partners richard but in europe there's a sharp warning does whoever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on it to commit a bit of a shaking the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world be the fish if above board game. china's gateway to europe starts feb 19th on d w. ask yourself who among your family and friends has taken on more responsibility more work more burden since the coronavirus emerged well the answer for most of us women it's estimated that one year of the pandemic has wiped out 10 years of job gains for women a recession that some are renaming the she session the coronavirus has exposed gender inequalities like never before we have vaccines against the virus is there

a prescription for gender parity for a world where he and she see eye to eye i'm bring gulf in berlin this is the day. you'll come to me in the world's ass and yet achieve full sensory quality and that will start at home by example and i invite my main fears for which. i will mention full gender equality in my college admission and into i'm sipping a woman and politics there are plenty of almost half the pot we present up for our . we want our fair share. also coming up he is the neo nazi who pulled the trigger in the 1st murder of

a german politician by the far right since 1945 he'll be spending the rest of his life in prison without parole there not a court had determined that the accused a different had basically acted out of right wing extremist and racist motivation and it also dunstall previously since the fall of the 100 touched. on to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers all around the world welcome we begin the day looking at the pandemic not as the scourge of. the century but rather as the opportunity of a generation the virus has exposed society's ugly underbelly of inequality from front line health care workers to home schooling to keeping everyone's same within the lockdowns these are roles that women more often than men have taken on that's 20 hours per week of additional work for women according to the world economic

forum labor unions say once the pandemic is over the gains women have made in the labor force will be more like 2011 instead of 2021 a decade of progress in gender parity wiped out in the last year tonight you'll hear the case for not neglecting women as the world economy recovers a rethink yes but not reinventing the wheel we begin with a look at one woman whose rise to power is yielding all kinds of dividends for men and women. kama harris grew up here a quiet neighborhood across the bay from san francisco her mother raised her to be strong and to prove herself through her work she studied at the historically black howard university in washington d.c. then got her law degree in san francisco her career ascent began in california in 2003 she was elected as san francisco's 1st female district attorney and 2011 she

became california's attorney general or she oversaw the state's legalization of gay marriage in 2017 harris was elected to the u.s. senate she quickly gained a reputation as a tough question or a grilling facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg and donald trump supreme court pick brett kavanaugh i'm not remembering but if you have something you want to i'm just trying to think do i know anyone who works that firm i might know that if you had that's not my question my question is have you had a conversation with anyone at that firm about that investigation. it's a really specific question at the moment in january 29000 she announced her run for the white house. i stand before you today to announce my candidacy i. harris dropped out but then became joe biden's running mate she proved to be an

avid campaigner and debater paris's father is from jamaica and her mother was born in india that makes her the 1st black and the 1st asian american vice president hopes are high but don't you are going to change. right and. wrong things. i'm sure you have things very good. doctors want to thank you. it's been a long way to the vice presidency but america has spoken and harris is now headed for her place in history. when my 1st guest tonight says neglecting women is a losing business model even more so as we come out of the pandemic i'm happy to welcome laura list wood to the program lore is the secretary general of the council of women world leaders she joins me tonight from washington d.c.

it's good to have you on the program or i'd like to get your thoughts on the role of vice president harris in turning this pandemic into a prescription for gender parity. well thank you for having me tonight. i think it 1st and foremost the very fact that we have a woman at its highest level highest level we've ever had in the united states as vice president that in and of itself. will help ensure that questions around gender and gender parity and around women's issues will be raised it's not that men would necessarily race but we can pretty well be assured that college harris as a woman will ensure that these issues get raised so i think that's 1st and foremost the most important thing she's at the table with

a strong voice is is harris is she picking up where the on the americans of the world are soon to begin exiting the holes of power. well i think that that she will certainly i think operate in the tradition of someone like angle and marrow who has you know been such an extra strain a strong leader for germany so i think she will take her position you know in a role she obviously is not not president so she doesn't have those powers but we know that president biden has indicated that she will be a an equal partner to him in decision making he always be the last person in the room to make decisions and as we know vice president peres is not shy about stating her position and understanding the issues

