playmate plane to emulate. this is italy news live from berlin u.s. allies react with shock to the latest resignations from the town administration of the secretary jim matheson puts a protest over trump's abrupt pullout from syria he says it sends the wrong message to america's friends and emboldens its folks it's also coming up. next purchase orders in barcelona

a scuffle with police that says space cabinet meets in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over catalonia is independence movement. also the rising star of ugandan politics says he's facing fresh police pot persecution musician turned opposition lawmaker bobby one says police are canceling his concerts this act after he was arrested and allegedly tortured back in august plus germany marks the end of an era as it closes its last underground coal mine we need in mine or yours for you coward to german industry from deep below the earth and indifferent to think don't threaten to end up putting off the last match stay ahead of the christians christmas break the barca fans are already at a festive roast fifty thousand supporters already sing along at the unstable get world take over. tonight's top of the.

mylar thank you so much for your company everyone. u.s. allies including germany have appealed for clarity over washington's foreign policy on this comes after defense secretary jim mattis resigned in protest at present i want trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria well that was undertaken with no consultation with the pentagon or u.s. allies and now the search is on for a successor to matt is widely regarded as the last check on the president's unilateral foreign policy decisions. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has been widely viewed as a stabilizing force and u.s. president donald trump's cabinet many had hoped that the four star marine general

would help the president mike good policy decisions on matters of international and domestic security but now all that's come to an end due to fundamental differences of opinion the defense secretary says he'll be leaving the administration by the end of february in his resignation letter the defense secretary appeared to criticize trump's america first foreign policy not to stress the importance of the u.s. maintaining strong partnerships such as nato and the international coalition fighting the so-called islamic state in syria james mattis knows the situation in syria and afghanistan well he thinks it's wrong to remove u.s. troops from these places or to cut their numbers by half both republicans and democrats expressed their worries after mattis resignation secretary mabus was one of the few symbols a few items of strength and stability in this administration republican senator marco rubio commented on matters decision on twitter. just read general mattis

resignation letter he wrote it makes it abundantly clear that we're headed towards a series of grave policy errors which will endanger our nation damage our lunches and empower our groceries. while modest his resignation is reverberating across the world let's go now to washington d.c. to our correspondent my shrader who is following this story for you my help put this in perspective for us if you will is this administration brow feeling before our very eyes. well if so then it's certainly been a slow unraveling i mean we've been seeing it seems like advisors and aides dropping like flies since the very beginning but what's significant about madness leaving here is he was the last of what was colloquially on the inside called the access of adults which included general kelly who is the now outgoing chief of staff secretary of state rex tillerson the fired a secretary the fire fired secretary of state gary cohen the economic adviser and

now james mattis who is the last to leave and these were people who were seen to be as you mentioned a check on the president's impulses as a specially was known across the world the sort of being someone who would move over some of trump's rougher impulses when allies got distressed at a u.s. position mattis was someone who was there to assure them that the status quo the center would hold all right let's talk about those allies now as you refer to them out maya terms assertion by two we didn't just sideline mat it was a nato allies also still shell shocked by the sudden policy change how momentous is resignation change how the alliance operates if at all. well it certainly is seems like an end of an era what we know is that trump at the beginning was very fond of mattis calling him one of my generals. the communication

between the pentagon the white house in recent days had really fallen by the wayside the relationship had deteriorated someone and it looks like this this policy reverse all especially regarding syria and we've also heard of rumors of also a troop pullout in afghanistan that was really the final straw in that relationship one thing that matters had said was that he would not resign he would not leave the trump ministration unless there were some really unbridgeable gap something that he felt that he had to put his foot down on and resign in principle over and it looks like this was it it looks like this difference of opinion of which there were many between trump and the power structure looks like without the americans there exactly fifty seconds left do we know who will replace matt a smile there's been some names floating around like secretary me senator lindsey graham south carolina senator cotton a congressman from texas who's the senate of the chairman armed services committee

