this is d.w. news wind from berlin they were told the implants were safe but then they started getting sick a new hearing opens in paris today into the p.i.m.p. breast implant scandal and the german certifying body that ruled the defective materials were safe e.w. hears from one of the women affected also coming up finally this is not great faith with the british people by trying to stage another referendum. british prime minister to resign made makes it clear again she does not want a second referendum on brecht said and she says parliament will vote on her exit

deal in january and that we'll see how in kenya young warriors are no longer hunting lions to show off their bravery but instead of competing in the must sign a live yes. i bring golf it's good to have you with us a new court case has begun in paris against a german testing organization that certified faulty breast implants as safe from one thousand nine hundred seven to the year two thousand and ten hundreds of thousands of women received silicone implants from the french company pip r.p.i. p there's implants received a seal of approval from the top wrangling testing organization well there are fears that even more patients and surgical products could be affected lisa lewis met

a woman in the u.k. who received a faulty implant this is her story. tracy is a survivor her fighting spirit pulled the amateur body builder through the most difficult time in our life six years ago caused by breast implants she had gotten to correct on natural asymmetry my chest was collapsing my breast implants had ruptured and leaked i could hardly breathe i thought if i can't even hold my newborn baby what's wrong with me i couldn't even make myself a glass of water i was bed bound and when your stark completely helpless in your youth when you should be the strongest in the most confident you know i felt like a pensioner her implants were produced by french company p.h.p. she didn't know they were filled with highly toxic industrial great silicone instead of the medical variety for days after the implants were taken out and

replaced by safer once her fiancee left her he couldn't take over weakness she went into depression i detested myself because i've caused this by by having a surgery that i didn't need i could have lived with my naturally disfigured breasts and learned to love myself i was hiding away and feeling. i don't even have the words to describe how you feel when you when you can look at yourself you know i waited and i waited several months until i could actually stop crying over into i could stop morning. that i can either i went through then she decided to fight back and she discovered she wasn't alone tracy joined one of the court cases against german company to fry land which at certified the implants she has already received some compensation. it's part of the healing process that

we all need to know that this is actually being taken seriously that there is legal backing behind this finally if i could get my hands on the people that did this to us that took away our lives i don't know what i would do to them. she still has her form of breast implants at home as a reminder to keep fighting this leaking disgusting math is what went into the ring and it's chemicals toxic industrial chemical my baby was in my womb i was breastfeeding or something has almost killed you you almost want that trophy to say i survived. tracy still suffers from in explicable symptoms eyesight has deteriorated she has they just of problems and sometimes feels like she's suffocating and yet she has

also come out strong. you have to hit rock bottom to reach a bast because if you live every day as a casual average you never fully appreciate anything and to have this second chance in life it's made me so thankful and i am. possibly happier than i've ever been in the sense that the smallest things mean so much to me now tracy has learned to love herself again and found new love she and her boyfriend and now together in this fight so back tracy can finally put this chapter for life behind her. terrible story there to talk more about going to work by only kook she's a journalist with the german public broadcaster in the r. she is part of a global research team into the medical device industry they have a recent investigation that is called the implants files all it's good to have you on the show we know that thousands of women around the world received these faulty

breast implants and some of these women they had terrible painful consequences do we know how this was able to help but what we found out is that this breast implant case that it's not a single case but this is more of a systematic problem so we had a look and a look at a lot of medical devices and at the certification system and in this case also the the women suing the sort of occasion body to fry inland and the thing is and that's why i'm saying it's a systematic problem is that there is no. central agency which certifies medical devices and has a look at how are these products tested and it's private certification bodies we have about fifty five and europe and they are like dependent on the they get all the like if i manage the manufacturers pay for the certification you know so yeah and also they are not doctors they don't look at the they only look at the product

