starts january 27th on d w. this is d w news live from berlin more extreme weather will be part of our future australia's bushfires are just one result of the warmest decade ever recorded in a major new study all it's saying that the carbon dioxide released by those fires is making global conditions even worse also coming out the. speaker of the house nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment against president they were then

delivered to the senate for the trial will take place only the 3rd such trial in american history. and germany has one of the lowest word in donation rates in europe and today parliament debates a controversial new law designed to make organ donations easier but critics say it poses an unprecedented violation of individual rights we'll talk about the ethical dimensions. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us we begin this program in australia where record heat and bushfires have been devastating that country weather conditions now threaten to swing from one extreme to the other heavy rains bringing much needed relief to eastern australia although the fire services are saying the downpours will not extinguish all the places and authorities are warning that severe

thunderstorms and rains well they could trigger flash flood. this comes as scientists predict more extreme weather events are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded experts well they've been calculating the effect of these massive bushfires and the effect they'll have on the global climate as well here's what they found. a thick haze blankets new south wales as exhausted crews continue to battle the wildfires there the vast cloud of smoke already extends across the pacific past south america but an invisible product of the flames could have a bigger long term impact on global warming the blazes are releasing vast amounts of c o 2 authorities at the un say the problem is twofold fires emit carbon dioxide and obviously they burn up those very forests which also vital for acting as carbon sinks and. the australian government estimates the country currently in

meds around $560000000.00 tonnes of carbon dioxide annual 8 now experts say that in the last few months alone the out of control fires have pumped an additional 400000000 tonnes of c o 2 into the atmosphere in the past scientists have generally viewed wildfires as carbon neutral and believed fresh plant growth the mentally absorb the c o 2 emitted by burning forests but changes in precipitation patterns and drought are affecting how quickly some woodlands regenerate and many researchers are worried that in a vicious circle wildfires like those in australia could make climate change happen even faster ok so what does the future hold let's bring in ken thompson he's a member of the firefighters for climate alliance in sydney thanks so much for coming in today. a study just released shows that large scale bushfires will become the norm every australian saw you in the firefighters you work with see the

situation on the ground moving in that direction. yeah we do the science is very telling us for at least 30 years to expect that sorts of conditions that we say no one report that was released in 2008 actually i get it bites you 1020 years the year in which we would really start to notice the pace of harm change only sources particularly within australia. can you give us a sense of just how big an effect these fires are having on an every day life in australia when we look at the images like we're seeing right now is it really looks apocalyptic. yes certainly seems that way but this is the largest ours that you know any of the serious thing that we have a parcel in a strike is known for its far as we have we have our solutions our solution has become much much longer the number of cars are much higher than we've we've seen before the scale of those parts absolutely enormous i mean around 10 bears and it

has already been burnt william strode. on a subscription pretty well from the north of australia write their own self and even across to the west and sawdust right now you might be familiar with a novel or find an old line it's like 6000 kilometers from from sydney that i was close to the middle of it there's a hallway it was closed because of bars in the middle of the country which is unheard of yet when you look at this the scope the enormity as you say of the scope of these fires does australia have enough anough resources on our firefighters our equipment moving forward to deal with this level of threat. although you know these fires are certainly you know pushing us way beyond the limits of what i think we were these on for a while harding systems with us on full in a stroller we often share of oil resources between states and territories but on this occasion the fires are burning in all the states and territories which means that we can't share those resources so it is having to deal with these situations

pretty well with the resources about also them we've brought resources in from other countries from adjoining countries import we brought resources in from the northern hemisphere. you know it really east stretching us beyond you know anything we've done before we got the military all the military been involved in backyard beaches on sept as the new south wales it's close to ordinary ok ken thanks so much for coming out and and our good luck to you and all the people you work with there on the ground ken thompson of the firefighters for climate alliance thanks very much and thank you very much. it's pretty down some of the other stories in the news today russian lawmakers will begin reviewing president vladimir putin's choice for the country's new prime minister raquel searched in. this halls the resignation of russia's government after putin called for political reform there is speculation that vladimir putin will take on a new role when his term ends in 2024. police and

protesters have clashed again in the lebanese capital beirut for a 2nd night clashes began a crowd gathered at the police station to demand the release of protesters taken into custody good day earlier. u.s. president donald trump and chinese vice premier knew they have signed the 1st part of a new trade agreement the deal would see china purchasing billions in u.s. i agree cultural and manufacturing goods walls energy supply stock markets posted major gains on that sign. and also in the united states house democrats have delivered the formal articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate the trial is due to begin their next week on tuesday it will be only the 3rd presidential pietschmann trial in american history. a ritual with historic significance lawmakers will comprise session from the house of representatives to the senate to deliver the articles of impeachment house has.

