china is promising new order's bridge. but in europe there's a warning for exceptional news from the new superpower it will become dependent on a. chinese. stores feb 19th on 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 has 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 the former commander in the lord's resistance army faces a life in prison. according belgium has sentenced him to rainy and diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foil bomb plot in france in 2018 aside he was convicted of organizing the force that 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 burned off in berlin this is the day. this is all the time does the last 4 years without those on challenging times. we must reaffirm our commitment to nato and other critical alliances around the world there's no secret that those who are at some difficult discussions. with the

former presidents of. what we see as. this inhibition truth to read juventus the transatlantic or the partnership i've never been more optimistic about the future of america have 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 or are you looking ahead to what happens next if we have new strains and if 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. 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 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 sector

a austin secretary blinken working in close cooperation and while this review is taking place. we'll be stopping any plan to prove they're all from germany. all right you heard that let's take the story now that teri schultz she's in brussels terry'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 wants joe biden was elected president expected any troops to leave germany that's true brant and even before joe biden was elected it 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 detailed 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 by administration. 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 harder to believe. is stated in the u.s. tol'able agreement or to stay. we will assess thought that a carefully. 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 that 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 binds inauguration for 4 years you reported on the we're into here sustain that need to wonder. what is it like now i 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 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 is jerry schultz with the latest tonight from brussels as always terry thank you torts 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 ink to his collection of tattoo artist sakhi sat

out 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 unfortunately every day their own will. most of the cost i'm as a young men some have spent time abroad others it is drawn to western lifestyle and fashion trends. drawn out of what 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 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. which reduce your. carbon 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 one

of couples 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 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 luke fuller tattoo simply expresses freedom. 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 when 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 $60000.00 children were abducted and then he'll as child soldiers or sex slaves didn't do more than 100000 ugandans were murdered over the course of around 25 years of the 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 child rape 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 as 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 is. 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 when faces on life sentence. we have an engine is the date that shows the back scene behaves in a very similar way in people 'd under or 'd above the age of 65 and we will have a nickel data that will hopefully 'd 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 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 me was 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 set in the over

in the more elderly people i think countries are correct that in the face 3 trials the extras and the 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 for that to go to responses in older people that showed that it will have the same effect and also we who 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 eld . mainly over the rate where we're going to 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 $65.00 i would be perfectly content to have the vaccine as long as i. ne vaccine as soon as possible you were skeptical yesterday on the news that the astra zeneca back scene 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 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 you weren't transmitted infection so clearly if you don't

get the infection if you don't be can positively p.c.r. test you were transmitted the infection so in half of people infected they were plants but the infection but did 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 with citizens but no it won't stop the spread of the infection and everybody who's 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 a number of them will really bring the r.

value 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 finds 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 a competition for vaccine as. intense as it is when we can't necessarily guarantee the supply of all that it seems that we would like and so part of it is that actually if you can't give somebody the same vaccine 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 scene's will increase the effectiveness of vaccines and we know this for more than 10 years and it's something called hatred is 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 often the immunity is better than 1st 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 code it as it does as it has been suggested for other 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've 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 guts to send it there and then the sputnik 5 or the other way around that could well give a better protection than just giving us. the same batch yeah you know the more protection the better especially in this pandemic after their poor hundreds always it's good to talk with you we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you my pleasure. well the technology used to develop 1000 back scenes also promises to be a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer 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 effective 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 it continues to fix in a dr cat change the biology of this disease we know that latent tumor cells can survive inside the body for a long time and they can wake up and start to divide and proliferate again over 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-body. the body is now armed with knowledge of its enemy. its 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 not. 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 to just weeks 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 barbershop his barber was notified that

he had tested positive for the coronavirus kilgore posted this pic a hair cut cut short by the corona 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 conversation continues online your find us on twitter either of you news or you can follow me a great golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then which moreover is another tick will see that everybody.

