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. what next for a country that had only recently returned to the democratic party? hong kong was forced to to a democratic line dictated by beijing one that sent the city to tom oil. but a band of boys brought some respite with their cantonese pop songs. with not much to sing and dance about in india where new government regulations target post on social media. something activists have called digital authoritarianism. and the filipino nobel prize winner who explains why social media companies are also to blame a weakening democracy around the globe of rollback democracy global tearing apart. she is already as big. it's because of the talk,

ah, my british manager, thanks for joining us. on the morning of the 1st of february this year as me and my will set to hold its 1st session of parliament with the newly elected government. the army took over a coup that some saw coming. many others didn't. the army led by this man mean on hearing claimed fraud in recent elections when nobel laureate, on sang sushi is body swept to paw. what followed was a bloody crack down as people rose up to protest then mandate that for stolen right before their eyes. barrows, i don't. nighttime arrests on the 1st of february. democratic leaders locked up after winning an election landslide limited among those carted away nobel peace prize winner and de facto political leader and song, sushi. the hunters leader said the army intervened after protests over legit

election fraud way. he cited myanmar as 2008 constitution drafted by the army, which includes the power to suspend government. y'all. dubois die, and i mean the army is always there for the citizens hemorrhage. it always acts according to the law and obeys the constitution of 2008. it is our part, the army held the election so that all the parties could have justice. immediately more protests swept the country, and in late february, a general strike that didn't stop the military government from arresting thousands of people. demonstrators were killed and some protests became violent. since then, the democracy movement has suffered severe setbacks, ang songs, which she was charged with a variety of offences ranging from illegal use of walkie talkies to subversion. while some activists took up arms making common cause in rural areas with militant

members of persecuted ethnic groups like the qur'an, who had long been at war with the state. d. w, spoke with journalist, a men sant earlier this year about what that could mean. you know, in many ways no one has been in civil war for the last 70 or so years. i think what we're really seeing now is the beginning of an all out war in which even the city centers are affected and no one's really safe. whereas before, you know, people were safer, safer, especially if they went over in areas. it's far from clear what the international community can do. the military leadership has already survived years of international sanctions and pariah status on the world stage. with democratic liter sidelined, the bloodshed seems almost certain to go on to hong kong next. but all democratic protest continued to be constrained by the

national security law. in the 18 months since it's been in force, at least a $150.00 people have been arrested, including well known hong kong like media tycoon, jimmy ly, and student leader, joshua wong. the cracked on them freedoms in their city has left many hong kong as contemplating their future. should their stay or should they go to their protests or do they move on with their lives as best as they can. but in the midst of this gloom, there has been some welcome destruction. a new boy band that's redefining the cantonese bob. hong kong was famous for in the eighty's. hundreds of people gathering a shopping mall in hong kong. but this time they're not protesting. they're super sense of mirroring the latest boy band sensation to day 3 of nearest 12 members are making in appearance after all, the social upheaval in hong kong is a senior included, imagined

a lot of bad things happened in hong kong in the past. yes, i saw that i, many citizens were upset for a long time, but there was no emotional outlet with mirror. hong kong has become a lightly place again. i pro democracy protests a freedom shrinking national security law. and a clamp down on activists all have dominated life in hong kong. and on top of the political turmoil is a pandemic that still has new and in site. for many mirror has become a welcome escape. besides relieve the group, also offers believe that the cities pop culture is due, thriving, some say their music has marked

a new era of canto pop for a city that few so beaten down. suddenly there's something people can feel proud of . again, delva her long point. holy, it's a local group, of course we need to support them to represent our spirit, hong kong, as should support hong kong us go to church on guy in the band came out of a t. v. talent competition episode. after episode, dozens of contestants gave their role to advance to the next round, their persistence catcher to the hearts of people all ages where they will find guardians hang up. the boys worked hard for their dreams and that's the mirror of our young people to day. for my death, many of them few very disillusioned jada i am being on leave. i think the boy band can encourage young people to endeavor, gallagher. for some the group holds up

