flic that has passed a lot of us by so that let's start with why france leading european efforts that. it 1st of all francis of course the former colonial power and this region. france has already a very often intervened in the region 111 things for example about the charge in the eighty's. in the 1st place it was in 2313 in 200-2013 generate when france intervention in the framework of the operations of all ri ri pushed so pushed away pushed back the jihadist terrorists advance into bombing ok and we're talking about a vast region. so how are they deciding where troops should be based to fight this insurgency. yeah so it's this is the most important point we are really talking about

a very very was region. this is also one of the reasons why it is so difficult for the states here to really be present in every region these are very push states the safest auriti in. many areas of the countries are always some somehow weak and this is of course creating vacuums for sorts of groups not only terrorist ones so it would be real all of us then to look at their become trusting views from france and germany as being one or the other we have france saying we need to deploy more troops to the region and on the other hand we have germany's high coma saying that the answer is to strengthen civil institutions there the answer is going to be a combination. yeah exactly and i would even favor. the approach to strengthen the strait states here in the side

a region because in the long term no foreign military intervention can keep up the security situation stable this can only be done in the long term by the nation states here in the ground and therefore we need to strengthen the states this means not only the military side submitted by military assistance or something like this but also the state institutions like territorial administration justice for a system and all these kind of things but on the other hand we should not create an attack on this amount between france and germany because also on the military side germany is present in the side of region german armed forces. part of the mission and in training for example in money and troops and so on top and just finally just what's at stake here this is this is a vast job but what happens if this this job is not done well or is not completed.

if this job is not done well so if we don't have a. long term approach and some continuity in helping the states here it will be there is a message danger that terrorism all all sorts of conflict might spread to the coastal states of western africa so for example to ivory causal to senegal. this most destabilized the whole 'd region of africa and so this is really a huge problem that's why it's right international community is here on the ground is investing a lot of not only money but also a lot of energy. to help stabilizing the situation in that's very clear thank you so much thomas schiller from the conrad foundation's regional program for the sign

. they keep the european court of human rights has ruled in favor of germany in a case relating to a deadly half strike in afghanistan and more than a decade ago in 2009 almost 100 afghans many of them civilians were killed when a german commander ordered the order the air strike on oil tankers that have been hijacked by the taliban in the conducing region. on the 4th of september 2009 u.s. fighter jets bombed 2 tankers hijacked by taliban insurgents among the nearly 100 people killed were the sons of abdul han and many other civilians a german officer ordered the attack the federal prosecutor opened a criminal investigation against the officer but it did not result in formal charges after her none was not satisfied and took the case to the european court of human rights backed by rights activists after

a year of deliberations the court has given its unanimous verdict that germany did not infringe on human rights and did carry out a thorough investigation. that's not the verdict that human rights organizations were hoping for now. it's obviously disappointing for the villagers that there should be no redress for the dozens of civilians who were killed and no criminal trial. on the other hand it's significant that the european convention on human rights should apply in cases like this. rights activists are hoping that now that legal process is over the german government will apologize to those who lost loved ones in the attack. when i look at some other stories making news around the world now thousands of people have been have taken to the streets in algeria to mark 2 years since the start of

the protests with the force the former president on down as he's bootie flicka from power the demonstrations have restarted recently after stopping because of the coronavirus pandemic protestors are returning to their calls for regime change saying they still don't have democracy. russian opposition leader alexei the valley is back in court this time charged with defaming world war 2 veteran best in the valley a supporter say the case is politically motivated he's already serving a 3 year sentence for violating the terms of his probation or he was being treated in germany after a life threatening poisoning. winter storms brought rest no fall to texas and other southern u.s. states millions have been left without power in temperatures as low as minus 18 celsius or 0 degrees fahrenheit texas is bracing for more icy storms right. now hungary is a step closer to becoming the 1st european union country to administer the chinese

coronavirus vaccine and russia's sputnik being shot after the arrival of a special flight carrying around half a 1000000 doses of china sign a film vaccine the government granted emergency approval for the drugs bypassing e.u. medical regulators after criticizing the pace of the news vaccine rollers. hungary is going it alone last friday it became the 1st country in the european union to administer russia's sputnik vaccine starting with a batch of nearly 3000 doses. now another 1st in the e.u. on tuesday this shipment of the chinese sina for maxine arrived in budapest. this is a clear break with the e.u.'s vaccine rollout plan which officials in hungary have repeatedly criticised for being too slow. prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands. we can't stop the virus without

