better tip because he or she is definitely a poet who just serves a larger audience. after last year's scandals concerning allegations of sexual misconduct and the choice of peter hanukah for the literature award this year's selection is less controversial with him with the chairman of the nobel committee said the group wanted to focus attention on literature again. situ up to date small world news of a top al coming up next taking periods like as your business objects but. why are people forced to hide in trucks. there are many reasons. there are many cancers.

and there are many stories. make up your mind. made for minds. you're sitting has begun ordering businesses to close in virus hot spots the big apple is still recovering from a spring lockdown we'll talk to the cabbies shop owners and real estate brokers determined to keep going during the pandemic. show women entrepreneurs face unique challenges. is adding to them we look at

a business in kenya struggling to get through the crisis and we talk to an expert on women entrepreneurship. hello and welcome to the show and. it's good to have you with us the protests have flared in several new york city neighborhoods in recent nights as the city moves to close businesses and covert 1000. of the closures are the latest test for a city that has so far avoided a 2nd surge in infections but whose businesses are still reeling from the 1st lockdown in spring. 5th avenue a symbol of new york's prosperity looks abound and big retail chains are considering giving up it's just not worth it restaurants and small stores are struggling to

survive there are more and more homeless people on the streets. on the job is no longer worthwhile for yellow cabs either only about a quarter of the taxis are still on the streets cathy victor is behind the wheel for the 1st time in 5 months even told by quitting his yellow cab entirely. on us i'm not working right now most of us are not working i need so much coming back to . the usually i know for a 5 day working like the same like 1416 hours every day to make ends meet. jenny's toy store was closed for 2 and a half months sales have been drastically down since she reopened just 5 percent of what they were before that way too little to cover her horrendous rent like all new yorkers jenny has very care political opinions she's a big fan of vice presidential candidate camila harris and she blames mismanagement of the coronavirus epidemic by trump for the economic crisis but one of trump is

reelected i don't know. if it's a scary really a really scary thought to say the south will have a revolution i think. i hope i hope he has. some of the office towers downtown have only 10 percent occupancy more and more companies are cutting back on office space right now there are 26 percent more vacancies in the residential market than last year prices for bigger apartments especially are down 10 to 15 percent. even in prime locations like central park realtor kathy is doing great business she thinks it's a strong market for investors. a $3000000.00 this apartment is a real bargain. if you believe in the long term value of new york city yes it may be you know rough couple of years but if you can hold it for 510 years you're going

to do very well. so business is good for the rich though it means disaster for people who already were having a hard time before the pandemic but new york wouldn't be new york if it could be beaten easily and i think this virus is not going to stop who you are of course and they are so you will leave its glory again i'm a new yorker. you know. we don't give up. we don't you know come with those we're near the top. despite everything the spirit of new york the metropolis the coronavirus really went to town on seems i'm broken. right our financial correspondent younes korda is in new york it's going to him yes there you are so is the spirit of new york really unbroken times have been pretty tough and you hear more and more about people actually leaving the city. yeah i mean it's gotten a bit busier than what we've seen specially in spring but it's far cry from where

it used to be i'm standing here on the southern tip of broadway in minot and there was just a recent survey that by the end of the year not even 30 percent of employees will return to the offices i came to new york at the end of the ninety's when bill clinton was still sitting in the white house i experienced the burst of the dot com bubble the terror attacks of the financial crisis but at least economically that's really the toughest what i have seen and we shouldn't forget new york is not just the capital of the global financial markets it's also important for tourism for fashion for entertainment and a lot of that stuff is just not happening right now 1010 of thousands of people have left the city and the big question is if they will return if you want to look at some bright spots if you look them in the ball rolls for example there is business life going on but clearly it will take quite some time before a new york is spec to normal. challenges before us quarter with us from new york