read 7 i eat a resolution of point and on the right managers of the peach but. down from the president of the united states. just a few minutes earlier house speaker nancy pelosi signed the 2 articles one for abuse of power and one for obstruction of the house she stressed the significance of the occasion this is as serious as it gets for any of us only the vote to declare war would be something more serious than that we take it very seriously i say not personal it's not political it's not partisan it's patriotic publicans on hearing the exact opposite this is a political impeachment this has nothing to do with the fact we've shown that there was no nothing done wrong but that does not matter when the train is on the tracks

the whistle is blowing impeach that matters and the only thing that matters on time where the only rule murda say here is that there are 2020 election in which the democrats can't stand to see the fact this president is going to wait to get the vote that set the impeachment trial in motion took place in the house here that i haven't the journal stands occur with 228293 a vote launch me along party lines the democratic controlled house that reaches send the 2 articles of impeachment to the senate and trigger at the impeachment trial. the house also appointed 7 impeachment managers to prosecute the case against trump. the u.s. president stands accused of abusing his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden and for obstructing the house investigation into the case. the trial is expected to begin next week

a guilty verdict that would remove trump from office would require a 2 thirds majority in the senate but with republicans in control of the upper chamber the prospect seems very remote. well here in germany parliament is set to debate today controversy a legislation to help people desperate for organ donations germany has the lowest organ donation rate in europe so thousands of people here have to wait for years now the new law would dramatically cut the waiting time by assuming that every citizen approves of their organs being transplanted upon death that is unless they sign a declaration to the contrary before they die. functionalist job as a business consultant kept him on the road but then he was diagnosed with genetic lung disease he fought to stay healthy as long as he could but it became clear his health depended on getting a donated long time asked to speak it's that when i 1st spoke to the doctors

and they told me i needed a lung transplant if i was shot as does my. it's my long and i would have preferred to live the rest of us than his name could go on the waiting list for donor like function you know there are around 1500 people in germany who are waiting for lifesaving organs to be donated and many of them have been waiting for years. does believe the problem is dramatic in all of europe germany has the lowest number of organ donors the longest waiting lists and the highest number of patients whose lives are in danger if they do not receive an organ donation or. oddly this is the case even though more than 80 percent of germans a positive about organ donation according to doctors one problem is that death and open donation are to many families people simply don't talk about it and if it's not clear what the deceased would have wanted most relatives decided against organ

donation or even one of patients wants to donate an organ often the donation doesn't take place so organs cannot be transplanted and presents on the waiting list. that was the case 900 times in 2018 doctors hope that the number of organ donors will increase when the so-called opting out system is implemented meaning anyone who has not opted out will be an eligible organ donor according to the transplantation expert opting out in no way restricts the freedom of choice that each individual has it gives clarity to doctors and relatives in order to the new legal structure gets complete freedom of choice for or against donation it's not about convincing anyone to donate organs. function supports the new legislation so more people will donate organs while others like him can live longer. while the organ donor opt out program has sparked an emotional public debate which

will be taken up at the bonus dog today where we're joined by our chief political editor michelle good morning to you michelle now this legislation has been attacked across party lines with opponents calling it an odd acceptable state intrusion into the private sphere and with both the catholic and protestant churches in germany saying it undermines the value of human life what's the government saying in response to that. well. the proposal that's on the table this opt out option the same time if you ask for the stance of the government that divisive issue even in the governing party is just to illustrate the current health minister yen spawn he himself is actually on the other side of this debate as his successor brings this to parliament today and the reason is because also the head of the german ethics

commission sees this as a fundamental change in the relationship between the state and citizen and there are also concerns constitutional concerns about this so once this goes through this might be the end of it about. actually being seen more as subjects' not being able to make a conscious choice anymore that's at least the argument because you are presumed to want to donate your organs unless you have clearly stated otherwise this completely turns the dynamics of previous dynamics on its head but the proponents of course say that that's the whole point there simply aren't enough organs to allow people who desperately need them to survive and people are simply dying and today we will see m.p.'s not necessarily vote along party lines because this simply isn't one they're only bound by their conscience political. for us thank you very

much michel. this is due to the news up next we have our documentary series doc looking at the exodus of political and economic refugees from venezuela i'm brian thomas with the entire news team thanks for being here. at. its heart and noisy the

world of heavy industry is want to fire the heat and steam. visitors to a high grade steel foundry are soon spellbound by what they see. this is laying a shine back 2nd visit she's having a look at the production side of things. the foreman tells her how iron ore and coke are used to create multan steel which is then processed further. but if i was. right leah is pursuing an apprenticeship at auto younker which is located south of our friend the company is one of germany's biggest producers of high grade steel products and melting furnace says. during her training here lee has spent more time in an open plan office usually she works with computers and excell tables rather than furnaces and molten steel the 1000 year old is training to become an industrial management assistant she graduated from secondary school in

