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hello, you are watching "gmt." i'm lucy hockings. our top stories, nigeria holds a presidential election. opposition candidate muhammadu buhari has the lead. how close are we to the results? >> we will bring it to you live on a day we witnessed some drama at the coalition center. a deal on nuclear's program. are they close to an historic
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breakthrough? >> beyonce. kanye west. >> some of the biggest names in the music industry launch their own streaming service. can they beat spotify at their own game? >> our goal is simple we want to create a better service and experience for both fans and artists. that is our promise to the world. still to come aaron joins us looking at the $1.5 trillion -- >> lucy we are talking fashion. how about this? italy, israel and spain have pass zed laws panning the use of ultra thin models. models are going to have to prove they are a certain weight or be fined $80,000 or given a prison sentence. really? stay tuned. we are going to find out who and how you enforce this.
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welcome to "gmt." it's 1:00. midday here in london and where nigerians are awaiting the results of the presidency. buhari is just ahead of goodluck jonathan. we are waiting for key states to declare their numbers. let's go there now. peter is there for us. how close are we to knowing the final result? >> reporter: well lucy the coalition announcing the results is supposed to commence about 45 minutes ago but witnessed a little bit of drama at the center when a former minister a man named peter, he went in there and challenged the process
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saying there have been irregularities in state where is the results have been announced which gave buhari a lead so far. he said as far as he was concerned, until the electoral commission said something, the process would not go on. this drama continues for about 20 minutes until he was persuaded or forced out of the whole by security agents. we couldn't see that part because the television cameras moved away from him. some drama here in the last few minutes or so. the announcement of the results have commenced. general buhari holds a sizable lead in the results we know so far. in elections counted so far, a lead of 2.2 million votes.
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lucy, let's take a look at both candidates starting with president goodluck jonathan the incumbent. he's been in charge since 2010. he took over when the former president died in office. he's a christian from the south of the country where he commands a lot of support. his election campaign has been based on progress and stability. as for general buhari what do we know about the man? well, he was a former military ruler of nigeria. he's been defeated in the last three presidential elections. he's a muslim from the north of the country and his campaign the based on change and fighting the insurgency of boko haram in the northeast of the country. i just want to take you to that part of the country.
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the largest city in the north, where my colleague is joining us live. we watch the dramatic pictures of the destruction on tv. what is the reaction being they voted for buhari? >> reporter: well peter, now i am in the hotel but i was out a few minutes ago and the streets remain quiet. stations have all remained closed. most of the people are also indoors. i can't say whether or not they are watching what is happening at the moment. it is quite difficult to know what their reaction is. but, i have been able to speak with some people on the phone who told me that while they
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remain calm and allow the process to go through until the last moment. >> okay. let's talk about the security situation in the northeast of the country. i know that's something you have been following quite closely. how important is it that whoever wins this election deals with the situation decisively? >> well security of course as you well know is very important. not just the people of the north, but the people of the whole country. it is more important to -- as the insurgency has been mostly here in the northwest. many feel that the present government hasn't done enough to bring the insurgency to an end.
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it took the government a very long time to decisively deal with the situation although in the past few weeks, we are seeing a tremendous change when the military was able to recapture most of the territory from the insurgents who had been terrorizing most of the northern -- northeastern part of the country. >> just before i let you go if you could let us know the mood of the people who voted overwhelmingly for general buhari. are they expectant and hoping if the man wins there will be no outbreak of violence like we saw the last time? >> yes. the people here are still calm. most of them are still indoors. they are very prayerful.