they look at literature as this product. like and their engineers business product work in itself but they don't look at clinic like. doesn't really work in the human body in many many cases ninety percent of it which is surprising isn't it because we know that to get a new drug approved here in europe or in. united states for that matter that there is stringent testing we're talking about sometimes years of testing before that has to happen why is there a difference when it comes to implants and medical devices. well there's actually going to be there will be a new law in place and like from two thousand and twenty and it will be stricter but it still won't be the say the same requirements as for pharmaceutical there were thoughts about developing a central agency but that's what. sources who were like working on

this new law telling us the lobby of the medical device in the street and was very very strong and they wanted to prevent a central agency as there is in the u.s. with the f.d.a. with trucks with it. and we know that breast implants are just one type of medical device there are other prostheses you know there are other things that decision's can put into our bodies what others should we be worried about according to the research you've been doing well first of all implants are there to save people and in many cases they they advance people so not all implants are bad but we had a look at just to give you an overview we had to look at him implants there were many many cases where you could also say that they were tested enough before they were put on the market but a look at this proces this. people have just to see and also insulin pumps for instance and. yet many many more cases you know and you know before we run out of time what would you say what what needs to improve your is it

is it does does it need to be more transparency do we need tougher laws of the what would you recommend based on what you found out well that definitely has to be more transparency but the problem when it comes to transparency is still that it's a private system so they refer to it like. we have like. it's. secret because it's the train the manufacture and us and. also. what has to be demanded as more clinical testing and child about to come with a new law in two thousand and twenty but we would have to see what way it's in practice because the law only says we need sufficient more clinical data and no one really knows what will it it is it's amazing that there is a difference between implants and medications particularly in the way that they are approved for the public to use investigative journalist and women who we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight thank you you thank. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world

a renewed fighting near the yemeni city of data has left at least twelve people dead the flare up is casting doubt on the cease fire negotiated last week between who the rebels and the saudi backed government seventy percent of yemen's food aid enters the country through the strategic red sea port the european court of justice has ruled that poland must immediately suspended newall lowering the retirement age of its judiciary the controversial measure bringing forward retirement by five years or so about a third of supreme court justice is forced to take an early pension critics accuse the polish government of undermining judicial independence with that new. garion security guards take a look at this they've been filmed forcibly removing opposition m.p.'s from the headquarters of the national broadcaster and he comes as a wave of anti-government protests grips the country and carians are protesting against new labor at legislation this is the biggest demonstration of public

discontent since right wing prime minister viktor orban came to power in two thousand and ten. british prime minister theresa may has said that she intends to hold a parliamentary vote on her breaks that deal in the third week of january and she briefed the house of commons on the talks as she held with european leaders in last week's summit and she warned today against holding a second referendum on breaks it and she defended her decision to suspend the vote on her breaks a deal last week some of the resulting exchanges it is council will rip us but i make no apology. i make. no apology for standing up for the interests of this i mean. i'm interested you know i see it. all right a correspondent barbara vevo she is on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you barbara said the prime minister it sounds like she has shot down the

option of a second referendum for good is that the end of it. the end is not the end is only the end after refer to seeing the end and breaks it and that has one hundred two days to run from today so she tries to shut it down and she try to shut down all other avenues that have throughout the last days to have something like an indicative vote like would people in the house of parliament like norway would they like heartbreaks it you know know they like some other solution what would they like after all but she shut their receiving down she again said and when you heard her before this is one prime minister who is not afraid to repeat herself this is the deal on the table you've got his vote for it because there is nothing else coming up and if you don't vote for it we're going to have to either heartbreaks it no deal or go do you know what i said so she is really trying to

threaten m.p.'s and also she uses time she is running down the clock she hopes that over the christmas break exile had to go increase in the hearts of her own party and of course also on the opposition benches and then mention rude people who say ok it's so late we have nothing we can do nothing else let's just sort of vote for it and be done with it and we know barbara that last week her decision to delay that vote on a breakthrough deal that basically call the vote of confidence or no call for that then she survived within her own conservative tories part and now we've got the u.k. opposition labor leader jeremy corbett submitting a motion of no confidence in the prime minister what do you make of that. it is more or less just a piece of parliamentary theatre because even if she loses that as she can still cling on as prime minister she should morally step down but she wouldn't because

