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a cart into a human patient raising hopes that animal organs could these a chronic donor shortage. also in the program because it starts president says russian lead troops will withdrawal completely from the former soviet republic within 10 days. following a bout of violent unrest, he blames of islamist militants and u. s. and russian delegates remained far apart over ukraine following talks in geneva, both sides draw red lines with european security caught in the middle, plus condemned to port its failure to uphold human rights. the u. s. detention camp in one ton of mo is still open 20 years after taking in its 1st prisoners. we ask, it won't ever be shut down. ah. hello, i'm terry mar. thanks for joining us. in a medical 1st,

us surgeons had successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human patient. the transplant took place last week. the 57 year old man was too ill to be eligible for a human heart transplant. and he said to be recovering well now, so far, medical researchers hope such procedures could one day help ease the chronic shortage of human organ donations. this is the heart used to give dave bennett a new lease on life. in a 9 hour procedure surgeons transplanted the organ, taken from a one year old pig. it was gene edited bread and killed for this purpose. following friday surgery, the 57 year old patient is breathing on his own while still connected to a hot lung machine. he simply didn't want to die, doesn't want to die. and he felt that if he had no opportunity and he was pretty well convinced by multiple doctors who had told him he had

a fatal disease. and he was unlikely to leave the hospital because of that as a background, as, as an alternative. he, he said to me 2 very important things, i don't want to die. and he said if i do, maybe you'll learn something to help others. prior attempts at so called zeno transplantation, largely failed because patience bodies rapidly rejected the animal organ. most countries rely on an opt in system for donation requiring express prior consent to use the organs of dead people in the usa alone, around $6000.00 people die every year, waiting for kidneys, hearts, or lungs. it is a game changer because a, you know, now not a v will have these organs are readily available if you have their technique of genetically modifying. so if they're more cute tweaking, required for, for modifying the genes, we can re, every of the, you will be able to do that. and,

you know, again, can, you know, customize basically the hard for, are the argon for the patient? the experimental procedure raises ethical and animal rights issues, and as far from being declared safe. but for now, dave bennett's new pig heart is still beating was bran peter chin hong. here he is. a medical educator who focuses on donor drives, infections and transplant recipients, some trans planning animal organs into human says mostly failed so far. how do you rate this latest attempt? i read this attempt very in a very promising way, terry. the reason why it's very, very different from pierce errors is that we can genetically alter this heart specifically so that the human body doesn't reject it when it comes in. our immune system is so vigorous that very minor perturbation side looks foreign, is rejected very up reciprocally by immune system. so to make the human,

the pig heart looked very much like a human heart by a gene editing and cloning makes us have to use fewer rejection meds, anti rejection meds which allows the patient to have more than normal existence and be less risk for inter are infectious diseases as well as malignancies. what's the biggest risk, the biggest challenge in doing this kind of transplant? well, i think the rick biggest racist is always bringing in, ah, ah, pig infections that are not seen by humans before or malignancies. because what happens when you suppress your immune system? because you're trying to not reject the foreign organ. i, you put yourselves at risk flaw. reactivation of virus is in particular other infections, as well as malignancies that can come with a foreign invader,

which is the organ. in this case, i think these are the wrists on there. they have had to use a very different immunosuppression regimen. submissively devolved to this. so these are all things, so i guess at the end of the day, ah, people are really holding their breath because that pig heart has a high chance of rejection, even though it was genetically modified. well, genetically modified animals using them in order to you to use her organs and raises ethical questions. what's your position on the ethics of this? i think it's definitely something that is continued to be discussed and work taught . but at the end of the day, you have hundreds of people and thousands. when you think about the world wide population waiting on the organ lists and dying every day, i'll, we don't have enough human organs. as mentioned by the reporter. many countries don't have an opt out system. in other words,

individuals have to say that they're going to donate their organs at the time, but before they die, and that's not so. and in many countries, including us, the o, ph. d opioid epidemic has unfortunately left left a legacy of more organs temporarily because so many people are passing away unfortunately. but the legacy and the gift of life is something that can be under emphasize. so i think having and scaling up opportunities like this can not only help the u. s, but help the rest of the world when you don't have enough organs or capacity just briefly a, what do you think this patient who just received the 1st pig heart? what do you think the prognosis is there? what, what are the risks that he's facing at this point? while the procedure was tried in animals before are with this particular technique but not human. so he is the 1st human to get this kind of heart that has been gene edited specifically. so the wrists are really frank, odd rejection. you know,