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what's happened in 2011 does not repeat. a local radio station broadcast messages of peace, urging people to remain calm and not resource to a form of violence. >> hello? sorry. okay thank you very much for speaking to us. well here the waiting continues. like i said earlier on the announcement has restarted and hopefully later on this evening we'll have a clearer view of who exactly is in the lead in this election. back to you in london. >> good to see you. a developing story, the country hit by a massive power
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cut. it's disrupted public transport in the city, people stranded in subways. a terrifying time for some people. the prime minister said all possible causes are being investigated including a militant attack. let's bring you up to date with mark lowen in istanbul. difficult to get pictures. you can see the pubway closed. knowing the cause of what happened? >> we don't know. a huge investigation under way to try to find out what is behind this unprecedented power outage that hits half the provinces in this country. it is being sorted in some areas. some parts of istanbul. that's why we are speaking on the phone line. the internet connection is down. it's hit power companies, power plants shopping malls, public
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transport was down. traffic lights were down on the streets. traffic chaos as well. turkey is sporadically hit by power cuts in some areas. this kind of nationwide outage is unprecedented. officials don't remember it in generations. the prime minister is investigating all things. it could be a power line. it could have been a cyber attack. they simply don't know. the investigation is under way. >> thanks for the update from istanbul. promising to get the power back up and running as soon as they can. germanwings aircraft more resources are being provided to speed up the task of identifying the victims. a new road is being built to get to the crash site in vehicles rather than just helicopters. jenny hill is covering it. what are you hearing from the
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crash site? what is the latest in terms of the investigation there? >> well as you say, it's understood that investigators are use zing the new road to access the crash site t. terrain is so difficult. it's a grim task of course recovering body parts from the wreckage and trying to identify it. we know investigators are trying to match dna samples. they have managed to identify 80 separate pieces of dna. forensic evidence being provided by relatives of the victims. what investigators have said is they think it may be possible that some of the victims will never be formally identified. the grim work continues at the crash site. it may be up to four months before they are able to identify some of the victims. in the meantime we heard from lufthansa that they are setting aside $300 million toward po ten
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potential comp session. they have made payments of 50,000 euros to some relatives. harpship to tie them over for the time being. compensation claims will arrive later. all this as germany continues to grieve for what's happened. you can steeee the memorial at dusseldorf. i have a look at the messages being left. the most poignant is simple it's printed on a white card the word why. >> indeed. that is the question everyone is still asking. so much speculation about andreas lubitz. any new information about him? >> reporter: not since the prosecutor for dusseldorf confirmed he received psychotherapy in the past for
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what's described as suicidal tendencies. this is before he became a pilot. we don't know when. he didn't go into those details. we don't know how long before he qualified that episode was. it may have been while he was a teenager. it may have been while he was having training. those are the questions people are very much focused on. who knew what about his psychological state and when. it led to a wider debate here in germany about the way pilots are monitored, the way their health is screened. once they start their career they are given an annual medical. it should be detected and if it's serious enough the doctor should pass on the information to authorities. the leading examiner said to us here in germany is if someone wants to hide a mental health problem, it's difficult to get inside their head even with the most reliable psych i don't
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in switzerland for the six world powers trying to negotiate an historic agreement with iran over a nuclear program. they have until midnight tuesday, a self-imposed deadline. russia's foreign minister agreed to return to the table saying talks have a chance for success. following the twists and turns is our correspondent in switzerland. surely a good sign lavrov is back? >> reporter: there are lots of signs, lucy that this is
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heading to the down to the very end. we are not quite sure what the end will look like in this phase of talks. lavrov coming back is a good sign. the snippets we are hearing emerging from the elegant rooms behind me in the classical palace are saying they are thinking of dropping statements. they are making preparations for something here. look at geneva to see about making the announcement there. that was the preference of the iranians. we are still playing with this idea is it going to be midnight, 3:00 in the morning, what kind of statement it will be. i'm joined by the research director at the iranian national american council. you have been following it for years. does it look as though they are close to what they were hoping for this time? a framework of understanding that leads to the drafting of a
