this is deja vu news live from berlin returning troops restrictions governments across europe increased efforts to contain the spread of the corona virus europe has just recorded its highest weekly numbers of new infections since the start of the pandemic their plan to curb travel from viral ops from the czech republic imposed a state of emergency atmos times also coming out. frankfurt's well famous book fairs ghost virtual tours the pandemic can one of the biggest states on germany's cultural calendar is survived without opening its doors to the public.

i'm going for the most unwelcome we begin with a pandemic in europe european union countries half agreed to a common strategy for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots e.u. ministers meeting in luxembourg want of traffic light system showing regions as green orange or red depending on the number of coronavirus cases ministers hope to avoid the kind of confusion that disrupted travel across the e.u. at the height of the initial outbreak earlier this year. early brussels correspondent bob but i've easily explained in more detail how those traffic lights system is expected to work countries are not trying is. the same data used the same criteria to determine whether you can travel from point a. to point b.

for instance germany has a travel warning against belgium where i am at the moment but france does not have a travel warning against or for belgium so why is that because they sort of set the point where the think a country is dangerous at different levels now that is supposed to change in the future countries are supposed to send their data to the european health agency in stockholm and they are supposed to be correlated there a european travel map should come out every week it was countries being red orange or green so then you could go from green to green but from orange shore inch maybe just if you do a corner test and so on and so forth however the problem is criticism arose immediately because these new rules are only voluntaries voluntary countries aren't forced to to do them to obey them and so therefore this may work better things a bit but it will not really be a solution in the czech republic officials have imposed

a 3 week state of emergency due to the rising number of corona virus cases schools bars and clubs to close until at least november it's a dramatic reversal of fortune for a country that emerged relatively unscathed from the 1st months of the pandemic. almost 500 people have died of cope 19 in the last 2 weeks in the czech republic more than in the 1st months of the pandemic another 400 are in critical condition a. close. i think people are not taking the virus seriously. medical staff at this hospital in prague are doing all they can to protect themselves nearly 3000 doctors and nurses have been infected with the virus meaning many are unable to work. and claim them come in small hospitals where there are not so many staff it can be problematic if one infection turns into

a cluster. for private on the hunt for. no other country in europe currently has a higher rate of infection per capita as the czech republic many let their guard down in the summer i became law so by protective measures like the wearing of my. grocery list of if they say please wear a mask then very few people will do that it was recommended in the holidays but no one more a mask the ability to put it to me so you can fuck then you don't need it and i'm no need to do and the government has decided to take action theatres cinemas museums and gyms have already closed and even tighter restrictions go into force from midnight. bars now have to show us and restaurants can only offer takeaway it's another heavy blow for an already struggling hospitality sector.

now to some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic years pharmaceutical firm l.a. lily has suspended its trial of an antibody treatment over safety concerns that comes less than 24 hours after johnson and johnson temporarily halted its vaccine trial when a participant suffered an unexplained illness officials in australia's most populous state new south wales say they will ease coronavirus restrictions despite reporting the biggest one day jump in new cases in 6 weeks and mexico has announced that it is planning to vaccinate roughly 90 percent of its population by the end of 2021. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world the world trade organization says the e.u. can impose tariffs on top to $4000000000.00 of u.s. kids in retaliation for washington's illegal support they make or boeing it's one of the largest penalties imposed by the w t o a comes

a year after it authorized billions in tariffs against the e.u. over its support for boeing rival. germany has pledged solidarity with greece and cyprus in their dispute with turkey oversea boundaries in athens foreign minister heikal mas want to turkey have a major setback in relations with the e.u. turkish ship saffron searching for gas reserves in waters that greece and cyprus also play. a huge bomb has exploded while being to diffuse remotely near the polish seaport off we knew each to no one was injured the 5 and a half ton device was discovered last year during dredging up the operations it was one of several bombs dropped by british airplanes to sink a german warship in 1945 not through the regular malise i mean he says suspected jihadists have killed at least 12 soldiers and burnt down an army

