♪ >> this is dw news live from berlin. ebola-free. the epidemic is declared over. after two years and 11,000 deaths, the world health organization gives the region the all clear. we asked the w.h.o. what are the chances of the virus flaring up again? also coming up on the show, islamic state claims responsibility for a string of bomb attacks in the indonesian capital jakarta. seven people died in the blast. and will this be the winning role for leonardo dicaprio? the oscar nominations are announced. we will tell you our picks for

the most coveted awards in the film world. ♪ i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. a declaration thousands of africans did not live to hear. tonight, the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in west africa is over. ebola-free after two years and 11,000 deaths. they declared liberia clear. making it the final country to receive the all-clear. the world's worst known outbreak of the virus. the vast majority were in liberia, guinea, and sierra leone. >> the world holding its breath for months. graves for the many dead, above all in begina, liberia, and

sierra leone. the ebola outbreak began with an 18-month-old boy in southern guinea in december of 2013. little attention was paid at the time but it became clear the ebola virus was spreading. in the months that followed, the epidemic moved with terrifying speed. more than 11,000 people died in total over two years. around 29,000 were infected in west africa. sierra leone was hit especially hard. food was scarce and entire swaths of land is evacuated. quarantine zones had to be set up. meanwhile, the economy was collapsing. construction sites lay idle, companies stopped working and schools were closed. >> in these place, some companies have been abandoned and have been some restrictions in terms of movement. movement of goods, trade, commercialization that has had

an impact on the prices. >> the international community helped. building health centers in the affected countries, training doctors and educating the population. in july 2015, donors agreed on a $3.1 billion euro aid package. at the end of last year came the news that sierra leone and guinea were ebola-free. finally, life seems to be getting back to normal. never has an epidemic disease caused more damage than ebola. if the government and foreign partners succeeded in beating this disease, i can only thank god. now that it's done, it's a very good thing that gives us hope. hope that is desperately needed. this epidemic may be over but it will take the people of west africa years to recover from the shock of ebola and its devastating impact.

brent: we spoke to doctor bruce islewood, the assistant director general of the world health organization and asked if this is the and of the ebola outbreak in these countriesor if we could see the virus flaring up again in the near future. >> we have seen the end of the transmission that had been ongoing in the countries, but there is definitely still an ongoing risk of new flare ips -- flare-ups. we expect that maybe through 2016 as the virus could be introduced again, we are at a very different position and a push right on to make sure we have the capacity to find those cases and rapidly respond to stop them. we're in a very different position than we were last year with those capacities. brent: the militant group islamic state said it was behind multiple attacks in the independence netion capital

jakarta. it's the first time the radical group has targeted the city. police say that there were at least six explosions in the heart of the city nearest starbucks café and the shopping mall. gunmen also stormed a nearby police office. the current death toll is seven, which includes five of the attackers. a man from canada and a police officer are among the dead. here's a look at the day's events. >> explosions and gunfire through -- threw this area of downtown jakarta into chaos. in the bustling shopping mall. two other attackers reportedly took hostages in the shop. the assailants were later shot dead by anti-terror police. amateur video captured the moment another explosive device went off nearby. a man was photographed sporting a handgun at a crowd of people as they ran from an

explosion. just meters away, this police post was blown up. others riding a -- i was riding a motorbike when suddenly there was an explosion. i saw people running away and two people lying on the ground bleeding. i also saw two people on the ground with a backpack. they were the ones that threw the bomb. the country's president visited the scene and he said it was a terror attack and condemned the perpetrators. people should not feel afraid or defeated by these terrorist acts. i asked people to remain calm. the situation is under control. some of the blast were suicide bombs. others were grenades. indonesia has been on edge over the threat posed by islamist militants in recent weeks. counterterrorism police have been cracking down on people

suspected of having links to the so-caled islamic state. hundreds of indonesians are feared to have traveled abroad to join the terrorist group. dozens are thought to have returned raising concerns they could launch attacks on home soil. brent: turkey says it has launched a series of attacks against islamic state targets in retaliation for tuesday's suicide bombing in istanbul. the turkish prime minister says nearly 200 militants have been killed in the assault. i.s. has claimed responsibility. thursday saw another terror attack in turkey. it happened in the kurdish region. a truck bomb ripped through a police station killing six people including a baby and two young children. authorities are blaming the attack on the outlawed kurdistan workers party. the 36r789 -- p.k.k.

>> it was one of the biggest attacks in the region in the last two years. the blast from a car bomb almost completely destroyed the police station and surrounding buildings. we were at home when it happened. we saw that suddenly there was fire coming out of the police building. all the glass in the window had broken. turkish forces were quick to respond. further stepping up security in the area. it is the latest incident in the ongoing conflict between turkish government forces and the kurdistan workers party. numerous attempts at peace have failed. in july a two-year cease-fire broke down, reviving a conflict that is crippled the region for more than three decades. in december, the turkish army launched a new offensive to root out p.k.k. rebels, strengthening security and enforcing regional curfews. the armed struggle is considered by many as a civil war.

speaking to a passionate crowd of supporters in ankara, the turkish president condemned the attacks. in response, the crowd shouted damn the p.k.k. increasingly warlike rhetoric fueling the flames of the decades old conflicts. brent: an update on the huge trove of paintings discovered back in 2012 in a munich apartment, amassed by an art dealer that traded on works seized by the nazis. the commission was tasked with probing the backgrounds. many of them masterpieces. now it says only a handful were looted. >> max leberman's two riders on the beach, one of five art works that experts say were definitely expropriated from jewish owners. it took a special task force two years to gather the proof.

