yes. you can truly yours. president. crazy. horse me through. this is the new news and these are our top stories u.s. president joe biden has unveiled an infrastructure plan worth 2 trillion dollars the spending package will help repair roads and bridges as well as improve the quality of drinking water by then said the plan will also creates jobs and help tackle the climate crisis. france has extended its current virus lockdown for one month to prevent a 3rd wave presence in my name across the want to the it that's immediate action is

necessary case numbers have risen in recent weeks driven by the spread of a highly infectious variant of the virus. drug regulator says astra zeneca has vaccines the benefits outweigh the risks the medical body says it hasn't identified any clots risk factors thanks to age it follows germany's move to mimic the vaccine in people under the age of 60 after unusual buckholtz were reported. this is news from but then you can find watch more news on our website dot com. today joe biden became the 1st us president to issue a proclamation recognizing transgender people at the same time the pentagon on

biden's orders reverse the trump administration's ban on transgender people from serving in the military this brings the u.s. in line with germany's military which now has its 1st transgender commander tonight on this international transgender day of visibility we introduce those among us who have been ignored overlooked for much too long the people who have a right to be seen the transgender people we now see i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. i am transgender and i decided that age of 40 to actually leave my life behind when i want to call to say that i'm female are they on my gender not how they should look familiar i don't want any member of the transgender community to suffer i

don't want them to live in this or belie stentorian and i wanted to become a man my father says you can do it but you don't have to do it by yourself i can help you to do that a little of my mom once said if she seems to be partly happy. also coming up it is promising news for parents who hope to soon send their kids back to school today pfizer said tests showed that it's corona virus vaccine is safe and effective for children as young as 12. i definitely hope we get back to whatever we were con on law. and eventually. but scott a long way to go to get on the vaccines out. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day connecting the world with the people it sometimes doesn't see and much too often

chooses not to today is international transgender day of visibility transgender refers to people who do not identify with the sex given to them at birth recent polls show that one quarter of people say they personally know someone who is transgender that means for most people the only contact they have is the the media well tonight we'll introduce you to people who just like you and me simply want to live their lives freely in a world free of hate and hostility towards them for some it means risking their lives for others it means a life led as an example and that brings us to our 1st story her name is understands the a b. fun she is the 1st commander in the german military who also happens to be transgender she brings more than 20 years of service to the table and she is responsible for more than $700.00 soldiers and she has a story to tell. putting on makeup has become a part of her every day routine anastasio of the following is

a lieutenant colonel in the german army and a transgender woman. i am transgender and i decided a top 40 to actually leave my male life behind the realize that i was a woman it's just that was the point of my life or decided to actually move into the direct consequence of coming out as a transgender woman came after 20 years of military service to anastasio own surprise it wasn't a stumbling block in her career shortly after her sex change surgery she became a commander in charge of $700.00 soldiers sergeant major dietmar shared a met anastasio be falling after her gender reassignment for him honest as he is just another fellow soldier. to cuba i just accept that people are the way they are and that goes beyond transgenderism i feel the same way about other more mundane things like what party they vote for what make of car they like you just have to

accept people the way they are the reason he said. that would be fun lived as a man she led a seemingly ordinary life but says she felt tremendous emotional pain because she didn't feel comfortable in her body as a male. look for flight into into the world her probably helped. perform to male standards but my inner self was always. crying after that almost 20 years. i was at a point in my life where my emotional stability my emotional well being well being . that i don't want to live this way anymore after 3 years as a commander honest career has taken off she is now the head of a division in the boom disappears cyber and information domain service. she is also making it her mission to stand up for transgender people in the german

armed forces promoting diversity and tolerance. what i know from my experience is what is definitely certain if you are true to yourself and live the way you are outwardly open you will have a better life i think my mom once said it's she seems to be finally happy. i want to take you now from the german to the u.s. military my 1st guest tonight joined the u.s. army in 1903 as edward long at the time the pentagon classified transgenderism as a psychosexual disorder after deployments in iraq and afghanistan after receiving the bronze star medal with 30 years of service long retired in 2011 in 2012 edward long became jennifer marie long and jennifer long joins me tonight from new york jennifer it's good to have you on the program and you know you come on the day when there's a lot of news to report i want to get your reaction to the pentagon today ending

