We do not meet a reckless president who believes she is a buffalo. Was her house right. We talked about the simplest things there are a few issues where cooperation between russia and the United States is important especially terrorism that was one of the issues we discussed but her conversations were entirely proper and absolutely transparent that there werent any secrets at least not from ours and you can read them but the further they come in off i thought were guided. In your time at home i go away. And also coming up on the day soccer fans across the world being glued to their t. V. Screens watching the group draw for next years well cup in russia d. W. Sports will be joining me for a close look at whos playing who and what that means for the chances of victory. We begin with this Donald Trumps former National Security advisor Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the f. B. I. Thats after he was charged as part of a wide ranging investigation into the trumpet ministration over its relationship with russia prosecutors say flynt lied about his contacts with russian officials in the wake of trumps election victory last year. He was one of Donald Trumps and earliest and most vocal supporters no my friends facing a u. S. Currency accused of lying to the f. B. I. Thats what flynn said about Hillary Clinton in Campaign Rallies last summer in shooting with trump a chorus of chance against the a point right. Here for you right theres nothing wrong with that. If i did attend a tenth of what she did i would be in jail today despite the americans of his links to Vladimir Putin flynn remain close to the president ial outsider. And went on to be rewarded with a senior cabinet position in the white house. Only to be forced out after twenty four days when its a marriage he had lied to the Vice President might about meetings with the Russian Ambassador baer is u. S. Media says inconsistency in his account of those meetings given to f. B. I. Agents are the basis for todays charges. The white house has distanced itself from fled and further comment on why the word this is not even the president wants to talk about him. Slain on the receiving end now as he left court having pled guilty to u. S. Media report that hes prepared to testify that the call to contact russia came from the heart of his old friend trump campaign. Ok lets pull in washington correspondent on all this cost and cost one of the interesting things about all this is that flynn has actually been investigated for a wide range of allegations but hes only being charged with a single count of lying to the f. B. I. How closely is he cooperating with this investigation. Well we dont know that for sure as Robert Mueller the special prosecutor appointed by the department of justice is keeping his cards close to his chest but indeed many observers here believe that miller had much more on flynn than just as one charge of lying to the f. B. I. In and of an official investigation and that that implies that indeed general flynn flipped here and is now effectively a witness for the prosecution so that would signal that flynn is perhaps providing information on other suspects in this investigation in exchange for leniency we can expect that even though Michael Flynn has not said so publicly in a statements that was published today in a written statement Michael Flynn said that he assume full responsibility accepted full responsibility for his mistakes and he didnt name anyone else but prosecutors have stated that they believe flynn was directed by the Trump Transition Team when he met the Russian Ambassador after the election and the Court Documents say that mr flynn called a senior transition official who was was other members of the team at trumps mar a lago results and i asked them specifically what to talk about with the Russian Ambassador if at all so clearly this might be the direction that the mill investigation might go on and of course that begs the question what has the white house been saying about all this and how close is this all getting to president trump. Well the white house has sort of tried to distance itself from flynn the lawyer for donald trump well mr flynn was with the trumpet ministration only for a short time and he didnt implicate anyone with his plea which is technically correct i mean he didnt name anyone at least not yet and also he was the National Security advisor for mr trump only for a few weeks but clearly mr flynn was one of the closest allies in advisors of donald trump during the Election Campaign and after it as oh he was in the know he was part of Donald Trumps in a circle and that might make a lot of people around on the trump or his former Transition Team quite nervous donald trump himself i think so far is not in the focus there but not so much about the russian dealings but maybe because of what he did afterwards the way he has been handling this investigation lets not forget theres still the question of whether he committed obstruction of justice by first trying to get the then f. B. I. Director james cole me off flynns back and then eventually firing mr cole me because he wasnt happy with the way the investigation was going ok cost many thanks for that constant phenomenon in washington. Ive. Now its World Aids Day an annual opportunity to reflect on a deadly pandemic thats killed roughly thirty five Million People since it was discovered some thirty years ago heres where we stand in the fight against hiv aids according to the United Nations thirty six point seven Million People currently living with hiv across the world the good news is the number of annual affections infections rather has fallen by sixteen percent since twenty ten many people have asked ill becoming infected one point eight million last year alone without proper treatment of course hiv can lead to Life Threatening Diseases but heres the other item of good news better medications socalled anti retroviral have increased Life Expectancy according to one study a twenty year old living back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six. Could expect to live for another nineteen years fifteen years later that Life Expectancy figure is youll see it in a second move right up to fifty three years that a twenty year old infected with hiv in twenty eleven could expect to reach the ripe old age of seventy three now that is the big picture for this Global Health issue im waiting for me at the big table to discuss the big picture is holger vishk who works for the german aids Service Organization aids health. Mr fyshe thank you very much for coming in to talk to us now hiv aids used to be a source of exclusively bad news ive been just showing that there is also good news in the fight against hiv aids progress a medication diagnosis the rate of infections and deaths appears to have peaked. Are we on the way to controlling this pandemic yes we are we really want to and if we do