this is. from berlin tonight combating islamist militants in west africa france and germany disagree on how to do it has rejected a request from paris for more german troops to be sent to the sawhill region where armed groups affiliated with al qaida and isis continue to stoke tensions also coming up tonight if europe can't show you they can after complaining about the european union slow coronavirus vaccination roll down under has become the 1st e.u. country to exhibit duces of the vaccine from china plus the chinese campaign to

silence dissent. a weaker businessman tells g w news that he was forced to spy on his own people while traveling outside of china and he describes the tragedy that followed. viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin with the fight against islamist terror in west africa french president emanuel today held a virtual summit with 5 countries in africa as a subtle region where the threat of terror is growing these so hill is struggling to contain a violent insurgency by islamist terror groups last year paris bolstered troop numbers there to more than 5000 the french president hopes that additional forces from other european allies will his country to reduce its contingent in the future

however he ruled out an immediate reduction in the number of french troops stationed there. that said germany remains skeptical about more troops in the region here is the german foreign minister. warns we must strengthen the government institutions so that they're able to ensure the security of their people which means strengthening the police and above all the dish will system and finding used seats of phone. it is also clear but only when governments are functioning and tangible way. for the citizens and the prospect of developmental and a better life will be able in the long term to eradicate terrorism and see him well for more now i'm joined by garrett cord she's a research fellow with the german council on foreign relations with a focus on conflict prevention and stabilization in africa it's good to have you on the show mr cords and i daresay that

a lot of our viewers even if they were they watch the news regularly have maybe not even heard about the conflict in west africa tell us why is france involved yeah good evening indeed and the conflict in this. is a very important one france has been involved since 20 said teen militarily when the 1st rebellion struck mali and then a coup. struck the government and. you could let government in and by michael wasn't ready to deal with certain islamist and separatist insurgency in their own country and they asked for help and it's ever since then. france has supported on a different mission 1st mali and now also the 4 other governments are that make up that you 5 separate states you know these so how region is

a bastard region how have they decided where the troops should be based. well in general the french troops based where they see the most sense and that they have bases in these 5 countries but they are focused mainly on that tribe border area between the discrete countries off mali media and book enough fossil we have currently that the most there's the most violence and most instability we know that the un france has been in the region now for 8 years 5000 troops on the ground germany is pleading for a more nonmilitary solution to this situation i mean does this solution does it have to be either or. well this is certainly a simplistic way of putting it and i think. both germany and france as well as

their european partners wouldn't put it in that way and i had some thoughts i just wanted to have you're going to put it in since they all emphasize military civilian means and development messages but but indeed this illusion doesn't lie in what has been so far dominance of a military approach so what would you say is the german approach then to helping basically get rid of the terror threat in the sahil region. well i mean the main focus is on strengthening governance and strengthening this security institutions in the south and especially in mali at the moment so germany is one of the most important troop contributing countries to the e.u. training mission u.t.m. in mali. and that mission trains in mali and the security and

defense forces and has been doing so since i turned the search team. and so the hope is that there's a mali in force as we'll be able to protect their populations from our own troops and threats in the future was that kind of support this towards you know that there have been french troops in the region now for for several years and the threat of terror is still there so it is impossible to say that maybe we need to recalibrate here maybe a military solution is not the solution i mean is there that kind of thinking going on right now yeah absolutely and i mean in the. summits and i mean that's close today that emphasizes a somewhat civilian search at this is of course close to the heart of the german government but it's been that all come document of the whole earth summit so also that the 5 scientists and france support this so off civilian 7 as nation measures

and especially bringing basic services to the population so i think indeed a different approach is needed it focused on the protection of civilians and not primarily on the elimination of students. here at court with the german council on foreign relations mr gross we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you. thank you. well from west africa to the middle east now in yemen the u.n. is warning that an offensive by whose these 2 take my rib city could displace hundreds of thousands of people and hamper diplomatic efforts to end the conflict there 6 years of war a devastated the economy and the coronavirus pandemic are all contributing to a worsening humanitarian situation leaving parents struggling to feed their own children. 13 year old

a humvee away just 11 kilograms or 25 pounds when she was brought to this hospital 2 weeks ago she's still in critical condition when the mom i never know it's not often we've got no money to feed our children no one wants to help us there's nothing to live for now. half the children under 5 in yemen are suffering from malnutrition the united nations estimates that that will be 2300000 children by the end of the year more than ever before hundreds of thousands could starve to death their plight is the result of 6 years of war a collapsed economy the pandemic and falling donations food medicines and doctors are all in short supply the u.n. says the number of homeless and helpless is rising by the day. we have 80 percent of that book relation which cannot get by without support without human it and support and then with a range of needs its growth forms food lack of should you cation housefull the