base near the village of so cool the army says 9 militants were killed the west african country has been struggling since 2012 to contain and islamist insurgency that has killed thousands to the u.s. now where president donald trump's nomination for the vacant seat on the supreme court has appeared before the senate judiciary committee any county barrett who is a devout catholic told senators that her religious views would not influence her decisions trump is pressing to have confirmed as a justice before the presidential election on november 3rd. 6 of her children her husband and her siblings amy connie barrett brought them all for day 2 of her confirmation hearing the tropic chime to persuade democrats that she is ruled by the law and not by politics. i interpret the constitution as a law that i interpret it text as text and i understand it to have the meaning that

it had at the time people ratified it so that meaning doesn't change over time and it's not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it democrats prosperity to weigh in on hot button issues like gun control and marriage equality but her answers are mostly elusive barrett was a protege of the late justice antonin scalia he disagreed with the roe versus wade ruling which made abortions legal it's distressing not to give a straight answer so let me try again do you agree with justice school we view that roe was wrongly decided again i can't pre-commit or say yes i'm going in with some agenda because i'm not i don't have any agenda but on the steps of the supreme court the agendas of the right and left are clear both want an appointee who will tip the scales of justice in their favor with barrett on the bench conservatives believe they can finally see abortion rights stripped away and therefore double

health care act or obamacare repealed for liberals these are prospects that was strip americans of basic freedoms and erode the legacy of justice ruth bader ginsburg. interest in the environment has increased recently in line with concern over the climate crisis and global pollution but what about the wider environment surrounding our planet there's plenty of garbage up in space as well and it's becoming more and more of a problem for spacecraft and satellites and have a gas trust based radar a device developed here in germany designed to track orbiting trash well before it can cause any damage. the tool kit only slipped out of reach for a 2nd body of lefty i.s.a.'s forever screws rocket parts in decommissioned satellites also a cool viewer earth space junk is a huge concern even the smallest of pieces can cause colossal damage to reduce this risk the biggest draw space radars job will be to map space debris so that

spacecraft can be redirected to avoid collisions we can never get to navigation systems logistics air traffic energy production they all depend on satellites if a satellite were to break down then we would have massive problems back here on earth as. the front of institute developed biggest draw space radar it's a pioneering pristine age project for germany costing about 45000000 euros and supported by the german government. in the fields of earth observation in telecommunications up to 40000 satellites are coming from the us to make a global internet possible as an industrialized nation we want to be at the forefront of this. after a short is the guest trust banks right there with its $256.00 antennas is expected to start searching for space junk early next year. the frankfurt book fair is one

of the biggest states in publishing every year thousands of industry professionals from around the world descend on the city to trade rights and promote new releases this year the pandemic has forced the closure of exhibition halls nearly everything online won't be quite the same but the organizers hope the virtual events they come up with will prove almost as rewarding. last year more than 300000 industry professionals and visitors came to the frankfurt book fair it's the most important industry show of the year some 7500 exhibitors meet this year because of coronavirus the trade holes are empty the book fair has gone digital the message home music and the trade fair holes won't be the same this year as well as a decent realized event we've had to come up with a relatively large scale digital concept and most. many publishers said they'd interview their own authors and then present the results at the fair thing in this

time but what if you miss a deal of the numerous digital platforms industry professionals from around the world can communicate and present their authors this year selection is extremely diverse from star chef jamie oliver to whistleblower edward snowden. the fares social political stage is this year all about europe and its cultures naturally it's online. because of the emphasis on the digital some creativity gets lost there are a few random encounters for example pick the great thing about physically being here is that i can look up on my shoulder and see what's going on 10 meters behind me to counter that online guitar and 20 twentieth's guest of honor i cam of that has postponed its physical presence at the fair until next year instead it's presenting a culturally diverse offering online including books on its indigenous population the 2020 frankfurt book fair is an experiment but will it remain an. online events

in the future have been that's also what we're trying to figure out what works digitally and you know how the economic transactions work how does the public interact with the digital elements of course we will use whatever works at this year's event next year the future is looking more digital anyhow but the desire to mix with others in person is unlikely to disappear any time soon and some sports now and the u. if a nation's league germany and switzerland have drawn in a tightly fought match and cologne a swiss took an early lead and despite germany's efforts the visitors were $21.00 up going into the break your side struggled but they eventually managed to level with a swiss 3 all the final score well number one goal for dustin johnson has tested positive for covert 19 forcing him out of an event this weekend the american was tested after experiencing virus symptoms johnson said he hoped to return to the game as quickly as possible he's the highest profile golfer to test positive for

covert 19 since the season resumed in the summer. you're watching news he is a reminder of our top story at this hour. european union countries have agreed on a so-called traffic light system for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots countries will be labeled as green orange or red depending on the range of corona infections as com says europe's hottest country openly to the czech republic imposes a 3 week state of emergency. has passed and donald trump's nomination for the vacant seat on the supreme court says her of religious views sports not to influence her decisions the 2nd day of confirmation hearings sought to votes cast like amy coney barrett questioned sanders judiciary committee. you're watching news from berlin up next it's news africa and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that's dot

