enjoy alice services. oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport. cd managed by frappe bought ah, just ah, ah, this is d, w live from berlin. the you plans new sanctions on moscow by february 24 a year since rushes invasion of you christ. european commission, president of a fond alliance and a team of top you officials have been holding talked with ukraine. slodum is zalinski and keith edder his stomach there on friday, also coming up

a to years on from the battle of styling globbed the soviet victory over. now to germany is still a point of pride in russia. president vladimir putin will use the commemorations to rally support for his military campaign in ukraine. plus, scientists in the u. k. are trying to piece together the puzzle that is long cove. it trying to find out why people suffer from the effects of cold months or even years after they had ah, i'm good. how those as well come to the program, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski and european commission. president doors of a funder line have been the meeting in keys on the line. and her team of top officials are part of the biggest you delegation to visit. since the start of russia's invasion, they have been discussing new sanctions on moscow as well as

a you aid to you for the patient to sanction. and here is ukraine's president, florida zip vladimir zalinski and the european commission president was left on the line. let's take, listen. europe has been by ukraine's side since day one, because we know that the future of our continent is being written here. we know that you are fighting for more than yourselves. what is at stake is freedom. this is a fight of democracies against authoritarian regimes put in tries to deny the existence of ukraine, but what he risks instead is the future of russia. our presence in cuba today gives a very clear signal. the whole of the european union is in this with ukraine for the long finance abilene,

this battlefield defend pacifically. those values that of europe has got united on end of throw keeps uniting, and we cannot lose it. so every back to you leeker, uniformly union between ukraine and the european union inspires our people and is given a result to the entire of it gives the result to our society more in order to get us to print defendant against the, our joint enemy. but of course, one moment he has bellinger has been at that joint press conference for us, and jones is now from keith martinez. what do you make of these statements off on the line and zalinski? it's absolutely not part of the usual job description offer e u. com is such a travel with all his their fellow comments are the 16 of them. plus from the line plus shot michelle, the head of the european council where the heads of state and government meet, they altogether travel into a war zone for that's

a big gesture of course. and you've just heard the words by from the lime and said, linda here, making sure that this big gesture is perceived as a big gesture, almost a little bit lofty. but it's, of course, a, a working meeting where a lot of things need to be discussed not only assistance to ukraine by the european union. that means monetary assistance, economic assistance, and several measures that should sustain the ukraine in economy. but also the process of accession ukraine is a candidate for your membership since last year. and of course, this is a follow up on this process whether such a high level delegation or coming to key if that's more than just symbolic. is it exactly that, especially the ukrainian side is hoping for some very specific or commitments by the europeans on this membership accessed accession process. the ukrainians have

been venting this idea that there could be a time frame by which accession could be achieved. the ukrainian prime minister has spoken of 2 years. well, that's not very likely we are hearing from maya the you side, but, and it's may of may be also not very likely that the u. e will commit to a certain time frame. but it is, of course, a symbol of the ukraine has completed one part of the they call it a questionnaire one part of the assessment of the state of for ukraine, and is hoping to get an answer. this will not be the formal answer that the you will give at a later stage, but there will be discussing the progress in our this accession a process. and that's also something that to lensky can sell to its people that he continues to be working. not only on winning the war, but also on the future of ukraine, maybe after this war. so this meeting is of course,

important for both sides for the, the you to show their commitment and for ukraine, or to show that they are having an idea for the future. why this is not only about, of course the membership are possible membership of ukraine or in the e. u, but it's also about the sanctions. what have you heard about that? well, it was left on the line has announced that her sanctions study you once to put new sanctions, a 10th round of sanctions, a new package of sanctions before the february 24th. that would be the one year anniversary since the beginning of the full scale invasion. but that the, the specifics have not been announced a day in keith would not be the place where they announce the sanctions. they are consulting with keys on these sanctions. they are hearing more to the, the, the input by cave, what they would consider useful and what they would hope for. but of course, the sanctions need to be agreed upon by the

