devices are embedded in our daily lives tracking every day. are we headed to a future realistic utopia or a digitized nightmare? the internet of everything starts january 17th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news. why from berlin and historic heart to implant and a medical 1st, us surgeon successfully transplant a genetically modified pink heart into a human patient. bracing hopes that animal organs could ease of chronic donor

shortage. also coming up condemned for its failure to uphold human rights. the u. s detention camp in guantanamo was still open 20 years after taking its 1st prisoners . we asked if it will ever be shut down. ah, i'm soon so misconduct is good to have you with us. in a medical 1st, us surgeons have 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. but he said to be recovering well, so far, medical researchers hope 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 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 said to me, 2 very important things is 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 patients 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. is this our 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, 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 and we can speak now to doctor you or him dinner. he's ever ologist at the free university here in berlin. dr. danner, thank you for joining us. we know that transplanting animal organs into humans has

mostly failed so far and we heard a doctor in that report say this is a game changer. so what do you think of this latest attempt? it is a great success. and the success is based on the research in the last years both in the united states, but also in germany. and so we have now a genetically modified pigs which can not. ready be rejected, we have a research in verbal g to prevent transmission of viruses to humans and we have new immune suppressive drugs helping us to. ready prevent rejection. so you think this is a promising step to ease some of the chronic shortages that we see in donors are going forward? yes, it is a step forward and

a good career step. what if actually the biggest challenge in doing this kind of transplant? the biggest challenge is to prevent rejection and early it is too early to say, oh. ready it broke noises is that the patient survive already 4 days is a good sign to remember the 1st rotation of. ready oregon from human to human, it only survival times of hours or a decrease in compared to this is. ready connie success, ok, there are some ethical questions being asked. so genetically modifying animals to use their organs could be really helpful for humans. but do you think that we could see a form of factory farming for organ donations in the future?

it if it looks in the patients then it blew. ready ready the blood grow the clinic and it will be improved and new in one of the agents that we do. ready do i think this is the one who will have to leave it there? dr. joe, i him dinner from the free university here in berlin. thank you. thank you. the european union is mourning the loss of european parliament a president david faithfully. he passed away at the age of 65, after a serious complication related to his immune system. and these are alive images we're seeing right in front of the european parliament building right now in brussels, where people have gathered they've been holding a moment of silence. there now, the italian central left politician had been in the hospital since december 26

struggling for months with poor health after suffering pneumonia. and the former journalist became a president in 2019 a vote to elect his replacement had already been planned for later this month. since cecily had already decided not to run for reelection. and let's go to our brussels correspondent jack parrot, who is standing by there right in front of the european parliament building. as we said in a minute of silence took place just a short while ago. jack, you know, se, death came as a surprise to many people. tell us more about some of the reactions you've been seeing and hearing their hi there. yes. so we just had a minute silence. silence here, right side, the european parliament of parliament was followed by a quite extended period of clapping as well to celebrate the life of it's actually who's been the president of the european parliament since 2019. there were a number of prominent emi peas and stuff from the european parliament, some of them with tears in their eyes. this is a very, very sad moment for a lot of people here. we had a,

a message from the european commission president of on the line earlier saying that he was a committed european and a kind man who strove for further unity within the european union. he was seen as and liked here in brussels as a pro european voice, obviously sitting within the socialist and democratic group here in the european parliament. yeah, as you said, there is remembered as a committed european. we just saw some of those images from that moment of silence at a few moments ago. tell us more about you, david. cecily was well, he was born in florence. it's a italian born in florence. in 1957. he spent much of his early career, much of the eighty's and ninety's as a prominent journalist in italy, sitting as an anchor through the 90s for t one which was a prominent italian tv station, famous as well for covering the fall of the berlin wall, which is obviously, such a seminal moment in the history of european politics and the unification of europe,

that he so clearly strove for in 29th, 2009. he sat for the he ran for the democratic party in the european parliament elections and has been an emi p here in brussels, in strasburg ever since. and as we say in 2019, he took up the 1st half of the mandate following the 2019 european parliament elections to be the president of the european parliament to which is really just coming to the end of yet his tenure as the parliament president was about to and next week, so who is likely to be his successor? well we know that roberta, mozilla, who's a member of the european people's party, the center right party is most likely it's been suggested broadly that she will take over from him. she was here at this gathering outside the european parliament for that moment silence. she tweeted, in fact, say she's heart broken to say that european europe has lost the leader and that she