she just sort of hangs on to power and she hangs on to our jobs with all her might so she would continue even if she loses that vote it's not going to bring down the government probably say it was not sort of forced new elections so more or less it just says the opposition sort of tries to show three's a may how much they really hate her how much they really despise or it would be embarrassing for her but it wouldn't sort of be the end so that's a move on the side of labor that is coming late jeremy corbin has been sitting on the fence post so long over breakfast and he is still not really ready to get off it and we are to resume a today say again but what she's doing is representing the will of the british people you have been talking to people there in london what have they been telling you about how the government is handling. people if you talk to the many many people sort of just make a grimace at you and don't want to hear the word is throughout this whole bracks

approach says like everything goes wrong on all rounds and many people do think that this has really sort of. hurt to trust in government and diminish trust in politics per se just politics on all sides of the house not only in the conservative party but also in the opposition because it's so undecisive so the result of this is going to be sort of it really does and chanted populist british citizens who just want to turn away and said just leave us alone this is horrible we don't even want to watch it anymore yes shambles the adjective of the year may be shambolic it pervasive all the story for us tonight in london barbara thank you . after two years of negotiations the united nations general assembly has voted to adopt a new refugee accord it attempts to better manage refugees particularly in the wake of the european european migration crisis of twenty fifteen now only two countries

the u.s. and hungary voted against it the compact maps out how those countries should deal with refugees and it defines rights for refugees it also aims to improve refugee self reliance and to expand access to third countries via resettlement program. for this now we want to go to our very own among us where she's on the story for us in washington good evening to you i mean after the rather controversial global compact for migration we are talking about a global compact on refugees maybe a little confusing but why is it needed and what's the difference well that's very much a question that a lot of the detractors from these compacts are asking what is the difference and why do we need both of them but it's just answer your question straightforwardly it comes down to a legal difference in definition a refugee is not a migrant

a migrant is slightly different than a refugee and back and forth refugees is defined as basically someone who is fleeing from their home a migrant is someone who is moving from their home to somewhere else more or less to look for work and therein lies the difference now we have these two different contacts on these two different categories ations of people even though they overlap somewhat sometimes presented by two different u.n. organizations that have now been adopted by the u.n. general assembly and objected to by the pair pretty much the same u.n. countries we know the u.s. and hungary they voted against this agreement what were their arguments. there's the u.s. and hungary who both voted against the un compact on refugees and against the un compact on migrants it was the us hungary and about a dozen other countries that not only did not vote but maybe staind or have not

endorsed it their objections basically stem from what you mentioned the beginning saying why exactly do we need both of these things they're saying that it imposes obligations on to them. and some point will claim that the un is trying to tell them how to run their borders impinging on their sovereignty and the biggest sticking point was basically of them saying the u.n. is trying to get them to treat migrants the same way they treat refugees to extend the same privileges and rights that refugees have now remember refugees go from one country to another to claim asylum and with that claim of a silent comes certain rights the right to stay. the rights of basically have their case heard migrants are not necessarily the same they might cross the border illegally they're not maybe may or may not be fleeing a dangerous situation and it's just a different legal definition so this is the the core of what these people are objecting to. or advance we told the story for tonight in washington why you think

you. will to win olympic events with a difference the twenty eighty olympics is taking place in kenya with young warriors showing off their bravery in six games instead of taking part in the traditional coming of age ritual why and hunting. olympic carty jump like you've never seen. the must sign morons or warriors used to come together to hunt lions that was until kenyan olympian david rudisha set up the games. we want to find a vitamin by trying to encourage these young people to engage themselves in sports and. more productive there are an estimated two thousand lions left in kenya

conservation projects are crucial and even sport has the power to make a difference. the killing of lions has dropped to nearly nothing in the areas where we work and where this program runs and the lion population has increased dramatically the participants in this fourth edition of the messiah olympics compete for cash prizes rather than game trophies it's a long way from the hunting tournament's of the marseilles past but it's the foundation for the future in which the local lions have a chance of survival. time now for our in-house like christophe he is here now with plenty of plenty of finger pointing going on when we're talking about the slowdown in. listen to this yes the european union says the united states is the epicenter of the deep crisis multilateral trade