anything we can do. To stop hiv aids in all countries of the world we have a great situation in germany infection rates are low because control by medication very well if you get infected today and get tested early and get treatment at once you have a nearly normal Life Expectancy and you can lead a pretty normal life with sexuality children and so on like like your neighbors but thats not the picture everywhere is said to me that there are still areas in the world and that is exactly the point in the world only fifty six per cent of People Living with hiv i have access to the n. T. Retroviral therapy and even in germany there are some people who dont have access for example of people who are not legally in germany in germany you can get many kill. The medication easily so its there are still some huge problems also in germany ok but the ability of medication this thats a. Key thing were going to look now at the story of a person called mono she is from india and she tested positive for hiv back in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine but for the disease and began working for indias Hiv Aids Alliance in new delhi she is now campaigning for a world where hiv suffered treated with dignity. Mona bologna is one of the few women in india who speak openly about being infected with hiv shes lived with the virus for twenty years husband and son both died from complications of aids the government h. I. V. Program started just in time for medical treatment and free drugs have saved her life. I go to my right is going to be mine. The trucks are helping me to live a normal life her oldest son mohit is hiv negative but has still suffered other children were not allowed to play with him he also feared losing his mother for moner the social exclusion is almost as bad as the illness itself. He saw my fight with this is safety he saw my fight with my soul because he is the witness since childhood. Whole i am suffering with my health something. I am struggling with my. Health than my. Duties or my family. Just over two Million People in india a living like my own or with hiv the government is making a concerted effort to combat the epidemic with some success the number of people infected with hiv has half since two thousand and ten one reason for this is that india does not recognise the peytons filed by western Drug Companies more than half of aids patients receive free medication produced in india i want. Because. The so i think india believes in access to treatment for everybody and therefore whatever is necessary good quality treatment is available generic drugs that. Takes part in a support group in delhi she tells young hiv patients they need not fear for the future with treatment they can even have healthy children. I lost my. Because i was not aware that best. During my pregnancy. So it was. The battle against the hiv virus is certainly not been won in india but there has been significant progress in east thanks to people like mono but loni. Still with me in the studio holga vision from the german aid Service Organization. Want to pick up on one aspect of that report the price of patented medication effective medication india. Has decided to ignore those patents and produce its own cheap and effective medication how important has that been that move from india for instance in the fight against hiv aids that has been very important because you know medication has always been very expensive the new drugs are still very expensive and in the beginning big pharma wasnt willing to cut the prices and that millions of people suffer from aids and die so people like this woman and governments like the government of india or brazil or thailand had to do something to save the people and they decided to use a possibility that is in International Law due to the trips i think its there is a Health Emergency a national Health Emergency you can have a composite relicense is and just produce the stuff you need to save the people and that is so important and saving lives now the coming medication that is being used to entry retroviral is essentially contains hiv aids stopping it from spreading but theres no vaccination yet against the condition where do we stand in terms of developing that kind of vaccination thats very difficult to say because we have seen so many tries to find a vaccine and they all didnt work and so much money though you. Just on research why is it so difficult to find because hiv is such a difficult virus it changes it transforms itself all the time we have lots of subtypes and variations of the subtypes and you know you need a vaccine against the flu every year and youve gone and even transforms itself. Even faster so its so difficult to find something that works with every variation of hiv fortunately we have something simular we have preexposure prophylaxis this is not a vaccine but a medication that protects people at high risk from acquiring a this is very important to have access to this preexposure prophylaxis it works like a vaccine its a different thing but it has the same effect and we need to access also into i mean better excess it exists but lots of people cant afford it so we need the Public Health insurance to pay it ok just very briefly on thursday scientists announced two big studies in Southern Africa to test what may become an hiv vaccine how promising is that well that is promising that is hope but that is still still the beginning you can never know how a study ends even if there is so much hope in the beginning and it possibly it will end with a vaccine that protects people with with a. Fifty percent or sixty percent probability or Something Like that and that will be the next step but thats not the solution and if it works completely in that region that does not mean it works in other countries on other continents so this will be hopefully the next important step but it wont be the end of Research Well have to see how it plays out from the german aid Service Organization many thanks for talking to us thank you for having me. Well the path towards unlocking germanys political stalemate is a little clearer tonight the two largest parties chancellor merkel of conservatives in the social democrats have agreed to hold exploratory talks on forming a new government where they still differ however is over what form that government is going to take chancellor merkel wants to revive the grand coalition of conservatives and social democrats that germany for the past four years but the yes pretty easily to mountain shocks he says its not a done deal yet hes keen to keep the outcome of these exploratory talks open marching childes made it clear that his party has not decided anything a grand coalition as well as other alternatives are still on the table. There was broad support for not ruling out any options when it comes to forming a government we have an acting government in place and we are not under time