has lost a friend. i think it's fair to say that across the political spectrum here in brussels, there is deep sadness for david, solely, cecily, and also for his family. that of, of, obviously lost a prominent member of their family, brussels correspondent, jack parents for us there. thank you very much. not smother headlines from around the world. caustic sounds president, cussing joe martin 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 depth 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 are calling on russia to pull its troops back from the ukrainian border. moscow once a guarantee from nato,

that the military alliance will not expand eastwards he's absolutely nicaragua, president danny ortega has been sworn in for a 4th consecutive term. elections in november are widely seen as being rigged. 76 year old ortega oversaw the jailing of opposition leaders, including 7 potential challenges for the presidency shortly before the election. 20 years ago today, the 1st prisoners arrived in guantanamo bay. the detention camp 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. d, w is oliver salad, went to the us 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. ah 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, 34 nights 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 in. and it took me a very long time. some time i wake up, i cannot breathe. defense council, anthony natalie represents an alleged al qaeda 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 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 argued guantanamo is where the u. s. lost its moral authority, the place of torture and double standards, that is mostly of limits for our 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 sound trick for guantanamo, and she is get most voice. hello. hello. welcome to your morning show with the day candles otherwise known as petty. i'm the analyst for trials and the prism are not part of their coverage. a. it's not really part of like the culture here, you know, that's i another side of the base here on this side we have a whole different type of operations going here. the new school allows that 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 the one that always sent to the whole world. they said that have 2 kinds of people in this world

. people who don't deserve a little bit of law, muslim young people and people who deserve the loaner out of almost 800 former detainees. 39 are still incarcerated in guantanamo only to have been convicted of a crime. let's get some more perspective on the story now. we can speak to johan is tim. he's the u. s. expert from the german institute for international and security affairs. johan is welcome to the show. why is this prison still open? 20 years after 911? thank you for having me. the short answer is because no president, so far as my search for political will to close the prison. it's not an easy task. our open question, what to do with the remaining prisoners congress hasn't made it easier, but the truth is that it's probably an unpopular decision to close. the prison now credited wants to be painted on terrorism by the opposition,

and that's why the prison. so despite the fact that every president, since george w bush, with the exception of the time was wanted to close the prison, i'm going to ask you about the current president in a moment. but 1st, i want to look at the numbers about of roughly about 780 detainees that have been held in guantanamo over the years. only 12 have actually been charged. so how does the u. s. government justify that? so there are 2 main reasons for that. the 1st reason is that decision was made. this, detainees should not be tried in civilian trial with well established rules and regulations of how to conduct such a trial. but instead they were sending out military commissions, which they had to set up from scratch. there were no, there was no clear guidance on how to do that or the incredibly complicated process . but the more important reason is year that the evidence against most of the east is tainted by the fact that there were tortures at some point or another. according

to the convention against torture and american law, evidence that has been obtained by torture cannot be used in convicted somebody that's against the law that's against human rights. and since almost all the utilities there have been tortured at some point or another. it's very hard to find evidence that can actually be introduced in court. and so even against those duties where the u. s. government has a pretty solid case and they're guilty, it is hard to convict them in due process proceeding. well, we know the human rights organizations, former prisoners have reported human rights abuses like torture. why haven't those claims been addressed? well, i think they had been addressed in the way that this kind of treatment has stopped . but the problem now is this, of course, as i said, it's very difficult to convict people who have committed crimes against the usaa and press against humanity because there is not clean evidence that can be used to

convict them, according to the proceedings are. all right, and also you mentioned that no president, since george w bush has muster at the political will to close guantanamo bay. do you think president biden will manage to do so? i'm not going to make a prediction. the main obstacle right now to close one of the day is that congress has introduced legislation, which is on the books since 2010, which prohibits the president from transferring prisoners from montana. they went on a more way to the u. s. for any reasons where they cannot be transferred to stan, traveling the u. s, they cannot be transferred to be a prisoner in the u. s. let alone to be released from the us. and so the big question matters what to do with the remaining prisoners. and there are 3 categories, what, what is the one that are convicted? one was the one that had been cleared for release. that's about 13. and the 3rd one

is the ones that haven't been convicted, but that are still considered to be a danger. and those are the most difficult to find a solution for. johan asked him from the german institute for international security affairs. thank you. you are the director of the world health organization in europe says with current infection rates, more than half the population in the region will be infected with on the chron in the next $6.00 to $8.00 weeks. hands glucose as rising infections are going hand in hand with rising hospitalization. numbers. now israel is among the places seeing record new cases. it's the 1st country in the world to offer people a 4th vaccination. but now the fast spreading arm across variant appears to be out pacing the government's ability to implement a clear strategy. des tonya kramer reports from tel aviv. the line for a coven 19 test is long at this official center in tel aviv with the on the chrome very and spreading fast, free p. c. r tests are now reserved for people over 60,

