we will use surfers fighting against them simply. starting january seventh. this is you know we can use live from berlin under arrest in iran the government tries to turn the tide and change the narrative tens of thousands of the streets in a show of force for the government at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds arrested during a week of anti-government protests that have wealth the country also coming up

a step towards dialogue on the korean peninsula north korea reopens a hot line to the south ahead of next month's winter olympic games in south korea and a global trailblazer for equal pay iceland becomes the first country in the world to force companies to pay men and women the same on a piece of a fine. thank you very much for your company we start our broadcast in iran where authorities are trying to turn the tide against some of the biggest anti-government protests in almost a decade while nearly a week of violent unrest has left at least twenty one people dead and hundreds under arrest now iran state media are broadcasting pro-government demonstrations held in several cities. now iran's leadership has also mobilized. short thousands

of demonstrators in august in southwestern iran took to the streets to show their support for the government protesters yelled death to the usa and death to israel state television show demonstrations like these taking place across the country posters of the ayatollah ali home and they are on display everywhere on tuesday the country's supreme leader blamed foreign powers for the unrest now his supporters are claiming they're ready to give their lives for him and some are calling for those who demonstrated against the government to be executed still anti-government protests continue some of them violently this footage shows a building going up in flames it allegedly belongs to the paramilitary revolutionary guard and is for one province meanwhile more than a thousand anti-government demonstrators have supposedly being jailed a government spokesperson has emphasized the more liberal message of president hassan rouhani saying legal protests are allowed but that those who break the law will be punished washington's u.n. ambassador has called for emergency security council talks we must not be felons

the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their current state run media in iran has now focused its attention on pro-government rallies in the country rather than on the anti-government demonstrators. well earlier we spoke to a few corresponds eric around often tehran and i began by asking him if the pro-government demonstrations are helping the government since the narrative. well it has been an impressive show of force by the authorities today hundreds of thousands were released tens of thousands of people marching in cities across the country. relies very quickly and very effectively. a show. is going to do they want to bring people out of the strips and in the last few minutes just out the head of the revolutionary guards and out saying that today is

the end of the sedition and total zero only fifteen thousand people took part in the rest entirely across the country last week so what does that mean they have effectively cracked down on all the anti-government protests well it's very hard to tell information is still very hard to get from about what was happening out in the provinces this was focused more on outlying areas not so much in toronto but it's sad to say these were never huge on the scale the last major demonstrations in two thousand i. assume whole the whole radical form of protest vote by a form of protest that perhaps didn't reach out to the large numbers of people who are nonetheless frustrated about the economy but don't want to go course up violent protests fizzled out we should it was a rule out the perhaps more protests still to come right can you tell us a little bit about what motivated the iranians to come out and protest against

their government although they're small and i just want to know what are some of their grievances. well the protests are small the grievances the drove them definitely widespread and go cross the rain in society very high on a plug as high as forty percent for young people. very high rates of inflation is slow progress by the government approving the economy a lot of promises that have been kept so a lot of general dissatisfaction which we hear a lot from tehran is on the street you know people that want to take part in the protests and so it will take a lot of work for the government. the tide and reassure people that it's actually responding to them listening to the well is that has the government expressed any ever cept of nist to a listening to some of their demands go one of the key points is that these protests came just three weeks off the budget was announced by the president had

a couple of very own copy of the measures and like the fuel prices cutting subsidies but well. we've already had a part of the saying that they now won't be increasing those fuel prices and we're likely to see other parts of that budget repeat with as well as the government tried and the government has accepted more this to be done to help certainly poor people and to do more to tackle. problems with the high cost of living in iran all right eric randolph reporting from tehran thank you are at it like to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. a suicide bomber has killed at least eleven worshipers in a mosque in northeastern nigeria the bomber attacked a mosque in the town of gumbo there has not yet been a claim of responsibility for the attack. a canadian man who was held hostage by taliban linked militants for five years has been arrested in ottawa social boyle is