the trump ban on transgender people from serving in the u.s. military it's a it's a great moment you know it it's full circle it was long in coming i mean given several years ago when the ban was reinstated it. was detriment to a lot of lot of folks i mean it was and right now it's about 15000 over 15000 no u.s. soldiers that went in a fight as trans national being who was forced to almost out of the service and now . realized that full careers and full potentials and service pows show that transgender people in the u.s. are twice as likely as sis gender people to enlist in the military do you know why that is. well 1st of all it's more likely for men to enlist in the military 1st and foremost. and from my point and for most when

interviewed it's usually from one to change it going from male to female and they join the military it's more of a flight to masculinity or try to reassert yourself as male or a man and you choose the military to do that and it's one of the venue's that happens or it's sometimes just because you fall in the footsteps of family but more unless it's more likely that it's the fact it's flight to masculine it is numerous articles that have come out on that fact itself you sued the army for the right to change your name on your military record and you won that case in 25th seeing how significant was that legal victory. it was very significant it was actually the army board of errors and omissions who held that you know standard that you couldn't you couldn't change anything on a document other than if there was an error and or omission and since my name felons in neither it became it became

a case that in that case the ability to change my name on that document being so essential to the individual after service it's a some nation of total military service on a single document and it's mostly important to the veterans that individual you know for employment for federal statuses for different benefit programs. the veterans administration medical care facilities it's all those things you need that document and having the right name on the document you know just makes things smoother you don't have to cherry carry around name change documents and have a lot of other issues involved and or outing yourself so to speak so if you were a little our viewers know around the world vet across the united states there are v.f.w. post veterans of foreign war person there the white community centers in towns and cities you are the commander of your local v.f.w. post i think it's number 13 to is it is it if she were a topic there at all that you were transgender and when you're surrounded by all of

these these fellow veterans. yeah it's been an amazing part when i 1st joined it was unknown to them it actually became known to them and it won my case for my d.d. to 14 had hit the news it was major news here in the end in the united states and it was featured in the evening news and then when they found out most of them were in disbelief that they couldn't believe it was actually so and most of them it was almost all of them just accepted me as a was because they already knew me and for an organisation it's usually pretty staunch and you know what i call curmudgeon a. they've been very good to me and i've you know so much so that you know i'm spin commander of the post now for 6 years running and it's usually a one year so a one year position so i've been doing it for 6 years you know that's i don't think we're going anywhere so. you know most people tell us that they do not know

a transgender person personally they only know about them basically through television in the media so maybe you could help us here with some of the basics i mean how do you refer to yourself i mean should we refer to you as your him or senior her or they have made that comes up a what when we talk to people about transgender. well most people identify with the pronouns you know she or him depending i can my case it would be she infers some that say you know from female to male would be him zay and they usually come for the addresses those who are gender non-binary so that usually that's where that usually falls as in my case it would be you know it would be. and now you know i would have had a fight you know in that space what about representation of transgender people in the media it has increased a lot recently do you feel that transgender people are still are they still too

often overlooked or maybe even not seen by the majority. well you know it goes back to your previous question about not been seen or not being heard remember you know when you're you know being transgender a transitioning is a verb it's an action right it's a period of time and usually once folks go you know through that period and then you know just like anastasia in your previous. run you know she went through a period now she's anastasia right it's all you have a transgender past but it doesn't define you now most folks today just get on with their lives and you'll find it's invisible right it's not we just want to you know be our authentic selves and have that life. not necessarily causing attention to ourselves what is your message tonight just heard to parents who want their children to grow up and to grow into the personality that feels natural for them

well you know everybody knows you know it's you know everyone knows that a young age 1st and foremost we're just i just happened to grow up in a time when it was very difficult to identify it and or come out because there was no information on it and here and today you know i would often said that you know it's better to have a well adjusted child than you know a child that it's either to their own life and or has. health issues. so you know being supportive of your child you know it's not the worst thing and you know they're going to be happy they're going to be just it it's hard for the parents they have their own idea you know that they want you know they have a son or daughter and now there's a difference and they will feel that way and it's can be traumatic for the parents however in recent years and more that i have met are starting to understand and want to be proactive in their child's life and the trend in the active part of transition you know so much so that they're working with the schools and working