a mirror to hong kong is telling them they can still have dreams. in february india, past new rules that essentially allow the government to determine what people can and can't post on social media. it was a move, some activists likened to digital authoritarianism. this was evident just a few months later in april as the country buckled under the strain of a 2nd covered wave. as indians strictly for help and information on availability of beds, oxygen and other medical supplies. the government asked twitter to take down posts, criticizing its response, treats such as this one from member of parliament from the opposition congress party run ready, where he pointed to the collapse of the health care system in india. due to the more than 200000 case is being recorded daily minister in the state of west bengal molar. got oak lamented that the government had underplayed the code on about a situation of the country where spin goal was one of the indian states was affected by the rising cases. the government didn't officially see why it had asked

twitter to take down these critical threats. but i asked one of india's leading voices on the spread of online information and hate picks him up if he thought the move was justified. these are all very genuine criticism with no element of misinformation. i hate and does not at all to meet the standards of as a platform to police these tweets. so is the government then using its powers to block descent on social media? absolutely, all of these tweets, which would be considered critical of the government and the government is forcing platforms. and unfortunately the platforms are buckling as well. but the government is forcing excellence to adhere to certain lines where you know they descend as but what not. social media companies themselves, what part do they play in keeping the democratic spirit alive?

a very important one. according to philippines, journalist margareta, she's a joint winner of the 2021 nobel peace prize. when i spoke to her in october after the award was announced, she explained why social media companies in her country are responsible for twisting funds and how ultimately that is affecting democracy. here is a part of that interview. i think that the rollback of democracy, globally, at that tearing a part of the shared reality has as been it's because of tack, it's because news organizations lost our gatekeeping powers to technology at technology. took the revenues we used to have a, you know, a long with a took the powers, but they abdicated responsibility. and i think this is, is a wake up call. and that's happening not just for journalists with the nobel with the nobel spotlight, but also you are seeing many more sophisticated discussions about what exactly is

wrong that we're moving finally away from content moderation to where we should be, which is algorithmic distribution algorithmic amplification. and how it has insidiously manipulated human beings on the platform. you have, you have been at facebook, you have been a part of many panels at facebook that has looked at just things like these. and i mentioned facebook because it is very popular in the, in the philippines. what would you like to see happen with big tech like facebook? i think the for the problem is that all the social media platforms treat lies and facts, identically their data points, right? and, and the research has now shown us that on social media lice laced with anger and spread faster and further than facts. so you can say that the world's largest delivery platform of news is actually biased. again,

facts and biased against journalism. and as a result of that fundamental choice that the tech platform that made, we have cheap armies on social media, rolling back democracy in $81.00 countries around the world that is from oxford university's computational propaganda research project. so it's, i think, so here's the other thing that dawned on me that the last time a journalist was given, this honor was in 1936. he wasn't able to go accept the order in person in our slow because he was in a nazi concentration camp languished in in the nazi concentration camps. and so i think that's the signal that the nobel committee is telling us. again, that we're kind of at this existential moment where we could lose our rights. we could lose democracy if we lose the facts about president,

i'm going to rest of that data for today. make sure you can check out some of our other stories on our website over the phone for over close. we will leave you today with these pictures of photos once from across the region, from this posture up to you next time. thank her. to fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing? what does the latest research say information and context? the corona virus update the coded 19 special next on

d. w slacks can inspire big changes, meet the people, making it possible on it, go africa, joined them as they set out to save the environment. learn from one another and work together for a better future. many thought you all for tuning it go for go on d w ah, brazil has been a latin american leader in fighting the corona virus. but it wasn't always that way . the country was battered by the coven, 19 pandemic, with 618000 debts. it's 2nd only to the united states for the number of fatalities

