of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for mines. this is. the united nations morning that we're falling behind in the race against climate change between current greenhouse gas emissions and target levels remains to watch report comes just days before the next round of human environment talks are set to open in poland also coming up scientists around the world are condemning

the chinese researcher who says he's created the first genetically edited baby even his own university says that the work violates ethical stand so. it's good to have you with us tonight a stark warning about global warming the united nations says we are falling further behind in the race to limit climate change global emissions of greenhouse gases shows no sign of peaking according to a report released today by the un's environment agency in fact c o two emissions this year are higher for the first time in four years and the report is urging countries to put more forward more ambitious voluntary national targets the european union's climate chief has called for net zero emissions by the year two thousand and fifty that me. the european union would not create any more emissions

then it removed. are we going to get back on target here to talk about that i'm joined from paris by an old hoff she is a climate scientist at the un environment denmark technical university she is also a leave author of that report out today it's good to have you on the show your report finds that the gap between greenhouse gas emissions and global targets to limit emissions is wider than ever so set out for us in layman's terms what that means exactly are we just polluting more than we should we are policing all of them oh you can say that the ambitions that countries have put forward in the current. contributions which is what they promised to do within the u.n. framework tenants and climate change and on to the past agreement do not live up to what science tells us needs to be done we measure it's got it's we where we're

headed and where we need to be. in in twenty six year which is what the pitches look at. the new science is such as yourself tell is that if we continue with the current trend temperatures are on track drives roughly four degrees celsius by the centuries and i mean what would the consequences of that be. well actually the report says that if countries continue to implement the current official level less expressed in the nationally disownment contributions we will be facing around three to three point two degrees so it's one of the century we've already seen and he says this estimate record is the answer governmental panel on climate change that would have extraordinary effects especially on populations and areas that are already under significant stress. in the paris in climate agreement immediate aims obviously to limit this increase in global temperatures do you still

see that agreement as the main instrument with which the world can achieve some type of control. increase or control climate change. so there's no doubt the has a green light in the process under the un it is to keep political purposes to both raise and bishan but also to accelerate action but in addition a lot of other stuff is going on we've seen this year earlier this year at the global climate action summit that non-state to some national action says are stepping up that action and setting what ma impish pledges and that can help bring about some of the change that we need that we need to see a need to see in a very short time frame all right and joining us tonight from paris climate scientists at the un environments denmark technical university missile i think you very much face the. well here are some of the other stories now

that are making headlines around the world a russian court in crimea has jailed a number of ukrainian sailors held after a standoff at sea on sunday they've been remanded in custody for two months pending trial the men were captured when russian vessels fired on board and seized three ukrainian boats near the disputed crimean peninsula mexico says that it has deported almost one hundred central american migrants who tried to cross illegally from tia juana into the united states on sunday it has also called on the u.s. to investigate how u.s. border agents came to fire tear gas across the border when migrants stormed a wall near san diego. or tonight scientists around the world are condemning a chinese doctor who claims to have created the world's first genetically edited babies and he says he altered the d.n.a. of twin girls born earlier this month to try to make them resistant to infections

with hiv but his claims have prompted a backlash from the scientific community including the one in china with many casting doubt on these supposed breakthrough and questioning its ethics. the study is not yet been published but academics around the world say quaid has crossed the line the geneticist is said to have changed the d.n.a. of two babies born earlier this month through regular in vitro fertilization. claims the father of the two babies is hiv positive and that he edited the genes while there were just embryos to make them resistant to the virus. i feel a strong response be to. that it's not just to make a first but also make good. example there we have some want some well history in this if it's not me it's someone else questions are now being asked

about the credibility of his urine quiz claims along with his motivations did he simply want to further scientific research on the topic even though scientists worldwide have so far agreed not to test gene editing on embryos. that i made he wanted to play god i don't know i think doing these kinds of tests on humans is absolutely inexcusable we have no idea about what side effects there might be what might happen to these children in the next fifteen to twenty years doing these kinds of experiments on humans is beyond reason and ethically completely unacceptable the gene editing technology used in the experiment was initially developed to treat inherited diseases it involves changing the genetic make up of plant life animals and humans. it's a special protein that can be precisely programmed to take out entire snippets of d.n.a. . mutated genes which can cause diseases for example can be

