spokesperson insisted there would be no second referendum as the country has already voted to leave the e.u. human and labor rights lawyer dan kadlec says the u.k. is now experiencing the kind of foreign meddling that happens in other countries we know that george soros some self has played a role in interfering in many country in some of the color revolutions so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state tellers and just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can read on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and time again . u

person assisted there will be no second referendum as the country has already voted to leave the e.u. human and labor rights lawyer dan colleague says the u.k. is now experience in the case the kind of foreign meddling that happens in other countries. we know that george soros him self has played a role in interfering in many country in some of the color revolutions so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state tellers and just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can mad on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and ti

sounds like a website so mr york is wrong no i'm framing this in terms of human rights and by that i mean that spain and all the other e.u. . amber states are bound to human rights commitments which transcend the state and i and it's very important that the issues of human rights are surveilling motion a violation of rights and it member states this internal affair or not it depends on the context for purposes of the e.u. and how it's structured it may well be an accurate statement for for purposes of human rights compliance no raises issues under international human rights law so let's look at another important country france the french emergency law has been replaced with the terror law the new legislation which went into effect last october gives security forces the authority to shut places of worship with what. that means without actual proof religious freedom is one of the most important principles of modern humanist societies how does this go hand in hand i think it's very important to speak with religious communities about that because again it's you it's not necessarily the law that's the problem it's the applica

i'm quoting the us government me the us i'm quoting the us government the french government the e.u. human rights watch amnesty international and why you the un the cobbles in the catholic that you've dismissed it all know you this much of a cheese and not ok one cardinal you know on the catholic church a very easy yes ok but do you dismissed all these people which is your right but what i don't get is why not one pretend that you're a democracy where no one thinks you just say you know what we don't can we think about. we don't care we got it by broadcast see why the us really are a free people where you say you are the freest years we are a democracy but we have freedom to interact with you who do you what do we want and what do we decided to interact with china we got problems we could belgium because the before market or nizar they wanted us to remain in partnership with them so my question is yes when all of this criticism from the international community is coming at you want to just say we don't care why pretend that you are a democracy where no one thinks you are we are a democracy

spokesperson insisted there will be no second referendum as the country has already voted to leave the e.u. human and labor rights lawyer dan kadlec says the u.k. is now experiencing the kind of foreign meddling that happens in other countries we know that george soros some self has played a role in interfering in many a country in some of the color revolutions so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state television just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can read on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and time again .

spokesperson insisted there would be no second referendum as the country has already voted to leave the e.u. human and labor rights lawyer don koblick says the u.k. is now experiencing the kind of foreign meddling that happens in other countries. we know that george soros some self has played a role in interfering in many a country in some of the color revolutions so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state tellers and just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can read on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and time again

spokesperson insisted there would be no second referendum as the country has already voted to leave the e.u. human and labor rights lawyer dan kadlec says the u.k. is not experiencing the kind of foreign meddling that happens in other countries we know that george soros and self has played a role in interfering in many country in some of the color revolutions so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state tellers and just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can read on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and time again us r

human rights. so regardless of the e.u. referendum my view is this if we want to reform human rights laws in this country it isn't you we should leave but the c.h.r. on the jurisdiction of its cause well u.k. prime minister theresa may certainly appears not to be so concerned about human rights abuses when it comes to her selling arms to saudi arabia they're being used to bomb the poorest country in the middle east and the un has called yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis thousands of children have been killed hundreds of thousands injured and millions are in need of humanitarian aid joining me now is a journalist in the yemeni capital of sanaa hussain carty hussain thanks so much for joining us it's been reported that a. cameraman. has been killed by the fracture u.k. backed saudi bombing how dangerous is it to be a journalist in yemen actually is very very dangerous especially when the coalition use a technique called the strike they normally most of the strike they target an area either the military or as well civ

expression to end to terror along our standards of human rights across europe slipping this week on conflict my guest in vienna is michael offload director of the e.u. agency for fundamental rights that's he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights. michael of thirty well come to a conflict so in a recent report the agency has said that civil society is under threat across the block the report paints a poor picture of the state of fundamental rights within the european union it's a mixed picture it's a picture of what's working and what's not working we have to stay very vigilant in europe just like everywhere else in the world to protect the incredible institutions we develop that second world war as every work in the word our foundation the idea of the european union human rights democracy and it's not getting better it's changing we have some improvement it's a very diplomatic we're changing to a good changing to the bad change for the good in some places but right i am very concerned about the situation of human rights in europe today we have a lot to do across so many issues so many groups migrants. people at the disabled th