. now, infections in brazil have plummeted to do to high vaccination rates. nearly 80 percent of adults have been vaccinated at least once. but fear remains, particularly as the country prepares for the impact of the new omicron variant. welcome to your coven, 19 special. i'm daniel winter. brazil is ending the year on a high, not have covered cases like some countries, but vaccinations. let's take a look now at how the country face down mounting deaths and a president who down played the impact of the virus to become one of the world's most vaccinated populations against cov. hardly any one in the world thought it possible a year ago. the corridor, this hospital in the brazilian city of toledo is deserted. a lot of the emergency equipment has been put away in the storage room. this is the result of what my b, brazil's most successful vaccination drive against corbett 19. she goes with us. we

used to have 40 intubated patients here. now we don't have any. and it's very rare for us these days to have to provide that level of intensive care cases that are also much less severe than before. so we can think more carefully about how best to treat those who are sick and to give them a better prognosis. my family has a c major with overseas. it is a far cry from the 1st half of 2021. copied casualties peaked in april, reaching more than $4000.00 deaths in the 24 hour period, brazil's mega city. so paolo was averaging between 70800 deaths a day to day. it is the country's poster child for corona virus. vaccinations with 99 percent of adults here having received at least one shot by november. i

asked her history, of course i think people should get vaccinated and that means every one of the set up with a loaner as it is their mice, me, or that the me view. many brazilians are afraid of a virus and get vaccinated, so as not to be contagious. as soon as i come at all man in records, thought brazilians believe in vaccines. after all, we have been getting vaccinated against tropical diseases for a long time. we like it. but while brazil may have turned a corner in fighting the pandemic for now, there is one persistent problem. poverty has been exacerbated. ordinary brazilians are struggling oh. earlier in the year we met sylvia dale seems a cook, who was supporting 3 other adults as the only one in her family to still have work, albeit just one day a week. she used to work other jobs too, but her other employers let her go for fear of infection that won't be get us up.

and the me a, you live on that, that the, this pandemic is difficult. it's going on and with a starving on look at that, apart from l, have damage it does to your health. but look at this cannot be met. we're all on the same boat. that bottom of the middle back every afternoon. sylvia was chewing up the food donations since the beginning of the pandemic in brazil in march last year. the residents association has been distributing rations. the latest figures show the economy stagnating, and inflation rising. food prices increasing while jobs remain few and far between . while the worst may be over the pandemic is still ravaging brazil, bringing poverty and hunger to more and more people. and let's get more now. it's fabulous al, a research dr. specializing in infectious diseases. thank you very much for joining us of fabio. and what's your opinion on why brazil has been so quick to take up the vaccines? thank you for having me here, daniel. well, i think that,

and we've known we've known that for sure for decades that the main reason for the success in brazil with vaccination is the public health system that is universal in brazil. so free for every brazilian. and within this system, there has been for decades, very complex and efficient vaccination system that has worked to get even to very remote areas in the country. so we created a culture of vaccination as well as the for structured, needed to get to every brazilian as because possible. and so it was that infrastructure which already existed that overcame the resistance from the top of national government. would you say? yes, especially because this health care system that we have in brazil that is similar to what has been reference in the u. k. provides institutional

structure. so it's very solid. so our institutions are stronger than any previous story or and temporary government who will not. that might not be supporting this system as much as needed. so obviously there were several and major limitations because it's been under funded chronically. but still it's in place and working and it has the population more to 75 percent of the population actually uses the system regularly and it is structured in a way that locals. our agents are community agents that knock on people's doors and follow the health situation. off the entire family, so they rely on this system. the bridge brazilians rely on this public health system. and that's why vaccination was not such a new idea or challenging idea. despite all the difficulties that we had with communication. and just goes to show how important that kind of long term

investment in education around vaccines, especially around infrastructure and how that re pays off. but when we look to the short term, is it time for brazil now to open up a new year, open up the carnival? is some politicians are suggesting or is that just too early? well, we are going through a new moment. we're learning as time goes by how to deal with the demick and not only from the perspective of the virus and disease, but also as a community, as a global society. so after 2 years of going back and forth with luck, downs, and strict measures, we have to learn how to better handle the situation because it's a much different situation from what we had 2 years ago. as was mentioned in brazil, we have the majority of the population in major cities like sound polar and rio over 90 percent of the adult population is fully immunized. so even if we have

