we're all set to go beyond office. as we take on the world. we're all about the stories that matter to. whatever it takes each month. to be on fire made for muslims. former u.s. president trump made no secret of his motives when he ordered the pentagon to withdraw all 12000 troops from germany payback for a nato country that trump labeled a security freeloader well fast forward to the biden presidency yesterday the general in charge of u.s. forces here in europe said trump's decision is now being reviewed thoroughly from the cradle to the grave

a clear message to american forces here in germany the more things change the more they stay the same i'm brick off in berlin this is the day. this is all going on does the last 4 years without those on challenging times. we must reaffirm our commitment to nato and other critical alliances around the world as those seek of those who are at some difficult discussions. with the former presidents of. what we see is and is an ambition to reach juventus the transatlantic of partnership i've never been more optimistic about the future for them today. also coming up as

corona virus variants spread what will it take to finally get ahead of this virus one suggestion take the vaccines that we already have and try some mixing and matching. everyone is already looking ahead to what happens next if we have new strains and if people's community winds in the meat they sing what about the 3rd or maybe even 4th does so it has in some ways rang the ground with the science that would look at that. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with american boots on the ground here in germany boots that apparently are not made just yet for walking last summer the trump administration revealed plans to withdraw one 3rd of all 'd u.s. troops stationed here in germany some 12000 the proposal was not popular in congress despite the pentagon selling it as a better way to compete with russia a troop move of this size it doesn't happen overnight in this case it didn't happen

before the next presidential election president biden says he plans to repair the damage america's alliance has suffered under donald trump for biden a major troop withdrawal from germany looks more like problem making not a problem solving this is what the president said about this today. second defense secretary austin will be leading a global posture review of our forces so that our military footprint is appropriately in line with our foreign policy and national security priorities it will be coordinated across all elements of our national security was secretary austin and secretary blinken working in close cooperation and while this review is taking place will be stopping any plan trooper dollars from germany. all right you heard then it's let's take the story now that teri schultz she's in brussels teri's covered nato and u.s.

military policy here in europe extensively good evening to you terry i dare say that no one on this side of the atlantic once joe biden was elected president expected any troops to leave germany that's true brant and even before joe biden was elected that was it was questionable because right after trump made that surprise announcement having not consulted either nato nor the german government nothing else ever happened there were no details follow up plans as far as my sources say either with the german government or with the countries like belgium or italy or or poland who were supposed to get some of these troops coming out of out of germany and i spoke again with with some of my sources and they said there was never any follow up and that it was clear the pentagon didn't want this to happen so everyone just expected this to slow roll and wait for the election. and what about relations between nato and the biden ministration.

well not surprisingly most allies were happy with a biden win even if you don't necessarily support all of his politics simply a return to normalcy a return to consultations as you heard president biden say would be a great asset to the alliance who constantly had to wonder when these policies were announced just how much support they had within the administration how much other experts had been consulted on them and whether they would actually happen at all let's just take that example about the troop movements out of germany very disturbing for some in the u.s. government as well as as the german government and other allies and then simply nothing happened so you just never knew how deep these policies ran and you know the future of u.s. troops in afghanistan that remains unresolved i want you to take a listen to what nato secretary general said about that today. because we are faced

with a. real dilemma harder to believe. is stated in the u.s. told the agreement or to stay. we will assess thought that it carefully. and terry don't big he's concerned about biden continuing the trump policy of pulling troops out of afghanistan what do we know tonight that could possibly ease those worries. well to be honest not a lot brant because unlike with the german announcement president didn't move very quickly on on his plan to pull troops out of afghanistan even ahead of schedule he cut u.s. troops there down to what allies say is the bare minimum to ensure their security you know there the u.s. has many of these enabler functions which allows other countries to maintain their presence there and right now they're at 2500 and other other countries have said

