Need transplants but what are the ethical ramifications and a former audi chief Rupert Stadler is formally charged by german prosecutors for his alleged role in the diesel gate scandal. On mylar thank you so much for your Company Everyone germanys foreign minister has said his country will not join a proposed u. S. Led mission to protect shipping in the persian gulf well the u. S. Has asked allies to help protect vessels as they pass through the street over bruce because of heightened tensions with iran germany had already expressed skepticism about the proposal saying that priority should be given to diplomatic efforts to deescalate tensions foreign minister heikal mas had this to say while on a visit to. And. For. The German Government will not participate in the sea mission proposed and planned by the United States we are in close agreement with our French Partners in this regard we think the strategy of maximum pressure is wrong we do not want to military escalation we will continue to work with diplomacy more to set the foreign minister speaking there are shorter time ago well lets get your reaction now do you will use kid brady is on the story a for you kid germanys foreign minister heiko most unequivocal is saying germany wont join a u. S. Led Naval Mission in the persian gulf there yeah exactly some straight talking there from the German Foreign minister reiterating again what wed already heard yesterday after that request came from washington to germany to join that u. S. Led mission there in the streets right now germany is very much set on trying to find a diplomatic solution and above all trying to make sure that the situation does not escalate further at the same time however it is worth pointing out that just at the other side of europe today in brussels the new German Defense minister and a great crump a. K. K. As shes known here was meeting with nato allies including the u. K. And friends who were also very important signatories on that on that rather fragile Iran Nuclear Deal right now and her answer to the press wasnt quite as direct and clear it could as masses we can have a listen to what she had to say now. That. We are considering this request in close consultation with the United Kingdom and france. And we are doing this with particular consideration of our political and diplomatic goals and from this overall assessment a decision will be made. Of course was a new defense minister speaking in brussels at nato h. Q. Ok to what is the new defense minister saying there. Well basically what she told the press today was that germany hasnt yet reached a decision when it comes to whether germany will join in that u. S. Naval mission in the strait of hormuz but at the so of course that is a very different tone from what we were hearing from the German Foreign minister but at the same time she did also stress again that germany is trying to 1st and foremost seek a diplomatic solution and she reiterated again that the German Government unlike the administration is very much set on trying to salvage what is left of the Iran Nuclear Deal and germany right now is working very closely particularly with the u. K. And france to try and get some diplomatic talks going and in an attempt really to avoid an escalation of the situation in the gulf all right kid radio reporting for you think you. Now to japan in what could be a Ground BreakingScientific Development japanese officials have given approval for experiments that aim to let the 1st ever hybrids of humans and animals be born scientists hero. Is leading a team conducting this Research Well 1st his team plans to take embryos from animals and implant human cells inside them next they would place those embryos in host animals starting with rats as the hosts the rats would carry the modified embryos to term now if all goes to plan those rats would give birth to a new kind of rat capable of groom human tissue inside it the researchers would like to study extending the process to other types of hosts like pigs which could grow larger organs well the researchers ultimate goal here would be growing human organs to give to people in dire need of organ donations but the plans raise many many questions both scientifically and ethically and to help us make sense of the ethical side of this im now joined here on set by did a very own ethics experiment at martin gak a good to have you here with what could possibly go wrong i mean this is a 1st of its kind its not quite a 1st of its kind in the sense that this is the mix essentially of 2 different animals dean this has been done before and thats a matter of fact even with humans has been done before but it has really never been allowed to proceed the 14th day in japan and Different Countries all of this sort of process are never brought to term the difference in this particular case is that this is actually being allowed japan is giving the green light to take the process fully through and actually bring this pregnancies to term now in rats and mice and potentially report pointed out to him biggs this is true. Sort of really kind of a watershed moment mainly because in a sense this is a technology that we have had for really quite a while. And its been very clear that given the lack of regulation and this was going to happen in places where it could not be controlled at all. Standing is that they seem to fit community has reached the point in which you just under stupid that the neediest there that the capacities there and that essentially the pandora box its already been open so it is it behooves this government just initially find solutions to take this technology for their head so is that why dupin decided now to give it the green light with the blessing i think tacitly from the International Scientific community the interesting thing about this particular team is that the head of the team is actually working both in the Us Stanford University i believe. Its in the top the University Context its bush in this ahead there is actually a very important sort of background bits of information to this which is that a few years ago. In a similar experiment by and chris was essentially developed inside a rat which was used to cure diabetes in the mouth into a mouse into which it was planted so the point of this story is that the benefits that are being civil from this kind of thing for humanity by and large so to say are actually brissie i mean especially in a situation which we have people that