this is d.w. news line from berlin tonight a reason for hope the world could be one step closer to ending the coronavirus pandemic. pharmaceutical giant pfizer and german partners beyond tech today announced their coronavirus vaccine that is more than 90 percent effective with no serious side effects also coming up. that positive news comes as u.s. president elect joe biden announces his covert $1000.00 task force bison warns it will be months until a vaccine is widely available until then the u.s.

will have to endure a dark winter. i'm aaron tilton thanks for joining us we start with the most promising developments yet in efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic german company beyond tech and u.s. drug maker pfizer have announced they are experimental vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in clinical trials the vaccine expected is expected rather to be submitted to u.s. authorities for emergency approval this month if it's given the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities by the end of this year. the hope for an effective vaccine against the corona virus could be growing german company by on taxes test results are more promising than expected. yes our results are showing that after an interim evaluation the vaccine is able to prevent

infections with over 90 percent probability. so. this is how the so-called m r n a vaccine works genetic information from the corona virus is brought into the human body via a messenger molecule the body then uses it to produce viral proteins against which the immune system forms antibodies those antibodies should then defend against covert 19 more than 43000 people around the world have been vaccinated. these that seams are being developed very quickly at the moment but we have a considerable group of people who have now been vaccinated and they aren't showing significant side effects so this gives us hope. biotech and u.s. drug from pfizer say they plan to produce nearly one and a half 1000000000 doses by the end of next year but this is i don't want to rule out the possibility we could receive approval because here but it is also possible

it doesn't happen till next year. so. these new results could accelerate that process. professor andrew olin is a member of the german parliament and a specialist an infectious diseases he gave us his assessment of this breakthrough . or actually the 1st news that i was hoping for for a long time to hear some optimistic news on the back seem front but we're cautious i still have to give you this is just a press release we're still waiting their primary data but there is no reason not to believe the data so far that the vaccine is 90 percent of the cases and the safety profile was very promising that actually confirms the data on the 1st it was published in a new england journal of medicine that he's one trial how long the antibody response to the vaccine will last this is an unanswered question because this vaccine is under trial for it just a couple of months and has to prove it is affect our long term basis but

nevertheless i think looking at the exploding numbers that we see in north america and here in europe this is a very important tool to help us break down on this pandemic situation though one word of warning once the vaccine is approved either by the f.d.a. or email we have to be have to come up with a vaccine strategy because we cannot backseat everybody in europe in north america or in the world because there won't be so many doses available we have to understand that this is a global responsibility we cannot see america 1st or europe 1st this is has to be globally discussed how would this that seem has to be distributed because we have a global responsibility in the global health arena. despite the new optimism around a coronavirus vaccine president elect joe biden is warning that the united states is facing a very dark winter the number of cases in the u.s. now tops 10000000 that's according to johns hopkins university biden has made

tackling the pandemic his top priority and already named the members of his task force they include an immunologist who was sacked for criticising the trumpet ministrations response to the virus other biden concerns include the economy tackling racism and climate change which means we're joining the paris climate agreement. now joe biden has also called on americans to unite in the face of the pandemic this is a crisis affecting everyone and you have said throughout this campaign i will be a president for every american this election is over is time to put aside the pardons the partisanship and the rhetoric that designed to demonize one. it's time to end the politicization of basic responsible public health steps might mask social distancing we have to come together to heal the soul of this country so that we can effectively address this crisis as one country where hardworking americans

have each other's backs and we unite in our shared goal defeating this virus. w.'s washington bureau chief in his poll is following the president elect's 1st steps she sent us this update from washington with more than 10000000 cold cases in the u.s. and over 270000 americans who died of the wire as president elect joe biden fulfilled his campaign promise and made the fight against the deming his number one priority in his 1st speech as president and legs he announced that he wants to implement a nationwide mosque mandate where he will work with local governments to help facilitate a policy he also addressed the issue of how african americans have been hit the hardest by this disease he wants to ensure that they have access to p.p. and tests to help bridge that gap as soon as possible during his speech address

