the only criteria is what we'll hope people. we shed light on the opaque world who's behind the benefits. and why are they a threat to whistle peak wolves this week on d w? ah, ah, this is the w news live for brooklyn armour crohn, tidal wave. the world health organization predicts half of europe's population could become infected with the contagious, prone of virus variance by the end of the winter. if serious measures are taken to

slow, it spread. also coming up an ominous report from climate scientists. the past 7 years were the warmest on record and european experts caution. urgent action is needed and a fraud legacy. u. s. military is notorious once animal bay person, still open, still highly controversial. exactly 20 years after the 1st prisoners provide ah, i'm layla wright. thank you so much for joining us. while we open our broadcast with a stark warning from the world health organization, the alma crohn corona virus variant has become dominant on the continent. and at the current rate, over half of all europeans will become infected by the end of winter. here's what the world health organizations your director said moments ago. 50 of the 50

countries in europe and central asia have no reported cases of on the con. it is quickly becoming the dominant virus invest in europe. and this no spreading into the balkans at this rate. the institute for health metrics and evaluation forecast that more than 50 percent of the population in region will be infected with mcclung. in the next 6 to 8 weeks haskell there a speaking moments ago wanna reach out to kayak a freshman. he is a science journalist and molecular biologist. welcome to the w, sir w h o warning that we should brace ourselves for. a tidal wave of infections. were you surprised by such a stark word that it wording? no, i think we've kind of seen this coming in the last few weeks. i think it's important to remember that with our micron, we are in

a slightly different situation than we were a year ago because both a virus has changed and, and humans have changed. so on the one hand, i think we are seeing is that we are not living under the same type of corporate restrictions that we lived under a year ago. so for instance, you can go to a club in london or madrid, you can go to a restaurant in most places, which wasn't really the case in the last winter. and then of course the virus has changed. and one thing that's becoming heroes that with our micron, one infection follows the next one and in an infectious chain much faster than it did with other variants. and so even if one person ends up infecting the same number of people on average as they did with other variance, we do see a fast arise. and then on top of this, of course, the virus has learned to evade some of our antibody response. and so while people with 2 shots of ac seen are still protected from severe disease or death to a large extent. they have very little protection from infection. and all of this together leads to this really, really rapid rise in this estimate. so, you know,

a large proportion of europe being affected in the next month, where on the curve are we with the, on the con surge in germany? i mean, is there a timeline that you can detect already? are we in the middle of this it's, it's really hard. i mean, remember that this is going to play out differently in different countries because it depends on the restrictions on the contact, the behavior of people, and crucially on the immunity that has built up. so both in terms of vaccinations but also in terms of natural immunity. what we see in germany in the netherlands is that because we have picked our measures in place, we have slowed down the spread of micron. so we haven't seen these huge spikes yet, but we've been in france or in spain, in ireland, and many other places. but they are likely to come and i think what countries like germany are doing it to slow down the spread, which gets a little bit more time to boost more of the population and to try and not a crew. all of this debt, all of this illness in such

a short time because it would just overwhelm hospital from this point in time. it doesn't look like covert is going away anytime soon. how do you envisage? how does our future look like? we have to live with a cove it and what might that look like? i think it's too early to know what it's going to look like. i think it's very clear that we're going to have to live with cove it one way or another. but remember, again, that all of these barriers that we've seen so far have essentially evolved independently. so it's very hard at the moment to really read a clear path and into what you normally see with a virus that then damage that after a certain time point, it becomes a little bit more predictable. how much it changes in what direction it changes into and so a lot will depend on what barriers we see come up next. that could very well be that after me when we get to varying the closer to delta again in terms of severity . and so we're gonna have to wait and see and just prepare for a spectrum of possibilities for the moment. kind of a freshman is

a science journalist and molecular biologist. thank you very much for taking your time to speak to us. thank you for your opinions, climate monitoring agency has released a heroin, new reports showing just how much global temperatures have risen in the past 7 years. last year was the 5th warmest on record and extreme weather events. it every continent on the planet. scientists warn we have to prepare for worse. the last 7 years were the world's hottest own 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 grace 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, sorry to does, scientists ability to track and predict it. thanks to more advanced modeling, exeter we are able with more precision to, to we're determined depending on, 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 her, the other was she had to, we're not to go. we're too far into were and shortage 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 ecosystems.

but we, the extreme weather events already heating, adapting is vital to protect life. comma changes happening with the extreme weather . many times we're not prepared but 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 a catastrophic effect. scientists say that would have on the planet want to sign out by the other stores that were keeping an eye on cuz like stones presidents, casino marta took, took a f, says russian lead troops will leave his country within 10 days. took a f 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 deaths . nicaragua was present. daniel ortega has been sworn in for a 4th consecutive term. elections in november were widely seen as rigged. mister ortega oversaw the jailing of opposition leaders, including 7 potential challengers for the presidency. the late american author and civil rights activists, maya angelou has become the 1st black woman to feature on a u. s. one. the new quarter dollar de ms. angela with her arms raised and a bird in flight behind her images. inspired by her poetry, miss angela died in 2014, at the age of 86. a man suspected of starting the fire at south africa's parliament building earlier this month has been arrested and charged with terrorism. the prosecutor said he was found with

explosives, but protestors gathered outside the court claim the man is mentally ill and the government is using him as a scapegoat. it was 1st a charge of arson for setting fire to south africa's parliament building. but in his 2nd appearance on the court, the man found himself facing charges of terrorism. they left charge is the charge. oh oh b a, b b, whereby you use an exclusive in parliament. with that i couldn't even couldn't look after the announcement, dozens of protest of gathered outside the court, the field of the suspect a homeless man is being treated as a scapegoat. personally, i believe he's innocent. i know him join exempt in. i'm not friends,

i'd be mad. i do feed him from time to time as a homeless person in canada. so was his letter is am i am yesterday the parliament caught fire on 2nd of january, collapsing a part of the roof and destroying the national assembly. it took firefighters 4 days to extinguish the blades, seen as an attack against south africa, democracy. but the suspect defense team insists that he suffers from mental illness and that the charges be dropped against him. a fresh report indicates paranoid skits of radio. the prosecution is now asking for him to be sent to a psychiatric facility until he's tried and the case is closed. 20 years ago today, the 1st prisoners arrived in guantanamo bay, that attention cam set up by the u. s. falling the $911.00 attacks and the suing invasion of afghanistan in a clear breach of human rights, most prisoners were held indefinitely without trial. t w's. oliver saw that went to the u. s. naval base on guantanamo. and the cam 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 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 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 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. is 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 a ledge war criminals, and tara suspects 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, the 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. radio 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. 6 1 is pretty upset and a lease for trial than the prison or 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 went, that always sent to the whole world. they said there are 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 loan or out of almost 800 former detainees. 39 are still incarcerated in guantanamo only to have been convicted of a crime. officer reporting there. and that brings us to the end of this edition of d. w. stick with this up. next documentary, congo millionaires with imagine how many portions of love us her now in the world.