Syria and iraq and their caliph it is no more some want to come home how do we know they are not bringing terror with them. We dont want as to to see that the back and to be obviously dont show in feeding off the of shame how strong is their influence well basically will only know when the next that that happens im afraid. We begin the day with germanys diesel gait changing gears from dirty to downright filthy three major german Automakers Dialer b. M. W. Invokes wagon are facing allegations that they manipulated tests some involving monkeys and humans to hide the Harmful Health risks of Diesel Emissions pseudoscience in fake news to keep the multibillion euro Diesel Engine industry on the road on tonight there is outrage from the government here in berlin and calls for a federal probe critics saying that german carmakers have used the same tactics as
tobacco companies to convince consumers that a harmful product is really a good deal. Here at the University Clinic in aachen in Two Thousand And Thirteen and fourteen a group of twenty five Healthy People were made to inhale Nitrogen Dioxide in varying concentrations over periods of hours several times a week the Car Manufacturers wanted to use the tests to determine exactly how dangerous Nitrogen Dioxide was to humans the tests were commissioned by the European Research organization for environment and health and financed by german car makers v. W. B. M. W. And german parts supplier bosch the study was supposed to be conducted under the cover that they were to be no negative effects on the Human Subjects but the methods which have now been revealed have let loose a wave of indignation. Its absolutely understandable that people are outraged that tests on monkeys and even on human beings cannot be justified. That
amounts to nothing more than hot air according to environmental organizations they say the German Government has been in bed with the automotive lobby for years. Mrs merkel is really the first chancellor and she even fights in brussels to make sure that Emissions Regulations are less strict and if possible not controls. And it seems there were no controls at volkswagen either the Supervisory Board says it knew nothing about the studies and is now threatening consequences. To complex and complex is reprehensible ethically morally and in that sense i think the w. Will have to hold the employees who are responsible for this accountable so they can shift. These revelations will deliver another blow to the german car industrys image. I want to bring in our word d. W. Business anchor now Helen Humphrey to talk about well the story that seems to never
end helen i mean the picture weve got to not be about a deal. Mission. Have always been hazardous to your health that we know as my Heart Attacks me because of cancer a great big lie appears to have been exposed is the german Auto Industry now as we heard earlier on par with big tobacco let me lay out the facts for the empirical evidence brant put it this way twenty twelve the un mandated Global Health body the World Health Organization came to the conclusion following investigations on the off the back of its research that Diesel Emissions were causing the genic their cancer causing both in terms of lang and lung cancer and potentially also. Regarding the bladder now w. H. O. Polls over its evidence before it declares something carcinogenic in terms of the Tobacco Industry if you want to look at the power tell that the World Health Organization has in his direct quote decided to declare war on the Tobacco Industry
so that was in twenty twelfths get forty eight to twenty thirty that was when the g. T. Research group decided to make twenty five Healthy People inhale Nitrogen Dioxide to try and disprove the research of w. H. O. Which attracts the top scientists the Choctaw Public Health professionals and you know it tried to find out whether or not shin dioxide was home full despite the fact that w. H. O. Had already proven that Diesel Emissions which come from the combustion. Creating Nitrogen Dioxide can cause cancer just this is a clear case then of. A company or an industry using academia using research and then trying to twist it to create a false reality. As it were held in the Auto Industry how have the car makers reacted to this latest explosion is the same narrative that weve seen since the eruption of the diesel gate scandal with tiredly sorry that this has happened says
the Supervisory Board of v. W. That said we did not know that it was happening. Also what dima has said is well its a classic Risk Communications strategy as then surely you blame a cell of Rogue Employees thats what theyre trying to do now earlier in the day brian i spoke to somebody who tried to give Business Advisory Consultation Advice to folks fogg and during the Diesel Gate Emissions scandal hes also a moral philosopher and he said to me the reason that such a huge mistake such huge failings occur is when a company or an industry gets Too Big To Fail almost is this Market Dominance and that often means that these failings of systemic there from the top down and this is that they hubris the fatal flaw is this arrogance of Market Dominance thats what he said to me what about the pressure now on politicians to act i think the pressure has always been that theres been accusations for a long time that the German Government and the german car industry essentially are
