this is the job use coming to you live from berlin a breakthrough in the fight against hiv for only the second time ever and positive patient is in sustained remission from the virus that causes aids it raises hopes that the disease could one day be cured also coming up france's president in modern mccraw makes an impassioned plea to voters ahead of crucial elections in may he says that to defeat nationalism europe needs to make big changes. and china

warns of tough times ahead as its economy slows down at the opening of the country's legislative assembly in beijing the prime minister says china's facing many challenges including a will grieve and complicated environment. it looks like the end of the road for some of germany's top football and stars national team coach york in lieu of drops off is a long time regular as. lots of miles and children watching it's a radical change after germany's debacle at the world cup in russia. all of a very well but until i'm under touchy my great to have your company we begin with some breaking news in the treatment of hiv for only the second time. i'm have

a doc to say that and each of your positive patients has been cleared of the virus that causes aids of this new case raises hopes that the disease which affects or was thirty seven million people watched by might one day. it's a second time someone has been shown to be free of the virus after stem cell treatment but is transplant therapy a cure for the pathogen that can cause aids researchers are urging caution. and so we are now eighteen months in and we're confident that this will be remission but it's too early to say as to whether this is a cure. the treatment works by transplanting cells from people who wasn't exactly immune to each of the two infected patients but finding a donor who has a gene that makes them immune is like finding a needle in a haystack. more than ten years ago timothy brown also know when a bone marrow transplant and was cured of hiv yes i'm advised i'm going public. i

would say take your time if you if you want to become public. it's very useful for science and for giving hope to. profit people. to people would be with a k. v. some research and have held a new development. emphasized that the procedure has little to offer for the almost forty million people living with hiv that in itself is it is not a treatment that one would want to give to somebody he was living with a type of the current medicines in his brain healthy patients have a normal life expectancy and we would never want to give somebody treatment that could potentially threaten us for now drawbacks of the treatment mean the search for a cure to be is set to continue. for more on this we're joined by jonathan board he's a biologist from nottingham university western to you an awful lot in ten years it was a patient in berlin and now we have

a second the boundary mission hiv patients can this be cool it's actually a cure all. we can't say for definite this is a cure we know the virus has the ability to hide away in various places within the body. whilst we can check whether or not the patient is producing virus all the tests so far on both the timothy brown the so-called barely impatient and indeed the. reports of patients today from london suggest that there's no virus that you can never be never be absolutely sure. st louis was going to law just on each i.v. relations is it cost effective. it's not cost effective and of course the other thing is that it's not without its own risks as your report rightly stated then we've got very very effective treatments for hiv that means that you can keep the virus a bad way and people who are infected can have a near normal life expectancy but what it does do is show that firstly the berlin

patient wasn't a freak it wasn't an anomalous result but it also gives hope that we can somehow genetically engineer the cells of people living with a child b. and somehow make them not really all resistant to virus by manipulating their own cells but research is also looking at other potential treatments can be expected to be a breakthrough as it's very difficult to say certainly for most of the people who are living with hiv around the world these are people who are living in very resource poor areas and i think even the prospect of genetically engineering a cure or long term remission for these patients is remote at best and so that's why the w.h.o. for example are focusing their efforts on trying to bring the epidemic to an end through treating people very effectively because we know that effective treatment brings the virus under control that means that the virus isn't easily spread from

one person to another and of course the other hope that many researchers have is that we develop the best means for eradicating a viral infection and that's development of a vaccine that's not very easy and we know what about each other before but half a century why is a killer so elusive. the cure for the virus is me it's so elusive because of these what we call the long term reservoirs a virus so once a virus infects a cell it can actually become part of your own genetic material becomes part of your own d.n.a. and then whatever your own cells divide multiply it divides the multiplies of the virus itself and unfortunately your immune system the thing that fights the virus can't see the virus when it's hidden so it's this long term latent reservoir that is the particular challenge and of course in terms of eradication and killing the virus on