thank you. well a pandemic is a special challenge for women around the world they've been more likely to face layoffs or stop working and take care of children or the elderly our next story looks at a business in kenya that's run by women for women and a struggling to get through the pandemic. once upon a time because the worry was anonymous with hope the jewelry company was set up in 1975 the idea to give vulnerable think a mother's a job and free medical care it was a successful model the shop especially popular with tourists who once flocked to purchase the handmade creations. but kovac 19 has ended it all. lack of foot fall and a drop in order is have forced passes to layoff the vast majority of cars the restart usually we have $200.00 that place single mothers working in the factory

but right now we have only that place in milwaukee so we mostly we depend on 2 or it's but right now we are struggling to get or does to maintain the that place single mothers. for the women who remain times are tough. bathwater tira has 4 children to take care of she's also got loans that are rapidly accumulating interest what order to. become difficult to feed and clothe our children. for lisa and where you from. deteriorating stories like this are playing out across kenya unemployment in the country has doubled to 10 percent from for pandemic struck in march the spread of the virus an unhappy reminder that even fairytale like projects such as conserving aren't guaranteed

a happy ending i'm joined now by a reader to dart she's president of the global summit of women and she joins me from washington d.c. arraign well the show it's good to have you with us your summit brings together women business leaders and entrepreneurs to what extent has covert and this pandemic become a topic. oh. well 1st of all we're not holding it because of the pandemic instead we are going virtual and in resuming just like everybody else the story that you had a kenya is all women's stories here in washington for instance the women last of whom are in the service industries are the ones hurt primarily in fact mckinsey the management consulting company const is the female recession because disproportionately women have been hurt they're either losing employment or

stepping away from deployment as one of your. anchors mentioned previously and the recent print that is that the children are at home. they have to figure out a way to somehow combine work and family and somehow it's become untenable because they're also supervising the education of children who can't go to school or you know or to childcare centers which remain closed so it is truly a very horrible problem and there was a story in the new york times that said it's probably will impact the next generation of women and it may be permanent the displacement of so many women from the labor force which undercuts the progress that was made before he went what was the progress beforehand where were where was women entrepreneurship where was women's role in the workplace globally if you can speak broadly before the pandemic

. well we were almost here in the u.s. we were up close 50 percent of the workforce in fact we surpassed men free pandemic globally about 35 to 50 percent of workers are women in terms of entrepreneurship about 30 percent globally of business is for owned by women now the problem faced by the kenyan entrepreneur is the same problem that is being faced by women entrepreneurs everywhere because their businesses tend to be small and there are lots of democrats industry lots in the arts jewelry industry as well and those to that it's or i want to leave it there for now arena to be dot president of the global summit of women thank you so much for joining us thank you write and speak speaking of women leaders the world trade organization is

set to be headed up by a woman for the 1st time ever and jerry an economist in the goes the way luck and south korea's trade minister you know me on hey i've become the final 2 candidates in the running but decision on who gets the post is expected within 4 weeks the winner will face the challenge of restoring order to a crisis that body. and that's it for me and the business team here as always you can find out more about games and other business stories online dot com. to check us out on facebook and twitter as well thanks for joining us as always take care.

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a few wall that's about to take place in cameroon someone is going to get into chaos. dancing with the dead we need the poll barrels from ghana whose moves have turned them into a global sensation. hello i'm told me a lot of boy it's good to have your company. political tensions are growing in cameroon 2 weeks ago police used force to end an anti-government demonstration that called on veteran president paul b. to step down because opponents are demanding change after being ruled by the 87 year old with an iron fist for nearly 4 decades they accuse him of failing to end the bloodshed in the anger phone regions and allowing the country to descend into chaos the protests were called by opposition leader morris come told he has since been accused of insurrection and confined to his home the blaze

a young manager speak to count all from his house arrest. newspapers in cameroon carry headlines highlighting the tensions between opposition leader maurice come to an oppressed import the us government. has through cumbered for almost 4 decades his main political rival come to lose on a hostile race. and to be a protest 2 weeks ago. police station. i should here in the footage come to his cell was only able to send a video comment on what's up. imagine if we have an emergency in this period of the pandemic. we will not be able to get any help due to this siege. therefore what we have been put through is in comprehensible. there's nothing i have done that justifies such hostility against me why should i be victimized in this manner. this is