pressure. So. The s. P. D. Chairman rejected media reports that at a meeting last night with president flung steinmeyer his party opted to pursue a grand coalition steinmeyer invited chancellor Angela Merkel they vary in conservative leader horse over and schultz to discuss the ongoing governmental impasse. Schultz was visibly irritated at the media reporting on what were confidential talks and blamed conservatives for the leak. Because these statements seem to have originated in the conservative bloc i called mrs merkel and told her that i find this an acceptable. The s. P. D. Rank and file are divided on whether to enter another coalition with conservatives many social democrats want the party to make a fresh start in the opposition the s. P. D. Youth organization is collecting signatures to protest another grand coalition and the general public is also skeptical. I think this is a bad solution a political deadlock i think this would be a bad idea of the mafia for im all for fresh elections and no growth was a good move its maybe the only chance to form a government on the other hand wed lose out on the s. P. D. Is a strong opposition to your own at this point only one thing is clear until there is a new government. Will stay on as acting chancellor. Now its been a day of great anticipation for soccer fans all over the world but the wait is now over the draw for the group stage of next years world cup in russia is complete all thirty two teams now know who theyre going to be facing next summer the draw was conducted inside the kremlin in moscow a glitzy affair as ever featuring musical and dont perform it says before getting down to the business of making that draw or hosts russia drawn first in the group along with egypt you require and their opponents for opening match of next years world cup saudi arabia. With me now to talk us through every single group in detail yannick spate from d. W. Sports thanks for coming in yeah nick lets start with them with that group a host russia facing saudi arabia in the very first game of the world cup then egypt then you require the russians must be quite happy i mean thats a manageable group isnt it it could have been worse for russia thats for sure and their fans should be expecting their team to go through the knockout stages which is quite important for the tournament i think your goal was probably the Strongest Team in that group that egypt their first world cup since ninety ninety study rabia they have just changed their coach that strong so its a good chance for russia ok once the russian fans will be happy about that lets look at group b. European champions portugal in that group and they face a very tough opponent straight away spain then they have morocco and iran. A tough group but not really a group of death is it no not a group of death i dont think there is a group of death in this world cup which is a little bit disappointing but portugal spain two very strong teams and then iran i think they could surprise a few people they very well organize they did well the last world cup cause argentina a lot of problems and theyre very theyve got a nice coach and. Formally of midges united thing so it is tough group that you would expect made of portugal to go through this one ok lets look at group c. And thats one that yanick is particularly interested in you may have noticed from his accent hes one of our australian colleagues so the socceroos in this group they have a tough one you know one of the tournament favorites france then peru denmark you think of the socceroos might make it through on pretty happy with this group to be honest i mean france is a tough one to one of the favorites for the tournament but i think we can challenge peru and denmark that said on either of those teams can join friends into the knockout stages but im confident we can do it ok lets move on to group d. Argentina in that group of course the runners up last time around in twenty fourteen losing to defending champions germany will come to them in just a second argentina facing iceland croatia nigeria. You know yes that is not perhaps a group of death but i think thats a really tough group have to agree with you its the closest i think were going to get to a group of death really look quite evenly matched i mean argentina are a big name but they were pretty disappointing in qualifying and austin of course defeated in one nil in the euros last year and croatia always with the noise the balance of a strong team but they often disappoint in nigeria as well well well rounded so i think thats the Toughest Group to pick if you had to remind me about that iceland game didnt you as you can tell british and an england fan will get to their group in a second first group heavyweights brazil up against switzerland costa rica serbia theyre going to coast through that group as you would say when you i think brazil as well or one of the favorites and its not for them to have a few you know relatively easy warm up matches before they get into the knockouts out of serbia costa rica and switzerland i think its pretty even in terms of whos going to get that second spot and move to the defending champions germany now theyre in group f. Their first game against mexico before they take on sweden and then south korea south korea always a hard working side but that should be manageable for germany as well shouldnt it i would say so i think germany have to top the group i mean theyre the defending champions they have to make a statement and that group is definitely doable i think it will be tricky mexico a strong saw germany did defeat them for one early this year in the Confederations Cup sweden of course knocked out italy in the play off. There a tough nut to crack as well but germany they really should be topping this one on carrots moved to grucci thats the one that particularly interests me as an england fan and belgium panama and my Home Team England are looking at that i mean panama belgium and england must be pretty confident of getting through that one so i think you guys got a very soft draw to be fair. Of course i think its between who gets top spot panama you really cant say much i think theyve got an early flight home although we do have a record of messing things up to do and well have to say well see about that finally group h. This one headed by poland rounded down off with senegal colombia and japan you know thats also a very even group it is difficult to predict whos going to get through that one i think poland would be extremely successful in the qualifiers but they usually are and then they struggle in the actual tone in colombia a strong team in the last world cup though a couple the stars are aging senegal they could repay their fate from two thousand and two the only other world cup appearance where jews had an absolute storm of maybe well say the same from liverpools. 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