vaccines because it will always come back in new ways that's why our country's most important task is to get as many vaccines as possible. not later as promised by brussels but quickly. the russian and chinese vaccines were granted emergency approval in hungary but they have yet to receive the green light from the u.s. regulatory authority the e m a. they haven't been reviewed by hungriest medicines regulator either instead getting approval via government decree that strong criticism from scientists the prime minister orban has been looking elsewhere for inspiration. neighboring serbia which is not an e.u. member was the 1st country in europe to administer china seen a farm jeff this helped make serbia the country with the 2nd fastest vaccine rolled

out in europe after the u.k. . in hungary warren said he hopes inoculate 2500000 people by easter about one in 400 gary and thanks to the chinese vaccine if successful hungry suspicion to go it alone could further undermine the e.u.'s common vaccination strategy. now to make the posts of any socks or cheese facing a new criminal charge violating the country's cover 19 regulations has been either to the original allegation that she illegally imported walkie talkies this latest move could allow the militia john to to hold her indefinitely without trial military leaders have repeated their promise to hold new elections within a year amid ongoing national protests against the coup. keeping up the pressure despite the risks workers in the city of young gong block a railway line undeterred by the military's growing presence.

from students and civil servants to monks protestors in myanmar know that their strength lies in numbers. was you know i want more people to join the protests we don't want to be seen as weak we the students have our future we have to resist so we won't live under a military dictatorship even if there's no special reason to protest we don't want to be seen as weak. on the other. neither do they armored tanks patrol the streets as demonstrators treat them with the 3 finger salute. that has come to stand for democracy has soldiers bolstered the police many civilians fear their assets will be seized with access to banks partially

restricted. you know they've been up by the military is keeping our money in the bank by force it's unjust isn't it they're limiting the withdrawal amount aren't they creating a riot. people here face deep penalties for opposing the coup those who obstruct the military or police from carrying out their duties could be imprisoned for up to 20 years the military insists it intends to hand back power after holding new elections there would date for such a vote has not yet been announced. but a sporting tevis asserted williams has overcome 2nd seed simona halep the australian open and williams brushed past the hell up in straight sets the 39 year old american is going for a record equalling 24th grand slam title she now faces a semi final clash with japan's nomi osaka who in the 28 us are one final reigning australian open men's champion novak djokovic has beaten on exam this fear

of the serbian world number one battled back after losing the 1st set to the german elite little known russian as long in the 70s. updates out more at the top of the hour don't forget. on our web site that's. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing. the latest research. information and context around a virus update. on t.w. . official estimates more than 1200000

venezuelans more than colombia legally and illegally. already. returned to. visiting friends i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know where i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. witness global news that matters. made for mines. vaccines are stealing the headlines at the financing that's the main complaint of scientists in search of a covert therapy. treatments are still elusive despite hundreds of drugs being developed. but thousands of people are dying from the disease every day. preventing it from killing people is vital but doing so can take many forms.

such as a working tirelessly to find an effective treatment to prevent severe symptoms from the illness or death a leading expert on covert therapeutics. we could see a breakthrough soon with so many medicines in various stages of development. already tried test with patients. bartra stage. we see some good interim results which lead to think that we can say you improvements were then the next year and he says the virus could well stick around after the pandemic so there may always be people who need treatment here's a look at some of the most promising therapies being worked on. you may know the name hydroxy chloroquine it was often uttered by former u.s. president donald trump who had hoped it could help win the fight against copa 19.

let's see if it works it might and it might not i happen to feel good about it but who knows but science disagreed with that feeling after studies showed that the decades old anti-malarial drug was ineffective against the new virus u.s. authorities revoked its emergency use authorization. now a year into the pandemic researchers are getting a clearer picture of what works and what doesn't back to trump and this time a success story. when the president himself ended up in the hospital with covert 19 he was given a drug cocktail made by the company regenerate. trump quickly recovered and became a walking advertisement for the treatment. the region cove to treatment uses artificial antibodies that bind to a virus cells and prevent them from replicating so far studies have shown promising results now the german government has ordered 200000 doses of antibody treatments

from a general honore and competitor lilly at a price of around $2000.00 per dose. another promising prospect interferon beta it's a protein produced by the body when it gets an infection and early findings suggest that when it's inhaled by an infected person it could keep 80 percent of hospitalized patients off the ventilator. and this rare c. animal off the coast of spain has become an unlikely source of hope a substance extracted from it is being used to create a drug called play today absent or applet in which can slow the spread of the corona virus in the human body. early studies show it to be 30 times more effective than the ones hyped are and as a beer. one problem all of these treatments are expensive and will likely only be available in the world's wealthier countries demand for widely available drugs like ivermectin has surged in latin america and subsaharan africa ivermectin is an