the fires of it seem and said that he was happy to hear about the progress but temps down the excitement of the news by making it clear that even if it's effective it won't be widely awaited performance so he has made it a priority to push for more social distancing and mosque wearing to help slow down the spread of the virus most presidents elect have met quickly at the white house with the outgoing president to start the smooth transition of power from for example mad obama only 2 days after he got elected for a 90 minute talk. so far we haven't seen anything from the trump administration to start this very complex act of transition from one leader to the next emily murphy who has been put in charge of help moving the new administration into the

white house has not even acknowledged biden's been at this point we are not certain if there will be any exchange of information between president trump and president elect biden and this could disrupt the transfer of power let's look at some other news stories from around the world armenia's prime minister says the war with azerbaijan over the disputed region of the gutter no car bomb is over the cold cash in the un said he had signed an agreement with the leaders of russia and azerbaijan to end the fighting as a by johnny forces had been steadily advancing into the region held by armenia thousands have died so far in the fighting. italy is one of the country's struggling to cope with the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic long lines of cars have formed the testing centers with some people so short of breath they had to be given emergency oxygen while still in their cars.

ukraine's president told them it was a lenski has become the latest national leader to test positive for the coronavirus his office in kiev says the president seen here last month is feeling well despite the diagnosis and will continue working while self isolating. us president donald trump has fired his defense secretary marc as for presidents who win reelection often replace cabinet members but losing presidents have generally kept their pentagon sheaves in place until leaving office as for anger trump this summer when he opposed the use of the military to quell black lives matters protests. tropical storm has battered southern florida bringing more heavy rains to an area that's been drenched for weeks packing stained winds of 100 kilometers an hour into has carved a path of destruction through the caribbean causing hundreds of deaths. it's a made landfall in the florida keys on sunday hurricane and storm surge warning was

issued for the area. authorities declared a state of emergency and urged residents to some food and prepare for power outages . before hitting florida that's a cause widespread damage across central america in guatemala landslides devastated communities. in some areas the ground is so unstable that rescue teams are on able to work safely. in the worst hit village of question 150 people are believed to be missing. whole families were swept away. years gone where there was a great tragedy here i lost 23 members of my family my father my mother my wife my 3 children grandchildren sisters sisters in law here.

authorities in honduras say 1700000 people have been displaced after eta triggered flash floods and landslides more than a 1000000 homes have been affected. people here lost everything in the flood waters . moving please bring us food we need help please help us in any way we have nothing. some help came from the u.s. army which sent helicopters to help rescue people stranded by the floods. their task is daunting with whole regions cut off by the water. in panama to left a trail of destruction the search continues for survivors but for many it is too late heartbreak here as people search often in vain for their loved ones.

mother and her father was hopeful that i would find her. dead or alive. but i couldn't i couldn't also. on its way north then swept across cuba to wrench will rains cause rivers to burst their banks flash floods hit towns across the country tens of thousands of people were evacuated. florida is now bearing the brunt of the storm and at shows no sign of letting up forecasters predict as it will move into the south eastern gulf of mexico and intensify again to hurricane strength. turning to sports now german's tennis star alexander's vieira of has endured a difficult few days both on and off the court he lost the final of the procedures paris masters tournament and then spoke openly about his private life including an allegation of domestic abuse against him by an ex-girlfriend denies those allegations. alexander's father has

a lot to think about germany's top male tennis player lost the u.s. open final in september but then bounced back with 2 titles in cologne the paris masters final was a chance for more glory for the world number 7 came up against will number 4 danny and medvedev the russians lost the 1st set but was in fine form in the 2nd with a shift in momentum clear. medvedev was heading for victory bus fare i had over things on his mind an ex-girlfriend is pregnant with his child another former girlfriend says she suffered domestic violence at the hands of the 23 year old which he denies i know that there's going to be a lot of people that right now are trying to wipe the smile off my face but under this mask and smiling brightly through incredible chords i have the people that i love around me. and you know i'm probably going to be a father very soon so. you know everything is great in my life and.