with the communities to help their child adjust. where jennifer along unfortunately our time has run out but we appreciate you taking the time to share your story and your thoughts with us today we appreciate it thank you thank you thank you so much for having me well in the western world the united states for example transgender visibility is said to be at an all time high in politics and media and in sports it's a different picture in africa where being seen can be tantamount to being sentenced to death and uganda transgender activists are calling for the authorities to recognize their community they say they often live in fear. beyond cairo and she has been coded costs for being a trans woman currently seeing these she has been a slow did on the wrist it. when how far the lunt about how trans women students who rejected home. i didn't have any belonging i didn't have i

didn't feel loved i felt because they said i'm on our cost and they said because in my life in my local language they say which means. therefore is to me go to something so all the other things that made me feel like oh i am not human those are the things i wanted me to take my life. from formulae rejection to community insults original calculates humbles carefully she house also experienced violence there is that there when i got aboard the right guy i told him to drive me from me to you know and he drove me to mocking the way he took me in a group of boys will talk to me. in 2011 current you founded the transgender equality uganda in nonprofit organization to help troubled trans women some of them secret few jobs the organizations premisses but even here i ruined you

cannot guarantee vs safety. the local come into people do not know war so it's still a challenge so what we have being advised by the local the local it does that we should also all have their looks with the local it with the local community members and. they. will get to know who they are so that we live together a nominee. says uganda's president signed the anti homosexuality act in 2014 uganda has been widely branded hostile for the l g b t q i people courage you once thought to change today i would love to see a band that understands different and that's questions that for example a grandad that understands trends like when i want to call to say that i'm female they on my gender they should put female very united nations us repeatedly appealed to the ugandan government to uphold the rights of sexual minorities but many

ugandans including some members of parliament and really just lead as think people from such groups should not be treated as equals. in bangladesh a woman who does what i do has made headlines by becoming the country's 1st transgender news anchor the transgender community in bangladesh faces stigma abuse and discrimination finding a job can be almost impossible many turned to sex work or they end up on the streets begging it makes this story even more remarkable. it's been a long way to the top for tash nuva. the newly appointed news anchor has had more than just glass ceilings to push through to end up here. as bangladesh's 1st transgender news reader she's had to work hard to get her foot

in the door i mean i don't quite get it said the chrysler to many other channels barely anybody called me for an interview a couple of them called me for auditions but that was it i guess they won't brave enough to take me. to court that as i had over many others perhaps wanted to work with me but again probably they had their own limitations but i never realized this would grab so much attention. more than kemal hussain shashi nuva says she knew from very early on that she was born in the wrong body friends neighbors and even her family for acting more like a woman and like many transgender people she says she was bullied and sexually exploited for years. at the short as my parents once told me to get out of the house then when i couldn't cope with it anymore i left home by myself i couldn't stand the neighbors telling my father about how i should act or walk like a man i never wanted to be

a person like that. i'm going to go out of. her determination has paid off after fleeing her hometown for the capital dhaka she underwent hormone therapy worked hard and kept up her studies though it hasn't been easy she hopes her fight will make it easier for others. i mean. i don't want any member of the transgender community to suffer i don't want them to live a miserable life i hope they will find work according to this skills. a tall order in conservative bent. the day my attention to this journey suggests a stunt has been made. well it is some of the most promising news for parents who would like to send their kids back to school protected from the coronavirus today by on take 50 announced that it's coded 1000 vaccine is safe and effective in teenagers trials of children as young

as 12 showed robust antibody responses the data published today is preliminary and has yet to be peer reviewed pfizer biotech will then submit their results for review by regulators in the u.s. and here in europe if regulators give the green light this would be the 1st bank seen against the coronavirus for children this is caleb chung he's 12 years old and took part in the biotech finds a trial his father a university doctor says he's extremely proud of his son and all 3 of the children who volunteered for such an important study is definitely a very special opportunity to be able to do something like this cause. i'm just at home doing online school and there's not much i can really do to fight back yes. but to seeing him struggle and potentially helping other kids to feel safe and want