the body sees this large organ as not being its own. so just like the immune cells, we think about vaccines t cells be cells, they come in and it's almost like a bomb detonator. they seeing this far in organ and they're trying to attack it as an invader infection. or huh. a cell gone awry like a malignant cell. so that's the most um you know, imminent danger then of course you have infections malignancies as well. professor chin hong, thank you very much for talking with his that was peter chin hunk in san francisco . thanks so much terry. catholics dunn's president, cassey in july took, i of has said russian lead troops will leave the country within 10 days to kind of called for foreign military support. last week, after days of mine, unrest, according to the interior ministry, almost 10000 people have been detained throughout the country with dozens of debts

. government officials said that the chaos had been stabilizing and claimed it is. the mist militants were among the attackers off more on this were joined by journalists, bruce pioneer, a central asia specialist with radio free europe is currently in prague. bruce, the cars are present, says russian lead troops who are sent to help quell the unrest, will leave the country in the coming days. has russia extended its influence in cars extend through this deployment? i don't think there's any doubt about that at all. you know, the fact that they responded by sending in neglected security organization. first time in the organization's 30 year history, it's actually sent troops to a member state is a strong sign of support for president. i have it on one, at least a guy in debt to the kremlin. so is this uprising over or any more protests expected? well,

there are still some small it equal pro does or so this all started. but generally, the unrest is, is pretty much been snapped out, and the situation is stabilized throughout the country at the moment. now the contacts prep cause like president has named a new prime minister. what can we expect from him? well, alejandro. my love, of course, was a finance minister involving on before and, you know, they chose seems to show that there's going to be a focus on, on the economy. and it's always been one of the priorities in congress on any way by far the rich country and central asia. just as a side note for off on the economic cooperation council, know that the body that implement decisions from the economics of the ration economic union, which is the russian lead organization. and so that would also show

a shift closer to moscow. now nearly 10000 people had been arrested in connection with revolt in cause extern. the country's president is calling it a coup attempt. did he present any evidence to support that claim? no, he hasn't. and there's still a lot of doubts about exactly what happened. i mean, for trade that as being of the ag admit there was people protest at the start. but he said that it turned into unrest due to the present, the foreign trained or foreign militant that extend the offer no of them at all for that. and in fact, it seems to be the result, more of intro, leaf, fighting, and our struggle with the government. bruce, thank you very much. that was bruce pioneer as central asia, specialists with radio free europe and radio libertine talking to us from proc sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. the president of the european parliament, david sus holly,

has died at the age of $65.00. is office said he passed away after a serious complication related to his immune system. the italian center left politician had been in hospital since december 26. north korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile. it's this 2nd missile launch in less than a week, underscoring north korean leader kim jong ones pledge to bolster the countries defenseless name. south korea said the new miss out may be more capable than the one launch 6 days ago. become a flyer in a slum district near the northern chile and city of it k has destroyed more than a 100 homes fire cruise struggling to bring the blaze under control because there were no hydrants close to the densely packed illegal dwellings. at least 400 people were evacuated to a nearby school. thousands of protesters turned out across germany on monday evening to oppose the government's corona virus measures. the country has toughened

its stance against the unvaccinated, shutting them out of restaurants and other public venues. protests against social restrictions and vaccines have been held every monday for the last several weeks. now let's take a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic world wide. the chinese city of and young has become the 3rd to be placed under lockdown due to court to a cupboard 19 outbreak. around 20000000 chinese are now confined to their homes. candidates, as it has secured enough vaccine doses for all eligible citizens to receive a booster as well as a 4th doris and mexican president under his minor well. lopez abra door has contracted cobit 19 for the 2nd time. he says he's experiencing mild symptoms and working from home. bilateral talks between russia and the u. s. have ended with no breakthrough discussions focused on d,

escalating tensions over ukraine. western countries are calling on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border. moscow wants a guarantee from nato that the military alliance will not expand eastwards and will instead, rollback deployments in eastern europe. discussions between russia and the u. s. began in geneva without a handshake or other formalities, irreconcilable positions, divide the 2 countries. russia wants bullet proof guarantees that ukraine will never become a nato member, a promise. the u. s. categorically rejects the u. s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said the talks couldn't be considered negotiations under current terms and that russia must deescalate. now, if moscow wants to keep talking, russia has been massing soldiers near the ukranian border for weeks, causing concern for russia denies any intention to attack russia's deputy foreign minister called the talks professional. but he says moscow remains firm on a central point to we on the score that for us is absolutely