the people are trying to keep trying but you know i'm still smiling and it's muscular you can see. federer is next tournament is the season ending a.t.p. finals in london next week but off the court controversies will continue to be a challenge. for a virtual stadium with thousands of streamed in fans was the backdrop to this year's m.t.v. europe music awards the pandemic friendly digital event saw south korean pop group b.t.s. top the competition. they won for awards including best song for dynamite and best for the girl band little mix hosted and won best pop award the night also featured performances from sam smith and alicia keys. home. every mom. was a cd and she. you're

watching news live from berlin up next d.w. news africa remember you can also get all the latest headlines on our web site that's t w dot com or follow some social media news thanks for watching. the w.'s crime fighters are back with africa's most success home radio drama series continues through the only busloads are available online and of course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms to crime fighters tune in the know. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all be. just 3 of the topics covered and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would

like any information on the krona virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at dot com. science. this is state of the news africa coming up on the program the escalating conflict in ethiopia prime minister made says' there's no need for concern as he steps out of military offensive in the country's role then region off to grab back could the country be headed for a civil war. and as joe biden and common at harrah's for patients take over the white house many african leaders have same forms wishes so what can the continent expect from a variety of administration. it's

good to have your company if you know pia's prime minister abbott made insists his country will not descend into chaos that's despite reports of heavy casualties in fighting between the military and regional forces in ethiopia is to region that's in the north of the country near the border to eritrea now ethiopia's federal government launched the offensive against forces of the to gripe people's liberation front last wednesday blaming them for and is haq on a military base now the t p l if dominates the ethiopian politics for decades that was until a major came into office in 2018 since then the leadership has claimed the federal government is unfairly targeting they ethnic group in corruption crackdowns for his

part b. accuses the 4th attempting to destabilize the country. born perpetrating a culture of impunity and restoring. the underprivileged they enjoyed in the past the border guards have. mounted was covert and overt the dems to undermine the people. in our administration now that's a great leadership have promised to continue fighting and so the federal government agrees to negotiate bat's members of parliament say they do not recognize that as illegitimate administration and have voted to abolish the state government. for more on this i'm joined by william davidson he's a senior analyst for ethiopia at the crisis group he joins me from edison walk and at william what more do we know about the military operation underway in to grab

what we know that the fighting is concentrated in west to grey and that's where the federal forces primarily entities from horror region and this is sort of some sort of active engagement in western great reports of significant obviously had significant casualties coming into an horror health clinics mostly of federal troops but it may well be the case that the great intelligence is being treated integrate and it has very limited information coming out of the great because of the communications blackout other than that reported recent new active engagement by the way the strikes and military targets around mclay the cup to the to great and a couple of days ago. when you know what's the feeling around whether or not regionally it is into heavy lift prime minister abbey as man no choice but to send the

military in. that's obviously the view from the federal government and supporters of the military intervention and very much the narrative is that it's a grand forces attacked a military base and also in the us to take rand also around mecca lay the regional capital and they say that's just simply unacceptable and i think the key point to understand here is that there is this communications knockout integrate and it's been very hard to verify information and also there is a lone political build up to this conflict where there is a possibility on both sides to have taken measures to avoid apart the conflict that did occur we ended up in a situation where it reached one federal government school each other unlawful and that's what led to the conflict and how close does this conflict bring ethiopia to

a civil war when i think that spends on your definition of civil war again the federal government this is talking about this is a sort of it's limited law enforcement operation simply to remove the t.p.a. left leadership the leadership of taking a region. but the problem of course is that regional leadership is in command of a powerful regional security apparatus animates of the federal military integrate seem to have sided with the secret government or at least are not supporting a federal intervention so that means that we actually have a very serious and potentially sustained clash so it's not a full blown civil war at the center not crossing anything like the whole of ethiopia but it is a very serious clash between the federal government and what is a relatively well arms regional government and some people would obviously classify that as a civil war 'd in of itself right and could this be resolved diplomatically if so what kind of compromises would need to be made. well of course there is always hope

