take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers and talk with people experiencing a changing environment. for the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating our future depends on what happens here in one of the most fragile ecosystems on earth. northern watch the arctic circle starts december 21st on d w. hello i'm kristie monday it's good to have your company one month from today versus in uganda will pick the next president the election campaign has been one of the most violent in the country's history rights groups accuse the old boy human rights

abuses amnesty international say with even action day fost approaching it is imperative that the ugandan authorities reverse the persistent use of excessive force by the security forces all betray a risk and detention as well as attacks on journalists now president he was saving his government has denied violating human rights most if any is seeking to extend his 35 year rule his main challenger is the pop star to politician bobby why both men need to win over young voters. as president surely must say when you come panes in the countryside this group in kampala is mobilizing young voters to rally behind. the you're going to back the 2 he's a former i like to be a position candidate robot popularly known as the one. they recently fail out and countries know what using wine of inciting the youth to violently

destabilize the country. for violence this is the method i want to spread course if we don't just as these you were there won't be misled. while you are in his words friends are behind him we've seen this reception in many countries will be when supporters blamed the violence on the police last month at least $54.00 people including a 15 year old protests that followed the ones i raced during a campaign rally. the police accused of not adhering to causing 1000 restrictions. but one who no complains wearing a bulletproof vest has told supporters that he's being targeted for assassination some of his friends now fear for their lives too i always tell my people i might say. because i have any kind of sickness i have committed any kind of

a. questionnaire in the fact that i chose. my life is always there always threatening us. out of 10 registered voters in uganda or in the age of 40 many were born during the 70s presidency and he often is close to them his grandchildren he promises to secure their future if they vote him in to serve his 6th consecutive time. will directly get funding urged them to remain disciplined spiritual ideological and productive but when he went to the youth is a promise that things will change the musician turned politician tells them that the time to take over leadership is now. the future of uganda has its young people they must be listened to and their cries must be made priority in the new uganda the youth will be priority. the politicians once because they use mostly once their

jobs to lead a better life while it may not be clear which candidate can better believe. what is much more clear at this time more than in the past is not the younger electorate how the numbers could influence his election. but the. many again they do not scrutinize the candidate's abilities to make the best decisions that includes young voters many of whom will be voting for the 1st time in july. may you are being used by the politicians to serve their interests are you. know i well i was raised by their by their opposition to when i went and voted present to serve in it just talk to me what's right popeye is meant to sing us to you with. the youth i don't ones taking advantage of the people power play before you had no one to fight for us as the youth had very many. will suffer silently.

we had no one to risk us. on iran but. we reported 50. may be seen by the generation of contest between the. new one he did not for the main challenger as the one whose age. both from trying to have. it. is how they. are. to get more into the story of uganda's election we've invited crispy to handle onto the program he is an election democracy activist and a composite of welcome to news africa. is the election outcome going to come down to how the youth vote. definitely if you're looking at

a country that is one of the youngest countries in the wild definitely the result of the election has to be reflective of that youth right now we have 77 percent of the population being under 25 yes and that's really peculiar to uganda not many countries have such a young population so what does that mean that essentially means that even through the leaders elected come january 14th it is very likely that whoever the young population better is the one who will take the fall right this has been one of the most violent election campaigns in recent memory we've seen police and security forces cracked down on bobby rallies and campaign events is that reflective off the threats that he poses. but 1st of

all i think the aspect of violent elections is not very surprising is specially if you're talking about a very young population. which is also unemployed which is also not in. you know. ways of contributing to society or generating a livelihood you have a desperate bloc of young people so i think the violence that you see. with that category of young people looking for jobs who are looking for training looking for skills training who are looking to keep themselves busy who are desperate to get something ready to make a reflection of that mystery here but i will point out that we have seen footage of police going off to opposition supporters. cracking down on what are peaceful

demonstrators so in effect that violence much of it does come from from the states and my question to you then is we've also heard from opposition supporters who feel that their lives are in danger just by virtue of the fact that they support the opposition is there anything that could be done about this. there's no doubt i think much of the violence that we have seen in the during the come paining period has been provoked provoked by elements within the security agencies but occasionally also provoked by some members of the public some members of the political political campaign but the thing is i think something that can be done 1st and foremost i think the security agencies need to be more professional in the way execute public order management but i think it is important that agencies in uganda perceive their role as one of keeping law and order and not getting

engaged into parties and politics because i think what we're seeing increasingly is a sense of them trying to play in favor of a ruling party ok and a state and what about the electoral commission hearing that should be overseeing this election and making it free and fair is uganda's electoral commission independent should the public has confidence in it. the electoral commission needs to. the electoral commission the laws of uganda actually give the electoral commission powers section 12 of the electoral commission act gives the electoral commission powers to control all the aspects that relate to an election environment we haven't seen the electoral commission leveraging this law as it should and i think ugandans are crying out that the