that's as low as they can go for us to stay in afghanistan now this is really important because coming up at a meeting later this month nato will discuss and intends to decide what to do based on conditions on the ground in afghanistan now those conditions are not looking good for for nato to be able to say that it's achieved its goals and it can bring troops home but we just really don't know what's going to happen so it's not only about u.s. troops in afghanistan it's about all the other countries that would likely follow the u.s. out if that were to happen if president biden were to make the decision unlikely as that seems to pull out now. you know terry this is the 1st time that we have spoken about the u.s. and nato since binds inauguration for 4 years you reported on the we're into here and sustained it need to wonder. what is it like now we need to headquarters with no longer u.s. president. well brant i only wish i could be in the corridor is gathering all the

best gossip for you we're still not allowed back in the building so i do gather it by phone though i mean as i mentioned there is a sense of predictability again you know i just heard over and over from people you know from from people in all walks of life in nato how unsettling it was to think you had to wake up in the morning and check twitter to figure out what was happening to figure out what would drive the alliance agenda that day and you just could couldn't ever be sure about it you didn't know what kind of insults would be hurled at some of the most powerful allies so i think that although there were countries who weren't necessarily pulling for a buy in victory i think that the sense of normalcy that will be and respect that will be restored in conversations in diplomacy will certainly be a welcome relief for the alliance as a whole yes it was definitely a major change not only in personalities but also policy is jerry schultz with the latest tonight from brussels as always terry thank you talks in afghanistan

between the government and the taliban are expected to wrap up this year whatever deal is hammered out it will most likely not provide answers to a very key question what will all of this mean for ordinary afghans many people particularly those living in cities remember the horrors of the taliban and they worry about a return to a more conservative society one that harshly punishes individual ism in free expression. today carry live fuller is fulfilling a wish he wants to add some new to his collection of tattoo artist sakhi south is happy to oblige he and his client share a passion that's unusual in afghanistan they love tattoos about the qur'an forbids them so that is one of only a handful of tattoo artist in the country to have a studio. i've been running this tattoo studio for almost 6 years

now so i have lots of clients and fortunately every day there are more. most of the customers a young men some have spent time abroad others it is drawn to western lifestyle and fashion trends. when i saw that kids were tattooing on their arms i was impressed so i came here to get my own. in much of the world tattoos are a popular fashion statement but in afghanistan many consider the trend subversive sit down has installed surveillance cameras at the entrance to the studio and his clients know the risks that taking. radical islamists could attack the studio at any time. i worry the taliban will come back in the same ugly and violent way as before then it'll be impossible

to run my shop it worries me that probably come with smiling faces and open arms and because they're afghans i have to accept them. which it is your. card bill has seen a resurgence of attacks this year. the streets look peaceful but it's not always peaceful here. in january 2 female judges were shot dead on their way to court targets include journalists government workers and human rights activists especially if they're women. maddie preaches that one of couple's mosques he says the rising violence shows the government is on its last legs and will soon crumble for him a return of the taliban is the only way forward. we have to tell the truth and say that actually the security situation was very good

in kabul during the taliban era. they were very successful in terms of security there was no theft all murder throughout the country and especially not in kabul at . the mullah longs for a return to a society based on strict islamic law when many acts like tattooing the body are forbidden hj for the miller sakhi sadat studio is a scene and an expression of the west's devastating influence he says that implements is why afghanistan is so violent now. not everyone agrees for some like look further tattoo simply expresses freedom. the international criminal court today convicted a former rebel commander from uganda of war crimes including multiple murders rape and systematic forced marriages judges in the hague found that dominic on when

committed those crimes as commander in the lord's resistance army he's the 1st commander to be put on trial and convicted by the i.c.c. after senate saying he could face life in prison children's drawings of executions mutilations torture making these pictures help them process what they've been through in northeastern uganda more than 60000 children were abducted and then abused as child soldiers or sex slaves to do one thing 100000 ugandans were murdered over the course of around 25 years of that dominick on one former commander of the lord's resistance army was among those responsible for these crimes at the i.c.c. has now found him guilty of $61.00 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and for the 1st time ever a conviction has been handed down for forced pregnancy forced marriage to

