experience out standing shopping and dining office, enjoying our services all. be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by fraud. ah ah, ah ah, this is d, w. live from berlin, the european parliament votes resoundingly to strip one of its vice president of her powers. the greek emmy p ever. kylie was arrested in connection with that bribery and corruption scandal linked to world cup post guitar also on the program . a 1000000000 euros for ukraine. international fairs gather in paris and pledge

new aid to help the population survive the winter. in the face of russian attacks. well, the science a white sand as much of a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion, revolutionary technology that holds the key to an energy source that he's, that clean and plentiful. and doha is brimming with argentina. they're supposed to make a difference in tonight's woke up to $75.00. we'll hear from our correspondent 8. ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. europe in parliament has voted to remove one of its vice president's from office over kylie's being held up in jail on corruption chart is linked to the gulf states of katara. she is denied the allegations through her lawyer. the scandal threatened to undermine the parliaments

on going corruption investigations into several e. u. member states. though she's lost her role as a parliamentary vice president, the greek socialist kiley remains a member of parliament. is one of 6 people arrested by belgian police as part of an anti corruption investigation. 2 of them have been released from custody. after questioning our parliament house for europe and the motion of the parliament, sir, president robert, met solar, assess the corruption scandal could go even further. whether it is tightening of our rulers, whether it is inquiring further, whether it is looking at the influence of certain countries, and we will not stop and leave leave no stone unturned. i cannot predict to where this will go. but what i can say, i fear, and this is in a general point of view after our initial findings is that the story will not stop here. i must join that correspond barbara vase that the parliament building in

strasburg a welcome barbara. so this very much sounds like we're at the start of a process that the parliament is going to find very uncomfortable. definitely, so i mean this is just the beginning of the horrors that are yet to follow. you just have to imagine full that the voucher police had wire taps in place for a while on some of those suspects. and we don't really know yet what is going to emerge from news says some sort of for tasty details. have been in the belgian press for instance, say the wife or one of the suspects talking about 200000 euro holiday that they had last year. and this year they would have to be a bit more modest. now, those are the things that are really noxious. for the european parliament, because people citizens who are hard pressed in these times of inflation, they will look at this and say, what are they doing there? this is disgusting, their corrupt and it's really something that sort of thing. so with the light on

the whole parliament and not only on the people who are really actively engaged in that corruption. right, so ever, kylie has now lost her role, her job as a, as a vice president of the parliament. she clearly has questions to answer. but it does sound as though she's being punished before she says she's actually been found guilty, but she's still in police detention. so that means that a belgian judge judge must, after checking out the facts and the evidence said, be convinced her that she is guilty enough to be further investigated and maybe go to court. so that in a case in a wage is enough for the european parliament. and there were so much anger here and frustration of parliamentarians that they was almost unanimously voted against her and to kick her out of her office today. because people just feel they don't want to be drawn into this, they want to distance themselves from her. and so the presumption of innocence,

her has ended on the weekend, i'm afraid when the police took her in what will emerge on the, on the judicial side from this. of course, we don't know yet, but politically, the socialist, the greek socialist 2 still parliamentarian, is absolutely finished. right. so lots of people are throwing their hands up in horror and saying this is terrible. but we, we have the discovery of alleged corruption followed by arrest the promise of further investigations and reforms. you could look at this to say, well, this is not a disaster. this is proof that the system works. the system hasn't worked, but because the system of the parliament hasn't worked to figure this out much earlier because this has been going on for months. i mean, this has been going on last year for as far as we know. so this is a longer standing scandal, this has just evolved over time. and i and a lot of money has been handed over. we're at a cool 1000000 at the moment. we don't know yet whether they're going to be secret bank accounts and other stuff to be found. so no,

