from berlin. tonight, more carnage in kabul as a terrorist attack hits the capital. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. another one bites the dust, the deputy director of the fbi is quitting after months of sniping with president trump. and the german auto industry whitewashing dirty diesel. the car industry funded admissions tests exposing monkeys and humans to dangerous fumes with the goal of telling people diesel is clean.

and -- ♪ prices and politics act this year's grammy awards as female musicians address sexual harassment in the recording industry. the night belonged to bruno mars. he took on six grammys. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight, afghanistan reeling from another terrorist attack. suicide bombers and gunmen targeted a military academy in the capital of kabul. the islamic state claimed responsibility. the third terrorist activity in the city in a week and is part of a wave of deadly violence that also involves the taliban. correspondent: there's no

escaping military presence on the streets of kabul. for the third time in days, attackers have killed people in the afghan capital. militants including suicide bombers stormed a battalion at the military academy and began an onslaught. afghans turning their fury on the government. >> look at what is happening to the station. when you are not able to control the current situation, it is better the security minister resigned. what kind of government ministry is this? you are not even able to secure the city. sandra: the afghan defense ministry said two gunmen were killed in the exchange of fire and two others were killed after detonating suicide vests. one other was arrested. people want to know how the attacks keep happening in a city already under tight purity measures --security measures.

brent: i'm joined by our correspondent saunter peters. she is a correspondent from south asia. good to have you here. let's talk about kabul. y 30 big surge in violence -- why is there a big surge in violence? sandra: we see an increase in airstrikes in the countryside and that means you have to react somewhere if you are the opposing side --be it tally bond or islamic state --the taliban o or islamic state. if you harm the government there, it is most visible to international media. you can really cause carnage and damage. and that is what a lot of analysts say, you see the united

states pressuring pakistan. it may be a coincidence but the moment the pressure group, we see an uptick in violence in afghanistan. brent: you mentioned islamic state and the taliban. they have been responsible for these past incidents in the last week. doesn't that mean anything? islamic state seems to be playing a bigger role. sandra: it has been on the ground in afghanistan as a solid force in 2015. a lot of people say it is dismantled members from the pakistani taliban being pushed over the border and other member s of different groups of the taliban. you have two forces on the ground competing but they do have a common enemy, which is the united states, the western alliance and the afghan government. brent: do you see the

possibility of maybe islamic state and taliban merging or if not merging than learning to coexist in a symbiosis there. a positive coexistence. sandra: you see them fighting each other in eastern afghanistan, which is a stronghold of the islamic state. the afghan taliban are nationalistic in its outlook. they are focused on afghanistan but the is with the whole idea of a caliphate has a broader approach and an international appeal. they are not exclusively focusing on afghanistan as do the taliban. brent: what does this mean for the president of afghanistan's government? sandra: he is really against of the war. his government is integrating a

lot of infighting and warmongering within his own ranks. he has fired one of the most powerful governors in a northern province. the governor is refusing to step back and is very much in their threatening force. -- very much there threatening force. you have people saying that they do not trust president ghani. there are parliamentary elections planned for june but they may be called off. brent: between now and june, that is an eternity in afghanistan. did you happy with us. at a meeting of you in security council ambassadors -- of u.n security council ambassadors, he said the u.s. will not talk with the militant group. >> innocent people are being

killed left and right. when we are seeing the atrocities they are committing and killing their own people, women and children, many women and children who are totally innocent -- it is horrible. there is no talking to the taliban. we do not want to talk to the taliban. brent: that was u.s. president donald trump. he is dealing with another resignation. the fbi director andrew mccabe is leaving his role in march. the reason for his early departure from the law enforcement agency is not yet known. the white house says president trump had nothing to do with it but that he stands by his criticism of mr. mccabe. white house press spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders was asked

whether pressure from the trump administration laid any role in the decision. >> the only thing the president has applied pressure to is to make sure we get this resolved so that you guys and everyone else can focus on the things americans actually care about and that is making sure everybody gets the russia fever out of their system once and for all. >> nothing improper, nothing inappropriate whatsoever from the president since he came into office since he came to this investigation? >> no. brent: we want to get to our washington bureau correspondent. good afternoon to you. we have andrew mccabe coming under pressure from the white house. tell us why that is. michel: well, mccabe has been associated as a close former ally of former fbi to james comey.

