many referencing a neo nazi cell in his e-mails and in june germany's defense minister disbanded part of the army's elite k s k commando after allegations of far right extremism within its ranks. or with more from the doubloons chief political adviser mikhail. mckayla as we heard this is just the latest case of far right extremism within germany security forces does anyone have a humble on the side of this problem well the sort is no because after all this latest case appeared after the police officers phone was investigated he was under suspicion of having passed on information to or done list so really this wasn't an investigation looking into near nazi tendencies in fact the police chief has also been interviewed today and he said there were no indications with these particular police officers that there may be some kind of racist tendency there have been no

complaints so they really didn't had a clean sheet in terms of their behavior will record and yet looking at this private mobile phone 5 what groups were found and the big question now is once other phones have been seized and been investigated and is continuing what else will be found so we have 11 officers facing criminal charges what is being done. well i think we're seeing an investigation that is going to be scaled up if anything 200 police officers were involved this morning looking into 34 police stations and private homes of police officers and i suspect that we will probably get more information trickling through in which direction that investigation will continue but we know that if anything this is potentially the tip of an iceberg although nothing at this particular moment in time points at an organized large

scale network this appears to have been small tack groups but nevertheless police officers sharing and looking at imagery that's not just tasteless that was illegal and despite these revelations interior minister is refusing to launch an inquiry into right when you explain this to public service why is that. well this is a slightly altered the debate and that emanated from the allegation of systemic racism among speech police officers and many in the wake of what happened in the united states there he said he wouldn't launch such an investigation because he was against kind of wholesale suspicion against the police as being a racist into the institution but in the light of this latest investigation there will be political pressure to look more systemic into whether this could indeed be systemic amongst germany's police so that's something i would expect to evolve the

coming days and weeks political editor may have a christmas thank you. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world was starting greece where authours is on the island of last boss of charge for men with acid in connection with the fires that swept through the overcrowded mario refugee camp last week the men old migrants from afghanistan have been given 3 days to prepare their testimony. the u.s. national hurricane center says the eye of hurricane sandy has made landfall close to the city of gold shores alabama forecasters say the category 2 storm packing sustained winds of 105 miles an hour is likely to cause catastrophic and life threatening flooding along the north central gulf coast and. the government of barbados wants to remove britain's queen elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic the caribbean island gained independence in 1966 but retain the queen as

head of state the prime minister says it's now time for a barbadian head of state. because he has been formally elected as japan's prime minister following a vote in parliament to replace the ships or who resigned his run for health reasons to take over the helm of the world's 3rd largest economy the sugar is expected to stick closely to policies championed by his predecessor. the president of the european commission has laid out her vision for the block to tackle the climate crisis addressing the european parliament are set off on the lines wide ranging speech also called on china to improve its human rights record and made it not so veiled attack on the member state poland for its attitude towards gay people and she urged the member states to resolve the blocks paralysis on the issue of migration. also love underlying ahead of a 1st stage of the union speech waiting to unveil more ambitious climate goals for

the block we need to go faster and we need to do things better the european commission is proposing to increase the 2030 targets for emission reduction to actually least 55 percent catching emissions and becoming climate neutral by 2050 are part of the european green deal one of funding lines p priorities at the situation taken partly due to the mounting pressure of climate activists but ramping up the instrument targets it's not enough for some i expect on the lion to keep on working with her commissioners and really to put pressure on the council because we know that there are member states who are not willing to do what we need to do when funder lion took office late last year she presented a long list of projects by the car with 19 pandemic slowdown many of them or brought them to hold she now said it's the year's 1st priority to pull each other

through this that you commission chief also put a focus on human rights not only calling out china's treatment of minorities but also criticizing your member said poland for introducing so-called free sones l g b t q i've 3 zones are sure manatee free zones funder line also said the e.u. finally has to decide on a solution on how to handle migration one of the most disputed topics among member states i expect that the member states will engage in the discussion so that we can really move forward and have a common plan to deal with that topic sunderland's commission will present a long awaited proposal for a new pact on migration on september 23rd and its her who will be judged on its outcome. only coronavirus pandemic has led to many people losing their jobs but for

others it providing new opportunities including a chance to further develop africans digital economy but also vatican is a 3 d. animator who's already making waves in the industry it work covers issues from health to ghana and popular culture and he doesn't let the pandemic slow him down. every day better to be savannah sits at his computer working on his passion 3 d. animation his self produced clips raise awareness for issues like sanitation nutrition and cultural history creeping up your throat cutting back. except it's funny. you know foodies village my guess you don't always have to see out of the country if. you want to see. i'm proud to accept you. living here and change it to individually you don't have to be