>> for all of these artworks, we finalized the basic research. that involved comparing 15,000 databases and about 4,200 art publications. the final report meticulously lists the researchers' findings and the challenges they faced. in 2006, a search revealed than an art dealer had more than 1,000 art works at his house of unclear origin. the task force was then appointed but not able to answer all open questions. >> we have to work on this possibly never-ending task because we owe it to those who were robbed of their property and their rights, persecuted and in most cases murdered by the

nazis 6. and the german state is indeed planning to continue that research. brent: it is a damning report into the governing body of world athletics. an independent commission set up by the world anti-doping agency says many of the organization's most senior officials must have known about large-scale corruption and doping within the sport. >> dick pound's latest investigations have plunged the organization further in the crisis with the latest report revealing members of staff knew more than they care too admit about rushing -- russian doping. >> it was apparent to the commission that the institutional knowledge of problems is far wider than has been it knowledged. and that the iwaf had displayed no genuine appetite to deal with the problems. >> the report contains

revelations on the former iwaf president, who is said to be responsible for organizing and enabling the conspiracy that took place. according to commissioner mcclarion, he was able to sustain cover-ups by creating a close inner circle that included his sons. >> the government process was enhanced and enlarged by contractual consultants that were sons of the president. >> his son is wanted for corruption and money laundering. france has issued an international wanted notice by interpol for him. the pressure is mounting on new president to clean up athletics. brent: our jonathan harding spoke to dick pound, the chairman of that independent commission and he asked him how the iwaf can move forward.

>> that's for the iwaf to determine. first of all they have to take on board the fact that things got out of control and at levels you would not have expected. we have to keep that from ever happening again. how do we do it? do we have codes of ethics, ethics officers or compliance offers? we have to be able to learn about the bad conduct either in advance or soon enough to do something about it. so you need to figure out what's the best way to do that in your sport and create a positive duty, an obligation, that if something is wrong, you must report. >> you spoke about russia and that's been the main focus of the report but was there a reason other countries were not picked out? >> the evidence was not mature enough to deal with it.

in the case of the russians, we had a bunch of whistleblower evidence. we had documents. it was no longer one of these he said, she said situations. where everything is deniable. there's the evidence. so that did not yet exist in kenya. i think the work they did was very good. he had to deal with the fact that he wasn't going to get any help if he focused on the athletes. he is looking at the supply side to show how easy it is to get some of these drugs in kenya. but that's of a different level. kenya has been slow and reluctant to acknowledge there is a problem. they have finally got some sort of a task force in place and we hope that that will be a genuine investigation. if people are not satisfied that it is, they'll be another independent commission. brent: that was our jonathan harding there talking to dick pound about that scathing report

about the iwaf. still to come, will this be the winning role for leonardo dicaprio? the oscar nominations are announced and we're going to tell you our own picks and we're going to get down and dirty doing it. stick around. we are back in 60 seconds.

♪brent: welcome back. d.w. news, live from berlin. our top story -- it's official. the ebola outbreak is over. the organization gave liberia the all clear today. the final country to be declared ebola-free. the virus claimed 11,000 lives over the past few years. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a series of blasts in jakarta. seven people have been killed

including all attackers. it turns out volkswagen is not the only car company under scrutiny by investigators. >> and by investors. shares were in freefall after reports of factories and offices that have been rated by french police in a fraud investigation last week. it was a crash for the history books. the share was down 20% at times. they could be about emissions of renault engines. the scandal engulfed german carmaker volkswagen and could have a french connection. >> did they do it? or didn't they? the mere suggestion that renault also might have manipulated emissions tests was enough to send the share price tumbling. their stock had just recovered from their last slump in septemberens -- september. that's when news of the admissions cheating emerged, dragging down the french+

carmaker shareprice with it. now renault itself is under investigation with shares sliding as much as 20%. 5 billion euros were wiped in just a few hours. the raids were sent in and carried out by the anti--fraud unit. they said they would cooperate fully with authorities. the searches of renault sparked uncertainty across the entire industry. they saw shares dropping 8% even though the carmaker insisted it was not the target of any raids. an emissions scandal like the one involving volkswagen could have great cons queenses for france. its auto industry has been struggling for years. if it emerges of french carmakers are also guilty of admissions cheating, the impact on the country's overall economy could be severe. brent: get your head around this. more people around the world have access to a mobile phon than to clean water. that's what the world bank that

is what the world bank finds in the recent report wednesday. despite a rapid spread of technologies throughout the developed world, four billion people still have no internet access. the anticipated digital dividend are falling short of expectations, especially in poorer countries. >> the world is just a click away for an estimated 3.5 billion internet users. the world bank warned that large populations like in india are still without access. >> every day there are four billion google searches and still four billion people who are not really getting access to the internet and receiving the full benefits. we know that while it is spreading quickly, it's not spreading evenly. it's not spreading especially to the poorist so we are making very specific recommendations for what countries can do to help their citizens begin to reap the real benefits and the dividends of the digital revolution.

