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have british babaji welcome to. glad you could join us south korea has ramped up testing facilities amid a 3rd wave of corner virus infections over the weekend the country reported over 1000 cases its highest daily increase since january president has called it an emergency situation and has ordered the mobilization of police military personnel and medical doctors to come up the spread of the virus this despite tougher social distancing rules that were implemented last week from tomorrow schools will close in the capital city and further destructions haven't been ruled out and if implemented these would in effect mean

a lockdown for the 1st time during the pandemic. dozens of covert 900 testing sites are opening up in south korea's capital and anyone can turn up and get a free test before now people had to pay if they tested negative. seoul and its surrounding districts are coronavirus hotspots more than 2 thirds of the country's new infections have been recorded here and that's making the president anxious. it's a very serious and marriage and see situation. back is against the wall. this is a crucial moment to devote all our virus control capabilities and administrative power to stopping the coronavirus. south korea is no testing 4 times as many people a day than it was an early october sunday saw the country's highest daily number of

new infections since the pandemic began and its caseload is expected to surge again this week there's growing unease and frustration among the public. i have no idea where people are getting infected and they don't even know themselves we all need to do everything we can to prevent this virus from spreading even more. but with no. i had to take the subway today although i am worried that i might have been exposed to the risk of infection i think i'm going to head home as soon as possible. it seems like the virus is out of control it will be a huge problem for the economy if the government imposes the highest level of social distancing this should be handled very quickly before that really happens. to them and. the highest level of social distancing would essentially mean a lot dying for south korea 4th largest economy authorities are hoping to have that

and that they are. head of the current approach to testing the country back on track and its fight against 1009. 199 from solely as a correspondent frank smith frank south korea was held up live in the year as a model of a country barbara spawns to the court on of august crisis how have things gotten so bad well i think we need to look at how the crew by riskiness of korea and the initial operate here they were large cluster infections that took place at sort of super spreader events that made it a little bit easier i think for contact tracing to take place for them to find the source and and find everybody that had caught the virus from those types of events and then what followed were would arguably now people are considering half measures so they didn't institute and strict

a lot down as perhaps some would have recommended and so now what you see is cluster outbreaks 'd are much smaller and they're taking place at a variety it's in use like churches elder care centers hospitals private gatherings and schools as well so that makes it more difficult for contact tracing to take place for them to find the source of the virus and and get more under control here sort of contact tracing is proving difficult what is the government's trying to do to buffalo this increased care stored. well it's been talking about what it's going to do next some of these measures are free testing and increased contact tree say i'm getting instant messages throughout the day that are rewarding the way their people have been infected in my neighborhood they're also increasing quarantine and you know again messaging the public there may be more

a lot of measures put in place there or have also been a shortage of it's here in so korea so they're calling on private hospitals and other public facilities to provide potentially more i.c.u. beds if they become required. franken talked about increased messaging for the public care with the cotton to bring the cotton thawed where that is in motion across south korea does that mean then that the country is weeks away from a national lockdown well to be honest with you based on what the prime minister said today we're perhaps days away depending on how the testing and the results of that testing goes in the next few days we had cases over a 1000 a day here in south korea for the last couple of days a record on sunday over

a 1000 so the government's looking very carefully at that and messaging that they may have to go to the highest level a lot called 3.0 here in south korea and warning that there could be an economic impact they have got some support for that particularly in the media with the creator here all advocating for this level 3 large down saying the country will stand little chance of defeating the virus without radical action so momentum appears to be beleaguered just explain to us frank level of 3 locked on what exactly does this in table. well it's not quite the full stayed home order that we seen in in places in europe. but it will result in more closures previously at 2.5 we seeing things like bars and fitness centers having to close churches reduce the number of people that they need will come to their services of

course everyone is is covered in masks schools will fully be closed under level 3 live down but again it's not the state who orders that we see in places other countries particularly in europe franco across the world the footy go past a reception in an populations dealing with constantly changing rules and restrictions i wonder if that's the case in south korea as well. well i don't think that's quite the case here we had earlier on and when the government was saying to you no it's opposition especially it's sort of radical right wing opposition and they couldn't hold demonstrations in the capital and there was pushback from some groups at that time we're not seeing that now and i think in the general public because there have only been these sort of half measures they were reasonably tolerant people could still go to restaurants people could still go out shopping