facing fifteen charges including assault and making death threats the alleged offenses took place between october and december just after the thirty four year old his wife and three kids over skeered. many businesses and schools in the indian financial hub of mumbai have been forced to close as protesters from a low caste community block traffic and staged sit ins for a second day daal it's called a strike in protest against attacks by the right wing hindu groups in the city punic on monday. north korea has reopened suspended communications line with south korea in what may be a sign of thawing tensions north korean leader kim jong un ordered that the hot line at the country's border be reconnected the two koreas have been making overtures to improving ties since the new year all that's when kim signaled that he

wants to see north korean after north korean athletes cross the border join at next month's winter olympics in the south. and with the world's eyes on the korean peninsula in a month's time when the winter olympics take place a lot is at stake on a small star is a professor from the school of east asian studies at berlin's free university very good day thank you for spending time with us as with everything of course timing is key what's behind the surprise announcement first of all it's not a surprise at all that korea comes to north korea comes out at this point in time because also the foreign policy of north korea needs a direct contact a direct dialogue with its outer world in order to implement to realize goals now interesting if you if you look from the north korean perspective their approach seems to be two pronged on the one hand they're dialing up tensions with the u.s. and there seems to be a slight warming up of relations between john yang and seoul. what's the tactic

behind that are they trying to drive a wedge between those two allies. here is the board understand that it was always it has always been the strategy of north korea to have this wedge between. the u.s. and south korea because there are conflicting interests here so that's nothing new but it's of course a very important good positive step that north korea came out and proposed these this dialogue with with south korea and i think it's a very good opportunity for deescalating the comfortable situation right now all right well on the opposite spectrum of course is that they're rushing it up of tensions because this brings us to that provoke of nuclear button comment by u.s. president donald trump in a tweet aimed at the north korean leader he disparaged the size of that country's nuclear arsenal it was in response to a speech from kim in which he warned the u.s. that the nuclear launch button was always within easy reach this is what he said mr

trump said i too have a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. i mean i don't know how helpful it is to start pushing and southers a button's it's a tweet war for now on a serious note how how dangerous is it that this might actually get out of hand and somebody might actually pursue button at some point. well i think first of all the common by donald trump was to be expected and that is his way of reacting to that kind of situation but after i would say it's still it's quite a positive or at least neutral reaction to to north korea and i hope it's stays on that level but of course it is a very very dangerous situation but if we look carefully at the new year's statement of the north korean leader he tries between the lines he tries to to make

clear that everything is under control so there would wouldn't be a ok i would accept you ation where somebody by accident would push the button because he has it under his control i think he was very clear on that point so you think he's a much more rational leader than we give him credit for yes absolutely he has to be very rational because he has to deal he has to to work with very limited resources to to survive on the international. diplomatic world honest a muslim professor from the school of asian studies at berlin's for university thanks. and you're watching the news we still have a lot more to tell you about here is what's ahead the syrian boys waiting for their parents or join them in germany but how long will it take mom and dad to break out of their birth craddick a limbo in greece. but before we bring you that story first we had to iceland a global trailblazer when it comes to equity you will pay for men and women it's

a new low basically which i'll come to in a moment just to paint the picture for you globally average annual pay for men is twenty one thousand dollars for women it's just twelve thousand now closing that gap could add billions if not trillions to economies but in iceland that day has already come legislation now imposes fines on companies that fail to demonstrate the same pay for men and women. until now women in iceland have earned an average nineteen percent less than their male colleagues but those days are over equal pay for equal work has just become a must there irrespective of gender ethnicity sexuality or nationality the new law will cover over one hundred fifty thousand workers. so far women have borne the cost of the gender pay gap and if that cost is too high and to reach our goal we're all going to have to work hard now we have the perfect chance to do so.