in cahoots of course the ante has now been weve seen at that statement there from the chancellor Spokes Person saying that testing all monkeys testing on humans is apparent its clearly unacceptable weve also heard from the Environment Minister that i hendricks according it abominable the question is whether the federal probe will be nor i think at the end of the day money talks in these kind of issues and it will more likely be the pressure of the german car industry to change its ways to keep up with electric car competition which perhaps makes it clean up its act and we also have to be ready theres still not a new government here in germany so everythings on hold right absolutely including just as they are now in the humphreys always thank you good to have you can side instead of out in the cold in dublin thank you. Well tonight afghanistan is reeling from the latest in a string of Terror Attacks in just the last week eleven soldiers died when suicide
bombers and gunmen attacked a Military Academy and the Security Forces in the country appear to be buckling under the pressure of ever more extremist violence but there could be a significant and no warming transformation underway as well Islamic State has claimed responsibility for yesterdays attack the taliban apparently were not involved or were they Islamic State and the taliban while they may not be joining forces officially are coexisting in ways never noticed before the result for civilian life in afghanistan could be devastating we have this report tonight from kabul. There is no escaping the military presence on the streets of kabul for the third time within days attackers have killed victims in the Afghan Capital this time the target was the army itself militants including Suicide Bomber has stormed a battalion near the marshall fashion minute trick out to me and began an onslaught
afghans are turning their fury on the government that youve got to look at whats happening to this nation youre not able to control the Current Situation its better that the Security Ministers resign whats kind of government at ministry is this youre not even able to secure the city. The Afghan Defense Ministry Says two gunmen were killed in the exchange of fire and two others died off to detonating the suicide vests one other was arrested now people want to know how the attacks keep happening in a city already on to tighten security measures. To broaden this out im joined now by you know steinberg he is a middle east Security Analyst hes a regular here on the day its good to have you back here at the big table why is this happening maybe what were seeing it was just afghanistan first why does these attacks appear to be so bold right now why do these. Are the taliban why do they
appear to be willing to attack places that are so well secured but first the government is weak and that is something we have seen for years and no with isis or with enough gonna stop there is a new professionalism we have seen all over the place in yemen and libya and egypt that this is seems to be a stronger insurgent opponent than the taliban or other organizations have been in recent years and they do attack hard targets. Stronger than the taliban i mean it itself is a Remarkable Development is it possible to say that the taliban and Islamic State are are they on a course to merge in some way in the future thats too early to tell by and large the taliban are stronger Insurgent Organization well isis is more
professional terrorism wise. In perpetrating Terrorist Attacks but what we do see is that has lost its core it doesnt have a capital anymore it has lost muscle it has lost its syrian Capital Syria and might not be the money flowing from iraq or mosul to afghanistan anymore so that new we might see new coalitions emerging among afghan insurgents perhaps in the end even between the taliban but i think that its too early to tell let me ask you about the collapse of Islamic State in syria in iraq. The jihadists the fighters there who were fighting for Islamic State where are they now. First and foremost they are dead many of them have died in in recent months especially especially in syria many of them have escaped to turkey
and the Turkish Government doesnt seem to be in control of the situation and some of them are in jail right now they have turned themselves in to jordanian authorities at the border they have turned themselves into the kurds in Northern Syria but also in iraq but i think that many of them have escaped to turkey and the big question is where do they go from there its possible that they go to afghanistan its possible that they go to north africa the problem is as always in recent years the Turkish Government that is not willing to fight i guess as it should in their people people looking at the story from the outside or maybe surprised by that why would turkey not want to see all its borders and what would be a well jihad has to come in well first they believe that by supporting isis and other organization at least passively supporting it by letting all the
foreign fighters travel through turkey they could weaken the syrian kurds now they are fighting the syrian kurds themselves and i think one factor is revenge they have always complained to the americans but especially to the europeans that we do not personally prosecute the p. K. K. As we should and that is why they that is why they followed these policies in the past and i think thats one of the reasons why they dont prosecute i has let them come through the country possibly didnt end up in europe the us but i think that european European Border controls at least in most countries in the strongest countries are better then than in previous years but they might go to other other countries where we dont expect them. Just like in north africa they might go they might even go to the caucasus we have seen examples in recent months where
