after 2 decades people simply want to know what are we still doing there looking at what we have achieved and if you look at what we have achieved what the troops have achieved this whole military mission can you we see better infrastructure new universities schools treats roads bridges all of that but the most important thing peace and stability we don't have that afghanistan is still a country at war and terror is still a part of everyday life in this country as you know one of the things that a lot of people are discussing right now is that that may 1st deadline for the u.s. that it has set for itself to draw down troops which now is widely expected to be missed that's probably logistically not going to be met. what impact does it have on germany in terms of if the americans decide to extend their mission clearly whatever the u.s. does germany and other nato countries will follow because it is the u.s. calling the shots here everybody is looking to the u.s.

what will they do i mean taking the signals from the by the neck ministration i think they have already indicated that may 1st would be very difficult to keep. but they also indicated they will they don't want to stay very much longer they want this war america's longest to end as soon as possible now the big question is how can we do that responsibly what we see now what the biden administration is and in hans diplomatic efforts you know they try to bring back the united nations into the arena of negotiations and we would probably see in april a big conference in turkey with also reached out of states like iran pakistan russia china which you will always need to create an ethic and peace which the 2 warring afghan sites cannot find by themselves let's talk about germany's role in terms of you know we've had these doha talks which essentially didn't really lead to anything to put it quite simplistically what was germany. saying in any possible

peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban right now under the biden i think it's rationed i think they were sidelined i think they wanted to host peace talks in germany the offer was there jointly with norway that was one of the office on the table but right now it's really the u.s. and trying to bring in the united nations another venue i think germany really has been sidelined and so we are at the moment looking at the supportive military role in assisting and training the afghan national security forces but that uncalled at times all that happens remotely of course now. a lot of people are saying that the peace talks have reached an impasse that basically the taliban are just you know biding their time is that a fair assessment i think everybody is waiting what the u.s. will do and what the next move will be clearly the taliban are doing just that so is the administration of afghan president ashraf ghani he was hoping for you know more support for his government but you know the signs are going hey we really want

this political solution and if you're in the way you're going to be allat our rights under peterson thank you so very much so we're waiting for that vote on whether to extend the mandate in afghanistan i appreciate it thank you well we're going to pivot to china now where there has been a furious lashing out against global fashion brands brands rather u.s. sports apparel maker nike is facing a backlash on social media in china after saying it was quote concerned about reports of forced labor of leaguers in shanghai region while the fallout comes after the e.u. and the u.s. imposed sanctions on chinese officials for alleged human rights violations in jane jacques. nike is trending on social media in china but not in a good way it's facing a backlash after a statement on china's policies in the change young province saying it won't use cotton from the region. and it's not on the edge and then was singled out this week

for issuing a statement last year in which it said it was concerned about allegations of forced labor in change on both edge and them annika statements haven't been received well by people in china. to read them back to nigeria's chinese we must show our patriotism i don't buy these brands and now i will ask my friends to boycott them too. to come on the scene those foreigners making money from china but scolding it and discrediting cotton function john i will not buy those foreign brands i will support domestic products for. western brands are caught in the middle of a feud between china and western countries which have imposed sanctions on chinese officials because of the allegations of forced labor but while taking a stance on change young cotton is potentially a human rights issue it could hit their bottom lines in the weald 2nd largest

economy. that is a facebook mark zuckerberg could be in for a grilling when he testifies to the u.s. congress today about january's insurrection mrs arkell burgo who is also being joined by the has of google and twitter we'll ask her questions not just about the role social media played in fueling the violence but in how it helps spread misinformation as well as conspiracy theories while the hearing is widely seen as a sign that the new by an administration plans to take a tougher line on the tech industry. let's get you more on this i'm joined by w.'s public fully ileus who is on the story for you a puppet what are we expecting from today's hearings. well we can expect leyla is that there's going to be a lot of discussion around the current laws in place that essentially govern at big tech companies like facebook google and twitter and essentially have to move