heads i see it is have been destroyed there is little prospect of an end to the war with the rebels have just launched a new offensive against government troops. they appear to have pushed back the rebels with the assistance of saudi air power it's a war in which the weakest suffer the most. well here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world thousands of people have taken to the streets analogy area to mark 2 years since the start of the protest movement that forced former president abilities beautiful from power the demonstrations have restarted recently after halting because of the coronavirus pandemic protesters are once again calling for regime change saying they still do not have genuine democracy france's lower house of parliament has approved a controversial bill aimed at curbing islamic extremism the legislation expands the state's ability to close places of worship and to ban individual preachers it

follows a series of islamist attacks in france but critics say the bill stigmatizes muslims and that it would limit free speech the bill still needs approval by the senate iran says beginning next tuesday it will reduce its cooperation with international nuclear inspectors the foreign ministry has already warned that it will start restricting inspections if it gets no response from the united states tehran is seeking to pressure the by did ministration to rejoin the international nuclear deal without preconditions as well as to lift sanctions. the european court of human rights has ruled in favor of germany in a case relating to a deadly air strike in afghanistan more than a decade ago in 2009 almost 100 afghans many of them civilians were killed when a german commander ordered the air strike on oil tankers that had been hijacked by the taliban in the could induce reach. 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. 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 village is 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. in absolute end his 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. you're watching t.w. news still to come we'll find out why some people in belgium are refusing cope with 19 vaccinations and that includes health care workers who are at high risk of catching the virus and then members of china's weaker minority detained in force to spy on their own people elsewhere in the country to expand china's capacity to stifle dissent those stories in just a moment. here in europe hungary is one step closer to becoming the 1st in your

country to administer the chinese coronavirus vaccine as well as russia's sputnik very shocked that after the arrival of a special flight carrying about half a 1000000 doses of china's sign of farm vaccine the government bypassed e.u. medical regulators in approving these vaccines after criticizing the slow pace of the you use immunization efforts budapest has granted emergency approval to the chinese vaccine the hungary and government allows any vaccine which has been administered to at least 1000000 people worldwide to be used without being reviewed by hungary's medicines regulator. prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands because the e.u. has been too slow. volcano in new york or numb to do 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 with not later as promised by brussels but quickly. yearly on endorse from. 5 different types of coronavirus vaccine are now available in hungary hospitals in budapest began administering the russian sputnik the last week like the chinese vaccine it hasn't been approved by the e.u.'s medicines regulator. the hungary an opposition says that all ban should not be operating as a vaccines expert and more unsung carians about being vaccinated with a sign a found that scene but neighboring serbia which is not an e.u. member has been using the chinese jet for weeks the country has the 2nd fastest maxime rollout in europe after the u k. and the hunger arion government wants to catch up prime minister oban claims the additional vaccines from russia and china one allow

his country to vaccinate millions more people pet catheter by the end of may then other european countries hungary receiving vaccines from china and russia earlier we spoke with reinhard critical for a german member of the european parliament for the green party he gave us his reaction. well how could you possibly argue that a government should do its very best to get the people vaccinated the question however is of course whether hungary is really doing its very best and when you listen to the hungary and medical chamber that have used stood lies using the russian or the chinese vaccine that is i guess a predominant question and you get the impression that well by those here as in so

be the other cases is rather motivated by jill political posturing then by really. health concerns and that's of course something that makes you a bit sad. well staying with the pandemic here in europe the 2nd phase of belgium's coben 1000 bags a nation program has begun with a roll out in nursing homes but health authorities have noticed resistance to vaccinations among the country's french speaking population and many of those refusing to take the vaccine are medical workers at high risk of catching the virus . this is a moment to remember. colleague photographs care home barkha christina retreats as she receives her 2nd dose of the biotech pfizer vaccine. for months and rarely i really hope to encourage my colleagues but also my family and even the country to

come and get vaccinated. like. as vaccination drives in nursing homes like this one in the french speaking part of belgium draw to a close many stuff still opting out. almost half of all care workers and private institutions alone in the region are hesitating even the director of this home is among the more. kissed you rob one of the side effects let's say in 20 years nobody knows today it will be so it's a bit like buying a car you feel like you could be safe but i want to see the crash test results really so personally i am a bit skeptical but for the older people clearly that it's a good thing it was good of excess well put it to some. this caregiver is also one sure he prefers to wait because he's heard some rumors get.

ahead yes some production it that could be used. to can be opposite of from this done because of those production them that is pure knowledge kind of stuff you know. and this is just the tip of the ice book false claims that the vaccine causes infertility or even death or spreading like wildfire across social media. the french speaking part of belgium appears particularly receptive to these ideas the head of nursing home federation thumb a bell thinks making vaccinations mandatory may be the only option so far training sessions or online campaigns have failed to convince stuff i did not understand i do not understand that it was so awful that there's so a lot of rape of every people who died there so. the loss of life and it's unbelievable odo's people do not understand