and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like russia when it comes to human rights so regardless of the e.u. referendum my view is this if we want to reform human rights laws in this country it isn't you we should leave but the c.h.r. on the jurisdiction of its koch well u.k. prime minister theresa may certainly appears not to be so concerned about human rights abuses when it comes to her selling arms to saudi arabia they're being used to bomb the poorest country in the middle east and the un has called yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis thousands of children are being killed hundreds of thousands injured and millions are in need of humanitarian aid joining me now is a journalist in the yemeni capital of sanaa hussein hussein thanks so much for joining us it's been reported that a. cameraman a t.v. has been killed by a factor u.k. backed saudi bombing how dangerous is it to be a journalist in yemen actually is very very dangerous especially when the coalition use a technique called the strike they normally most of the strike they target an area either the military or as well civili

e.u. sanctions over human rights concerns over the. former late singer of the motown group the temptations denis edwards has died he passed away in a chicago hospital just one day for his seventy fifth birthday edwards saying some of the group's because hits including papa was a rolling stone. age. japan space agency has launched what it says is the smallest rocket ever sent ever to send a satellite into orbit the three stage rocket is only fifty centimeters in diameter it deployed a tiny nano satellite that will take pictures of the earth and gather other data. in some sports news now and in the bundesliga dortmund have quickly forgotten. about the departure of star pierre emerick obama yang the striker was sold to arsenal last week but replacement loan signing actually made a drip stream debut on friday night the twenty four year old belgian striker scored twice and assisted another story to fit the loan the reader to the victory out of that story to second in the bundesliga. was. action continues today with like six trips to much an

e.u. sanctions over human rights concerns that the. former lead singer of the motown group the temptations denis edwards has died he passed away in a chicago hospital just one day before his seventy fifth birthday at work sang some of the group's biggest hits including papa was a rolling stone. japan's space agency has launched what it says is the smallest rocket ever to send a satellite into orbit the three stage rocket is only fifty centimeters in diameter it deployed a tiny nano satellite that will take pictures of the earth and gather other data. u.n. experts say north korea is flouting sanctions on will and gas and is supplying weapons to syria and myanmar their report also says pyongyang is illegally exporting commodities like coal and steel earning millions of dollars in revenue. some sports news now and in the bundesliga dortmund have quickly forgotten about the departure of starman pierre emerick a bombing in the striker was sold to arsenal last week but a replacement loan signing initiate but surely made a dream debut on frid

of expression to anti terror laws staff standards of human rights across you're all slipping my guest in ghana is michael o. flirty director of the e.u. agency for fundamental rights does he believe you up is doing almost it can to protect human rights. next on t.w. . be in good shape i you see me like this or are you seeing me like that. cataracts and macular degeneration could be the reason they're common problems among older people we'll talk to an expert about the symptoms and treatment options go to the asian as quality of life good shooting sixty minutes d.w. . happy birthday in good shape returning ten this year and you can read this amazing fitness backpack if you want to know what's inside it isn't on when. you have to turn in the most favorite holmgren's into. coughing or maybe though a bit. yes to do so. good. to see that really has come to life somebody but no right to our correspondent he is in central istanbul i'm joined by the helicopter you know whose political correspondents are on those stories in just a minute but first this news just gets a little perspective closer. to. us. from the treatment of migrants to freed

e.u. paul humans of showing sympathy with terrorists here referring to the syrian kurdish y p g militia he was rather silent though on all the criticisms concerning the domestic human rights situation in turkey and this might be due to the fact that i'm current now claims it actually fulfills all criteria for the long desired visa liberalization let's remember the e.u. gave turkey a list of seventy two criteria it has to fulfill on its way to visa free travel for turkish citizens to the european union's schengen zone and that includes an improvement off freedom of expression and other human rights here in turkey but i'm gross says we did our homework we're fine and we're sending everything over to brussels but but in the end the e.u. member states and the european parliament will have to decide on that's and after today's resolution i doubt a the european parliament will come up with a positive vote all right while relations are between turkey and the e.u. are in a deep freeze for some time now what leverage does the e.u. still have with on craw. well when it comes to influencing democrats

e.u. testing on non-human primates requires a special permit so they're used less frequently. and there are plenty of alternatives to take another example the berlin based company tissues makes miniature eyes systems that simulate the activity of human organs the company's multi organ chips can reduce and replace animal tests in the lab. that sometime we do this is our multi organ chip it's basically a small bio reactor which combines four different organs in this case the skin the liver the intestine and the kidneys then down. the artificial organs are connected by a miniature arised blood stream that micro flow as it's called the neighbors the researchers to monitor metabolism in the tiny liver and kidneys over a period of weeks even maybe this here we can see how the blood is pumped through the chip connecting the two organs yeah the three chambers here are essentially the heart chambers receiving the blood and pumping it out again the company's c.e.o. explains that ultimately they hope to be able to reproduce ten organs there by simulating the entire human body. basically

to end to terror laws our standards of human rights across europe are slipping this week on conflict zone my guest in vienna is michael o'flaherty director of the e.u. agency for fundamental rights that's he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights.