forward in that and whether they need to be held more accountable for the spreading of misinformation which stand so sequentially has real world effects such as we'll say the storming of the capital back in january so we can expect differences as well among the c.e.o.'s of those big tech companies but they are also in agreement and under sort of a and almost an acceptance that change is coming book for example to just show you a little bit of the difference facebook's head is likely to propose reforms to one law in particular that section 230 of the communications decency act that this is central to a lot of these discussions because it essentially shields companies from liability for content like this misinformation on their platforms the head of google on the other hand is very much against touching that law why is this president to taking such a different approach when it comes to we're dealing with a tech. well what's really interesting here is that the law that i just mentioned

section 232 is actually one of the laws that former president donald trump and current president joe biden are in agreement with that needs to be changed now the difference is that democrats are essentially say that it allows d.c. information and conspiracy theory such as those from q and on to spread republicans on the other hand say that it actually protects companies from consequences for it censoring conservative values so different the reasons why they want to change they're very different and what's also interesting to note here is that president biden of course was the vice president under the administration of barack obama their relationship with big tech back then was far more cozy have but of course things have now changed and you know you can really see that the yet they tech companies are coming under scrutiny and by because of this misinformation that i've been talking about at all under the presidency of joe biden they're coming under

scrutiny a problem but what can be done to deal with the issues of misinformation and the spreading of conspiracy yet the resolve lying. well one of the reasons why this law which is sort of that protects big tech companies out from liability and they claim particularly you know on a bipartisan level both democrats and republicans that they want to change this because it doesn't you know courage will say at these big tech companies to really get rid of this misinformation from their platforms on the other hand at facebook for example has said that it has been working very hard to remove you know dangerous content will say from their platforms in fact they said that they found $900.00 militarized social movements and that they've removed tens of thousands of cuban on pages and they've also said that they that removes more than 1212000000 posts a day coded 19 so you know it's going to be

a. tense discussions taking place in the united states today due to her use that pablo foley ileus reporting thank you so much problem let's catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world. the u.s. senate has voted to approve president joe biden's choice of rachel levine to become assistant u.s. health secretary while she's the 1st openly transgender person to be confirmed by the chamber all despite strong opposition from republicans levine was confirmed on a vote of 5248. in the u.s. city of boulder colorado a candlelight vigil was held for the 10 people killed on monday when a gunman opened fire at a supermarket a 21 year old suspect will make his 1st court appearance on thursday he faces 10 counts of murder and an attempted murder charge. now for the patient and persistent jigsaw puzzles are

a welcome diversion especially for those languishing under lockdown as well here in germany and man has taken his passion for puzzles to an extreme he's hoping his latest effort earns him a place in the record books. pizza schubert has the perfect locked out pass time to escape the pandemic panic putting together tens of thousands of puzzle pieces. to self named puzzle king has already done the hardest task he matched the tiny jigsaw pieces in small sections bust. and then fit the $108.00 sections together to make a huge puzzle it takes patience and stamina. i think temperament young for it took me 4 and a half months to put together the $54000.00 pieces. i worked every day

between 4 and 5 hours on the puzzle and once a week for a whole day which felt a bit like a marathon of 12 to 14 hours on. the jigsaw shows an art gallery wall filled with paintings and that my ring visitors looking on. puzzle making began as a whole be and it grew into his passion peter thinks he's already personally matched close 243-0000 pieces here in his lifetime so far. from each person who says for me personally it's thrilling. of adrenaline every time my biggest goal is to get the picture right and that's what's so exciting and will dispute to shuffle on rotors is my pursuit. he's hoping that the guinness world records will recognize his achievement too. yeah tell

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and the other big story tree. it kicks off in japan under the shadow of the pandemic when it's far more exciting for the crisis it. welcome to be. that you could join us north korea has fired 2 short range ballistic missiles into the sea around japan these are its 1st ballistic missile launches in a year in violation of un resolutions and also the 1st since joe biden became u.s. president the launches by kim jong un's regime come just a week after high level u.s. visits to japan and south korea where the allies committed to the complete deed. of the korean peninsula naturally there have been stunned words from the region. the missile launch which is the 1st time in nearly a year since march 29th poses

