gateway to europe feb 19th on d w. this is deja vu news live from berlin tonight the new u.s. president says america is taking the lead in the fight against climate change president biden has signed executive orders aimed at reducing rising global temperatures biden will host a global climate summit in april saying that the u.s. cannot meet the challenge on its own also coming up show me the vaccines the european union increasing its pressure on astra zeneca the e.u. is demanding that anti coated vaccines made in 2 of astra zeneca is british

factories must be shared with europe and on this international holocaust remembrance day the world is called on to remember and never forget the 6000000 jews and millions of others who perished under the nazi. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of our viewers around the world welcome it is an about face in the u.s. his position on climate change today u.s. president joe biden said america must lead the global response to the climate crisis i made the remarks at the white house before signing a raft of executive orders aimed at curbing rising temperatures worldwide it orders establish climate change as a major national security and foreign policy issue for the u.s.

biden said the climate crisis requires a quote unified national response likening the threat to the corona virus endemic. and just like we need a unified national response to cope with 19 we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis we must keep we must lead global response because neither challenge can be met as secretary kerry has pointed out many times by the united states alone we know what to do we just got to do it are those polled in our washington bureau chief poll she's following the story for us could even say you know as well what a big change there president biden saying that the u.s. must leave the world's response in fighting climate change that is something very different from what we used to hear from the white house it is indeed friend i mean

it's a major steps that the administration is accepting climate's and are telling the public that it is real we have to keep in mind donald trump just ignite climate change so president biden used the opportunity today to talk about and again about the importance of move higher lateral agreements and he made it clear that the u.s. is willing to take the responsibility to lead in the global fight off the climate crisis so what we know is what is inside president biden's climate plan. it's a very very important topic for him the 1st day he was an office he made a pledge to rejoin the paris climate agreement already and cancelled the construction of the keystone pipeline for our international audience brand this is something the u.s. has been fighting over for many many years the white house has made ambitious plans

to move toward investing in clean energy project and just today biden has signed an executive order to halt you all gas leases on federal lands that's also a huge huge and very controversial topic here in the united states controversy of course these decisions can make you friends or they can make you enemies how does the rest of the country feel about biden's plan. well we have to keep in mind that there are still many many communities in this country that depend on the oil and gas and coal economies so many americans are actually really worried about his plans they're worried that they're losing their jobs and in his actually pretty emotional speech i have to say joe biden addressed those fears and promised to bring bag green jobs and friend this summer i mean the whole world watched kind of

fornier burn to the ground because of wildfires caused by climate change we've reported intensively about that and i actually was there myself and these images were almost apical live to they did change the mind of many many americans even of those who did not believe in climate change before these wildfires rightly remember those images very well in this poll in washington tonight thank you. well in his speech at the white house today president biden tried to reassure americans in coal mining communities that they will not be forgotten the president says that he will make sure that they also have opportunities in his new green plan but many people fear that they will be left behind like in gillette wyoming a city with a population of about 30000 now until recently something of a coal boom town but not anymore the old industry is die and the winds of change

are blowing through in the form of clean energy but not everyone is on board. gillette has hit a rough patch coal mining here and elsewhere in wyoming provided a whopping 40 percent of the total electricity mix in the u.s. within the last 10 years that figure has dropped to 20 percent many tools former prosperity mia memorabilia these days and things are not likely to get any better for the state's fossil fuel industries on the contrary biden said more than once that he intended to move the united states away from fossil fuels and we take him at his word and that's going to be tough and we will we will do all we can to fight it but the oil and gas industry in wyoming lost a 3rd of its jobs from 13000 down to 9000 in just one year the coal industry lost 2 and a half 1000 jobs within the last 4 years now only about 4500 people working coal a far cry from what once well i think we're net losers call industry in particular