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change affect us and our children. w dot com slash water. very warm welcome to the program glad you could join us today europe is still in the middle of the fight against the coronavirus right now it's especially the mutated forms of the virus that are a major concern there spread is bringing intensive care units to their limits some european countries are almost out of i.c.u. beds high risk patients are particularly dangerous for them and infection can be fatal. people like ed this has emotional bitch are afraid that this may become

their fate he has asthma and right now he's plagued by the fear of cold at 19 and the stifling him right outside his house he lives inside i have the capital of bosnia and herzegovina his home is among the cities with the highest pollution levels not just in europe but worldwide. i it is yet another day of misery for eddy's had she most of each small group especially in winter these issues problem in several years and it is getting worse days like today are told meant for people like it is to suffer from asthma. but i'm getting my supporting ts these measurements here once again one of the most polluted cities in the world well for what it says constituencies for us. and i am new exceptions. last night on heal the 2nd joe's with normally i just heat one twos per day so it was in my name somewhat we had many thoughts. just talking

briefly in the polluted air stress is it is so much that he has to inhale get again i. the measurement results of several you have us health department a catastrophic scenario asahi ha h. regularly delivers bad news she says the values are alarming. number 2 problem and that's a fine particles are the biggest problem. up to $52.00 micrograms per cubic meter are allowed but currently our daily values are much higher. as they range between $150.16 micrograms that's 3 times higher than the limit. births on small d. is making more and more people ill according to a world bank report every year over $3000.00 people in bosnia die from the effects of pollution. every year professor disturb each diagnosis more patients with

chronic respiratory diseases the findings are clear. so steve wouldn't just. i can say with certainty that there's a direct link between air pollution and one disease. i do know their words some. harms all organs in the body. this scares chronically ill people like any such emotion which because now during the corona pandemic it puts him in the highest risk group to book and then you know it will be a lot because of hoover the near pollution in my eye goes as little as possible for example when i must go shopping or when i have a business appointment i then he has to head downtown where the air is especially bad 150000 cars make their way through several every day many of them all with very high emission levels in winter there is additional pollution from studs often

heated with anything that burns. small and hangs over the valley basin of sarajevo the view from one of the surrounding hills shows how big the problem is on a normal sunny when today the city literally disappears in small experts say the modern high rise buildings are also partly to blame they impede the air flow in the city. i better urban planning and more public transport i needed explains the minister of environment and urban development we meet him on his last day at work he is frustrated with the help of the e.u. his ministry had developed a phased plan to tackle the city's environmental problems but then there were elections in sarajevo and then you can tunnel government simply dissolved his ministry. almost all they're doing is simply criminal and someone should be held responsible that in my opinion this is pure corruption

the new majority in the new government simply decided that there would be no more special planning nerve and development and therefore numerous attempts to improve their quality. years of planning in vain he blames the construction sector. the lobby. is just mafia here. it is does not believe anything will change in the foreseeable future today of all days he must go to the office located on the main road in the city center. it is not today or that i have to go to work today. the it's really hard for me supreme creator because the here is soon. which here are the one. small ask and on top of that corona threat to ed is this winter is torture. i.

turkish president to one is regularly under fire for ignoring the rule of law in his country just recently the e.u. commission criticized turkey for what it's called in the absence of an independent justice system the popular businessman and philanthropist also. is one of many people held in turkish prisons he has experienced what's living under a biased justice system means even though he hasn't been convicted of any crime he has spent the last 3 years behind bars. for treats. his empty office over 3 years the turkish human rights activists is being behind bars in the meantime a snake you know has been running an adult truth and asian on his behalf. it promotes intercultural understanding in human rights projects even if that is

becoming increasingly challenging. they fight people like osman khan who advocate closer integration with the european union amicable ties with one's neighbors democracy in place or living in a paranoid atmosphere or dissidents are condemned and simply branded terrorists i have a heightened period of time. turkish authorities have accused of being a left wing terrorist supporter as well as posting an islamist who. initially the public prosecutor accused of having bankrolled the 2013 gezi park protests but no evidence was ever present it's about this. even so turkish prison everyone is convinced the couple is guilty well of course there are foreign forces seeking to spark unrest in other countries the man who acted on behalf of these

people in turkey. is now behind bars but the actually wanted to set this man free. that author can mirco. 60 read holzman kabbalah was born into a family of industrialists who amassed a great search in his tobacco and computer traders. when cavallo took over the family business he decided to pour his wealth into nonprofit culture projects so he's especially eager to foster dialogue between turkey's various ethnic and religious groups and patients going to the. turkish authorities responded by reminding him in custody for nearly 1200 days in this prison just outside of istanbul. turkey ignored a ruling by the european court of human rights to release of allah when the turkish court followed suit is one seizure headed for the jail to collect him but within hours authorities issued a new warrant for his arrest. to the

