really young people clearly have the solutions, the future the 77 percent. now every 10 on the w me the. this is the w news. these are top stories. organizers of the european football championships have refused an application by the munich city council to have the stadium they are eliminated in rainbow colors for germany's game against hungry. sports governing body said no because of what it called the quote political context . the gesture was meant to protest the new hungarian law widely regarded as discriminatory against l. g. b t. people. the united nations

representative in afghanistan has born of territorial gains by the taliban. ahead of the u. s. troop withdrawal. deborah lyons and said that more than 50 of demosthenes, $370.00 districts, have all into the taliban since the beginning of may. she says the taliban is positioning itself to seize regional capital cities. once american troops have left people in me and mar, have marched in solidarity with the people in defense force, a newly formed militia, supporting deposed leader on songs. we keep the group claims to be the military wing of the government ousted when the army see power on february. first, it says it's defending civilians against violence by the arm. this is the of the news from berlin. you can find more on our website, d, w dot com the o fall. now since yesterday this 28 year old defensive lineman with the las vegas readers,

announced that he is gay and historic 1st and a strong statement connecting inclusivity with american football. compare that to europe and football, and the euro 2020 tournament germany take on hungary tomorrow in munich, but the stadium will not be lit up in rainbow colors in supported l g b t writes in hungary, the message from you, wafer politics have no place on the pitch and for football fans against discrimination. tonight we ask, is there place for them on the pitch? i'm break golf and berlin. this is the day the me a quick moment to say that i'm pretty private person. so if you guys know that i'm really not doing this for attention, can you tell me i do not think that you are present itself as cosmo hollis in

modern and tolerant with this decision. i just think that the representation and visibility are so important. i'm not alone and even the plan is agree ability. that's the right. sexual self determination shooting out, you'd be guaranteed everywhere in europe. it's also coming up here in germany. more than half the population has received at least one koby 19 vaccine shot. there is overwhelming evidence that the vaccine is safe for pregnant women and yet in germany still no official recommendation. we can say that pregnant women don't experience more side effects and the unborn children don't have a higher risk without a vaccination. but we can also see that pregnant women with carver 1920 times more likely to die from it to our viewers on p b. s. in the united states, into all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with sexual identity

discrimination and how the to collide in sports. on monday history was made in u. s. football. with his smartphone in hand. 28 year old carl massive a defensive lineman with the las vegas raiders told the world that he is gay. he is the 1st active player in the national football league, 101 year history. to take that step today. and if l commissioner roger, good all tweeted, the nfl family is proud of carl for sharing this truth representation matters. we share his hope that sunday soon statements like his will no longer be newsworthy as we march toward full equality for the l g. b t q. plus community and the reaction by the head of american football stands in sharp contrast to what is happening in european football. there will be no rainbow colored lines eliminating unix allianz arena tomorrow night during the euro. 2020 match between

germany and hungary. on tuesday, european football, governing body your way for rejected the request, citing you wafers policy of not allowing politics on the pitch. now the stadium has been lit up once before to show support for the l g b t. community. so why not a 2nd time? we have more now in this report. pictures of the alley, answer rena. from january, decked out in rainbow colors in memory of the gay men and women killed in the holocaust. this week unix mayor wrote a letter to you way for asking to use the same color scheme as a statement against toma phobia and transfer via when hungry come to play germany. hungary official response was dismissive, partition mean, but i think sporting events with politics is a bad idea if you look at the history shows that and the germans should know all about it. it was going on a sunday and i think you should shut up and kick. not any more times have

changed from the days when footballers were to be seen but not heard. more and more players are using their platform to speak up about causes they believe in like germany's lay on griddisca it's been, i've affordable and for me, so i'm just glad to see it. i'm happy anytime an example is set by us, it's a great sign that they're creating awareness of diverse ideas of make some of that . but the sports governing body in europe. you wafer said it was declining the request because it would be a political message to protest a new hungarian law. that rights groups have described as anti l g b t discrimination. instead, you wait for suggested alternative dates for the rainbow colors in the later rounds of the tournament. when hungary last place in their group are unlikely to be playing. while you wait for the decision to reject the rainbow from the stadium in