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to survive it's also producing mentorship and training to other young people like health wicca fust and i blama she wants to 3 d. animation skills to help and house her message enough health issues for patients. people act. and they still send you. this fund so i slipped it. in the. chance very least you. survive often visits communities that's the outskirts of the capital r. crumb it gives him ideas for his synastry sheens of correctness in his wake they come here to. look at their lives see how the lived. their lives for the d.v.d. to see how best to get this into that savannah is currently working

on an upcoming 3 d. t.v. series so highlights the challenges facing young people in rural communities. a lot of noise. a former head of world matters is being found guilty in adopting scandal both allowed to compete after they should have been suspended a french quarter found that lim india cements did bribes totaling 3000000 euros from russian athletes suspected of doping and then use the money to help them compete in events like the 2012 london olympics been sentenced to 2 years in prison with 2 more years of suspended jail time he remains free pending appeal. if you're looking forward to a big bargain this year's autumn sales and this might be for you that's months new york auction house christie's is planning to sell one of the largest

a team wrecked skeletons ever found down affection stan it's nearly 4 meters high and 12 meters long so this is one prehistoric patters of this will need a lot of space to keep them but prospective buyers of this king of the dinosaurs will also need deep pockets christie's expects it to fetch between $6.00 and $8000000.00. his army top story at this hour 29 police officers in the german state of north rhine-westphalia have been suspended over allegations of a shared our hearts content in chat groups this is said to include images of that same signal and the doctored photograph of the refugee in the chaos change. the european commission president has set off on the la times was delivered her 1st state of the union address it touched on the coronavirus pandemic green issues

digitise asian on migration knowledge and the crises facing the block commission she focused on ways to bring about change in the areas of health climate can be called. a matter of b.w. are covered 19 special down to back up the top all the time going to. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. every day counts for us and for our

planet. global ideas is going to bring you more conservation. how to make c. the screen. how do we protect our tickets. we can make a difference. good morning to you as the environmental series of the 3000 on t.w. get all mine. china has declared victory over the corona virus following 9 whirlwind months for 1st responders scientists and party officials after denying the severity of the virus and the nationally under reporting numbers beijing now says that it can keep the pandemic at bay. for normal chinese life and community are slowly edging back

to normal. but china's success is impossible for most nations to mimic so overwhelming is the communist party's grip on its population. and while the heroic narrative may resonate domestically abroad there's skepticism and discomfort over the blurring line between propaganda and leadership on the global stage. china's handling of the coronavirus separating substance from show. low and welcome to georgia 19 special i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us a china has seen both failures and successes and its response to a pandemic began within its own borders beijing's official narrative neglects those early missteps it's a story line that's being firmly embraced at home. tiananmen square in the heart of the chinese capital beijing the national museum looms large. dingley has come here

with their grandchild my. the art is classic socialist real ism that honors front line workers during the pandemic my is a little shy as she poses for pictures with the heroes in the fight against the coronavirus. the theme of the exhibition unity is strength. the exhibition brought tears to my eyes. i love my country and the party leadership. without the communist party leadership this enormous challenge will not be overcome to keep that in the genes you that. the artwork leaves little room for interpretation the message is clear under communist leadership china has managed to contain the virus. front and center and yet somehow relegated to the sidelines the nameless helpers

who work themselves to exhaustion to repel the pandemic. for us even staying at home was a patriotic duty we didn't know what the people in the front line had to sacrifice . i'm proud that china has the pandemic under control. china's leadership has cast itself as the savior of the nation and as a friend in need abroad. in the global struggle against the virus we have acted with wisdom and strength. we have filled our international duties responsibly and with transparency. in beijing's great hall of the people there is no room for doubt and this is no time for admitting mistakes. the country's foremost coronavirus expert is honored by being himself. jong features prominently in the exhibition 2 others are simply ignored.