for example and go about their day to day lives just not big events like you can go to sporting activities or large scale church services for example but again you know the public is being prepared to recognise that the 1st half measures haven't being being as effective as they need to be to bring the coronavirus in south korea under control frank smith in circle thank you very much for that. the coronavirus pandemic response disaster for performers and entertainers the world over in india the lockdowns even shut down bollywood but to its resulted in an unexpected boon for independent musicians industry data shows a sea change group to do it yourself performers have found followings on facebook and other online streaming sites and it's also a stick easy access that makes these acts popular with young music fans here's why

. you needed to let them. know. that looks. like just one independent musician finding a new audience must. their online videos tackling social issues have struck a chord with millennial looking for him to time and while india's film industry is on pulls. so because of the. music movies we're not thinking. that the beach boys will you know that i think people. will think of this thing to expect imaging music but his name is a. big name stars and movie melodies usually dominate the charts in bollywood obsessed india. but during the pandemic nonfuel music is filling the vacuum.

in india more than 75 percent are probably more than that. of the consumption of music happens on the film. so if you can understand out of every 100 songs or even 5 songs then songs and they are not using so that automatically opens up for the independent edition still. musicians like rafa dula rocca formal way to sun fame with viral videos about the plight of migrant workers stranded during india's lockdown. people walking fountains of kilometers to get home i feel terrible watching these scenes. i couldn't go anywhere and i had all my ball fun so i recorded the track and uploaded.

after i uploaded my song i received a lot of support many of my friends shared the clip and i got a lot of appreciation was going to. push the likes of out of the spotlight. but for now musicians i have. to keep. that's it for there's of course mall on deductions of going forward slash if we leave you now with pictures from the farm up for 1st in the movement has stepped up for we love you thanks to the wheel it's like life demonstrators have created to feed and house thousands camped outside the deli thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrow.

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our see our series 100 german must reads takes us back to weimar era berlin with a. most famous novel grand hotel. well when pope francis met with artists at the weekend and extolled their lofty and demanding calling to transmit truth and beauty and guard us from despair his words were widely appreciated in cultural circles crippled by the pandemic but they were alas only words of 2 giants of classical music german violinist honest and mexican conductor along the dollar fatah decided actions speak louder. state orchestra rehearsal stravinsky for the artist emergency a benefit. many classical

musicians are struggling through to the coronavirus pandemic but some big names like mexican conductor a laundry done a para are stepping up to the plate raising funds for those hardest hit. you know you always see it as close as you can with the other musicians especially the strings violinists cellos viola's for the instruments to play in the same voice it's important to stick close to each other when you have this notice which is of course what it usually is if one is so far away from each other which it's almost impossible to perform at the standard were used to confuse 3 of. the corona crisis has forced many to rethink how to make a live cross

a commuting possible. violinist and a sophie mozart has been performing in churches. he's . church services include requiems for the many families who have lost loved ones perhaps it's also an opportunity to remind ourselves of the healing quality of music and how important it is for society we can't just be put in the same pot as nails studios and outdoor swimming pools the money raised goes into an emergency fund to help musicians whose concerts have been canceled the performances are also highlight the importance of music according to life is short but life without art is unthinkable. energy music is memories music is what unites us music. music is all that and much more and the one thing that music is no

is. simple. yes indeed indispensable it is in fact in joining me to talk more about this is my colleague melissa holroyd welcome melissa now tell us exactly what it is that the atmosphere has been doing ok so we've just come out of one lockdown i'm about to go into another one either way the concerts the cinemas and all of that theaters are all closed but what is allowed is church services and what. has been doing is she has been playing during the church service with the priest and you know with the whole thing going on and she's been raising money for people who have lost income because they've had their concerts cancelled she's also been a little bit critical of this choice of religion over art she says that they both offer similar things in a way they both offer people hope and they both offer people a contact to something greater than themselves i have to agree with her on that but

