tv World Stories Deutsche Welle December 22, 2019 3:02am-3:15am CET
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this week on world stories. south africa from taxi driver to opera singer india a swimming champion without arms we begin in russia here is also where climate change is making things harder. and that affects the health of both man and beast a trip to the peninsula explains why. daybreak in the tundra. time for breakfast. we are on the arm out peninsula nuvi pool our circle this is where so beer is indigenous people known as the nets leaf. he had an interesting seems to be in balance but life isn't nearly as idyllic as it looks traces of climate change are never far
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away it's left its mark on the next population and as they are already here because of the mild temperatures of bacteria that have survived for thousands of years the gamma frost surfacing and becoming active even anthrax bacteria spores. 3 years ago it infected anti rentier us for the 1st time in 75 years anthrax broke out there examined the rentier infected some shepherds 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 that lives are not endangered with them they'll be protected against anthrax. but experts 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 heart will perish due to the
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vaccination then due to anthrax. during the last demick many of the infected animals had to be burnt many but not. human activity is to blame both for the rapid rise of temperatures in the russian arctic and of the thawing of the permafrost. with 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 these theories don't mean anything nobody here is afraid of anthrax they're me included randian meat either all freshly cooked but the shirts also don't deny climate change. yes night i don't believe in
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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 was 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 abdul qadeer lost both of his arms after an accident
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but he refused to let us 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 in all sorts of ways he does his homework using its feet and he has 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. but the move the hard sell 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
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. 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 he'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 him to swim. we didn't know how to support him unlike other kids we couldn't hold him by his shoulders. we could drop him 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 in scituate and trying to
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qualify for the 2024 some apparel and picks. 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. ours 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. on your part you know for 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 a bit 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 sure ziggy marquardt has been
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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 were suddenly back then you have to cross the border of strangers 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 madeon keizo research the history of clear his ball house for years and interviewed many eyewitnesses who danced here when the g.d.r. still existed and berlin was divided into east and west. mike comes in so what comes before she they 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
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and alcohol all that brings people together. in her book mommy and keys are tells the story. in 1013 club who are open to buy a 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 hume's 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 road a passenger recorded him and put the video online it went viral and now the south
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african cabbie is us star. lindsay was 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 oh. oh. oh. oh. oh oh it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go this far. it can just go. to facebook maybe. pundits old school and that he was one of them or just saying no can you bring that guy it's a common platform in my wedding or something like that just just
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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 or dishes to men's wear shop even offered him if pretext for his next events. all over the. men's e is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance at the piano player is menzies former teacher gets up in the market is known menzies since primary school and he himself had no formal music training he's mostly self-taught the next day menzi 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 them come and see. i know many in the i'm so excited
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about this to the team just books can talk. stuck into i'm coming to. the. yet. come a final run through in the dressing room and. then it's the still. be. some kind of come the oh come. come the. end of the. i. thank you. huge rounds of applause for menzies but unfortunately it's not enough to secure 1st prize back in durban it's back to taxi driving for the time.
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