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the globe your. job you made 4 minds. with. this is g.w. news africa is coming up on the program and on fellows in tanzania ahead of the general election rights groups say president john long before he is taking the country from the rule of law to rule by goal as he seeks to consolidate his power. and caring for our oh how one fishing community in kenya is making a big catch by restoring its reefs.

hello i'm christine winder it's good to have you company there are mounting claims that tanzania is government is cracking down on opposition candidates and free speech ahead of the country's elections in 2 weeks' time a human rights group amnesty international accuses president juggle flees government off using new goals to stifle all forms of dissent including peaceful assembly we'll talk to and see international off of this report. under least who has been drawing crowds across tanzania but he says that's made him a target. in this footage from september the opposition leader's convoys tear gassed the presidential hopeful believes current president john mica foully is doing all he can to thwart his campaign. the police have the appeals abusing their authority with complete impunity.

you know all the national electoral commission suspended me for 7 days. of completely as party as completely bogus. temporary i prefer to deny your. president mike of fully is also pulling in the crowds he was elected in 2015 on an anti corruption ticket and now he's promising his supporters some big projects. united to. the law gives me an hour to officially announce where going to build another international airport in this region of mumbai this will help boost the economic and tourist activities in the region you did. but over the past 5 years it's claimed michael fools government has been cracking down on all forms of dissent from the media to disqualifying hundreds of opposition

candidates being lifted could temperature as our lives inform our comp have gone up . that he she is getting scared and therefore that. they're pulling out all the the this top says requests. to under lease to and he's today as still pushing on a brave face but they're not expecting the next 2 weeks to be easy. and i'm now joined by amnesty international's roland bowler he research is ten's and here welcome to news africa roland thank you action in tanzania is 2 weeks away you've just radius of report warning that president before his government is and a mining civil freedom said this about the timing of this report of course more about what's in it so this report is basically a follow up to a lot of very put it it will. be targeted for decent but it turns and in state and

if you put this situation over an extended period of time we do reach you know human rights very relations have been continuing and especially with new lows what i mean went to all the laws and also blanket ban such as on political rallies how popular is president john michael flynn who we've just watched the report we've seen and they have packed a whole like stadium almost off support says. he is obviously the person who's pushing these reforms just give us a sense of his popularity of course the kinds of human rights oppression that you are observing. yes maybe on popularity a know that in pretty 15 presumably fully elected by a few kids president when back then this was actually knowing how the ruling party. has been performing in tanzania this was actually

a decline in terms of support and perhaps that could be what has informed you know the kind of repressive laws that are ever actually seen because what we believe is that the president is trying to consolidate power and also consolidate as you know we know as we go into this election so as. to when and go to the poorly in the general elections we have seen that you know there have the human race development in the country in the lead up to this election has not been anything that you know we would actually call it you know good we have seen during this period you know. intimidation against harassment arbitrary arrests and detention but not just against politicians we've seen and media houses media outlets journalists being too new repressive laws and we've also seen critics such

as at least you know you'd hear about a case of a comedian eateries hooten that was arrested for laughing at a throw back and forth of the president and what was he charged with in court last had read you know failure to register and you simply can't you know suck in such trumped up charges you seen repression harassment against even clerics religious clerics right now and it's in their report you know are really just a muslim religious leader that is in their id so it is everyone that is being targeted at the moment roland is it your view that the op tell between 8 election will not be free and. i don't know it's international we. are free and fair elections will be democratic and all that but one of the things that you call for ease that breaks must never be suspended with it's before with aids during or after elections which we are calling for is that human rights must