important personnel was able to leave syria go to go through turkey for example to georgia and nobody expected a larger Terrorist Cell over there but it was. Just one big as always we appreciate you coming on and giving us your analysis thank you. Well these are called Islamic State is facing major setbacks on the ground in syria and iraq as we heard some say it is actually completely defeated bill that means many of the fighters who flocked to join us are returning to their home countries many of them came from right here from europe so how are those countries dealing with them how much of a threat do they still pose these are huge questions our brussels correspondent terry szell followed their tracks to belgium the country where our u. S. Managed to find the most Terrorist Recruits in europe and she joins me now from
brussels good evening to you terry so tell us tell us what what did you find in belgium. Well as steinberg explained many of these fighters in fact are not coming back to Europe Europe had been warned for years that it would be facing the the worst Terrorist Threat ever when some of its citizens decided to leave the socalled caliphate of the Islamic State and come back to their home countries some with with good intentions some with regress some very much intending to continue the violence in their homelands in fact it hasnt been an exodus at all its been more like a trickle of foreign fighters coming back but as i found when i went to speak to local communities in billboard and and lost a lot of their young people to Islamist Groups any number of returning is a challenge lets take a look at their report now and listen to the people that you talk with. This park in antwerp was a hotspot for islamised recruiters luring young belgians to battlefields in syria
and iraq now some of them are headed back making many communities nervous earlier return is trying to reintegrate in society are reluctant to be identified and City Councilor he shall mounseer know some of them personally and ask them to share their stories with me nobody was willing to speak with many of them came back with a huge feeling of shame. And they dont want to show up to show their name or to look to be on t. V. To say i went there and i was a foreigner and they came back but there are some exceptions Laura Persone was all over t. V. In Two Thousand And Sixteen publicizing her book about being an Islamic State militants bride in syria she decided to escape when her four year old son was taught to behead a teddy bear as shown in this jihadi propaganda now persone occasionally visit schools as part of the Belgian Governments anti Radicalization Efforts but she declined our multiple requests for an interview some are attorneys have other
motives for staying in the shadows those are the ones that were there and towards Muslim Community they dont want us to to see the back and to be all those who dont show any feeling of shame. For straight its about the fact that. Hes losing. But yet here. Thats how returning for three seems to feel set free after receiving a suspended sentence dela for three also wrote a book and publicly praised Islamic State he said his only regret was coming back we couldnt speak with him as hes in prison on unrelated charges sources tell me returning is and their families are urged to keep a low profile by belgian authorities but theyre not the only ones im told the brother of a belgian fighter gave a Television Interview a couple of years ago. With his identity disguised but Islamic State supporters found him and beat him up very badly
a warning to others to keep quiet local communities are figuring out how to deal with people who return their boarded just north of brussels many youths left this suburb to join us mayor husband has taken a personal interest in them he visits them in prison to make sure they understand their choices he warns them that after their release they will be under constant scrutiny but thats not all he tells them the second thing i said is when you are free you are a free man you have had your punishment and you have the right and you will help you and all the opportunities to do to give you all the opportunities to reintegrate and opposed to. Want to gives us an example of how his city supported one return he committed to being a Law Abiding Citizen by being completely transparent about the situation and the informant. Was ready to give him a chance after all the information that we have got trust transferred to the employer the same thing on the housing side. That man is still
a Success Story two years later but there are more i guess followers being groomed Peter Van Listing in one of the best known researchers of the belgian Jihad Movement says he sees no decrease in pro jihad language on social media how strong is their influence well basically with. The next that that happens who are afraid however the Belgian Government appears a bit more optimistic than. It has reduced to the National Terror threat level meaning an attack is no longer considered probable but rather unlikely. For me terry its fascinating looking at this because what authorities have to do what neighbors have to do is best is basically assume and guess whats going through the minds of people. At some point every considering that. Hell have European Countries have theyve been handling this i mean can we talk
