some dramatic footage of 2 massive cruise ships that collided off the coast of mexico the carnival glory rear ended the carnival legend as a doctor on the caribbean island resort of cozumel in a statement carnival said 6 passengers had presented themselves to the on board of medical center with minor injuries. you're watching you have your news from berlin up next world stories the week of. a historical turning point in politics business religion. 79. in iran oh people of the islamic revolution. opens up making its initial flirtation capitalism strikes and states of emergency

it sinks into chaos. joined head to certain traditions problems and chance of the people and threatens the old order. 979 the big creative today's world starts december 23rd w. this week on the world stories. of south africa from taxi driver to opera singer india a swimming champion without arms we begin in russia here as elsewhere climate change is making things hotter. and that affects the health of both man and beast a trip to the insula explains why. daybreak in the tundra.

time for breakfast. we are on the hour now peninsula news the pool our circle this is where some beer is indigenous people known as the nets live. here natural still seems to be in balance but life isn't nearly as idyllic as it looks traces of climate change are never far away it's left its mark on the next population and they are already here because of the mild temperatures of bacteria that have survived for thousands of years in the bam of frost surfacing and becoming active even anthrax bacteria spores. 3 years ago it infected anti reindeer arabs for the 1st time in 75 years anthrax broke out their van the rentier infected some shit birds animals

and humans live side by side of the tundra. recently when we'd be lost without reindeer they provide food and clothing our lives are intertwined we must vaccinate the reindeer to make sure their lives are not endangered and they'll be protected against anthrax. but expensive warn there is no 100 percent guarantee 1st because some shepherds have refused to devise a need for their herds there weren't more of their herd will perish due to the vaccination then due to anthrax. during the last demick many of the infected animals had to be burned many but not. human activity is to blame both for the rapid rise of temperatures in the russian arctic and to the thawing of the permafrost. of gas production on your model was one cause of the 2016 anthrax tragedy you saw oil coal and gas production lead to the greenhouse

effect in the arctic but in the cold war here go. back and there endian ahmed's diseases theories don't mean anything nobody here is afraid of anthrax and there are me included randi and meet either there or all freshly cooked but the shirts also don't deny climate change. yes if you missed the. news night i don't believe in anthrax why should i it's much worse that our rivers and lakes dry out every summer. in the 13 years ago or fischel is here declared a state of emergency things got better. but the next summer heat is just months away. abdul qadeer lost both his arms after accidentally touching

a high tension electric cable still he's determined to win a gold medal in swimming for india in the 2024 summer paralympics d.w. caught up with him in delhi. the water is after all cut here in dorry's happy place. swimming has helped a young boy overcome big obstacles and made him an inspiration for many in his native india at the age of 7 up to lost both of his arms after an accident but he refused to let his life be ruled by at the. top of his going he was 7 years old my son accidentally touched a high voltage electric wire. we took him to a hospital in mumbai and doctors treated him for almost a week but they said the infection was spreading fast and that they had to amputate both his arms were saving his life with the priority but he had to lose his arms.

since the accident abdul qadeer has adjusted and all sorts of ways he does his homework using its feet and he is a smart phone that way to you but it's clear that where he truly excels is in the water. and he set his eyes on a big goal. but some of the odd solos are the missing think i lost my arms when i was in 2nd grade i had an infection that spread to both arms when i was in hospital . but i love to swim. or i get bored and i want to win a gold medal for india in the olympics. it's more than just a day dream abdul qadeer is already a 3 time national swimming champion and she's got the medals to prove it but it required hard work and determination from everyone involved. in the

beginning we were really at a loss about how to teach them to swim. we didn't know how to support them unlike other kids we couldn't hold him by his shoulders. if we could drop him into the water but taking him out was a challenge. but abdul qadeer was determined and nothing could stop him. it's hoping to soon join an elite swimming institute and trying to qualify for the 2024 some a paralympics. this autumn saw the 30 year anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall there are still places where you can find evidence of the city's colorful past spiral house is a dance hall that survived 2 world wars and the division of germany. couples have danced through berlin history under this roof here in clear his house

swing night is just as popular now as it was 100 years ago. berlin might have lost some of its charm but you can rediscover it right here. part you know the glitter might be dripping off the walls but we've been coming here for 10 years now it's a berlin tradition i mean to put someone in maybe bits of this and of course it were one big family over the years you get to know each other everyone comes here and we love it sure ziggy marquardt has been coming here regularly for 6 decades he lives in the west half of the city and the ball houses in the east even after the wall went up in 1961 he continued visiting the club despite border controls. that was put in the back of then you have to cross the border at strangers you've got a day pass and in the evening at midnight you had to be back again. today the dance club in the middle of berlin also boasts

a restaurant and is popular with locals and tourists alike. author madeon keizo research the history of clear his ball house for years and interviewed many eyewitnesses who danced here. the g.d.r. still existed and berlin was divided into east and west and my come to see what comes before today you can't even imagine that they built a wall through the middle of the city but this is a place where east and west germany met up and became close because music and dance and alcohol is all that brings people together. in her book mommy in keizer tells the story. in 1913 classical buehler opened the ball house together with her husband to entertain berliners from all walks of life clear since survive 2 world wars and the division of germany and hardly changed. clare his ball

house takes its visitors back in time to a bygone berlin dance still unites people here as it always has a clear hints. taxi driver men's human goma from durban has always enjoyed singing arias on the room a passenger recorded him and put the video online it went viral and now the south african cabbie is us star. lindsay is just 27 years old the top of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger films him singing opera in his taxi and the video went viral. and.

it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it. go the spa. it can just old school to facebook may be part of it soul to either of you as one of them or just saying can you bring that guy to come and perform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things it's. like kids. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and q 4 dishes a men's wear shop even offered him a free taxi to for his next event. menzi is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance the piano player is

menzies former teacher something the mechanic is known menzi since primary school and he himself had no formal music training he's mostly self-taught the next day lindsay is off to cape town he's been invited to take part in a competition for professional opera singers and he's feeling optimistic. to be my 1st time visiting the comics and. i know many been there and so excited about this to the team just because you can talk. see it's like it was important to . have that yet. come a final run through in the dressing room and. then it's the still. to come

the oh i'm getting close. to. the time. loves. huge round of applause for menzies but unfortunately it's not enough to secure a 1st prize back in durban it's back to taxi driving for the time. of menzies determined to advance its career he says luck is still on his side every chance he has is as good as. player . play. st.

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