into into a very bad place all right derek williams from d.w. science thank you so much for bringing us that story. and you're watching news still to come on our show so much to love kids from around the world tell us what fills their hearts with happiness this valentine's day. but 1st sports and an athlete who was breaking boundaries johnny grass or is in a wheelchair but his disability has not stopped him from pursuing his dream of studying sports at college his daily routine is tough enough but the training you put himself through is quite incredible the germans ultimate goal is a place in the paralympics. this is johnny. just 2 more looks like he was told he might never be able to walk but against all odds he has been accepted as a student at jimmy's top sports university. when it comes to my body and my disability always my fair a-p. without him i wouldn't be able to lead an independent life because i won't be able to move properly and that's west but was my medicine my only form of medicine by limited and i want to stay that way when it's

world is more likely to die of cancer than someone in the developed world very thank you so much derek williams from the w science now the flemish artist young front i was one of the great innovators of renaissance art in the early 15th century so realistic so realistic were his 3 dimensional illusions that some thought he was a sorcerer fun i can optical revolution is the title of the most comprehensive exhibition of his work ever except it's just opened at the museum of fine arts in the belgian city of ghent. the statue seemed to leap out of the frame the figures are given a 3 dimensional quality by the painted reflection in the background they have a physical presence but they're actually just 2 dimensional paintings in the middle ages eon fun ike was the 1st artist to paint optical illusions on wooden panels. it was the one who showed us how we need to look and he still has a decisive influence on how we see really as a more to this day. sun i did that by perfecting his own oil painting technique 600 years ago he was rendering detail down to the millimeter he made garments so real you can a

let's talk more about this story we have derek williams from d.w. science with us hi derek you know record we've seen record temperatures really across the planet so does this really come as a surprise that we're seeing this on antarctica no it doesn't and because we have so many different numbers to get through then i want to give you a feeling for how dramatic it is this latest record is nearly a full degree celsius more than the previous record which was set back in 25th and that's that's a lot for just for this part of the world it's not surprising at all because 21000 was the 2nd hottest year on on record and things very likely are going to change this past month january was the hottest january that we've ever seen on record so the antarctic is one of the fastest warming regions on the planet you know and that's we focus a lot more on the arctic because it's closer to most of humanity but really what's happening they are it's the ice has gone back around 6 fold in the last 40 years in the antarctic so that's a vast amount of water and some rese

derek wasn't in his office. so williams drove to the park. ng crystal's work friends with him. and one of them immediately noticed something. >> she points out a car that derek drives. >> reporter: his car was easy to spot. it had vanity plates that said "my whip" slang for a fancy car. then crystal's friend pointed out derek. and detectives brought him in for a talk. >> go ahead and compose yourself. what is your last name, sir? >> smyer. >> and your first name, sir? >> derek. >> do you have a middle name, derek? >> paul. >> he freely answered your questions? he didn't ask for an attorney? >> no. no, he -- he never requested an attorney during our interview time with him. >> when was the last time that you saw her at her apartment that you can recall? >> last time was not recently. >> okay. >> i haven't seen her physically in about -- let's see, a couple months. >> about two months? >> longer than that. >> he kind of discounted it as "yeah, we were on and off really quick." >> does derek offer any theory of what he thinks might have happened

and there isn't really going to be a silver bullet anytime soon ok no silver bullet derek thanks very much durk williams from the science desk. the state of the news live from berlin i'm brian thomas from the entire team thanks so much for joining us. into the conflict zone misty and sebastian. my guest this week your load is the show's we're going stop the hottest solo for is a media exploits closer to abuse of some of the kludgy that is the boss ago serious about real choices for women continues to provide opportunity as cover up priests who commit these also post conflict. next on d w. the world has become less safe. new arms race is looming media used to ensure international stability of the alliance is crumbling. our security focus. and germany's reputation is also tarnished how can national interests be aligned with the supernational strengths. good alliances new threats. in 45 minutes on d w. or. they were forced into nameless mass. their bodies who really are too little. the history of the slave trade is of africa's history. describes how the greed for power and traffic plummeted and entire cont

i know what of this i'm joined in the studio now by our science correspondent derrick williams good to see you derek now i have to say to assess an extent this strikes me as a double tragedy because you have the casualty all transparency on one hand with regards to this doctor and then also of course the casualty now that he has died from this illness yes and what makes it actually even more striking is that transparency has really been so large from the very beginning that has been very very positive and very it's really praise china for being transparent throughout the crisis and now we've discovered that actually at the beginning in the very early stages of this outbreak that's really not been that really wasn't the case and so it's it is a great tragedy as there are so many other tragedies in china i'm sure going on right now as we speak and touching on the i mean how critical is the situation there right now i think that psychologically it's quite a critical situation because we're approaching in an important number which is the number of people who were killed in the stars epidemic back in 200

let's get more on this very good williams from a science desk welcome derek that served it's very solitary report that more people die of flu every year than from me coronas coronavirus epidemic so far so every day every every day so while people sort of running out and buying a mask every year to protect them against flu well i think that boils down to the fact that we're just kind of used to it flu is sort of business as usual we've been living with it for a very very long time and we can kind of predict when it's going to happen there's a flu season in the northern hemisphere there are also steps that you can take to prevent flu there are vaccines that have been developed that can for example protect some of the people who are or most in danger from flu the elderly or children but they're also medications in place antivirals for example like tamiflu so there are there are prevention methods that are there we don't unfortunately none of those prevention methods work with coronavirus measures said despite the prevention methods more people are dying every day. so should does it make sense

your shots lead a healthy lifestyle sounds like good advice to menteri williams for a science test thank you so much. well as derek mentioned exercise is also good for you but that applies even if you already have cancer research has shown that sports can help some doctors even include controlled exercise in their cancer treatment programs we met a cancer survivor who says regular support and fresh air help her overcome the disease. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 several malignant tumors were found in her breast but the 58 year old didn't panic i don't have to fight this disease. i will now 5. test results are promising suggesting she has indeed beaten cancer have best weapon to survive the extreme retraining therapy with exercise and the great outdoors to be outdoors because the inspiration odors. life life is not indoors life is outdoors and. you are in immune system is stimulated by being outdoors. while still undergoing treatment formed an organization called outdoor against cancer in order to share her knowledge with other patients teacher now runs training groups in 5 countries she encourages cancer su