so i think we can rest assured that sure she will be a powerful voice. in the issues both domestically and internationally sweden's foreign minister was speaking at the world economic forum this week and said and i'm quoting here in crisis the gender perspective is often the 1st thing to be disregarded why is that. well it was ironic i was on that panel with a live performance of the suite and i think what she was referring to was the fact that for many people they see gender and gender issues as somewhat secondary and so which i think she was referring to was that you know you get these crises and people then just focus intensely on that rather than a more holistic view of how to solve these problems and clearly we have to have

a gender perspective during a crisis during this particular crisis for example to help solve the crisis itself i mean women are such a major part of the health care systems front line workers that it until unless we do include them we're not going to have the kind of solutions that the diversity of the perspectives brings we're certainly men we men realize the burdens that women are carrying shouldn't we be the ones to insist that women have police in leadership but they have a place at the boardroom table. well love your perspective rhett. if that were the possibility if that were happening i would be applauding it because you're absolutely right right now women you know based on some mckinsey studies and others you know they're doing 3 times the amount of work

that men are doing at home elder care child care educating people interviewing the children so the burden is just proportionately falling on women and you're absolutely right lucian is going to come with gender parity that's when the word parity means and so you know i applaud it and would say let's hope that can happen because that really will be the ultimate answer to some of these issues let's talk a little bit about concrete measures to change the calculus here you are in favor of quotas for women in politics and business why. well you know i often joke that i think i'm just getting a little old and wanting to see that we can do what i call hurry history because at the rate we're going you know courting to well they're comic form at the

rate we're going it's going to take about 200 plus years to get to that kind of gender parity on our talking about well that's just low that the world can't tolerate that level of speed so for me quotas are circuit breakers they will break up in groups favoritism and closed social networks they will have the possibility of making sure that there's a critical mass of women at the table you know and all the research now is showing that the women who do. come to these positions of power are equal to the men in their positions and equal to them in experience and education and so i don't think we have to worry about heat in the back kind of issue anymore and you know at this point prince you know over 100 countries have some sort of affirmative mechanism in place you know particularly likely and certainly for boards of directors you're

beginning to see quite quite impetus for that because we know that it women and other historically under-represented groups bring a different perspective they allow for additional ways of looking at solutions so you know if we don't have some sort of affirmative mechanism in place i worry about how long it's going to take you know we hear a lot about the new norm. are women better suited to lead and manage business in politics and as we enter the post pandemic there are. well there is some argument to be made very out. there again other startling under-represented groups often bring a different set of leadership skills to the workplace to politics to senior leadership and that might include being more inclusive being

bringing different people to the table ensuring that listening is being done and then people are being hurt and it's not that you know men can't do go out they could but historically that hasn't been the set of traits that we prize for leadership now what we're saying is well we need a broader way of being leaders we need different skill sets during these times and women do most of the way they are raised the way they are in society will often exhibit those types of skill sets so to me in truth the best leaders are the leaders that incorporate both the skill sets of men of the store and the skill sets that women bring so i think you're absolutely right and we wrap up here let me ask you about the 22 year old american woman who enchanted the world last week i'm

talking about the poet amanda gorman who resigned did the hill we climb at the job i didn't come over here it's inauguration what do you see when you look at and listen to her oh my gosh you know for one thing i see inspiration there was a dry eye in the house speaking. and oh oh what happens when we when we're a country that embrace is everyone that ensures that everyone has an opportunity because. we all bring certain skills in certain talents and creativity and she was just amazing. i just think it's one of those what i call our mayor or me able to see that kind of strange. for this with with the council of women world leaders laura good talking with you

