he does on policies and development to put the spotlight on the issues that matter most. to security question marks in isolation. or not has going to achieve much so much more needs to be done and i think people have to be concrete solutions my name is on the fact she and i could see definitely. one. of. the 1st half of the season is done and who is top of the

table by immunity of course. that they headed to alex borg is short of being what the germans call autumn champion. but the clock is ticking the halfway point has come a little later than usual. masks and empty stadiums explain the delay we've reached match day 17 in mid-winter nothing is like it was everything is confused footballers can play football but only mascots are allowed to watch. the midweek games offered lots of entry to raymond surprised a lot. or with the polls continue their renaissance. why could dortmund score such a superb goal that laver collision and still be left shaking their heads. would do in your own berlin keep up the pace and cause rb leipzig problems and might city

rivals hair again flattered to just see. what might fall in love with football again against false borg. and what about the basement clash between shell and cologne the last match day of the 1st half of the season now on kick off. the campaign these 2 teams were still not sure whether the sabena good or bad season so far they'd started the game far behind by him but with the champions looking shaky there was still reason to hope. it was still smiling despite a disappointing draw with mikes at the weekend they have won 10 points from 15 since age into. a strong showing here was crucial for the interim coach. meanwhile was unbeaten after 12 matches but collapsed claiming just one point from

4 games this clash was a genuine 6 point level on points at kick off the way this would still be in the title race to the losers sweating on their place in this helpful. domain started like a team determined to end the 1st half of the season on a high and in holland pressured lucas rigid into an era that almost gifted don't mind and i know. of a case and. then the visitors forced a chance for marco royce but the out of form captain failed to connect properly. things. looking good for dormancy but then it all went wrong a long ball from roman burkey came straight back towards his goal and most said he had been a bust through to break the deadlock the. defensive weaknesses played still went overseas and they were exposed again by pace and direct my.

dear abby was an inspired form for the hosts dorman simply couldn't cope with him all night he burns thomas delaney and maps homers down the right flank before almost forcing a mistake from bookie. and then he sets up a great chance for lucas a laryea. but it remains one nil getting into the break. the dia b. show continued after half time the way no one possession here and left several don't win players for dead on the challenge. the run deserved a goal that liam brady failed to match his teammates quality with a finish. leverkusen failure to capitalize on brilliance was punished when you lay in front curls and the equaliser. after it does move 1st half of the season the fans will be hoping his 1st goal of the campaign and 1st ever goal against his

former club can help him find some form. of suddenly dormant with me ascendancy. grant had a shot cleared off the line soon after. then jayden sanchez should have done better with this child's. and when regretted those misses even more when d.m.v. and patrick should combined on the counter before the frenchman set up florian for the way. a slick move capped by actually a nickel finish from leverkusen is one of the kids this is still. just 17 years olds. in response brought on 16 year olds use of public ok. stephan tickets also came on for only his 3rd win this week who are parents replacing voice. over the maps unsurprisingly

inexperienced attack fails to find an equalizer. is not necessarily a hindrance to success as much whenever vince proved but lack of experience has been a problem so far this season in attack and on the touchline we have the chance to change change and turn things around we are still in all 3 competitions we have still not a lot of games ahead so we can we can even make this difficult season the good season. difficult is behind them and they can get back to their stable and see some full. round play perfectly but i think we'll have to be up there with the 1st 17 games and hold the start of the rich area it's going to be good as well instead of. the 21 win means they've accusing can be up to mistakes but i'm looking over their shoulders going into the 2nd half of this most chaotic of seasons.

to come. by a live acoustic be was simply on stoppable t.v. is all matched a hero just check out that main goal. but it's all for g.o.p. race is clear yet the 1st time i think some issues but i believe if you start stuff like struggling just minutes from the futility of the season but it was all about the fisher live play with her case employees of moose it was not and never leave it to seduce a. they found. the missing in a ship you should keep. coming up now so. 7 i could. see. people standing.