munich, contradict some of its very own recent messaging. here's one you a for statement that is an aging particularly well, a treatment ahead of the tournament. proud that you are 2020 will be a tournament for everyone with the hash tag equal game. and here's your wave. his campaign called the outraged which ran last year. now it's all to call out and highlights the problem of discrimination in football, including instances of racism, sexism and homophobia. my girlfriend, and i also know the difference. rosa myself, i for more now we want to bring in d. w. sports journalists, felix tom. suit in cologne. who closely follows german football and from london, i'm joined by a sports writer, john holmes, who founded the networking group and consultancy, sports media, l g b t plus to both of you gentlemen, it's good to have you where there's john, let me start with you and with us football, the announcement by carl nasa,

but the las vegas raiders that he is gay. i mean, we cannot emphasize too much just how huge this announcement is for the nfl. can we i'm sorry. may. yeah, it's been absolutely colossal announcement. the impact that is have gone all around the world, and it's such a powerful message that calls been able to share. there's lots of different elements to it. but i think what was really important was the charity donation that he announced a thought of his public coming out and to give a $100000.00 to pull an eligibility to charity in the us just sends a really important message and it puts it out in context, you know, that charity corps is to prevent l g b g youths from committing suicide. we know that the numbers are very high. john, this response by the nfl commissioner that we saw roger good out. i mean, it was 100 percent support if the message was clear, us football is

a sport where everyone is welcome. is he mixing politics in sports with this support? oh, absolutely, no. i mean, i think you could. so because he echoed the words if call nothing itself he said representation masses. and you know, it's not political to be i mean it's part of the diversity. let me see all around that in every day in every city across the world. of course in places where l g b writes are not as advanced as they are in germany here in the u. k. and in the us . so i think what it really recognize the fact that yes, of course there are gay players in the nfl. there are bisexual fires as well, the number because of the various reasons, the culture and traditions of men in america, many teams will pick up. it's very difficult for the suppliers to share that trade . the call to come forward and say yes, this is who i am and i'm to do it in such a consistent way. i think that was really important. and felix, the nfl of the us,

is not attempting here to be politically neutral when it comes to include city and the l. g. b t. community. but you wafer says it is explained to our viewers. why that is, why us and to says that it supports the community. however, unlike the difference, is that way for us to work with it, 5055 member of the asian and therapy, 5 government, all those governments are often of different political affiliations. this class results in a situation where you, where you is dependent on those government, mostly the field of interest structure which result in situation and tuition that we see now is that you way for the whole value are being confronted by the government. and the more time why the more we see those conflicts taking place in

the future, i believe when you're talking about the governments, you're talking about the hi, gary and government in the, in this case with, with the game in munich, aren't you? absolutely, very. and government have been in the news you in europe in more than one instance when it comes to laws, which many experts, many experts have labeled r i n g b or these commitments or towards the community. when you compare that with the way the community has been making progress here in germany and other countries as well in ferry, struck entre contrast. and i think the issue here in germany has become a lot more mainstream and recent year, which is partly the reason why the outrage your germany is so strong you, there is outrage here. do you think that this decision by you wafer, could it blow up its face and be could it become a p r disaster? already appear in the author. i would argue just a few days ago, you

a fight self said the want one function, the german f. a for he kept in mind when noise wearing a rainbow flag arm band as it comes down. because and i quote, it's promote would cause 2 days, 3 days later, and the situation couldn't be more different to you and for both long term and ology and both are you a far and i think you a fight tough understanding by now, by the intensity of the reaction, i'm pretty sure about that, john, if he does, let me ask both of you. american football is embracing. it's openly gay player, but i mean we, we don't want to kid ourselves. there is a reason why only one player has come out in more than a century of the leagues existence and european football is embracing itself and is business ties. but the fans in the publics demands for inclusivity, they will not go away. so, i mean, where are the sports headed, john?