to get the vaccine in the future or not but comes from. really some way that i could actually help out. take pfizer's said 2260 children between 12 and 15 participated in the trial none of those who received the vaccine went on to develop coverage 19 but among those given the flu shot there were 18 cases to develop a site those results indicate the vaccine is 100 percent effective at preventing covered 19 in this age group. the breakthrough is a win for both young people and buy and take pfizer the results potentially put the vaccine produces out in front of the developers and could pave the way for authorization for use in teenagers in the coming weeks if confirmed the results would be an important step in stopping the global pandemic and getting children around the world back into classrooms. in europe many families have been

homeschooling for months after multiple lockdowns germany's health ministry welcomed the results but stressed further analysis was needed this is the goal is to make vaccines available for children and adolescents as quickly as possible if that is possible but this requires a review this is now a 1st study that must be approved for occupational groups. but. the main problem with the e.u. sluggish vaccine rollout so far has been a lack of supply but if that can be solved young people could find themselves getting off food the jab sooner than they expected well i'm joined tonight by dr william schaffner professor of preventive medicine at vanderbilt school of medicine in nashville tennessee in the united states dr schaffner it's good to see you again so you've heard the news will the pfizer biotech back scene will it provide the

peace of mind that parents need if schools are to reopen on schedule in the fall. well prepped we hope it'll make a very nice contribution after all we still have to get these results for a few by the food and drug administration but we have our fingers crossed where optimistic and there's enough time now so that we could get our vaccination programs organized for these teenagers these high school students and in addition i think we'll have enough vaccine so yes i think the students may not like the jabs but errants they'll be very pleased to have been pleased to send the kids back to school that's for sure these trials were conducted and as you said on teenagers high school students what do we know about children under the age of 12 and a possible vaccine. well the biotech flies are folks already working on all those studies as are other companies following up so i think we'll add an abundance of

data by the end of the summer and we can start vaccinating people around the world dr schaffner especially here in europe are watching events in the u.s. and you know they're confused and concerned the u.s. is vaccinated about a quarter of adults now very impressive and yet we've got the centers for disease control warning of new surges that could wipe out any progress so are the vaccinations are they are they making a difference or not. to all print they certainly are cases and hospitalizations among people age 65 and older are dropping and that's very very exciting you know with vaccinated about 3 quarters of that population and every day with vaccinating more but at the same time younger adults and college students at then out and about taking off their masks going to the bars and i think the virus is spreading in that population so we have

a race between our vaccination efforts and the virus which is still a little bit ahead of us i'm afraid now when i ask you we've got about a minute left what do you make of the mixed messaging surrounding the astra zeneca vaccine i mean we're we're told one side says it's still it's good for people of all ages germany says not for people under 60 i mean who would you trust. well i think all those data will come to our food and drug administration very soon if the f.d.a. is it an emergency use authorization it's approval that i think will pour oil on the troubled waters around the world you know this vaccine cheap easy to use was going to be one of the major vaccines around the world we hope that's still the case all right dr william schaffner as always we appreciate your time and your concerns tonight good to see you thank you. well the day is almost done the conversation it continues online you'll find us on

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be. welcomed to the city of the future. instead of a traffic jam. would instead of calling. you an instead of pollution a. new concept for the magazine the tomorrow. made in germany. you. enter the conflict

zone the government though sri lanka has been strongly criticized in the un human rights council which warned them into a raging situation in the country and the increased modernization of minorities my guest this week is john up call a may give secretary just rwanda's industry physically johns and he's dumb enough to take the criticism seriously i'm still something about the conflict. in 60 minutes on t.w. . more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. christianity from established itself. both religious and secular leaders or other to display their power.