a population measure the fact that the virus mutates greatly means that development of a vaccine which is what we'd normally rely on is incredibly difficult. johnson boller after university of nottingham thank you babe much for sharing your expertise in bath. and from. let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the wasn't the full my chairman of calendar school and has said he's committed to fighting what he calls meritless and unsubstantiated accusations against him this is according to a statement released to the head office expected release from prison on being good has been in jail for some three and a half months amid allegations of breach of trust and fraud. at these twenty one people have been injured in a head on collision between two passenger trains in the southern czech republic the crash took place outside the main station in no police are investigating whether

a technical malfunction or human error was to blame. a strike by french customs officials has caused major disruptions at the port of cali demanding higher overnight pay and also want to highlight the need for more stuff that results in additional border checks between the u.k. and france. counter-terrorism police in the u.k. have launched an investigation after a small improvised explosive devices were discovered at three of the capital's major transport hubs they were found at heathrow and london city airports and the capital's busiest rail station waterloo. the former german foreign minister klaus kinkel has died he was eighty two kinkade was a veteran member of the business friendly f.t.p. party and he also held a number of other ministerial posts under chancellor ken wisco.

france's president. has called for a far reaching uniforms and warned against the dangers of populism three months ahead of european parliamentary elections mccraw laid out his vision in an open letter addressed to recommend to the citizens of europe the letter was published in newspapers and or twenty eight member states he said we are at a pivotal moment in our continent a moment when together we need to politically and culturally reinvent and shape our civilization in a changing was it is a moment for european renewal. so this is a closer look at some of what the french president is proposing a new european agency for the protection of democracies would help shield member states and elections against cyber attacks and manipulation what's a proposes that in foreign funding of european political parties another hot button

issue migration the french president wants to reform the schengen border free area to set up a common border force and a european asylum office it would leave states the same acceptance and refuse a rules for refugees the letter also proposes a social shield for all because not discounting the same pay in the same workplace and a minimum european bridge appropriate for each country a lot to digest his law on a manual across big ideas and how they've been received. a man with a vision for europe french president manuel mccullough convinced european cities the continent is in danger in his latest pro european initiative the french president has addressed europeans directly in major newspapers across all twenty eight a human the state's the raft of proposals is directed against nationalism and calls

for a european or thore to protect democracy a statement by german chancellor angela merkel spokes person said lend support to the quote lively discussion about the orientation of the e.u. of the german parties were notably more critical but welcome the principle campaign is tight i don't go into every sentence or project but the core idea is that we need to change europe to maintain the peace project that's essential and we see that just like my craw. with just three months to go until e.u. citizens head to the polls the proposals have been widely well received including in germany. this is really about the preservation of europe and as i see it our democratic structures are also in danger of populist parties. in my home country too. i think mccall wants to urge europeans to work for the e.u.

for human rights and for democracy and i think that's important. because the. critics however claim that mark on the pill only to fuel his personal campaign for may elections. you're watching new day again is coming up ahead a shock for german football national team coach you walk him live sacks three of his long time regular us too must lots homers and general watching sports just with tell us why. and a mustache for the masses in demand head to the barber shop in tribute to the polish who's become a national hero. the first to china the economy is taking center stage at the annual meeting of the national people's congress around three thousand delegates from across the country and beijing for the two week event at the opening session china's premier li keqiang got the growth to its lowest in the league three

decades we'll have some analysis of what this means for the world's second largest economy but first this report. beijing's new airport it's set to be the world's largest when it opens later this year china's leadership often uses political advances an occasion to flaunt its successes to the media. and it's a welcome distraction china's economy is burdened with the consequences of its trade dispute with the u.s. units apologies and state run companies are struggling under high levels of debt addressing china's national people's congress premier league chang issued a warning. well. we face a complex and serious situation as well as challenges foreseeable and otherwise that are greater in number and in size. we also announced market reforms and leveling the playing field for chinese and foreign companies this bid to diffuse u.s. complaints has made delegates more optimistic that the trade dispute with the u.s.