let me start with you. what do you think? well, i think this book has its rules. that price is actually visibility and that's what i call. and i say, because i wanted to book the science ready before he came out, we've seen a seismic shift in the nfl that towards this aspect of the quality, this aspects of inclusion. you need to look at significant moments that happen, such as the nfl taking part in the new york pri parade. lots of activation online during the pandemic. but of course, people couldn't meet in person, but to hold those kind of discussion panels for pride to mark these occasions in the calendar. and i think here and in europe, you know, within much greater awareness around the importance of how to embrace l g, b to g people. of course we bought so much businessy and the women's game alloy for a particular happening harder as one of the boxes is on the equal gain campaign. so was really adding to it and driving this event now is players themselves stepping

up, being active allies and being vocal and that's the pool. so l g, b, t, q people. and we've seen that wave panilla sharing on social media. we've seen a thomas, texas for the last 24 hours. and even tonight i'm trying to reach me at the front international picture on social media of the munich stadium lit up in rainbow colors. you know, that's a very good point. felix. where do you see things going from here? i see the situation only because i see such something becoming more and more a recurring theme. i think the conflict between some government in europe shifted shifting towards the conservative rights. and the fact that fed activism within the european football becoming more and more, i think we'll remember what happened recently with the soberly plant after the mind, the change and this, the month for change will also affect europe in football, on perception of itself when it comes to issues around the quality around the

community, around is your sex to them and racism. i would suspect it would be the last time we're going to be going to be discussing these issues. and it will be interesting to see where the rainbow colors are tomorrow night. this time you got these sports journalist, felix thompson, in cologne and london sports writer, john holmes. to both of you gentlemen. thank you. good to have you on the show tonight. i case we match the the world health organization has warned that the global vaccine distribution program to help poor countries is failing. only 80000000 doses have been delivered through the kovacs program and the timing could not be worse. as infections in africa are rising by 20 percent per week, south african president grammar foes, a is calling on wealthy nations to end their vaccine hoarding. the w adrian crease reports the message shouldn't be new to

anyone one into have used into adobe pandemic wash. your hands maintain social distance where mosque, but the disaster management officers in cape town. they have observed that more and more people and not sticking to the rule pleated in the really to consider the loved ones, even though they may be resistant to comply with surgical. but they must think of the family members and been loved. want to know because how they feel like a divide is they don't want to come pick it people i don't and potentially losing. i love to, i'm not wearing math in public as a criminal offense in south africa, yet many people don't. but mostly this mosque in everything is for each people, you know what i mean because they have so a lot of money, they don't want to die. bullet eating us. it is tiring. it is tara, especially for those who goes to school like kids. now they must go 2 days

a week like it's all it's frustrating man, it's frustrating for a lot of people who close to me die because i already joined the 2nd wave. so i'm, what are you doing this ted wave so far? the province of how ting around south africa, economic have johannesburg has been hits particularly hard making up for more than 60 percent. you infection? scientists expect strict lockdown rule soon, but will the 3rd way fits the entire country harder than the seconds? no, we don't expect to in the, the areas at listing the cost of provinces of south africa to be worse than the 2nd wave. why that is because the 2nd wave was very severe in the cost though, at regions of south africa. and we also know from the science that we have done that people that got infected with bits of variance and had released a very high level antibodies. so we expect to see

a kind of population immunity around the corner. from cape town and the management team, encouraging the elderly to sign up. what we call germany currently has no official recommendation to vaccinate pregnant women against cobra 19. but one state in the country is not waiting any longer for guidance soon to be mothers who are unwilling to wait for a nationwide recommendation or travelling there to get bags and aided and demand is quickly out basing supply. so if you hung up the info mit, evelyn kern is one of the exceptions and not the norm among pregnant women in germany. she's about to be vaccinated against harvard 19