but none of these people have the caliber or the gravitas that maddest brings to the table to be continued my own streeter reporting from washington thank you. our lives for you have just been our some of the other stories making news around the world. and passengers at london's gatwick airport are yet again facing more travel chaos after one way was closed due to new reports of a drone it's the second time gatwick has been shut down in recent days plants were briefly allowed to resume today following a dirty six hour shutdown a search is now on the way for the drones pilot. in the u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has met with president donald trump in an attempt to resolve a standoff that threatens to shut down about a quarter of the government trump is calling for a change in senate rules in order to pass a spending bill that would pay for a good water wash with mexico. writers in sudan set fire to the headquarters of

the loon party in the capital start to move on thursday soaring consumer prices have triggered the biggest protests in the country in five years at least eight people have died in the violence the government is rumored to have shut down the internet. over fifty people have been injured during clashes in barcelona spanish police have arrested at least twelve protesters while the clashes broke out at a demonstration organized by radical separatist groups they were protesting against a meeting of the spanish cabinet which was being held in this regional capital demonstrators have been trying to block board since early this morning but the cabinet meeting chaired by prime minister petro centuries went ahead anyway ministers agreed on new infrastructure spending for the region. are i told joining us from the news desk is my colleague public fully ileus who has reported extensively from spain and knows it very intimately so it's great to have you here

with me in person so the scene for us what unfolded today in the streets of barcelona when we saw it there already in the images that there were protests across the region. particularly in barcelona because of this cabinet meeting that was taking place in barcelona it's believed that there were rand one thousand protesters gathered but of course we saw over around twenty roads main roads across the region being blocked let's not forget this is friday just before christmas a lot of people are getting taking their holidays so it caused a lot of disruption across the region and the clashes are obvious the awful scenes to see there you mentioned that there are at least eleven protesters have been arrested in fact in just the past few minutes it's gone up to twelve and there are over fifty people injured from these clashes and among them many police officers as well now the thing is there's also potentially another mass protests taking place at this evening and in particular in barcelona part so the temperature is still very very high on the streets in barcelona the two why are people so upset by this

particular cabinet now we need to go back one year today's the twenty first of december the twenty first of december twenty seventh team was when regional elections took place in catalonia these were called by the previous prime minister money and about oil following the declaration of independence in catalonia and and would obviously the powers have been taken away from the regional parliament and there was direct rule in place so the twenty first of december is already a day which causes a lot of anger amongst people in particular those in favor of the independence movement think of the new decision that bipedal stanchest the current prime minister and his cabinet to hold the meeting was to what he says bring the madrid government closer to the people now this was seen as a provocation by cattle and pro independence supporters and despite the fact that there was these symbolic gestures we'll say may for example are going to we name the airport in barcelona and also more money for infrastructure but it doesn't seem

to have gone down very well all right so very symbolic and kind of the timing it's kind of the exact very briefly if you can what has the reaction been from the opposition. the most interesting is actually from the she's a spokesperson for the council on regional government she says coming all the way to barcelona to announced a change in the name of the airport maybe it wasn't worth it so that's what comes from qatar money and then of course the opposition from the spanish parties have said public us although from the p.p. has said it was an act of betrayal. coldish humiliating for the spanish people that they have gone to catalonia to speak with the regional president there and also there actually the fact that they are dealing with the regional parliament so the fallout is well we we saw have to assess what the fallout will be but for now thank you so much for that update publicly alias and we want to shift our attention now to pakistan where christians are increasingly the target of deadly attacks in part due to severe blasphemy laws in this republic the most high profile case involves.

a roman catholic woman recently acquitted of blasphemy with christmas approaching we're taking a closer look at what life is like for pakistan's christians w.'s miramax members of the christian community and islamabad. christmas is a favorite time of year for this christian family in islam about the cougars appreciate being together especially as their lives were completely turned upside down seven years ago the shot of cool kid was falsely accused of blasphemy jailed and acquitted five months later in that time he lost his job and home but is grateful he didn't lose his life to all of a free man now shot its detention continues to haunt him. we always live in fear and because of this we feel insecure. i'm not always when we talk about the future i think what kind of future can we have it all explained the law