be respected as we head to the elections all right that's amnesty international. a kenyan fishing community is reaping the rewards for its work and saving its coral reef. and the areas around the. majority. community on kenya's small and close turned out of their water. on savation area now the fish population is booming and they're fishing off once again. every day and gala and sajjad mohamed go to the lagoon to check out the coral they've been growing algae has to be removed from it in order for the coral to grow properly. here on the coast of kenya this fishing community has set up a marine protected area the size of 42 soccer fields fishing is prohibited so that

the stocks can be replenished coral can help. them but. we have to. because. these are the houses of their fish. if we are not going to see that they see then we're not going to see that. the project was started 17 years ago and since then some say a minor miracle has occurred but the fish are slowly coming back. in fact you could already see a more colorful diversity of sea life over fishing in the lagoon population growth and climate change had hit the waters here hard when fish catches started to dwindle katana and gala one of the marine protected areas founders said it was time to act very very important. to be healthy because most of the

community living along the coast may walk the men walk that they have deep and it is fish. outside of the marine protected area you can see the problem much of the coral has died and sea urchins were steadily growing because there are no fish here to eat them. but even here things are slowly improving said in gala that's because some fish and other sea dwellers are moving away from the marine protected areas to adjacent areas. where. there are more octopi now because of the nature reserve. their numbers are increasing a lot and they're going to other areas. $400.00 fishermen and their families are taking part in the marine project they also meet frequently to discuss the situation their goal is to eventually have a secure source of income to support their families. the project could set an

example for others and gather and his colleagues often get physics from other fishing communities who'd like to follow their example. and now and i j an artist is combining ott and fashion to create unique and colorful pieces that are sending for thousands of dollars while selena. creates a fortress out of no pieces of fabric that would otherwise be thrown away. electing another bag of fabric swatches muscling or a poacher tour can never be sure exactly what she'll get. but she knows she can turn these small fragments of nigeria an anchor a cloth into beautiful pieces of art. sometimes as the lows are let's just blend in with tradin need to do a new one because a good the and they have some of them so they also keeping it and. see

it's a little strong in the real them. in her studio in lagos the 31 year old artist uses the material to create colorful canvases. each piece of fabric is carefully chosen to build up purport traits the fabric next may walking in the because is that there is an identifier when you see it it's in you have there's a commonground it seen you on the wall because it's 5 its own thing that you know you're familiar with approach your tools creations have become hot property since being discovered by lagos art gallery whole works now sells for as much as 25000 u.s. dollars each at 1st when you look at it you don't see that this this got that far very worse unless you come closer you see the different colors shapes from

different types of this kind of fabric precious using so that's one thing that stumble for them also is is it's mind blowing how somebody can take weeks and create a mix and make something out of it. opposer tour has so far sold more than $100.00 of her portraits through the gallery each one a labor of love an artist you can turn what others would throw away into a new creation. isn't that just beautiful that's it for today vishal to check out of the stories on data on forward slash africa or also on facebook and on twitter today we'll leave you with these pictures of some of the marine life in kenya and the odds of the african continent still makes time.

germany's business in the middle kingdom is going well but frank how much longer. china as a trading partner is becoming increasingly greater. free market access is becoming more difficult intellectual property theft humans rights violations. how much is contained. made in germany. 16 s w. w's crime fighters are back now for those most success home radio

drama series continues only this odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss song w. africa's facebook and other social media platforms to crime fighters to mindanao. good news for the global economy. this sort of international monetary fund says it expects the damage from the coronavirus pandemic be less severe than previously predicted but many major nations are still in line for record drops in g.d.p. also coming up. transatlantic trade tensions ratchet up again as the world trade organization says the e.u. can hit $4000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods with penalty tariffs. no more all night parties in berlin will

look at the german capitals latest measures to stop the spread of coronaviruses. this is the doing business sign rob what's in berlin welcome to the program. the international monetary fund has upgraded its forecast for the world economy this year we're still looking at a significant contraction for 2024 point 4 percent the biggest in almost a century but it's at least better than the i.m.f. last prediction 4 months ago a 5.2 percent in its latest world economic outlook the i.m.f. says the ongoing pandemic makes the forecast uncertain and that even if the recession was less severe than expected it is still deep. in our latest world economic outlook we continue to project a deep recession in 2020 global growth is projected to be minus 4.4 percent which

