you. know what time your voice is 100. percent. from 1.2 classes. this is where. the 77 percent. this week d.w. . this is news and these are our top stories u.s. president joe biden is pushing ahead with plans to change the direction of u.s. foreign policy his announced he will hold the withdrawal of thousands of american troops from germany and support for saudi arabia's military offensive in the long running war in yemen. the international criminal court has

convicted a former ugandan rebel commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murders rape and systematic forced marriages according to hague found that dominic on when ordered the killing and abduction of civilians including children a former commander in the lord's resistance army faces life in prison. record in belgium has sentenced in a rainy and diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb plot in france and 2018. was convicted of organizing before to attack targeting an iranian opposition rally near paris a saudi has been stripped of his diplomatic immunity iran has condemned the sentence describing it as illegal and a violation of international law. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website

w dot com. 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 broke off in berlin this is the day. this northern ireland 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 secrets of those who are at some difficult discussions with with the former presidents with. what we see as a. is an ambition to move to reach juventus the transplant because of partition i've never been more optimistic about the future of america and today. also coming up as coronavirus 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 people's media winds in the me they sing what about the 3rd or maybe even full of tears so it has in some ways rang the ground with the science that would look at that. and 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 with 3rd of all 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 appropriate

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 drawls from germany. all right you heard then it's let's take the story now that is teri schultz she's in brussels terese covered nato and u.s. military policy here in europe extensively good evening to you terry i daresay 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 bike 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 or 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 order to leave. stated in the us 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 there are 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. this is the 1st time that we have spoken about the u.s. and nato since bines inauguration for 4 years you reported on the we're in tears sustained it need to wonder. what is it like now we need to have a quarter 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 at 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 you know ease teri 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 and free

expression. today carrier that fuller is fulfilling a wish he wants to add some new to his collection of tattoo artist sakhi sadat is happy to oblige he and his client share a passion that's unusual in afghanistan they love tattoos 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 constable's a young men some have spent time abroad others it is drawn to western life style and fashion trends. drawn out of what i saw that kids would 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 siddhant 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. richard. kumble 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. miller marti 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 that. the mullah longs for a return to a society based on strict islamic law where many acts like tattooing the body are forbidden. 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 to some like luke fuller 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 dominique on quinn's committed those crimes as commander in the lord's resistance army now he's the 1st commander to be put on trial and convicted by the i.c.c. after sentencing 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 have

beautiful as child soldiers or sex slaves to do this more than 100000 ugandans were murdered over the course of around 25 years on that dominic on when 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 $61.00 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 outrages 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 as north has big dreams to mourn victor origin 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. a lot of people invited. before. friday being the court must now decide on one sentence but after being found guilty on $61.00 counts dominick on the end faces on life sentence. we have engineers to date that shows the books in behaves in a very similar way in people under or 'd above the age of 65 and we will have a nickel 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 vaccines 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 baryons 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 hunter is good to have you back on the program maybe you can explain to me was why why do we see some countries banning the astra zeneca vaccine for the

elderly while 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 said in the over it in the the more elderly people i think countries are correct that in the phase 3 trials the extra center 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 to go to the responses in older people that show that he will have the same effect and and also we do from a wide range of other that seems that most people over 60 will respond in the same way to vaccines as younger people there is an issue as we get particularly old

. mainly over the rate where we're going to do responsible or into about things 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 a suitable that seem for people over 55 and speeding in somebody who's almost $65.00 i would be perfectly content to have the vaccine as long as i. entered vaccine as soon as possible you were skeptical yesterday on the news that the astra zeneca vaccine may prevent covert 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.

the findings of that. about the vaccine is is about 50 percent effective at stopping people developing the positive p.c.r. test say and if you've got a negative p.c.r. test the assumption is you won't transmitted infection so clearly if you don't get the infection if you don't be coming positive p.c.r. test you will transmit the infection so enough of people infected they were plants but 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 that people will spread the affection particularly as. people without symptoms are less infectious that people with sit ins but know 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 with the new days that many of the vaccines won't actually stop the spread of the infection they need 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 findings 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 i think one of the reasons is that. in today's world we where there is competition for vaccine as. intense as it is when we can't necessarily guarantee the supply of all that seems 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 day 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 will increase the effectiveness of vaccines and we known 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 the the manufacturer for the same disease of the immunity is better than immunized with with a 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 code it as it does 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 progressing but i have i heard some weeks ago that on the news that the russian sputnik 5 people 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 the other way around that could well give that better. protection than just giving you have. the same batch yeah i mean you know the more protection the better especially in this pandemic after that the poll hunters always is going to talk with you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you mike that.

well the technology used to develop $1000.00 backseats 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 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 or 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 it continues to adopt or cat 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 than. 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-body. the body is now armed with knowledge of its enemy. 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 the study is made by german pharma company beyond tech whose coated $1000.00 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 backup 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. 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 a conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the w. news or you can follow me at brit golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another tick will see that everybody.

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won by a landslide she called for supporters to protest the intervention but is it too late are tight.