and policies here need to be implemented properly. blasphemy is an extremely dangerous and emotive subject in pakistan and name will forever be associated with it the catholic laborer spent eight years on death row after being accused of insulting islam she was recently acquitted of all charges respond to violent protests across the country some hardliners called for austria and the judges involved in the ruling to be hanged. no one convicted of blasphemy has ever be legally executed in pakistan but there are plenty of examples of people in have been killed by lynch mobs just after being accused of it and its religious minorities it was disproportionately affected by the controversial laws. pakistan's christians make up around two percent of the population and have been the target of escalating attacks in recent he is human rights groups claim

accusations of blasphemy is seen as an easy way to settle disputes as they are hard to disprove but the acquittal of ossie bibi also provides a ray of hope for this pastor. the fact that an innocent woman can be sentenced to death has made a scared look it will set a bad precedent to where they can arrest anyone and prosecute them so when we heard that he was finally acquitted you cannot be happy where were the two churches and offer prayers thanks to god. we were into fearful when we were young but we do have some fears now for example if there are gatherings we don't go outdoors when children go to church and they see armed guards they do ask why is there so much security security. attacks will continue to happen here no matter what will remain united under the name of jesus. for many christians the

fact that he has been freed is a christmas miracle only could not. and even though she remains in hiding in the festive period provided some seasonal change and obscene isn't for what the future holds. and i'm going to hand you over now to christophe and china's reacting to two of its citizens being accused of cyber espionage u.s. . resolutely opposes u.s. . accusations of economic espionage beijing call the claims slanderous now the u.s. justice department has indicted two chinese nationals accusing them of cyber spying the alleged hacking operation dates back over ten years but is putting more pressure on already strained u.s. china relations. a chinese group called ten advanced persistent threat ten allegedly breached the networks of more than forty five u.s.

high tech companies and government agencies like nasa the justice department says it's simple gigabytes of sensitive data from two thousand and six on words. these are the men said to be behind the cyber attacks and cianci long. u.s. prosecutors say they are linked to china's ministry of state security something chinese authorities deny. made from new social issues to senior center the u.s. side is making groundless accusations against china on cyber security by public aiding facts and making up a story out of thin air the u.s. is charging two chinese in the name of so-called cyber theft this move seriously harms china a u.s. corporation and is in essence extremely nasty to me. but the u.s. isn't alone australia britain and new zealand also say they were targeted by the group in what they called a global campaign of property theft. as evidenced by this investigation the

threats we face have never been more severe or more pervasive or more potentially damaging to our national security and no country poses a broader more severe long term threat to our nation's economy and cyber infrastructure than china. the alleged chinese hackers have been indicted old all the other not in the us a move that will only worsen the sour relations between washington and beijing. a court in paris has slapped a five hundred thousand euro fine on french oil company tautologous for finding it guilty of paying bribes to win a huge gas contract in iran back in one thousand nine hundred seventy the course says to top paid thirty million dollars in bribes to middlemen for help in securing the look just south pars gas concession five years ago had to pay almost four hundred million dollars to seventy similar case before it went to trial in the united states. and staying with commodities the price of brant crude recovered

slightly on friday after having slipped to its lowest level in fifteen months earlier oil prices have been steadily sliding for weeks dropping more than twenty five dollars since the beginning of october when the price was hovering at around eighty dollars investors had hoped supply cuts opec would prop up prices but the cartel of oil producing countries is finding that easier said than done. earlier this month oil cartel opec and its partner countries agreed to cut production to one point two million barrels a day from january the regime to reduce supply and boost prices the price of a barrel of bread has been dragged down by a combination of factors the global macro economic outlook isn't shining on the oil industry and this week's rate hike from the us federal reserve has exacerbated investor fears of an economic slowdown but oversupply remains the biggest challenge for the industry increasing crude production in the u.s.