that these things can be so diplomatically and there's certainly efforts both within ethiopia and outside and to encourage the parties and to come to the negotiation table and we know what certain preconditions that's something which that's a great leadership is willing to do the problem is that the parties these parties before many parts of the same voting coalition then since 2018 have gradually grown into its opponents ending up with this very stark constitutional debate over the legitimacy of tigger a running its own breach no election and now they have entered a conflict stays so at the moment there is no or none of the warring parties are really the searing negotiated solution the 1st step i think to do so would be some sort of immediate unconditional cease fire and then the parties would have to agree that they are at least legitimate enough or doris's. to talk to each other because in a moment they are simply treating each other as enemy combatants so we need to get

every past that stage to get some sort of talks going at the moment it doesn't look likely but who knows if the cockpit jesper tracked it and hopefully both sides will start looking more seriously the prospects of dialogue and international community and regional leaders can help put pressure on the parties to do that all right that's crisis perhaps but in dates and in this of a thank you again. now reactions to u.s. president elect joe biden's victory continue to pour in or hear what some of africa's leaders have say at the famous we get the views from the streets in south africa some back way and kenya. it's very good it's very good because. it's not of no sense to mark no sense of what everybody is going to respect be denuded i'm happy because hopefully we will have less of that racial bias. meaning bias. for what. might be might not because the.

sanction done. by them is going to do the same if he's going to do that then you support him if not then i won't but i'm definitely there way he handled this public thing to be so that he's not thinking for the people he's not putting people's lives forward this is like putting his 9 year into supply chain to school with 100 people but. i'm glad i'm here before the new president remember there was before there was one of african soil president obama what difference does it go to africa so i don't see but if i need to have a different or so it's just neutral and congratulations for president elect joe biden vice president coming to harris at the pouring in from leaders on the conscience as well nigeria's president will have a devorah tweets at that. age mr biden to deploy his fost experience attacking the negative consequences often nationalists politics on world affairs which have

created divisions and uncertainties and so introduce grace engagement with africa on the basis off reciprocal respect and shared interests and then the chair of the african union. mahomet's congratulated the 2 and say it the african union commission looks forward to a new stronger u.s. africa relationship based on mutual respect and shared values off international cooperation. and for more on this i'm joined by city. a political scientist at the university of pretoria in south africa welcome to news africa so we've saved congratulates 3 messages from african leaders to joe biden and camila harris what can we expect to see in terms of u.s. africa relations and the biden administration. thanks so much for having me i think that what we can expect is to see a u.s.

administration that's far more interested in africa donald trump is there a match not particularly interested in the african continent except in so far as it's related to you is china relations and you really did see africa as a battleground in terms of the u.s. has trade relations with china and. the king visited the african continent and any point during his presidency so i think that we'll see a local interest in africa particularly in development and security issues and trade issues. and what has been biden's record on africa. so biden himself doesn't have a particularly detailed record on africa at all and he supported barack obama's africa policy as the vice president under obama but we've heard from the speculation about who could be his possible choices for secretary of state

international security advisor. samantha power and susan rice susan rice who has a ph d. on zimbabwe and was the u.n. was the u.s. is representative at the united nations is a keen african missed and has had a long interest in security and development issues on the continent i mean one thing about her is that she's quite hawkish on africa issues and has been a great supporter of sanctions against mugabe regime for example and was an advocate of a hostile stance on sudan. so it'll be interesting to see how those people around biden influence his african homicide ok i don't have too much more time with you but i do want to get this in so whatever it can lead to would you say needs a white house visit the most. i say this from south africa would need a white house visit i think it would help him greatly show up his political position

in the country but also on the continent and i certainly think that i certainly think that and nigeria. would also be wanting to have a white house rather soon in the with ministration and the other way around where would biden need to visit 1st. i think that he will need to visit west africa 1st actually so i think that he would want to visit nigeria and ghana gonna go to election in december and so. i'm to meet the either the returning incumbent or new president early next year i think certainly ethiopia given the context the discussion on it and that may be a place that he wants to visit in order to engage with. it and and yeah and in south africa as well could be an option all right stand by him thank you. and that is it for now be sure to check out all of the stories on the dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter so we love to hear from you at these

events know what you think of all the stories that we haven't destroyed that we should be covering the next time if i. could. seen playing in top form by this is. george. miller plenty of entirely. beyond the pale stars to claim. to. know. what secrets lie behind small. discover