a rape sexual slavery and slave meant false pregnancy and all draped his upon personal dignity but on one himself was once a victim he was a child soldier and tortured and abused before becoming a perpetrator almost every family in uganda's north has big tims to mourn victor urgent was also abused he now stands up for victims and survivors and was nominated for the nobel peace prize in 2015 it is a good move that. just. night's. debate. before. friday being the court must now decide on one sentence but after being found guilty on $61.00 counts dominick on when faces on life sentence. we have a ministry date that shows 'd the vaccine behaves in

a very similar way in people under or 'd above the age of 65 and we will have a nickle data that will hopefully come in the next few weeks that will continue to demonstrate the belief that the bank scene will be just as effective in the over 60 five's as well how individual countries decide to implement the bad things is ultimately up to them based on the vaccine supplies that they have and that was an executive from astra zeneca defending the company's coronavirus vaccine the effectiveness of the vaccine in people 65 and older has been questioned by public health authorities here in germany and in switzerland despite the vaccine being approved for use in senior citizens in dozens of countries astra zeneca has vaccine has attracted lots of attention this week for many reasons a study suggests that it is the 1st vaccine that prevents covert 19 and prevents transmission of the corona virus to another person and one about those variants

will the bank seems protect against them as well one study is looking at the possibility of mixing existing vaccines to increase immunity against viral variants that's a lot to discuss tonight. to do that i want to pull in dr paul hunter professor of medicine infectious disease and epidemic specialist at the university of east anglia dr owners good to have you back on the program maybe you can explain to us why why do we see some countries banning the astra zeneca vaccine for the elderly but we have lots of other countries that have already approved its use. yeah i mean it is it is puzzling i think the. issue is how how do you how much data you need to convince yourself that it's a paying the over it in the a more elderly people i think countries are correct that in the face 3 trials the astra zeneca study did not have enough people over 55 in the study that would have

been ideal but that doesn't mean it won't work there is lots of other evidence evidence that a body responses in older people that showed that he will have the same effect and also we who from a wide range of other vaccines that most people over 60 will respond in the same way to vaccines as younger people there is an issue as we get to kill you. mainly over 80 where we do respond more poorly to vaccines but that applies to all that sittings. and it's called the technical term is immune senescence and but i think there is enough evidence certainly for me enough evidence that it is they suitable that seem for people over 55 and speeding if somebody is almost 65 i

would be perfectly content to have the vaccine as long as i get any vaccine as soon as possible you were skeptical yesterday on the news that the astra zeneca vaccine may prevent 19 and prevent transmission of the corona virus i asked you yesterday or ask you today i mean is it too good to be true. i'm still skeptical 24 hours later they the findings are that. about the vaccine is is about 50 percent effective at stopping people developing a positive p.c.r. test say and if you've got a negative p.c.r. test the assumption is he won't transmitted infection so clearly if you don't get the infection if you did be come positive p.c.r. test you won't transmitted the infection so in half of the people infected they

were transmitted infection but in the other off almost certainly you can continue to spread the infection so i think to say that the vaccine will stop infection i think isn't quite correct it will certainly make it less likely people will spread it fiction particularly as. people without symptoms are less infectious that people will sit ins but no it won't stop the spread of the infection and everybody gets vaccinated and again we did work some weeks ago that really hasn't changed within the new days and that many of the vaccines won't actually stop the spread of the infection they need thing none of them will really bring the r.v. down to less than one even when you have relatively high that seem coverage. what about mixing the existing vaccines that we have by know that the fines are and

astra zeneca vaccines are being studied right now how could that increase protection against the viral variants that we're seeing now. well there are there's a number of issues here and i think one of the reasons is that. in today's world we where there is competition for vaccine as. intense as it is we can't necessarily guarantee the supply of all that scenes that we would like and so part of it is that actually if you can't give somebody the same back sitting the 2nd time. is it ok to give to mix and match that i think is one of the questions that needs to be answered if you are right though it may well be the case that mixing and matching that seems willing crease the effectiveness of vaccines and we know this for more than 10 years and it's something called

