that is data abuse ukraine correspondent nick connelly who filed that report for us good morning neck even at. the vent here in berlin how many people showed up you know who's coming to see what's happening this was a really huge spectacle mean just in the two thousand people in one of the biggest hotels very slick production he has own t.v. channels it was being broadcast live online and through his at the crowd was i'd say about seventy percent russian speaking there's a big russian speaking community in german germany about two million people but there was an interpreter on stage with him so he was trying to reach out to a german speaking audience that maybe couldn't access is working russian but a very interesting mixture actually ok what do you think is behind his strong and

growing following well back in ukraine i mean this was a big crisis of traditional faith that you have big conflicts between the different orthodox churches more loyal to kiev somewhat. but it was an aesthetic thing when john talks about everyday problems about money problems about marriage issues he has his own t.v. network he really speaks to people in a modern language and is available the absolute something that the christian churches are so so he's feeling a spiritual vacuum and he's using modern media to help him do that exactly he can speak to people in different way he can actually access different boats population and is a lot more proactive than the original judges who were very caught up in themselves when you were here in berlin did you see him reaching out solving people's problems was it was a healing people on stage or what was going on way different claim to be the with there were problems from. cancer to heart issues to blindness that was the real gamut i mean this was a man with service went on about for all files there's been an hour of healing

going on i didn't see any evidence of people standing up from their. people you know standing up there is a religious thing anything like that he did produce a lady at his press conference before who he said. had been healed of cancer before she did admit that she had been on chemotherapy before so she couldn't really such difficulty preapproved. healing had been down to him you know we in the united states are of course very familiar with these types of faith healers but i think there's something new in train and here in germany obviously you know these tactics and you know the technological aspect is you know he's making the most of what so often that i think for ukraine this certainly is something very new in germany this is not something that people have to accustomed to now because of that big rush the community here in germany and across europe that really is a bridgehead for him to move across out of ukraine he's someone with big ambitions he's certainly not scared of the limelight so i think we definitely will be seeing more of him ok and berlin health authorities interesting lee came out and issued a warning to tell us more about that well given his promise of healing they seem to

be worried that people would actually stop that conventional treatments and would rely on this so there was actually a very to be would statement in advance saying to people. don't stop taking your normal treatments and actually warning against him that hasn't led to any further governmental interest in him but certainly they he's being watched in germany as a country where other kinds of we're just groups like scientology or similar are under a lot of get a lot of government interest unlike say and yes ok now in the ukraine as we saw in your report there are concerns too about the monetary side of this that it is snake oil operation money making business well definitely i mean people expect to pay a tithe and beyond that they're encouraged to go to retreats to courses the lady we spoke to in our report who had been a member just ten years talking to us about people going getting into huge debts about growing tomatoes that would just may not stop until people really started giving significant part of their income to him there are all sorts of different

partnerships with gold contracts elite status it all doesn't sound very doesn't sound very good like a traditional judge does have a different way of dealing with its contents ok but there are people who claim to have. healed they claim to have been healed but there's no scientific proof of the kind that would stand up in a court of law as they do but i mean in the case of the woman we met in berlin that when john produced his own press conference she couldn't exactly point heating having being creepy because she was carrying on with her normal human therapy when she got to know his judge didn't expect so much for coming in this morning thanks so much for your report from ukraine as well nick calio our ukraine correspondent there well fenlon right now is in the midst of a bleak midwinter the northern european nation gets only about six hours of daylight january daily and it is darkest months a significant portion of us population falls into depression but some fans take

bold steps to battle the blues as will say in this report. if you can't make it bake on the big stage then maybe it's time to try the karaoke bar and here in the finnish capital how think just like in most major cities around the wells there are plenty of places for one to be thing is to shy. and even in supposedly quiet places like this one in finland libraries are often seen as cultural centers and some are trying something different. for. me. it's very popular it was i think it was an insult in some success to rule as. one among to not so you have to book where you already we have a room room for this sound proof so it doesn't really. bother cos the most this

libron a helsinki is the only one of its kind to date for the sing is here karaoke is more than just a way to pass the time cycle and days of work i did off them i let you have you never show too much emotion says singing was always good to be able to express your feelings yet at the time us and all of us i love singing i love singing and it's a great opportunity to meet so good friends here i think. so let me ask you. in some places this even karaoke in the bathroom. of the come. to your home or. nothing everywhere so bring all the signs so that when you once a week will be in the spotlight. and it's dark here all the time yeah it's a refreshing summer. once a few bum notes when on a dark winter's night

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