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final deal. >> they are closer today than they ever have been. it's important to keep in mind, what they are trying to do is a framework that works as a bridge until the end of june when they hope to have the real comprehensive deal done. it's been a roller coaster ride. the presence of the ministers has given a final push in the direction all parties wanted to go. >> reporter: if they want to stick to midnight it's about six hours away could they just leave or is it political as well in what they hope to achieve? >> there's a tremendous political cost. i think that's why you have seen both sides double down and try to push forward to reach an understanding that highlights all of the progress they have made but acknowledges there is going to be continued negotiations between now and the end of june. frankly, i think that was always
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the plan. >> even if it comes out with a vague statement, had progress been made in this round the last several days here? >> no question. you don't have to take my word for it. both sides said progress has been made over the past few days. the trick is to have something that the americans and the iranians and others can take home to demonstrate progress. it's still vague enough for the serious negotiations that have to continue until the end of june. >> reporter: it's happening in washington. you are based in washington. this is a washington deadline isn't it? >> john kerry cannot go home empty handed. that highlights another important point, their domestic politics have converged. the iranians don't want him demas cuek
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demasklated. >> reporter: i'll let you continue to follow what is happening here. we are coming down to the final hours here. this is a very highly technical document about iran's nuclear program, the sanctions it has been living under for many years. it is also a profoundly political process. if they do make progress here and achieve what is being called a bridge to the final deal it will be historic. >> okay thanks so much. we will keep watching and waiting. southeast pakistan is suffering from three drought. they are one of the poorest districts in the country. hundreds of infant deaths have been linked to lack of water. a project that uses solar power to treat underground water shows a ray of hope.
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>> reporter: in the desert village, they are hard at work. like most women across this land. it is her job to fetch the daily supply of water. it looks clean, but the water they get from wells like these is often contaminated and unfit for human contamination. >> translator: there's hardly anything left to eat and to feed my goat. many of them have already died. >> reporter: drought is not new to this landscape. every few years families are forced to move to greener pastures because of inadequate drains. those who stay behind struggle to survive. property and malnutrition are common. hundreds reported infant deaths blamed on negligence.
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but, now, solar powered water projects like this are offering a ray of hope. it's designed to pump and treat underground water through a process called reverse osmosis. the government is spending more than 30 million dollars on it. hundreds of projects have been installed in villages. most are working. not all. they are saying the solar water treatment plant has been out of action for a couple weeks. it was installed a couple months ago. many of these plants are not working. the company running the costly project says technology is the best way forward. lack of capacity is an issue.
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>> when you receive a complaint but put it in. >> reporter: company officials agree to come with us to the village where one of their projects has been out of action for weeks. we arrive back in the village, there is some good news. since our visit, the plant has been mended and clean drinking water is flowing, again. bbc news in pakistan. now, some of the biggest names in the music business have joined forces to launch the first ever artist owned streaming service. jay-z unveiled his newly acquired company as a competitor to existing services like spotify. we have the details from los angeles. the likes of madonna and kanye
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west it will cost users between 15 and $30 a month, depending on the quality. spotify, the industry leader charges $15 a month for access to 30 million tracts. spotify has a no charge service with advertisements as well. peter is following it for us from l.a. >> beyonce. >> an all-star lineup. some of the most recognizable faces in the music business united in their support for the streaming service. jay-z's title aims to be artist friendly offering cd quality streaming and thousands of videos for a monthly fee. >> our goal is simple we want to create a better service and experience for fans and artists. that is our promise to the world. our mission goes beyond commerce. it goes beyond technology.