a surge of cases which is likely to happen is already starting at this point, like we see in europe and north america, we expect that hospitalizations and the death toll will be very different and a lot smaller than we had in previous waves, so hopefully and we are preparing for that situation. we will deal with mild disease that will actually create pressure on the health care system, but not in hospital, is it hospitalizations and decimals. ok. and your mentioning in that the will factoring in the, on the cron variant in the new wave which could come from that. so that flexibility is important that as well with dealing with new variance. but i want to move on to, as we saw in the report, the fact that poverty has wasn't in brazil. what's the connection in brazil between poverty and cove? it well, it's a direct connection as it is, i think,

worldwide. because as we have to slow down the economy and all the activities, the social activity is those who are more vulnerable, i have less opportunity to earn dear basic needs. and that creates an even bigger difference between those who have more of the funds and, and the money from, from the country and those who have less access. so this is creating, increasing this difference in brazil and in many other parts of the world. right, well it's a plenty of lessons to learn from brazil. it seems fabiola, i'll thank you very much for that. thank you. and now it's time for you to ask and for us to unzip his if you a question for our signs correspondent derek williams. oh,

can vaccines and the pin they make? oh, it's interesting to look on nearly 2 years of recording on this pandemic and, and realize how much our ways of thinking about some things have changed over that period of time. remember, for instance, when we all more or less thought that if we could just manage to vaccinate 60 to 70 percent of the world, then we'd had heard immunity and, and source covey to would be conquered and would just sort of magically go away. well, along with vaccine hesitancy in many places, the arrival of new, more highly transmissible variance and waning vaccine induced immunity, of gonna put paid to that idea. experts don't talk about heard immunity much anymore. and i think that's because it's always been pretty closely associated with

the thought that we'd be able to eradicate coven 19. and, and most scientists no longer believed that we'll be able to do that. in fact, the most thank. now that the declaration that the pandemic is finally over when it comes, that it'll be a less of a bang and kind of much more of a whimper. for most experts, the goal has start being to wipe out the disease entirely, but instead to manage it as we do others. and that's where vaccines will play a really major role. though the evidence indicates that vaccines don't do as much as we'd like to hinder the transmission of stars covey to or to stop infection with the virus entirely. they do generally prevent the development of severe symptoms that can lead to hospitalization and death. so in that sense,

vaccines pan and a panoramic, i'm not by helping us to wipe out sars coffee. do completely like the smallpox vaccine wiped out that pathogen. but instead, by protecting enough people well enough that one day we'll be able to live with coven 19 ike. we already live with the flu. hm. and that's it for you all covered 19 special. i'm daniel winter from me and the whole team stay healthy. stay safe and see you again soon. ah, ah, with

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news says it's closing down after police made arrests and confiscated documents in a rate for sites. assets have been froze, and collateral damage caught on tape. a syrian family, hitler, u. s. drones strike while driving in their car. the child passenger barely survived captured the attack on video. ah. i'm william good craft, welcome to the program. the omicron variant is causing skyrocketing rates of coven 19 infections in the countries around the world. french authorities reported more than 200000 infections in a single day. that's a new french and european record. the night a kingdom, italy in portugal have all announced record numbers of new cases. and out east in

poland, forties recorded nearly 800 deaths in just a single day. the highest number so far in that country, 3 quarters of the debts were unvaccinated people. the government said, and germany says it's official rates have dropped, bought health minister carl lauterbach is skeptical that we're seeing the real numbers. he says they could be $2.00 to $3.00 times higher. and the director general of the world health organization says he's extremely worried about the massive spike in cases that are driven by a simultaneous spread of delta and omicron variance right now delta and or me cron are tween traits that are driving up cases to record numbers. which again, is leading to spikes in must be tolerations. and does i'm highly concerned that or micron being more transmissible circulating at the same time as