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to end to terror laws our standards of human rights across europe slipping this week on conflict zone my guest in vienna is michael of floaty director of the e.u. agency for fundamental rights that's he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights.

e.u. has not supported their claims for human rights i don't see the u.n. commission perhaps being much of a bunch of strong advocate for the. now according to a recent poll almost forty one percent of catalans want to break from spain which is actually a four year low what you think is behind the shift in public opinion. i think what we're seeing here is the the results of the spanish government's tactic of divide and rule and the fact that on june january thirtieth the two main parties of the catalan independence movement were unable to come to an agreement as to the swearing in of the exiled catalan president and a lot of people felt quite deflated by the inability of the leadership of the movement to get together at this crucial time. and so i think a lot of people are feeling worn out and i think today's protest someone was show us that even though the political class maybe not listening to the call for unity the catalan nationalists themselves are quite spirited and want to go on with the process a couple days ago the president of the catalan parliame

e.u. regards as very serious violations of human rights and that's going on about e.u. meeting in brussels need bank thank you. there is simply news from the united nations regarding south sudan with famine is threatening to take over and imprisonment a number of people now simply don't know where their next meal will come from while sixty percent of the population do you know because they are totally dependent on food handouts not just have quick look at this this is the situation a year ago done from al jazeera dot com an interactive map you're looking at the stressed areas all those sort of beige cream colored areas stressed areas as far as food security goes and then if i just move this across we look at the next six months of this is like up until may of last year and over in this area just were swapping back and forth and you see how those areas start to turn darker color as they go into the crisis and emergency areas that is south sudan route there and that as we said he was six months ago but it is the human factor which is key here we can't forget that the u.n.

the european parliament has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in turkey in a resolution on thursday e.u. lawmakers urged president rich of tyburn to want to lift the state of emergency imposed after the failed military coup in twenty sixty while they say it's being used to stifle legitimate opposition in the country. european leaders are welcoming the deal reached by germany's two biggest parties to form a coalition government it's been more than four months now since germany held elections while european council president donald tusk travelled straight to berlin for talks with anglo-american he called the deal quote good news the coalition agreement reached on wednesday would see berlin contributing more to e.u. budget something brussels sees as a welcome change america is also due to meet with commission president john crow juncker later today. all right let's find out what this would be government could mean for europe with the split a correspondent thomas farah here with me on the set and with max hofmann brussels chief a very good day to you both gentlemen want to start off with yo

to end to terror alerts us standards of human rights across europe slipping this week on conflict zone my guest in vienna is michael o'flaherty direct off the e.u. agency for fundamental rights that's he believes europe is doing all it can to protect human rights.

and the european parliament has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in turkey in a resolution e.u. lawmakers urge president russia type i don't want to lift the state of emergency he imposed after the failed military coup in two thousand and sixteen they say it's being used to stifle legitimate opposition in the country. the u.s. government has shut down again after a rogue senator singlehandedly the laid a vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded for another six weeks senator rand paul held up a bipartisan budget agreement the raises government spending but the bill already looks to be on track the u.s. senate has the move the boat has now voted to move forward with the legislation which should shortly be sent to the house of representatives for a vote in time for government offices to open as normal in the morning today the senate will vote on a bill that will add one point five trillion dollars to the debt over the next ten years the dirty little secret is the republicans are loudly clamoring for more military spending but they can't get it unless they give the d

of expression to enter terra looks hostile deaths of human rights across you're all slipping my guest in vienna is michael floaty director of the e.u. agency co-founder man flu shots does he believe you up is doing all he can to protect human rights. in sixty minutes on d w. barely feel. the scars from. the pain still tangible. the suffering for god. to see the edge by. they have survived but do they also have a future. i really understand people who say they do want to stay here. but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something . in peace time what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance of darkness cities after a war starting march tenth on t.w. . the hearts of vintage car lovers beat faster at such sights and the sounds. but take a deep breath yes that's mel the fuse and sort stink of a dying industry.

e.u. gave turkey a list of seventy two criteria are conditions including freedom of speech and a certain human rights standards it needs to fulfill on the way to visa liberalization now ankara says we did our homework everything is fine with submitting everything to brussels but you know in the end the european parliament and the member states have to decide on that and after today's resolution i doubt the european parliament will come up with a positive vote that was julie hong there reporting from istanbul away from the political posturing the athletes at the winter olympics are raring to go or some of them are they used thirteen russians lost their appeals at the court of arbitration for sport they wanted to compete despite a doping ban on their country now on friday forty seven additional russians will learn their own pick fate just as the torch reaches the host city young check. the olympic torch his journey is almost over with the opening ceremony just around the corner the olympic flame took a spectacular ride on a zip while on its way to be on chang. this stop is one of the more daring