could soon be resolved only. and the u.s. is starting to get used to each other i think there is growing trust between the people and the governments of both countries. china has announced a further increase in defense spending up seven point five percent on the previous year with this china hopes to strengthen its military allowing its troops to train under more realistic conditions. and for some analysis i'm joined by boxing million ken fred from the marketo institute for chinese studies welcome max now how important is this national people's congress because the same national people's congress last year abolished presidential terms making being president for life well i think most of the decisions are taken behind the scenes obviously but what the congress really accomplishes is that it's publicise these big decisions so as you just said last year we saw the abolishment of the presidential times so this is

a big thing that you're informing everyone off and i think we see similar things this year china at the moment is facing for china serious economic problems we heard the chinese premier talk about the challenges it's facing and what that last growth rate projected. how much of a problem is that for china and does a tough political implications to a thing i think is very natural for a controversial and growing for a long time to slowly slow down and this is what we've been seeing that china is growing at double digits in the past but now it's to slow down a little bit so this this long term trajectory is not so. worrying but there's also a cyclical component where the business cycle is tightening in a way which is the difficult particularly and most of this has been the result not of the trade war although that is beginning to show more in the data these days particularly with regards to purchasing managers' index where you can see that new exports orders have been falling but the main cause of the slowdown has been the

chinese government's own the leveraging campaign would have been trying to reduce prices access to credit to try to get control of the chinese of the financial system and this is particularly hard for private enterprises which have curtailed their investments so we see a slowdown in growth a cyclical slowdown in growth for the internet and see a growing at six point six percent that that for china of course is very low you also mentioned the trade dispute the trade dispute with the united states is also seems to be just some extend weighing on the economy this first take a listen to what the chinese premier had to say about that. we will continue to push for trade talks with the u.s. china two years to the principles of mutually beneficial cooperation in when development and we'll continue to advocate fair consultations to solve trade disputes we will earnestly carry out the promises we make and will resolutely protect our legitimate rights and interests. so mixed miss is that one point we

will keep the promises we make but the same time we will protect our interests what do you make of that statement i think it's very natural for a premier to say that the country will protect its interests but in this trade negotiation i think what we are seeing is a little bit of give from the from the chinese side to have agreed to buy more u.s. agricultural products they are making investment. a little bit easier for new regulations and such even including ip rights. so this is a bit of a give there but let's talk a little bit about defense spending on maximillian now john has announced an increase of seventh well point five percent which is high but not as high as last it was eight point zero one percent what kind of signal is china giving by this high percentage on defense spending but this is a lower increased in the than has been seen in previous years. i would say that

it shows what i've seen when i've been looking at military spending in china is that there's been a tendency to trying to reform the armed services they do sing into libya try to make it more effective so perhaps it's sort of a cost cutting mechanism what they're trying to make it more efficient. right a massive million ken says from the marketer institute for chinese studies thank you very much fail and. attention speech last week a pox on shock on an indian air force fighter jet and captured its pilot pakistan later released him in what it said was a gesture of peace and wing commander of a number of detail i'm told to here to. now many indian men have got inspired by the hero's mustache and are heading to the bubble for that unique look. he may have been shot down and captured but the spider pilot is now flying high as india's new national hero and his macho mustache has become a star. now men who want to be just like him only have to get

a trim. here in bangalore but whiskered fans are lining up for the abbey non down special. where starting is very similar to mine so i wanted to change my look inspired me why do you like him yeah i do one with just because you see or hear oh yeah he is he's my hero. auburn and. that's why we have all these things because you can go in that place the pilot's fierce meet fans now paying their respects to his close shave with danger.

taller short. fat or thin in india being undone can make anyone feel like a hero. ok enough with some sports news and startling news from the german nash. the football team coach you are can live is planning for the future without three offices longtime regular does live has informed. matsumoto and. that they will no longer play a villain in the squad germany preparing for a clash on the twentieth of march and the move indicates it intends to make radical changes after his team's device at the was. for more on this time good life and be dubbed the sports desk joins me now welcome don we've been talking about this for the last couple hours and i'm getting over a little bit of my shock over this but what do you make of the occupy lives