a. horrible thing the opals you'll see 600 people arrested and to protest us we keep. it in newspaper standees more tells us his colleagues have been detained for joining the protests he's here to see if there's any news on death case. i don't know where one of our friends were arrested on september 22nd and they've been in prison since then we were told the other day that they've been transferred to the military tribunals. these incomers like to see today while i used to augusta dispensed protest us to money to departure of president. mr khan to accuses president be of. he was be out to be ousted through must put us but a government say he's actually it's an act of insurrection one he could be arrested you know this is the lecture i. think it's time for political i just meant there's need for transitional government if they don't want to do that i think that. there

he does you change the government should start doing something to make things happen because if nothing happens i've seen a few war that's about to take place in camera come on his way to get into chaos. come to service the us government started in 2018 shortly i thought a country's 1st digital election. he was doing open the highly disputed election. his bid to challenge the result was rejected by the constitutional council. slowly we've always said the cameroonian people are the ones to decide. therefore we asked for proper conditions to be created so there can be a level playing field for political participation in our country. i will emphasize that we will respect the choice of the people that is even if they decide to have the current president rule for life we will respect that as long as it comes from

a transparent election. hundreds of come to support us we have listed alongside you when you're going to be a protest in 2002 some of them including country were released the year is. in detention. these 3 new tension has what i divided on a really different mental country. it's nobel prize season and the most prestigious of these categories the peace prize will be awarded on friday several africans have been named nobel peace laureates in the past including if the o.p.'s prime minister had last year and the only woman from the continent so far kenya is one gary month by back in 2004 this time 3 african women are in the running each with a compelling story. the people's revolution and saddam personified in the so-called woman in white the

video of dressing protesters from the top of the car roof in april 29th teen went viral. on the 5th today and say i don't. see that but i wanted to do that with the money and i had climbed on that car i was reciting a poem. the field that is charged with the bullet doesn't kill what kills it is the silence of people that had all what i said it was thought that if they did then he could see the hell mathy. alas a large demonstrating against an oppressive corrupt government that tortured and killed thousands came to symbolize for many the protests that ultimately ousted former president and longtime dictator amal bashir she and her comrades of the forces for freedom and change risked their lives but stood up for freedom peace and justice in sudan. and the movement are piling up on the list of this year's

potential nobel peace prize laureates also tipped as a possible candidate somali social rights activist ilwad elman on the 30 year old it works in peace education and does hands on skills trainings for young people in war torn somalia she co-founded and leads the allman peace and human rights center in mogadishu following in her father's footsteps my father started under the drop the gun pick up the pen initiative to work on the disengagement rehabilitation and regeneration of children that are disassociated from armed forces in groups. and although it has been 20 years since my father was killed for this work disarmament and reach a geisha work he had started in somalia remains incredibly relevant and necessary today in somalia and as this informal meeting brings attention. around the world. oh man is a member of several u.n. expert groups and the kofi annan foundation just like the 3rd african female nobel

peace prize contender had gesture reef from libya the 26 year old law student pushes for equal representation of women and young people in politics and peace building in libya sharif is also one of only 12 u.n. women champions and women peace security and human rights funerals are hugely significant in ghana the ceremonies are held over several days and are made up of traditional symbolic rituals often hundreds or even thousands of mourners show up dressed in red and black outfits even in grief these occasions are treated as essential social events so they can be lavish and even include a party atmosphere we look now at one company offering a unique service to try to ease the pain of saying farewell.