head trying to there's probably a boost where when you when you have a vaccine from one manufacturer in the vaccine from another the manufacturer for the same disease often the immunity is better if used immunized with with one or other so i think one of the things that we hope to find from this study is whether that actually applies as well to to move it as it as it has been suggested further infections and in fact get it there are. there are plenty of other areas that we could actually look at this and i think i don't know how they're progressing but i have i heard some weeks ago that on the news that the russian sputnik 5 people and astra zeneca were talking about whether or not they could. develop partnerships and it may well be that if if people had the

astra zeneca and then the sputnik 5 or or the other way around that could well give a better. protection there then just given you have. the same batch yeah i mean you know the more protection the better especially in this pandemic after dr paul hundreds always is going to talk with you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you like that. well the technology used to develop. seems also promises to be a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer it's today is world cancer day and we are focusing on the promise of treatments tailor made for each patient thanks to manipulations in messenger or in. a customized vaccine created for an individual patients particular tumor fast and affective and with few side effects that's the promise of a new am r.n.a.

technology in the fight against cancer. malignant tumors can slip past the body's defenses for years with camouflage so clever that the immune system doesn't notice the invader before it is too weak to keep the cancer cells at bay allowing the tumor to grow on the hindered. typical treatment involves surgery followed by chemotherapy to destroy any leftover cells. a doctor can't change the biology of this disease we know that latent tumour cells can survive inside the body for a long time and they can wake up and start to divide and proliferate again them. the messenger r.n.a. vaccine is a totally different approach it's injected into muscle tissue where it provides the blueprint for a specific tumor protein once it has the blueprint the body then produces its own tumor modules the immune system recognizes them as foreign and produces anti-bodies

. the body is now armed with knowledge of its enemy but. it's basically reversing the production process instead of making it and a laboratory with all the technical procedures it starts out inside the patient's body which ultimately produces it on its own to teach the immune system what it needs to know. this is. the m r n a vaccine and this study is made by german pharma company beyond whose coated 1000 vaccine is based on the same technology cure of ak and the us based moderna are also using m.r. in a technology in the fight against cancer as well as covert the goal is to give cancer sufferers personalized vaccinations in the near future. this is a real milestone we're no longer talking about months or years until it's ready just

weeks will its significance and potential efficacy have opened up a whole new playing field and. much work remains to be done but oncologists worldwide are confident that the new technology will become a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. finally we know the pandemic can lead to bad health it can also give you a case of bad hair imagine this 20 american football players from the kansas city chiefs just days before they're scheduled to play in the super bowl they decide to get a haircut together no social distancing of course as kansas city chiefs back of center daniel kilgore was sitting in the chair the barber shop his barber was notified that he had tested positive for the coronavirus kilgore posted this pic a hair cut cut short by the coronavirus we understand that the players will be at

the super bowl on sunday if they make the cut if their tests stay negative. the day is almost done the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter interesting news or you can follow me of t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow another day we'll see that everybody.

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dependent on. china's gateway to euro. starts february 19th on w. this is g w news wire from berlin tonight guilty of crimes against humanity that is the verdict delivered today against a former rebel commander from uganda the international criminal court ruled that the lord's resistance army commander. committed torture and murder and that he enslaved children you know faces life in prison also coming out they protested in

moscow and now they say they're paying the price we speak to friends and relatives of those arrested in protests against the sentencing of kremlin critic alexina only this week plus organizations here in germany called on the government to do more to help children and young people cope with the long term effects of living through the coded pain to make luck there. i'm off it's good to have you with us the international criminal court today convicted a former rebel commander from uganda of war crimes including multiple murders rape and systematic forced marriages judges in the hague found that dominique ongoing is a former commander in the lord's resistance army and he's the 1st l.r. a commander to be put on trial and to be convicted by the i.c.c.