are in dire need of transplants and things of the kind this is the horror ice and this is gushing now the lead scientist spearheading this experiment says there are no ethical issues there what do you think is and you know i think that there are clearly ethical issues i mean among other things because there is sort of a question as to what what is number one the status of the fetus essentially which has human material i mean is that have does it have any sort of entitlements or the kind of things that we would normally give humans but then the further problem and i think that this is the one that. Its really thats really at the top of the list is that these experiments cannot be fully controlled the process of essentially simulation of genes could actually turn into all sorts of things that idea is that in doing this step by step they will be able to control for instance for the fact that some of these same plants could turn the rat into a some sort of scent and being in the brig similar to humans this would be actually a massive massive ethical problem but were not there yet so i think its most important that we do not look at this in the frankenstein way this is not a frankenstein experiment this is an experiment that is actually quite limited but they shoes are actually on the table so yes when you think in the forseeable future we could see more and more of these ethical debates take place i dont think were going to see the debates and im not entirely sure what do you see the wisdom of bringing these debates into the public discussion because a lot of the problem a lot of the problem in general but in this particular case is that these are extremely complex technicalities that cannot be adjudicated by people who simply have the sense that there might be something a food we need a lot of information that is very difficult to process this goes to say that its really agencies experts get them mixed up should be in the process of doing that nonetheless what we can say beyond sort of a doubt is that this is no a play and this will continue to be pushed unstoppable Martin Gakkai thank you very much along shit when i bring up speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world the African Union has condemned the killing of 4 student opposition protesters in sudan earlier this week all the students were shot by Government Forces in the city as they protested the countrys military rulers the opposition signed an outline of a power sharing agreement with the military government just weeks ago. North korea has launched 2 short range Ballistic Missiles its pyongyang 2nd weapons test in less than a week south korea said the missiles were fired from the east coast and flew about 250 kilometers toward japan japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says there is no impact on his countrys security. Iran has announced plans to reform and rename its currency whats now called the reaal is set to become the toll mine and will shed 4 zeros in the process ordinary iranians have long been slashing zeros from their National Currency to simplify transactions the move comes as the reaal continues to hit record lows under international sanctions. And the u. S. Firefighters in texas are fighting a blaze at a refinery belonging to the oil Company Exxon Mobil its the latest in a series of recent fires involving the petrochemical industry in the houston area authorities have warned nearby residents to stay indoors. News of the emissions cheating scandal in germanys Automotive Industry may have broken 4 years ago but prosecutors are still bringing charges against the people they believe are responsible the latest is Rupert Stadler who used to head up the Audi Division of the fox wagon group. For more than 20 years Rupert Stadler was one of the top executives in the german although industry today the former audi boss finds himself facing charges of fraud false certification and criminal advertising practices all consequences of his alleged role in diesel get the emissions cheating scandal which has rocked the car industry in germany since details 1st emerged almost 4 years ago stadler is accused of allowing sales of hundreds of thousands of folks wagon and all the models to continue after september 2015 thats when munich prosecutors say he already knew those same models had been fitted with Illegal Software that helped the vehicles game emissions tests already as part of the Volkswagen Group before joining audi shatner was head of the board for the folks wagon group he served as audi chief executive from 2007 until october 20th when he was formally dismissed a few months after being arrested by German Police for his alleged role in the scandal he spent more than 3 months in custody before his release. The Public Prosecutors Office in munich say studland treat other defendants are being charged. Already says the case is separate from the wider investigation into the car makers role in the scandal which was settled last october with an 800000000 euro fine. And some sports news now for you in womens football news a former United States coach p. S. N. Tiger has taken charge of the Brazilian National team well after her appointment last week a sun tiger was officially unveiled in Rio De Janeiro with us we need to lead her u. S. Side to 2 olympic titles or her time in charge she was praised by the president of the present Football Federation as the best coach in the world. Good luck to her but we stay in brazil brazilian president joey theyre both so narrow has snubbed frances foreign minister by cancelling their mean their meeting at the very last minute and instead getting a haircut well boss a narrow stream his hair cut live on facebook at the time he was scheduled to meet the French Foreign minister will join even o. T. L. It was planning to discuss Environmental Issues with both the narrow threatening to pull brazil out of the Paris Climate Accord also there is a spokesman later said the president had other reasons for counseling the meeting and it wasnt due to the haircut. You washington every news still to come the Federal Reserve bank in washington announces the 1st lending rate cut in years what does it mean for the Global Economy youre watching the news that story coming up next with ben physical and ill see you again tomorrow same time same place for now thank you for spending this part of your day with me. Its all. Happening go to fit. 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