with learning, like global ideas, we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing, download it now for free with the w news mind from, but now you're a braces for a new wave of only cronin factions. it's fair, but case numbers will spike to record levels following holiday travel and gatherings. so how well is germany doing also on the program as afghanistan faces

family in this winter, we ask that taliban, why the international community should work with them. given their record on human rights, on germany may have a new government but its head of state looks likely to stay the same as frank felt a shy meyer wins political backing for a 2nd term as president. ah, i'm phil gail, welcome to the program. europe is running for a new wave of covered 19 infections to start the new year that are fierce. the only kron variant will cause case numbers to climb to record highs, increasing pressure on hospitals and leaving many workplaces short staffed in germany. health officials awarding the true scale of the crisis isn't yet know because of a lag in testing and reporting of cases over the holiday period. while our micro

numbers have exploded across europe, germany has back the trend here and faction numbers have remained relatively low over the past few weeks. now that come, may be deceptive. cases have been under reported over the holiday period, and many think a steep rise in the infection rate is inevitable. and for the 1st time in weeks, cases half actually started to go up. but there is a marked shift and where the virus is heading hardest. whereas just a few weeks ago, the south eastern region saw the biggest number of infections. now it's north western germany that is seeing a spike in cases. this is lightly due to the spread of our micron cases from neighboring netherlands and denmark that has seen a sharp rise in new infections. authorities, fear, and new wave of infections could affect the running of critical infrastructure such as hospitals and other public services. this has prompted to debate on changes to quarantine rules with officials suggesting shortening isolation periods for people

who test positive for coven 19. the needs of emma allows for. if every one suddenly drops out, then we can close the whole store. if just one person has left, they can move from one department to the next door and then do the checkout at the end. so that's impossible, unlikely. well, most people in germany support the measures currently in place. some 35000 people took to the streets again on monday to protest against germany's corona virus restrictions. many protesters are also angry at the new government's plan to introduce the vaccine mandate. more and more politicians have come out in favor of it, but it will be up to the german parliament to decides with vote expected at the end of february. so how do we make sense of surging infection rates, which haven't yet been matched by surging hospitalization rights. while i put that question to martin mckee, who is professor of the european public health at the london school of hygiene and

tropical met? well, i'm not sure city coupling. what we are seeing is that the risk of hospitalization is much lower than it was without earlier variance. but we are seeing that as cases are going up, hospitalizations are going up all be at not to lot, not the same extent. i think what we've seen with success of variance is that they're changing in terms of their transmits ability, but they're also changing in terms of the pattern of disease that they're causing. and there's no doubt that oma chrome is causing less severe lung disease. although there are still some concerns about his impact and other body systems, but it is good news compared to what it could have been. and so the arguments will, will be hard in capitals around the world are certainly are around europe. so was this about only crime? was this about government actions? was this about government over reactions or was this about vaccinations? what's? what's your take in this, this, this machine with so many moving parts? well, it certainly wasn't a bad overreaction when a new very comes abide,

particularly one like, oh mac compton has so many different mutations compared to what has gone before. a would have been crazy not to have responded very rapidly to taking the precautionary principle. dot said yes, we have been relatively fortunate. the difficulty is that this is a variant that is evading, to some extent, the existing vaccines. now, the vaccines are still hugely important and protecting against the other barriers. they're also providing some protection against film across, but it is able to break through both prior infection and the facts and, and vaccination dot clearly is a challenge. and what we are seeing on the number, if you're ready, all the european countries, is that even those that were bringing the rich time very markedly, like austria, particularly germany, the netherlands, were beginning to see an uptick again. and that's where they're concerning. right. another is news of another varian that's been detected in france and traced back to camber room. it's hard to keep track of these is another one that we should be

concerned about, or if it's just part of the, the process of, of what covey does. i think we need to be concerned about all of these. and i think one of the messages that needs to come out very strongly is that european countries need to increase their sequencing capacity. there are some countries united kingdom, denmark are doing very well in terms of the proportion of cases that are sequenced, but not everybody else is. so therefore, we could easily be missing that with this particular very and it dos lurise, we can tell up the minute. so there is likely they're likely to be other various that are going to be causing us more problems. but i think we just need to keep an eye on this one and not perhaps get too worried to budget for night. ok, that's very clear. thank you. so much for joining us, professor professor martin mckay from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. thank ok, simone usa, small store is making news around the world starting suit down where thousands of protesters have taken to the streets as pro democracy valley take place in the