which is now a top producer worldwide makes it more difficult for opec to control the global market. so while the downward trend of oil prices may be welcome news for drivers it spells trouble for opec an inability to influence price may mean its effectiveness as a cartel is diminishing. earlier we asked spencer wells oil market analyst as i inches market in london whether opec countries were looking to strike a balance deal or if they were just to maximize profits they are trying to to to find the right balance they would probably like the price to be somewhere around seventy or eighty dollars per barrel compared with the current price which is fifty three however even just two months ago there was worried that the market was overheating the prices it six people were already was going to hit one hundred and opec a worried about that one hundred number because then that stimulates competition

from from other fuels and actually back in june because of the high price opec released their production constraints because they're worried about the price going to high so there's been an incredible change in the market in just two months. well market analyst spencer welsh speaking there europe's biggest carmaker fox wagon apparently wants to cut around seven thousand jobs in the coming years according to media reports v.w. plans and hanover and emden will be affected that's because production of lexar cars requires fewer people than the production of vehicles with combustion engine company plans to offer older employees part time work but even in that case up to four thousand jobs in hanover and up to three thousand jobs and might still be cut for the client to comment on the figures. i speculate on the ugandan ugandan government's problems with a pop star of the christophe to donna now in the fate of the musician that bobby why he's the entertainer turned lawmaker who was allegedly tortured by police back

in august well now authorities are trying to stop him from performing because he uses his star power to win over supporters and his concerts to criticize president you that he was seventy. and the political stage he can be my committee. much like when he's performing his music for funds. but bobby one sees he's entertainment korea is being cut tailed. more than fifteen of my concerts after the chatting of course that have been concert by the police department does that organizing my concerts i've been advised to stop walking with me so that they can be allowed to walk on december fifteenth bubby one tweeted that police attempted to block him from forming a show in the town of jean jo he monies to escape our wrist and later gave his

account of what happened to d.w. it was eight o'clock in the night when the police raided there were terribly the army started beating people on direction people three of my people iris did some kind people helped me to elude them and i disappeared from that place and they looked for me the entire night by could not see me to get out what we know nobody got run but the one believes the police don't want him performing his music shows as he is using them as an opportunity to make a political statement. when the government was last to respond to the claims ugandan security minister and said in parliament how do you balance. you know music from what. i've heard i can see. if you had no need to continue. i would see. these outpatient rule as it was.

but we won we won a seat in the ugandan parliament in two thousand and seventeen. just followed more than fifteen success for us as a musician it korea he has refused to give. i'm not getting music what so ever i am going to continue singing my music and i'm going to continue organizing my cause when the police continuously blocks me from from practicing my pull profession from feeding my family they'll continue us and exposing themselves. just will be one was a race to a political rally and reportedly tortured. who was later charged with treason. but the wind has been a fierce critic of presidential where most of it was been in power for more than twenty yes. it's always one of the games of the season so far in the going to think

it's a nightly those were cigarettes welcome second phase for some reason got back in a real humdinger and pressed and said i think every sport is here to tell us more and that it's right and i still look for this it is a real humdinger as you put it so nicely yeah basically what could you ask for what more could you ask for the two top teams in the league facing off in the first round of the season and you know if you back stories that are make this you know match particularly interesting developments current coach lucien fofa he used to coast not only glod but marco royce back in the day in the early two thousand and ten so you have that story line you know dormant trying to rebound they suffered their first defeat at the hands of a relegation threatened side for two will do so door you know but all in all it's a festive moment and all of fans in the brucia region will be satisfied at least half of them because one team deftly will walk away winners i don't want to spoil it we have a match report let's take

a look at that now. dortmund coach lucy and father doesn't look too bothered by their first bonus league a loss of the season but suddenly the title race is back on and the swiss can have no time for sentiment against his former side to gladbach. says. yeah. it is a bit special i suppose nothing more than that since i left club bought three years ago i am a dortmund man now but sure it is a bit strange for us on there having a very good season. and there are very dangerous club one three nil and byron munich that says everything that's my dallas. dortmund without three injured defenders against the side who have the second best goals tally behind the hosts fava ones his players fully concentrated on black box