that they can protect themselves it's a big question experts say part of the answer is that the anti vaccine movement can spread fear faster than mainstream media can spread information. so. their lives do not. make you hesitant or make make you even reluctant to take the vaccine but he doesn't mean you and that's a conspiracy theory and so when you stigmatize people like that by thing well you are 90 vaccine. he declared he would have to the negative effect if ostracize them them and putting them in the hands of these movements of the moon. back at the nursing home this local doctor is trying his utmost to demonstrate that vaccines are safe is because you give up and that's why i tell the staff here you

need to get vaccinated not 70 percent if you but 100 percent of you all of you in order to win this fight. many of christina rodrigo's colleagues are also taking to social media to encourage others. she hopes each photo will make a difference. a pandemic in belgium hard here's a look now at more of the latest developments in this pandemic the pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has applied to have its one shot vaccine approved for use here in the european union a decision is expected next month a court in the netherlands has ordered the government to immediately lift a nighttime curfew that has been in place since january the court says the ruling whacked a proper legal balance basis rather and japan is preparing to start vaccinating on wednesday despite concerns that a shortage of special syringes could lead to millions of doses of the bio on take

finds or vaccine being wasted. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour new zealand has reported no new community cases of the growing of i was for a 2nd straight day raising hopes that a lockdown in all clinton will be lifted on wednesday these ilands largest city was walked down at the weekend after 3 cases emerged all from one family it's still not known how they call the virus russian opposition leader alexina volley is back in court this time charged with defaming a world war 2 veteran mr have all these supporters say the case is politically motivated he's already serving a 3 year sentence for violating the terms of his probation while he was being treated here in germany after a life threatening poisoning a winter storm has brought rare snowfall to texas and other southern u.s. states millions have been left without power in temperatures as low as minus 18 degrees celsius or 0 degrees fahrenheit texas is bracing for more icy

storms later today. the chinese government's crackdown on we and other minorities has had devastating consequences within its borders rights groups say more than a 1000000 chinese muslims held in so-called reeducation camps have been tortured or raped but in our next report d.w. news hears of another alleged side to this campaign we girls forced to spy on other weaker as well abroad expanding china's ability to threaten those who dare to dissent ac meanwhile the shop owner selling imported foods including how the products in his hometown of carlo. in 2015 when he returned to john from a business trip to malaysia he was stopped at the airport and brought to a detention center. he can they brought me into

a room on the mall they sat me down at a metal table and they tied my legs and my arms to it. by stating this position for 2 days. we meet a say in an apartment in munich germany he says he was never told what he was accused of his papers say that he was suspected of endangering state security ace's spent a month in detention then suddenly he was released but under one condition he had to agree that he would work for chinese state security. i thought i would just stay in touch with them i didn't have the intention but the term really worked for them or they then that was an illusion after his release a so you mean regularly met with an agent who introduced himself as. he was able to continue traveling abroad he says in the beginning nothing specific had been asked of him and he maintains he never reviewed information on anyone but it's impossible to verify these claims about one year later

a cell was detained again this time he was freed with a specific request he was told to spy on a young man in turkey he said left for istanbul then he decided not to return to china and went on a web cast with his story. on cold after the show. the man he told me you decided to appear on this show and talk about you know that your family is here in china. on the way out that stuff. since then many of his relatives have disappeared 5 siblings have been arrested ace's oldest brother was said to 25 years in jail other week has gave him the news since he cannot reach any of his relatives by phone. a lot and now the chinese government has separated us for. life wasn't bad.

i was in good health was doing alright financially not on. but it was a happy life permission but. i tried to see the place where he used to live there was an american colleague and i followed around loosely constantly harassed in. the villages in the area see you really empty and many houses have been see you but your thirties. before reaching us this village we're stopping. you can just walk around here and interview people there's been many negative for ports. although. it's not for them that this is one day i ask. so many people have been detained and many disappear every day. so the question is going to end. he answered

america did not become america without shedding a lot of blood a lot. more is going to happen here. he says waiting for his refugee status to be approved he thinks that he is relatively safe you but he also knows that you can be taught to. our sports news in tennis arena williams has overcome 2nd seed simona halep at the australian open we have brushed past talent in straight sets the 39 year old american is going for a record equalling 24th grand slam title she now faces a similar final clash with japan's naomi osaka and reigning australian open men's champion novak djokovic has beaten alexander 0 if the serbian world number one battled back after losing the 1st set to digital. byron munich defender david alibi will be parting ways with the club after 13 years at the end of this season the 2

sides apparently failing to agree on a new contract announcing the move at a press conference the 28 year old austria international said that he was ready for something new his name has been linked with a number of clubs in england in fame he has won nothing bundesliga titles 6 german cups in 2 champions league crowns with buyer. you're watching e.w. news every short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we'll be right back.

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a sharp mornings you can never accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on a. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on w. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has told his country to prepare for not one not 2 but repeated vaccinations in order to keep up with the mutating coronavirus the british scientist in charge of monitoring the mutations says the variant 1st identified there is changing yet again and it's migrating tonight that scientists joins me with a prediction about a variant now sweeping the planet and she has a warning the mutating virus may be able to.