electoral commission itself must be independent must be professional and must be in charge of every aspect of the electoral process. thank you. now these little scary animals are the most trafficked mammals on earth pangolins sell for tens of thousands of dollars it's their scales that are wanted for traditional medicines in asia other african angola working group once that are nearing extinction. you know the cow. a sting operation stops these men in their tracks coach is about to meet a potential buyer in a parking lot in a cruel south africa the back seat of their car plastic bag which police find a pangolin for sale. which animal is good. rescues quickly take it to a vet we see penguins in a variety of different physical states some are very messy ated their

skin little they've got injury but. it's pitiful is very very difficult to emotionally deal with that kind of suffering and abuse. the african pangolin working group in south africa a team of vets and wildlife experts have been rehabilitating penguins rescued from poachers for nearly a decade. these shy and elusive mammals continue to fess innate the experts. you know these are. secretive nocturnal animals that quietly go around their business eating and that's all they do they have you know that they don't do anything any harm ever and suddenly they're picked up and they kept in these awful conditions and it's incredibly traumatic for them. one of these cats size skinny memo's can fetch up to $20000.00 u.s. dollars last year alone $97.00 tons of penguin scales were seized from smugglers

trying to take them out of africa this equals about a 100 $50000.00 poached animals and estimates are but that is only about 20 percent . the total figure is an endangered species so i think you everybody needs to do as much as they can to save even if it's just one of the every single crime is a difference if your species is considered endangered and if there's any possible conceived extinction for it i think you have to do everything you can. once well rehydrated well fitted and back to good health the rescued penguins are released back into the wild and hopefully out of the reach of pitches and that is it for now be sure to check out our other stories on d.w. dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter and we're always talking here on the program to know what you think about the stories that we cover and the stories that we should be covering it and act out on twitter that one by 7

next time. my 1st boss a mosul sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by this notion for. something as simple as learning how to write a bicep both isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to take a lot of my home but it took me years them until. finally they gave up and went on

buying young bicycles but returned people sewing machines sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing a bible as knowledge i want to meet women back home who are bound by their duties and social goals and informed him about the basic rights. my name is the about of people homes and a war z. them. germany is headed for a 2nd hard lockdown as of this wednesday with no opening in sight until at least january 10th making the already difficult situation for artists even more dire well look at how big name classical artists like and us a few more to are trying to soften the blow also coming up. tributes

poor in after the death on saturday of british author john le carre who elevated the english spy novel to a high aren't and we look back on his remarkable career. and in our see our series 100 german must reads takes us back to weimar era berlin with austrian author vicky biomes most famous novel grand hotel. welcome 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 and and mexican conductor along the route decided actions speak louder. state orchestra rehearsal stravinsky for the artist emergency

a benefit. many classical musicians are struggling to to the coronavirus pandemic but some big names like mexican conduct our own grid on 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 violinist cellos viola. for the instruments who play in the same voice it's important to stick close to each other when you have this which is or twice what it usually is if one is so far away from each other which it's almost impossible to perform the standard use. of.

the corona crisis has forced many to rethink how to make live fast a commuting possible. violinist and a sophie mozart has been performing in churches. distance teams. 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 part as name studios and outdoor swimming pool the money raised goes into an emergency fund to help musicians whose concerts have been canceled the performances also highlight the importance of music according to mozart life is short but life

without art is unthinkable. because in music is energy and 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 cinema and all of that the theatres 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 have they 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 there's i mean people don't get the money straight away there's a course of 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 you don't have anything to do they don't have anything to do this is the on the couch so they're like yeah ok i'll take part in it i take part in this performance and that evening 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 get a recording but they're less likely to pay for a live stream right i think that's definitely left our port beethoven a bit out in the cold and his anniversary year hasn't 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 hold they 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 bestseller or 3rd on the carries the world of espionage never lost its fascination for spy turned over a list had a writing career that spanned 6 decades with 25 novels to his name. was the

main backdrop carry himself worked for british intelligence and hamburg in 1964 he quit to dedicate himself full charge him to write saying. i started watching just for fun a few years back but i was already writing about spies before i joined the service so i was born when the war went up in 1968 and that drew me to berlin. many of his best sellers were made into movies the spider 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 and. the reuters stories were often sacked in germany. laughing clicked 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 books if you plot it will show a lot of speaking parts in the b.b.c. series the time. but sometimes it was booming and you'll miss.

the master of spying fiction john the carry 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

that. 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 where valving door turns and much that looks like chance after all really the law of cause and effect. going towards how was austrian author vickie baum's international break through the action packed story was quickly turned into a broadway play and 2 hollywood movies the 1st one with credit 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 in california turned out a lot better than some of her characters theft adultery and murder are all part of 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 19 struck a chord around the world pride was the very 1st black superstar in the largely white song of country music and 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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