it's going to be a tough 4 years at least however the changing face of wyoming is looking increasingly like this wind turbines as far as the eye can see the pacific or when park build the top what used to be the glen rock coal mine sports 158 wind turbines generating clean energy now warren buffett's holding company berkshire hathaway owns pacific corp it plans to invest a total of $6000000000.00 in wind and solar that's. good but there's a problem clean energy doesn't generate enough new jobs since they tax revenue to offset the combined losses suffered by the declining fossil fuel industry beckons let the city is betting on technology and new research that will allow coal to become better carbon capture new coal products and hopefully a good working relationship with the by the administration for the mayor this will make them when you meet me if you can give me the option because we are looking

forward we have already been working with department of energy and if you take biden at his word i mean he just want to solve to work together so i take comfort in map because that's what i we want to do. seems like it's not all gloom and doom from wyoming embracing change will be keep. the european union has told the drug maker astra zeneca that it must deliver more doses of its coated $1000.00 banksy brussels has publicly expressed its frustration after the company announced delays 2 deliveries blamed on lower than expected production at its based factories the company responded to the e.u.'s demand by describing delivery dates in its contracts with brussels as just target dates rather than legally binding deadlines but the e.u. says the shortfall should be made up with doses produced in the u.k. which the company says should go to britain because britain placed its orders 1st

here's the e.u.'s health commissioner and let me be crystal clear that trying to 7 european union member states are united that astra zeneca needs to deliver on its commitments in our agreements the logic of these agreements was as valid then the citizen now we provided to risk an investment up front in order to get a binding commitment from the company to pre-print use even before it gets authorization. not being able to ensure the manufacturing capacity is against the letter and the spirit of our agreement we reject the logic of 1st come 1st so that may work at the naval foot what says but not in contracts are in for more now i want to bring in mr neil's torvalds from brussels he is a finnish politician and a member of the european parliament mr torvalds it's good to have you on the program do you believe what astra zeneca is telling the european union.

well it's hard to believe anybody these days because. you know we have different interpretation of a. deal between the factories and european union and we haven't seen. the papers. the parts that are important so when. the commission heard to say that we should be crystal clear it's almost nothing crystal clear in this case because if you were caught. what to say take us where to focus or have said he has actually said that there was an option for the british factories and that option wasn't taken on and then you have solved it which is even more strange use of this clause in the agreement apparently. to the best of the ability. that's

a word my mother used about 60 years ago. and it wasn't a very clear cut i probably said that i did to the best of my ability of mr gore but mr too hard if if that's in the contract then it's it's got to be legally binding then you can't come back later and say that you don't like what's in the contract is that what the european union is doing now. well if you have a if you have a clause which says to the best of your ability how do you judge that. it's a it's a very murky. sentence and you can have 15 lawyers on it and it's going to cost you a 1000000 before you get that just an insult so my conclusion is that when the made these agreements and they didn't think about the necessities and that's what makes me angry do you do you blame the lawyers for the european union.

no. i wouldn't like to be the member of the. blame game but. if the lawyers had taken into account that you have. 500000000 europeans very much eager to know what's going to happen then you must also understand that you have to go public with what you have done i mean you go public with you know what you have done then you must be clear answers in a sense that it's delivering vaccines to the u.k. because the u.k. ordered vaccines 1st i mean that's that's a reasonable explanation or is it not i think it's reasonable then. then i don't know if there were open internet i guess stations with the e.u. about this clause or did anybody understand at that time in august that we are

going to be just sort of wait so i think a part of the problems we have here if it's due to defect or that we are we are discussing something in hindsight and that's always very problematic of course mr neale's torvalds a member of the european parliament we appreciate your time and your insights tonight mr torvalds thank you thank you. when germany is considering additional radical steps to slow the spread of covert 19 including drastically reducing international air traffic to the country the government is worried that current restrictions may not be enough if new more infectious coronavirus variants continue to arrive. for now german airports like frankfurt remain open to travel but that could soon be a thing of the past according to the german government the plan put forward by the country's interior minister means and travel into germany could be reduced in is 0