is going through at the moment and e.u. official made the comment at a gathering of the world trade organization on monday and other members didn't sugarcoat their words either the u.s. claimed china's quote unfair competitive practices were harming foreign companies asian fired back slamming washington's terrorists. for months now china and the u.s. have traded tit for tat tariffs no surprise the latest rhetoric of the world trade organization was he. it'd the u.s. w.t.r. on buses or dentist chair says china subsidizes its local manufacturers while discriminating against foreign ones halt china's actions are incompatible with the open market based approach expressly envisioned and followed by other w t o members and contrary to the fundamental principles of this organization and its agreements and quote. meanwhile china said that washington's tariffs on steel and aluminum

enable protectionism under the guise of national security. the e.u. isn't pulling punches either it blames the us for the entire crisis in the global trading system brussels is calling on washington to make concrete proposals to reform the world trade regulator as the trump administration questions and hinders the w t o's dispute resolution system. the corruption scandal surrounding the state found one m.t.b. continues to intensify on monday malaysia said it had filed criminal charges against us investment bank goldman sachs and two former employees of goldman sachs has been under scrutiny for its role in helping raise six and i have billion dollars and three bond offerings for one malaysia development for hot and giving kickbacks to malaysian officials in total almost half of the money is said to have been embezzled from before. china has a reputation for investing in developing countries particularly in infrastructure

like railways roads and airports while some questioned beijing's motives locals often welcome the projects but bay china isn't the only country setting its sights on this sort of foreign investment india is building a rail line in the himalayan mountain nation of the paul in fact some say china and india are playing a game of monopoly buying for leverage and influence so what have they done so far while china is building two airports in the country as well as highways roads hydro power plants and a cement factory india has also started investing building hydro power plants and rail links and what about nepal well it seems to be benefiting from the competition but it's also becoming more dependent on its neighbors to the north. some residents of the nepalese city of john a poor come here every day to check on the progress of the trainline construction project the new railway station is

starting to take shape and they're looking forward to the new travel possibilities . you know out of the us planned. it costs a lot to travel on the bus. so once the train service starts it will be much cheaper and more accessible for everyone. and it did not live in the sense that we got to figure out the newly forged rails cover a distance of thirty four kilometers and connect john a poor in southeastern nippon with jayanagar in the indian state of bihar it's hoped the project will increase business and pilgrimages for years nepalese politicians have been promising to add new train lines across the mountainous country both india and china have been competing to build them. connecting. by trains india has. overtaken john. obviously because they have already laid down

the tracks and the whole river system is going to function good within a couple of months. where that. the chinese land is still in a run way you know you can just fill in the map on the people whether india or china end up winning more influence in a pod ordinary people are hoping they'll benefit from the investment. driving cars may revolutionize how we get around but cities are increasingly looking up into the air to solve their traffic problems believe it or not flying cars are really becoming a thing they could help relieve congestion sooner than you think take to ban for example the country's government just announced it's allocating forty million dollars in next year's budget to support flying car technology. it's a vision of the future like something from a site by movie flying cars and the japanese government is keen on them it's

looking into their practical use because flying cars could revolutionize urban mobility. well be served won't make that city different going forward i'm for infrastructure it's that if the main many things that is needed for. joining one is not by program but all fold was why a program for knowledge we and the other country get together to make new rules or new infrastructure or better flying business and frame kawar there are trials in other countries to test the technology chinese start up flying car is being tested in the u.a.e. much like that of germany is full of copter still the technology is in its infancy . right guy was i think flying cars can be achieved but for safety concerns i think we should develop the technology along with the

regulations so as to avoid accidents you know the people will occidental will destroy us and it's still early days for flying taxis but it looks like the competition is heating up in the air. you're watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin after a short break brant will be back to take you through the day to.

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