the new law affects one thousand two hundred companies in iceland which employ at least twenty five workers who now have to publish their wage scales there are courses to help them implement the new rules on completion companies get a certificate which has to be renewed every three years. this will affect employers first and foremost they're offering the jobs and now it's up to them to shoulder their responsibilities. and be part of this mission with us pack up the that so that. it's hope to close the country's gender pay gap by twenty twenty two and the other countries have made similar moves for now iceland is the global pioneer. investors assuming germany's largest linda deutsche bank for seven hundred forty million yours they say the bank under paid them for shares in its subsidiary post-punk to shareholders alleged to lend already controlled post-punk two years

prior to fully taking over its business and investors want to be paid the value of the shares where the stock of post-punk stood at that time the suit involves just over thirty german and international investors. and let's check in with an at a vice news in frankfurt at the stock exchange day it's also the city where deutsche bank is headquartered only seven hundred forty million doesn't sound like much first of all comparison to the huge fines the doj has had to face then and we're really talking about a huge group of shareholders here are the go to get that money. well there were different rulings on that case already one back in the middle of last year was actually saying yes those shareholders are right and that's why we have now a growing number of shareholders issuing those claims because what you have to know is that the deadline was and off last year you could tend in these kind of claims

because that's like the legal battle to deal with that matter and that's why we see all these reports now coming out so this time it might be different because there was a hearing already at the court the regional court in cologne where this matter will be discussed and also decided and the leading judge was already pointing towards a more favorable hearing was out for the bank actually at that hearing early november so this time a bank may actually get away without paying all that money ok are we seeing that reflected in the share price by any chance i mean don't you bank hasn't participated in the huge equity rally that other german companies have enjoyed. no we don't see that large bank shares today are losing once again and the shares are very sensitive to any bad news coming out of that legal corner because there is still so many legal issues the bank past was

a hassle southall that's what john crime has inherited from the likes of ah come on and also saying so shares of sensitive to legal problems and if i spoke with you and i was from frankfurt thank you. well the commemorative merchandise has already gone on sale but the royal wedding hasn't even happened yet britain's prince harry will marry megan mochel on may nineteenth in windsor castle excitement growing especially among economists who reckon the event could add half a billion pounds to the economy. no one does royal pageantry better than the british and the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle will be the last top level royal nuptials for years to come millions of romantics around the world will be watching when the royal pair walks down the aisle at windsor castle on may nineteenth but lots of people will just want to be nearby even if they can't attend

the ceremony based on the wedding of harry's brother william in two thousand and eleven the country can expect about three hundred fifty thousand additional visitors next may the heart and garter the hotel office of the historic castle isn't this a painting thrilling times and a ringing cash register. it means everything we're all really excited by myself the style for. local people of wins a really really excited so we're looking forward to it it's going to be a massive boost to the economy the town of windsor is no stranger to royal weddings it's castle has been home to british kings and queens for almost a thousand years it's long been a tourist attraction in any case with over seven million visitors a year royal wedding merchandise and paraphernalia is already on sale on the high street so what's the bottom line. the uplift to the royal wedding we estimate very conservatively at about five hundred million pounds we think

approximately two hundred million will come from tourism travel hotels about one hundred fifty million will come from people spending money having parties and celebrate saying about one hundred million will be free advertising for the u.k. around the world and the remaining fifty million will be people buying t. shirts hats. mugs and commemorative things to celebrate what will be a very popular wedding with gloomy forecast. economy in the year ahead britain is eagerly anticipating a lift from the royal wedding however small and short lived. and u.s. regulators have blocked chinese firm from purchasing american money transfer company money graham citing national security concerns the move effectively ends the one point two billion dollar attempt by chinese and payment company and financial to acquire money graham the decision was made by a five person panel discussed with tasked with reviewing farm purchases of u.s.

businesses it reflects growing on the ease in the u.s. over chinese acquisitions of tech firms and financial designed by jack ma the founder of the popular e-commerce site alibaba. asia correspondent andrea hang on what those security concerns are all about. well the big catch phrase of this big deal that went flat is cyber security ben the u.s. is concerned about the safety of the data also it's u.s. citizens if china if china. and financial takes over this business further than that they have not specified what other concerns they have but this is quoting to report the treasury department is also a used to using global payment beeman options such as visa and master cut to run the financial programs is also to help to align with the u.s. foreign policy goals and i am i talking about a pretty huge deal he one point two billion dollars i guess