delta is leading to a swiss army of cases. and for more i'm joined by dw is political correspondent, manual shares a manual. so we've heard the crone of ours infections. for example, in france, they've hit a record high. so what is being done to slow to spread the virus there? while new measures have been or will enter into forces, come into force on january 3rd. in france, a new measures to limit social interaction to maintain dis, dancing between people are working from home will become mandatory at least 3 days a week. ideally for days when possible. wherever that can be implemented, it is no longer optional indoor events will be limited to 2000 people and $5000.00 people outside this concerns of sports cultural events. but there will not be any can sedation on political meetings. this is quite significant, as you no doubt friends are gazer for the new presidential election. the next

presidential election in a pre people will also be forbidden to stand inside restaurants. bars, cafes are with many professionals asking how this can be a 1st feasible and then at sector. there will also be a use of mandatory f, f, p. 2 mosques are being studied by the government and a model of vaccine certificates. similar to what a germany has introduced to attend public spaces and places of socialization. and we also heard that here in germany, car lauterbach, the health minister, he thinks the numbers are actually a lot higher. and what we're seeing, what's behind the under reporting? well, are there simply not enough a medical personnel during the festive season here in germany to test people and above all to communicate all the results of test results to the authorities as a star, short age into has system and each shows not only are when we talk about test

seeing or was officials already warning her dad's a collapse of the her scary infrastructure in the coming weeks could very well take place here. eved, a number of infections among medical personnel also increases exponentially. so that's a grim case that you're painting. there are more con cases, which i assume are higher than we've been. they are right now. they might be going up in the next couple of weeks. does that mean we're going to be seeing a walk down here in germany? so before this new wave of infections and there are possible calming wave of infections before army crone officials from the former government had promised there would be no new or lockdown general lockdown. but we see that at a local scale, curfews are being implemented and more restrictions, especially for the and vaccinated are imposed in the west affected district. so yes, once the government, we have used all other possibilities, such as mandatory vaccines, such as vaccine certificates or to access all public spaces where the an expert see

a log down as something that should be on the cards. and it's something that i asked who are recently or the netherlands have. oh, so you already re implemented reinstated? did have you put a horse one, a manual shares with the latest around europe on the pandemic? thanks very much. thank you. and now developments elsewhere in the pandemic. cuba plans to give booster shots to its entire population in january . that is a bid to prevent severe illness from the omicron variant in china. the 13000000 habitants of sheehan are in their 7th day of a lockdown, although so far no armika omicron cases have been reported here in germany. the international development minister says the country plans to donate $75000000.00 more doses of crone of iris vaccine to poor countries next year. and a round up of other news going on right now. is that africa holding vigils following the death of anti a part of hero?

archbishop desmond to 2 on sunday mornings left flowers at saint george's cathedral cape town. as the bells rang out into tucson, they will sound for 10 minutes each day until the nobel peace laureate funeral at the cathedral on january 1st. a day after russian authorities ordered the closure of russia's most prominent rights group, memorial international court has shut down the sister organization. the human rights center group has campaign for the rights of political prisoners in russia. among others, european court of human rights has urged russia to suspend that decision. indonesian authorities are allowing a boat with a $120.00 range of muslims on board to darken its waters. it comes after 8 organizations called for them to be rescued. the country security ministry previously said it would push the vessel back into international waters. the overcrowded boat has a damaged engine and has been drifting for days of indians is northern coast of

hong kong is the last independent news outlet says it's folding up shop. after being rated and having its assets frozen on kong, police search, the offices of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 people and removing evidence. the latest blow to the chinese territories, shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar sight on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. over $200.00 police was seen entering the websites headquarters saying in a statement, they were authorized to search and sees relevant journalistic materials. both the current and former editors of the publication were among those detained as well as the pop star. turn democracy activist. denise, whoa,

an ex bold member stands news oh feed. i got a deputy assignment direct to run some charm with questions, but not arrested over me. he released this footage of police, turning up at his home by the authorities can be heard demanding, he stopped filming. oh, no one. speaking early this year, his prophetic words have knobby realised in what many c as a further erosion of the free press in hong kong. i think that the situation and the message is clear to from the government that making reports and doing uncovering new story will have some criminal results. you may be charged, you may be with your freedom, whatever. so it's not easy to say that i'm more afraid of the situation. the rate on stand news is the latest move in