if the new more contagious variants of the coronavirus spiral out of control in a 1st step mandatory tests for people arriving in germany could be introduced. and we don't think about reducing our air travel to 0 we talk about more tests when you arrive in germany right now you can come from countries like egypt i was out having a test the fear of new variants israel in germany several hospitals have stopped new missions and some staff are in quarantine because they've tested positive for them scientists are now feverish lee working on establishing just how widespread the mutations are. the german government once a year of white solution to stop the spread. skin take. for north ending highways in the sequel we're still edging people to refrain from traveling to high risk countries particularly those where variants have been found. we're also

discussing the european commission's new suggestions to tighten conditions for travel into the e.u. and for trance european travel with a lick of euros from the end of it it's a fresh chalfant german politicians face a dilemma the current restrictions on public life in place until the 15th of february seem to be working the number of daily new infections has been falling overall but in light of the threat posed by the new variants of the virus it's highly likely that they'll have to be extended. our list now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. protesters are marching in the polish capital warsaw in opposition to an almost total ban on abortions it comes in . effect today the ruling by the country's top court means abortions are now only legal in poland in cases of rape incest or when the mother's health is in danger a 3rd night of clashes between security forces and demonstrators has

a ruptured in the lebanese city of tripoli crowds are protesting about lebanon's economic crisis which has been made worse by a coronavirus walk down the red cross says dozens were injured last night when protesters threw molotov cocktails and stones at security forces at least 53 people have been killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a fuel truck in western cameroon authorities say more than 20 others were injured in the crash near the town of junk officials say the truck was illegally transporting fuel and that the truck was speeding. police in the russian capital moscow have raided several homes and offices linked to jailed opposition leader alexei navalny authorities targeted the headquarters of his anti-corruption foundation as well as of all these own apartment where they arrested his brother police say the searches are linked to alleged violations of coded 1000 rules during

mass protests last weekend on sunday tens of thousands rallied in cities across russia to demand of all news release from prison. or police also read a rented flat word of all these wife has been living e.w. spoke to her lawyer about the searches. of the we can see that there are mass searches at the homes of the employees of the anti corruption funds today rushing and clearly being treated in a biased way by authorities and their right to legal protection being violated the senior. lawyer i would say that at the moment you do is rights being violated and for. no the rights of others who are not being allowed to see that annoyance would really sit with me unfortunately at the moment this is a common practice and believe me thing. and there was the attorney there for yulian

of only speaking with us earlier or russian president vladimir putin has welcomed the extension of a key nuclear agreement with washington saying that it will help to reduce global tensions the russian parliament unanimously ratified the 5 year extension on wednesday putin submitted the bill to parliament after his 1st phone call with the new u.s. president joe biden on tuesday evening the new start treaty is the last remaining arms reduction pact between russia and the us it was due to expire next week these raise your right hand with presidents biden and putin both advocating an extension of the new start treaty the move was widely expected but nonetheless welcome in the current tense climate think both the united states and russian federation of tended to put weapons of mass destruction arms control into a separate basket no matter how bad the bilateral relationship is rose got to miller negotiated a new start for the u.s. more than a decade ago and says at the moment washington may have needed the deal more than

moscow we are entering into a modernization of our nuclear arsenal in the united states the russians are pretty well completed their nuclear modernization and to my mind it's in our best interest to ensure predictability and stability for the next 5 years until 2026 so we can ensure we have a predictable environment for our nuclear modernization and the european allies can now exhale to as they look ahead an extension of the new start treaty is not the end it should be the beginning of the new the efforts to strengthen international arms control to look into how we can the call for more weapons systems and also include more nations for instance. the nato chief is just one of those calling for a new start to really be the new start up wider negotiations particularly with beijing its burgeoning arsenals a global concern to trump administration tried to bring china to the table

literally staging an empty seat once as pressure russian military experts vessel a caution says the u.s. should not expect moscow's help here at this point russia is not going to. me to like use any pressure. to join the agreement because such pressure will be absolutely useless and will just spoiled russian chinese relations caution says it's too early to predict the future arms control cooperation based on this treaty both sides want it to say. what today germany's parliament marked international holocaust remembrance day commemorating the 6000000 jews and other victims of the nazis the day falls on the anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration and extermination camps in auschwitz at the end of the 2nd world war 2 speakers at the ceremony in the buddhist warned against the resurgence of anti-semitism.