a major let down for the money gram and for a financial. but this exactly right is very very big blow to of course jack ma who owns and financial under the group and also is the second acquisition that's been negotiated that failed the first being by your own net so it is a major let down fall on both ends of the spectrum it is also a very big deal for china as a fin tech industry as well ok thank you very much for your analysis. topic top of the agenda for germany's coalition talk guy you can definitely say that by request from refugees to rio night with their families it's a politically charged complicated and expensive process and even one german authorities approved family reunification is a red tape in places like greece now call a longer wait while our next report looks at what this means for the people caught up in the middle who say they are the victims of broken promises. more yard and his

younger brother abdul rahman like living in cologne their new home but they say they can only be truly content when the rest of their family joins them the two brothers traveled along the balkan route from syria and arrived in germany two summers ago they've been waiting for their parents to join them legally ever since . people here told us it would only take about a month or two but two years have gone by in the meantime has been raising his little brother on his own he speaks with his parents every day on skype he says his mother has the same question each time. what did you do in school today. the rest of the alissa family is stuck in the northern greek city of thessaloniki despite permission from german authorities they haven't been able to travel to cologne their case seems to be stalled in greek bureaucracy. it's so

hard that's so far away i wish i could give them a hug one of them were on the phone. for the family going back to syria is unthinkable even once the war ends one of five sons was shot dead in aleppo he was twenty two years old. i still dream about him all the time. in the last one he laid his head on my lap and i stroked his legs i told him in a dream that i missed him. the other children try to keep their parents spirits up eighteen year old amar goes to school instead. but she's taught herself to speak german in hopes of joining her brothers in cologne and studying further she's tired of living in limbo and wouldn't fit in and. it's been two years since i've seen my brothers and all of us mother my siblings it's such

a long time but i don't miss it so. in cologne the two brothers have to be patient along with their parents some forty five hundred other refugees are waiting to join their families in germany we asked the german federal office for refugee gratian why some of the family reunification seem to be taking one of the arguments was that everything needs to be organized in that with the greek authorities and that's not always. has this message for his parents until he sees them again. i miss you. and i'm waiting for you. for. he adds that he's ready to wait as long as he has to until his whole family can be together in germany. all right now to that extreme weather a powerful winter storm called eleanor has caused at least one death in france and widespread damage across the british isles and western europe storm surges and

strong winds out of the western coast of ireland late on shoes state flooding low lying areas like here in galway all huge waves also battered a coastal areas of wills in southern england and france eleanor blue roofs of buildings and toppled scaffolding at construction sites all more than two hundred thousand homes were left without electricity germy has also been affected up through the trees blocking roads and railways. i am willing to bet that many of you immediately recognize that score you probably don't even need a sip played a video footage to know what it is his name is bond james bond a part of the bond legacy is the james bond theme composed more than fifty five years ago and it's one of the most famous pieces of music written for a movie it's also one of several legendary film scores featured in a new documentary score which opens this week in german theaters take

a look. whistling melodies twenty guitars and fatalistic trumpets never before had a movie score set the mood for a series of films in the way ennio morricone as did for the renowned spaghetti westerns. you know you just took the sound of that it's r. and that is into that west of the wind. that is the sound of you know just look at us that still fifty sixty years after the thought what would cinema be without music composer marco beltrami analyzes the famous shower scene in alfred hitchcock's psycho music is not as fair. for. the process for the music.

and a violin is what provided that tortured sound. german composer hans zimmer has created music for more than one hundred fifty movies including the pirates of the caribbean series he's known for integrating electronic sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements the report of roughly the fame where somebody comes into the room and idea will be from to do you flattered but even considering you me when you have a moment of reflection you go i have no idea how to do or. how does film music work and who's behind it the documentary score answers some of these questions it offers a behind the scenes look for example at recordings for the james bond film casino royale score it does reveal a few tricks but it still leaves the sense of magic intact. most directors don't

know how to convert emotions into musical. or into music so the composer has to you know act almost like a therapist and go through all this mishmash of what the director is saying and get the essence of it. and push emotion to the next level whether for jaunts or for star wars film scores can help us feel a part of the action. the power of music while before i let you go and remind you of our main headline this hour in iran tens of thousands have taken part in pro-government rallies following days of unrest targeting the regime at least twenty one people have been killed and hundreds arrested during a week of anti-government protests. thank you so much for spending at this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour.

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