after sentencing he could face life in prison. children's dramas of executions mutilations torture making these pictures helps them process what they've been through in northeastern uganda more than 60000 children were abducted and then abused as child soldiers or sex slaves a duty to 'd do more than 100000 ugandans were murdered over the course of around 25 years dominic on when the former commander of the lord's resistance army was among those responsible for these crimes that the i.c.c. has now found him guilty of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and for the 1st time ever a conviction has been handed down for forced pregnancy forced marriage torture rape sexual slavery and slave meant forced pregnancy and all treaties upon personal dignity but on one himself was once a victim he was a child soldier and tortured and abused before becoming

a perpetrator almost every family in uganda's north has big dreams to mourn victor ohg and was also abused he now stands up for victims and survivors and was nominated for the nobel peace prize in 2015 it is a good move that. just. before. friday being the court must now decide on when sentence but after being found guilty on 61 counts dominick on when faces a life sentence were there i spoke with the james of a psychiatrist and trauma therapist in uganda he said that the verdict was vital for the victims of these crimes to be able to move on with their law. i think about a like to say is that for a long time the child was focused on describing the traumatic experience. sexual

violence abduction for construction but now justice has been achieved because our next and we can now focus on the symptoms of a promise that the victims are. but also the consequences of trauma including depression anxiety sexual behavior becomes an unlikely good sunrise of life so i think now we can move on to addressing the actual effects of the trauma which is post-traumatic stress disorder that different complications will have to now move on from the little between the teams that are on move on to the survivor in which we can now address the actual effects of drama including repression. art here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. president joe biden is pushing ahead with plans to change the direction of u.s. foreign policy he will not support saudi arabia's military offensive in the long running war in yemen and he will halt the withdrawal of thousands of u.s. troops from here in germany u.k.

regulators have stripped china's state television channels c g t n of its broadcasting license forcing the channel off the air british media watchdog off tom said that it was against u.k. broadcasting wall for china's communist party to control the channel beijing has hit back accusing britain's public broadcaster the b.b.c. of an accurate reporting on the pandemic in china. a belgian court of sentenced in the rain a diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb attack. assad he was based in the austrian capital vienna was detained in belgium iran has condemned the verdict calling it illegal and a violation of international law. a prominent critic of shiite militant group hezbollah has been found dead in lebanon officials say journalist and publisher look man slim was shot multiple times in his car as he traveled in the country's

south in addition to his activism slim was also a leading authority on lebanon's civil war. thousands of people have been arrested across russia this week in massive protests against the imprisonment of kremlin critic and opposition leader alexina all around 500 are being held at just one detention facility near moscow that's inside and outside their friends and relatives wait for news our correspondent yury rachet spoke with them. not. who is number 15 an alliance of this woman asks she's one of the volunteers outside of the soccer of a detention facility at 2 hour drive from moscow zeese people have been standing in the freezing cold since of the early morning. they want to help as their friends and relatives people who were arrested during the protests. some of them are

waiting for their sentence some are already serving at. the shame of you that we have collected warm things that this is a sweater there's a sublanguage because we don't know if our friends in there have anything to cover up with little see if there is sucks underwear t. shirts and. just in case all of this is awful even cried a few times my friends are in there. looking back. more than 7000 people have been arrested across russia in the past 10 days. the police were particularly brutal during the last protests in moscow and st petersburg on the weekend and after alex enough on his sentence some time security forces dragged people into police buses for no reason some of them were random passers by several cases are now being investigated the police. authorities argue that the

protests were not authorized and therefore posed a security threat in reality however the police officers themselves have at times become a security threat to some you know sent by. these young people say they spent up to 12 hours as a courthouse after being detained apparently they had to sleep on the floor they were sentenced to several days in prison but since prison space seems to be running out they have had to wait for hours in a police bus. it's stuffy one young man explains he says he spent 7 in he has so far. it's now afternoon in front of the detention center the queue has barely moved. they also take their time accepting the packages and are searching each one carefully at the cup with the police because this is all so surreal we don't know what all this will lead to but we want to continue fighting

