live from berlin. tonight, an apology from the head of the who to victims of sexual abuse. women in the democratic republic of congo say they were abused by who workers during the 2018 ebola outbreak. also coming up tonight, the economic and humanitarian crises in afghanistan -- we will report from kabul, where many afghans can no longer pay their bills or put food on the table. and r&b superstar r. kelly,

awaiting sentencing after being found guilty on sex trafficking charges. we could see him spend decades in prison. plus, bond -- james bond is back on the big screen. we will take a closer looat daniel craig's fifth and final performance as 007. after a year and a half of delays, there's no time to die. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs, in the united states, and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with sex abuse allegations against workers at the world health organization and an apology coming from the very top. the scandal goes back to the 2018 ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. now in independent investigation has identified more than 80 allegations of abuse implicating

some 20 who employees. reporter: she has to be a mother to those her sister left behind. she blames the who dr. for her sister's death. >> that dr. promised my sister a job, saying they would be working together. and that is when my sister got pregnant. even before she studied working. with that, the problem began. reporter: she needed to hide her situation from her husband, who was working away from home. she decided to have an abortion. that is risky in drc. and things went wrong. >> she went to the hospital. at that time, we could not accompany her because of ebola. when she got there, she did not even spend the night. they didn't treat her and she was taken to the ebola camp. reporter: the doctors assumed her bleeding was ebola, not a

botched abortion. she died that night and was buried like an ebola victim, isolated from her family. her husband never returned. she struggles to provide for the three children. she blames the who worker who abandoned her sister. >> he should be arrested. reporter: the who has investigated 80 cases like hers. some include rape. >> we in the who are indeed humbled, horrified, and heartbroken by the findings by this inquiry. reporter: the report paints a grim picture of male employees promising women jobs in exchange for sex to bring the ebola response in congo -- during the ebola response and congo. this is what happened to her. >> he told me he was a doctor working for the ebola response team.

reporter: she had three children and no job. so she took his offer of work as a cleaner in exchange for sex. but he got her pregnant and pressured her to have an abortion. >> i got the abortion, because it was a difficult situation in my life. reporter: the doctor blocked her calls. her family threw her out. now, she's rebuilding her life alone. this group is breaking a taboo by talking about how contacts between aid workers and local women can end. they say it is sexual explication and abuse of wealth and power. the head of the who has apologized and promised to address structural failings. >> i'm sorry for what was done to you by people who were employed by the who to serve and protect you. reporter: but the victims are demanding financial compensation. and the end of a culture of

impunity for those sent to help. brent: that report was sent to us by our africa correspondent. he joins me know. good to see you. these stories are very disturbing. what more do we know about the investigation's findings? >> well, the report exposes the most widescale sexual wrongdoing linked to an institution in years. you can see that from the reaction of the top officials at a who. you were basically shocked by these findings. you saw the director general saying this report is a harrowing reading. the regional director for africa also said it is heartbreaking for the agency. they found 80 alleged cases of sex abuse and nine of them being alleged cases of rape. i happening between 2018 2020. during an ebola outbreak. the who's response to that

outbreak. they found 21 employees of the who were actually in located in these incidents of sexual abuse and rape. roughly 60 others were part of another international and local internet -- local organization that responded to the outbreak. brent: the women who were targets of the sexual abuse, what can they expect from the who know? they received an apology. is there more? >> you saw in this report, they said it is good the who now recognizes the cases, but the women that are often still traumatized until no need more than words. in a tangible support, financial support. these dozens of children, who were a result of great and sex abuse, these perpetrators -- rape and sex abuse, these

perpetrators, they also need practical help. also the women we spoke to, they say they hope the people that are responsible, that they will be held accountable, that they will be severely punished and they also will be barred from working in an institution ever again. brent: do we know, is that going to happen? the perpetrators, will they face punishment? >> well, the director general of the who said he will take ultimate response ability for what happened -- responsibility for what happened and the behavior of his staff. he said he takes it personally and has a personal was possibility ensuring this will never happen again. he said a terminated contract with four of the employees -- they terminated the contract with four of their employees. he said it is time for a reform. for a change, a culture change inside the organization. because there was at least one case of a senior official of the