capital, cartoon, and other major cities. the gunners political crisis, different this week. the resignation of the prime minister, which leaves the military once again and sole control of the north, east african nations. iranian state media reporting that people are dead following flash flooding in the country south. the days of heavy rain have been pounding region north of the strait of whole moves. even in red crescent says 20000 people a bit affected. the afghan is down, which is facing multiple crises. at the same time. international aid has largely dried up since the taliban top of the us bank government. last august. a winter has brought widespread food shortages to an already crippled economy and millions face farm. it is the worst drought for 2 centuries shows no sign of eating women face new restrictions and largely shut out of public life and reports of widespread violence against people who work for the form of government. and the taliban has been pushing for international recognition. our broker,

how about k springs for the tyler bands of foreign affairs ministry. he joins us from afghanistan's capital, a cowboy, or welcome to the w. thank you for having the why should the international community recognize and therefore legitimize the taliban given your track record on human rights? the current government of atlanta found a new government that has come to power as manifest reality. and the world needs to engage with it as the government that is currently in place has actually fulfilled the criteria for a body to be recognized as the official state according to the international law. and in accordance with article one of the month of a day of conference, 9 to 33, there are 4 essential that they need to fulfill the number one is that has to have

defined geography 2 is that it has to have permanent population and geography. 3 is that the government has to provide governance. the people ruling have to provide governance. and the 4th criteria is that the government has to have the capability of, of creating and establishing relations with foreign nation. and our view the right off the people they have decided upon supporting. so you just need to make sure i understand what you said, but what you said is that the african based on the taliban government has fulfilled criteria, lay down and doesn't explain, but doesn't tell us what is how it will benefit countries like the great britain. oh, germany or the united states, how will they benefit from dealing with and therefore legitimizing

a taliban government to call it? term it. as a caliban government is incorrect. this is the government representative government of the people understand it did not come here through an airplane. it was not a drop, the leadership was not, it dropped, it was not backed by foreign forces. it is the people understand that this new government represents and for the world it is absolutely necessary. it is imperative to engage with this new government and accept the unique, unique, witty off the up on people for what it is and engage with it in dialogue. if there's any outstanding issues, it can all be resolved through dialogue and right. using pressure tactics is not, is not the answer to the problems that i understand is facing. understood, i'm still being excluded from education in afghanistan. no,

that statement is only half the truth. it is not the complete truth and understand from primary all the way to new levels. all women are allowed to attend school and attendance cation on public sector. from grade one to 6, all girls are attending school and in a conservative society, like i understand, they're comprises majority of female students. right. and we have up to 12 to 13 provinces. we're girls are attending from grade 7 all the way to 12. and the government, the state policy is that we will give every right to, to the female members of our society that comprise half the population, their right to work their right to education and every single other right that has been afforded to them. and as long as you say that you will give them every rights on the islam, as far as the world is concerned,

women have fewer rights. women in afghanistan have fewer rights than men. just so we're clear you justify that because you say that is laid down in the current that is correct. the people who understand have fought valiantly against 2 superpowers for 43 years, for this exact purpose, to establish islamic law. and in slamming society, understand that the population is 99.9 percent muslim. so it is only a correct that islam be implemented on this land. i've got a sense economy has collapsed, it's undergoing humanitarian crisis. we understand the targeted killings around the increase and your health care system is on the brink of collapse. this is, as you face a pandemic, just explain to us how the people of afghanistan, the men, and the women have benefited from the taliban controlling the country. well,

the benefit is that we finally have peace. we don't have killings we had between 200 to 300 innocent souls lost every single day in our understand. due to the war, there were the brutal war, the aggression that was carried out against the peaceful of the peace loving people of a plan is that so that is one of the and the base is the foundation of any state is that it has to provide security to its, its constituency, to its citizens. so that is one of the greatest benefits that the people off of understand had been yearning for for 40 years. and the collective punishment they are, are facing from the international community is very said, it is very unfortunate. they are threatened with masturbation because they finally have peace and they have attained this sovereignty. i'm talk to her about her from the teller on foreign affairs ministry. thank you for talking to d w. thank you for having me. it was my pleasure. meanwhile, thousands of afghans are still desperate to flee the country. the taliban, though

a discouraging people from leaving. despite this many of those who can leave a doing so often with the help of relatives who are abroad, including here in germany or the united again in germany. hello, mina nodded. he has made it out of kindness down with the help of her niece. now guess, yes, the answer is simply wonderful. to see here, here in front of me, i had almost given up hope they would ever manage to bring her here. it's a huge stream come true or so tom i for a full travel to day. now gus is visiting her and me now now did he for the 1st time since her arrival in germany, mina has found shelter in a refugee camp. a 2 hour drive away from berlin. she's here with her 7 year old daughter at our her and her husband. the last few months have been exhausting. we