for our rights and our freedom he was pushed to give me my guests of course were also scared but many people want to keep fighting for their future on the streets you want to finish the bottle to fish. more than 500 people to be in detention behind to these fans and to more young people are expected to arrive here from moscow carts especially if the protests continue. well the coronavirus pandemic has turned in children's lives upside down with schools closed activities canceled it's not just their education that's suffering restrictions and lockdown measures are also having an impact on their development and their general wellbeing german chancellor angela merkel today hosted a virtual meeting with citizens about family issues she promised to work towards reopening daycare centers and schools to give children a backing piece of normality and children from poor backgrounds they are

particularly at risk here in germany children's organizations are calling on the government to provide more support for young people during this crisis. i real quick about it friends now feels like a front to say for children like 9 year old luna growing up during the pandemic has often meant missing out. the hardest thing is the spending days. without having much contacts of the people who contacted him and. it was changed my character a bit. i've been lonely without anyone to do things with. and i've really mentioned. before the pandemic around 30 children would come to this after school club in berlin every day now they're

making do with $1.00 to $1.00 activities for a couple of hours a week. some relied on the club for a hot meal to make sure they don't go hungry director bianca's on the feds prepares 10 to 20 meals a day for the kids to collect. but most things children need can't be packed up to take home. from an educational perspective it's be encouragement we give every day that's being lost that's what's really difficult at the moment we can't carry out our everyday work in terms of inspiring the children quote showing the new perspectives. and the conversations we have here often open up a whole new world for these children and if that's not possible right now that's really sad. it's kind of. the crisis has hit children from poor families especially hard one in every 5 children in germany is growing up in or at risk of public safety with

a household income of less than 60 percent of the national average but they often have less space at home like the equipment they need for online learning and restrictions have made it harder to access supports. for the keynote the children growing up in poverty is a very hard a last year when it comes to the education and social development and they just won't be able to catch up so you know so it's important that we support these families now and don't wait until the crisis is over with that's not the case of a. childhood can't be put on ice for all children's resilience and adaptability this period will have long term consequences. well the next time you check into a hotel you may find a robot at the reception a guest in johannesburg in south africa has embraced a new technology that makes for well less of a human but

a more coronavirus friendly well. what time is a brick to say. i cannot thrust on tuesday when for mother's sake time makes 90 mid week when on time and there are 123 humanoid robots in johannesburg hotel sky they can do more than just answer gas questions they can also carry luggage and deliver room service they sort of how about with the smaller things people need smaller things and we stuff would usually be running out to fulfill is to deliver me we're delivering 2 meals now we've got the facility where they can control their of our skin cells in sandals and they can also have the big jackpot on sitting questions that we have usually taken advantage robots are finding their way into new roles and which countries but they are. they are in developing nations at this hotel guests and staff are happy about the addition to hotel manager says. it just creates such a nice vibe and excitement for the stuff in the in the stuff they have that. i

think it will it takes fishy way they have the opportunity to to be part of this charity being the innovators instead if you get us to tell it straight. the manager insists that his goal is not to replace staff in a country where nearly a 3rd of the workforce is unemployed. he believes these robots could help keep hotels open even during strict lock downs and help save jobs that will be. our sports news now liverpool have been banned from entering germany to play their champions league quarter final because of new restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus variants the reds were scheduled to play in the on feb 16th the german interior ministry has confirmed that an application by the bundesliga signed for special permission for liverpool to enter the country it was refused by federal police they switched to a neutral venue or switching order of the matches are both options that are being

explored. that's right his reminder that top story we're following for you the international criminal court has convicted a former rebel commander from uganda of war crimes ranging from multiple murders to rape in systematic forced marriages many will be sentenced later he could face life in prison. you're watching the w. news live from berlin you business is up next with stephen beard to stick around he will be right back. by dusty very muddy ties and drums we deliver gynt lifesaving boxes we give everything to reach those who need us the most every ball feeding their futures. says for the fall out of life saving fruit in the sun much more.