we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you thank you. it was the 1st assess a nation of a politician in germany by the far right since 19452 years ago a neo nazi murdered a regional politician who had been trying to detention and controversy for his poor refugee stance bolton was a member of the chancellor's conservative party he was shot in the head outside his home by stephane ends today and was sentenced to life in prison. it was a trial which brought the specter of far right violence in germany into sharp focus once again defended stefan and stewards charged with murdering an elected politician. and stock a signal this verdict sends a strong signal a signal that the state can defend itself and will vigorously pursue a political assassination of this kind of 4th. was

a well liked local leader who defended on policies on migration it turned him into a target for right wing extremists stefan and recorded this video at a meeting where look at face far right hecklers to be distributed this you have to stand up for certain values anyone who doesn't agree with these values is free to leave this country that's a freedom every german enjoys. no right. 4 years later looked at was assassinated at his home in june 29000 his body discovered by his son. 2 weeks afterwards authorities arrested stefan and sed during the trial he confessed then retracted and later confessed again this was the 1st time in post-war german history that a representative of the state had been killed by a right wing extremist is it not a test case to the court determined that the accused steffane had acted in

principle out of right wing extremist and racist motivation and had also done so previously for $100.00 tut however the court did not find the other defendant marcos h. guilty of assisting in the murder one of the loop because family lawyers says that is disappointing but added that the family found this trial important for a different reason the from media of old immediate on the go has a call plaintive the family wanted to set an example against hate and violence and hate speech in our society whose words then lead to deeds at the. top and give up and that's about you know that was very very important for that into the future to be that they wanted to advocate the values that evolved to look advocated his entire life and which are also the family's values. lucas killing is one of several attacks linked to the extremist far right in germany in recent years casting a spotlight on the dangers extremists pose to democracy. always

bring in emily says she's a freelance journalist based here in berlin she's also a fellow with the institute of current or of affairs where she writes about german politics and the rise of populist far right parties across europe really it's good to have you back on the show what did you make of today's sentencing. 5 think that the idea of the life sentencing is is largely what was expected in the days beforehand this was as as the report you just aired said and as has been discussed over the course of the day this was very much intended to send a signal at a time when right wing extremism the right wing extremist violence is causing a very legitimate problem in a legitimate fear here in germany we know that the alleged accomplice was acquitted however we do understand that there's that mean that the murderer stefan and does

that mean that he acted alone well from what we can tell the court was not able to prove that that the accomplice wasn't involved but there are still questions about that and the family has as we heard was disappointed with the response but at the moment all we know is that the court wasn't able to determine that and this this murder is being described we've also described that way as the 1st right wing political assassination in germany since the 2nd world war was it. when we're talking about in elected official in a politician who's an elected office then yes that's some from my understanding yes that is the case but i think the idea that this was a wake up call for for german politics and society about the threat of violence sort of ignores the fact that there has actually indeed been quite a lot of foreign violent over the last few decades the estimates that there are out

there in terms of the number of people who have been killed as a result of our experience violence perhaps maybe not as high profile a politician as as well to look at i mean it's nearly 200 people and so you know you look back to the history of for example the national socialist underground which was discovered in 2011 a series of murders all also perpetrated for the same sort of far right extremists believes you know this is something that it's not unfortunately new in germany but this this case was something that sort of dropped the surface to draw new light on the issue and if it drew new light on that issue then has the state changed in its response to the threat that's posed by the extrude right. i think they're starting to i think there's at least a recognition that more needs to be done you've seen the interior minister of

ministry for example pledged to best massively in new staffing new support and new programs to fight back against the extreme right but i think it is you know there is a there's a recognition of the very least that for example germany's domestic intelligence had had kind of a blind spot when it came to our extremists they were much more focused on on the left wing of the spectrum and so oftentimes miss things that they really shouldn't have and so i think at the very least there is a recognition of the scope of the problem and whether the government's current efforts and the new attention to invest more money and staff into that has an effect i think remains yet to be seen journalist emily short out here in berlin and we appreciate you taking the time to help report this story tonight thank you thanks for having me. protesters have clashed with security forces in the lebanese city of tripoli for