e. u. member states. and they would be an hour and a meeting of the e. u. member states, not at a meeting between the commission and keith. but he has been another reporter from keith. thank you much. yes. that's have a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. you as vice president carmella harris has called so police reform of the funeral of tar nichols in memphis, tennessee 29 year old nichols died after being beaten by police during an arrest. 5 officers have been charged with his mother. israel launched air strikes on target in the gaza strip early on thursday after israeli air defenses and intercepted a rocket launched from gaza. palestinian militants fired more rockets into israel in response. there's been a surgeon violence in the region. recently. the us is to expand its military presence in the philippines defense secretary lloyd austin

confirmed after a meeting with the president of the philippines fed. and marcus junior, u. s. troops have been granted access to a more military camps in the country. but austin said the u. s. wasn't looking to have permanent basis an a vulgar grant, formerly known as stalingrad celebrations on the way to commemorate the idea of the anniversary of the soviet victory over german forces. at the battle of stalingrad, russian president vladimir putin is expensive to take part in a reflex ceremony and speak at a concert. according to the kremlin, the battle stalling. rob was one of the bloodiest and would bull to it ended with the surrender off germany's 6th army after more than $1000000.00 people were killed . and he is more on the battle that helped turn the tide in world war 2.

this is vulgar today. the city formerly known as stalingrad lives in the shadow of the past. this banner says stalingrad is the birthplace of victory. that's because this is where according to military historians, the tide turned in world war 2. in the summer of 1942 nazi germany had pushed deep into the soviet union, stalingrad was strategically important. capturing, it would allow germany to push further towards vital oil fields and control the vulgar river. but the germans were far from home with overstretched supply lines. and the soviet union poured massive numbers of troops and resources into the battle fighting rates for 6 months until the soviets were able to surround the german forces and cut off their supplies. on february, 2nd, 1943, the germans, starving, and out of ammunition, gave up. the victory came at

a terrible cost between one and 2000000 people died. despite losing so many soviet soldiers, the battle is part of the legendary struggle and triumph over nazi germany. who though, because from the key and bias following this from the regal killian, why is put in attending these comma, comma morrison's? well, this attendance is significant, this event is significant, really, to put it quite frankly, and simply because world war 2 is extremely important in russia. it's known as the great patriotic war, and it was an existential threat really to, to the soviet union from which russia came forth. now stalingrad, as we saw in the report, was a pivotal moment where the, the momentum shifted to the soviet union away from the germans, the nazis who had invaded russia. and they actually managed to defeat the germans and stalingrad and turn the war around. so why is this important for today,

and how does that really related today? well, the thing is, the russian propaganda and vladimir putin is saying that the ukrainians are nazis. and they are comparing these 2 conflicts as if they were the same thing. but really, they're not because in the 19 forty's, the soviet union was attacked and it last year, russia attacked ukraine. and many of the battles that we see playing out like marie pool, which was completely destroyed by the russian army, have, have a resemblance also of stalingrad just perpetrated from the other side. now bobo grant has been symbolically renamed back to stalingrad just for a couple of days to mark the anniversary. but what's behind that? well, to be honest, volga grad and is renamed back to stalingrad multiple times a year, especially for important dates like this one or also victory day. and this has been

done multiple times. now. why was vulgar grad renamed? why was stalingrad renamed to vulgar grad? well, following the purges under styling after stalings death, the soviet union tried to come to terms really with its past understanding was and where millions of soviet citizens were killed, put into gulags, kind of the russian version of concentrate the soviet version of concentration camps and, and to do to, to process this past they, they did multiple things among them they, they renamed the city for stalingrad to vulgar grad, a more neutral name based on the river vulgar. now, how do ordinary russians view this anniversary? i think m, you know, it's difficult to say what the exact polls are in russia because we're, we're having trouble getting information out of the country. and we also have to take polls from russia with a huge grain of salt. we have heard though, is that

a mental illnesses have considerably grown in russia and anxiety has grown. at the same time, some political scientists are saying that around 25 percent of russians are support the war. 25 percent of russians are against the road war and 50 percent are and just trying to keep their heads down and, and really have nothing to do with it at all. i would say that probably the people that are against the war are probably horrified to see these 2 conflicts being compared to each other today. because one killian, by their thank you the ukrainian ducats lead slaughter mill under aso cars, been buried in western ukraine. he was struck in the head by shrapnel last week while fighting russian forces near buckboard account epicenter of the conflict. the 22 year old was a national youth champion. his death has intensified calls for the international