threat rather than the festive season all the mnemonics break before their next game. are very well organized they're very compact sometimes they are defending and suddenly the ball goes forward very very very quickly for the club buck meanwhile can move just three points behind dortmund with a victory but they also have injury concerns. we will go there with eighteen guys but we are maybe without seven players but it doesn't matter who starts dortmund out problems too will probably. dortmund held a christmas sing song this week their team will top the table at the mid-season break whatever happens tonight but fans want them to hit the high notes once again . talk to us about that other big big match on saturday prime time event the defending champions by a new take up against frankfurt this also has

a back story nico koba just now it by and used to coach at frankfurt so it's somewhat of a reunion for him and you know it's interesting because they dominated frankfurt in the league they have beaten frankfurt the last fourteen times with frank for dead shot by or to win the german cup last season and they have something to look out for because frankfurt does have one of the most prolific attacking trios in the bundesliga not only but as they go but all over europe they have twelve goals and then yes sebastian and as well as and here are a bitch so that's what frankfurt has on their side and you know we're all watching to see what by and by will catch up to dublin at the top of the table but i urge all but us to get face to tune into that saturday night main event frying time kress thank you so very much feely appreciate happy holidays as us well as usual enjoy all right you're watching video we have a long more to tell you about here's what's ahead. the end of an era in germany as

the country's last underground coal mine closes we meet the workers who kept it running. hundred meters below ground. is the world's most public christmas carol and it is two hundred years old we'll tell you how silent night it came. out here. that a lot more coming right up. we've we've .

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a regular chain on her journey back to freedom in the you know work interactive documentary during the regular thing returns home new monday w don't come to tanks. here what's coming up for the going to sleep so much movement. great to see you again you're watching video we new south wales iraq and poland this is our big headline this hour the. president don't trump is losing another key cabinet member defense secretary jim not stepping down after growing increasingly disillusioned with trump's policy matters resigned after trying the side its it would draw u.s. troops from syria. hardline in the end the supporters of the spanish promise of callow new york after clashes with police. of course

a lot of took place in the spanish cabinet met in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over catalonia independence movement. here in germany the nation's the last underground coal mine has closed for two hundred years coal was the driving force behind the economy dominating industry infrastructure and people's day to day lives but the reign of king cole is coming to an end today hundreds of miners gathered at an underground ceremony marking the closure to her valley during president conclave to steinmeyer receive the last long of course mind at the cross for her on your shaft which was opened in the nineteenth century. in one thousand nine hundred sixty five mining so-called black gold was a dangerous and laborious undertaking back then about forty thousand miners went down the shaft every day demand for coal began to boom no longer just as a fuel but also as

a source of energy for the iron and steel industries and with it the demand for miners grew by nine hundred twenty two around five hundred seventy seven thousand men were working below ground and the coal they were after late even deeper. a huge technical challenge. the first plunge in sales of german coal happened in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine. it had become too expensive in the face of competition from cheap imported coal much of which was mined above ground. the miners held nationwide protests and got their way no one lost their job but that could not halt the long term decline of the industry in two thousand and seven the german government committed to ending subsidies for coal mines by the end of twenty eighteen. and that was the final death knell for the coal mining industry in germany. well earlier i spoke to do the views correspondent kate brady who is in

power trip and i asked her about the mood at the farewell. well it was a very moving ceremony here at the coal mine here in western germany today and hundreds of mine is gathered at the shaft behind me and there is also many a tape being shed as well as that last piece of coal was retrieved and presented to the judge right there frank cultish no it's him also some very moving words from the chairman of the german coal cooperation who actually said as that piece of coal was handed over to the president many people this is just a start and for you it should be a big part of german history but for us it was all well and that really was evident today at the ceremony that the miners here and the locals to the region it really was the end of an era. what does the end of a black coal black coal me for the region. well

there have been preparations they've been underway for the best part of a decade now since i'm going to macos government announced back in two thousand and seven that underground coal mining would be phased out and local authorities here have been keen to avoid the rather disastrous consequences of previous mine closures which of course of resulted in a lot of unemployment as well to make sure that form a mine is all well equipped with skills so that they can go on and find future employment and also in recent years the city of both up here specifically has been trying to attract small to middle sized companies as well to make sure that the city continues to prosper. in conclusion kid in two thousand the german government committed to ending your subsidies for coal mines by the end of twenty what will that climate protection play in deciding to stop funding for coal.

