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want animal detention ever since. it was opened, human rights activists argued guantanamo is where the u. s. lost its moral authority. the infamous prison has violated the geneva convention for 20 years. why has it still not been closed? today? on dw news with this is dw news live from berlin and historic heart to implant and a medical 1st, us surgeon successfully transplanted, genetically modified to take heart into
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a human patient racing hope that animal organs could ease of chronic donor shortage . also coming up cause it sounds president says russian lead troops will withdraw completely from the former soviet republic within 10 days after violent unrest that he blames on islam militants condemned. ford's failure to uphold human rights. the u. s. detention camp in guantanamo was still open. 20 years after taking on its 1st prisoners, we asked if it will ever be shut down. and tennis star novak brokovich back on court after his legal victory to play in the australian open fans are delighted, but the threat of deportation is not off the table yet. ah, i'm semi someone's gonna glad you could join us in
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a medical 1st. us surgeons have successfully implanted a genetically modified pink 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, but he is said to be recovering well so far medical researchers help such procedures could one day help ease the chronic shortage of human organ donation. 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 heart 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
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a background, as, as an alternative. he said to me, 2 very important things is i don't want to die. and he said if i do, maybe you 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 the 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,
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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. earlier we spoke to peter chin hong. he is a medical educator who focuses on infectious diseases including those that affect our organ transplant patients. we asked him what he makes of the historic heart transplant. 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 printed patients. i'd looks foreign is rejected very reciprocally by immune system. so to make the human, the pig hard looked very much like a human heart by
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a gene editing and cloning makes us have to use a few or rejection meds, anti rejection meds which allows the patient to have more of a normal existence and be at a less risk for in try infectious diseases as well as malignancies. cossick sounds president cassim, jo martinez has said russian lead troops will leave the country within 10 days. took i have called for foreign military support last week after days of violent unrest. according to the interior ministry, almost 10000 people have been detained throughout the country with dozens of death . government officials said that the chaos had been stabilized and claimed that islam mr. milliken militants were among the attackers and the contact presidents as russian lead troops who were sent to help while the unrest will leave the country. in the coming days, we asked journalists, bruce pioneer, a central asia specialist with radio free europe. whether russia has expanded its
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influence in kazakhstan as a result of this deployment, i don't think there's any doubt about that at all. you know, the back that they responded by sending in neglected security treaty organization. first time in the organizations 30, your history it's actually sent troops to a member state is a strong sign of support for president and alex don and one that leads to kyle in debt to the cromwell. not his mother stories from around the world, bilateral talks between russia and the us, ended with no breakthrough in geneva on monday discussions focused on di escalating tensions over ukraine western countries or calling on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border. moscow wants to guarantee from nato that the military alliance will not expand eastward. absolutely. the president of the european parliament david family has died at the age of $65.00. it is office that he passed away after a serious complication related to immune system. the italian central left
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politician had been in the hospital since december 26th staff working from british prime minister board johnson were invited to a downing street bring your own booth party during the u. k. the 1st nationwide corona virus lockdown in 2020. that is, according to an e mail report leak to the price johnson. it's under fire over allegations that a number of parties were held in breach of comb, with 19 related on the call continues to nicaragua. president, danny and ortega has been sworn in for a 4th consecutive term elections held in november were widely seen as being rig 76 year old ortega over saw the jailing of opposition leaders, including 7 potential challenges for the presidency shortly before the election. 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,
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most prisoners were held indefinitely without trial. did he is oliver salad went to the u. s. naval base on guantanamo and the camp. some say has 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 posttraumatic stress disorder until to day 3. 4 months ago i woke up and i was shaking. so skin because i saw my my jacket on the door and i thought it was someone coming to get him. and it took me a very long time. some time i wake up, i cannot breathe. defense counsel anthony natalie represents an alleged, okay,
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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 every thing 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's sad, it's sad and i, i don't know how we're going to be able to recover. autonomy was built after the $911.00 attacks us government aimed for a forceful and rapid response. united states will hunt 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 alleged war criminals. and tara suspects
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a place where the constitution of the united states does not exist ever since. it was opened. busy 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. rate 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 pretty upset and a lease for trials and the prism are not part of their coverage. a, it's not really part of like the culture here. you now that's a, another side of the base. here on this side we have
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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 may sent to the whole world. they said that have 2 kinds of people in these won't people who don't deserve a little bit of law. muslim young people and people who deserve little over out of almost 800 former detainees. 39 are still incarcerated in guantanamo only to have been convicted of a crime. well, number one, tennis player, novak ciocca vetch, has returned to the court for training in australia after winning a legal battle to play in the upcoming australian open. on monday, a judge in melbourne overturned the cancellation of his visa over corona virus rules, releasing the unvaccinated player from immigration detention joke of
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h. his family and as the porters had celebrated the decision. but the government could still cancel his vsa 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 it was inside, outside his lawyers office. they celebrated into the night somewhere. pepper sprayed in the chaos. outside court to joke of bitches. supporters cheered the decision to overturn his visa being canceled. oh, go with the judge, ordered, joking. which is released from immigration detention calling me australian government's decision unreasonable. he rolled that joke,
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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 a december 16th cove 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 vaughn 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 joker,
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which is visa on the grounds of public health. for now, though, joke adventures family is thrilled with the rather atypical victory. or for me, this is the biggest victory in his career. he is bigger than all his grand slams. ever even winning on the court is 2nd nature to joke of ich winning incorp. however, as proved a lot harder, there have been many great escapes throughout history, but few as unusual as the one you are about to see. a group of more than 80 ostriches were caught on camera running through the chinese city of jungle. after escaping from a nearby farm, fortunately it happened in the middle. the night the birds weigh more than a 100 kilos each not something you'd want to run into on your way to work. local media say the feathered friends were later returned to the farm without incident
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you're watching d w, which is a reminder of our top story. us surgeons has successfully implanted a genetically modified take heart into a human patient for the 1st time. the transplant took place last week, and the 57 year old man is set to be recovering well, so far coming up next, he's india youngest self made billionaire mc. he'll come out to join. rob was on dw this next to talk about his retail trading platform. they tooth to the dark side.

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