a threat to peace and safety in japan and the region. and i am determined to protect the lives of our people and ensure that they have a peaceful life by working closely with relevant countries such as the u.s. and south korea he will not rest till. morning kitty then. and for more on this i'm joined from sold by german kim she's a correspondent at n.p.r. news a news website reporting on north korea germany welcome i think it was a question of when and not if north korea would test ballistic missiles now that it's her as what is the message it is sending with these launchers and to who. there i think many experts right now are wondering that they're not this is a message to washington and i think it's not just for washington but also for

internal reasons that's why our there was a very big political event and the early days of 2000 when it went and they had the party congress and they in the size a lot unlock the base capability and it seems through these tests they are just doing what they already set out to do here and the internal message here would be that even now they are going through a lot of economic difficulties right now because of that closed order because it could be 19 and all-star back to back to times to be nice and natural catastrophe last year defense capability and not you imagine this is working so they are just testing these missiles in terms of keeping up with their readiness posture and saying right. but what about the message to washington i mean so far north korea has rebuffed any attempts by the u.s. to establish contact with or it does not could i think it is pointless talking to the united states. it seems that the don't think that there is

much to go at the bottom administration also drink and party congress though they mention a lot about it and keep abilities and they showed this very long list of mission a stance when it did not mean they also hinted at the edges not really interested in the completely united states and more seeing not only was it not children's and it seemed. right you. were president ultra one was meant as a president it seems because i didn't like a more peaceful traditional politician and he has mentioned a move on public reach of human rights couple of times it seems a big thing but might it be to have much hope if any breakthroughs nathan deal creation to go she said with biting in the terms that they are so that they will

think of as a snack tree now last week john when we also saw a high profile visit to the region us our producer to antony blinken defense secretary lloyd austin visiting south korea and japan and all the allies appeared to commit to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula given what we're seeing with with these tests how this goal to be achieved. it's a difficult question i think. and countries japan south korea united states entered they have all very different use on what didn't there's a ship isn't what they are doing you there is i think move grace and. so it really depends on how they will negotiate the end will going on a very hot topic in the past few weeks was whether or not it's utilization creepiness laurie is it still your position of north korea it seems that the japanese side and the u.s.

i think think more of the ideal the issue north korea sort of definition as the north korea is the reality threat why stop korean side they're saying korean peninsula inclusion of korean peninsula as was going to korea what is the role of china in all of this given that she jinping and kim jong warm exchanged messages of support with each other on monday. i think trans through rolls 1st will be about sanctions and the 2nd will be about the red lines on visa weapons test and we have yet made sealing the path following months or years of station and it's not clear what biden's decision is regarding their own if biden. decides that they will primary pressure policy china will have to cooperate from us point of view china will have to cooperate with sanctions because most of the north korean

strait go through china and economic pressure and china is really hopeful helpful in the back door for china regarding the red line i think transplant list. whether or not they will ok certain things test when you asked if they remember. china and north korea they group which a little bit because. of sanctions after the 6 new protests are hard to see we're trying to stand on this right thanks very much for the german can speak to us from seoul thank you focus on north korea's nuclear weapons program sometimes comes at the cost of the great human rights violations its citizens have to face but some are able to break free like this form $1.00 jake park a north korean who fled a labor camp in our country to make it to the u.k. where she's now standing for local elections. in the town of berry in the u.k.

and unusual candidate is seeking to win local elections in may need a g one park a north korean defector who arrived here 16 years ago the 52 year old wants to give back to the town that welcomed her with open arms. people there to nicely to orr's so they give a toss a lot out gifts so that's why today my family was in here so i want to hit back at this the 10th or give the to my residence how life used to be so different park fled north korea with her brother in 1998 the start of a chapter full of hardship. she lost contact to her brother and became a slave in china but the birth of her son give you some comfort when my son close and i hold him to here and i cried and or the hut because i have family.