well what's interesting is that the fight against climate change played was small role actually in the decision to phase out underground coal mining he had germany still continues to source black coal from other sources but from abroad where each cheaper but the idea of phasing out underground coal mining here in germany was to avoid those subsidies which the german government has been paying now to prop up the german coal mining industry which supports all of those thousands of jobs but of course germany is in the spring jus to announce a new climate goes to make a measures to make sure that it becomes carbon neutral by twenty fifty. brady reporting from bar truck thank you so very much for your reporting. and as we hear it from kate there are political and economic reasons for today's closure but that didn't make it any easier for the miners at the prosper having all shaft we

met some of them as the well down operations there and said goodbye to their careers below ground. these are some of germany's last coal miners. many of them have given decades of their lives to the job in four shifts a day twelve hundred meters deep shifting thousands of tonnes of bituminous coal sitting in a no blue better known as city can clearly remember the first time he went down in a pit cage thirty years ago. the first time i did it i was still an apprentice so the training supervisor was there you learn where the escape routes were in case something happened but it was still overwhelming. begin. the process. was once highly productive now it's the site of a massive sell off everything is being dismantled and sent back over ground most of

the machines here will be sold on to turkey or china it is not feeling a bit melancholic because we're the last of our kind all this job on exist anymore it's sad. this is. used to mining coal for years now but it's difficult. to finish mining one coal field i know that in two weeks we move on to mining the next one. but those days are over an approach it's winding down everywhere it's not herds. but. it's thanks to the coal mines that the rural valley region became the most densely populated area in germany the pit head frames the cooking plants and the steel works have left their mark the kiosks and miners housing next to the pits are testament to that there's hardly a city or town here in the region that doesn't boast a foreman street or pittman street works manager you're going croaker has already

had to close down two mines the prosper honey all mine will be his third and last. three big events to. place in my life this year if i close my last mine germany stops producing black coal and at the end of the year i'll retire i don't think anyone can experience more emotions in one go than that. the curtain has fallen on coal mining and fifteen thousand locals have turned out to give it a fitting send off there's plenty of melancholy in the air as traditional clubs miners choir's pittman mine rescue teams and foreman march by. the whole tradition for mining itself the royal region its family every time a pit closes down it's like losing someone in the family. once more they sing the song of german miners. these days it's the soundtrack of the region.

the last miners at the prosper hanya coal plant will continue to wind down operations until the end of next year after that most of them will retire. over to kristoff now and german retailers banking on a busy christmas just the thing a lot of german consumers are known to think twice before splashing out on some goods and recent economic data doesn't do much to change that impression of business confidence is down especially among retailers this month but now christmas is near so can the spirit of the season to help make up for lost business in the past we've been shopping in berlin to find out. it's the most important time of the year for team. it's just a few days before christmas the manager is hoping to see a lot of shoppers in his luxury department store card even he's pleased with this

year's sales. the personal touch and friendly atmosphere of very important something online rivals don't have the department store depends on both german and foreign customers the employees give buyers advice especially about the current trends escape from fashion that fans got in but there are various trends when it comes to fashion a classic cashmere sweater is popular toys are still ahead from classic board games to dolls for your daughter but there are a lot of new trends for the home this year like interior design and for the kitchen . was almost. smaller stores are not as upbeat because i feed managers three fashion shops in berlin she's found in each with special smaller sustainably produced brands she has many regular customers but sales could be better now she's thinking about launching an online shop even though it's

a daunting challenge. plus very hosley and would require hiring at least two new people purchasing inventory would also be an organizational challenge that's why we're taking our time being careful and seeing what happens in the coming months and that's my i for. one at some consumers prefer shopping in their own neighborhood. if you can just it's again mind keats i support my neighborhood stores and avoid online shopping whenever possible i'd like to see and feel the president i just think it's better for me to focus on something called from his cabin least i think i can start shopping in stores walking around and seeing what would suit my parents or siblings notifications dickens could pass for so long there's a big difference in price or if i can compare items better i buy online but going to a store is always good. but there is growing competition on the internet more and more

