contest of the cathedral. people 12th. this is news tonight the u.s. secretary of state makes an unannounced visit to afghanistan and it was in kabul today to brief afghan officials on plans to withdraw all u.s. troops by september surprise stop came just hours after he was president biden and next plans to end america's longest war also coming up tonight germany reports its

highest number of coke with 19 cases in 3 months doctors over warning hospitals are feeling will people soon be asked to accept limits on their freedoms to stop the volunteers and thousands of images to tell the story of the. this touching photo captures what has been a dramatic year. of the winner of the world press contests plus a biological breakthrough scientists create embryos mixing human monkeys it could help organ transplant patients but is it ethical. to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world it's good to have you with us u.s. secretary of state. antony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan and

it happened just hours after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave the country by september 11th lincoln said that his visits was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president musharraf's ghani that their partnership was changing but enduring he said that he respects the decision and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices made by u.s. troops. well adds u.s. and nato troops prepared to exit afghanistan there's concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taliban many afghan women are specially worried about what could happen next. parvana someone is a teacher at a private school and the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that is.

set to do they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't see things. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have changed. but is people digest the news that u.s. and other nato troops will finally leave afghanistan there is growing concern. that if that worrying situation and people believe that if the foreign troops leave the country there will be a civil war that some thought both of them up for. much of the anger here is directed at the taliban which nato forces had hoped to beat into submission. instead the islamist group now controls large areas

of the country. i don't have my name our demand to the taliban is to come and make peace with the afghans and government. but many here are also pointing the finger at nato troops who have been on afghan soil for almost 20 years. before troops came here we didn't have any problems with their lives if the u.s. military pulls out people will be able to unite again and see peace restored. peace though looks alone way off afghanistan's security situation is dire many like teacher parvana as a money now fear things will only get worse. or earlier we spoke to pashtun and she works for learning which is an afghan nonprofit dedicated to the rights of children and women and we asked her if young women such as yourself seal abandoned by the withdrawal of international troops women are more educated right now women

are more brave right now in the past the men didn't give up there were many evolutionary women back in their evil started work for find the faction and the average of getting more than 100 people and now all of a sudden the international community wants to pull out without any assurance that the people who are left behind will even get education when the guys in my community become headquarters in the future are we are we going to die because of my damn heritage and are going to die because of because women cannot go out and seek major no longer measures good like it's something that i feel event and it's in time i don't know if i'm going to be excepted and i'm going to be fit in that new afghanistan that is in the making right now. pushed on the door only they're speaking with us earlier for more now on one of the good to our correspondent sara lee to 2 more years she is in washington covering the story for us good evening to you carlina so the longest war in u.s. history is coming to an end to this year what's been the reaction there among americans. well brant as you know there are at least 2

different worlds syrian the state and one of these worlds is the washington battle of the experts the thing tends to politicize and around the country and people who are right now struggling with a completely different problem the pandemic these are the american citizens and as for the political part in the us i can tell you that the congress is quite steep bided in this question some republican support fighters decision to withdraw the troops from afghanistan a decision that was also initiated by republican for president on will trump but there is for example also republican senator mitch mcconnell the minority leader in the senate who says this is reckless and a grave mistake other republicans in the house of representatives join him and they say if this is a capital asian there from the u.s. part on the international side but also some democrats precise president biden saying that this decision could motivate the taliban to decent allies the country

and others like a left wing democrat bernie sanders completely support and agree with biden says season and say it's a brave decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan and bring an end to the longest war america has ever had in his speech yesterday coverly president biden mentioned 21st century challenges facing the united states he listed china we know he's also concerned about russia is that coming through there for americans or 'd americans are they just are they are they tired of foreign conflicts. the huge topic in the states and i would say here all around the world for for every citizen not for police to sense not for 4 or 4 of 4 experts but 4 for like the simple the very simple people who just want to go to work and get some food on their table and is right now the pandemic the economic consequences of it so many

families don't even have money to put food on the table right now because they lost their job some have lost also a family member due to the pandemic that is right now the main concern for most americans afghanistan is far away bread and we should remember that in 2001 when george w. bush was president and started this war that was only a couple of weeks after the terror attacks of 911 so people here in the states that were shocked by the pictures we all know from back then of the twin towers falling apart people running in the middle of that callous and asked and most americans that support back then this war but that was 20 years ago and now this country is a different country the country has changed and the challenges are different as you mentioned china russia but probably not afghanistan all right curly turmoil helping us understand it all there in washington clearly no thank you among the nato troops he will leave afghanistan by september or more than of cells in germany so germany

provides the 2nd highest number of troops on the ground after the united states they offer training and support to the afghan security forces earlier this year germany agreed to extend its military deployment because of the worsening security situation in the country but when the u.s. led forces when they pull out so will the german contingent. earlier we spoke to thomas silber worn state secretary in the german defense ministry he's a member of parliament for german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives we asked him if germany's mission in afghanistan if that mission has been accomplished. well 1st of all of the core military goal to deploy troops of coniston was to avoid future threats for us from afghan soil this core military goal has been accomplished but the political goes beyond this military perspective of course have not been fully achieved and it's a dream ains that the question of for the political leaders for all actors in