e.u. nations saying that they have to take set amounts of refugees you know it's human that countries want to decide for themselves who they take in there is no national do you two with regard to multiculturalism and this last remark goes especially to the greens here. well that prompted this reaction from the chancellor angela merkel clearly having enough decided she was often not going to stick around to hear mr garland say that he supported cooperation between the e.u. member states but not the formation of the united states of europe well is this the new normal in german politics because like them or loath them alternative for germany have the votes there in the parliament we've actually seen them growing in the polls of late one can't really presume that every time they say something that mrs merkel doesn't agree with she's going to decide she has somewhere else better to be it all over in berlin coming out the latest on one of the most curious stories of the week now to russian curlers have been stripped of their bronze medals at the winter olympics in south korea with all the detail

e.u. gave turkey a list of seventy two criteria all conditions including freedom of speech and a certain human rights standards it needs to fulfill on the way to visa liberalization now ankara says we did our homework everything is fine with submitting everything to brussels but you know in the end the european parliament and the member states have to decide on that and after today's resolution i doubt the european parliament will come up with a positive vote are now or you have to your point to relations between the e.u. and turkey are currently in a deep freeze what kind of leverage does the e.u. still have over on craw. well it comes when it comes to pushing for democracy standards for the rule of law and here in turkey i think the e.u. lost most of its leverage on the ankara that's my impression at least the e.u. is not considered a critical of a credible voice anymore by prison aragon and his ruling a k posse and offer all membership talks everything is on hold right now between turkey and the e.u. but that doesn't mean there is nothing turkey wants from the u. they want to reserve re tra

e.u. gave turkey a list of 72 criteria or conditions, including freedom of speech and certain human rightsards it needs to fulfill on the way to visa liberalization. they say we did our homework, we are submitting everything to brussels, but the european parliament and the member states have to decide on that, and after the resolution, i doubt the parliament will come up with a positive vote. brent: that was our reporter from istanbul. away from the political chaos, the athletes are ready to go. 13 russians lost their appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. they wanted to compete despite a doping ban on their country. friday, 47 additional russians will learn their fate just as the torch reaches the host city, pyeongchang. [shouting] reporter: the olympic torch's journey is almost over. the flame took a spectacular ride on a zip wire on its way to pyeongchang. this stop is one of the more daring stages of its 2018 kilometer journey around south korea. not a feat for the fainthearted. at least the next leg was far easier for those watching to stomach. at the olympic village there was

e.u. hopes that improving security and development in the soil will help stop the growing refugee crisis in the region stem human trafficking and reduce what they call the threat of terrorism then. premier the e.u. contributed first of all back in june with an initial figure of fifty million euros about sixty million dollars that's money was made allies for the creation of the chief five cell group today we announced a doubling of that figure to help increase its strength but the most important figure which i am pleased to be able to share with you today is that we've been able to mobilize support worth four hundred fourteen million euros or five hundred ten million dollars which goes well beyond expectations. the g five joint military force was launched last year by the leaders of burkean a fast so chad needs jail mali and mauritania to combat growing filings in western africa its mission is to stop cross border attacks from armed groups including boko haram and crackdown on weapons and people trafficking its five thousand troops will work alongside un peacekeepers and french soldiers already deployed in the re

freedom of expression to end to terror aloha standards of human rights across you're all slipping my guest in ghana is michael flood the director of the e.u. agency focus on the mental gods does he believe you up is doing oh good ten to protect human rights float in forty five minutes long t.w. the first. can be one might of the mayor as nearly as i could still use towards the tube channel. i'm fully support beams and stories. new slaves tournaments and then took so long coups with the few channels about things you should better check it out yourself. barely feel. the scars. the pain still tangible. suffering for god. for cities. they have survived but do they also have a future. i really understand people who say they don't want to stay here. but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something . new beginning in peace time more the people making it possible what needs to happen if tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance of. darkness city's after war. starting march tenth on t w. this is news live from. top stories at this hour the turkish german journalist that is your job has been freed from jai

e.u. . germany should be standing firm and saying back out happen until this this systematic crisis in human rights is is ended and turkey turns over a new leaf same with the council of europe in distress book turkey is on the watch list of this for the council of europe it should stay on that watch list until things improve and germany can influence that. where do you see the trajectory going right now given the current state of affairs and what are your hopes for the future i don't see many positive signs as great this is happened today but the sentencing of the six journalists really shows that the crisis is continuing we also have we also have opposition politicians in prison today there was a prison ruling against the people a titian today also in istanbul very bad news for the country millions of people don't have the democratically elected representatives allowed to operate freely so i'm pessimistic for the for the for the long term for the long term human rights trend in the country but there is a very strong civil society still in turkey there are still some journalists able to oper