yeah, i heard that it is now possible for pregnant women to be vaccinated and i want to have as much protection as possible so that i don't catch the virus after roll and then put my cell for my child in danger, when germany has yet to issue a nationwide recommendation on inoculating pregnant women. but last month, the vaccination commission and the eastern stay affects and he did with m. r and a vaccine such as madana and biotech, pfizer from the 20th week of pregnancy. in this we can see that pregnant women don't experience more side effects and the unborn children don't have a higher rate than without the vaccination. but we can also see that pregnant women with cove at 1920 times more likely to die from it. the commission use data from israel, the u. k. and the us decision. gynecologist cornelia herman has been inundated with requests in from principal principal when doing the vaccinations in

our free time. we just can't manage it during our consultation hours. and patients are coming not only from life going around saxony, but from other states to like today, for example, from north rhyme was failure on many people are no longer prepared to wait for a recommendation from japanese national vaccine commission. nadine visa has traveled from saxon these neighboring state of target and you can for me it's just very important that i protect myself as much as possible. and for me, that's the vaccination. some doctors in saxony holding off on vaccinating pregnant women until the recommendation is approved nationwide. but the only thing hindering gynecologist cornelia herdsman at the moment is the sluggish arrival of doses o a u. and so i entered the committee, has made a controversial recommendation. it says the great barrier reef australia is east coast should now be placed on a list of endangered world heritage site. and that has angered the australian

government of the reasons a major tourist attraction and australia wants to keep it off of the endanger list . scientists say that declining coral is due to climate change, the un is urging australia to do more, to protect the reef, and to speed up what is already plant. well, this brings us to a growing movement to put acts of environmental destruction on par with more crimes in genocide and increasing number of activist lawyers and politicians want eco side to be punishable by the international criminal court. they say making this a crime would deter companies and governments from harming the environment instead of paying fines and compensation perpetrators would face arrest prosecution and imprison. where today, a group of top international lawyers publish the world's 1st legal definition of eco side. here's

a member of that panel reading out that definition. eco's side means unlawful. 12, acts committed with knowledge. there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long term damage to the environment being caused by those acts. well, we are joined now by one of the leaders of the campaign to make eco side and international crime. jo, jo maiden, she is co founder and executive director of stop eco side international judge. oh, it's good to have you on the program. i mean, this is, this is a big day for you. you've finally, you've got the legal definition. it's written out. it's been codified. tell me, what are the 1st concrete examples of eco side that you would like to see prosecuted? that's the question. everybody asks us and i suppose because the crime is not yet

in place. current situations of each side would not be caught by the cry because it doesn't act retrospectively. but the kind of examples that we would indicate might be, for example, the situation in the niger delta with pollution from oil drilling serious deforestation of the amazon and, and oil spills, for example, deep water horizon. serious industrial accidents that result from, you know, protocols of safety not being followed those kinds of things. and why was it so important to come up with a legal definition of eco's side? i mean, what does it mean for your campaign? it's hugely important. it's a really historic moment, i think eco side is generally understood by the public to mean mass damage and destruction of ecosystems. but without a clear and credible legal definition, it's been difficult to kind of move this forward at the diplomatic level. because

the 1st thing governments want to know is will, how are you defining it? so having this panel of talk international experts working for 6 months on creating this concise and powerful definition is a really key milestone. i want to ask you, you're familiar with the diesel gate scandal here in germany. you were volkswagen. of course the lied about its emissions levels. if that were to happen in the future . another car maker, for example, would, would that constitute an active ico side? it could certainly be examined in that context. the important thing is that the criminal law aspect means that it's gay, it's good to individuals. so for something to qualifies each side, it must be traceable to the act or the failure to act of an individual person. and actually in a context like diesel gate that could indeed potentially be possible in future. it

certainly means that key decision makers in corporations will be thinking very carefully about the decisions they make in order to stay on the right side of this law. not least because their public image and reputation and hence their business success will depend on it. i know that you've got the backing of some very prominent and powerful names. i understand the pope has endorsed this. the french president macaroni regretted tune bag the, the activists. i mean, how much political support do you have at to tonight? would you say it's growing very fast? there are already 8 member states of the international criminal court which have in one way or another, expressed publicly, an interest in this discussion. and, you know, behind closed doors, i mean, we're not at liberty to discuss diplomatic conversations until the states