the system of parliament to prevent this has not worked at all. they didn't figure it out, even though there were suspicions against ether, kylie, because she was so incredibly pro katara, but nobody even thought that she would be taking money for her services. so what has work is the belgian police and the belgian justice system. and that certainly for parliament cannot be good enough. thank you. about barbara. barbara vazo in strasburg. international donors have pledged a 1000000000 euros in a to help ukraine get through the winter. prime minister at dentist shemelle is representing ukraine that they don't the summit in paris. the money will go towards keeping the civilian population fed and war as russian missile attacks have left millions without power or heating, or ukraine correspondent nick conley takes a look now at the support ukraine has been promised and what's actually been delivered is that new? okay, innovation will continue to support ukraine for as long as it takes into very beginning

of the war. we work very hard together in order to help a grant to resist and to be resilient. and we, the european union stand here by them in these very difficult times, as long as it takes how generous if european governments really been 9 months into this warn it's doorstep. and europe has only just caught up with the united states . the queue in suit for the world economy to the you and your pink governments have now together pledged 52000000000 euros. barry, 48000000000 in the u. s. that might sound like a lot, but it's less than a 10th of what they use spending on its own post coverage recovery program. and then there's the question of timing. experts criticize that it can take months for promises and outs from the t v. cameras and keep to actually materialize. and now at least you can government can to afford to patch up basic infrastructure after each new russian attack. but many here in ukraine where they're countries in such

bad shape, they might soon need to put on a whole different level just to carry on. and that's even before anyone starts counting, the cost of eventually rebuilding europeans will be asked to make good on that promise to help for as long as it takes and that could be decades. let's take a look at some more stories that making headlines around the world. the floods and landslide said chicken by heavy rains of killed at least 50 people in the congo. these capital kinshasa. they say the death toll is likely to rise. major roads, including a key supply rooms have been submerged. supporters of brazil's outgoing present jaya baldwin, r. o. tried to enter police headquarters in the capital, brazilian protest, a set fight of vehicles as a court confirm that both in our last october runoff is left when rival do is in a new a commemorations been held in china's former capital nan

ging for the victims of a massacre that took place after japan occupied the city 85 years ago. china says up to 300000 people account of historian st. japan's invasion of china in 1937 oxy . start the 2nd world war in asia. there were some bank i'm afraid, the founder of the failed f t x at crypto currency exchange has been arrested in the bahamas. after being charged by us, prosecutors, 1st year old was under investigation by us and behavior of ours is following the collapse of f t x last month. and i may just scientific breakthrough nuclear fusion is due to be announced in the united states for the 1st time and experiment appear to have produced more energy and was needed to start the process . it's hope that nuclear fusion will become inexhaustible source of clean energy use involves the same process that gives us on its energy, but experts, one, it will be many years before the technology will be ready for commercial use.

so let's so dr. robert scott is a senior in assisted britain central laser facility in the u. k. in national fusion consortia join us from oxford. welcome to d w. dr. scott, what would make this such a momentous achievement as i think you've described it? so, i mean, the thing that, you know, with fusion, they're definitely the greater the fusion research. so getting more energy out and what you wish every source you know, be like that failed. so in this case, laser getting more and yet was it really that in the holy grail, the research good decade to the last 5 decades. again, the seventy's later about because then the reason to that is, you know, she can be the ultimate power source,

but in order to make it work in need to get more energy in. all right, so this is where we go back to, to, to, to our physics lessons can even explain to us, in layman's terms, what fusion is and how it produces this inexhaustible energy fusion is basically the power coldest on leaving our son. and the way it works, and they have to get to few athens that types of hydrogen code to tyria tritium. and we have to get them up to incredibly high speed so that when they live into each other, they actually join together the way that you get to the very high speed by hitting the few lot. great matter. not just getting particles moving too quickly, actually joined together. and then these 2 light particles then transform into the neutron and sophie concilium. and what's the key

thing for the mass of these 2 particles to jesus? likely last in the math over the, the few parker and from 9000 equation equals mc squared. what we're doing is we're taking a tiny distance from the few and turning it into a huge amount of energy to be this equation. so we're able to deliver a huge mess of energy, this reaction. all right, so you back to school to particles together. that combined math is less than that they than you would expect. and that difference is the energy that is produced and the, the product is what? so the by products is basic and neutral, which is called the energy and just some helium, which is a gas i mean, so i mean what i explained is the basics of fusion works. but the way it works is