new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. world heritage 360 getting up now. biden bounce and virus breakthrough lead to a record day for markets well look at the reaction to news of vaccine developed by germany's biotech is affected 90 percent of the time. transatlantic relations may also be in line for a fight in boost that hasn't come soon enough to stop the e.u. imposing new tar some billions of dollars. american goods. and we'll look at the possibility that ultraviolet light could be another handy tool in the battle

against the 19th. existing business on robots welcome to the program it could be the big breakthrough in the search for a coronavirus vaccine the u.s. pharmaceutical company 5. a bio intact say they have soon be seeking emergency approval for their candidates to be rolled out in the u.s. and after trials showed just how effective it can be. vials full of hope initial clinical trial data shows this vaccine made by germany's biotech and its u.s. partner pfizer is over 90 percent effective infectious disease specialists from the university hospital in the german city of cologne say the data is promising but they warn it was announced in a press release and not a scientific publication. it's true that this type of medication hasn't been approved yet which is why we're carrying out this compatibility study with more than 40000 test persons. to find out if there are any intolerances

even rare ones. in the study can prove that the vaccine is well tolerated if the for side effects are mild and moderate. biotech and pfizer plan on supplying up to 50000000 doses of vaccine worldwide this year and up to 1300000000 next year germany's health minister says the progress is very encouraging and that he's proud of the development. center said as i am of course very pleased that it's a german company which is a german research and development team and a german biotech company as part of the 1st ones we are negotiating with to present the 1st study results. myself. in frankfurt biotech shares leapt by over 13 percent on the news also boosting stocks of companies hit by the pandemic such as lufthansa which gained 20 percent. less gets the market

reaction to this vaccine breakthrough from yen's quarter after our national correspondent in new york yeah it's made for something of a bumper day on wall street doesn't it. well and the markets closed and i saw a lot of happy faces a leaving the new york stock exchange behind me there was the wisin and there was so that might have given the market the biggest boost of but then on top of it there was also some relief that the all the uncertainty was the elections seem to be over so more normalcy and even if most traders at least on the floor of the new york stock exchange tend to be republicans they are also just hoping for some calm but the bigger news so clearly that was the vis seeing there is not everything sold here but i talked to a lot of people in the past couple of days that people are just seen as i've heard from so many people saying they will take their bit see in no matter what once it's

out and approved so that clearly was the big boost and there is hope that the visine might be the key to unlock the economy not just the u.s. but also the global economy that's also why we saw a big boost in oil prices at some point up by 10 percent and the stock market on fire blue chips at one point up by 1500 points a good 5 percent we reached a new record high at least during rating trading was that all jones industrial average at the end of the trading not there ty $800.00 plus points but still an increase of about 3 percent and then on the losing side we had some of the big tech names some of the companies that actually profit from the pandemic netflix peloton and some other tech companies just to name a few so that's why not start composite was down by a wild one and a half percent but overall the cheery mood on wall street fighter stock by the way up by a good 7 percent and beyond take that straights on the nasdaq up by around to 13 percent so overall a cheery day here on wall street. thanks for joining us. now

european leaders if they're expecting a balance the transatlantic relations that hasn't stopped the. saying that it's imposing tariffs on $4000000000.00 of u.s. goods the european union trade commissioner valdis dombrovskis confirms the retaliatory measure is over illegal subsidies paid by the american government to play make a boeing a long running dispute which has also seen the trump administration impose tariffs on european goods because of subsidies given to yours and us. but i speak to christopher thought from consultancy at beacon economics he joins us from l.a. trade ties between the e.u. on the u.s. have cooled somewhat under president trump haven't they all we expecting that to change underbite almost assuredly look when when trump came in it kept with him of course this idea of america 1st and buy america 1st he basically ran

around trying to bully everybody into some sort of deals that he thought would be good for the united states some of those tariffs obviously placed on european products were were part of that process almost assure them and biden comes in you're going to find a shift towards far more conciliatory efforts to improve trade relations between the united states and the e.u. another major if in fact perhaps the major characteristic of president trumps trade policy has been the tried all with china will the biden approach be completely different to that of president trump. i can tell you the answer that is i hope not and i don't think so but look for the last 15 years most of the globe has had a problem with how china has been handling its trade relationships with other countries they have broken many of the rules of the w t o and they get away with it largely because it is such a large market what trump showed is that you can in fact put tariffs on chinese