by to see struck. by the 7 seas. now what about over a chivas down it's. been the surprise packages of the 1st half of the season one points against 3 of the top 4 teams including almost beating champions byron. and getting the. most recently defeated laverick whose. good results had come at home. now travelled to leipzig the other top team looking to show they could do it on the

road to have. failed to win their last 2 games. in contrast were on a 6 game unbeaten. we'd be in for another special. in the 1st half it certainly looked that way the visitors were able to sit constantly they wouldn't let them settle. when the hosts did get in the box only on defense was their. coach not go on frustrated. my but just before the break leipzig finally found some space only for christopher and cancun to blast woefully over the bar of the that was the chance but instead of going in the net the ball flew into rosie. not because mom was so annoyed he left

his players to stew in the dressing room alone at halftime there's no way leipsic can catch byron playing like this. the 2nd half saw more of the same initially. although and cancun came a bit closer this time but the forward managed to force soon young keeper andreas looked into it decent say. leipzig were at least trying to make a breakthrough and fortune favors the brave linnean were finally breached a mil for spare with the goal by not pretty but leipzig won't care one kneeled in the 70th minute. for specs utter joy underlines how tough a prospect of an eon berlin have now become. could the berliners hit

back they had stored in every game this term. maddy has birthed i had a chance but this time it wasn't to be a one real loss or 2 in yon are staying up beat. them for the seafront i think we've given a more positive impression of ourselves we're not just a team who go around kicking people sure we're uncomfortable to play against but only on a no longer seen as just rough guys we've made a giant leap forward i think should us release the following a month off to create to be a good team has been very compact everyone is ready to work for each other a lot is possible in football if you do that. the fact only on were so disappointed with the defeat tells you everything there a man high and are still dreaming of european competition. the best team in europe are again dominating the bundesliga fire and have not been

perfect but wanted to quickly. they were ahead early robert leavened off his penalty coming after 13 minutes it was his 22nd goal of the campaign if the ball carries on he will break gad miller's record of 40 goals in a season. fire and were in complete command in the 1st half at the break they had amassed 12 shots although they only had the one goal to show for it. the champions have made life difficult for themselves of late and did it again you know. a penalty for the hosts. because with by and though at the moment and alfred finn bogus and could only hit the post. byron wien again and didn't concede for the 1st time in 12 league games that meant manuel neuer equalled all the khans record of 196 clean sheets.

really. high boston frank. frank that went. home 6 minutes. back thanks to a fine finish from. the. front. it was the 29th. it may descend upon his knee it recalls. frank that level of though after it doesn't go from kevin should also think that he plops might not be so friendly when the race for your red hot sun. bielefeld against god the battle of the promoted sides still god had shown so far

only by year and had picked up more points away from home. but they found it tough going in bielefeld bobby and lost giving the host the lead they kept getting after 27 minutes. it was to neil at the start of the 2nd half an only goal from mark all the victim unlucky or just plain silly. and later on rich pseudo on at the 3rd goal the best win of the season derby look failed and now i have a 10 point cushion on the automatic relegation places a good 1st half of the campaign. love the science though and that's happy with their season so far hats have been in and hoffenheim are among them. has had made a good start here until christophe pilon tak penalty.

company and then cashed in the best emerging steward in the sez he said me. and andrei crammer it she added another goal in the 68 minutes. before crowning the 3 nil win with his 10th goal of the season oppenheim's bellicosity campaign suddenly on a high. the 1st of the season was to be honest was crazy from all perspectives. a lot of a lot of injuries a lot of. sickness. sickness. we had a lot of complications. it remains complicated for half a relegation fight scene is. when we talk about the 1st half of the season it's clear we picked up too few points to partially due to our own performances and sometimes we gave points away too easily. now that he has overseen the worst 1st

half of the season in 11 years back then had to ended up going down as the bottom n.t. . talking about the bottom side's minds have been struggling badly in this season. tito was a shining light scoring in every other game but now he's left for the premier league perhaps unsurprisingly minds look holy i'm threatening at home to vote for the hungry wolves waited for their moment and towns to. bar trash bialek with the 1st alexander hock unwittingly teamed up their course for his 12th goal of the league season of sport triumph to neil in mines. just one win so far means it's the worst 1st half of a season in mind says history. it's

just as bad for shall come at least they've been waged by the return of club hero classy on one tele about the dutchman sets out the key clash with colonial jets. shall kill the city boss and with a languishing in 6 place a real 6.0. cologne went ahead following a set piece and push out at defending rafa chico story on the half hour ah. it was the big leagues 1st league goal in over 500 minutes bosh alcoa showing why they are the only side this time to concede it as the final seagulls. well it's best defensive units with a lot of drive and a bit of luck american teenage him to hump a few feet on ice. time . to want to shut up his hopes.