retailers are doing business online particularly in entertainment and consumer electronics analyst seven crease their growth forecasts for november and december from nine to eleven percent country b. is bucking the trend by focusing on traditional retail sales only consumers can determine if the strategy succeeds. and start about social startups they are on the rise and for good reason the market for care services for example is huge right now in germany alone two and a half million people are in need of care and by twenty thirty that number could rise to three and a half million most will want to live at home for as long as possible and that's where the latest from obamacare startup comes in it connects caregivers with those who need help in their daily lives of course and smartphone app. bassinet school would antonia knows what she wants she founded her own company called career shift in berlin three years ago via its digital platform the firm

places regular caregivers in homes of elderly or sick people who need support better idea was born of necessity that will have a castle in my stomach i founded care ship together with my brother after a very personal experience in our own family went out of the blue our grandmother suddenly needed care and we couldn't find a suitable helper or support for her kind of pass unnoticed with song. help or like beyond stitch for example he's one of about eight hundred freelancers who know work for a care ship a stroke left unsure of how sun paralyzed on one side the woman in her early seventy's can no longer do many things or self so she went looking for help. and ask it before it's clearly a question of helping people to help themselves so the entire household can continue to be managed independently and if you're told she pays him twenty euros

an hour and twenty percent of that goes to care ship for her trust is key. once you've gotten used to someone you want that person all the time because otherwise you end up having to explain everything to someone new every day i really don't want that slow. berlin is still a hot spot for startups although it's grown increasingly difficult to find office space for employees among company founders here women are still a minority but that didn't deter antonia. here and. she's raised millions in capital to expand her business and. when setting up a firm she says the most important thing is to stick to your guns. but also believes women and men are a little different in one respect. it's risky to say i'm quitting my job i'm just going to plow ahead and i think women are a little more cautious in that respect. but that's the wrong approach we just

need many more role models women who show that women can found companies and be successful that it actually no longer makes a difference whether you're a man or a woman. care ship has yet to turn a profit but antonia about hasn't but that shake her confidence she's certain that sooner or later she's going to achieve her goals. tata. you want to run the full freight. perishing car right. and needs to know when i received the bomb the rest of your day. ok it's not a problem for me was that the. it's been almost twenty five years since the lion king craze so what the world is going

to talk about has become synonymous with disney's blockbuster good but instead of no worries the phrase is now causing an uproar jarrett is here to talk about how the tale of simba the a lion has well come back to bite so what's all the fuss about so this is basically boils down to who's got more of a ride to the phrase economy we just we know it means no worries and troubles in the language kiswahili were just broken by about one hundred fifty million people in countries in eastern africa and that's a language that we had joint develop your we have accused by heli department and served that region but it gets a bit messy because disney has trademarks the phrase for korean i'm a tada and applied it to clothing to do with the lion king and so there is a group of people in this region and they're growing in numbers and they're saying well how come the american entertainment giant has some claim of ownership on

something to do with culture on deciding so i gather then that now they want to take it back yeah they one does need to to drop the trademark and this is something that's sort of being growing being talked about more and more in the region over the last few weeks in the media and by bloggers and now finally a petition has been set up by as in bob when activists cold shouts and pala in just a few days it's been signed. and by over one hundred twenty thousand people shelton says that in his opinion disney can't be allowed to trademark something that eat didn't invent and we have one comment from a blogger there he says it does need to trademark swahili phrases is typical corporate colonialism for which we should all say. a lot of people saying that trademarking who can imitate it is greedy on the part of disney and it is

appropriating african culture and some people have even compared it to trying to trademark good morning for example and there are calls for east africans to come together and to try and prevent that culture from what they say is exploitation he said because if you think about it i mean trademarking or copper putting a copyright on good morning would be kind of rare exactly have disney come out and said something about that yes they have and i said well look this is what way what we've done is is a business decision we're not trying to appropriate anyone's culture and legal experts have come out and defended disney and they've said well this is sort of been an issue that's spread on social media and it's sort of shows a lack of intellectual property knowledge because actually disney doesn't treat the trademark it doesn't own the phrase. it's basically it const anyone from saying anyone walking down the street can say it it just means that if it's displayed on anything it can't then have a link to disney all the line kids are going to probably you couldn't put