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our intent is to preserve music's importance in our lives. >> reporter: other streaming sites that offer premium and free services supported by advertising. >> now, i would like to invite my fellow owners to join me in signing our declaration. thank you so much for being here today. this is the beginning of a whole new era. >> reporter: the musicians will have stake in the company. they will use it as their exclusive outlet for releases. there's a growing disquiet amongst musicians they were not getting a fair deal from streaming sites. taylor swift removed her music from spotify in november. the rival service is well established with more than 15 million subscribers around the world. jay-z and his famous co-investors have a battle on
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series. >> you know thousands of europeans pitch a lot of money to impressive looking high-tech projects that spring up on crowd funding platforms. if it pays off, hooray. we are going to look at protecting the amateur investor. the war in ukraine has claimed more than 6,000 lives, left more than a million people without homes. what difference is the cease-fire having on the ground? we are traveling around the country, trying to find out how people are feeling and speaking to a villager still living by the front line. >> it's amazing to see how much
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this area has changed in the last six months. one after another abandoned villages. hard to believe this is europe in the 21st century. [ speaking foreign language ]
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>> she has been traveling around eastern ukraine. now, to a worrying report that says 1 in 10 12 to 13-year-olds may be addicted to pornography. a poll here in the uk shows a sizable number thinks the explicit content is normal. i have to say, when i first saw this, i had to read it twice. it's very shocking. we are talking 12 and 13-year-olds here. >> you will be more shocked to hear many many children who say pornography is quite common in primary schools. children have tablet devices, they have their smartphones and watching adult content has become easier than ever for them. as you say, this charity here in
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the uk commissioned this poll to look into how young people feel about pornography. they questioned 2,000 young people. of those 2,000, 700 were between the ages of 12 and 13. they got parental information to talk to the children. just to show you the figures from the findings 1 in 10 12 to 13-year-olds the poll suggests are worried they are addicted to pornography. 12% said they had taken part in a sexually explicit video, often filmed on their phone. >> it literally gives me goose bumps and for many parents, it will be hugely worrying. you have spoken to some of these children. what have they told you? >> psychiatrists say the affects of watching porn on young people can be devastating. i spoke to a 17-year-old who
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said she was going out at 12 with a young man the same age. he was regularly talking and porn watching it all the time, very graphic material. that led to him, she believes, to sexually assaulting her. here is the interview i did with her. >> the technology laptops, everything like that. he started viewing porn i think he watched it before he met me. he always talked about it. it was always jokes being made and things about it. >> how did your relationship change after he started viewing porn? >> it was never really -- it wasn't really a relationship. it was just a label. i didn't understand a relationship at that age. it was a couple months after when he started bringing up sex in relation to me.
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it changed, really. >> in what way? >> made me feel uncomfortable and a bit on edge around him. i was always straight forward about things like that. i hadn't thought back to it. everyone used to go to the park after school and it wasn't until there was no one else there that he assaulted me for the first time. >> am i right in thinking that he forced himself upon you physically? >> yes. >> did that happen just once? >> no. that happened -- well at that time yes. after i went home it went on for a few years after that. >> what affect did that have on you? >> i was young. i thought i was mature. it had different affects on me at different stages in my development. initially, i just felt dirty.
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shocked. withdrawn from normality. >> how brave to see a young woman speak to you. what can be done? >> these campaigners and psychiatrists are saying the issue of porn should be spoken about in schools. teachers an parents need to be bold and face their children. these are the affects of viewing porn. this can affect you. if we speak about porn are regoing to encourage them to go online and look it up? it is one we have to handle with care and think carefully about tackling. >> how access to tablets. thanks for joining us. breaking news to bring you out of istanbul and turkey. turkish news agencies say a band group has taken the chief prosecutor hostage in his office inside a courthouse in istanbul.
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he is the prosecutor investigating the death of a teenager who was hit by police gas canister during the nationwide antigovernment protests we saw back in 2013. a dramatic scene at the courthouse. police have eptntered the building and the courthouse has been evacuated. as soon as we have more details, we will bring them to you. time to catch up with business. aaron is with us. we are waiting if the final states to declare in nigeria. implications. >> massive economy with lots of problems. whoever wins a lot of hard work. hello there. let me explain this. we don't have the full results as we have been explaining yet. early signs from the election shows the ex-military leader has a slight lead on the incumbent president, goodluck jonathan.