he was fired last year as he was investigating possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. it is not a surprise that trump would like to get rid of mccabe given the closeness to trump enemy james comey. and of course for republicans and trout, mccabe -- trump, mccabe had been a lightning rod since his wife ran in a domestic race and received money and funds from a close clinton ally. brent: how do you think this resignation -- this early recognition will affect the ongoing investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election? michel: that is very hard to say these days in washington. of course, the russia probe

conducted by special counsel robert mueller is independent. it is not tied to the fbi but of course but are at odds with donald trump. no one knows what president trump will do in the future. he apparently tried to fire robert mueller last year but later backed off. it is not clear what trump would do. most people do not think trump would try to fire robert mueller this far in the investigation that no one knows, to be honest. brent: no one knows what the u.s. president is going to do. that isdefinitely the case. our correspondent on the story for us in washington. here other stories making headlines around the world. 16 civilians killed in government airstrikes at serious

idlib province. -- syria's idlib province. it is the only place under the control of government troops. there was a fire at a slum in nairobi. at least four people appear to have died. in brussels, a deal to offer the u.k.'s ability to keep its status quo e.u. membership during that period but will have no vote. you're watching dw news live from berlin. still to come, prizes and politics at this year's grammys in new york as female musicians confront sexual harassment in the recording industry. on the awards front, then i

belong to bruno mars. -- the night belonged to bruno mars. helena: we are taking a look at public criticism after it has been revealed that german car giant were apparently -- giants were apparently complicit in emission testing on humans. toxic emissions test on monkeys financed by the german car giants and it has been on humans as well. this was apparently meant to give diesel a good name and secure valuable tax breaks but it all backfired. correspondent: here at the university clinic in 2013 and 2014, a group of 25 healthy people were made to inhale nitrogen dioxide in varying

concentrations over periods of hours several times a week. the car manufacturers wanted to determine how dangerous nitrogen dioxide was to humans. the test were commissioned by the european research organization for environmental health and financed by german carmakers vw and bmw and bosche. it was a done under the county that there were no -- caveat that for there were no negative effects on humans. >> it is absolutely understandable that people are outraged. the test on monkeys and human beings cannot be ethically justified. that amount -- correspondent: that amounts to nothing more than hot air according to environmental organizations. they say the german government has been in bed with the car lobby for years. >> angela merkel fights in

brussels to make sure emissions regulations are less strict and if possible not controlled. correspondent: and it seems there were no controls at volkswagen either. the supervisory board said it knew nothing about the studies and is threatening consequences. >> this entire complex is an permissible --reprehensible. i think vw will have to hold the employees responsible for this accountable. correspondent: these revelations will deliver another blow to the german car industry's image. juri: as you saw, -- helena: as you saw, those tests being called reprehensible. --the reprehensible. of course because medics industry and other industry have to do tests on humans. where do you draw the line? correspondent: testing

volunteers is the final step in the approval process because findings from animal tests are limited in assessing effects on humans. recent studies on the effects of car exhaust conducted on behalf of the auto industry have set off alarms. >> you can only speculate about the politics of underlying intention. whether the special interest groups promote studies like this with the aim of coming up with a negative result concerning nitrogen dioxide effects they can use politically. correspondent: a mere 700 euros compensation is not unusual. one reason might be world medical association says that medical research can only be performed on humans when the potential benefits for the subjects and the experiment outweigh the risks and harms.

analysts say it becomes difficult when sign gets entangled --when science gets entangled with business. >> when entrepreneurs profit from these experiments, it is a bit fishy. it is a dilemma that scientific research finds itself mired in. correspondent: hence because for more transparency for such research in the future. briget: are you a coffee addict living in london? brexit could affect the way you start your day. in central london, specialty coffee shops have sprung up everywhere. in the smallest of spaces. and even in former public toilets. for coffee lovers, this is lucky but might this come to an end after brexit?

it takes some skill to prepare really good coffee. the attendance has the special charm of a former public urinal. here every portion is weighed. the temperature and pressure of the water must be strictly controlled. everyone w works here is a coffee professional. eliza is from italy, as are many of her brief difference -- bar ista friends. >> everywhere you go, you find italians working here. it is the family outside of italy. correspondent: life without european baristas, absolutely unthinkable for the attendant's customers. >> it would be a living nightmare. nicht gut. >> it would be good if british baristas could develop european flair.