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and not to the story of a baby elephant in south africa's kruger park named she was injured after being caught in a poachers trap needed time away for treatment but have a look at this reunion with the heard. those cries of as the one year old cough returned researchers had feared the herd would reject the baby elephant but instead they welcomed her pushing her into their midst to protect. is unusual because she's an albino elephant with blue eyes and light skin. that's it for now but be sure to check out our other stories on b.w. dot com ford slash africa on facebook and twitter we'll see you next time i find

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'd on what numbers of women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another very little or nothing yet you want to become sitting. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. american poet louise glick is this year's nobel prize laureate for literature but decision by the swedish academy surprise not just the world but also the author herself. here she is back in 2016 with president barack obama who was apparently pleasantly shocked when she received an early morning call from stockholm with the news the nobel committee said they chose her for her quote an

estate bubble poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal. and for more about the nobel prize in literature i'm joined by my colleague mike a crew guy mike how big of a surprise is this when no one had her on the list but this was the case in the recent years that somebody once no one expected to win so the surprise has become the rule right as you might say but after the announcement we were all searching for photos of her. and that and that manny she's not really famous but it's not a nobody it's just obvious that poetry has not the way that novelists do maybe. it's also maybe a safe choice just because after all the criticism in the last year we all expected

a female writer right now most authors male or female can only dream about getting back early morning call from stockholm what do we need to know about louise glick well that she is one of the most important living poets from the united states. she's from new york she's 77 years old i was when gary in jewish roots lives in massachusetts now is also a professor of english at university she has also won the pulitzer prize in 1993 and the national book award in 2014 for a collection of what iris yeah and she's the 1st american to win this prize since up to 2016 but you know he was a musician. only 4 years ago let's talk a little bit about the prize itself so the jury that decides who gets this prize is the swedish academy it's swedish literature experts living in sweden which i mean

yes right now in the last years they've they've talked about maybe expanding their view of the world a little bit how they make good on that promise what is what is the signal what signal are they sending with louise go. yes 1st of all the importance of poetry the whole that. they really promise in the last is to expand their horizons trying to be more global less european more diverse and we have now a very important poet from the united states she's a woman what about asia what about africa what about their talents the committee promised to have all those from those continents on their list and that was really nobody saw in this way the result is a bit disappointing but of course the best should win right now i do think that this diversity is part of a new discussion around the prize how respected how relevant is the nobel prize today especially after the scandals of the last years absolutely the reputation of

the economy suffered greatly the choice of the austrian right of pizza hunk for example was a scandal with his polarizing as you 2 were at the back and was and the biggest scandal in the history of this prize was of course about this couple the husband of one of the members of the comments he was accused of sexual abuse of financial misconducting a he also broke the rules when it came to keeping the price when a rapper he told piers it's always going to win in advance exactly it was all an awful story and all of this exposed problems with a lack of transparency and obviously it's a very very exclusive club and maybe it still is and i don't know if this is really up to date in our days michael krueger thank you so much for coming on the show thank you and more news now from the art world a 700 year old scroll has sold for 34000000 euros at an auction in hong kong there

were quite chinese master run for its title 5 drunken princes returning on horseback now it was china's last emperor who to. supported the scroll out of the forbidden city in 1902. dead animals on display in london that can only mean one thing the wild child of the 1990 s. damien hirst is back the artist curated his own formaldehyde filled retrospective from his own collection of his own work worth hundreds of millions of pounds and it's still shocking today. also in london this year's freeze week and art fairs have kicked off but with the coronavirus it's a much quieter affair only some of the art is physically on display like these sculptures most galleries are trying to sell works online. sometimes artists help us see what's right in front of our noses take walls for instance they're

everywhere walls protect us from intruders and from bad weather there is space to hang art walls also limit people's freedom of movement at borders or in prisons so what do artists think about walls there's a new exhibition in stuttgart. banging your head against a wall here maurits your cattle and takes the saying a step further. 30 artists says she works of art all try to answer the question what is a wall the walls presented at the museum stuttgart reveal artists answers from the past 50 years this is new village sram built it all rather destroyed it is specially for the exhibition. it's also i made a hole and the idea is that the spatial elements can then permeate each other and create openings new perspectives moments or annoy those 15 minutes or. another

perspective is introduced by berlin artist g.b. leave. the best necessary image in the west people imagine walls as something stable something that can't be moved to something made of stone or brick i'm originally from korea and wanted to give the subject an asian perspective in an interview in asian countries were also more perceived as something flexible more permeable. walls in aren't. much more than the bare surfaces of a white cube style gallery. here they're even kind of cozy at least at 1st sight. of it from past before who gets this work by the rest of you who rather it's about the viewer seeing the wallpaper as beautiful in but on closer inspection you discover that the only mental pattern is a collection of violence scenes in. the exhibition addresses the topic of one's own