is a small upgrade from june. the i.m.f. says only massive injections of government have kept economies from plunging even further and it expects growth in 2021 to be slightly slower than forecast in june warning against reducing government support to quickly. so let's take a closer look at that i have after forecast and break the figures down a bit so the i.m.f. says the u.s. economy will do slightly better than average this year is a 6 percent drop for the german economy but that is a lot better than some other members of the eurozone but outstripping all of them we can see that the chinese economy is actually expand expected to grow by 1.9 percent during 2020 now as that i.m.f. data suggests chinese companies are having a very different experience during this global health emergency from those in the rest of the world the countries productivity is racing back towards preach pandemic

levels one particular area for optimism is the chinese car sector. these people are among 3000000 authorities say they have tested for corona virus in the city of qingdao in the last few days alone it took just 12 confirmed cases to prompt the massive campaign that helps explain why new chinese infections remain extremely low and why its economy is powering into the post pandemic period quicker than most. china had major strategic achievements fighting the epidemic its production was the 1st in the world to be restarted and has successfully filled the global supply shortage. one surprising reason for cheers the country's car sector car sales in september jumped 13 percent from this time last year the pandemic badly hit the world's biggest car market but it's rid of recovery is accelerating for german car makers looking to sell their evey's in china figures from the

country's electric market are especially bright for much of the past year that sector has been struggling but new data shows sales jumped by almost 70 percent last month with government kenan promoting vehicles that combat air pollution. use of china's resurgent car market chimes well with impressive new trade figures both imports and exports surged last month to levels higher than those seen before the pandemic. now the tit for tat continues the world trade organization says the you can slap tariffs on up to $4000000000.00 of u.s. goods over washington's illegal support the plane maker boeing has one of the largest penalties imposed by the w t o but the e.u. says it will hold off on imposing the tariffs if the u.s. drops its current tariffs on european goods a year ago the dual use here said the americans could take action against the european union over subsidies given to boeing rival us. let's cross to our

correspondent in new york yen score to jens how is this decision from the likely to go down with the u.s. government. well i mean so far there is the appearance that the u.s. administration might believe that they have the stronger position because there were similar claims in regards to the united states were awarded to potential terrorists in the amount of $7500000000.00 so almost double what the european union now can kill a game yes i mean that's what i'm hearing overall that there might be some negotiations going on but overall i mean this dispute is going on it feels like forever it all started in 2004 and since then it's a back and forth the longest dispute in the history of the w t o thought well it's just another chapter and then clearly we also are waiting to

see what's going to happen in sweet weeks where the next election takes place and that also might change the course if there will be negotiations or if we really will see another dispute or the dispute increasing in the trade battle between europe and the united states has to be interesting to see which stance the 2 candidates take on the approach to the european union stick with us yes because we want to talk about another story apple has unveiled its new generation i phone the 1st to work on 5 g. networks the i phone 12 is design is reminiscent of the angular i phone 5 apple says it's thinner lighter and more g. orrible than its predecessor as prices in the u.s. again to start at $699.00 for the smallest handset in the series for the most expensive cost around $1100.00. c m's let's talk

about that too this is a tough time to be bringing out a new product to investors think it's going to sell. well i mean especially in china it could because china seems to be ready if we talk about 5 g. networks here in the united states and that seems to be an issue even if sometimes a 5 g. pops up on your phone that is not necessarily making your phone or your smartphone any faster so the question is is there really a need for a 5 g. phone the reception at least on wall street was pretty lukewarm of the stock of apple down by evolve 2 and a half percent but then again we shouldn't forget since the march lows the apple stock is up more than 120 percent but overall there seems to be some pent up demand there seem to be some need to upgrade the phone so that's what some analysts are betting on that actually there is some potential demand and clearly especially in

those still tough economic times the question is how much money people especially here in the united states and also outside china are willing to pay for the new gadgets yes always see how it sells when it hits the market akhara spawns in new york quarter and here in berlin the government has imposed curbs on nightlife between 11 pm and 6 am in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus effective curfew is a blow to bars and restaurants that were already struggling many nightclubs also face ruin as emily go dean reports close for the night 11 pm that's normally when call about funguses bar would start to fill up now it's when the lights go out and the doors shut compulsory masks social distancing and now a curfew tough times for bars and clubs in the party capital berlin.