a space of crackdowns and beijing's opaque national security law. this assess for me is so to detect a national security cron under the national security law in june, hong kong largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was also rated and false to close. it's founded july was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail. but with stunned news gone, and mal journalist detained the grip on hong comes free press, grows ever tighter. today's battle fields are ever more under the eye of unmanned drones, often controlled from oceans away. they've become a weapon of choice for countries like the united states. and they're seen as keeping troops out of harm's way while delivering precision strikes. but that's not always the case. civilians can get caught in the violence. and in one recent instance in syria footage has emerged of what sometimes happens with deadly

consequences. just a warning to our viewers. this report contains images you may find disturbing. they somehow managed to survive. first, the attacks on their village. then the escape from serious assad regime. and now a drone attack targeting a suspected al qaeda find her. the family was in their car right behind the suspect on their way to visit grandparents. the children were in the back seat. this simple farming family is what the army caused collateral damage. is the different mccarthy condensed lobby. my entire family was wounded. my son and i were hurt very badly. we'll fire on fulfillment and we don't have a car anymore. now that we have nothing left thea, what all that and the she the mother fancy mom needs to go back to the hospital, but she is terrified of the journey. her infection can not be treated at home,

was assures or don't know how to describe my feelings. and she, i can see the pain suffered by my wife, my son, and them my daughters. let my moods legs and head look on. if i haven't been eaten for 4 days, this is the village of al rami, the grandparents live here. the area is also a hide out for al kind of fighters. on december 3rd, the family was heading home. the children were filming happily the motorcyclist and the blue jacket was the drone attacks target a u. s. soldier on the other side of the world, pressed a button at that moment the father of mud decided to overtake the motorbike. ah

oh god. oh oh, somehow a 10 year old mock mood survived. he was taken to it lib, 35 kilometers away for emergency surgery. he was then in a coma for 3 days. part of his skull is missing. a few days later, father archman returns to the site of the attack. he finds parts of his car on israel bosley willard gun when we were drinking fruit juice. we were happy on the way home. a lot more to children were having fun. yeah. hey, bob was a hold of a sudden this happiness turned into a blood boffa bombs the how was screams, we all scream villa was i did what i could and will suddenly then help came about.

i remember that didn't arbitrarily this is how a family outing ended. the global coalition against the slotting state flew more than $300.00 drone missions in northern syria this year alone. this one happened to be filmed. turner, sports, american professional football is mourning. the loss of john madden, the hall of fame coach, was a legend and the sport and one of its most exuberant voices. that in one, the super bowl as a coach with the oakland raiders in 977 and became one of america's best known tv, sports announcers, 3rd acts. his career was attaching his name to one of the best selling sports video games, vol. time you know it, it's called madden nfl and german soccer giant by and munich say they are cooperating with a probe into the clubs, alleged violations of minimum wage laws. and this is,

according to german media reports that several current and former byron bosses are under investigation over the payment of coaches in the clubs academy. former coaches said they worked more than the number of hours allowed under their part time contracts without an increase in pay. you're watching the w news coming up next is a documentary about w's diesel emissions scandal. one more few coming up. of course, you always go to d, w dot com or follow us on instagram and twitter at the w news away with ross. thanks much for watching. take your time for an experiment about time. it can be measured precisely, and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different bones of time with a dimension and illusion. about time stories, december 31st on

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what point? one of us got us like a household. the diesel emissions scandal known as gemini, is not just industrial scandal, with victims running into the millions of custom. ah, but who exactly was behind the fraud v w, then c e o martin ventercore on his manages and, and genius years later, they are now finally going on trial. this is the 1st time that some of those involved have talked to the media about culpability innocence and ignorance. and what happens when nobody is accountable? this is a long story, was many chapters at its center is a secret,

