it's magnified thousands of times. bots we begin with what's happening in the cultural world regarding the coronavirus the short answer to that is very little as events that require audiences are being canceled as i speak governments around the world are restricting gatherings of lots of people which of course course means most popular artistic events cannot take place but there are intriguing ways of safely playing to your audience as one british pop singer did and have. was a surreal situation and a 1st for purchasing james. playing a major show. saying he could feel the fans who want. at least the.

went ahead. on friday the secretary familiar became the latest cultural destination to close its doors construction work has also been halted but really just services will go ahead. in the u.s. the krona crisis has reached disneyland is not just me fans and workers directly employed in the entertainment industry who are affected. more to. work. just like you work in a hotel. in new york broadway shows have been hit on thursday public gatherings of over 500 people and in the states. it is weird because this this morning the train was like

that never had everything. like you know the people have nothing to really look forward to so you don't want to have the city's totally shut down because then you know what to the people. they still have james blunt's playing to 2100. stream concert could be a model for the weeks to come. here to tell us more about this is my colleague candy. we have the technology. called the only bomb that took place many artists who are unable to perform in public at the moment are keen to reach out to their fans at home possibly isolated by social distancing measures italian rock singer had no need played a virtual concert against what's called corona loneliness on instagram and italy of

course cultural life has come to a complete standstill to the corona virus outbreak and here in berlin concert pianist igor leavitt who was a guest here just a few weeks ago as also lifestream the 1st of what he calls his daily social media house concerts this video is being seen by 200000 people there that has said that it is sad and necessary to stop public concerts but he wants to keep sharing music and keep in touch with his fans as we heard in your report many artists of industry are suffering financial hardship we should say here in germany the government has promised support artists how it's going to take shape. good news of the movie from . probably has taken place after a number of high profile postponements 1st and foremost of course the new james bond movie. somewhat unexpectedly perhaps the knees moulin did launch in

london yesterday opiate with a scaled down european premiere at london's leicester square it was no media line up all red carpet guests had to pass through a hand sanitation station before entering a was a photo but this took place indoors moulin with its chinese terror win and all asian cast was tailored for the chinese market cinemas in china the 2nd largest cinema market remain closed i'm sure going to be talking all this lot more of the from that thanks very much. asas all over the world who put their lawyers on the line and fights against injustice with words videos and images. is not rocky who fought against isis in the middle

of occupied mosul and 2016 not with weapons but with all and it almost cost him his life now thanks to a scholarship from the writers association pen he is safe and living in the city of weimar which has always been a home for creative spirits. this café in central weimar eastern germany has become something of a home from home footmark nasa the iraqi poet musician and filmmaker hasn't seen his family and friends in mosul for 4 years. before he left he spent 2 years in hiding from the i asked which deemed his work incompatible with islamic law. but in my hometown. i think the situation was a bit like more complicated so it wasn't comfortable to go to work outside or to just things especially going when i was there. he still in touch with his friends

back home and follows the news from iraq closely from social media he knows that the iraqi protest begun by civil activists in october 29th seen have cost some 500 lion. professor not to talk about his private life his family is still in iraq. before he fled the country and 2016 had studied english in what is a teacher his creative what tackled the values of i asked and the devastation being wreaked on his city. including a short film called a prisoner from mosul. it was despite the risks he continued publishing poems and performing and uploading videos to you tube and facebook. after spending time in poland

abdulnasser is now a fellow of the pen program writers in exile and the association vimal city of refuge. it's organized by vies has zach's a local sculptor and graphic artist mosul was liberated in 2017 but still can't go back the situation remains too dangerous. the problem that we always suffer in iraq that there is a government that maybe they represent some of the. people in iraq but there is also a huge number of people this government doesn't like they do that they don't represent those people and those people they want to change the government but they don't have the power of. the fighters sax is a member of the international cities of refuge network founded in 1993 in response to the iranian fat against rightist sound and rushed it off as persecuted also it's

a safe haven. rights as visual artists musicians they can exert influence but that's why they're often the 1st to be persecuted by the powers that be where the state powers over to just fundamentalist forces that's the problem that's why we have this program we take it very seriously as you can tell of my. care environment omar abdel nasser is making new friends and building up new cross cultural networks he's not just here to buy his time until he can go home he wants to share his past experiences and see what he can learn from the ones. who are. now insects like you've never seen before as works of art 22 year old young rosenblum is actually a chemistry student while looking at insects under a microscope he got the idea to take photos of them to show what extraordinary

models of nature they are and they made his images reveal the hidden beauty of creepy crawlies. giant eyes hair and teeth. peter is that might seem repulsive to sun are actually fascinating when observed under a microscope. these photos. offer an unusual perspective on the common bugs that are all around us but are often overlooked. microscopic photography as young bombs hobby a selection of his images is on display at the zoo in the northeastern german city of boston. and if you see a wasp or a flyer that might almost past you any day in summer and you see the textures and the incredibly exciting stories behind. biological ones to strangers.

and you realize how beautiful and sometimes monstrous everyday insects can be when you enlarge them to 2 are 2 meters 1st by meter. the images are made up of hundreds if not thousands of individual photos diverse or fascinating. in 2019 this photo of a male mosquito came in 4th in an international photography competition. in berlin had already submitted photos in past years he was thrilled to make the top 5. as far. as that was incredible. i never really would have expected to make it this far especially because i work with the simplest tools in a relatively improvised equipment the reality is that i'm competing with people

from top international universities who work with very expensive microscopes and are professionals in this field because. he does the depth of supporters and. back at the exhibition young halls and bomb hopes the photos will help visitors to see insects differently so this plant folks a biologist is it. he asked yon to exhibit his photos here despite the fact that insects aren't usually the kind of creatures that drop visitors to sit. and listen to for the view and they some of them at the zoo were always about the big animals but 3 people love to see the polar bears but the great apes are always popular of course with mention of and we've also got smaller animals but a detailed view into the heart of this whole microcosm is still hidden from many people still who few before born beyond has made it his mission to show people the

hidden beauty of box and reveal a world that can normally only be seen through the lens of a microscope. just proof that the greatest artist of all is nature itself arts and culture stories on the web site at b.w. dot com slash culture but that's all for now.

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we may think our water supplies will last forever but. when the rain storm. starts march 20th on g.w. . this is news and these are our top stories u.s. president donald trump has declared a national emergency in the united states over the spread of covert $1000.00 coronavirus the move releases billions of dollars in disaster funding and give special powers to health authorities. the world health organization.