completely switched off. genes can not only because out but they can also be repaired or even replaced. using the technology on human embryos however has so far been taboo not all research is feel bound by these ethical traditions for some it may be more important to prove they're at the forefront of gene therapy technology. by max i meant hundred in the house in my opinion this represents a reckless human experiment and feel you can neither the risks nor the benefits of being properly established in society hasn't been consulted me it's medically not necessary the whole thing was announced a day before a major international summit on the topic and it's a provocation. the case has also caused an uproar in china more than one hundred scientists have signed an open letter denouncing it as risky and

unjustified adding that it hummed the reputation and development of the by medical community in china. art or science reporter gary williams joins me here at the big table so we haven't had independent confirmation that this even really took place i know what we have so far as basically a video on you tube with a claim that didn't take the normal path that these things usually take which is generally publication in the scientific journals followed by peer review or what is wrong with which is a peer review journal and so basically what we have is a claim we've had those kinds of things before and they've ended up not being what the what the researchers claims they were so at this point everybody is still waiting to see whether or not the research actually did take place and when you did you hear the news that the headline says that ok you've got these babies that are genetically resistant to hiv which that sounds like

a good thing isn't it well it does certainly on the surface but the problem is when you begin meddling around with the genome you're not only changing one thing you might have one positive effect but you could at the same time be changing something else that has a much more negative effect for example long term and there's not only that the the tool that's being used chris precast not this technology that we heard about in the piece it's a very very powerful tool it's also very highly precise but it's not perfect and they have what are called off target effect so when you use this tool you can also change the genomes genome in an unexpected way so a claim that these children are healthy and everything is perfect is actually. has no basis in reality right so there's no certainty here in this science if they say that you're resistant to a certain virus it can also mean that later in life you could get a certain type of cancer they can't guarantee the future exactly. talking about the

future this type of genetically. edited organisms in the human species it's going to happen if it doesn't happen today in china is going to happen tomorrow so maria is would you agree with me on that is inevitable it is inevitable we have the tools we have these powerful tools which initially also we can't blame the technology the technology is also useful in many other fields for example we do everything every living thing has a genome editing humans genomes for example has helped us in things like like like crop development we're able to quickly produce plants now by with this very very precise tool that for example drought resistant so that the tool is not only the it's not only about editing human genomes it's about editing d.n.a. we're getting more and more control of it but the problem is that we still don't know enough about the big picture so when we're editing it we might be making mistakes that we're not even aware that we're making which is why all of the researchers are coming out and saying we need to be dealing with us in a much more slow step by step passions we know the chinese scientists he's due to

appear right as part of a panel discussion on human embryos editing in hong kong in just a few hours when we've been wrong so what sort of reception do you think he's going to get well first why has it published a paper now hasn't published a paper and i don't think that the reception is going to be a very positive one because i think a lot of the a lot of the people who work in this particular field are very angry about it because they feel that they feel that he's really jumped the gun as we said this is a technology that's and that is going to be part of our future as human beings at some point we are going to begin to edit embryos in particular when it comes to genetic conditions but this at this point is a little too early. in the asking us to trust scientists and trust is a rare commodity nowadays so we'll have to see what the future brings there are waves as always thank you. sports the champions league football is back

tonight as the penultimate match of the group stage sees from all over europe scrambling to take it to the knockout stages but for byron munich. there's more than just qualification at stake his job is also on the line i coach on thin ice on saturday by and were held to a home draw against the league second worst team. by an president branded the performance slapstick refusing to comment on nico coach's future beyond choose days champions league game on monday a prickly coach insisted he has the backing of his players. for example i've had conversations with several players and the ones i spoke to told me what i'm about to tell you this. relationship is exceptionally good not just with the players that i spoke to by the way they also amongst themselves and. for the

beleaguered by inside opponents been feachem a look an easy target having lost two of the last three league games in portugal but by and missing five key players through injury and their own mistakes have been their killie's heel this season. we analyze every game and we can see where we're making mistakes and unfortunately the mistakes that we keep repeating. throwing everything out and starting from scratch isn't possible when you only have fourteen feet out there and play is. by and have never before lost to benfica as the margin for error shrinks needs a win to breathe easy. and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you the united nations environment program has warned that the world is falling behind in the race against climate change the gap between current greenhouse gas and this. and those needed to achieve temperature reduction goals is widening says the organization and the world

of science and condemning in china who claims to have created the world's first genetically engineered babies. claiming that the procedure is ethically unacceptable. you're watching the news live from the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day to see of. the top. stories the people of the world over information provide the pan's they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter to date and in touch and follow us.