decision or you mentioned radical changes after the world cup last summer now you know actually announced a long time ago very soon after the world cup loss imo it is very soon after is announced that he was going to be keeping his job and that he would be making some radical changes and i think now is actually the first time that we're really seeing anything materialize a big problem for the squad at the world cup last summer was complacency they were accused of you know making. performances. and i think these players are kind of symbolic for that really because they won the world cup with iraq in the in two thousand and fourteen. and i think he was a bit over a line on them at the world cup last year at the expense of some of the younger players who just a year before had gone to russia and won the confederations cup so yeah i mean it still is of course a very big surprise though because it's not often that you know three players just get swept out of the squad with one announcement. and they're not being phased out

they have just basically been dumped and of course they're still massive names in german football thomas moore a home was you know have been big part of the german national squad for a long time they were of course play fifty bar munich who are still the german champions so yeah it's a very strong statement from iraq and of. yeah it shows that nobody has a right to play in the team so i mean did this come out of the blue or was this a no and that this was happening because many people felt these changes if they had to come should have been either before that was up in russia or shortly that yeah they certainly could have come a bit about i mean i think it's taken a wall for things to settle down off to the world cup of course what's not really a surprise is that they're not going to be playing much more of a role because i think it's fair to say they probably were on their way out anyway and jerome boateng has been injured quite often recently he's missed i think probably every game since germany actually played at the world cup some of them both saying their partnership goes back to before the two thousand and fourteen campaign so they've been together for a long time anyway it's already have you know kind of impressive longevity for

their partnership was a particular disappointment at the world cup in russia. but then of course what is still a big surprise is that it's just this one announcement he's forced them into retirement carnival out of nowhere you might expect to see them phased out slowly but something like this is very surprising yes i'm sure a lot of people are going to be talking about this for a while has there been any reaction from the players themselves so far yes we have had some reaction from jerome boateng on twitter he said that he's very sad about the decision but he respects the decision of the coach and this tweet let's run that he said he said he was very proud to wear the jersey and of course he'll never forget the summer of two thousand and fourteen but that he would have preferred a different kind of send off now yeah like we said he's basically just been sent into retirement so that was a kind of understandable he did also mention. of how to explain the decision by saying that he'd like to give the younger players a bit more of a chance in the national squad so that's

a bit of an insight into why you are even if it's taken he said absolutely but i also agree with him a better sendoff would have been a little kind of compassionate in terms of sport but talking about the younger players on the young chaps must be licking their lips at the top of making a strong impact on the squad people like some. they were left out of the world cup in russia yeah absolutely i mean these are three kind of king pins big parts of the german squad and they've been there for a long time so you know they leave shoes that need to be filled sunday of course. the decision to leave him out of the world cup squad was i think kind of symbolic of the arrogance i mentioned but you know at the back to sports of opened up mathias going to nicholas and sonia roux to go will be looking to step in and going forward have a son a g.m. brand and there's a lot of talent talented young russian yeah it's all going to says thank you so much it. we are going to stay with foot forward to the champions league round of sixteen a web dortmund face an uphill struggle against english side tottenham now dortmund

suffered a bruising three nil defeat in the first leg of the time and they've recently forward to the domestically as well still the jelena outfit plays a total tonight and a miraculous comeback could get the season back on track. dortmund are about to face their toughest test and what is being an increasingly dramatic and difficult season if they're to come through their champions league tie with tottenham they'll need big performances from every one of their star players foremost among them marco royce who's returning from injury. it's really important that we believe in ourselves we need a top performance we have to be at out best. and when i get a golden of course it's going to be very difficult for the whole team and everyone around us to laze we can do it and we have to keep the faith. tottenham have their

own returning star striker harry came spurs managed to defeat dortmund three nil in the first leg without the england international they'll be even more deadly with him back in the squad tottenham know they're in control now but they won't be sitting back on defense. we got no sink in the in the first level you to forget that if you say voted on. the start of the game nobody would live in. must to be able to see that we must to to fight for living in dortmund then will have to be at their best if their defense can shut out tottenham and their attack can produce goals then they could still be in with a chance. coming up next news africa forty thousand nigerian refugees who fled to cameroon to escape boko haram violence up pushed back across the border doctors have died borders is sounding the alarm. on

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