the day of remembrance for the victims of the brutal nazi regime representatives of the countries jewish community took part in the commemoration alongside german officials including chancellor angela merkel and president. this year the ceremony also marked 700 years of jewish life in germany shiloh took no bloke holocaust survivor and former head of the central council of jews warned of a worrying recurrence of anti-semitism. he was in michigan i don't need to present you with a timeline of anti semitic incidents in our country they take place openly blatantly almost daily conspiracy theories are becoming more and more popular thing once again anti semitism is bringing in votes it has become socially acceptable again the been this tax president echoed conneaut blocks concerns he says need us.

it's devastating to have to admit that our culture of remembrance does not protect us from a brazen reinterpretation or even a denial of history that you thought rich nor does it protect us from new forms of racism and anti semitism such as those spreading in schoolyards on the internet or in conspiracy theories will still be in from pride. but the ocean spark and death can't remain the chilling reminders of just where such thinking can lead this year the site lies empty due to the pandemic with the 76th anniversary of its liberation marked online by an ever smaller group of survivors there is concern that the lessons of the past could die with the witnesses the director of the site's museum says that virtual events are no much for a visit. to the spot we took over there for nothing will replace the opportunity to experience the place the authentic space because this isn't just about seeing and

listening this is about looking around walking around touching experiencing the perspective and understanding. its even ski hopes the site can open again soon so that people can once more come to remember those murdered in the name of naziism. will course as each year passes fewer and fewer survivors of the holocaust remain to tell us their stories one man who survived the auschwitz concentration camp spoke with g.w. about his experience and about the importance of not forgetting. peter johan qadosh had a sheltered childhood in a jewish family in transylvania. but it suddenly ended when he was 13 years old and . the germans occupied transylvania 1944. a short time later we were deported to auschwitz my

entire family was murdered there are various coincidences or i can also say with god's help i stayed alive. his sister and mother were immediately killed in the auschwitz gas chambers. pretended he was older and was sent to various concentration camps for forced labor. for the persecution of the jews and that year and of its dark and cal furthering might have hardened or non me emotionally. so that i was no longer able to react to things as a normal person would. shortly before liberation god managed to escape he later went to university built a career and started a family. my wife and i lived

together for 7 years before we got married. and i never talked about my past with her. sometimes i feel as if it were sunk in concrete. and cement. and. now it is important for him to talk about it and about anti semitism today that worries the 19 year old very much. the store was sawing grape fruit from south america and israeli great fruit from john i bought the ones from java not out of jewish solidarity but because they are better they taste better the lady behind me said don't buy from jews. regrets that he can no longer go into schools as a contemporary witness due to the pandemic talking to young people brought him much joy. and skin i'm 90 now there aren't many survivors my age left

and i guess none of us will be left in 20 years so it's good if it's recognized in schools and history books. it would be but you can't make the young generation and the next young generation and the one that follows them all responsible for it . you can't do that all you can say is never forget. remembering and learning from holocaust survivor it's a johann you can see more of our coverage of international holocaust remembrance day on our website just go to w dot com here's a reminder now of the top story that we're following for you this president joe biden has said his country must lead the global response to the climate crisis 5 made remarks at the white house before signing a raft of executive orders aimed at curbing wising temperatures worldwide. the

european union has told drug maker astra zeneca it wants to share code with 19 back scenes from 2 plants in britain to make up for delivery delays to the european union and astra zeneca says its contract with europe only mention targets rather than legally binding deadlock. you're watching over us from berlin i'm pouring coffee after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day tonight the haves and have nots of coronavirus vaccines can there be a fair way to ensure vaccinations for everybody.

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out what people are talking about what is moving that. my father taught me how to ask and confront the book questions about my country and about bush that is what i keep doing to this day my name's not diesel and i work at. it has now been exactly one years since the 1st person here in germany tested positive for the corona virus on january 27th 2020 practically no one expected what was about to begin unfolding here and all over the planet more than 100000000 people have been infected more than 2000000 have died in the numbers will get worse before they get better.