a trade secret kept quiet for 10 long years until the news broke. in september 2015 . the u. s. environmental protection agency served a notice of fire lation alleging that v. w had manipulated emissions test results. this is a difficult mass or challenge for volkswagen. i suspect they're in crisis mode and elsewhere. you want an auto sewing mit their money, putting it in for the software vent. 5 of dinged arsenalt of exxon doesn't apply to hinder calling the showroom floor of the room. but 2nd, this is jordan oliver from trish c o martin ventercore accepted responsibility for the scandal. you should shortly give me an honor form. only quinton for the broken leg is something of a stroke for the field. hope an apology. unable to save the job of germany's best paid executive mopping, winter concrete. outsourced on trip on fox spartan took before events had even been

properly investigated. the v. w supervisory board absolved ventercore in of any blame the land of ours hookey. fist hogan does have in the con carnac, and this hector, from the more money, pulitzer, full up grass reaku at the same time v. w was similarly swift to blame others, claiming that a small group of engineers was responsible assess whether you filed them for an infrequent taking the gun in the muscle in figure have fruit, spartan ab social media of the management insisted they'd been completely in the dark who knew what to when will now be told in court for the 1st time. will those responsible continue to shift the blame to each other? cartoonish, because it's only human to try and delegate responsibility for criminal action to the key part. you have to work with that and see what emerges in court of and

whether the story is ultimately credible and believable or not, or so. so for some claim to date issued repeated warnings, while others denied ever having heard about the scamp, we gained access to internal documents and interviews and were able to talk to some of the 100 or so people linked to the scandal. we then had 3 actors read what these individuals told us, one for executives and to act as representing engineers are so says, wish to remain anonymous, but at the same time, tell us their stories. as a man, what you, what you will is let's at least what is my motivation, is that after doing so much wrong in the past 3, o 2, at least for the people who ask themselves who these awful people are reasons one, because i want to explain to how astonishingly easy it is to get into something so

bad to martin order, dines forgotten before i closed my eyes? are we victims or perpetrators who are not dish at school neither just given. i knew but i didn't prevent it and i'm still mad with myself. absolutely. earth arrive, michel to jennifer. one of the people involved offered to talk to us on camera. oliver schmidt, he became the public face of the scandal. his u. s. police mugshot went around the world. well, not often. you see an auto executive arrested breaking of an idea, major development in the volkswagen emission scandal. the new york times reports v w executive oliver schmidt was arrested this weekend. a trip to the u. s. by oliver schmidt allowed f b. i. agents to intercept him saturday at miami airport. haps love miss. so to let

her go shopped a couple of cash off. i made it to the restroom or down. i was able to pull my pants up f b i bought and then 5 f, b i. agents and 3 airport police storm the toilet. when in bristol, had to was, i was put in a cell because given prison clothing on, on his wives or it would have been all i was booked at exactly 2 o'clock when the news was on new fans. the story was my arrest progress while had might have a big welcome to the cell block, or as a hint isn't it isn't st. huckleberry for oliver schmidt pleaded guilty and spent 3 years in a prison in the u. s. in 2020. he was transferred to a prison in germany. this is the 1st time he's taught on camera, about his involvement in the emissions scandal. he had good connections with us, environmental, all sororities, being economical with the truce, cost him everything, line the shortest guns,

i'm talk. and if my crime was flying to the u. s. and talking to bureaucrats, it angulated a how i spoke with them in a way i shouldn't have related manzanita. i didn't tell them everything. i knew asian. how beginning alaska zak was a post, an emission that landed schmidt in prison, but who else was accountable? in the end, every one claims their innocence. which is exactly how the story began. years ago. v w executives wanted to expand in the u. s. and devised a plan, they called it to u. s. o 7, clean diesel. the executives wanted to take over the u. s. market, and eventually become the world's number one ca maker. this was in 2005. the comic who began working on a clean and economical diesel engine to win over new drivers in the u. s. called

the e j 189. it was designed to conform to the strict to pollution standards in the u. s. small remaining relatively cheap. the engineering involved, however, was beset with problems from the outset. for that is to as will door gobble. sheila declared exact um, reduces plenty of engineers, said it would be too difficult to meet the u. s. 07 standards with the 1st engine always. but in guy they were ashamed, but didn't know how to make their project happen. this in the future shop though, but the pressure was on the e a $189.00 was stated to be ready for mass production within 2 years, as opposed to the 4 or 5 normally. doug keeps done it bizarre. then there are the ones who like to up sell for cough. i will manage it. i'm going to meet those standards with my fantastic engine. these glance will, to a full, that was one of the key mistakes or another time true was models or