products without creating massive problems within your economy that's what we saw with those drop tariffs what it taught us is actually when it comes to trade relations the united states truly does have the upper hand wide and hopefully recognizes that and will continue to keep pressure on the chinese so that they shall we say play more fair in that global trade sandbox as it has won't be as different as some people might have been expecting the back to president elect biden how far up his list of priorities are these trade relationships with the likes of your from china. probably not that high when you think about it i mean after all we have to keep in mind we're obviously dealing with a virus which is 1st and foremost everybody's minds we need to have some coherent national conversation about how to deal with this as opposed to being on a state by state basis but i think the broader idea is here is this look when it comes to trade the united states american citizens we're just not as focused on

these issues because imports our exports are a much smaller share of our economy and remember that when it comes to trade our 2 biggest trading partners does not include china it's canada and mexico and of course those trade relations were sort of reaffirmed a couple years ago when we updated the nafta treaty so really overall this is probably not the 1st thing that by and going to be thinking about right the home front perhaps more important christopher thong back from beacon economics thank you very much for joining us on they don't have as this pleasure to be here. now all hope. light at the end of the tunnel light itself could also help. crisis types. and you can also virus. protection against ultraviolet light and the even more dangerous u.v. c. radiation is a must when welding u.b.c. can damage the skin and cause cancer but u.v.

see light also has a good side it kills viruses and intends to use it to fight corona virus to do this he installs u.b.c. lamps in a closed box and uses a fan to draw in contaminated air this device could put u.v. c into everyday use. the u.p.c. rays are contained in a limited space within the chamber. the air is fed past there. the amount of u.v. c. light there is enough to kill a virus but no u.v. see light at all escapes from the chamber to threaten people in the same room with . the boxes containing the u.b.c. lamps can be installed in the same spaces as conventional lighting fixtures and can be used indoors so far he v.c. technology has only been used in large air conditioning systems or for disinfecting operating theatres this handy version is new. d.v.c.

lamps are already being used in this family doctor's practice near munich in the entrance area where there's a lot of public traffic the system sucks in 100 cubic meters of air every hour scientific studies suggest the technology works but nobody here can measure it exactly. we feel safer because we've read about the lamp and because we know how it works it converts contaminated air into clean air. and we don't just worry about the corona virus there's also the flu. into croutons company points to numerous scientific studies it says back up its claims in the past 2 weeks the company has sold 50 u.v. sea based air cleaning systems for 600 euros each and gradually more and more orders are coming in. and finally one sec to being well out of the pandemic is icelandic wool but exports are up by 70 percent pot a field by

a finnish lockdown craze for knitting a traditional icelandic jump as one of the country's biggest producers is taking on new staff for extra evening shifts and says it hopes to fulfill $100.00 tonnes of additional orders next year most of the extra demand is coming from private individuals who a picking up the needles join all those extra hours stuck at home. and it's always nice to end with a good deal that's over me in the business team here belin i suppose.

to go beyond g.o.p.'s. as we take on the world. the stories that matter to you come through it. every. d.w. made sure mines actually rigorous just shows the numbers but rather shows.

smart way to get when you're growing. doubling. in the light of climate change. for cosmic. what's in store. for the future in the. comics for to make a city. to incite. culture. it was the 1st international tribunal in history. the number of trials.