>> concrete measures include supporting new businesses but also investment in basic infrastructure as well as digital education for all children, to counter the danger of a digital divide between rich and poor countries. asia leads the list of people without internet access. in india, there are 1.1 billion people that cannot go online. china has 750 million people that can't access the internet. in indonesia, there are 210 million cut off from the digital world. the world bank also highlighted positive developments in the digital revolution. for example, the prevalent use of mobile phones in africa. >> we're also seeing that mobile money has had huge impact in african countries where leaders and people are able to send cash to their parents in far-off regions that they never would

have been able to before. >> still, the expected benefits of increased digital access such as more jobs and better public services have yet to reach many people in developing regions. brent: now for news from hollywood. the biggest stars. brent: stop drinking that kool-aid. the numbers are out. hollywood leaning the pack is a survival thriller. the revenant. the story of a group of fur trappers in 19th-century century america nominated in 12 categories including best picture and best actor for the film's lead, leonardo dicaprio. and another contender for best picture is steven spielberg's trialer "bridge of spies." based on the true story of a cold war spy exchange. meanwhile, cate blanchette is a

top contender in the best actress category. there's a lot to talk about right there. that's why robin is in the studio with us. mr. dicaprio has been nominated how many times? five. i was reading today this is his oscar to lose. >> yes, i think so. he's got to win it. i mean, what he's been through in this film. he's evidence -- evidently slept in the carcass of a bison. excuse me if anybody is eating out there but he's eaten things that we don't want to know about, raw things, and they say he's a vegetarian. this is method acting like you've never known it before. he deserves it. brent: what about the "the bridge of spice,"? it's largely set here in berlin. we kind of like that. >> that got six nominations but it didn't get a nomination for

best director, mr. spielberg. he doesn't direct very often. did not get a nomination for tom hanks. he's got enough anyway. a wonderful stage actor, you watch out for him. tom hanks is his biggest fan. he has a nomination for best supporting actor up against sylvester stallone. brent: i saw that too. fair competition. before we move on, you're saying dicaprio will win? >> yes. brent: sad news from the world of show biz as well. suspicionalan rickman, one of the most distinctive and best loved british actors of the last 30 years has died. he was 69 and he's been suffering from cancer. >> alan rickman's powerful presence on stage and screen was unquestionable. with his rich and light voice and mired by young and old. his role as professor snape in the harry potter films earned

him a legion of fans. >> i will attempt to penetrate your mind. you will attempt to resist. prepare yourself. >> rickman shot to international stardom in 1988 when he played hans gruber, bruce willis's arch nemesis in diehard. many memorable roles followed that showed rickman's on-screen versatility. robin hood, prince of thieves. and the romantic comedy in which he played the husband of fellow english actor emma thompson. his talent was nurtured at the prestigious royal academy and the golden globe also took to directing. most recently british period drama "a little chaos." >> if it is something you want to act in, the compulsion that comes through saying i want to say that line with this, and it's a lot to do with the fact

that i have an art school background and i run a design group and i've directed in the theater a lot in the intervening years. images jump around and you want to be the person that makes those images real. >> stevens fry described him as a man of such charm. and stunning stage and screen presence 6. brent: we were talking about love actually or even further back, the films we liked by him but i was noticing today on twitter and instagram, you have all these kids knowing him from harry potter. >> yeah, i heard from my kids. my kids are grown up but the first thing i heard was that both my kids say that severus snape died. the great ville lain. by the way, he turns out to be a good guy in harry potter. i hope i'm not giving too much

away. >> spoiler alerts here. >> i was saying earlier he died of cancer. we had two big stars who were successful in transcending the generation gaps. people loved them 20 years ago and people love them today. >> and the thing i loved about him, he had one of the great voices. a voice that dripped with derision and scorn. i really thought of a line in harry potter, two words. i remember him looking at harry potter and saying, "stupid boy." brent: somebody turn the heat on. it got cold in here. >> just two words and it said it all. he was a lovely, lovely man. great shame and as you say, 69. no real age, is it? brent: no, it's not. >> one of the best actors never to receive an oscar nomination. brent: it is tragic. robin, as always, thank you very much. and before we say goodbye a

recap of our top story. it is official, the ebola your in west africa is over. liberia became the final occur country to be declared ebola-free. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a series of blasts in indonesia's capital of jakarta. seven were killed, including all five attackers. thank you for joining us. we'll see you again at the top of the hour. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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