the gap between shelter and cologne is now 8 points that's more than shall have managed in the whole of the 1st half of the season. we like broke but. i believe. we have to. take big points the following in the relegation battle. let's see how they made. on match day 17. it's been a bumpy 1st half of the season for their successful champions league campaign has come in contrast disappointing bundles league of form they finished 2020 with

a run of 4 games without a win but hope has been restored since the turn of the year not 2 wins and i draw from 3 games including a victory over byron now on a wet winter night they were looking to hit the halfway point of the season on a high for a man and felix stood in their way the youngster notched a goal and an assist of secure a win over alex borg at the weekend giving phil the enco felt side a healthy buffer above the relegation zone. they were under pressure in the early stages though baby headed straight easy problem from a set piece the defender should have done better he was left on. all alone in the box. that pop lenka then had a moment of madness when he rushed miles out of his box and flattered into your nest last month. the check keeper only got a yellow card for his indiscretion despite getting nowhere near the ball.

yun zama appeared to be in much better for. him when romano shmeat hammered a volley at his top corner plot box captain pulled off a magnificent say. but then zama too had a rush of blood to the head bringing down josh sargent and leaving his goal and attended. fortunately for him got back to block goggles shot. the germany defender ensured it remained goalless going into halftime. and in the 2nd half his partner at the center of what blood back in front of them a hell of a d. was once again left unmarked at a set piece but this time he punished braman one nil gladbach season was looking up . if they're to maintain this form in the 2nd half of the season they'll need their key players to stand up and be counted some i did just that with

a fine save from john manuel embalm. and so did get into when embalm raced through again limited center half showing his no nonsense. but gladbach will also need luck if they're to improve in the 2nd half of the season and they've got a stroke of fortune here. and have a shot almost rebounded in off of zama him in. a moment that sums up a frustrating game for co felt. his opposite number continues to enjoy the new year. so far in 2021 we have 3 wins and a draw that has to give us momentum no question. and what can gladbach do with that momentum mr match winner he says we have to take this confidence and play a strong 2nd half of the season. when leaves mark gotos aside just

a point behind dortmund their next opponents in the bundesliga win that game and gladbach really would turn their poor start to the season around. is it a plane no it's a flying goalkeeper and he had lanka's antics ready course on. that young summer was also at it really for him his teammates and his. he then had a huge slice of luck later on. but it's permanent produced the save the match day. it's spectacular with the sea of texas a stand. on the believe it will say fall for you on some i believe above haven't

seen before a long time to deliver. one of the best goalkeepers in the league but i think even he doesn't know how he said i will be grinning about that one for a while but i suppose. it's almost smiled the old system back in safe hands. back in labor closing we're joined in securing big victories fire hoffenheim and cologne who have both been struggling leipzig and byron also kept the title race spicy with their when it was a match day of winners. losers with only one draw and 9 games. out the best goal of the match day comes from don't men's union but even if his new club still lost his. incentive to get one goal

a spectacular start. in our challenge to give him a little bit of solace. bush birds in film about the cost is known but simply. because i don't know much mom. who can't stop scoring. he's also now joined 2nd in the bundesliga scoring challenge but he was top of the hour it's. a crime marriage with his perfect freekick the whole time what would they do without seeing. him for and 1st place in all the best goals of match day 17. so here's the table at the halfway stage of the season fire and lead the way 4 points ahead of leipzig and 7 ahead of laver close and it's tied after that with dortmund only in 4th.

promoted garden 10 can be happy with their 1st half of the season might send shank a stay at the bottom on just 7 points no team with so few points of half way has ever stayed up. half the season is the in this strangest of campaigns it's time to show some not so your team mates. your. helmet. someone all the referee losing is ok right is just to get a bloke who did not occur. when you do feeling no further hope for winning well that's why we play football. is it about winning yeah yeah yeah. and the 2nd half of the season starts right away. so when you really need