75 years ago high ranking officers of the nazi regime were joined at the by the allied forces. they were the 1st war criminals to be held accountable for their crimes. our 2 part series. in the dark starts nov 12th on t.w. . welcome to arts and culture and wants a weekend it was a collective sigh of relief was autumn all across europe on saturday when democrat joe biden won the necessary votes to defeat president donald trump a reality that's still sinking in for cultural figures also coming up. well look at how worldwide coronavirus restrictions are affecting the film industry and the future of festivals as streaming becomes the norm. and in our series

$100.00 german must reads german swiss novelist benedict wealth confronts death and loss in the end of loneliness. but 1st her world is populated by dragons dark fairies and mythical monsters germany's cornea form is a hugely successful children's fantasy author and illustrator her in-car trilogy was a bestseller in germany and in the u.s. based now in california she's just published the 4th book in her mira world series and i'll speak to her right after this. can only a film crew earned a degree in education and began working as an illustrator of children's literature before starting to write her own books. for fantasy novels for children and young adults have been translated into 37 languages so many millions of copies

it's time magazine named her one of its 100 most influential people 420058 reflection of the impact of her work which hasn't chanted generations of young readers worldwide. is also a regular guest on the red carpet as several of her books have been turned into films that includes the 1st volume of her in kurt trilogy one of her most successful books. her personal paradise is in california where she lives on a farm where the canary a phone call has made her home in the united states for the past 15 years. and joining me from her farm near malibu where it's very early in the morning is. welcome to arts and culture of. now i'm just wondering if it sunk in yet that the era of the president you have dubbed the who cannot be named is soon to be over

in american politics how did it feel to wake up to that realisation this morning well his show up with that deep sigh of relief but of course also with great sadness because almost 50 percent of americans did vote for the former president which i find a saddening and quite worrying fact indeed well you were apparently contemplating having to leave your paradise in california and return to germany if trump were elected for a 2nd term as that consideration off the table at least for now yes but sadly mostly what it will decide when i can say you will be to climate change and we all know that will not go away within 4 weeks 4 years and the players have until devastating on this coast and i have been picking my c.p.a. this for 3 years now so let's see where this will go. indeed the environmental concerns obviously in california a huge issue with the forest fires that are part of your rim of heaven foundation

you have an artist in residence program that you host on your farm at the corona crisis has obviously been a real setback in this regard how important are these workshops and how optimistic are you that your cultural activities can resume. well i was looking about very strange years like this is there a. way some things that give us out there is so we have a moment restructuring the program and seeing what we could bring in these times when the european artists cannot have what i have extensive programs now with south america with american universities and we're also bringing 6 children here to recover our undergrads trees instead of locked in in the park. so always full of enlightening ideas a you've said stories are especially needed in these difficult times it just published the 4th novel in your mirror a world series on silver trail congratulations but you write fantasy i'd like to know how much of the real world really make that into your books politically

speaking well that real world is then you can trust it as we see everything in a moment so i. often get lost just as a reality as so-called. realist writing because it mostly just danced with human everyday lives and with our very narrow perspective on this front. now just a final question here miss funky you or us german relations are current currently at an all time low and i'm just wondering if if you can tell us how culture can help to heal these divisions and these out misunderstandings i've tried every day with actors from europe coming in saying oh many cases slightly different from what we manage and because my experience in germany is that very often the most hostile reactions to america come from people who have never been here so i think it's as though we shouldn't travel that much for it was poor planet nevertheless i think we

need the exchange and the conversation and the collaboration with each other and that's the only thing that unites a cultural exchange obviously a fundamental part of rebuilding understanding and collective understanding and relations between europe and the united states obviously things looking up to some degree at this point in time and thank you very much for sharing your impressions with me cornelia from co thanks for joining us on alt arts and culture. i much. all politics may be looking up but the coronavirus pandemic rages on and currently europe's 2nd round of lockdowns is taking the expected toll on cultural businesses and institutions particularly of course the movie industry which will look at all of this week in more detail as it's affected in so many different ways starting with canceled or drastically downsized film festival.

it turned out to be october 9th may when the come film festival finally took place but weather wise it all looked much the same as usual as always the red carpet was rolled out was it all worth the effort. i headed up a few interviews in which people were asking about the death of cinema. and now we know that. they were there when but which films. but all those cinemas in some countries briefly reopened movie theaters throughout most of europe are now once again empty. on the closet however the mood was relaxed. there were of course disinfection outside the festival palace. in the absence of hollywood a listers miss cantante 20 attracted a lot of attention as did a promising newcomer georgian director dia because she really had originally