a fusion, which is what a 7 more days we actually essentially heat up that side of the very small air site core. and we got all different directions. what that does is it expands that it creates this preface the shell in with the contrast it so much, it shrinks down the size of the human hair by that point. so dense. and so it's actually creating the same conditions incentive, the song at that point. it starts that she should burning credit, right? bench back, trillion the 2nd got and then it expands again. the reactions finished. so i thought it was asking about about the by products, because in 200 years, are we going through a similar process as we're going through now with carbon based fuels that the power the industrial revolution looking around us. and i'm thinking, well,

what we thinking back then? so this is the beauty of creation. yes. that it doesn't have any to trade your waste in the same way. so station way split, not trans radioactive waste, with fusion rate. and one of the very nice potentially you can actually use the fusion, the action to cope not old fission radio radioactive waste, which is the translation reacted. they can actually get rid of my distinguish bucklin, right? while generating, you know, ultimate energy source, which is carbon free, safe, secure. well, let's, let's hope we get that announcement very soon. thanks for explaining that to us dr . robbie scott, from britain's central laser facility. okay. i to new zealand, where would be smokers are going to find it difficult to indulge their habit. a new

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ground in d. c for the u. s. africa leaders summit. this meeting, which will include a gallon dinner at the white house, is only the 2nd ever. the 1st was 8 years ago. since then, african leaders have forged many new controversial partnerships. while the biden administration may not like that, they've said that they won't be telling african heads of state what to do. i want to be clear. the united states doesn't want to limit your partnerships with other countries. we want to make your partnerships with us even stronger. we don't want to make you choose. we want to give you choice. what blinking by other countries is china, who built in finance king his 1st railway in more than a century. and did the same with africa, longest oil pipeline from the chair to be mean inc. i had to go k has spoken to many people involved in this year's summit. he says that china,

significant investment in african countries may provoke a new american approach. the chinese change the game, i mean, for so many years the united states roll on the continent was purely about aiden and support. we americans can really change things substantially to trade by working with african countries. i think it could be generationally important to be . we focus on this, but africa is not just waiting for others more the, the african continental free trade area, a market for itself and a larger trading partner for the u. s. so trade is also what leaders from africa watch from the us. absolutely, this is, this is what they will be pushing for. in this week, the stage is set with trade on everybody's minds. africa's population is booming. so they'll need to buy more of everything. this is big business, something keith of in order to get it flies,

the u. s. knows that it will have to listen to african voices more than ever before . i get more mercy, like i was calling. i had a christner in washington dc. welcome mikaela. so regardless of what the secretary of state says, is this really about the us trying to counter chinese influence in this region? well, a trying for you hard not to mention china, but quite clearly. there is an awareness here in washington that they've pretty much missed the boat or when it comes to those booming economies or potentially in africa and put certainly a booming population. every 5th citizen in the world a will be african in 2030. and so there is an awareness that the u. s. needs to get in there and of course they want to keep the chinese at bay. you've been very strategic in their approach in the past. it's very interesting that the ties about that to the youth was on a stage here in washington

d. c. last night. and he let it be known that africa is a center piece of chinese foreign policy. and that frankly, china doesn't care what other countries say about its policies there. so yes, this is a stand off. but there's also a 3rd aspect in this because there is a huge concern of a food insecurity driven by rushes attack on ukraine and russia to is trying to get influence in africa. and through this very avenue of food security and food insecurity. so it's also a fight of the west, a trying to convince african countries that russia is the problem and not western sanctions against russia. okay, we're going to stay with china. china has promised and delivered roads, railways, and ports across the continent. what for us, promising? well, more investment, i mean, just to match 2 figures there, it's less than a 50,