a 4th night the latest arrest comes after the death of a 30 year old protester on wednesday the crowds are angry at strict coronavirus and an economy that is in crisis the situation in tripoli appears to be spiraling out of control the protests are nel spreading to other parts of the country. protest is out on the streets of tripoli again for the 4th day running demonstrations appear to be intensifying in lebanon 2nd largest city. many residents have been struggling with extreme economic hardship for some time but the country in deep recession. the lockdown imposed earlier this month to halt a surgeon covered 19 is too much for many to bear. the life i'm living is horrible i came out to die and so i don't have to live

through this horror enough poverty and hunger the lebanese people are living in pain and. thursday's protests came just hours after the funeral the man who was killed the night before. the 30 year old reportedly sustained a bullet wound on wednesday when protests turned violent with demonstrators trying to storm the city's government building. witnesses and local media say police fired live rounds hundreds of protesters were injured. lebanon is currently struggling with a massive surge in coronavirus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. to close the country then you have to provide for people it's not acceptable to

lock people in their houses and leave them hungry there are day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who can't earn a living or even enough for the bare essentials that. the government is providing some financial assistance 223-0000 families but with half of the population estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. who says good guys always finish last the french sale the stop and has won the prestigious van de globe round the world he didn't cross the line 1st but he was given a time bonus for helping another solo sailor whose boat sank. around the world in 80 days with a bit of heroism thrown in. french sailor yannick best event came into port in western france as the winner of the long day glow around the world race despite not

crossing the line 1st. the 48 year old finished in 80 days 13 hours 59 minutes and 46 seconds he was behind 2 competitors but received a time bonus of 10 hours and 15 minutes helping to rescue another sailor 2 months ago. it was on view i feel like i'm living a dream hallucinating it's bizarre we go from total solitude to this. i saw what. he was one of 4 skippers asked to find. who was rescued in heavy seas off the cape of good hope he had waited more than 11 hours after his yacht broke into. there was also drama for boris helm on the 1st german to enter the prestigious event was happy after avoiding a crash with a container ship earlier in the race but he then hit

a fishing vessel while in 3rd place close to the finish ending his hopes of glory. well the day is almost done but the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either good news you can follow me of print off t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day see you then airport.

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i've got alphas and i work at d w. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight the corona virus vaccine that works but not necessarily for those who need it most german public health officials say the astra zeneca vaccine should not be given to people over the age of $65.00 due to insufficient data but astra zeneca disagrees and says the vaccine is effective for senior citizens also coming out the strict coronavirus lockdown in lebannon protests are

now in their 4th night as a girl grows along with the economic crisis and the assassination that shocked germany a politician shot in the head in cold blood a neo nazi pulled the trigger today the murderer was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us does astra zeneca corona virus vaccine work in people over the age of 65 today the pharmaceutical and british prime minister or johnson said yes contradicting the message here in germany health experts here are recommending that the u.k. swedish companies vaccine not be offered to senior citizens the vaccine committee at germany's robert called public health institute said there is insufficient data

to assess the drug's effectiveness among the elderly the vaccine has not yet been licensed for use here in. the european union but that is expected tomorrow or in the next few days which. are let's bring in now he's a science journalist who specializes in infectious diseases kai it's good to see you again what do you make of this we got germany saying that it won't give the astra zeneca vaccine to people over 65 in the u.k. you've got the pharmaceutical and the prime minister saying it's just fine for the elderly well and i think this is the kind of situation that you can expect you know we are in the fund that make we don't have all the data on a lot of questions that we would like to have so a lot of people a lot of politicians are having to make decisions based on you know i'm not a lot of uncertainty and this is one example of the data that we have the best data that you can have on whether a vaccine works it's the ficus the data on clinical trials and we simply don't have

