releasing the dangerous bacteria in the russian arctic don't forget you can get all the latest news on our website that's dot com i'm michael okun in berlin thanks for the company and we'll see you with more news at the top of the hour. 50 years of religions for peace teams from many different strains all working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of religious conflicts. now all female members are for legions for peace from the middle east are demanding a larger. all common ground is empowering women giving them the rule.

making them agent of change. the female peacemakers stores january 5th. this week on world stories. 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 peninsula explains why. a break in the tundra.

time for breakfast. we are on the arm out peninsula near the pool our circle this is where so beer is indigenous people known as the nets leap. from here next are 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 aren't yet 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 entire interior us for the 1st time in 75 years anthrax broke out there van the rentier infected some shepherds animals

and humans live side by side of the tundra. 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 experts warn that 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 parent will perish due to the vaccination then due to anthrax. during the last of the demick many of the infected animals had to be burnt many but not. human activity is to blame both for the rapid to rise of temperatures in the russian arctic and to the thawing of the permafrost. gas production on your model was one cause of the 2016 anthrax tragedy. and gas production lead to the greenhouse effect in the

arctic but in the. back among their endian ahmed's if these theories don't mean anything. nobody here is afraid of anthrax and there are me included randian meat i was there all freshly cooked but the shirts also don't deny climate change. i don't believe in anthrax why should i it's much worse that our rivers and lakes dry up every summer. in the 13 years ago or fishelson 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 used to term and 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 abdul qadeer lost both of his arms after an accident but he refused to let his life be ruled by it. so. when 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 us feet and he is a smartphone that way too. but it's clear that where he truly excels is in the water. and he set his eyes on a big goal. they're both good move the odds over the mistake and 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 you made a big move order. 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 them into the water but taking him out was a challenge. but abdul qadeer was determined and nothing could stop him. up till katia is 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 fashions powerhouse 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 clare hills bomb

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. hot enough to 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 2 and maybe bits of this and of course there were one big family over the years you get to know each other everyone comes here and we love it that's true ziggy marquardt has been coming here regularly for 6 decades he lives in the west half of the city in 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 an you have to cross the border at st you've got a day pass and in the evening at midnight you have 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 moggy and 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. my country so what gunsmith flush 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 and keys are tells the story. in 1913 club the brewer 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 team and grandma from durban has always enjoyed singing arias on the road a passenger recorded him and put the video online it went viral and now the south african cabbie is us and our. friends he is just 27 years old the top of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger filmed 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. no the spot. at 10 just old school to facebook may be pundits old school and that he was 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 that small ball would be like kids'. menzies' phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and give auditions and 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 when z. 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 to see the competition and i know many in the i'm so excited about this team the team just talks can talk to. us it's like it was important to. have that yet. come a final run through in the dressing room and. then it's the stuff. that's going to come

the oh come. come the time. loves. huge rounds 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. menzies determines to a spot says korea he says luck is still on his side every chance he has is as good as.

what is christmas stories real. love and beloved characters strolled along the streets. this could only be days into the night each christmas season the quaint city in the netherlands transforms into the enchanting 19th century world of charles dickens. merry christmas this year over next. holiday journey of discovery it should be the most beautiful time to me that's what on book of that's all bad. news papers this is one of germany's most charming towns. she strolls down middle streets in the old town and stamp a still look to the christmas tree it's. 60 minutes. i'm not laughing at the germans

because sometimes i am placed on nothing with the 10 people having thinks deep into german culture yet you didn't take this grandma down to you cuss. it's all about who care enough i myself join me for me think i'm going to tell. ya i. love. to keep. them.