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In office i want to say that i look forward to the market tremendous piece over there in price very little are going to get a big deal then were. Going to do well i already am one of you going to feel it out and told me that you tell me youre. Also coming up on the day seeing double after dolly the sheep chinese researchers have now successfully cloned monkeys are we one step closer to replicating ourselves bettery off cloning primate species is slow all over call. In principle any private little human can be called. Oh we begin today waiting for the trump response us President Donald Trump will give the closing address tomorrow at the World Economic forum in davos switzerland the climax of a week punctuated by reminders of the global elites almost unanimous disdain and disapproval of trumps America First policies in a crescendo of critiques each day has seen leaders one more powerful than the last take to the stage to argue why globalization must be reformed not retired and why Multilateral Solutions are increasingly the only solutions in the swiss alps it could very well be America First and america out in the cold but a new poll on how europe looks at the u. S. President and the United States reveals a clear fork in the road all European Countries except for poland have seen their Approval Rating of trump fall below fifty percent since he took office last year you see it right there and yet most europeans say they do not want an end to the close ties between the European Union and the United States and that trend has been rising with trump in the white house. So love the land not the leader of this is more than just statistics today in davos one well respected banking c. E. O. Put it bluntly friday he said will likely be trumps last chance with europe. The u. S. President landed in switzerland earlier today hes the first u. S. President in eighteen years to a tin wef World Economic forum trump will spend the next two days pushing his America First agenda hes due to address the Forum Tomorrow at the end of the week that and seen his administration announce a new package of trade tariffs and sparked turmoil on currency markets are low said for the mountains now my colleague Helena Humphrey joins me from the World Economic forum in davos good evening to you helen how well weve almost arrived all week the the narrative the med and narrative theyve all led is to u. S. President donald trump and the message that hell deliver tomorrow is the World Economic forum is it ready. Its certainly done is best brant to prepare the ground for this moment yesterday we saw a convincing speeches from the german chancellor Angela Merkel who said have we not learned the lessons of history one hundred years on from the end of the First World War now is not a time for populism for protectionism for isolationist policies that baton was picked up by french president Emmanuel Mccall he quickly became the devils dolling often he took to the stage he said lets move now for a stronger europe and that was met with great applause in a davos that said today british Prime Minister to resign may came to town and she delivered her speech in which she sidestepped breaks it thats not to say that she didnt try to drum up some global trade at though she did meet with the u. S. President to donald trump and she emphasized that special relationship that special relationship which is perhaps more important for the u. K. Right now as it tries to look for financial and global trade ties post breaks it of course pro post britains departure from the e. U. Now held a weve talked about heads of state all week but no one received the welcome mr truong did today i mean you were there lets take a look at when he entered the Congress Center today and if you could maybe well see those pictures there we go talk us through this helena i mean what was it like when you came in. That i have never seen the Congress Center like it was packed out as he cut through that chorus or everybody was up the stairs cameras everywhere waiting you know people saying whats your message he said its one of peace and prosperity switzerland he said the great country one person said thanks for coming that didnt play out very well on social media if it wasnt met with a too much concern here he then proceeded to help to hold talks with britain. Prime minister cerise in may and israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu his own they only have two big allies here ready at the moment and we understand it then hes going on to host a business dinner with big company has tonight yeah i mean when you look at these pictures i mean it looks like you know it looks like hes coming home and at the beginning of the program tonight i described trump at the World Economic forum as the davos dilemma the elite of globalization and the president who dragged them through the swamp reunited and it feels so good is that the case thats the huge irony isnt it because he walked in to the lions den of globalists who stand for everything that trump doesnt but yet he was mates with the excitement and some further hate us because this is the dynamic he is nevertheless the leader of the worlds number one economy and people are waiting with bated breath as to what he says you know tomorrow yeah and as soon as he landed in davos he met with theresa may then Binyamin Netanyahu lets take a look at what was said what was done. I just want to thank you very much its a great. Privilege thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you today we continue to be special relationship between you and i just want to say that i look forward to continuing our remarkable tremendous thank you in the years. And i want to express appreciation of the people of this group to you thank you most for thank you very large thank you. I mean there was a lot of people saying that what we saw today was a true political love fest and maybe they were doing it for thursday because they know friday will be a different story tomorrow we know that mr trump will deliver that final address at the World Economic forum and we know that the Trump White House has leakage issues are you able to give us a preview of that speech helen. Well we do know that the u. S. President is expected to tout his America First policy and he promised to drain the swamp a year ago hes flown into the heartland of the elites here hell talk about domestic wins because lets face it on terms of Foreign Policy he doesnt have too many to write home about so we can expect him to talk about tax reform despite the fact that the International Monetary fund head to christine the god speaking here said it may pay off in the short term but post a twenty twenty two the fact that the United States has had to widen its budget deficit manes means that growth may slow down and yeah i mean hell probably speak as well about some of those policies about making America Great again about the Stock Exchange records of seeing record off the record despite the fact that once again the i. M. F. Said remember when you see a boom you normally see a bust thats what all economists know and thats what chump just seems tone deaf to yeah exactly and you cant you know escaped the laws of physics even on equity markets we know that trump and his