who who knew, was informed and was made aware of these cases, and he didn't act upon it. brent: dw's africa correspondent tonight, with an important and very sobering report. thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition figure alexa navalny. -- alexei navalny. claiming he found an extra mystery. he's serving time for violating probation. he punishment he says is politically motivated. spain has classified an island as a disaster zone due to its ongoing volcanic eruptions. the move will free up aid money for the island's residents pay would love a floes have destroyed almost 600 homes and plantations. environment all activist -- the environmental activist greta fernberg -- greta

thurnberg accuse world leaders, saying their lack of action was a betrayal of present and future generations. six weeks after the tele-band kabul, economic chaos and afghanistan continues. the nation's currency is in freefall. the price of basic food supplies is skyrocketing. many businesses are unable to pay their stuff. the taliban blames the chaos on the international community for freezing afghan government accounts, most of them in u.s. banks. even if the funds were released, they are unlikely to make up for the billions in foreign aid that afghanistan used to receive. the situation is leaving ordinary afghans across the country hungry and desperate. we have reports tonight from kabul. reporter: queuing to join another queue behind the barbed

wire. these afghans all got up at 3:00 a.m., the day before, that is. with afghanistan's foreign reserves frozen, the taliban administration has chosen to paralyze the banking system in an attempt to stop hard currency flooding out of the country. they have brought the whole economy to a grinding halt in the process. >> i'm just witting for my salary. i don't know the future. >> know when it's ok. everyone is oppressed here in afghanistan. the situation is escalating the abiding. reporter: no one dares to challenge them for now, but the new taliban rulers know well that tensions are rising, as ordinary afghans cash reserves -- afghans' cash reserves run out. these trade men tell us they have not worked in weeks. >> i've got 10 afghans in my

pocket, and that is borrowed. before, i was only working as a carpenter. now i clean toilets if i have to. we might end up starving or killing ourselves. and the taliban will cut your hand off if you steal. reporter: in a country where nearly all basic foodstuffs, from rest oil and flour are imported, closed banks and currency controls are rising prices and scarcity pair with a shopkeeper tells us prices for basics have gone up by at least 50%. . in the past month. -- 50% in the past month. >> they are looking for alternatives. one liter of oil instead of five liters. the people who could only afford one leader before asking for smaller sizes. reporter: daily turnover is already done by three quarters. if things don't change soon, he tells us he plans to close a store. next-door, they've given up and left the country in search of a better life in europe.

faced with soaring prices and the death of jobs, many in kabul are selling whatever they have left to put food on the table. pots, pans, even their beds. it is one thing for the fortunate few selling up with visas in their pockets, waiting to leave. but a different proposition for the vast majority with no plan b. brent: i'm joined now by our correspondent in kabul. good evening to you. you describe a very dramatic situation in your report. how widespread is that sense of impending economic collapse? is this something across the entire country or just an issue in the capital? reporter: i think this is an issue that affects all of of a kenaston -- effects all people in afghanistan. people certainly who are dependent on salaries to pay rent, buy food are really

feeling this. any savings they had in cashsixn takeover, six weeks since the banks effectively were paralyzed. we spoke to business owners who tell us they can barely make ends meet and might be able to make about another 3-4 weeks happen, keep people in work, maybe even reduce wages. if it carries on, they will give up and either sit at home or look somewhere else for a future. they really don't know what to do. they say they've had covid, they've survived covid in years of military tension and insecurity, now this is just the end, they don't know what to do, how to get out of the situation, there is no real indication this is going to change anytime soon. brent: desperate times can call for desperate measures. how dangerous could all this be to taliban control? reporter: well, there definitely is a sense the taliban is aware of the threats this carries to