it didn't last long chinese authorities deported her back to north korea she ended up at a labor camp separated from her child but park didn't give up she fled to china again to find her son together the flat for a time they stayed in the mongolian desert where she met her now husband i fish shifted to hear yes or does is my post. on this so he's now is that my hose were you eventually the family got help from the un to relocate to the u.k. part is now a fully integrated citizen and hopes to get enough votes to join the local council . she stand as a conservative despite the party's tough stance on refugees she likes their take on family values and individual freedom coffee she'll do well i just i just been talking to i just said i will be voting for the. parks i asked her past gives her

strength and to be confident because it lol i already tried to decide. twice. and if she succeeds she'll be the one writing a new chapter in the british history bokes. the torch relay for the talk your lympics has resumed after your long delayed 10000 runners are due to carry the torch from focus to talk you're on a 2 hour through all of japan's 47 prefectures but as in a big flame makes its way to the opening ceremony on july the 23rd organizers still face plenty of problems. the countdown has begun the olympic flame has started its journey through japan and here in focus the relay usually marks the moment the public excitement over the games picks up but this time around the situation is different. concerns that the olympics may lead to a rising coronavirus cases in tokyo have seen the events popularity plummet surveys

suggest a majority of people would support the games being postponed again or even cancelled the organizers hope. they will start to trigger emotions and i must say i can say like i was in touch this morning to see the 1st pictures but still 80 percent of the people are against the games and that's result of a recent poll and i think the recent decision just last weekend that's not fans and families from past will be allowed inside the country will like not raise the excitement but maybe exceptions for the games at least disk. but worries over covert the international olympic committee and its president thomas have always insisted the games will take place this summer the organization makes most of its revenue from broadcast and sponsorship deals related to the summer and winter olympics so a cancellation would be a major hit to the i.o.c.

and many sports federations officials in japan have also faced scrutiny most recently as both the olympic creative director hiroshi society and the president of the organizing committee mori resigned over sexist comments they had made organizers hope that these troubles and now behind them and that the torch relay can reignite japan's support for the tokyo olympics. that's it for today we leave you with a musical but on by a hospital in indonesia medical workers dressed in full p.p. put on a sing along the back over 1000 patients featuring me uncle a traditional indian e.c.m. instrument redact model with your. mum.

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a closer look at allergies and the coronavirus. well that picture is enough to get me sneezing i always yearn for spring after the long cold german winter but i don't look forward to all the allergies especially considering all the headlines going around about pollen and covert co exposure to airborne pollen and had says your susceptibility to breast treat viral infections a study shows that could also be true for sars kovi took hope to one of the authors about that in a moment firsts this report spring is in the air for many that means time to enjoy the outdoors but for people like benediction it's spring means allergies that's just what starts turning and i have to be careful not to touch my eyes otherwise they start to watch the new york early blossoms complain havoc with the news a nice hazelnuts and all the pollen are problematic for many benedicts main issue

is with grasp on but during a pandemic he's often asking himself whether his symptoms are to do with his allergy or possibly coronavirus instead. got to it and i think everyone who experiences such symptoms probably ask themselves the same question you become a kind of happy hypochondriac when my throat start stretching right through the sleep differently after i take an analogy tablet i start to worry whether this might not coronavirus and static and it really. is that stuff for life. time for a bit of research indeed the symptoms of many allergies are pretty similar to those of covert 1000 sore throat coughing sneezing tightness benedict books an appointment with an allergy specialist to ask which symptoms point to a coronavirus infection relative. relatively common as a loss of smell that is that something you really experience with allergies and certainly not to the extent that you completely lose your sense of smell because that would be a clear indicator that you may have

a corona virus infection over it so it's your eyes would suggest it's not coronavirus or as a fever what else could play to our. exhaustion a dry cough that really persists on all these would suggest something like a cold $1000.00 and faction reading list but experienced allergy sufferers know at what time of the year they tend to get symptoms. benediction it is now confident he doesn't need to be tested for corona virus but what about his allergy symptoms because of the pandemic the doctor recommends medicating early so that sneezing is kept to a minimum course and no sprays for example can help of that slit isn't yours and handle the cortisol causes orders and shouldn't be injected all taken in a tablet form to treat allergies except in an absolute emergency because then it can really have side effects. by the time but the thing about cortisone sprays but is that the needles and then only as an effect in the nasal area of battle there

