in other countries is very important. and the fix them stand there isn't $51.00 but a man i might call rooms that america's interests were no longer always the same as europe's and spoke about his favorite theme of european soccer n.t. europe 0 band union its key members have to be part of the solution of their own security french and german interpretations of sovereignty may remain different yet both share the relief over the new u.s. administration. from what you know the signs are multi-lateralism are a lot better today than 2 years ago and that has a lot to do with the fact that due biden has become president of the united states and starting from america just in some of the munich security conference will have the whole world back up the diplomatic table this preview set the tone from the west undermine democracy doesn't happen by actually we have to defend it fight for

it strengthen renew it we have to prove that our model isn't a relic of history it's the single best way to revive lies the promise of our future. but that comeback of the west under u.s. leadership is by no means certain. for some analysis let's bring in chief international editor richard walker hello to you richard now do you believe that ties between europe and the u.s. can be fully restored after 4 years of tensions under interim. well we certainly heard joe biden pushing a lot of the buttons that europe was hoping that he would do talking about this message americans back so they're channeling his inner arnold schwarzenegger with this very clear but simple message that america is

a partner again recommitting to the transatlantic alliance recommitting to nato the military alliance talking about his commitment to our school 5 the bedrock of nato which is that promise that and the check on one member of it is the next tack on all of them all of these things were things that donald trump had thrown into question unlike any other president before him so just to hear from joe biden that here was a president again who really held these things dear recently in very welcome message to the europeans but you're right there are issues on which the 2 sides will have trouble finding a common line and now richard want to you think they can do it to overcome these differences and to meet the challenges that face the transatlantic relationship. well let's take a couple of examples perhaps now one of the kind of bones of contention which really rose to the surface on to the trumpet ministration was military spending

whether to korean germany for instance germany is fall short of this target the nato member countries have spending 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense i'm going to macro said that germany and now 1.5 percent so it's very far behind that but it still did say that she committed to 2 percent so moves in that direction will help but i think the biggest fear that you have here in europe is that the united states is moving into a period of such profound confrontation with china and russia these are all foreign terry and powerless out that that it will move into a kind of a new cold war scenario there's a lot of worry about that mary joe biden try to assuage fears about that by saying that he didn't want the reappearance of rigid blocks but still the whole thrust of his speech was costin this moment as a kind of a historical. historical inflection point as he called it where you will basically

have a battle of the systems between democracy on the one side and or trucker still on the other and that does have a pretty sort of cold war flavor so that's going to worry europeans that was the deadliest chief international editor richard walker richard thank you so much let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making the news this hour. a moscow court has rejected the appeal of opposition leader alexander volley against his jail sentence for for all violations want it reduced his sentence slightly in a volley sought medical treatment in germany last year after russian agents boys and him with a nerve agent. protest in myanmar have entered their 3rd week with demonstrators demanding ever turn to democracy and freedom for elected leaders people took to the streets in several cities in defiance against the military coup and young gone people pay tribute to a woman who was shot dead by police earlier at

a demonstration. germany has marked a year since 9 people with immigrant backgrounds were killed in a racist attack that shocked the country the victims were gunned down in the western city of homs by a far right extremist who later turned the gun on himself now after a year long investigation relatives of the victims say they still have more questions than answers. the bells of one ounce churches ringing out in remembrance of the 9 that lost their lives but for friends and family of the victims they still deal with the grief daily. basis on you know here today it's been exactly a year since my son was an 8 of a young people right that he became victims of

a racist a terrorist attack. on the night of the 19th of february 2020 shots rang out in the heart of how no. man into 2 barns and opened fire killing 3 people before getting back into his car and driving to the other side of the city. there he entered the cafe and killed 6 more. it took just 12 minutes to kill 9 people injured 7 others. the right wing extremist targeted people with immigrant backgrounds people he viewed as foreign. was akin the one kind of kids weren't foreigners. they were lovely helpful kids brothers and sisters parents and friends they were citizens of this country and out of nowhere they were from this world that made it

. among those attending the memorial was german president. he acknowledged authorities had made errors and failed to protect the victims but he called on the public to take a common stand. as the president of this country i'm standing here before you ask let's not allow these evil attacks to divide us that we must not overlook the evil in the heart of our society their hatred exclusion and indifference. but let's believe in the better spirit of our country and the power of unity and become some mitten and. for many friends and relatives of the victims there is still too much unknown about the events of a year ago and they want to see more done to combat racism. president

biden says he'll approve a disaster declaration for the u.s. state of texas following a crippling winter storm at least 2 dozen people died of the and usually cold weather which also disrupted electricity and water supplies. this snow and ice may have melted but texans are facing a new hurdle a shortage of clean water houston residents queued for up to 3 hours for just that on friday. the water came on for a slight moment i believe on their day or late wednesday but it only came on as a trickle i also wanted to get some for my neighbor she's overly and can't get out at all and has no water at all if you record low temperatures have led to pumping problems bust pipes and water mains across the state even flooding some harms. it's just the latest misery for residents who are left without heat o.-l.