afghanistan how to find 3 conciliation to a peaceful development to new elections and to stabilization in this society which is suffering for 4 decades already from civil war that was told was there speaking with the german defense ministry let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to alleged interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agents russia's foreign ministry has condemned the sanctions saying that a response is inevitable derek chauvin the former minneapolis police officer accused of the murder of george floyd will not testify in his own trial has been told the judge that he was invoking his 5th amendment right not to take the witness stand closing arguments in the trial are scheduled to begin on monday today

demonstrators have paid tribute to the hundreds of people killed during unrest following him in mars military takeover in february this comes after security forces arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule and after the army opened fire on protesting health care workers in the city of mandel . germany's coronavirus vaccination program is picking up pace on thursday the country saw a record number of daily vaccinations but it's also seeing the biggest rise in new infections since january new national level controls have been approved by the country's cabinet but that could take another week to be passed by parliament with hospitals filling up quickly doctors are warning that time is running. on germany's intensive care ward this is what the 3rd wave looks like more than 29900 cases were reported on thursday the highest number since early january

doctors a warning that in parts of the country only 10 percent of intensive care bans are on failed the head of germany's public health institute is a long. list the mission yet strong good is clear that we need to act now on all levels above all the decision makers need to take action we need to reduce contacts now break the infection chain now and save lives in the health of many people feeling that. but not all decision makers share that sense of urgency in particular some regional leaders have been reluctant to implement tough restrictions now chancellor merkel is introducing a change in the law to grant the central government temporary powers to enforce lock downs in areas with high infections. but even for the health minister this could be too little too late. as i already said

a week ago that we needed extra measures and that we needed to take firm action time is not on our side and everyone already has the option to be taking measures they need not wait for the law to be finalized but. the new nationwide regime mandates school closures and contact restrictions when infection rates hit defined levels much of the public supports tough action but critics say the focus is too much on limiting personal freedoms for instance with the proposed introduction of night time curfews. a lot of people of my age will just meet at home in secret curfews won't get this under control people will meet privately this dimension i think about that that's my guess and i don't like it you can't do that with people mocking that's you know it's. all i also like to be outside and meet people but i think we just need to shut things down for 4 weeks and.

those who didn't follow the rules before won't listen to these new laws but those who did have barry feel they're being treated like foals restrictions in some parts of germany have been light for much of the pandemic but as long as the titans people here having to face the fact that coronavirus not only costs lives it corrodes liberty as well. joined by dr young and he is a member of the german german bund is talk of the parliament for the greens as well as a medical doctor doctors good to have you on the program there's a lot going on here there's massive testing happening in germany the vaccination rollout is gaining speed but the last 24 hours showed the highest number of new cases in more than 3 months why is that. and that's really look at too with the measures which are taken to action in germany they are but too late and too little and if we look at the numbers. the total

numbers are right there. very very rapidly and especially if we look to our hospitals we have rising number off people who need intensive care treatment especially younger people and compared to the 2nd wave they are more safe and they need a longer treatment and all this puts pressure to our house care system and as a doctor i'm very very concerned about the situation at the moment i understand you have worked as a medical doctor for the cove in 1000 emergency team here in berlin how do you assess the situation i mean how bad are things right now. they are very bad at the moment we see about 90 percent of our patients who are hospitalized have been you beriah and you 117 which was 1st discovered in great britain and also we see that those patients hospitalized about 40 percent of the need intensive care treatment

which is much higher than before and also if you look to the hospital it's at we never had such a shortage of intensive care beds that in all 13 months. when we look at the same situation right now and this all describes how serious the situation already is and numbers are still going up and that's why i mean i'm as a politician but also as a doctor i don't really calling for much more risk rictus measures but take into action we really need is at the moment now all of the ways my colleagues in the hospital will struggle and face really how destructive situations with dogs are let me ask you before the easter holiday german chancellor angela merkel she wanted to see a hard walk down over the easter holiday period but that did not happen she didn't get support for it are we now seeing the consequences of that if there had been

a hard walk down when we have so many people in intensive care now. yeah well chancellor merkel is she was pretty much alone in her own government because everybody else was afraid to take strict measures because they were facing pressure from the economy as question when it came to mandatory testing at the workplace and also. rules to where mosque when every people account to get their insight especially in the work place and in the end actually nothing much happened and every single went on and the reason. why we are facing now like that you really really tough situation you know and we know the german lawmakers are still discussing the government's plan to centralize the response to covert 19 i mean it seems that they're doing that