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nigeria has been one of the world's fastest growing economies the past 15 years. the country is certainly facing tough times ahead of it. whoever wins the election will have their work cut out for them. going back to the oil, it's the black gold that fueled nigeria's growth. a fall in the price of crude led to a sharp depreciation in the nira. the head of ek nomconomic research says nigeria is being hit very hard. >> the crude oil prices have been a significant problem and a challenge to the authorities under the goodluck jonathan administration, the central bank of nigeria devaluized the nira. the new administration under but harry or jonathan they will face problems. as long as the crude oil price stays low, there's going to be a problem maintaining and help provide. >> we are going to keep across the elections. let's talk about this.
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thousands of people in europe pitch money, a lot of money into impressive high-tech programs advertised on crowd funding. if the venture pays off, hooray you get a share of the profit. let's be frank, most fail and the investors lose most of what they put in. that makes crowd funding extremely high risk. stronger rules around europe to protect amateur investors from losing their money. >> an ultralight aircraft made for fun for flying. professional investors put up $2 million for the project. the company also raised $250,000 from members of the public who invested through crowd funding. >> we thought it would be a good way to excite the general public about what we are doing. it is visual. everybody can understand. we thought it would be a good
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way to get increased exposure and increase the funding. >> stock up companies offer crowd funding. if it takes off, the company can be sold for a profit and investors get a cut of it. what's to stop members of the public piling their money into projects they don't fully understand? in line with the rules as a regulator, crowd funding websites have to give investors a quiz. do you think most early stage businesses succeed or fail? the correct answer is they fail. and they ask, if you invest in a company and it fails, do you expect to get your money back? the correct answer again, is no. most won't be paid. if you fail the test you can't be a crowd funder. those who past are told they shouldn't invest more than a tenth of their cash in crowd
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funding. >> reporter: financial commentators say those rules aren't enough. >> we should have larger warnings that say you are probably going to lose your money. let's be much more blunt and honest. the highest possible risk slice of the highest possible risk class. >> reporter: the uk is the first country in europe to have drawn up regulations governing and investing through crowd funding. the european union planning to introduce their own rules to see how well they are educating the public about the risks of investing in start-up companies. jeremy howell bbc news. again, let's talk if you can see it behind me. we have a shoe. let's talk fashion. israel passed a bill a law, banning the use of ultra thin models. italy and spain made similar moves banning them from cat walk shows. later today, the french assembly
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is considering a health reform bill that includes measures to ban designers and labels from using models deemed too thin by health care standards. very thin models are required to prove they have a body mass index or bmi of 18. they are subjective to periodic weigh-ins. they ban websites that promote anorexia. let's get more on that. anna joins us. great to have you in the studio. seriously? part of the french amendment, possibly, could be anybody who uses an ultra thin model, could be fined $80,000 u.s., or six months in jail. is the industry at such a point where it needs this kind of regulation? >> certainly in the uk this debate comes up every five or six years. they get together and discuss
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the issue of weight when after the show everybody says they are looking shockingly thin. the issue is how do you enforce it. very interesting to see what happens in france. the uk is looking and seeing what the outcome is. >> we need a mind set. this is the question a mind set across the entire chain, the entire industry. designers, we keep bringing designers love sticks if you will, because the clothes just flow. correct me if i'm wrong, i don't want to see fat people on the cat walk. >> he's very outspoken and very extreme view. we have to be clear. i'm going to contradict myself. at the end of the day, it is about -- the very best designers in the world think their collections showcased on thin models. i don't think that's ever going to change even if the rules are enforced. you are not going to see size 12
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and 14 models on the runway. it's not what it is about. it's aspirational. >> real women around the world, wouldn't they like to watch a cat walk or open "vogue" and see real clothing? >> i don't think so. i open the pages and it's escape. it's not real life. i manage to distance myself. i don't want to see myself. i can look in the mirror and see myself, thank you. i want to see beauty. i want to be taken away to a different world. a world that doesn't exist, but a world we all benefit from and i like having there. this huge industry and space around it. >> i want to ask a two-part question. do you think it will have a huge impact on the industry? there is a problem because this industry, we keep reading about young girls, preteens who are
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dieting and worried about the image. >> this is the contradiction. at the end of the day, i don't think you are going to see size 12 models on the runway but i don't think they should be having to starve themselves. i think they are beautiful girls and they are naturally slim. some of them are starving themselves. that concerns me as well. >> you don't see a huge change? >> i don't think a huge change. >> i was wondering, what if you are naturally thin. >> they are. they are the most pufl girls in the world that come together for the shows. what you are seeing is not reflective of the world at large. they are freaks of nature. they are ridiculously beautiful. >> okay. anna, thank you very much for joining us. a lot going on. follow me on twitter. tweet me, i'll tweet you back. >> back to you.