but the paris sent around here are very disappointed about brexit. -- but the barista around here are very disappointed about brexit. correspondent: at the counter are many europeans. some english people apply for jobs but nevertheless he is still worried about brexit. >> you need a full ofeople to keep working. that is proven in the tax and the physics -- facts and statistics. the industry is growing. we need people to fill spots or places will close. correspondent: it's not only the owners of small spots that are worried. at one of the biggest chains, half of the employees are e.u citizens from outside the. u.k. they say few of the people who apply to their company are british and they cannot fill all the vacancies with british workers.

there is extra training for british paris study -- baristas but people in the u.k. love coffee. they hope european baristas will be able to interview k after brexit. -- enter the u.k. after brexit. brent: people have been killed in yemen's civil war. the unrest is a fresh threat to the country's president who remained in exile. correspondent: it is a new front in yemen's years long conflict. yemeni separatist fighting government troops. they had previously been on the same side in the saudi backed war against to the rebels were

aligned with -- against houthi rebels aligned with iran. >> there is no difference between the houthis and anyone else who rebels against the legitimate government. if they are not with the government, they are an enemy of the entire country. correspondent: the complex conflict has devastated yemen, already one of the region's poorest countries. long-running u.n. back efforts have so far failed to bring peace. now the u.n. is urging parties involved in the latest violence to end fighting in pursuit dialogue -- and pursue dialogue. brent: we spoke to a political scientist from the university of yemen. >> one thing to consider, the first is regional. arab coalition supporting

president hadi is seen to be supported by saudi arabia. by also the united arab emirates. that collated on the oncoming fighting because of those ingesting the legitimacy of the government are supported by the united arab emirates while the hadi government is supported by saudi arabia. on a local level, south of yemen, when we describe the conflict of yemen, we talk about a binary conflict between the north and south but in fact, if you look at it, you will see that in both parts you have competing factions fighting against each other. in the south, these factions were united like in libya in a

front to get rid of the houthi and the late president. what happens right now was they were fighting before settling this course. i know it is very conflicting but that is what is going on right now. brent: that was our political correspondent from the university of zurich. now to the philippines, rodrigo duterte has visited the province where thousands of people have been displaced by the irruption of the volcano mount mayan. correspondent: the philippines most active volcano is at it again. for weeks, it has been sending volcanic debris and there have

been mud flows that could sweep away entire settlements. more than 80,000 residents have fled their homes and are living in temporary residences. concerns are growing over health and hygiene conditions. >> if people want to help us, i hope they give us water because it is so hard to get that here and it is not enough. we have to wait in line. correspondent: authorities have cordoned off a nine kilometer danger zone around mount mayon but that has not stopped defiant farmers from tending to crops and livestock that they depend on for their livelihoods. >> villagers leave a evacuation centers and go back home to feed their animals and then they returned to the evacuation center.

that is their life at the moment. correspondent: the government is bracing for a possible three-month long emergency in the areas around mayon. more rain is forecast for the coming week. brent: at the grammy awards, the surprise winner was bruno mars, who beat some tough competition. the likes of jayz and kendrick lamar. music was not the only item on the bill. many participants wore white roses as a visible show of solidarity with the me too and times up movement confronting sexual misconduct in show business. correspondent: bruno mars slept at the grammys this year with six wins including record winning album of the year. he gave a heartfelt speech as he accepted his award. >> the songs are written with

nothing but joy and one reason and that is love. that is all i what to bring with this album. hopefully i can feel that again and see everyone dancing and moving. correspondent: as mars went to heaven, jayz and kendrick lamar were left without the album of the year award. music was not the only thing with center stage. music industry figures showed solidarity with the times up and me too campaign by wearing white roses. and pop singer ke$ha delivered a powerful ballod. -- ballad, "praying."

and and singer janel monae gave an empowering speech. >> time is up for harassment of any kind. time is up for the abuse of power. it is not just going on in hollywood or in washington. it is right here in our industry as well. correspondent: these grammys were all about women raising their voices to call time on sexual abuse. brent: at least 11 afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military academy in kabul. islamic state has claimed responsibility. it marked the third major attack in the city in recent days. you can always get dw news on the go. download our app from google play or the apple strore. it will give you access to all the latest news around the world. you can also use the app to send

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dismantled but has left a complex legacy behind. i'm elaine reyes in washington, d.c., and this is "americas now." first up: michelle begue shows us how the clearing of bogota's most dangerous zone has shone a spotlight on the city's grave homelessness problem. then, a tide of brazilian immigration flows in portugal. a return to the motherland and what it means for both countries. reyes: welcome to the show. when bogota's new mayor enrique penalosa took office in early