i'm on him on the phone talking when you have to social distance in a room where 50 people normally sit and now it's just 10 to 20 of the make it's a very hard from an economic standpoint it's a question of time until you run out of money you're practically being bled dry. goods of the month that some of us. as a bar owner the coronavirus restrictions are pushing him to the financial brink but as a father. can sympathize. with. the quotes and i have a daughter who is at high risk she has a heart defect and was hospitalized 5 times by age 3. and when you see your child suffer like that and then see how the situation is getting really dangerous you really don't want to see anyone go through that as much to money money and so more than human nightclubs have been struggling with coronavirus restrictions for months

with alternative events like these they try to keep their hands above water but small concerts are hardly profitable clubs have been shut for months many of them face financial ruin. this means that tens of thousands of employees and artists are currently without lark and so far have no prospect of continued employment meanwhile the costs for running clubs are just coming to a stop. the same goes for restaurants this evening 3 guests have already cancelled their reservations at the old boss sunda is worried that it could get even worse. yarn will still worst case would be a complete lockdown then it's safe to say that next year around a quarter of restaurants will no longer exist in berlin or in germany. and which long. hardly any bars clubs and restaurants in berlin a bitter pill for the german party capital to swallow that's all from me on the

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our 2 part series the 3rd reich the talk starts november 12th on d w. a real life resistance fighter now 96 years old becomes the heroine of an epic poem why have the winner of this year's german book prize coming up on arts and culture and spray painted sculpture how artists cut out the nagas it created entire landscapes and this sprawling museum and a little later looking for a group. of. american bands future islands talks about their new album about trust and self-love. welcome to arts and culture when german author on a very met former resistance fighter and bowman while she knew she wanted to write

a book about her this week that book one of a brother german prize the work titled i met an epic of a hero when tells the story of a young woman who rescues jewish youths and nazi occupied france and later spends 10 years in prison for joining the algerian fight for independence there's more on this year's german book prize winner. unnerve beaumanoir known as the net was she a terrorist responsible for attacks which resulted in numerous deaths or a saint always supported the oppressed. she's now nearing 100 when unavailable 1st met an interview years ago she knew she had to write about this woman and her incredible life and she did so in the form of an epic poem i couldn't imagine writing a classical novel in which i put some words in my protagonists mouth for instance

or invent some dialogue. soon i recalled that there was an ancient form in which great exploits and daring deeds were told. bob woodward and that's the heroic at that and with me it became a heroine's epic. about. the woman whose life unavailable recount says a novel in verse was born in a fishing village in brittany she was the only child of staunch communists who wanted to create a better world and then she was determined to fight for that too in 1940 when the germans occupied france she joined the french resistance risking her life more than once. after the war and it plunged into a new battle fighting for algerian independence from france. writes how an it in a. realized her around syrian comrades would just as brutal as their french occupiers but does that make her a heroine. it is

a kind of but it's not. always questioning for instance. is it permissible to kill people to achieve a certain goal. reading the novel. says she didn't even recognize the heroine of. the literary figure as unique as the woman who inspired her. for more on the winner of this year's german book prize of got my colleague already here with me can you tell us a little bit more about how this book came about. i know they had met her protagonist at a panel discussion she says the encounter was love at 1st sight they said in her acceptance speech for the at the awards ceremony with the for the prize which kicks off the frankfurt book fair that and that was not just the heroine of the book but a real life heroine the result of this extraordinary work which i

did not know she was going to win the german book prize for and we've got a clip of her receiving her present sick award about. what i had prepared was something of a consolation speech for myself for the very likely event that i would not win. but i can read that to you now come. to come here in a few. ok very modest the cheery statement of rationale said the power of elevate the story is equal to the power of her heroine it's breathtaking how fresh the old form with the epic sounds here and with what lightness of a bit condensed is the life story of french resistance fighter and bowman walk into a novel about courage resistance and the struggle for freedom it seems like a really extraordinary life and she's a person a lot of us actually hadn't heard of before this work she's not an unknown and she

wrote an autobiography and there's also been a documentary made about her. yeah but she's absolutely extraordinary and her life was not without contradictions she risked her life to risky to jewish children during the 2nd world war and for that she received the righteous among nations distinction from israel but she paid a big price for her activities not just a 10 year prison sentence for helping the ethyl enjoying the algerian war but she also lost contact with her own 2 children and her husband and she was also a neurologist. just. recently is this book coming out in english it's out in french and german will our audience be able to read it well i spoke to the publishes they said they haven't received any offers for english rights yes but about half the books that receive the gemma book prize are translated into english so the chance is fairly likely they're likely to say that we.