to trace began. and create the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structures. this is home massive churches are created. content to be drolls starts april 12th on d. w. . if you live in the country site yes surely familiar with the smell of fresh air the sight of a clear blue sky and the feel of why 80 can space it's simply gorgeous and that may make you wonder why anyone would choose to move to a city of the fact is. 3 quarters of the world's population now live in towns and

cities that is over 5000000000 people and as these areas grows so do the problems from traffic congestion to soaring energy demands what we need been visions our topic today are made to welcome now did you know that one in 8 people not only live in a city but in a mega city sharing limited space with millions of other inhabitants and now imagine those millions on their way to not sure if the term rush hour still applies in order to ensure people can actually move from one part of a city to another new mobility concepts are needed and sooner rather than later. mushrooming megacities are a global phenomena there are now 3 times as many urban areas with $10000000.00 plus residents as just a few decades ago. but as cities grow so do their problems.

that cities are microcosms of society who can observe all the opportunities and challenges in a very small space like under a looking glass and glass. the biggest conurbation on the planet is greater tokyo population 38000000 followed by jakarta with around 34000000. delhi mumbai manila and shanghai each home to more than $20000000.00 people as are the biggest metropolises in latin america south palo and mexico city. traffic is a major problem in megacities but there are new ideas out there on how to tackle it . we're also used to cars that we can't imagine cities without them anymore but if we were to experience that we wouldn't want to go back to cars at an office or.

this is how cities might look in future if different kinds of road users were separated one road is for fast moving aleck prickly echoes another for pedestrians cyclists and scooters with the 3rd a prominent reserved for pedestrians only. welcome to woven city a project under development by japanese carmaker toyota a prototype city and living laboratory for cutting edge technologies. here all vehicles will be self driving and run on electric power or hydrogen the mini city itself will be powered by solar and geothermal energy with everything coordinated centrally by ai technology. it's been designed for a pop. elation of 2000. people he kluger but we need it smarter ideas about how people can move around. in a city with 5000000 residents and 3000000 cars that are idle 90 percent of the time you just need to do the math. so that you could probably reduce the number of cars

by 80 percent. going to the smart sharing system people could still enjoy the same level of mobility. meanwhile at the other end of asia in saudi arabia there are plans for a new megalopolis niyama a linear city comprising for. the pet project of the saudi crown prince is said to cost an estimated 500000000000 euros road and high speed rail transportation are all electric and underground. nicknamed the lie because it's meant to be 170 kilometers in length is designed to be carbon neutral with a 5 g. network driving all manner of applications. right now it's a thinly populated and undeveloped area. we want to create sustainable infrastructures and stimulate economic activity. which will in turn create new

kinds of jobs and economic development in saudi arabia. the country is seeking alternatives to its based economy neon should also goose tourism and attract startups and media production companies the entire city's energy requirements are to be supplied from renewable sources. huge amount of sunlight and ideal wind conditions so our energy system will run exclusively on primary energy. grids energy will then also be used for desalination. because water is a big problem here. me on it is an acronym for a new future the plan is to create a city for 1000000 people in just 10 years but is that really feasible. let's combine them if the 2 projects have something in common it's that they're not

what was originally hoped for blueprints and reality are miles apart the projects assume a managerial perspective which ignores the fact that cities are more than just infrastructure what draws people to living there is not something you can plan just like. no one city and me arm 2 visions of eco friendly high tech cities where people can actually enjoy life but will they actually get off the ground. well all i know is that compared to cities like tokyo or mexico city but then it's a village and it does have lots of parks and green spaces like tree lined all of us but the streets are getting busier traffic is getting worse it's not just cars delivery vans buses and of course more and more people are riding bicycles and there's often not enough room for everyone thinks must change and that's why city

planners are joining forces with startups to come up with new and sustainable concepts. who owns the city streets of berlin are increasingly busy with cars cyclists. get surrounded by bike. the truth. and i don't want to live in a noisy polluted concrete jungle but i want to live in a city where people share not on the pavement and don't have to shout at one another over the roar of porches was it asked. the platform fix my palin was set up a year ago for the city's cycling community its allows users to see for example where there's a new cycle path or where