a $1000000000.00 worth of trade between the west and africa. it's upward of 250000000000 when it comes to china and africa. and here we've heard a joe biden let it be known in advance that he wants to politically ensure that the african union has a, the out the table kind of comes to the d. 20. recognizing africa is growing role internationally. both do strategically, but also when it comes to business and other aspects. and at the same time, 55000000000, more investment have been promised over 3 years, saying there would be a leverage element to that. and now everybody here behind me in the convention center will be trying to map out what that means in business potential for them. because there's also one key concern in africa, which is many african countries no longer want to be locked into debt, which is what china does. countries that see huge chinese investments find

themselves locked into debt. and here the united states is it pains to map out that it could indeed, and it does indeed have the better offer for those 49 african leaders who are here in d. c. thank you. had a kind of craft in washington. ah, argentina pie chrysler tonight in the 1st of the 3 world cup, semi find on the 1st of the world cup semi final argentina and led by bastardi and massey and came into the tournament just one of the favorites. but correlation with the runners up in 2018 and have already knocked out title contender, brazil. oh, you do have to go far into hard to find hearing argentina fans. that vocal support is one of the reasons argentina favorites to reach this tournament. fine. oh.

but this man, croatia code zacko damage wants to use that to his country's advantage. milton, we're playing the great charge in tina a terrific team. lead by leader messy. they're highly motivated, but they're under far more pressure than us at the moment. so let's go with a pressure not least because this is shirley massey's final chance to get his hands on the world cup trophy at his 5th attempt. he is argentina's star man and has the hopes of a country on his shoulders. but no, so does this. and not be done in italy as he cannot impose, you kept in our leader, he's always pushing us and motivating us. i know he has that special advantage and when we're on the pitch, we know we have messy and that's a great source of motivation. it helps us and you always know you can do more. ah,

expects these fans to bring the noise again on tuesday night. loud and passionate argentina, hoping not to be silenced by a croatia team. it is no stranger to spoiling the party. ah, that's got more of this potential pot event from asked was corresponded that daniel boss loaner in doha. welcome, tanya. and so hey, we have croatia defending at defying expectations at another world cup. what do you think the chances are of pulling off another upset against argentina? croatia can definitely pull off another upside against argentina. i mean they're very, very good side. they're very difficult to play against. and they know that argentina is going to be favored. coming into this match, of course they will have the momentum of the stadium on their side, but that's actually when croatia produces some of their best moments in tournaments is when their backs are against the wall. they're going to be very organized and

compact. and actually, if the game does go into extra time, caraway's are kind of experts on that. either. last 9 knockout gains have gone into extra time and now there for, for, for on penalties. so if anyone can handle it, it's croatia. i've heard for lots of people, argentina against croatia, means that leonor massey versus lucas mulch rich. what can we expect from those 2? i mean, messy and moderate are to absolute legends of the game. both of them are chasing the woke up trophy for the 1st time in their careers. massey, of course 35 more than 37, very key players for their teams now messy. he's more of a prolific gold score. obviously one of the best players of all time capable of producing those moments of magic and making a difference for argentina. moderate, he hasn't scored. as many goals is massey, of course, because he operates from a little bit deeper in the mid field. he really dictates the speed of the game he

wins back possession for croatia. so different players. but super important. also they're kind of connected because when messy squared, his 1st goal for argentina moderate actually was making his debut for croatia. so special game for both of them. i'm, we, we had about the argentina fans in our last report. how important are they going to be 2 argentina's chances? i mean, argentine fans are amazing that are so many of them here in doha, of course, especially because it's probably going to be messy last world cut and they're really excited about that. and they really bring that love that joy for football to doha. i mean, we heard the song in the report, they're always singing in their dancing. they have drugs when you hear them all seeing that in the stadium, you get goosebumps. so the momentum will be huge. off the pitch of course, they're always ready to share their joy and their love for both other people. i mean, i played football with some of them on a beach and they would take my team together. so really special environment here,

argentina fans have been pretty amazing this entire tournament. i could hear from you tanya, barcelona and i thank you it wasn't d w coming up next a news asia. we'll look at a new clash between chinese and indian troops who, being for relations between those 2 countries or strategy we'll have that story and for in just a moment, that's d, w and use asia. i'll have more world news at the top of a good day with

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