themselves are ready to do so. but suffice it to say that there are a large number of states becoming interested in this. and indeed, at the parliamentary level, the interest is or is global. the inter parliamentary union, which involves it comprises delegations from a $179.00 parliaments around the world, voted recently with almost complete unanimity to support this in principle. to do, i've got about half a minute left. i have to ask you, you know, people are going to be wondering this the united states in china, the world's biggest polluters. where did they stand when it comes to ecosign? they are not members of the international criminal court, which means that applying it to them in their own jurisdictions will be difficult. but on the other hand, they can't get in the way of it moving forward because they don't have a vote. and of course, because any ratifying nation who takes this crime, arm can apply it in their own jurisdiction. they can also apply it to american

nationals, if they set foot on the soil of a ratifying nation. ok, joe made a co founder and executive director of stop eco's side international joe. joe, it's a pleasure talking with you. please come back and talk with us as your organization makes progress. thank you. thank you. while the day's almost done, the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter either a d w news. you can follow me at brent golf tv and remember whatever happens between now and then, tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody. the news the news.

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a polluted wealth. mm oh yeah. she didn't, but didn't was 1st diagnosed with asthma when he was to wrap our and why didn't have the nebulizer again that he did, you know then you'd better stay home the where can you go?

i'm outside rather play at home near the end of the day. never completed that and if and i'm an open i mean there's a lot of anxiety about air pollution, especially in jakarta. nothing else nearly and the jump out was i think the lead on them looking unfortunately we had to resign ourselves to living in a city that has one of the highest rates of air pollution in the world. i was taken from the a lot of money, but people with asthma like my son or me need to avoid breathing and dirty air whenever possible. when daddy i gap or we have to wear

a mask every time we go out with it that it's on the island. it's been getting worse year after year, the amount of traffic increases. i'm not, i'm so much bye. now me. i got on the air pollution can cause they don't as much as flare up. i'll open up all the simple data. the sale i am, it's a pity that government has chosen to build even more coal fired power plants. solar energy would be much better than their daddy. the

country used to have a lot more green areas now they're gone. yeah. because of people seeking profits from new building projects everywhere in the ah, i mean, you know, we're reco randa home, which we designed and built it's a combination of a family home and large. and you can see and the entire building is covered in vegetation. improving the micro climate around the location, you might see equally micro. it's even possible to lower the room temperature inside the building by around $1.00 to $5.00 degrees and we sell them at least. i

mean it's me. my husband tried just and we wish we could move to the mountains where it's cooler, but not too cold. one where there are still lots of trees. when do i need to, like in a village on it. if we can create an icon on the face on the environment, we have all the penalties in place. now the question is, how serious are we to actually reduce the carbon emissions we need to, to balance on all of the elements. 6 that i bought in the city state, singapore strikes

a balance between humans and they're built up environment msl monday. and it's design incorporates nature and buildings in a harmonious way along in the designs years. now growing awareness about the issue when i say and taking down to the park has a really positive impact on his health. and it's all the high hopes for the dawn. he was smart and lively from a very young age and i hope his asthma can be cured. so he can run around and play with his friends again. mine my ends, i'm on and not get tired so quickly. another country grappling with air pollution is iran with the pandemic,

international sanctions, economic hardship, making everyday life a challenge? climate change is rarely top of the agenda bus. in the capitals, hey ron, individuals pushing and peddling for change, ah, riding a bike through the streets of tehran is a potentially hazardous activity exhaust emission levels year up to 8 times higher than w h. safety recommendations. this city is often smothered in smoke, 57 year old, and now the re wants to change this study abroad, and now runs a cafe in tehran. she recently joined a group of young people who call themselves green clubs. their goal is to make the