4 walls which we generally make beautiful with paint or wallpaper but often it's these private spaces where violence takes place are about for i don't need to see. i. think. this word is architectural criticism in action for 41 days emily katrin chicks chewed her way through the wall of a gallery in the 1970 s. . and this work by bruce nauman is about the very real concrete interaction between wool and artistic walls through the eyes of artists versatile surprising and sometimes tongue in cheek. sometimes we forget just how much of our lives is designed for us from the vehicles we get around in to the clothes we wear our windows even our coffee cups all

aesthetic choices made by designers and now with electric cars design isn't just about form or function anymore it's also about sound. electric cars that make up their real sounds when you push down on the accelerator . electric vehicles are required by e.u. regulations to produce a sound the industry is working the personally on the acoustics for these cars. but very an auto maker b.m.w. has even hired the italian musician renzo vitali to develop the right kind of sound . i enjoy the silence great but what happens if for example i want to experience the emotions of driving when i suddenly accelerate. renzo vitaly composers a different sound collage for each model. he

works on it just as he does on a piece of music that he composes for a concert hall. sometimes what i do is just endlessly improvise that's where the magic happens a lot of. magic and so i consciously decided to bring that into the automobile industry as well. because i thought there must be another way of giving sound to these machines and the object equipped each car has its own particular resonance and that inspires the unique sound of rents or vitale's compositions i suppose my eyes and then i open my eyes again and i ask myself what do you actually sound like when you talk to me what would your voice be. composing the sound for this electric prototype has been a unique experience. he spent 5 days and nights at the hollywood studio

oscar winning german film composer hans zimmer who knows how important proper acoustics are. sound to 5 personality it adds a brochure and extra character. the sound of the lights the soul everything and right now we have a really exciting part shaping the sound of the future. and this is how the b.m.w. vision m. next sounds. friends of batali also delights concert goers all over europe with his music. his experience as a musician has been very helpful to him in the development of the electric vehicle sound. and he's already looking forward to the day when there are no more cars with combustion engines and street crossings to become concert halls but so i guess

a lot of vehicles are instruments and drivers of the performance of them and traffic is the most interesting sonic phenomenon of all because when you listen to a beethoven symphony it's always the same but traffic is always different it's. the car as a musical instrument. friends of italian his colleagues are making sure that the acoustics of driving a car will soon be a pretty creative experience. pretty cool stuff but hopefully b.m.w. won't be putting out any albums speaking of music though if he were still alive john lennon would be turning 80 years old this friday and so we're going to and this. vision of arts and culture with his most beloved solo track thanks for watching.

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enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian. brazil is in the news these days for the role reasons i did so that's the 1st highest figure in the world for coated 19 infections my guess is me from brazil a half of the country's vice pres of those comments on the floor off how did the government message old get so bad. conflict zone. 30 minutes on d w. m d. listen to some joke story you must stubborn rice farmer from thailand. his problem. with his crew go no chemical.

was. just. don't stand a chance. train him successor. to me starts october 15th d.w. . every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their home nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world don't. forget thing when i didn't go to university to kill people that i don't want to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone having in many and if i don't they'll kill me and. take these things for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad. scares me the most about their status seem to rise is that

someday we won't even see the rooster. but what will become of those who stay behind and say my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. that sentimental one of them. displaced starts oct 16th don't know. if. this is it over your news and these are our top stories germany's capital berlin has been declared a coronavirus hotspot after the number of cases passed a key threshold that could lead to even tougher restrictions officials warn about the spread of covert 19 could become uncontrollable if people don't stick to hygiene and.