a new one is planned it already has over 1500 users the idea is to put pressure on them planning authority if. the authorities are planning a new bicycle boulevard or new bike racks the public can say whether they approve of the plans. so you can see what's possible what the public sees as a priority and what it sees as less urgent where there is less demand. balance population increases by about 20000 a year according to forecasts the city will be home to some 4000000 people by 2030 . how can traffic be reduced. how can traffic flow be diverted to reduce congestion and pollution these are questions that a group of scientists are seeking to answer with the help of data collected by traffic cameras. let's take a busy berlin street as an example

a street you'd think would be quite dangerous for cyclists. i would look at their church activities or think see if they often need to overtake trucks and buses say and see if that could be quite high risk of competency. their findings could be used by urban planners to redesign busy crossroads for example. traffic patterns are constantly in flux recent months have seen a 25 percent rise in cyclists on poland's streets. when the pandemic hit the city created a number of pop up cycle paths. but the fix my team says there's still a lot of work to be done. i mean not. compared to other cities the mayor and the city government who aren't very invested in cycling policy. in paris and london it's

a political priority. not yet but the visionaries of city are working hard to get to speed. the green with pop up a bicycle past it's going in the right direction but the future of mobility will still include costs and while many consider any cars oil electric cars a sustainable alternative to gasoline and diesel powered transportation it's not that straightforward is a look at some of the issues. electric cars like me are still quite a rare sight there is only 11 and a half 1000000 of us worldwide that's just a tiny fraction of the estimated $1400000000.00 cars in total but our numbers are growing e-cards use raw materials mined in south america the democratic republic of congo and china these include lithium cobalt and rare earths needed in our

batteries it medically extracting and transporting these materials is an environmental nightmare often carried out under inhumane conditions. their reserves are abundant studies show that worldwide deposits of these materials could meet demand for years to come. one good thing about us e-cards is that we don't emit greenhouse gases although manufacturing certainly does all my components still have to be produced but my power train only has $200.00 parts as opposed to a combustion engines $1400.00 where my electricity comes from is another huge issue renewable sources or fossil fuels the good news is that the share of green energy is growing which definitely plays in my favor as battery technology improves the range of e-commerce is increasing. right now it's rarely more than 500 kilometers

and often way less finding a tracking station can also be an issue. as to our batteries 95 percent of them could be recycled in an environmentally friendly way but it's still not economically viable. i recommend you sit back and relax it's surely only a matter of time today electric cars cost more than conventional models but that gap is closing the day of climate friendly affordable electric cars may be about to dawn. so whether electric gas or diesel far too often cars end up stuck in traffic jams but why because there are simply too many cars on the roads but we can look to mother nature to find a perfect example of how to keep traffic running smoothly and i'm talking about. i

when it comes to regulating traffic they seem to have it figured out there are no jams on their motorways. bad traffic bad dives. anti ways are also super busy but clearly run a lot more smoothly. in the human world which congestion on the roads is a normal part of life we even keep track of record breaking jams. when hurricane rita hits the southern united states in september 2005. 2 and a half 1000000 people fled jewson or tried to the resulting tailback on interstate $45.00 heading inland towards dallas reached a length of 160 kilometers for 48 hours. in the run up to the 2014 world cup in brazil the roads in and around cell paolo gridlocked 340 kilometers of

stationary traffic almost equivalent to the distance from sao paulo to rio moscow november 2012 the notorious russian winter paralyzed much of the biggest country on the planet for 3 days and 3 nights snowstorms plus the highway between st petersburg and the capital. but how do traffic jams actually come about. the main reason is that you do not have enough capacity. of course. but these reasons reasons are not that they do not happen that often. dumb people sometimes make driving mistakes of course for instance a bit not paying enough attention and then they have to break our. own words learn their students there is a very weather condition it's. still there 60 percent 70 percent of that is in this

region are there and it is good to offer it to the grass in the center of the syrian in. the same direction. there's no orders to get it if you're going to get over it. but the ant world runs differently. than i am as a salesman that's the principle is one for all and all for one hardly applies to motorists on the road everyone's thinking what's the quickest way of getting to my destination individuals focus on themselves and don't care about the others. drivers have a lot to learn from ants. off and on a high fashion i'm. not a driver is going to grow their own call to serve their wish to parents there is a thing which here interests.