city green and the bigger problem is we don't see the potential alternatives. we're saying that because one has a lot of traffic and has a lot of pollution, it's impossible to write a bicycle or 2 was or 2 rods. but the fact is that we're running to reduce pollution and no, it's not really has a is a meeting point for a small, dedicated cycling community. twice a week. the group of his re repair services and coffee. many of the cyclists are women, though they're not expressly prohibited from riding bicycles. a lot of hard line is continue to insist on this. but according to these women, a lot of iranians, differently most of the reactions i get when people say me backing a positive, and

a lot of people encourage me, especially women. they clapped me from their car windows hung loudly and call that masha la. how great for elders knows the recycling presented a business opportunity. during the pandemic, she started selling sour dough bread allowed her to continue earning money during the lockdown. initially, one of the biggest challenges was handling deliveries. she asked a few of her sites, and soon she had a small fleece, a volunteer food korea. the very great. we started with 4 cyclist about 2 months ago. now the club is close to $100.00. the, one of the cyclists photographers shown team. every week he takes an afternoon off so he can take part in atlanta, georgia. that was up until now we haven't had the infrastructure for biking. and

thanks to our efforts, we can hopefully make officials aware of the fact that there are people like us out there. but it may be then they'll build bike lanes all over the city. and off they go. shunting and his friend mohammed a heading to touch, reach in neighborhood in the north of the city. biplanes are still quite rare here as well. the leader of the pack is period tennessee, the mayor of iran since 2018. though he only cycles with male colleagues. he is regarded as a reform oriented politician every tuesday he rides with them as part of an event known as call free tuesday about it and on years into iraq, we thought only of cause we build roads purely for automobiles, which effectively only encourages people to drive them time for us to rethink things and create more public space for bikes and pedestrians and target, and they go to his goal is that within the next 5 years, such as will make up 5 percent of the traffic in tehran. currently,

it's less than one percent. shantina has reached his 1st custom out the day of the day says she uses the green delivery service once a week. it avoids my traffic time consuming traffic and her on. i make new acquaintances. i love having tea with all the people that come here as volunteers, shantina mohammed make time for t for the time being customers don't have to pay for their service. well, and i really like doing it because i like contributing to my cities development. i mean, it's good that more people ride bikes, but also the companies are supporting our movement for and know it's not the re, the scheme. it's more of a movement than a profit making venture. like many other food service workers during the pandemic,

she's had to fight to survive. but she still stands by her project. where ever leave the one where it says religious business. i wanted something more than just the walls and the food and the name to stay behind me. i want it to start a movement, something to be remembered and something that could be continued with or without me . her goal is to reach as many people as possible. she believes that's the only way the movement will have a real chance in iran. in other parts of the world, cycling is a lot more straightforward with high quality lane shielding writers from the surrounding traffic given conditions of this kind. a lot of people will willingly leave that cause at home in the germans city of min stuff. well over a 3rd of commuters get from a to b by bike making cycling attractive is also the key goal of an initiative underway

in the city of belo. horizontal in southeast, in brazil, for a country designed with cars in mind. it's an especially significant move for this week's global ideas. our reporter be anchor coach, went to find out more the streets are coordinated off and the new speed limits chinese. evelyn to resign is the sustainable mobility officer with an ambitious mission. she wants to radically reduce the flow of traffic in the brazilian city of below or result won't because it's not going to suffer this. i think we'll do is turn our blueprint into something tangible so we can start working up all the ideas to reclaim the street. that means fewer cars and more kids playing outside though their numbers are smaller than usual due to the pandemic. a group of volunteers have come to help. the st. art is intended to

reinforce the point in many parts of brazil, a speed limit of 30 kilometers an hour. his barely conceivable single fornia to buy. i always dreamed of a slow pace. 31 which allows pedestrians and cyclists to move about safely, o v. as on the 13th, i told him that says the speed limit as a way to pursue the stream and we put on the air will be monitored to find out what difference the new speed limit has on emissions levels. the volunteers, you sand, cement and clay to create st furniture. it's the same technique that was used to build the great wall of china. simple, stable and and while a bang getting locals involved in the planning stage. it was important to eval.