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with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters d. w. made for minds. cuts. this week on little stories. we get a taste of politics in hong kong. and hear about a controversial band in lego's but we begin in germany 75 years ago allied planes carried out devastating air raids on dresden the historic city center was reduced to rubble and down she tens of thousands were killed we speak to a survivor. when aaron steers comes to the neuer markt public square and

sees the restored. he is reminded of the dresden bombings 75 years ago. here. and everything was destroyed and this was where most of the people were killed in the fire storm then on the next day the duration following. yes the square was reduced to rubble and. on the evening of february 13th 1945 over the span of just 15 minutes the allied forces dropped bombs containing 900 tons of explosives on dresden during the next 2 days 3 more attack waves followed after that the baroque old town lay in ruins at the time aaron's tears was 9 years old when the bombs were dropped on dresden he and his parents he had in a bomb shelter in the cellar of their house seen here in the former you hungry

organ alley. and. after the 1st attack we left the apartment while everything was burning i can still see it before my eyes the flames creeping over the rooftops of neighboring houses. and that's what it looked like afterwards that was my parents' apartment was on the top of. an steers and his parents were lucky they were able to flee the city as many as 25000 people died during the air raids many of them suffocated during the firestorms. i'm can call playfulness in my eyes this was a war crime and many things happened on all sides but this was an act of destruction directed at the civilian population. and steer started working as a camera man in the 1950 s.

his nickname was the eye of dresden he documented the reconstruction of the destroyed city and he's been collecting photos and videos of dresden since the 19th century for his film archives. documentary film can be brutally honest with if you do not edit it or change the footage and i never did there's then for me it is the most impressive historical witness and who calls. today the rebuilt cityscape of dresden betrays few signs of the destruction that took place here 75 years ago. hong kong is divided between those for and those against the pro-democracy movement . even beating places are being boycotted or supported because of their political loyalties. this pastry entry search shop is well known for its

refined dishes the missionary guide listed as one of the best in hong kong but for him one 1st time customer this is not the reason why he came here for a scoop of ice cream in the afternoon on we recently just not. in. business with civil. role something that. the post hits with messages of solidarity show this shop is yellow because of the pro-democracy movement kim has found the place by an app that lists businesses which support the protests. coco chan and chaz co have found it their business after dropping out of jobs in the financial sector they have been supporting the pro-democracy movement since its beginning oh my god i was going to have customers came in one day and when they finished they gave us a yellow sticker and said you can put this up it's only send i realized they were

from a verification team for yellow shops and i want. cocoa and shasta have found that pastry shop in 2015 when the protest movement started they suffered losses as most small businesses but since then have been labeled yellow the turnover is even higher than before the protests started and it was when protesters go to ace and other places they need to be careful about people over herring their conversations but they don't have to worry about that head on that's why we've had more customers recently sometimes they even queue up outside our shop and take us is really just around the corner. but those who do not support the protests trouble really wants its real traditional hong kong snacks has been labeled blue the color of the pro-government camp since she posted a photo in support of the police force on facebook her business is down more than 50 percent. i'm using my savings and i borrow money from

friends. this shop is my baby i can't just close it but right now i don't have any income that's how young protesters are boycotting a business and they have repeatedly reported church with your thirty's for a leech violations lately has been to eatery after her husband passed away several years ago to support herself and the 2 kids now she has to take small extra jobs in the evening to make ends meet. it's either blue or yellow in today's on call the social divide runs through the whole city. in france one woman and her daughter are doing what they can to put an end to a barbaric practice female genital mutilation is illegal in the european union but thousands of women and girls are still savagely disfigured.

fatty mandia and her daughter salamanca and so i preparing food for the whole family some cousins leaf with them family and friends often stop by cooking is one of the traditions fascinated yeah holds dear from her country of origin mauritania but there are other so-called traditions which she strongly rejects being. made. i was cut so are my 3 oldest daughters. i know that my 2nd daughter had complications when she gave birth. but i had my daughter's cut because i was afraid of my mother's influence. you can see her picture there she said if you don't have a done to your daughter's prayers won't be heard thanking the. superior. it was working as a midwife in mauritania in the 1980 s.

that turned her against the practice. and i've met many women who've suffered from fistula or incontinent they couldn't hold back their urine anymore they have to change their clothes all the time there are even some who have become completely isolated. when fatima diac came to france as a political refugee in 1990 she started her fight against after. she founded an association that campaigns for women's rights in communities where the practice is still accepted she's also part of a european network which lobbies members of the european parliament to take a more active stance against f g m. has also joined the fight as you know i was lucky not to be affected by f g m i grew up in france and i think the question never came up for me but people around me people i know are affected by it in my community even in my family that's why i feel it's important to fight

against it. and her cousin how are are about to launch a series a few tube explainers to inform young girls about after. all the little simple hello to all and welcome to the you tube channel purple chair my name is how i. am is illegal in france and the rest of the e.u. still there are $225000.00 survivors of f g m in france alone. and salamat confident their fight helps bring down those numbers. this is an act of violence done to small girls who've done nothing wrong maybe it'll follow them until their death that's not good whatever happens i know this is a fight i will continue. and i won't give up before i see concrete results. it isn't. our last trip takes us to lead goes to nigeria

road accidents and traffic chaos are the order of the day here now the nigerian government has said enough is enough and move to ban motorcycle taxis but many nigerians depend on them to get from to be. an attempt to keep law and order up this policeman is trying to keep try sickles off the street it's only the beginning of the morning rush hour but traffic is already jammed try sickles and motorbikes known as okada are by far the cheapest and fastest mode of transport many depend on them for their livelihoods plenty of small commercial companies have popped up in recent years that's on top of thousands of drivers who operate on their own for all of them the ban is a huge blow. it may be the.

people you. really. need so. the government. would torch. if i. want. to do this because you have know all about things to do me. good school. by professional by now. as the public transport not broken lagos is far from sufficient many customers depend on a cut to get around. a bit choppy can't quite market. if you don't buy it was hard. to take off if you provide any means of transportation for people but the lagos state government is adamant. people get into this must feel good to spruik when they go make joe's. you know because you know we've got mostly because we do not want to touch anything diatribe back now on doubts this bloody scene must go t.v.

and he suggests the band might also free up young drivers to take up other professions to go up paint as you go out of view does he go up to last the 2 sons are very scots know that it was not easy to show before kind of. it's not the 1st time that lagos has imposed a ban on motorbikes so far it never really worked the commissioner sas government will introduce more bosses and better roads this time but as traffic in lagos keeps getting busier it's hard to see how people here will manage the delta okada.

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