their rule. they don't seem to be hugely concerned. of other groups, the islamic state or others. the previous government, the pro-western government was estimate it to be dependent for up to 70% of its revenues on international support, international aid, that's not going to come back anytime soon, the west will make the price of that too high a demand to guarantee the taliban does not -- high demand, a guarantee that taliban does not want to give. you can see them trying to look in all directions, russia, china, looking all around, talking to business people, asking. -- asking what to do. brent: our correspondent

tonight, with the latest on the situation in afghanistan, reporting from the capital. thank you. in the united states today, the pentagon's top generals answered questions from u.s. senators, demanding answers about the chaotic final days of the u.s. war in afghanistan. and how america's longest war ended the way it began. with the taliban in power. in the hot seat today was he was general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> it is clear, it is obvious the war in afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted. and we must for member that the taliban was and remains a terrorist organization, and they still have not broken ties with al qaeda. i have no illusions who we are dealing with. it remains to be seen whether or not the taliban can consolidate power, or if the country will further fracture into civil war.

brent: i'm joined tonight by mark jacobson, a foreign policy analyst and advisor in the defense department and the u.s. army veterans. good to have you on the program tonight. general milley believes the u.s. should've kept several thousand troops in afghanistan to stop the taliban takeover. what do you make of that? would that have been a better move? >> i'm not sure if it would've been a better move over the long-term. hindsight is definitely showing us that it probably would've been a better move over the short term. i think what's important is that it wasn't just general milley but also general frank mckenzie, the commander , they both recommended -- the commander, they both recommended to keep 2500 troops in order to help keep a stable government. but again, i think another huge admission was also from general

milley, that this was a strategic failure in the end. brent: what about defense secretary austen? he admitted the pentagon did not fully comprehend the depth of corruption and for leadership within the afghan army. one could expect being on the ground in afghanistan for 20 years would make this kind of catastrophic misreading unlikely. evidently that wasn't the case. >> well, with all due respect to secretary alston, the issue of whether or not there was so much corruption -- austin, the issue of whether or not there was so much corruption, this is a decade old if not a 15-year-old problem. i know during my time, this was discussed at length, i'm not saying the u.s. made the right decisions, it did come back the right level of corruption, but it doesn't mean that secretary austin is wrong.

there was a level of corruption that was underestimated. the question is, was held accountable for that? were there warnings about this? it certainly wasn't something that came out of nowhere. this certainly was discussed and that along with the discussion you heard earlier today about the development of the afghan national security forces, those are going to have to be the focus of any long-term analysis of what went wrong in afghanistan. brent: let me ask you about the implications for all of this. here in germany, we just had a national election two days ago, all of the political parties agreed that the exodus from afghanistan's recent to rethink foreign military missions. -- afghanistan is reason to rethink foreign military missions. what is the position of the u.s. moving forward? it is understandable america's allies would question the u.s. commitment to long-term endeavors that are complex like afghanistan.

i don't think it should be the same thing when it comes to the u.s. commitment to nato and the european union. i do think it is up to the biden administration and future administrations to prove that what we saw over the previous four years with the trump administration was an aberration. with afghanistan, i am more concerned about that in two ways -- in terms of the message it sends to the russians, china, iranians, our adversaries about u.s. power in the face of a complex situation, and secondly, in terms of helping european nationunderstand that there are going to be threats from out of the region again that we have to deal with, as an alliance, not just as individual nations. i don'think there's any appetite for another iraq or afghanistan. that doesn't mean we should take our eyes off threats that come from outside of the european continent.