american first theyve been ridiculed the been rejected all week talk to me about how much of an impact trump ism is having on the global water. Ill say one thing brant the fact that us donald President Donald Trump has created such a media storm also means that for once were talking about really serious issues such as the new clear threat for once this is really being discussed here at the World Economic forum the paris climate deals also being discussed and i went to a press Conference Today about the launch of a new Oceans Initiative to clean up the oceans in line with the Paris Agreement and thats being spearheaded by norway and i have to put it to the norwegian Prime Minister Interesting Initiative but how can you launch Something Like this when we just havent seen the commitments from the u. S. Take a listen to what she said bearing in mind that the United States voted against a Un Resolution on Plastic Waste last year how much then of a blow is that to your campaign and the things youre trying to achieve here and if i could put up to Prime Minister so by please well i think the reason why were notion in high level panelists to show the interlink its between the oceans the economy and how many jobs that is connected to it and how important it is. To deal with these pollution of problems to deal with how make sure the water is safe but also to see how we can explore in a Sustainable Way and i believe in the argument of economy and jobs i believe that showing the sustainability in jobs goes hand in hand this is to future that means that we have to do something about the plastic because we will not be able to have fish and they were dont they will be up a job so the fisheries there will not be fisherman there will be a lot of Different Things that is happening if we are ending up eating plastic instead of fish fish is a very healthy protein it will not be helped if its a press tick so its i think thats one of the reasons because we need to to show this argument together and see the economy of it. Yes thats a very strong argument that shes making there it remains to be seen whether or not President Trump is going to listen we know that the president likes to fight and something tells me that a president ial up yours could be in that speech tomorrow do you agree helen potentially at the same time we have also seen the u. S. President be considered a saree for example in the ruthless speech in july then come up with a total vote fast a total turnaround on twitter that could also be something that happens whether you know the u. S. European relationship is really on the line here remains to be seen remember the World Economic forum is not a binding Summit Europe has gained ground here its really looking at a stone a stronger europe and you know with all the snow here in davos theres also a lot of hot sometimes at summits like this not to mention the fact that the higher you get the thinner the air the less oxygen there its all right my colleague Helena Humphrey at the World Economic Forum Excellent reporting this week tonight and youll be on the story for us tomorrow helen thank you very much. In vienna the United Nations has begun fresh efforts to jumpstart peace talks between the Syrian Government and the opposition the two days of talks in vienna come after eight previous rounds in geneva and even though a breakthrough seems as far away as ever u. N. Special envoy for syria stuff on the mistura remains optimistic. Meanwhile in the north of the war torn country another conflict is raging on turkeys offensive targeting Kurdish Militia in the region of a free. Most turks appear to approve of their governments new war our correspondent in stand bill filed this report on how operation all of branch is being perceived back home. More on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on Turkish Television the tenor of the reporting there a petri Arctic Howard Lee critical the majority of people it seems support operation all of branch in this teahouse at least no one thinks the offensive is a mistake view that the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we wont let them much of them over the years desertions us is all we have fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who dont want to help us should at least not stand in our way out of the angel most of. Those you know are Army Fighting and a friend and strength of it and i hope that with the help of allah we will take home a lick to resolve that it was that got me to my new duty we will win im absolutely sure of it. Turkish politicians agree as well and its not just the ruling a k party that supports the offensive in syria Opposition Leader kamal kill each poll says he also backs the operation as does the action are the head of the new party that wants to challenge president dredge a tired adeline in the next election she tweeted that shes praying for a Glorious Army the only party to condemn the offensive is the pro kurdish h t p g. A former spokesperson calls it inacceptable. You know could have to put a lot of the olive branch has always been a symbol of peace but now it is stained with blood its also the one is extending the olive branch to Bashar Al Assad in syria who once used to be as ally said it was upmarket this operation is an attempt to massacre the kurds opus we hope the statements like this one by jimmy to chile are dangerous right now in the past days the turkish government has detained dozens of people including politicians activists and journalists for criticizing the military operation in syria the official charged terrorist propaganda. The journalist who gucci no servile colleagues who got into trouble with authorities over reports criticizing the offensive he says the government gave editors of turkeys leading Media Outlets directives on how to report patriotically. With congress i mean have you noticed how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. This is actually government propaganda. Journalists must sense of themselves to avoid trouble. Unfortunately i cant do you proper journalism in turkey anymore. But mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily sabbat disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the offering offensive. When it comes to National Security every journalist bears responsibility thats how it is everywhere in the world. But that doesnt mean theyre not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellectuals in turkey who use freedom of speech with hatred of the government. The offensive enough in looks set to stay turkeys main story for now the government has announced that it intends to further expand the operation. Well a barrier has been broken the genie is out of the bottle these are some of the headlines from news of a scientific breakthrough in cloning chinese researchers say that they have successfully cloned monkey is now the baby monkeys that you see here dont just look alike they are identical their clone using the same method which produced dolly the sheep two decades ago but there is a very important difference monkeys are primates just like us humans cloning a human technically is now possible me chills sean and they might just look like two cute baby mechanics but they also represent a breakthrough that has excited scientists around the world the monkeys