are no adverse effects on the rest of the body needs to give us that need in the molesters caught up a spring free of sneezes and itchy eyes and others can rest assured it's knology and not covered stereotype of what is director of the institute of environmental medicine and met munich and was involved in a study into exactly this topic what did you find exactly what do pollen allergies have in common with covert. in this study we bring in new and previously unnoticed aspect into the equation of pandemic fuelling it's not just about arrows old that key drivers of a pandemic but it's rather the complexity of the arizona so we show in a large study that increased of 2 infections are observed when up on paula and this is the result of a large study with a 130 point monitoring stations in 31 can read over 5 continents and really the

finding is in the last spring there was a coincidence and a correlation of the mask of 2 infection rates rising and pom pom concentrations and of note the lowest infection rates were observed at sites with a low concentration during the study period. so the finding behind this is that pollen will weaken the antiviral defends of kozel surfaces like nose and. you can imagine that it's like a pap aerated sheeted that pollen induce so normally we have a shield against viruses and and paul. making this leaky and this is why during points season we are more susceptible. to infection spring is already

here and. i have. this is very important to know so it's not only about pollen energy it's beyond pollen energy so this is an unspecific effect this has nothing to do with ality this is something we are observing in every individual there's been criticism of this study despite it being so broad and global how great a risk is pollen for people with allergies or without allergies. so the criticism that has been there is that people are not citing that we observed a common effect of several environment defectus pollen you mean and temperature and all together was important for a variability off infection rates and important is the following it's about the

personal risks that cannot be. concluded from the study so i cannot say that mr miller has this and that probability to get an infection due to pong so this is something we have now to investigate in further studies we know that pollen impacting on the macos are immunity and this is clear but concerning the personal risks there's nothing to to say from this study what would you say the actual consequences of your study. so inclusion and twats the one hunts approach the variable missing from the pen demi equation is to to really look for the whole environment impacting on in fiction right and this is why we suggest that really should really bring these environmental affect us in moderation in also predicts what a 2nd ing in the future and we need to really did the k.

to largest state bio my bio monitoring studies on correct arised patients in order to understand the environmental impact on they spend demick you get that support because i'm going to be sneezing and getting itchy eyes for quite some time claudio title director of the institute of environmental medicine and nick thank you very much for joining us today i thank you bye. for today's viewer question on the carnivorous it's over to alice science correspondent derrick williams. i have asked mom can i get a cool 1000 vaccine. the centers for disease control still considers as as one of the conditions that might increase the risk of severe outcomes if you come down with copd 19 but day to continues to accumulate that at least for people who have

moderate forms of the disease as doesn't pose as big of a risk factor as other chronic conditions like for example diabetes when you start looking into this topic the recommendation you read over and over again is that no matter what happens if you have asthma it's important to keep it under control by following your action plan since an asthma attack that forces you to go to an emergency room puts you at more danger of exposure to stars tovey to the answer to the question of whether you should get it coated 19 vaccine is is a resounding yes national asthma associations recommend people who have the auto immune condition get shots as soon as they have the opportunity in trials coated vaccines were given to subjects of many different ages among them people with

chronic conditions like asthma and the hundreds of millions of shots given worldwide since have not given rise to any specific back scene related cause for alarm for people who live with it i did find a recommendation from the british lung foundation saying that although the vaccine is not known to interact with medications if you take monoclonal antibodies for your asthma. then then you should talk to your doctor about how to time when you get your vaccines so take that into consideration but in general all of the experts that i read are saying that you should get the shot as soon as you can. out to some of the other coronavirus related stories making news astra zeneca says it's coronavirus vaccine is strongly effective following its disputed u.s. study after recalculating the data from that study instead of 79 percent efficacy

the follow from concluded that the vaccine is 76 percent effective in preventing symptomatic kogut and the less danish authorities have extended this the suspension of the vaccine pending further studies in correlation with blood clots. the us senate has confirmed rachel levine as the 1st transgender person to hold a senior government position in the united states the president's pick as assistant health secretary levine led pennsylvania's response to the corona virus outbreak she will oversee health and human services. the tokyo lympics torch relay is under way under strict conditions to some the spread of the coronavirus spectators will bod from the departure ceremony because of ongoing fears about the virus which forced the 2020 games to be postponed. it touches on a 121 day relay across japan before like the other colder on july 23rd.

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