brent: mark jacobson, as always, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. the american r&b star r. kelly has been convicted of bleeding a decades long sex crime scheme -- leading a decades long sex crime scheme, exploiting his stardom to lower women and girls into his orbit into them sexually abused him. he was found guilty on all nine charges including the most serious, racketeering. he faces a sentence between 10 years and life in prison. >> after two days of deliberations, the jury found r. kelly guilty of running a sex trafficking ring targeting black women and children. this followed weeks of disturbing testimony from victims, describing sexual degradation and violence at the hands of the superstar singer. the details might've been

shocking, but allegations of r. kelly abusing women and girls. are not new stories of sexual misconduct back to the 1990's. to the world, he was the king of r&b. out of public view, a manipulator sex abuser and pedophile. prosecutors, told of how he used his entourage to lure and traffic his victims. >> i've been practicing law for 47 years. during this time, i have pursued many sexual creditors. who have -- sexual predators, who have committed crimes upon women and children. of all the predators, however, mr. kelly is the worst. reporter: the allegations received a boost from "surviving r. kelly," a

documentary during which accusers told their stories. most victims were black, and campaigners felt that was why they did not see justice. still, the voices would not be silenced. >> it was black women who decided, we are not going to let this fall on deaf ears it was black women who decided nobody else is going to care, we are going to care. reporter: r. kelly will be sentenced in may, after which you could spend the rest of his life in prison. for his numerous victims, that would be justice finally served. brent: for more, i'm joined by tamera simmons, the producer of the 2019 documentary "surviving r. kelly," which brought a lot of attention to this case and shed light on the victims. i don't have to tell you, there have been previous trials against r. kelly with a different outcome. what was different this time? reporter: -- >> we actually saw a verdict

of guilty this time on all accounts. and for the first time, we can say that justice has been served to these women, who have repeatedly -- some women for 30 years have said -- said that he has sexually abused them. now we see justice for the women of color who previously and recently came forward. brent: is this a watershed moment for black women in america? >> yeah, i believe so. that is one of the reasons i was really emotional, because i -- in my entire life, i have never seen it to where the justice system was actually able to side with a woman of color, women of color, especially numerous women that have come forward that didn't know each other from different cities and states, and actually had similar

stories, to this person that basically sexually abused them. and it made them believe that they actually were in a relationship with them and coerce them into believing they were loved by him. and -- excuse me -- we see the #metoo movement going on, we saw the white counterparts, harvey weinstein victims -- the harvey weinstein victims, but black women were not speaking up. this is the first time in my history that i know of that this has happened. i'm just thing for that now black women can be heard and the voices can be heard all around the world. brent: what is your main message tonight to women of color, but all women for that matter, who have been the target of any kind of sexual abuse? >> i just want them to know,

you do matter, you do care, this trial has really -- these women that came forward in the documentary, the survivors and eir families, they are basically the calysts for this trial. that's for this trial. it is not only about r. kelly. if you have beenexually abused by anyone, no it's not your fault january beautiful person at the end of the day. you are still human being and you can feel that pin. now you can see that healing can begin. i don't think healing can begin until you actually receive justice for the person that actually, you know, was your predator. brent: we appreciate your time and your wise words tonight. thank you.

it was london's highest red carpet event since the beginning of the pandemic. the new james bond film "no time to die" held its world premiere after delays due to covid-19. kreg called it a great relief the premier was finally held as an in-person event. it is his fifth and final outing as agent double 07 -- agent 007. reporter: bond is back. delayed multiple times due to the pandemic, the new james bond film finally hits theaters this week. "no time to die" marks the final outing for daniel prude, a superspy 007. he's just glad to have made it to the finish line. >> lots of things went wrong, lots of things were held up. these past 18 months have been pretty terrible for everybody. you have to kind of just be calm.

the great thing is we are here. we've got to this point and we can now put it into the cinemas and that just feels -- i mean, it is all gravy from now on. >> if we don't do this, there will be nothing left. brent: "no time to die," coming to theaters soon. we'll be right back to take you through "the day." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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>> you are watching france 24, 10 p.m. here in paris. hear are the stories making world headlines. al qaeda terrorists could attack the u.s. within the next year. that is the assessment from a top u.s. general. others advised president biden against withdrawing all u.s. troops from afghanistan. emotional testimony from the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in paris. they are taking the witness stand to recount their painful memories of that dark day, november 13. the