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this is the new zion song bro. and the clock is ticking just 2 weeks before america's last remaining nuclear arms deal with russia is due to expire president but says he wants to extend the treaty for 5 more years will find out how the kremlin is reacting to his proposal also coming up a staggering death toll covert 19 has now claimed more than 50000 largest in germany but the government tells people there is reason for hope and asks them to

not let their guard down and toxic trash russia's garbage dumps are filling up the pollution and the smell it's so bad some families living here landfill sites have little choice but to move away. only of iraq it's great to have you with us this hour our broadcast starts in the u.s. where u.s. president joe biden is looking to extend america's nuclear arms control deal with russia what's known as the new start treaty well the existing accord was signed a decade ago it caps the number of nuclear weapons that both countries can deploy but it is due to run out in february and by the now once a 5 year extension the kremlin has welcomed the move and says it's now waiting to

see the details of the u.s. proposal. all right we have team coverage for you clearly much more in washington teri schultz in brussels the seat of nato and emily sherman in moscow with the russian angle to this developing story a very good day to all of you curly i want to go to you 1st why is president biden proposing extending this nuclear weapons treaty with russia. well you have this is a treaty that would limit the united states and russia to no more than 1550 deployed nuclear weapons would of course help to ensure civility between the united states and russia but also on an international level let's not forget that we're talking here about nuclear weapons a potential existential threat for the world and this is again an effort to keep and extent international arms control and specifically for the united states well white house press secretary is actually underlined yesterday that the

a new start treaty is in the national security interest of the united states also because and we should point that out this is the last remaining u.s. russia arms control treaty in the united states and therefore even more important russia already called for an extension for the snow here treaty for some time but the top administration had rejected it and even the potential extension for one year it was rejected and for biden this has obviously been one of his priorities regarding russia terry you have the opportunity today to talk to nato secretary-general. to ask to get his reaction let's listen now to a part of your conversation and then i'd like to you to weigh in please. dramas have made it clear that they all support. the new store because he meant on calling your show to respond in the post is the way to the u.s. . proposal now it's terry why is this treaty so important to

nato. well lately as carolina mentioned it is the last remaining arms control treaty between washington and moscow so the europeans have seen these other cornerstones of their stability crumble the last one the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty under the trump administration just within the last couple of years so while the europeans are not parties to any of these agreements they are the landmass in between the 2 countries that hold the most nuclear weapons in the world so nobody wants there to be any freedom for missiles to be flying over our heads here in europe so they are very much hoping that the u.s. and russia despite all of the other problems in the bilateral relationship can really nail down this treaty for another 5 years and then move on to renegotiating what other weapons might be covered under it what other countries might be covered under it it's really important for the europeans right now to keep this last thread

of arms control intact family in moscow now to you according to nato the ball is in the kremlin's court to a new reaction there. well i think the kremlin is also likely to be on board with extending this treaty even though the reaction that we have heard from the kremlin spokesperson to me through his golf has been rather cautious and almost you might say a bit coy he said that he welcomed the fact that the u.s. wanted to extend the new start treaty but he also said that of course russia would have to wait to look at the finer print to look at the details it seems to me that the kremlin is almost playing a bit hard to get with the new administration in the u.s. especially considering that vladimir putin himself called for an extension a 5 year extension of the new start treaty as recently as last year and russia has always kind of in the last few years on the trumpet administration very much portrayed the u.s. as the side leaving international treaties leaving international arms treaties as

well including the i.n.f. treaty as well and one russian expert that i spoke to here said that really the new start treaty is kind of what remains the bare bones of arms control that remains between the u.s. and russia and i think that especially considering how frosty relations are between the u.s. and russia at the moment with the threat of potential new sanctions from the biden administration hanging in the air with kind of the tension between the west and russia over the arrest of opposition politician i think saying of any russia will certainly also be on board with extending this this key treaty and we sure are in moscow to brussels and chinoy in washington thank you all 3 for your reporting. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. donald trump's

impeachment trial over his role in the u.s. capitol right could begin as early as next week house speaker nancy pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against the former president to the senate on monday mr trump has been in florida since joe biden's inauguration on wednesday. funerals have taken place for the $32.00 victims of 2 suicide bombings in iraq's capital baghdad the services were held in the early hours of friday in the shrine city of new jobs so-called islamic state claimed responsibility for the blast is the deadliest attack on baghdad in 3 years. authorities in china say it will take at least 15 more days to reach a group of gold miners trapped underground they've delivered food and medicine to some of the men who have been trapped for 11 days now following an explosion one man is known to have died. while. on them. now to some