a tricity for days. it was things you know the coronavirus all lost my job you know my mortgage you know i have a reason this and i have all of the stuff that you know a lot of. are on this. is the 1. 7000000 people a carton under orders to boil tap water before drinking all cooking as low water pressure could have allowed bacteria into the system. the state's governor has appealed for help from the u.s. president to talk with the federal emergency management agency fema the administrator. of the saff community we're going to ask him to accelerate our response and request for quote it's a different declaration a major disaster declaration so the reading get everything done as we need it that's possible to get done. the declaration would allow for more federal funds to

be distributed for the relief effort which would be welcomed by the thousands who are still without power and water. are at let's get some sports news now and in german soccer boroughs indoor pond and shall go renew the bones league as fiercest rivalry later on saturday as they clash in the revere derby bottom place shaka are desperate for a win that would give them a chance of escaping relegation for dortmund meanwhile 3 points what enhanced their chances of champions league qualification. amid an exasperating season brucia documents were given a timely boost this week the announcement that gladbach coach michael bowser would take over next season was followed by a 32 win over severe in the champions league last 16 europe's elite competition is where they want to be and the darby win would be a huge step in the right direction is in an ego is he were behind in the league we

need points and it's a darby we won't be handing out present kind of wishing at the time. but dortmund have been in generous mood lately they haven't kept a clean sheet since the 3rd of january and keeper marvin hits us had a torrid tell you miss replacement for one turkey but the other end of the pitch telling holland has been a model of consistency for the black and yellows the impressive young no we didn't has 15 been does lee get goals to his name but as many as shelters entire squad one thing the league's bottom side hasn't been short of this season is head coaches system goes is their 4th of the campaign the swiss says a win is more important for. his team. base of the we need a lot more point the dog to do more in the sense that we're doing everything we can send it as we know it will be relegated to me and. not make the game a real poster keg be noted in a horrible results. are finally to light the royal blue touch paper they need to

start scoring goals a miserable return of 3 in their last 6 games shows why don't mend our heavy favorites. here up to date on d. w. news up next our text show shift america evan stand from me and the entire team and for lin thanks for watching. because it will be together shoulder to shoulder but we also get to scream scream at me organize because i to come to my difficult challenge and join me and millions around the world to speak out for the nation. to be stupid i'm switching off but now because i think out plan it is worth fighting for joining us for the 27th of march 15th for 2 pm for a soccer game to speak up for me to. come

down lol. people have to say here's to us. that's why we listen to stories reporter every weekend on the w. . traffic jams crowded trains and cheer and those waiting nothing in berlin stresses me out more than trying to get from one place to another at the only one traffic is a growing concern in many large cities. across the globe smart technologies can help us solve this calles how exactly that's our topic on shift today. out there many still use cars as their main mode of transportation aside from air pollution and the climate crisis this also has

a huge drawback more and more traffic jams in paris for example drive us stock bumper to bumper about 165 hours a year. that's nearly a solid week in your car honking at strangers but probably not for long autonomy passengers can use the drive to do something much more productive i for one wouldn't mind brushing up on my friends but for this day to come there are still a lot of things left to work out and the biggest challenge developers still face is humans. driverless cars use their versions of sense of state control themselves autonomy asli. but so far these cars have merely recognized fidesz trillions of objects in motion. systems are unable to calculate pedestrians unpredictable behavior or to properly understand their body language.

london based tech company humanizing autonomy and other research institutes are working to develop models for human behavior and traffic. this data will hopefully then train autonomy's cars. so humans very complex especially when we come to cities we can treat them with normal motion tiny i where there are expertise is in combining behavioral psychology with statistical and people learning. for protest reasons to it's important to be able to communicate with autonomy as car the. normal eye contact and gesturing won't help. developers are working on interfaces that could be used to signal to pedestrians whether or not they can cross the street by using light signals in the windshield for instance . there is a problem no protest train behavior and nonverbal communication differs around the world. if you look at for example in munich no one will

jaywalking. where you come to london people are jaywalking all the time the great thing about vegas today and of course. goes all the speech is that you know their vehicles know where they are and we have a mission for each of these places it would be a different set of models that would be each of these races and these models would be fine tuned specifically for that road. clearly there's still a long way to go and that's what experts from all around the world gather regularly to discuss future mobility solutions like at berlin's the for trade show one main topic is how can a driverless car seat or more specifically which sensors does it need to recognize and respond to its surroundings as well as to be expected in the mosque has a very strong opinion on that matter let's take a closer look. at thomas cars these cameras are sound and radar to

analyze their surroundings as well as the more modern bidar sensors that use lasers . to all. these different types of sensors because radar and lidar can calculate the distance to objects very accurately but they don't capture enough details to recognize what these objects really are when it comes to humans it's the camera that's best equipped to detect what their intentions are that is to so i can are they about to cross the road or not and you know i just toss it's an old mission. the industry's top companies are increasingly setting their sights on lighter. which stands for light to technician and ranger here sensors attached to the car sent millions of laser impulses every 2nd this creates a precise 3 d. image of the surrounding objects tesla boss elon musk recently ruffled some feathers when he said lighter was too expensive and that cameras radar and ai systems would suffice tesla uses only radar radio waves are used to measure objects