under their high risk groups. everybody else is required to take it down to gen test 1st with ever changing rules. patience is running low properly. and basically the rules change on a daily basis. there's a joke, the if you refresh the news on the news page, then you get different restrictions and different rules. mostly mchuga feels like a circus. i mean, if the council, the p c r, test, the nurses do the antigen testing at home and slammed our kids back to school because now we have to stand here. we can't work on it. we have to just stay at home, being called bomb jammed by israel made an early bass on it's rapid vaccination campaign. in october, it had successfully slow down the del to waive by administering a 3rd booster shots. but now the country is struggling with the i'm a kron variant i we're talking are very on that is spreading very fast. then

calibration period is about 2 days, not 7 days is used to be. so this is why many of them are logical measure saw especially testing and breaking of transmission are much less efficient. ah right now, much of israel's covert strategy has been focused on vaccination. over $4300000.00 israelis have taken the 3rd booster shots less than half of the population of roughly $9400000.00. since last week the country has begun to roll out the 4th booster for people over 60 medical staff and other high risk groups. ok, each time we boost we fortify our immune response. we deepen the immune memory and enhance our ability to cope more efficiently with the virus that already challenging us. and those that will unfortunately will emerge.

but it's still unclear how hospitals will cope during this 5th wave at a heel of hospital in tel aviv family. dr. laura azurie takes us to the cove at 19 wards. not every badge is occupied right now. but numbers of severely ill patients are increasing daily. and majority are unvaccinated. 2 or have underlying health conditions quote unquote, on, on a convention, at the moment some of our patients are vaccinated and some are not so funny. every one hospitalized has underlying health conditions. and i am harsh and shaming kidney conditions or diabetes. but again, the vaccinations are very important and very effective for him showing them the limb thought after so many waves of this disease, there's a sense of experience routine on this wards are now. newly authorized drugs can be

given to patients early on. still, after 2 years, it's not just hard for doctors and nurses to keep up. but for every one struggling with the new uncertainty that's replicating along with this latest variant. let's take a brief look now at some of the latest developments in the pandemic. the chinese city of an young has become the 3rd to be placed under lockdown due to a coven 19 outbreak. around 20000000 chinese are now confined to their homes. canada says it has secured enough vaccine doses for all eligible citizens to receive a booster, as well as a 4th dose and mexican president. on the 8th, my new i. lopez. what i thought has contracted coven 19 for the 2nd time. he says he's experiencing mild symptoms and working from home. the european union's climate monitoring service has released a new report highlighting extreme global temperature rises in the past 7 years. last year was the 5th warmest year on record and saw extreme weather events had

every continent on the planet. the last 7 years were the world's hottest on record, and by a substantial margin, according to the use, copernicus, climate change service. in 2021 global levels of c o. 2 and methane reached record highs. while in the same year. wildfires devastated parts of greece, north america and siberia. floods reaped through towns in west, in germany and droughts across africa, lead to what was called the 1st ever climate induced famine in madagascar. but as the climate changes, so to does scientists ability to track and predict it. thanks to more advanced modeling except how we are able with more precision to

determine depending on different project to raise of emissions, what would be the outcome for the atmosphere? the good news is because of that, or we can show that if michelle taken we expect the atmosphere to, we're not to go, we're too far into uncharted to retreat, drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions is widely a grade to be the best defense against further human induced warming along with protecting and rehabilitating k eco systems. but with extreme weather events already heating, adapting is vital to protect life. commer changes happening. we're seeing more extreme weather many times. we're not prepared that has increased severity and extremity of extreme weather. and so we need to be better prepared. last year,

global temperatures were more than one degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, leaving only a tiny margin to avoid 2 degrees or more of warming. and the catastrophic effect signed to say that would have on the planet. now there have been many great escapes throughout history, but few as unusual as the one you're about to see. a group of more than 80 ostriches were caught on camera running through the chinese city of chung dro, after escaping from a nearby farm. fortunately, it happened in the middle of the night. these birds weigh more than $100.00 kilos each not something you want to run into on your way to work. local media, say the feathered friends were later return to the farm without incidence. a little more. all right, let's get a reminder of our top story that we're following here on d,

w. u. s. surgeons have successfully implanted a genetically modified pic heart into a human patient for the 1st time. the transplant took place last week. the 57 year old man is set to be recovering well so far. coming up next, our magazine close up with a look at how china is using robots to help the elderly. thanks for watching d. w, you can always get the latest news and information on our website, d, w dot com with with

who keeping an eye on grandma china senior are well monitored by robots. but are they also well taken care of?

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