olympic committee, not to allow russia and bella rosen athletes at next year's paris games to catholic for lot, a mere andrew shirk, was one of ukraine's most promising sportsman. he died in combat last week. as a member of the national team, he didn't have to fight in the war, but he chose to a young life once full of hope for the paris olympics. cut short loose with him the longer than rover was a very talented sportsman. he had the perfect character for sports when he had everything to be successful in training and in competition sign of don't what is him? there? sadness, but also anger here at what these people see as a grave injustice. why should russians and barry ruffians get to compete in paris when many ukrainians can't? because of the death and destruction?

ukraine says 340 sports facilities have been damaged or ruined since the war began . a boycott of the games has been moved it unless the international olympic committee change his course. it's president thomas park personally called out by one of ukraine's biggest support staff. you propose to refer as russian and build a russian atlas to participate in the parish games. i tell you the russians are olympic champions in crimes against the villas. they have the gold medal and the partition of children and rep of women. you cannot put your olympic emblem on this cross because you will be an accomplice with this abominable war. the i o. c called clips go statement defamatory. it says it's mission is to bring all athletes together in the name of peace. only. now that mission won't include for lot amir. andrew shook one more victim of russia's war.

the cove at 19 pandemic was officially declared a global health crisis 3 years ago by the world health organization. and this week, the w. h o said the pandemic is not, not yet over. nevertheless, many countries around the world are returning to some sort of normality measures such as wearing mass than public have been scrapped. but life is far from normal for the millions of people who continue to suffer from the effects of their covert infections, months or even years after they've had it. it was called a long cove. it one family in the u. k. showed us how it's changed their lives abandoned. that's often how people with long covered feel. sammy mcfarland was infected with cove at 193 years ago. she still suffers from lethargy, difficulty concentrating, and the loss of her sense of smell. she said to give up working and sell her house

. her husband has become her care. but her daughter who was 14, when she caught covet, has had an even worse time of it. she was blacking out painting and she had really severe abdominal pain. and the pain would paralyze her. sammy is slowly recovering but her daughter kitty is still having a tough time with getting hung up on it because they have strong uses a young a healthy. i'm 16. i was 14 when i go. i was, it's 40 young, active nature. there were lots of brilliant, curious doctors and reset south there, but it isn't yet enough and hasn't yet found a treatment. and that, you know, there's a lot of work to be done. we need investment in biomedical research in britain about $70000.00 children suffered covered symptoms for longer than 3 months. london's university college hospital is carrying out the world's biggest study

tracking 7011 to 17 year olds. long covert affects about 10 percent. most eventually recover, but for about one percent of the cases, symptoms can persist for a very long time. it's commoner in girls and boys. it's commoner in older children than younger children. are the things that seem to make you more vulnerable. ah, if you've got health problems, physical or mental health problems before the pandemic, there is no quick cure and it's not yet well understood. professor stevenson says long colored is still a puzzle for sammy. she tries to deal with it by getting back to her old hobbies like swimming in the sea. her daughter kitty is also making slow progress. now in the u. s, a study is highlighted several risk factors for contracting long colbert,

published in the journal research in the emerging infectious diseases. it found women current and former smokers and people had a more severe cause of the infections. are more likely to go on to develop the condition experts say there at least 65000000 people around the world currently experiencing long coded. the lasting legacy of the current of iris pandemic comes in the form of long cove. it more than 3 years after covey 19 1st broke out. we still haven't pin down what causes it. one study reported that 36 percent of people who had a positive p. c. r test for cove 19 went on to develop the condition. most lung cove, it cases or impatience one to which any hospitalized with the virus. we are seeing people who are suffering from over 200 different symptoms that impact multiple different organs. and we currently don't know the exact cause of long kill them.