mandatory to make sure that the ukraine never, never, never becomes a member of nato. and the answer to that from brussels. the door to nato remains open for ukraine due to memorial renew. it is for ukraine, on the 3rd to nato allies, to decide when ukraine is ready for membership, no one else hasa. there are 2 same thing, multiple expert suspect that her rushes, president putin. the uncompromising wrangling in geneva is about more than ukraine . if staggered us was a think in the end. what he can get is a process which could take longer and could work towards negotiating a new european security order, and one of an annoying, old patients shouts, ordinal. there will be further talks and brussels on wednesday at the nato russia council, though they're likely to be just as difficult. lovejoy now by terry schultz in

brussels and emily, sherwin in moscow. terry, russia and the u. s. obviously don't see i'd i, we learned that yesterday are the chances any better that nato and russia will be able to find common ground when they meet to morrow. terry, i don't really see how under current circumstances, with the kind of rhetoric that's coming out of moscow, that there's any way to find common ground in this meeting between the 30 allies and russia tomorrow, here in brussels. and that's because, well, the nato russia council, historically dealt with many issues terrorism, the arctic afghanistan, this meeting is just about ukraine. and when you hear deputy foreign minister rib coff say that they want iron clad bullet proof guarantees that ukraine will never be a member. and that would apply to other aspirant members. that's something that nato is just not going to be willing to agree to. so no, i really don't see how there's going to be any compromise tomorrow at this meeting . emily russia's, deputy foreign minister insisted yesterday that his country has no intention to

invade ukraine is, if that's the case. why has russia moved over a $100000.00 troops and tons of armaments to the ukrainian border? while russia's physician all along has been that it's well within their rights to move military equipment and troops around with it and within its own territory, including to the ukrainian border. and we heard yesterday from the russian deputy foreign minister to get a course that actually russia, with some of these exercises near ukraine, is just responding to what it sees as aggressive acts from the west and from nato, including he talked about, you know, naval ships passing through the black sea and fly over particularly near the crimea peninsula, which russia sees as its own territory since it's it next it from ukraine in

2014. but experts say that this troop movement and this true build up near the grading border is also a scare tactic that flooding me or put in is trying to kind of blackmail the west to get the west and to get nato nato countries to the negotiating table. and you have to say that this week we're seeing that that has kind of worked. he's got these various rounds of, of talks on russian concerns yesterday. and he said that russia, once a radical reset radical changes to russian relations with the west and nato. so perhaps russia's trying radical measures to get those changes. terry, is there anything that nato might be willing to offer russia to calm the conflict at the ukrainian border and nato's eastern plank? even the fact that these kinds of questions are being post, terry is

a wind for moscow. as emily said, the fact that the entire west in various confirmations is, is gathering to meet with moscow on its truit build up. it has really been a booth for the kremlin, and there isn't anything that nato would want to offer in response to calming down the threat to european security. in fact, that would be a horrible precedent to said, and that's what a lot of strategists are worried about. that this looks like that the west is cow telling to russia simply by holding these kinds of meetings. so on the issue that really cough says that they want ironclad guarantees of non expansion. that is definitely a nonstarter. what nato will be willing to discuss with moscow is a return to other types of cooperation that is also important to russia. like i mentioned, cooperation in the arctic cooperation on the ongoing situation in afghanistan. but none of those things are even possible to talk about it seems, until the threat to european security posed by the build up of, of these more than

a 100000 russian troops. is east terry emily? thank you both very much. the w correspondence, terry schultz in brussels, aunt emily sherwin in moscow now 20 years ago to day, the 1st prisoners arrived in guantanamo bay. the detention camps set up by the us following the 911 attacks and the ensuing invasion of afghanistan in a clear breach of human rights, most prisoners were held indefinitely without trial. he w's oliver solid reports now from the u. s. naval base of guantanamo and the camp that's come to symbolize. one of the biggest us moral failings in the so called war on terror. mm guantanamo, located in a tropical paradise. but the u. s. naval base in cuba stands for human rights abuses and torture mohammed to old slaw. he was held cheerful, 14 years, suspected of involvement in the $911.00 attacks, but never charged for