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an update for you on what is happening in yemen right now. we know the iranian led coalition had been attacking rebels in the country. we are getting more details in the past few minutes or so. north yemen residents are saying that helicopters have been flying overhead. they are witnessing the heaviest clashes up in the north over the past six days. we are hearing that saudi forces and houthi fighters are exchanging artillery. you can see on the map there, described as the heaviest of the night. the houthi's and saudis are along the yemen border. more on that later. do stay with us here on "bbc world news." much more coming up.
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>> we have something special to show you now. we are hoping. yes, there it is. have a look behind me. the iconic image, which is the last supper. but, you have to look closely to notice that this famous scene has been sculpted inside the eye of a needle. it's microscopic art. it's not visible to the naked eye. we have such a big screen to show it on. behind me is the sculptor. it is incredible what you do. amazing. >> thank you. >> how do you put a work like that inside the eye of a needle? >> it's just something i developed as a child.
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i got my dad's razor blade and went into the word and built little things. >> how old were you then? >> i was about 5. >> how do you do it? i mean physically how do you do it? >> physically, my nervous system. i work between my heart beat to do it. i have to make sure everything stops. you become a dead man working. you have 52 years of keeping still. as a kid, i'm now 57. all my life has been miniaturization. it's sort of a temperature of what can be achieved when you fail academically. this is what happened. i generated all my energy into
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this microscopic world. >> you have to find a particular time of day to work when it's quiet and still. >> i work at night because of the tranquility and solitude at night when there's no traffic vibration. you get static electricity. i work at night and turn into a vampire. night is fine. i'm there and working away. sort of concentrating. the tools are very very fine. i use microscopic shards of diamond. they break up and u put them into the end of the syringe. >> look at this one. there is the neat l there. can you take us through how you made this without, you know -- >> i get gold off my chain here. it's a very soft steel. all the bits come off.
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i slice them and build them up so the ships make a different section of gold which is constructed and squeezed together. it's sort of a surgical operation on a molecular level. the whole thing, you know to give you an example, the work drives me insane but i enjoy the finish. i don't enjoy doing them but i enjoy the impact on the public. >> when i look at the last supper, you have to go quickly. how is that not a blob? how is jesus not a blob? >> i have learned by controlling the whole body i have to use a hair from the fly. >> a what? >> a hair from a dead fly. or the corner of my eye. i take one of the finest eyelashes i can fine. i wouldn't kill a fly, so i find a dead one. instead of doing strokes, i have to touch it gently.
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if you put toch paint on it it looks like humpty dumpty. the whole thing is a nightmare, but a pleasure when i'm finished. >> is my reaction a common one? when you first showed me through the microscope, i was flabbergasted. >> people get -- it blows people away. people just couldn't believe it. they look in the back and think it's a trick. >> how can you do that? how can a human being do that? i must be an alien or something. that's why i exhibit it so people can see it. it gives them so much pleasure to see it. >> it does. how long does it take to create? >> up to two months five weeks, four and a half weeks, three and a half weeks. the longest i have ever spent
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