and that's something that we are investigating. the organs affected can include the heart, lungs, immune system, kidneys, brain, liver, and the reproductive system. long covert has been associated with reduce sperm count, diabetes, blood clots, and strokes. the sheer number and diversity of symptoms make singling out the cause difficult. researchers are investigating 4 main possibilities. it may be that there is a store of the corona virus hidden somewhere. the immune system could be turned against the body. the initial infection could have activated other domains, viruses and tissues damaged in the early days of the illness may not have been properly repaired. and these 4 hypotheses are not mutually exclusive. it's possible that a person can have multiple of these things going on or a sequence. shelly, and that's what we're investigating. none. kevin may last for weeks, months. oh,

years off to an initial infection. patience. but on cove it have been waiting so long to have some sort of therapy that's effective. and we really need to start randomized, placebo controlled clinical trials. as soon as possible. there are some trials that have already begun, but we need a lot more and a lot, a lot quicker than the pace that we're doing it right now. the key can, i was talking her colleagues to planning a trial to investigate the effectiveness of the antiviral drug packs of it. a treating long cove. it the priority for the scientist is to find therapies that work. in the meantime, the emphasis is on rehabilitation for patients to try and help them cope i. we are now joined by amanda castell, a professor of epidemiology at george washington university, an expert on a long cove it. and i believe you've also worked on that study. we've just talked

about professor, have we taken long coded seriously enough? no, i would say we haven't, especially if you look at the different stories that we're hearing about from individuals who really are suffering severely from the impact of long cove. it. we don't have a good sense of how many people have long cove it. we don't know how long people suffer from on cove. it. we have no really great ideas around prevention around law cove, it or treatment around cove it. and so it really is a poorly understood condition that we need to put our resources towards studying or, and really trying to understand and support people who develop this condition. so why is that the case? why do we know so little about long go with have we've been focused too much on, on the actual call with well, i think it was initially, the response was focused on those acute infections. and it was not until several

months later that we started to see that people were having long lasting effects from having these acute infections. and so, you know, groups like ours at george washington university, recognize this, and thought that we better start to also focus on the long term impacts of coven 19 . so i think it's a condition that we're starting to see more research and effort put towards understanding. but it has been somewhat delayed. now let's start with the numbers. do we know how big the problem is? how many people actually do have long coded? so we don't, we don't really understand the magnitude of this condition. at least in the united states is not a reportable condition, whereas you know, acute infection with cove it is. so we really need to kind of shift what we're doing in terms of tracking the numbers of individuals long coded. if you look at various studies, the range is 10 percent,

80 percent of people may suffer from long co of it. and if you think about globally, the overall number of people who've had acute covered 19 infections, which is somewhere over 700000000 individuals. even if we use a conservative estimate of one and 3 individuals, that's over 250000000 people that might be suffering from this condition. but we really don't have a good sense. it also can be a short term condition, some people where they may have symptoms for weeks. some people have symptoms for months and some people have symptoms for more than a year. or for some individuals, the symptoms of long co will wax and wane and so where they think they've resolved their infection. it may come back. and actually, you know, be exacerbated several months or weeks later. now many people confuse people have been vaccinated against covered multiple times, but it does not seem to prevent long cold. it does it well,

there is some type of signal that vaccines may be protective against long cove. it . we certainly know that they are protective against severe infection morbidity and mortality, such as hospitalization and death from acute covered 1000 infection. but for example, in our study, when we compare it, people who were up to date on their vaccines for cove, it to people who didn't fully vaccinated and been boosted. those individuals had a lower likelihood of being of having long compared to individuals who just received their 1st series of vaccines and people who hadn't been vaccinated. so that does give us an indication that vaccines may be protective again, on cove it. but you know, there's still a lot of work to be done to really understand the role of vaccines and their role among cove it. so we know that little about it. so there, it's hardly any prospect for cures the well, we don't have

a cure right now. and unfortunately, most of the treatment that we have available to people with long cov, it is really supportive. so it can be a multi system condition. and we really try to direct people who have long coven, to work with specialists. the range of symptoms is broad. it can range from fatigue inside to mental health conditions. and so really we try to get people plugged in to specialists who can support them. and then there's a lot of ongoing research to really try to understand this condition better. and hopefully that will give us some indication as to how we can cure people and certainly prevent people from getting coded. i'm on the coastal that professor of epidemiology at george washington university. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me. you're watching the w. c. as a reminder of our top story, european commission, president tools of a funder line has said that the you plans to place fresh sanctions on moscow before

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