against corruption, the ends political crimes. in our series, guardians of truth watching on youtube dw documentary, the this is dw news live from berlin tonight. the question and how do we solve our plastics problems? negotiate is around the world are trying to reach a deal to end. plastic pollution also coming up, have former german air force officers been training chinese military pilots. the

defense ministry here in berlin says that it plans to investigate exactly that allegation. and one of germany's biggest rock vans faces claims of sexual misconduct. what really, how much alleged to have happened backstage at rom stein's concert. the, i'm break off, it's good to have you. with this on this friday negotiators are meeting and parents trying to hammer out a global treaty to end the plastic pollution. the aim, achieving a legally binding deal by the end of next year. and the 1st draft could be ready as early as november of this year. and that's according to the united nations. campaigners have been pushing for the treaty to not only deal with pollution but also to curb the scale of plastic production. so we'll this deal will of actually

happen. use louise osborne reports toxic and everywhere. plastics are in almost everything humans purchase and they are now being found. does micro plastics in the ocean inside fish and even in human breast, milk. and the problem is growing. plastic production is increasing. as is plastic waste, it's set to triple by 26. the plastic packaging will rise most significantly with consumer products and closing, also contributing to plastic waste among other sources. a representative for more than a 175 nations have been meeting this week for the 2nd to 5 series of talks with the aim of creating an international treaty on plastic only elimination reduction, a full life cycle approach, transparency and then just transition. only those can bring success because the

truth is that we cannot recycle our way out of this mess. negotiate has hope to have a treaty in place by next year. but talks have been slow going. major oil producing nations like saudi arabia and the united states have dragged to the hills on technical issues like voting rules and countries disagree on how to limit plastic considerations of bonds and single use plastic pollute to pay schemes or tax on new plastic production. a high i'm vision, coalition of countries large by no way and drawn to one to an end to plastic pollution by 2040 we of course do not want to get to read the speech because they will be plastics in the future in many forms. but it's, it's the types of test picked up labs themselves, most to pollution items because they in contain toxic uh, her substances or because they're single use or because they are,

they have developed in such a way that is very hard and even impossible to recycle the environmental groups, according for limits to the influence held by fossil fuels, love us and then it goes, she ation who's they say have a vested interest in undermining the deal. they say only targets to reduce overall production can help save the world from choking on plastic waste. the earlier we spoke to eric, linda berg is the global plastics policy lead of the world wildlife fund. he has been following the events in paris and we asked him for his take on this meeting and will it really help to end plastic pollution? yes indeed, i asked him anything right now and into unesco building a right here behind me, the chair is just about to gabble down the last decision and they just decided to develop the 1st draft,

treat the text in the lead up to the the next me thing and r o b. so the outcome is indeed a very positive on even if it was very tough negotiations. and what would you say outcome? are we talking about agreements that are binding? there been many uh, proposals put on the table and the idea is that it will in the end be binding. a lots of concrete, the clement dorothy of countries have put out suggestions for bindings like global bonds and face out of the most from the mistaken high risk plus the products. uh, there has been a lot of talk about the product requirements and also a big debate. some on financing of measures in developing countries, whether, how binding they will be, whether countries will accept to take this on in a binding matter, will be at then subject to the negotiations later on. but they have decided to

include these in the 1st draft that i know when we talk about migrate plastics. they have been found all over the planet. i'm wondering is plastic pollution? is it a truly global problem, or are there areas around the world that are particularly hard shit? it is a truly global problem that we have detected plastics and everywhere, and all ecosystems on the planet, from the sea ice, in the our speak to the deepest depth. and it's affecting people all parts of the world, maybe in different ways, from the people in the really hard hit, the regions in the, in southeast asia. where in some urban areas you, you live almost in plastic waste and breed talks the credit because from the open burning of las vegas at 2 pacific on stay to receive plastics on their beaches and it's harming their fisheries. and i'm also wondering what happens if we don't get

an a, an agreement to your on curbing plastic production and ending on pollution. mean, what happens worst case scenario? i think we will then see an ex, hello racing environmental problem. that indian will actually force and agreement, whether it's the end of next year or later at this is becoming a very serious issue to all our ecosystems, to human house and to society. and it's happening at the and accelerating pace. so i think that in the future it will not be possible to not have a binding measuring face to tackle this crisis. okay, eric lynn, but the global plastics policy lead at the world wildlife funding. paris. eric, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight. thank you. thank you. as germany's defends administer boars the story it's, it says that berlin will look into reports that former german air force fighter