sobering news here in germany the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 50000 at a briefing a short time ago the head of germany's public health institute said the figure is distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tougher national law down until there's a massive drop in both deaths and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the country. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes spot they remain a big covert 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country even as the overall infection right steadily for it's a reminder that germany isn't out of trouble yet it is not good we currently know of around $900.00 outbreaks in nursing homes there are probably on reported cases. but there are homes with very few or no cases of covert 19 these homes are often

better resourced have better sanitary measures and more professional knowledge and support this should be the case in all nursing harbors the chief concern for hill thought arties now is getting on top of the threat posed by covert 19 mutations this is one of the main reasons germany's current lockdown was toughened and extended until mid february that and trying to bring down the stubbornly high real number of infections and deaths each day. and if you can see the numbers are heading in the right direction but they are still too high. and that's what this is all about. intensified if it's which are not easy. so i don't mind them because so that we can bring the numbers down to a point where we can gain control over the pandemic once again. we conclude. germany's president is encouraging people to light candles to remember

the 50000 people who have died from cove at 19 in the country. is planning a memorial service for after easter sadly by then there will be many more victims to add to this week's terrible milestone. well although germany has recorded more than 50000 coronavirus deaths new infection numbers are falling less authorities in germany remain concerned and i have toughened restrictions really i asked our political correspondent in the crane how people here are taking that there's restriction fatigue setting in polls show that there's still a very high willingness to be compliant with the restrictions but people are somewhat exhausted and frustrated by the fact that these restrictions are often imposed on a piecemeal basis then lengthened appear to killer lee for families the closures of schools and kindergartens have made it very very difficult and again they're just

when people have gotten used to one time frame suddenly it's being extended for now till mid february but we heard people some of the official saying today that in fact we may not seeing a lightening of the infection rate as we go into spring and early summer as we did last year there may be different circumstances in place and that's a very dreary prospect for a lot of germans when the greyness speaking to me a moments ago well now to russia which is facing a growing problem with garbage the country produces around $60000000.00 tons of trash each year but very little of this is recycled environmental organizations say more than 90 percent is dumped in landfill sites often close to towns and villages if you'd only use your shadow reports. this is the lexan skit pit it's as big as 45 soccer fields and is just one of dozens of garbage dumps on the

outskirts of moscow presidents say just a few years ago with the pit was still deep in the ground now it's more of a hill and as if the garbage piles up the health problems due to the dump lies just a few 100 metres from the village of novel shop of all. those save us hometown the mother of 2 says that some days the smell from the side to was so bad she couldn't even open the windows and the kids jaroslava and well often sick video saver finally had enough she and her children moved to clean as city several kilometers away. the little ones were constantly sick one day their pediatrician told me their children have rattling sounds in their lungs i didn't think about it for a very long before starting to look for an apartment for us here and clean later after we moved we went to the same doctor surprise surprise the lung rattling had

disappeared how did that happen simple we moved away. busy feodosia families fate is no isolated incident. removal is one of russia's most pressing concerns only 6 percent of the country's garbage is either processed or incinerate that is the rest is simply dumped environmentalist to warn of the landfill sites around moscow in particular a ticking time bomb i rarely conforming to safety standards of a polluter the soil the ground water and to the air. readings taken by the state civil protection agency show the area surrounding alec's inskip it is also containment. 3 years ago authorities found 2 that hydrogen sulfide levels were $25.00 times the acceptable amount. but nothing has been done to protect

a local residence you only a few dosia of us mother is another of those affected the 67 year olds house is dangerously close to the dump but unlike her daughter she says she can't move. where would i go who would i sell my home to without horrible smell outside who cares about someone like me and how would i even get by in the city my pension is $190.00 euros per month but i'd have to pay $130.00 euros for a one room apartment. deceiver and to the other residents have tried to repeatedly to stand up for their rights in court but to no avail. but that's the what's of the i don't know how much longer we can fight against the system there aren't that many of us and we feel desperately helpless. meanwhile as the mountain of rubbish keeps growing and to there are plans to expand

to the elections to dumb. reporting there from russian our minder of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour moscow has welcomed a proposal from u.s. president joe biden to extend the u.s. russian nuclear arms control treaty by 5 years the accord which caps the number of nuclear weapons each country can deploy is set to expire in 2 weeks time. sic around of next year business update with stephen beardsley and i'll see you at the top of the hour. it's about billions. it's a color power. it's about the foundation of the border. silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network and sold

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