inexpensive anti parasite drug but scientists warn its effectiveness is still in doubt some doctors in developing nations are instead putting their hopes in affordable steroids treatments like decks and methods but for the world health organization the focus is still clear vaccinate enough of the world's population over the next year to put the pandemic behind us. for more uncovered 19 back sayings versus treatments here's our science correspondent derrick williams with another of al field questions. why we're looking at fact seems is the. most of the few medications being used to try to treat cope at night like those we just saw are water known as repurposed medicines that means they were originally planned for something else rendez a beer for example was originally developed as

a possible therapy for ebola when the pandemic hit researchers started testing these existing medications 1st because they'd already fulfilled a crucial criteria they've proven safe to take around 400 drugs for treating covert 19 are currently in human trials many of them also repurposed they can be split into 3 broad categories 1st are medications like monoclonal antibodies which are aimed at keeping moderate cases of coppa 19 from getting worse if they're given to patients at the right time. by blocking the virus that can sometimes stop the body's immune system from going into this dangerous tailspin that can ravage the lungs and and the heart and other organs if that happens anyway doctors start employing the 2nd type of drugs which are anti inflammatory like that some episode they come down that hyper immune response that

can cause more damage than the infection itself the 3rd group of medications which are at the top of doctors wish lists are antiviral drugs they attack viruses directly in a variety of ways rather than just trying to block them or treat their consequences but for a number of biological reasons including the facts that they replicate in our own cells and that they change constantly viruses present a difficult target for drug developers developing new antivirals is a lone painstaking and expensive process so to answer your question many of us are still looking at vaccines as the only solution because we still simply don't have the kinds of tailored knockout therapies that we need to keep people

from dying but that will hopefully change soon. going is found as a coordinator of the anti microbial stewardship program of the breast medicine let's start with 3 puppies drugs because there was a lot of hope placed in those that a year on doctors still only have a handful of options none of which are proven convincing why is that. that's right over 1000 still very difficult to treat and that's because corona viruses are more complex than other viruses their genomes are larger than most are named viruses and they have a way of double checking viral replication there's been a lot of mixed results with these repurposed drugs and i think that's because disease presentation matters so much at what stage they're at when they come in really and past their piece we try to use balancing that immunosuppression and that

fighting inflammation and we really have to be cautious about that so that virus doesn't increase replication if we start too early is that the same reason for antivirals why it's so difficult to those treatments to this disease with anti-virals we really want to start those earlier and most patients don't come in to seek care of the east in the hospital until 7 or 10 days of illness now with testing being more available we are seeing them earlier we just don't have good drugs yet that work on the virus the antibodies are really are our best option when we find out if i early why is it when vaccines were here in just 10 months. yeah the development process for anti-virals and is very difficult it often takes 10 years for really any drug to be developed and we're trying to do that and 10 months with vaccines there were multiple platforms that could be used to

and serve the target for 19 to develop antibodies with drug development you really need to have a target for that treatment or for that virus you know when they come in and it's much more difficult and complex to coordinate these clinical trials and and human volunteers where with vaccines there were is thousands of people lining up to try to be protected and coded 19 was so prevalent in the community it was easier to measure that response and nobody's in the protection from it and we just don't have the anti-viral sitting around that were super effective ram to severe was mentioned as a little bit of activity. even with other viruses we don't have a lot of good anti-virals influenza for example there's only a few drugs that work on it we have to target it in the cells of the body and it's

more difficult to the drugs for that than it is for say antibiotics alex you can grow in a lab on their own and get a relatively good shock of whether it's going to work in a patient viruses have to be developed in cells in the lab even in animal models it doesn't always predict whether it'll work in a human because of the differences in salt. disease prevention of course is one of the main goals but that doesn't help someone who contracts the virus today health how much longer will patients have to wait do you think one expert we heard from a reckons within the next. yeah i could say maybe within 6 months but i'd say more likely it'll be years that we're going to wait for our very effective treatments i think you know and a lot of our resources were put into vaccine development try to prevent it the next phase should be. in drug development as i said it's very difficult to

target that mechanism up roughly cation for viruses and especially coronavirus what is the main focus when it comes to producing medicines against. there are a couple different strategies one of them is to deliver the drugs earlier at the site of infection run best appear for example as an inhaled formulation that is being studied and there's another oral anti-viral monye if your career that is being studied that's an oral option that could be given earlier in the community in an attempt to terminate these spiral replication pattern inside of the body in a different way so that that proofreading ends i'm with and close at 19 doesn't recognize that there's a change and that the our name then falls apart trying to replicate. from nebraska

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