a picture of simba as well on the teach you how to can imitate. it's been twenty five years now since the lion king came out seems like yesterday all right so why the outrage now at this time well it's because there is a remake coming out next year and i want to talk about that and they're not today but basically the remake the upcoming remake is sort of been why everyone's talking about the trademark issue which probably will serve disney well because it's some publicity for that in the end and i'm sure it's the right publicist. i think that it probably is it is going to city of course for that we're like a jerry thank you so very much happy holidays to you too. you're recognized that syria was by the fact is played an electric guitar

that was silent night taken from a musical called my silent night which is currently running in salzburg austria as part of the celebrations surrounding the two hundred anniversary since the carol was composed and robin mail from a culture desk is here to talk more it's very seasonal it's hopping very very nice ok that the original silent night is officially german but it has been covered yeah a plethora of of languages and i was just i mean it's the most popular carol in the world and i think it's because of its simplicity it is. simple in the lyrics on the chew it has a great sends months of world peace of course and all these cars all these brides and i mean especially for us in the northern hemisphere we need that sort of carol at this time is a very good northern hemisphere also i find the change be very atmospheric actually

personally i think it's great around a fire up and fire with candles singing should i not as you said oh well silent night. as you said it's a regime. actually austrian language and ninety nine point eight percent of germans are said to know this carol but i should say it's traditionally song on christmas eve on the twenty fourth so we have for all time but there's no hard and fast rules they're not too serious about that anyway let's find out more about this global carol which was first written two hundred years ago and sung in a little village in austria. the world's most famous christmas song originated here in the austrian village of all bundle off in the run up to christmas the small community news sites book offers visitors special silent night tours that illuminates the songs history. organist and teacher from.

and young parish priest use of more composed the music and wrote the lyrics and together they performed the song and opened off on christmas eve in eighteen eighteen traveling salesman took the song to markets across europe well christian missionary spread it even farther around the globe. hundreds of foster sisters the missionaries realized that it harbored a christian message and was easy for families to learn and that's probably why it became so popular than if we could put off. since the one nine hundred century the song has been translated into more than three hundred languages. can leave the war . was. the. the locals an opened off stage a historical play in various locations that dramatizes the origin of silent night

after the end of the napoleonic wars. i had a look at this or a few on the vote for obama it was a terrible time because of the poverty created by the wars and the plundering troops that passed through the village this cute blend of today the song still evokes the hope for peace visitors to the silent night chapel can listen to the original version with its six verses and accompanying guitar chords. now probably not so surprisingly because of its international appeal it has been recorded by a lot of famous artists you know i mean we've been looking into this and it looks like there are three thousand cover versions of the song from frank sinatra to see

lo green and beyond elvis presley did a version as well let's have a look at the to show you this first one is by being crosby and i hear a regime recorded nine hundred thirty five but he wouldn't it be released because he didn't want to profit from a religious song that he arranged for all the money to be given to charity and it speculated it was actually the first charity christmas goal. and right up to date just to get these heavy clocks saying no she doesn't have it up she doesn't. make it up tempo you can already do that with this song very few of the combinations i haven't heard all three thaksin do anything other than sing it

as it is because it's a beautiful song and as i say it's the simplicity of the that is the key to his role and i should mention there eyewitness accounts from the first the famous christmas truce where they allegedly played football you know from posing size it was also there are real accounts the the english the german singing still enough to recognize the change started singing in english then the french stopped singing in french so that they were fighting each other from the next they all but singing this song about well peace for me saying it's an evocative song it is you know saw that happen. it is absolutely your depression ever got more on our website absolutely much more on the website because of course this is you know it's a job and song it is it is thank you so very much i wish you happy holidays to you and your loved ones and of course also our viewers i wish you all also very happy holidays and

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