planned to show her film beginning at the festival back in may it went on to win at the sun sebastiaan film festival in september. the drama about a group of jehovah's witnesses in a small georgian town illustrates why streaming films at home on your couch just isn't the same as going to the cinema in a movie theater you can immerse yourself in the experience. how much do we really see what's really happening in front of us or who are the people in front of us that without constantly intellectualizing our bringing our a point of view to explain but to 1st experience and to see and maybe think about it later. for a while beginning received accolades encounter it's still unclear whether many other major films will make it into movie theaters at all for being here including the new batman in which robert pattinson plays the dark knight in his younger years

the original release was scheduled for june 2021 but it now seems more likely to come out in march 22. watch the trailer to the end and you get the impression the production company is not feeling optimistic. and batman's not the only one who's worried. an entire industry has been hung out to dry with many theaters now on the brink the film tenet had recently provided a small boost but now theater owners are being left out in the cold. as it's not too much of a course this is a disaster for us and in 2 ways one thing is having to close and stop taking in revenue while continuing to incur costs if you know the movie theaters financial buffers are now in the red and the other thing which is very film specific is that people are forgetting about movie theaters and films may all be moving over to streaming services which would be devastating for us even for him.

it's probably the longest foreplay in double no severance career his latest outing was scheduled for release in april this year and was then pushed back to november when his bond finally coming. for your last i just want to go she actions with streaming providers are rumored to be underway will bond be in our living rooms this christmas come on. director patti jenkins has so far denied all the streaming rumors her wonder woman sequel is still set to be released in theaters but if the culprit crisis persons own pets will be young. and how about khan 2021 director cheers the free moves says he hopes to hold the festival without masks and social distancing he's even prepared to move it from its traditional may slot to make possible. let's stay

optimistic and because corona lockdowns are a perfect time for reading it's back to books with our series 100 german must reads in 2016 german swiss novelist benedict welles published the end of loneliness which won the european union prize for literature at the time it was his 1st book to be translated into english and that the author himself was often in tears while writing gives you an idea of its emotional punch. a difficult childhood is like an invisible enemy you never know when it will strike. the end of loneliness by benedict wells's about 2 brothers and a sister whose parents are killed in a car crash the 3 orphans are sent off to boarding school where their trauma tears them apart liz throws herself into drugs and sex marty becomes obsessive compulsive and sullen and the youngest the narrator disappears into his thoughts as adults the

3 try to become a family again they even take l.s.d. together but 1st to the drug just opens old wounds 'd 'd. i saw myself as a child standing in the living room and hearing from my apt but my parents were dead marty stood beside me pale and motionless but he might as well have been a 1000 miles away the words slowly started to take their terrible effect they seeped everywhere into the ground which suddenly seemed an even as my eyes were my vision was now blurred into my legs making me real across the room author benedict welles grew up away from his parents boarding schools from age 6 he was born benedict the noble grandson of a top nazi politician as a young man he changed his name to distance himself from his grandfather's crimes the end of loneliness is his most personal novel it's a melodramatic tear jerker or as one critic called it the best john irving novel

but john irving never wrote if that's your thing you'll be bawling your eyes out if that's not your thing you'll probably be rolling your eyes but i still think you might secretly love it. 'd and that's all for this edition but you can visit our website for more from arts and culture with us until next time stay safe and all the best.

qassim claim tom. says the boy. claims he i'm liberal a. blow to the mob. dollars to claim. yeah there's. farming my life stop reading the bible study is doubtful a need for 200 hears the same way of life. rare insights into the remote correlate of mennonites. in 75 minutes on w.

. give us your country the world make you rich. people oil will provide you with charge of. the oil we'll take good care of my feet at least at the. one feature that took hold on the west coast of gaza in 2007 in festers made promises. but years later reality looks very different. litter peaches. drinking water shortage. of employment. is a. limited database and not

a trace of oil money to be. happy to become a stream of black gold. oil promises starts december 4th. leg. this is news and these are our top stories. german company beyond tech and u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer say trials show their coronavirus vaccine is 90 percent effective it's the most promising data released from a large scale trial so far the vaccine is expected to be submitted to u.s. authorities for emergency approval this month if it's given the green light it could be rolled out in limited quantities by the end of the year.