never would have thought that we would ever leave afghanistan. his well fix. thirdly, the taliban have set afghanistan back, not by 20 years. i didn't retire centuries. le let that be. so val. kid, deb golden haul up solar cobbled medication than in afghanistan. mina nodded. he was deputy mayor of harriet and even ran for parliament. she actively supported women's rights and campaigned for a more modern of janice, done. she was a public figure when the taliban took cobble. she went into hiding with her family and started looking for a way out mid november at berlin airport. mina nodded. he finally arrived in germany with her family. it was

a moment of great relief after a strenuous escape, the family had managed to leave of canister and by land using fake passports, elderly, a german lawyer, organized the visa for germany and the flight tickets. now the family are in safety . all but one. 0. until the taliban takeover mina nodded. his 15 year old son nima sang in afghanistan, se children's choir. but the taliban cracked down on music. nima had to escape. in mid december, he and his fellow musicians arrived in portugal. the portuguese authorities had got them out of afghanistan. his mother in germany is hoping she'll get to see us on soon somewhere in europe. oh my gosh hollis, i'm satisfied. i'm in safety. my son is safe in portugal and i'm very happy about that. it was as though, ah,

couldn't stand on our own 2 feet again. i wish for god to bring peace to afghanistan on the bar so that we couldn't return to our home and better off than we were before panama. beaudet supported me now. now did he and her family can stay in germany for the next 3 years. ha, ha ha, goes to school. here one of the family will soon be relocated to a camp closer to berlin. they still collecting donations to help the people in afghanistan, german president, frank welter style my look set for a 2nd term as head of state after securing the backing of the country code and government. the greens were the last of the 3 coalition partners to endorse the president from supposed to be re elected on the 13th of february for an over 5 year term. mr. stein, why was a long time member of the center left social democrats, the party of a chancellor, all shots through talking with you go with them all. look at more from that the doubly chief cla, 2 episode mckayla kusha. i welcome mikaela. so let's talk about the role of 1st of

germany, sir, president abroad. what? who, who is a, what we know who he is? what does he do? well, the role of the german present is as head of state. it is the highest ranking official in germany at the same time. it's a largely ceremonial role. and that's why we keep talking about german chancellor's plural. now no longer just angular mac or but the president does have a vital role at crunch times, for instance, leading up to the final term of anglo marco. it was frank vita stein maya, who knocked heads together and basically pushed his own social democrats, who really didn't want to go into government again to do so out of the democratic responsibility. he also is a moral authority here in germany. he has court on the country to stick together as throughout the pandemic and other issues and frank, bye dusty may himself, he is,

after all, germany's former foreign minister, and that is still very much tangible. so if anybody is the face of german stability, politics, continuity, particularly in this time of change to new the government, it's frank by their state mayor. and he will stay in place, most likely. and what were the greens are apparently initially hesitant to support him for a 2nd term? well, the greens actually contested an election with a female top candidate then failed to come 1st. and they were also the ones who felt most that it really was time for woman to stand, a green woman potentially to stand. there was a lot of internal debate within the party, but they've just entered government or on rather a more shaky ground than the predictions throughout the election campaign showed. so i think it's safe to say that they simply did not want to rock the boat with their bigger coalition partner, their social democrat, s p

d and frank by dusty my after or was part of the s p d. so for now, they chose stability over taint on this one. so with all 3 coalition partners signed up to this, does this mean that frank valdez shy meyer is a shoe in there'll be no a rival for the presidency. while the m conservatives are planning it to put up, oh, female candidates, but no name has been mentioned there yet. so it could well be, am very much a little contest going into that and certainly a very safe majority as it's looking now for frank y destiny my in that national assembly that only comes together to elect the president. thank you so much for that. me hannah d. w. chief of political editor mckenna cooper i. despite surging only con cases, im united states, one of the world's biggest tech fantasy consumer electronics show is going ahead in

las vegas. her companies are giving back their presence. they are attending in person. after last year, session was held online. the pandemic also features prominently among some of the new gadgets on display. the developers built a tiny ventilation system into the air tight musket fan is operated by a small rechargeable battery. one of the inventors explains to trade visitors. he claims the mask with its filters, protect against almost all viral and bacterial agents, especially nano and micro particles. it costs $340.00. it's a fantastic tool to fight against the covered crisis. because with this mask, you won't need to do a vaccination if the if the 6, depending on all the variance of the virus and all the new viruses that will arrive in the future will be a trade fare. in the middle of the macro wave health professionals was that c s