a crime. he was brutally tortured and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder until today. and 134 nights ago i woke up and i was shaking. so skin because i so my, my jacket was the dog and i thought it was someone coming to get in. and it took me a very long time. some time i wake up, i cannot breathe. defense counsel anthony natalie represents an alleged. okay, the terrorist who arrived here in 2006 and since then has been waiting for his trial. guantanamo has been seen internationally as a stain on american history. so where does that place here put the united states? we're ashamed that everything that made this country one that we could say was a free country that had equal justice for all has abandoned all of that. and that sat, it said, and i, i don't know how we're going to be able to recover what animal was built after the

$911.00 attacks, as government aimed for a forceful and rapid response. united states went down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts. in the war on terror, america and its allies invaded afghanistan. the u. s. naval base at guantanamo bay, served as a prison for a ledge war criminals, and tara suspects a place where the constitution of the united states does not exist. ever since it was opened, human rights activists argue guantanamo is where the u. s. lost its moral authority, a place of torture and double standards. that is mostly of limits for a camera. but there's also another side of guantanamo a place where 6000 inhabitants try to go about their everyday lives. in a bizarre contrast to the infamous prison residential areas resembled small town america some normalcy in a place. full of contradictions. rady, you get more,

delivers the soundtrack for guantanamo, and she is get most voice. hello. hello. welcome to your morning show with the day candles. otherwise one is petty, i'm the and elise court trial. and the prism are not part of their coverage. a, it's not really part of like the culture here, you know, that's a, another side of the base. here on this side we have a whole different type of operations going here. the new school allows its students somewhat of a normal childhood, 5 kilometers from the notorious torture prison. good. okay. what are some other things that you know about native that's actually the message that went, that was sent to the whole world. they said that have to kind of people in this won't people who don't deserve a little bit of law. i mustn't him young people and people who deserve the latino, out of almost 800 former detainees. 39 are still incarcerated in guantanamo only to

have been convicted of a crime. world number one tennis player. no, a joke of it has returned to the court for training in australia after winning a legal battle to stay and play in the upcoming australian open. on monday, a judge in melbourne returned the cancellation of his visa over corona virus roles, releasing the unvaccinated player from immigration detention chaka, which is family. and his supporters have celebrated the decision. but this may not be over. the government could still cancel his visa on different grounds and to port him. oh, they were so happy that their hero is free, for now they mobbed any car, even if they couldn't be 100 percent. sure, novak joke of ich was inside. outside his lawyers office, they celebrated into the night somewhere, pepper sprayed in the chaos outside court to joke

a bit. you supporters cheered the decision to overturn his visa being cancelled. oh, a sound in the judge order joking, which is released from immigration detention calling me australian government's decision unreasonable. he rolled that joke which hadn't been given enough time to respond to that decision. the serbian had arrived in australia, believing he had a medical exemption to rules requiring a corona, virus vaccine. this, it emerged was due to december 16th cove at 19 infection, but the australian government argued that exemption didn't apply to people entering the country from overseas. that contradicted what joke of which had been told by tennis australia the tournament organizers. i'm not gonna blame any one. the

conflicting information and the contract information that you receive is because of the changing environment. we are in a very challenging environment for everyone has been involved in this process. ciocca bitch treated that he was pleased to am grateful with the decision after the court's ruling going on to say he's now focused on the tournament. but the saga is not over yet. the australian government can still cancel joke, which is visa on the grounds of public health. for now though, joke of inches family, it's thrilled with the rather a typical victory. or for me, this is the biggest victory in his career. the bigger than all his grand slams ever even winning on the court is 2nd nature to joke, a bitch winning incorp. however, as proved a lot harder here watching g w news,

just reminder the top stories were following for you today. you asked surgeons have successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human patient for the 1st time. transplant took place last week. 57 year old man is said to be recovering well, so far. and caustic stones, president says russian lead troops will leave the former soviet republic within 10 days. that follows the valve of violent unrest. it's blaming on islamist millicent interior ministry says almost 10000 people were detained throughout the contact stuff. watching he though he knew from berlin up next the latest goodness league highlight in kick off. i'm terry martin. thanks roger. ah,

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