distance and speed using this data and the camera images a 3 d. image of the surroundings is then created with the help of an object flowing on pity roboticist and manufacture of light our systems disagrees with the law must. be free and there is the problem is that cameras don't offer direct information about distance and radar isn't high rez so there's missing information on what this means you need another source of information to be able to navigate safely the question here is can you said cost and safety and i for one i'm absolutely against this in my opinion mobility needs to be completely safe which also means using the best census was the best. by the way experts believe one out of 10 cars on the road in 2030 will be self driving already hitting the streets today like this it's on this bus at a clinic in florida during the pandemic of a whole new advantage they can help minimize the spread but they said just

precursors to truly a ton of those vehicles where a passenger only needs to punch in the destination turn over the engine and then lean back at the next. but do we really want to let a robot take the wheel is it even safe and who makes the better drive out man. dimensions i think humans are very good drivers but machines are better. it's not like they're actually driving is that's are in every situation they're always paying attention that many people get distracted by their own origin ice cream or drink coffee and that is the problem humans just on was paying attention i'm machines of programs always be attentive which is why they're back to drive as a rule and see if this doesn't follow. as a moment is going to the moment it's definitely humans who are the better driver seen as the machine offers good support and especially in emergencies but humans are definitely better than in the future it will definitely be the machines they've

vantage of an automated system is that it's always activated it has a $360.00 degree view and crucial for the city and it has a general understanding of the situation what are the other road users planning to do and you know. right now i would definitely say man in the city for sure. but man makes lots of mistakes and this. led to and continues to lead to lots of injuries and deaths in cities themselves i'm optimistic at the end a feature we will have automated systems that create a safer and more pleasant city for already exists walk how could a robot possibly be a better driver that was. put joking aside by different intelligence does have some obvious advantages it never gets tired or distracted and it always keeps it cool i wish i could say the same about myself either way robot vehicles console the issue of in the city congestion on their own they need additional digital assists life

software they can factor in my preferred modes of transportation my current location and the time of day to find the quickest most efficient way to get where i'm going. to have teamed up with great minds across europe to develop just that. team is a smart navigation system for all. road users cars bikes buses and trucks it's a project that's designed to regulate the entire traffic and help everyone reach their destination faster. the sat nav supplies information on traffic jams and makes recommendations for instance what speed the driver only to travel at to make the next green light the only homes follow medicare's a real challenge in traffic management must understand the needs of all road users trying to get from a to b. . then this needs to be analyzed and reconciled with what's actually possible within mobility in the future i could definitely see new technology helping us to

react in a more dynamic way and. team would send data to traffic management centers while it simultaneously navigates road users traffic management would then be able to react to the various situations immediately they could adjust traffic like durations and speed limits change the bus schedule at short notice divert heavy traffic on to unused bus lanes and much more these decisions would have to be made visible on the street you immediately. move if i say traffic lanes will be used more dynamically than i have to think of a way to do that maybe with l.e.d.s. or something what can i bring into the space to make it more dynamic. virtual traffic lights could be an option if there are lots of cars maybe we need a traffic light but if the road is quiet then this could simply be displayed in the individual vehicle for us to go. if concepts like these can reduce traffic in berlin and other cities then great but if i'm being honest the syphon it in me was

hoping the future of mobility would look a little cooler like flying cars lucky for me there already research out there working on some crazy new ideas check these out. the flywheel is an autonomous lead driving vehicle which could replace cars the wheels can be connected to one another to. longer units. are designed to use existing subway and railway tunnels as a form of collective transport and then they can disconnect again to bring the passengers to their exact destinations the idea came from architect max she. just think it's i don't think of the fi world as a form of motorized private transport like a car but it's not a public transport either by the subway is something in between it takes the best of both worlds and create something new which we've called a collective maybelle it's the system elected who believes it's.

the ball or copters an electrically powered autonomy's flying taxi that can bring passengers to their destination much quicker than other means of transport. the developers aim to reduce the number of vehicles on the road whilst also reducing air pollution. and this is the high for the i pod the truth through to almost at the speed of sound the idea came from tech missionary musk in 2013 the air is sucked out of the 2 creating a vacuum which with barely any wind resistance propels the passenger capsules to speeds up to 1200 kilometers an hour developers around the world are currently working on hyperloop projects a 2 hour car ride say from abu dhabi to dubai would take just about 12 minutes. with that i might even enjoy commuting to work every morning but it remains to be seen if we go like these would be a bailable to the wider public if they remain toys for the super rich or whatever

happens expos all around the world are working hard on the future of mobility if i had my way i'd hop off my balcony directly into my flying car then use a bike for shorter routes for example and the bike. the future of mobility how do you imagine it what would you would. to see let us know what you think i can't wait to hear your ideas that's it for me for today see you next time. i.

check in takes this special trip. to do this show is not just the city trip but also a journey through jewish history as fire forms of mines are considered to be free of european judaism. jewish life has shaped these 3 cities for more than 900 years and i want to know what remains of it. next. or. why did this person has his heart. there on the surface. there is a lot that can be done to. make

up your mind. double. i am in the southwest of germany in spite. of a city of 50000 inhabitants located on the run and especially known for this building.