know what else can you tell us what else during need to know about on a view but the winner of this year's german book they have a she lives in paris she. she's a german born writer and translator she 1st she was writing in french and then she was translating who works into german now she writes 1st in german and translates her words into french translates as usually translates into their mother tongue and not the other way around so that's quite so that's sort of unusual she's received a number of the wards including the european translation prize and as a writer she is known for her willingness to experiment almost all of who works are very different from the others this one is an epic poem that's not a usual form from any novelist melissa thanks so much. when artist cut of the no cost traded and paint brushes for a spray gun she wanted to move away from the canvas she wanted to make paintings

that didn't just hang on walls but could stand alone well this year during berlin's lockdown corsa got the chance to take over a museum the result is totally off the wall she's one of the most successful artists of our time kathleen koch. the 58 year old artist lives and works and berlin and in new zealand her artwork is brightly colored and multi-dimensional the source of her inspiration is surprisingly the sports world i mean it's got so much of my inspiration to me found on the football team work and interconnection are important movements and positions interlinking different constellations aim for a big area creating dynamic spaces that are in flux not. from our jack submission of classes work can currently be seen at homburg a bomb hoff museum for contemporary art and most of her work the mingling and mixing of strong colors plays a key role. mountainous shapes made from styrofoam form the canvas.

and even the floor is a part of the artwork. katherina cost doesn't use paint brushes she prefers working with a spray paint. us one go there this is my tool it's like a spear because it comes out at the top. and she is the trick of the mind up which allows you to reach spaces high up and to great lengths and it's expandable up to 4 metres long just like a ladder it allows me to lengthen the reach of my body and that's what i'm really interested in to change the shape and size of my body in order to reach that little corner at the top without too much effort it's sort of like a magic weapon. off akin to one of. those green corner from 1998 was a milestone in catalina causes on ballard artwork ignoring all. spatial barriers she paints on entire landscapes and bright colors. from a young age i love to listen not but then i did grow up in the seventy's all the

coyotes were really really colorful i remember orange choses yellow shirts and green sweater vests and the sweater vest was an important clothing item until now the other colors to be seen like on this leaves. the purest concrete building in berlin is home to catalina classes studio. before she creates her large artworks she designs a smaller model. currently she's working on her contribution to the helsinki been 2021 in finland. there is also a model here of the current exhibition in berlin. enjoys the fact that her artworks exist for a limited amount of time. spent with us and i think this great beauty in the temporal limited existence and disappearance of the artworks which lingus and is a long process because it's an advent and the deconstructions are already happening

in the present. this impressive piece will also disappear. the exhibition called it wasn't us can be experienced until january 2021. back and 2014 the u.s. banned future iowans became the flavor of the month they then pressed out their next album in just 3 weeks front man samuel t. herring said it was a flop because his writing felt rushed and dishonest now the band is back their new album is very sincere. the song thrill from the new album as long as you are feels like a commentary on the current global crises. i think it's an album. about trust and acceptance. to meet.

the. trust of ourselves the trust others give us the acceptance of ourselves and the acceptance that others give us it's about it's about love. coming to rest finding your place in life is just one of the topics addressed by the band from baltimore on their 6th album they became overnight sensations and 2014 when singer samuel t. herring was in his early thirty's his band had been an insider tech struggling to make ends meet all of that flows into herring's very personal lyrics. to these shooters. seasons was the song that made them internationally famous pairing had originally

wanted to be a sculptor now his art consists of opening himself up completely to his audience. but with sudden huge success came problems burnout self-doubt and a follow up album pairing was unhappy with now 6 years later he's found his stride again. the new album gives voice to samuel t. herring's rage at the state of the world but it also has space for love. to. do this only we have to find at least a call piece in ourselves. is the most important thing and that's how we become better givers you know and when you give when you give people give to you.

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