2013 and is now in her 2nd year at auto younger up she's already learned about bookkeeping stock and sales and a strictly working and purchasing to get out the good thing about this training is that you become familiar with the broad spectrum of daisies and can decide later on what your focus will be your. many other young people also pursue this kind of career plans almost 20000 of them start training as industrial management assistance each year it's long been one of the most popular apprenticeships in germany. but the foundations of germany's vocational education programs can be found in workshops and on construction sites one of the latter is at the home of the german national opera. the shops open on the boulevard on today live in. the building trades have influenced vocational training more than any other field. to master and apprentice constellation has characterized

german trades since the 12th century plasterers sebastian haas and his apprentice your big fans are there for part of a long tradition. today they're visiting the construction site at the theatre. these enormous pieces of plaster and stucco from the auditorium way up to 300 kilograms in a few weeks they have to be put back up on the ceiling. apprentices start out learning simple tasks in a building next door many historical areas are being renovated old paints needs to be scraped off it's a tedious job attitude is important with cliff always like decorative plastering it has a good substance for bringing a space to life no matter what the quality is like. what it looks nice kind of freakish things up if you stand in the space and think wow now you can look at the

ceiling and if there's a really nice painting on it that's even better with. your highness says he's always liked beautiful old things before he became a plasterers apprentice he studied history and archaeology and worked at his university. now he's 30 and has opened up a completely new chapter in his life he's training for a life transition. sebastian haas has been taking on apprentices for 20 years he's seen both the good and less gifted come and go. come flocking in our company there isn't much of a hierarchy but the apprentice is at the lowest level of what little hierarchy there is. for the 1st lesson is to learn to listen. to stand by. not to think of them i can do it all already. they don't get bullied or harassed but i definitely think that it's important for them to approach things

with a certain amount of humility. training is an opportunity to learn and that takes modesty including when it comes to the paycheck the average monthly pay for an apprentice amounts to less than $800.00 euros and that's before taxes. the last suppresses just like all the others have to learn how to get by on very little. your highness' experience is what vocational education is in germany every friday. that's when the apprentice who is no longer so young climbs into a somewhat crappy car and drives across birdman. he's heading for vocational school it's the other part of the dual training system when you sit in a classroom and learn theory. but

back to the root. cause nobody's store vocational school is located in brooklyn standout district about 2000 trainees attend classes here they're studying to be masons and surveyors cabinetmakers and mechanics this is where they learn the theoretical basics of their jobs. today in the plasterers class they're covering technology they learn about restoring plaster and make up lists of materials. beer get hired by as a trained construction engineer who's been teaching at the vocational school for 25 years. i fear much of what we're doing here is working on a kind of educational superstructure letting them know in general what's special about the company as we then move on to handling materials for example because if i know why certain things are the way they are then i'll have more confidence when

i'm working. here. the combination of theory and practice learning and application that's what makes germany's vocational training system a dual one it's also what sets it apart companies and government vocational schools often cooperate with one another over decades there are few other places in the world you can find that. i actually did leader a professor at munich's technical university trains up and coming vocational education teachers and pursues research in the field of vocational education youth unemployment in germany is relatively low and the leader says that's down to the dual system when trainees get their diplomas they're good to go for the job market says in the log. if they're all able to do their jobs in a theoretically considered and practically competent way. they're also flexible as

a result and can change firms. within the german system once they're qualified they're in demand as a rule even outside of the company where they're trained troops. so is germany's vocational training flawless perfect wherever you look. for from it companies in the region in rural upper but they are are a prime example of what's been going wrong. experts call what the very end of viking a company is struggling with fit issues. the family business for 2 generations it's now run by hindsight now this farm has taken on apprentices for more than 3 decades precision engineers and cutting machine operators in particular train here but for a few years now they've been unable to find anyone for the traineeships applicants

have grown scarce and they come with worse qualifications emotion and that the machines are becoming more and more complex and that requires the specialists who operate them to be trained to a certain level of confidence. but we're seeing deficit's in general education and if you ask them i was the german chancellor then sometimes they're surprised it's a woman. you don't even want to start training i'm saying i don't even know that it's a bit of in this field. companies would rather apprentice positions go on. until then trying to educate unqualified trainees that's why vite knows company like so many others in germany is contributing to a staggering statistic and 201380020 positions remained on filled firms only want the most talented and the best and they screen rigorously. the trainees that make it into vite now as workshops know that 2. good motivated apprentices are in high demand as the population ages the number of teens in

germany finishing secondary schools is falling plus many more young people prefer going to university over working at a company like mike nars. there's unquestionably a great deal that's working well in germany's dual system in spite of the current problems people from abroad have noticed that giving young people a future perspective early on with a model that includes theory and practice seems to work. more and more countries are expressing an interest in the german system but introducing it is easier said than done. yes as most of the 1st similar companies have to sit down together and set uniform training standards that means what do they want what do they all have in common this thing then they've got to give people time off to go to class and they have to pay for the program. or don't see mrs finance here. germany's dual vocational training system is supported by a high level of acceptance that's rooted within the society companies here are

willing and eager to take part in training people but that's what it takes time for that to develop vocational training in germany as a model for the rest of the world many apprentices among them back appreciate that she's satisfied with the program is how i've already learned so much you learn a great deal even for yourself and become more independent you need to take on responsibility and that's why there's no way i'll regret apprentice. one of it was a good decision no doubt about it but it's fun and it has me looking forward to something new that motivates me a lot. it makes getting up early and not so bad when i come home early in evening and say today i really accomplished something and i've got some time off great. and there's plenty of work still left to do for yohana sent his boss someday

sebastian the last ones to open up a museum on the upper floor of his workshop the exhibits will be old plaster trim from buildings the idea is to have yohannes work on it if things go according to plan the master wants to employ his apprentice once he's finished his training.

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