enough data on people older than 65 because there weren't enough included in the early trials so what you're working with is data that shows they have a new reaction for instance so there is some other data you can on people over $65.00 but it's not kind of the highest standard of data that you want and so the german speaker the experts at work off institute have made a decision to you know to be very conservative in a way and say you know we have the best data that this works on younger people so let's let's reserve the vaccine for them. in the u.k. people have made a different decision based on the same data this data how long have we had access to this data i mean i'm wondering germany's decision could it have been made and announced earlier. well don't forget that these decisions are and the vaccine at the moment isn't even license. or approved for the european market so

tomorrow presumably you know may is going to you know license that i mean they're going to announce a decision and once it's approved for the market that's when it plays a role that's when experts normally get together and say ok now who do we recommend this vaccine for it's actually unusual that we have the current situation where you have the recommendation for the vaccine before that vaccine is officially you can even license and that's part of you know everybody kind of trying to to to do everything faster than normal in order to be able to use these vaccines as soon as they as they are who are the market and can be shipped. standby there is widespread dissatisfaction about the speed of the vaccination role well here in germany and across the european union we have this report now. accessing this vaccination center in brandenburg in eastern germany it's harder than it might look to get an appointment for a covert 19 job you need staying power only those determined enough to get past the

overloaded hotline will get an appointment like mantra didn't have a green bag both are over 18 and on to germany's number one high risk group. our daughter got the appointment for us but it took her a long time to get through in the range and time. as in other vaccination centers in germany things are moving slowly many boots remain empty because there's not enough vaccine. only 70 people a day can be immunized instead of the planned 600. the situation is even worse in other regions this center in cologne is not even open appointments are being made for february but it's not an easy process. is calling them to be kept on hold for hours and then you don't even get an appointment machine young man in can mean my appointment was made online i may say right on the 1st day in the morning.

line in north i have a stale air is overwhelmed. other countries are moving faster israel for example has already vaccinated almost half its population about 4000000 people britain has immunized 10 percent the us 7 germany has vaccinated around 2000000 people 2 percent of the population in line with many other countries germany's social democrats say that's not good enough and it's the envy of the sinew say israel britain and the us are all breaking progress but there are a lot of problems in the european union and we need to address them quickly. vaccine manufacturers contracted to supply e.u. member states and now reporting production delays not good news for this facility in brandon bald all others around germany filling these chairs is likely to take

some time to find you know there's a lot of complaining here in germany right now about the rollout of the vaccination but also about how this pandemic is being managed right now what's your take on well. i think there's a lot of stuff that you can criticize and i mean when we're talking about vaccines in particular you know some of these stories of people you're trying to get are trying to get an appointment and spending hours on the whole that's that's unfortunate and i think hopefully these things can improve over time but i am kind of you know surprised that we keep comparing ourselves to countries like israel and the u.s. of course you can do that in the u.k. but at the same time we have to remember this is a condemning i mean this is a global situation and we don't talk a lot in germany about all the countries in the world that don't have access to any vaccine at all i mean on the whole continent of africa i think we've had something

like 25. that's nations done so i think it is needed important you know at the moment looking at the danger of variance is well we're only safe when everybody's safe and i think we really need to have a conversation about how to roll out not just in germany more efficiently but how to do it in an equitable way across the globe and these conversations need to happen at the same time and i'm not seeing that happen the. road science journalist tried to push me to florida's tonight with analysis on the situation the coronavirus pandemic here in germany kai thank you. let's have a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world after 2 weeks in foreign teen in the chinese city of hama a team of experts from the world health organization has begun its investigation into the origins of covert 19 they want to better understand where the virus came from to prevent future outbreaks it's not clear what chinese authorities will allow them to see the white house says it's outraged by pakistan's supreme court ruling