plane pilots have trained pilots for the chinese military. now there's weekly, there spiegel, and the german broadcaster z d f are saying that at least a handful are working is trainers in china. they reported that several pilots did not respond to the request for comments about this. one of the pilot alleged pilots rejected the allegations outright, former german fighter pilot some pretty training chinese military pilots for years . that's according to research by german media organizations. members of the german parliament intelligence committee are alarmed having these all ago sort option. we have consent. that's also being employed by the gym and state service men and women could be employed in jobs in which they reveal state secrets. this could post a significant security risk for germany, europe, a nato. it'd be cool for darcia and i will probably do not to dustin content. so

who are these german pilots who are now becoming a security risk? a 2016 document list, some of them. alexander h. a. you are a fighter instructor. derek g. a former tornado pilot and peter s, all of them are a be asian consultants working for low technology based in badging. the mind behind load is so been who was convicted of espionage in the us in 2016 for stealing classified data on nato planes. now china is using german pilots to help develop its air force, gym, and defense ministry power as the story is currently in singapore for the asian security conference. he said there wouldn't be consequences, you know, answer 5. each individual case must be examined or convict any transgressions will be punished just that's absolutely clear for the i'd go to the german defense ministry ended intelligent services. so you, they want to quote, actively prevent the further recruitment of pilots, former military pilot peter,

as stated that he had not revealed any military secrets. none of the others have responded to inquiries. here's a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world at 2 passenger drains have drilled in eastern india killing at least 80 people. hundreds of been injured. authorities say about 850 passengers. had to be hospitalized rescue team searching for people who were feared trapped in the wreckage. depression state tv has released footage of what it says are people being evacuated from the western region to belgrade that after to women, there were killed in showing moscow his blame ukraine for the attack. cheapest denied any military involvement inside russia saying the attacks are conducted by russian volunteer fighters. a ford ministers of the bricks block of emerging economies have met with the officials for more than a dozen countries,

including saudi arabia and the rod of the alliance, which is made up of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa has been discussing possible expansion as it seeks to increase its global influence. south africa's foreign minister made it clear today that russian president vladimir putin has been invited to the bricks. august summit in johannesburg, south africa is under pressure to arrest the russian president vladimir putin. he is the target of an arrest warrant that has been issued by the international criminal court. the lead singer of the popular german rock band rum stein, is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. several women were reportedly systematically recruited or co worst for encounters and concerts with the lead singer chill linda, man, the hard car music, provocative lyrics over the top stage,

shows all the times dying trademarks that have made the band a major international presence. the new allegations claim that those concerts also served as a venue for sexual misconduct. one accuser alleges that a violent sexual encounter happened at a concert. i had the feeling i couldn't see anything that it hurt or that i didn't want to or that it's too much i just couldn't speak. i was just too shocked. female fans were allegedly supplied with tickets and backstage access to encourage them to have sex with singer to linda then. that's according to research by german media organizations. multiple young women say they were asked for photos and online chat groups or concerts. these photos were evaluated and let the invitations and allegedly to offers of alcohol and drugs. one woman says there was a whole recruitment system at work. they just manipulate the girls,

so they keep coming to concerts, they keep bringing in new girls. they try to make sure no one says anything that no one gets the idea, anything's wrong with it. but i'm stein and to lend them and have not responded to the new allegations. the band earlier denied accusations that linda menus knock out drugs and another concert related sexual encounter as well. saturday seems the conclusion of germany's football season with our bee line 6 take on line fucked. frankfort and the cup final wipes are looking to retain the tribute that they won last year. well frankfort, they have a taste for silverware after winning last year's euro police and this time around and shaping up to be a tale of 2 young goals score infringement. it's been quite the 1st season in germany for rondell called the money, the young frenchman's goals. 15 of them were instrumental in security. instruct, frankfurt conference like football, and even he's surprised by how quickly he's become part of the furniture. no,

it's not the but no, i didn't expect this. i thought i'd gradually find my feet here, but it all happened very quickly. i adapted very quickly, but my teammates made it really easy for me. i think it thanks to them that i played so well. this season, they helped me and i integrated well into the team. you could say they're like a new family for me, for just the universe. i mean, color move and he won the french cope with known plus the season. claiming that paul called a german equivalent with bump frank 1st up from confidence to your roof leak. but coloma and he knows his team must be quite another goal, scoring frenchman to do so. christopher includes 16 goals, made him joint talk in this legal school to most boys. i think we did a good job on him in the 1st meeting this season, a little much on the corner. we kept him pretty quiet. you know, as i said, we did very well defensively when they didn't score when capacity i think it's

possible for us to play like that. again, on the defensive, leaving the much them in my trust, my defenders and this consulting are you watching the w news, dw business news as of next with k, ferguson. it's friday. have a good weekend. everybody. the there's to us that's why we listen to their stories.