the technical reality. the engineers were not even close to reaching their targets and the required emissions levels. there was growing consternation until one of the engineers told his colleagues about an interesting software software that could detect when the cars were undergoing emissions tests. test cycles are always based on 3 factors, acceleration, speed, and time. the software could detect the parameters and then reduce the nitrogen oxide output said that the car's passed to us emissions standards during physical tests with inspectors. but back on the road, the cars emitted a much greater amounts of nitrogen oxide. the engines, developers insist they never saw that would break laws

does run a test or can uncle swa all did was test detection was no question tests we wanted to detect when the car was on a test rate. and when it wasn't on these a test, a lot of people found this test detection a tad unethical lately garner. but i didn't know whether it was illegal or not because i hadn't read the emissions legislation either. it's gibberish. gillis, according to the engineer's every step and every decision was approved by the relevant superior, which gave the team a feeling of security, other zips in for yards weitel in the spring of 2016, i still couldn't believe at least in what am i the world i always thought i hadn't done anything wrong. it's young's was this. the hor, i forwarded. whatever i had done and found strained by the to the bosses discolored . hover. the result was a tendency to say it's, it's not that bad. every one does it, and we'll just carry on when you're man of either bestowed one unit. but the story

tell by the executives who supposedly gave the go ahead is a very different one from his answers or having the 1st i even heard of this issue was in 2015 us human. that if someone had told me 3 years earlier that we were cheating and breaking the law by using tricks, i would have taken them to task and demanded an explanation that the cyclone was one person's words against another's. did the engineers actually warn their bosses and did those buses really no nothing . this is where everyone gets to tell their side of the story. bound strike the civic center in the same german state as v w. headquarters has been re purpose as a courtroom. prosecutors have been preparing their case for 6 years. the 1st trials and now underway. the defendants face charges including organized commercial fraud and tax evasion,

good unclogged toolshed of an oyster for the under clock and puzzle. r. indictment assumes the defendants worked as an inner circle and knew everything. it was lower, and that there was large scale cheating from the outside designed to consolidate and, and expand v w's diesel car market. shares are marked anti, like not all spawns, odella said is lung it. among the 1st defendants, 2 high ranking engineers identified under german confidentiality laws only as hannah, j, and toast and d. they claim they repeatedly warned their superiors. also in the dark 2 former managers, hence h and hines. jak nicer who insist they had no knowledge of the manipulation. senior criminal activity over a 10 year period. we have a huge number of witnesses and other evidence, in other words altogether. and it really is a trial of a different dimension linked martin ventercore is the highest profile defendant

that has for now been exempted from the hearings while recovering from hip surgery with the supposedly small group of reckless and. and he has since mushrooming into an army of accused lounge by can look forward to a long series of additional trials. in total, prosecutors have been investigating around $100.00 individuals before this bookish varnish vices. me. wonderful. one is all scream when i don't know how many it really was. jacqueline 1st mom, and i wouldn't just look at ventercore, but possibly, what did people the next level down? no, but beyond and who issued the instructions did it? who covered up and who knew what and when people i have this bio with about 50 witness statements covering all areas. facebook from your regular engineer up to the departmental heads office to their statements. we're all about trying to save their own skin, who will hopefully 94 mm. this is

a tale with a variety of truths for every episode, including a meeting in november, 2006. that said to be the genesis of the emissions fraud. it was the 1st of 3 key situations in which v w staff had the choice of voicing in favor or against the deception. the engineers made a presentation for the then head of engine development, showing how the e, a 189 could pass the straight to u. s. emissions tests. the software developers provided a detailed description of the cheat feature, assuming their bus would then ban its deployment. they claim one of them would lay to testify. i was clear about our plan. i was expecting the boss to throw us out except he didn't via blondie his we need this function to assist the launch for the 1st 6 months in

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