could become a super spreader event. the organizers have taken extra measures to prevent this putting on a lot of stuff to avoid long lines at reception. visitors must be vaccinated. in addition, everyone is tested, the pathways are wider, the exhibit is a further apart. yet despite these measures, many big names are missing. b, m, w, microsoft, t mobile and many others aren't here or have reduced their presence. there are 2200 exhibitors, about half as many as the la c s which is open to the public video window. but those who are here have made a conscious choice, like rim coffee and bring from the netherlands, who transforms glass facades, into video streams. video. i think there's start to start up. it takes a lot of guts anyway. i had a great job. busy i quit the job. busy i started so there's a lot of uncertainties and this is on the ground. one of the reasons maybe it's an opportunity. so. busy you didn't stop,

it will never stop optimism that the industry in the 2nd year of the corona virus crisis can really use let's go on this from stephen bessie from d w. business welcome statement. people going to look at this and just ask themselves, well, should an event of this size go ahead in the middle of a raging pandemic. phil, this we are seeing right now is of the highest case numbers in the u. s. that the u . s. has ever seen during this pandemic? i think the calculation would probably be a bit different if this were another variant that was shown to have a severe illness force. there are store, there are still dangers that come with a variant. let's look at what the organizer of the event has said. he said a newspaper recently he gave his comment. gary shapiro wrote an article in which he said c. s will and must go on. certainly, it will be different from previous years. maybe messy, but innovation is messy, it's risky and uncomfortable for those are words, this idea of innovation,

regardless of the risks, these are definitely words that resonate with a certain kind of tech ethos. someone say my cheese, mo shapiro goes on later in the article to say, you know, this kind of event is really a showcase of democracy. if you look out, you have small companies, big companies, they're all fighting over who has the best idea. and by being present, you can really have that kind of competition. that again, is an idea that really has a certain kind of american character to it. this idea of everyone has to be on the same footing, even if it is very self serving for the organizer of the c s. so that's sort of the pitch that's being made for. why do this in presence? even as case numbers are climbing, convince this is about capitalism. no, not democracy. how important is c s? you know, c, s is still a big event. we heard there 2200 vendors expected, about 75000 people. those numbers are starkly, down from previous years. it is still a big event. however, and for las vegas,

it's also going to be a big event. so that's like city that has suffered greatly during the pandemic as people haven't showed up to do present gaming, that kind of stuff. you know, normally just kind of event. it's not the big tech companies that we always think of like the amazons, the facebook, the roles that really drive it. it's more the product oriented companies think, samsung, sony, l, g, they have these kinds of products, these new phones, these new t, v 's, these new gadgets, they really want to show off. and so they've really driven it. but it's also incredibly important for smaller companies and think here of the startups that otherwise don't have the kind of platform that a bigger company like apple would have. whenever it rolls out a new device, they need to go and shake hands. they need to make relationships, they need to see if they can find an avenue, a sales path for their products. or if they can find an avenue to be bought out from a company that wants to use their technology. so again, this goes back to that kinds of weighing of whether it makes sense to bring companies here, you know, doesn't make sense to force the small companies to be here because they have to come and compete if it's going to be held. but potentially they could be exposed to the virus. if they don't come however,

then they might lose out on their bottom line. so there's a risk in both ways, right? and so on the show itself, what are we expecting this year? and it was all the, a little bit of it right there. c. s is always a reflection of trends that we see across society. health is obviously one of the biggest deals over the past almost 2 years now, because the pandemic, we're going to see a lot more health devices. we saw that this sort of strange mask thing right there . you're also going to see more watches, more kind of devices that are wearable and it will give you real time statistics on your health. and we're also gonna see a bit more home comfort. and that means, you know, we talked about the internet of things. you did, your appliances are all hooked up together. well, that's probably gonna extend to new things like bath tubs. that sense when you fill are going to take your favorite bath. what's the proper temperature? what fragrance? would you like even toilets? oh, you know everything's adjustable, everything is network. perhaps hackable. we don't need to imagine how all that goes . but this, these are the kinds of trends that we're going to see sort of followed at c. s the matter versus going to be another big one. we've heard about that and then even

food environments, fake neat things like that. so all the things that we've been talking about, they're going to be displayed here as, while gadgets still basically from date of the business. thank you. of the sight of a british rock icon, david bowie has a soul that has sold the publishing rights to the entire body of work. a massive deal with water chapel music includes hundreds of songs across bowie, 60 year career, including of course, space oddity and heroes. the news comes at days before the 6 anniversary of his death. and what would have been his 75th birthday on january the 8th at fitz, you're up to date. have a good day. ah ah, with

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