are close the very First Successful clones of a primate using the method to produce dolly research is that the Chinese Academy of sciences presented them to the public this week the purpose of doing loose monkeys experiment animals is really for the human health for the cure in a few meant easys there are many other animal models who told us whose mice it was widely used but there has to difficulty. In using that as animal model for the human disease because mice of very far away from humans the process took over a year and one hundred twenty seven eggs almost eighty viable embryos and that bevy of host mothers to produce the two babies its hoped the clones could be used to studying diseases like parkinsons and Alzheimers Research is say clones like these could help them clean results that would be more pertinent to humans but this breakthrough also begs another question can we clone humans and should we the burial of cloning primate species is well over call in principle any private including humans can be called. But all purpose so produce will call monk use this purely for human benefit for medical purposes we see no reason why. But despite the assurances it seems the debate around possible human cloning is once again on the agenda lots of questions and see if we can get some answers janai here at the big table with me to my right Derrick Williams our g. W. Science editor and to his right a familiar face here martin jack our religious affairs and ethics correspondent gentleman good to have you here at the big table let me start with you derrick so if we can clone monkeys its a very short step then to cloning you when you and me sirota clee yes i mean there are there there might be some differences in the protocol in the long term but actually ive been working for this for the last twenty years this is a very very difficult thing scientifically to overcome since dolly there are just theres some technical aspects to doing this kind of cloning that were very difficult to overcome and now theyve overcome them now theyre within our group of animals so theyre in evolutionary terms these are very closely related animals so you can probably expect that most of what they did in order to obtain these these these loans would also work with humans martin i have to assume the drive that motivated researchers to keep trying and trying until they got it right with the monkeys is going to keep driving them until they get it right with humans yes but we should be careful with what that means i mean this is not necessarily mean that were necessarily going to have full human full human cloning even if that becomes a technical possibility and this will be part of ethical discussion as to whether. Cloning parts of human beings for instance for therapeutic reasons cloning a lever or cloning a kidney for somebody that hes having to undergo a lifetime of dialysis friends and whether that would be the serval i think that thats a question that we can more or less uncertain the question as to whether you know cloning a full human being is this our off course is one that i think that we would mostly have an intuitive reaction to this are of course at the questions that we as a society or the Global Community will ultimately have to decide and lets talk about the you know the immediate Positive Side effects of this stare can mean for for doctors researchers this is good news isnt it. Not for doctors immediately but for medical research certainly sort of. Being able to limit your study groups of lab animals to two individuals that are genetically identical is going to help them really begin to develop compounds much more quickly than they have been before because genetic variants are within a particular group of animals is one of the big things that you have to overcome if youre doing so if youre doing a study into cancer if the mice all have different genomes theyre all going to react differently to your compound you know in slightly different ways but if you have genetically identical animals that you can work with thats going to take out one of those variables that would otherwise and i seem to do this is going to increase the chances in all types of medical therapies for cancer but even as martin said if we if someone needs a new liver rowing that new liver all of these things now are within the realm of possibility that they are within the realm of possibility and one of the things that we were talking about actually in between shows was was that everybody is interested in growing livers everyones interested in growing kidneys what were not interested in growing is brains and thats really kind of the big fear that lies behind this we dont want a whole new people but we could we would be happy to have a new parts of people and thats really the ethical dilemma that in some ways is facing this entire field of research. But what about alzheimers for example that is a horrible condition for more and more people around the world what would what kind of implications does cloning have then for possible therapies and treatments for it in the future maybe were not talking about growing a new brain but when were talking about developing new compounds that could possibly fight. But what they would probably end up doing is they would genetically engineer primates like this monkeys like this to develop alzheimers quickly so they could quickly have study groups of animals that they could then test compounds and that would be one of the one of the ways that it would benefit this particular field which also has of course ethical question so a whole lot of ethical question is does and who is going to pose the questions hes going to offer answers and heres going to see that we stay within acceptable ethical parameters here i think that the questions were going to pose them collectively and i would say that theyre being both sort of systematically i mean the Scientific Community and the rest of us that are sitting around sort of thinking of this issues and looking at it you know the answers will probably come from regulating entities and sort of government structures is to be sort of the most immediate most immediate agents of regulation the question that we continue to have is whether we will be able to produce some sort of global principle for regulating. You know the stop in big bear off sort of producing an army or producing sort of a large contingent of workers by a process of cloning is something that of course would become theoretically possibility and these are things that would depend presumably on the values of the different communities and the possibility of sort of the International Community to come to terms that would how theyre going to handle these must occur as an expense i guess possible but horrendous but horrendously expensive yeah yeah theres the money factor there as well still lots of questions lots of answers for the future gentlemen thank you very much Dirk Williams martin jacques. Thank you. And a quick check of the time how close are we to global midnight for the second year running atomic scientists have moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock revealing that the world is now another small step closer to Nuclear Annihilation as of today. It is two minutes to midnight. 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