you know relatively speaking we should also mention german artists have actually been received quite a lot of support since the beginning of the pandemic of may not yet compared to other countries absolutely they have received a lot of support support and they're going to continue receiving support to the. 50000000000 euros that's for small businesses but it's also for freelance artists and it's also for people in the cultural sector and so this i mean people don't get the money straight away there's of course a vetting process these things do take time and you know there have been people that have been tried that have tried to cheat the system so it won't come straight away but people are receiving support that's right and there have been some some issues about how that is coming that's for sure but it is amazing really how creative people have been in terms of finding ways to get their music out there and possibly even earn a little bit of money with it on as well and give us an example well along who we just saw in the report she has put together her impossible orchestra she got some

of her friends who also happened to be some of the best musicians in the world together to work on some pieces and put those together she says the good thing about a global pandemic is that when you call up these people who are usually busy for the next 10 or 15 years they don't have anything to do they don't have anything to do this city on the couch so they're like yeah ok i'll take part in it i'll take part in this performance and i should say i mean a lot of people have tried to make money through live streaming that's had mixed results especially in the world of classical music where people really value this contact between the composer and the performance and the audience you know and they do feel as though they have a direct link there to the composer however long ago that was and that's very very important so those people i think are you know if they want to listen to a recording they going to desire according but they're less likely to pay for a live stream right i think that's definitely left or poured beethoven a bit out in the cold and his anniversary year has in it let's hope that we get

things under control with this pandemic so 2021 looks a little bit better all round for the cultural sector thanks very much melissa holroyd. oh he was born david cornwell but it's john le carre hole be remembered as a master of the spy thriller and with titles like the spy who came in from the cold or the constant gardener he dominated the bestseller lists as an ex agent himself a car i wrote what he knew but his novels were also a forensic analysis of human nature and his passing on saturday at 89 marks the end of any era. for best seller or 3rd on a carries the world of espionage never lost its fascination the spy turned over a list had a writing career that spanned 6 decades with 25 novels to his name the cole was the main back for the carry himself worked for british intelligence and hamburg in 1964 he quit to dedicate himself. to write saying.

i started watching just for fun a few years back. i was already writing about spies before i joined the service so i was born when the war went up in 1960 wall and that drew me to berlin. many of his best sellers were made into movies the spine who came in from the cold starring richard burton came out in 1965. kerry didn't stop writing when the cold war ended with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 for kerry the world of espionage was always a metaphor for the human condition. the writer was disappointed with the geo

political developments in the 90s. tailor of panama. was my 1st novel. with no ideological content it spoke to the new materialism to the new postwar era it spoke also to my own disappointment that there was no energy for the reconstruction of the world when the cold war ended. the reuters stories were often sacked in germany. and i think that it was in some mysterious way my destiny always to write about germany in one way or another the writer often made cameo appearances in the film versions of his brother will show a lot of speaking parts in the b.b.c. series time. but sometimes it was blink and you'll miss him.

the master of spying fiction john kerry has passed away at the age of 89. on topic we could all do with a bit more escapist literature these days so our series on german language novels in english is timely if you need to complete your christmas reading list all strain author vicki balm was born in vienna and after stints as a musician and boxer became one of the 1st modern bestselling authors best known for her revolving door of a masterpiece a grand hotel. the hotel lobby is great so many people passing through who knows what they're really like what filthy secrets they're hiding what they'll be doing when they're in their rooms so many stories to tell you could fill whole books with them. when vicky baum's novel grand hotel came out in 1929 it was such

a sensation that it sparked a whole new genre the hotel novel grand hotel is about the lonely battered lives of hotel guests whose paths cross in 1920 s. berlin and unhappily aging prima ballerina a con man a wounded world war one veteran a businessman about to go broke people on the way up or people on the way down the ladder of wife prosperity and disaster maybe separated by no more than the thickness of a wall to evolving door terms and much that looks like chance and after all really the law of cause and effect. grand hotel was austrian author vicki baum's international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with greater garbo won the oscar for best picture but all moved to california to help with the film and after hitler took power the jewish author stayed in the united states all in all vicki baum's

fate and bitter are all part of the grand hotel and book the hotel stands for the drama of life itself. well no end of sad news in 2020 and the death of charlie pride over the weekend due to complications of covert 900 struck a cord around the world pride was. the very 1st black superstar in the largely white song of country music can so we'll leave you with one of his hit songs is anybody going to san antonio stay safe and all the best from us by.

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