about a common policy at all. No we cant talk about a common policy but whats happening in most countries brant is that anyone any richer any who is known to be coming back and thats not all of them but if if theyre known if theyve been flagged if turkey has lets you know one of the European Countries know that that its sending a fighter back that that person is is met with with the highest of security at the airport that they are taken and interrogated and in belgium for example they are automatically presumed to be going into prison and then they kick in the interviews they find out that truly this person had nothing to do with any violence didnt commit any you know any any murders didnt significantly contribute to Islamic State activities perhaps they can have a suspended sentence but most of the people in belgium are going to jail and that increasingly includes women as well and im told by experts that women generally
were not prosecuted and they found to be posing as much a threat as the men and so now the women also routinely routinely go to jail and what about the people. Or kept for example in iraq what will happen if. They are. Well thats a big issue right now and european governments are in a bind because some of them have said publicly and some of them just think that privately they dont really want these people back these are some of the fighters who stayed on so they clearly hadnt had A Change Of Heart and wanted to come back and start a new life and many of them hundreds of them are now rounded up in iraq and are expected to face a rocky justice now this is a problem for europe because europe is against the Death Penalty and this people are very likely to face the Death Penalty in court in iraq so governments are being asked what are you going to do about these citizens who are there and at the moment we dont have an answer in fact the iraqi ambassador here in belgium is said that
they dont plan to send them back they very much want to try them there in iraq there is an issue with their Something Like eighty children who are believed to be belgian. That are being held in this camps and they pose another question of course and now belgium is looking at proving the belgian heritage of these children and bringing them back so there are a lot of very difficult questions facing not only return ease but facing the people that have been that are stuck basically rounded up after the Islamic State collapsed. Ask you the children who do come back if they are understood theyre under the age of ten they. Can come back but even if they are lets say nine to ten years old if they were with Islamic State theyve already been indoctrinated in murder havent. Thats right there woman that you saw in my piece Laura Persone she came back when her four year old had been taken off to a Training Program and came back and showed her how he had been taught to saw the
head off a teddy bear so they are starting the indoctrination the tendency toward violence the hatred at such a young age that even these ten year olds who are are being brought back will have certainly suffered suffered a lot of trauma in this way and theyre going to take a very a lot of work to reintegrate them both for society to accept them and for the children themselves too to realize theres another way to live back here in europe its a difficult situation for everyone involved on regardless of where they happen to be aware they in dump their results on the story for us tonight from brussels terry thank you very much. All the stars of the Music Business descended on New York City for the industrys annual Grammy Awards last night a surprise winner of the night was bruno mars who beat up some tough competition the likes of jay z. And Kendrick Lamar to take home six awards but music was not the only item on the bill following the lead of the Golden Globes many participants and attendees wore
white roses as a visible show of solidarity at the times up movement confronting Sexual Misconduct in show business. Well politics is definitely or was definitely center stage at the grammys and perhaps the most memorable moment was when hose james corden got a bunch of celebrities to read aloud from that bestselling Book Fire In Fury A behind the scenes to tell all about the Donald Trump White House now it was supposed to be an old dish in for reading the audio book and guess who won. By take well he had a long time fear of being away for one reason i think. I. Got it thats the way you think. In the back of the grammys in the back the lead segment might have got a big laugh at the grammys but not everyone found it funny the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley tweeted that shed always likes the grammys but reading fire in fury killed it for dont ruin great music with trash she said and this is from the president s son downloaded from junior. Getting to read a fake News Book Excerpt at the grammys seems like a great Consolation Prize for losing the presidency. Ouch alright the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online youll find us on twitter either at news or you can write directly to me t. V. Dont forget to use that hash tag today and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you then everybody. Going to is risky people from the Mediterranean Sea but all the playing into the hands of People Smugglers oh they encouraging more if you choose to risk the perilous crossing critics say they are coeval denies asians responding to the education. Help or hindrance in g. O. C. Rescues. In the five minutes on d w. Dortmunds leipzig to pick a favorite seems all the best goals weve got all the action the w. Is the home of german football share the experience of every match. The fund is legal free weekend here w. Glad to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them has a plan for you. So nothing is just down the children who have already been the boy
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