sounded the alarm over the corona virus while the authorities were still denying its existence the dr from mohan was forced to recant and for business to speak up again the contract of the disease and died for weeks the pandemic spread throughout the country unchecked because of the coverup. despite being locked out of the official history lisa story is not forgot. that you have gotten a book which you can actually vision can show everything i think whistleblowers are pioneers and we should respect and admire them for those unsung heroes we should build a monument in our hearts. if you. will mind humans are built by the communist party they expressed no criticism as the regime tolerate no dissent and i'm joined now by news group he's

a senior analyst with the makati or institute for china studies in berlin this is good to have you on the show were told that life is returning to normal in china and that the numbers are vastly improved can we distinguish from afar if that's really the case i think it's fair to say that the lower numbers into single or low double digits that china is reporting are ballpark and i mean there is no reason to believe that while china reports. new cases or so every day there are millions off cases somewhere hidden i think with the measures that china has developed over the last months to deal with local outbreaks and new cases coming in it is realistic that these numbers are true truthful and that you know the the pictures we see and that also the person reports are we get off normal life returning to chinese cities is real. has this pandemic been more of an opportunity or a challenge for the party. i think it started as

a huge challenge in many regards governance challenge in terms of information sharing between local government and central government a huge image. that the government has has taken there and public trust but the way that this has been dealt with and the effective measures going from being the richer enough this virus through to really one of the best in class players in terms of the new cases now. called the confidence of the population and we see this in surveys that are coming out now for china but also are very fired by foreign actors that there is more trust in the government capacity to deal with this before so it's it's started certainly as a challenge but in terms off approval the i think it is now certainly a positive for the other party state or as a domestic confidence has been bolstered what about from outside looking into china has the chinese image been improved or has

a worsened through its response to the coronavirus. i think overall china's image is in a downward movement right now i'm not sure this is only due to the corona virus itself but certainly the whole crisis has triggered or is deep and a lot of the rifts that were apparent also before in terms of trade in terms of you know the whole technology 5 g. question the american and chinese relation everything is and i will spiral and these dynamics have been catalyzed by the corona crisis so china has tried to to market its very effective approach to the to curbing the virus as you know as a system really relevant capacity so the chinese model is better suited to deal with these crises and that is meeting opposition abroad and i think this is something that china will increasingly have to deal with that there's a lot more skepticism towards china and these attempts to market individual

successes system. into end of a system systemic competition china's a better suit because it has a party and this will increase indeed be contested also by the european union by other foreign actors so there is a challenge here that. is very pressing. at the same time trying to remains a global player it's has a lot of sway when it comes to large scale projects global projects how hard does that skepticism on behalf of western governments make it for them to work with china it's inevitable they have to work with them out of magic. yes so the reality of it is that china is now a very important partner we can for example the climate issue we cannot address without china and at the same time there's a lot more competition going on a lot more challenges in terms of technology our peer our trade and so on and this is really. it's quite crucial to trying to deal for every one of us to deal with this and the government to the party really has to think well how do they want to

frame themselves as a local player where is it is it wise to you know to to. global standards work and they're ready to push their own standards and interests and priorities this is a very important a very big challenge for the chinese government to go forward and this is a new role that china seeing itself in this skepticism that china is met with is growing and this is this is really a new international situation for china all right with that mikati for instance who for chinese studies in berlin thank you very much thank you and now it's time for your questions to our science correspondent williams. what effect are all the masks and social distancing having on the number of influenza cases in places that have had their flu season during the 19. 1 of the

scenarios causing health authorities to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat as as we approach the traditional beginning of the annual flu season in the northern hemisphere is the fear of a twin demick after all influenza is also a potentially deadly respiratory disease and the idea of a thousands of patients or tens of thousands of patients descending on hospitals with with flu or cope at 19 or even possibly both at the same time is one you don't even want to contemplate so so they've been casting an anxious on what's been happening in countries in the southern hemisphere which have been through their own flu season over the last 6 months the good news is that measures aimed at containing the spread of covert 19 appear to have also had a major impact on the number of winter flu cases in the southern hemisphere quite literally dropped off the table in countries from from new zealand to chill day to

south africa the w h o's influenza tracking that has reported for example that that in australia there have been less than 50 confirmed cases of flu since april i'm for comparison back in 2019 there were close 210000 during the same period so so the flu is practically disappeared there and epidemiologists are hoping that the travel restrictions and social distancing and master wearing will have the same effects north of the equator in the coming months but but we can't count on it which is why health authorities in the northern hemisphere are doing everything they can to get. many people as possible vaccinated against the flu before winter really and truly are. our own derrick williams they're the answers to your questions and finally the

pandemic has driven many diners away from their favorite restaurants out of fear of infection well here's one possible solution automated servers this footage is from a restaurant the south korean capital seoul customers place their orders at a self-service kiosks then pay and wait for a robot to bring their food not a single human interaction. i guess that's progress that's it from this cold 1000 special i'm seeing there's a relent out a line d. w. dot com thanks as always for watching.

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