to release the british born man convicted over the killing of u.s. journalist daniel pearl 19 years ago a panel of 3 judges acquitted omar saeed shaikh of involvement in pearl's kidnapping and beheading his 3 coa ques were acquitted last year. a near total ban on abortion has come into effect in poland sparking nationwide protests the move means terminations will only be allowed in cases of rape and incest and if the mother's life is at risk polls show more than half of the population of poe's the new legislation. protesters have clashed with security forces in the lebanese city of tripoli for a 4th night the latest on rest comes after the death of a 30 year old protester on wednesday the crowds are angry strict coronavirus lockdowns and an economy that is in crisis the situation in tripoli appears to be

spiraling out of control the protests are now spreading to other parts of the country. protest is out on the streets of tripoli again for the 4th day running demonstrations appear to be intensifying in lebanon 2nd largest city. many residents have been struggling with extreme economic hardship for some time but the country in deep recession. the lockdown imposed earlier this month to halt a surgeon covered 19 is too much for many to bear. the life i'm living is horrible then i came out to die and so i don't have to live through this horror enough poverty and hunger the lebanese people are living in pain and the life. those days protests came just hours after the funeral the man who was killed the night before. the 30 year old reportedly sustained

a bullet wound on wednesday when protests turned violent with demonstrators trying to storm the city's government building. witnesses and local media say police fired live rounds hundreds of protesters were injured. lebannon is currently struggling with a massive search in corona virus cases hospital intensive care units are reportedly nearly full and the country is seeing record breaking daily fatalities nevertheless many say around the clock curfew is just not possible in lebanon. but. you want to close the country then you have to provide for. people it's not acceptable to lock people in their houses and leave them hungry their day laborers there are people who have lost their jobs there are people who count on a living or even enough for the bare essentials. the government is providing some financial assistance 225-0000 families but with hop of the population

estimated to be living below the poverty line the protests are likely to continue for some time. it was the 1st assassination of a politician in germany by the far right since 19452 years ago a neo nazi murdered a regional politician who have attracted attention and controversy for his poor refuse g.'s stance. was a member of the chancellor's conservative party he was shot in the head outside his home by stephane ants today and was sentenced to life in prison it was a trial which brought the specter of far right violence in germany into sharp focus once again defended stefan and stewards charged with murdering an elected politician their loot. and stock osieck now this verdict sends a strong signal a signal that the state can defend itself and will vigorously pursue a political assassination of this kind of 4th. was

a well liked local leader who defended on the american policies on migration it turned him into a target for right wing extremists stephon and street courted this video at a meeting where look at face far right hecklers to be distributed this you have to stand up for certain values anyone who doesn't agree with these values is free to leave this country that's a freedom every german enjoys. you know if i spent. 4 years later look i was assassinated at his home in june 29000 his body discovered by his son 2 weeks afterwards authorities arrested stefan and sed. during the trial he confessed then retracted and later confessed again this was the 1st time in post-war german history that a representative of the state had been killed by a right wing extremist this is not a test case to the court determined that the accused steffane had acted in

principle out of right wing extremist and racist motivation and had also done so previously for $100.00 touched however the court did not find the other defendant marcus h. guilty of assisting in the murder one of the loop because family lawyers says that is disappointing but added that the family found this trial important for a different reason the from media avoid immediate on the go as a co plaintiffs the family wanted to set an example against hate and violence and hate speech in our society whose words then lead to deeds. that's about you that was very very important for that interview they wanted to advocate the values that evolved advocated his entire life and which are also the family's values. lucas killing is one of several attacks linked to the extremist far right in germany in recent years casting a spotlight on the dangers extremists pose to democracy. well here's

a reminder of the top story that we're following for you the drug manufacturer astra zeneca and the british prime minister boris johnson say the company's 19 vaccine is effective in the older people are responding to news that experts here in germany have recommended that the u.k. swedish company's vaccine not be offered to people over 65. states to d.w. business is up next with janell's she will be right back right after this. there i'm david and this is climate change brags that sex. happiness increase books. this is the book for. children smarter for free books.

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