a little too late i mean are they just wasting time now absolutely we really need speed in our action speed is most important factor when it comes to crisis management as a doctor working in the field of emergency medicine for so many years i really really only can tell everybody that it's not the time for discussion is it is the time for action and we really need to see action in place right now because it is on our table what needs to be done and we need action no more discussion dr youngner stallman a member of the german buddhist og for the green party dr goma we appreciate your time and we also appreciate your efforts in trying to help people who have become sick thank you thank you stakes a safe. here's some of the other developments in the pandemic health care workers have been protesting in turkey calling for a stricter lockdown a bit of record number of daily infections turkey has now closed restaurants and

events and imposed a night time curfew a time japanese officials says that cancelling this year's olympics in tokyo remains an option if the country's 4th wave of infections becomes too dire there are now $99.00 days before the opening ceremony and the mayor of rio de janeiro in brazil has tested positive for coated 19 for a 2nd time he 1st krunk contracted the virus almost one year ago all right held to answer this question how can you capture a year's worth of emotions and drama the anxieties and losses and how do you capture all of that when the year in question was 2022 judges of the world press photo contest have selected the one image that they say tells the story of an unforgettable year it was taken by a danish photographer and it portrays the power of the human touch. the many aspects of the coronavirus pandemic top photographers around the world

captured their impressions of exhausted caregivers people dying alone social distancing and loneliness. the winning photograph shows an 85 year old woman receiving her 1st hug after 5 months isolation and her son paolo nursing home through a plastic curtain which happens to resemble an angel's wings. she didn't anticipate the jury viewed this photograph as one of the pandemics few positive images this picture suggests vulnerability loss grief and death but above all survival and. brazil has been especially hard hit by the pandemic 350000 people have already died there nursing homes were closed for months to protect residents. and the split of a 2nd that we see the images we feel. how it must be it's good that all the person

got a sense of. what unites us the jury looks through nearly 75000 images. but disposable surgical mask even made its way into the reading photo in the nature category. art now to a biological breakthrough in the u.s. where an international team of scientists have created the 1st embryos which are a mix of human and monkey cells the team published the results of the groundbreaking experiment in the journal cell they claim the embryos were created partly to try to find new ways to produce organs for people who need transplant the study raises a number of ethical and professional questions however the paper's authors are defending their work saying demand for organs outweighs the supply of. art i'm joined now from b.w. science by pippa stephens this is quite a story an embryo that is part shimon part lucky i mean it sounds like science

fiction a little bit of frankenstein as well what exactly did these scientists do yeah i mean i married an american to say scientists injected human stem cells which said that which can differentiate into any cell and human body into town they can't embryos and then they put them in the lab and they watch them. they make the human stem cells produce a very recent person i always love the studies one that now and then because i just think it is peaceful and so they could track them now they claim they survived 20 days. and they say they can actually see the way the monkey and the humans was communicating to each other and in the purpose of doing this is that the scientists want to find a new way to produce organs right. yes that's just definitely the main thing they obviously based in the u.s.

and they cite thousands of people who die every year waiting for going transplants because there are more people who need openness in their outlook and they also want to better understand human biology and to see these there are certain types of experiments that just an ethical to do in humans and their hopes this could be a tool to test new drugs and to learn more about to see if we know on its face the mixing of human. cells in an embryo but it just doesn't feel right to talk to me about the ethical concerns here yeah i mean it is interesting to know that in the u.k. you have to terminate human embryos growing the lab protein days and then in germany you can't even the kind you can have them in the best place. so it really is pushing the boundaries you say i mean sometime to dispute the quality of the data they say the pictures make it unclear that the embryos even viable. and there are other scientists who are just wondering you know what happens if there's no if

there's no answer and biological to what makes us human what is a human being what is that well i mean this is not the 1st time the researchers have tried to inject human cells with animal cells for i mean what is different this time. yeah i mean it's been going into species come and visit me on since 1977 recently they tried sheep and pigs but they kind of struggled because the human cells just didn't integrate it well and that is the mechanics are a little closer to us and evolutionary times. and sheep and pigs so. yeah that's that's probably why and say that in this study like on evolutionary any story on evolutionary how do those that are in that way and then the studies and he . it is it is fascinating and so many just as many unanswered questions as new ones have a stevens with g.w. science pipa thank you thank you very much. it has been 2 years since

a fire damaged parts of the most famous cathedral in paris and shock the world many are wondering when notre dame will open again a french president emmanuel visited the building site today to offer some hope. moments from april 15th 2019. forever in the minds of persians. and make it beautiful again. the wood from the trees is being dried some of it on site part of a 5 year reconstruction plan that has 3 years and many miles to go. in fact the work so far has mostly been to secure what was left after the fire look at i mean holding up. still there we are all gather and mobilize through to restock at all then to give the. french architect of god he got to take

their back to. the french president toured parts of the restoration site on this anniversary of the fire telling workers. each and every one of us remembers where we were 2 years ago. the emotion that was the motivation of all the catholics watching and of all of us in paris and all of france did it but i did it did i did and i believe that we can see here the immensity back to take you through the day tonight we're going to look at president biden's hard line with russia doing what a former president refused to even talk about iraq that. are

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