consulate do you stop believing in justice when you experience something like that . there's no justified reason to keep a locked up in jail not a single reason. but they can fabricate one at any moment you know. the more. people and so for now as you know google continues to we're falloon today she's taking us to a disused tobacco warehouse in central istanbul. this is where for many years now his friend has been staging exhibitions and events centered around sometimes politically sensitive topics but turkey's reconciliation with the armenians or the kurdish issue. international human rights experts are appalled by cavelos incarceration. anyone who comes across it from outside the country and looks in and sees this trial going on wonders what's this about why is this necessary. why can

a man who simply works in civil society and mainly in arts and culture become such a problem for the government the moment i think of. to engage with his critics. they didn't he always said let's try to get turkish culture authorities on board for our projects and he wanted to cooperate with different municipalities even when they were controlled by the ruling a.k.p. party he insisted on this to an extent which sometimes bothered me but he was adamant the law was. violence wife says all this chill time is taking its toll on her husband. the last few things she visited. a new system beginning to lose hope in just treatment. he's not someone who complains but sometimes in our conversations he says sentences like when i ever get to see these things again that typically troubles me every time i took sides.

supporters of you miss a cultural philanthropist eager to forge an understanding between peoples. to turkish authorities her of all of this just a dangerous agitator. in france the cove in 1900 make is affecting almost every aspect of people's lives they can't leave their homes it's night schools and restaurants are closed and this has given a boost to the international markets the french who are famous for their exquisite cuisine well they miss going out to enjoy a good meal but now while they are waiting for restaurants to reopen many have decided to treat themselves any way they are buying fresh produce at markets and making their favorite dishes at home because who says you can't have great food just because there is lockdown. france has the corona blues the french haven't been able to eat at restaurants in months for

a nation of goldman's that's hard to swallow. but the international market in gorgeous name paris is saving the day at 5 am vegetable trader boris for a shoot is already hard at work on the hill is not only here here and the only losing team. in sydney until 6 in the morning the big trucks arrive here at the quay and we unload the dishwasher the merchandise is then taken into the market to . europe's biggest market is booming during the pandemic that sold $90000.00 tonnes of fish and seafood 270000 tonnes of meat and more than $1200000.00 tonnes of fruit and vegetables even though the restaurant business has dried up. like all the systems at the large supermarkets decided to stop importing through to the edge and focus on french projects it created a real buzz people said let's eat well despite through no sales of asparagus and

strawberries sure that's good but since the pandemic began the french are eating more and better than before cheese in particular hundreds of varieties as sold at the horses market right now cheeses for recollect and fondue are very popular for us to give us well here we have ventured around cheeses in various sizes here winter cheeses that are produced from september to march you can see you can warm. really creamy in a whole southern then people considering that he will and he said by the spoonful of. the only disadvantage of eating so well it is not so good for your figure. we don't have any statistics but it's probable that people are gaining a base of wheat they're eating more. to enjoy life and they are guessing less exercise this week and for several of the school i the only products for which

there is little demand be exotic fish which are normally served in restaurants but overall the markets manager is very pleased with sales i tell you but this is the role that the traders who ordered the whole tree work concerned that wouldn't be able to sell it at christmas was as new more than 6 people were allowed to dine together even in that small point well i thought. it not so shifted normal . 9 in the morning at musch it illegally in paris at this popular market projects from apologists is on sale giving parisians some joy division in the corona crisis but we pass the time cooking in the city so what do they cook. and production lots of hearty dishes like beef. and sauerkraut and some more often i hope it isn't because i cut my from behind them from the 1st

i'm going to make a scallop carpaccio then all saute the scallops insulted butter in served them on a bed of leaks we treat ourselves to good food we cook it and share it with one another. back at the overseas markets fruit and vegetable trader bars for shows work day is coming to an end he moves unsold produce into the cold storage room he's proud to be helping so many of his fellow frenchmen get through the pandemic is that their trash is about let me do. this profession requires a loss of life because we're here at 3 in the morning if you didn't love what you do it's deadly to live like that mr bush said. in france to the end of the corona crisis in.