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navalny investigation claims the operatives. including the danger when he was. also coming up on the. united states the most ambitious nation campaign in its history as doctors nurses and other vulnerable. and as clubs learned their fate in the last 16 of football's champions league. established. and welcome to the show we begin with breaking news from the united states the electoral college has confirmed democrat joe biden as the winner of last month's election he now has a majority of the 538 elect doris who have gathered. in states across the country

as well as the capital washington to formally vote for the next president some states held the event on line like nevada when biden is expected to make a speech soon is of course comes as president donald trump announced the resignation of attorney general william a bar of friction between the 2 over trump's accusations of biden have been helped to victory by voter fraud. and there has been a new development in the case of the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei in avani a media investigation has found that a group of agents from russia's security service f.s.b. had followed the phony for years shadowing him on flights across the country alexey ivanovitch bonnie is still recovering in germany after collapsing on a domestic flight in russia last august doctors found he'd been poisoned with the nerve agent choc a joint investigation by website belling catch and the insider together with

spiegel and c.n.n. discovered telecom and travel data showing the f.s.b. agents tailed lavani including on the day last summer when he almost died. and joining me for more in the studio is a reporter rebecca ritter's rebecca thanks for joining us what more do we know about the people who have been implicated in this report where you mentioned a lot of it we're talking about 8 people the reports has named 3 of them and they were all working for the russian domestic security agency the f.s.b. as you said now all of that either medical training the 3 that were named were medical doctors or training with chemical weapons especially with the r. and d. of that but now the chalk as you forgot which is in the soviet family of poisons and was used in the poisoning of their case cripple and his daughter in the u.k. in 2080 and then of course in and around the poisoning in in august now we know that they worked out of the f.s.b. . offices across the country and 3 of them have been named they were the they are

alleged to have followed novell me to the city of tomsk back in august where he was employed and now these are very serious charges of course what are the mechanics of this investigation what proof is there behind these allegations well you know as we know it's a joint investigation between this the betting that the message of journalists and the russian outfit inside as well as c.n.n. has begun a few others now they've gone and done a deep dive into the phone and flight records and have managed to map out what they alleged but we actually spoke to one of the bell and cut journalists he spoke to dodge had a little someone eric tell he was involved in the investigation so i'll let you tell a let him tell you in his own words the russian privacy is pretty much nonexistent without allies there and so we examined to the russian data market telecom data and also passenger manifest for flights to look a suspicious so we look for people who travel itineraries that closely match that of all around the time he was in siberia so he flew in the one city called it was

appears in siberia and he left for another city called tomsk a week later and he's here about 300 or so kilometers from each other and so we're looking for people who want roughly the same right to marry and we're following up because we figured if your f.s.b. officer turned into poison opposition figure you'll arrive a day or so before he does and leave a little bit afterwards and we did this we found that there were 3 people who got the same bite into areas of only they were really surprised we looked more of these people and we noticed these people with a few of our colleagues had fallen of all the for over 30 trips to 2070 practically every time the only one around russia because he was a presidential candidate i'm sorry 2017 these people have the exact same track what in return following the bombing and these are not just normal f.s.b. officers they're ones who are medical from chemical weapons training that matched that of the eventual incident he suffered and. now alexei navalny is still in germany after spending more than a month in hospital here in germany how has he reacted to this reports well i'm.

uprising he's pretty angry as you can imagine a 3 years of his life being followed around he may not be that surprised about it in the end i mean he was an opposition candidate in russia but still i mean he's 3 is being followed which led to his near fatal poisoning he's not very happy but it also turns out that this attack in august probably wasn't the 1st time there was an attempt to poison him at least one that they suspect was a month prior to this truck poisoning in this way he and his wife traveled to claim a grad for post and we can not even their campaigning or anything his wife fell ill with similar symptoms to what he ended up having after than i would talk poisoning and he was because this fishes at the time but couldn't really put it all together now they suspect it probably was he's angry he spoke publicly about it and he's a little bit about what he's had to say. and i know who wanted to kill me i know where they live i know where they work i know their real names i know their fake name and i have photographs of them for dog about. photographs he's got the names

that he's not happy and he's not going to stay quiet about it i don't think but of course moscow says there is no evidence that the valley was poisoned and there's no need to investigate it's all right rebecca red as a thank you very much for your reporting. let's turn now to a big milestone in the united states the fight against the coronavirus the country has begun administering the 1st doses of the buy on tech pfizer a vaccine doctors nurses and other at risk groups are 1st in line for the shot at the u.s. a death toll in nearing a 300000 people millions are hoping that today will mark a turning point in the fight against the pandemic. a moment of hope in the u.s. most of all for frontline medical workers who were honored with receiving the 1st coronavirus vaccinations in the country. this is the beginning of the end for covert together as a community as

a nation we can and this the 1st recipients seemed eager to convince others that the vaccine was safe. it's a very important that when the vaccine prompts that we feel confident in the science it is ok to say. advisory panels in the u.s. and the u.k. have determined that the benefits of the shot far outweigh the risks yet one in 3 people in the u.s. say they won't take it. sorry i'm not interested i will never take it over my dead body i don't think i am for with it but i don't know one soul. that has this know a lot of people. getting a vaccine to the willing poses another challenge because the country is so big and the concoction so fragile. the biotech pfizer vaccine must be kept at a chilling negative 70 degrees celsius or requiring massive amounts of dry ice.

despite all this u.s. officials are preparing for the largest vaccination campaign in the country's history along with front line workers the elderly are 1st in line to get an ocular later. as coronavirus cases climb sharply u.s. authorities have set a goal of vaccinating every willing american by midway through next year. and here in germany a tougher lock down is on its way on monday a german president frank loesser steinmeyer pleaded with the public to abide by the new restrictions as the country struggles to fend off a surge in cope 1000 cases germany will enter a strict lockdown on wednesday after weeks of a partial lockdown which has failed to drive down infection numbers and steinmeier and other leaders are urging the public to make sacrifices as germany prepares for a holiday season like no other. last minute christmas shopping came early this year people are still roaming belling streets looking for gifts but from wednesday on

the shops will have to close as germany enters a tougher lockdown while polls show around free quarters of germans backing the measure opinions on the high street are mixed. then for if everything had already closed at the beginning of november it would have been ok then maybe we could have had a normal christmas. we have to go shopping now because stores will close from wednesday but it's understandable that stores will have to shut down. basically all of you i think it isn't good for anybody to close everything the week before christmas. let the most shops make their biggest earnings right now and the length of what you will find difficult financially for a lot of people. here and you know. the germans have been under a partial lockdown for the past 6 weeks with bars restaurants and all the leisure facilities closed. the new rules include closing schools and prohibiting alcohol

consumption in public. the deface of continuously high infections and deaths germany's president appealed to the public to take responsibility. because in q doc didn't view it was we're not completely at the mercy of the virus it's up to us and we know what to do. you can perspiring and celebrations friends and relatives will also be happy to receive their presents at a later point. what matters now is to preserve health and to say you. mentioned leaving so that. germany heading into a new year full lockdown this year's christmas will be far from ordinary. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour german a police say they have arrested another suspect in last year's robbery of

a priceless very famous in breena vaults museum interest only last month investigators are arrested 3 young men 2 suspects remained on the run now one of them has been detained in. turkish president wretch of air to one has called on the u.s. to reverse its decision to impose sanctions on his country washington slapped the sanctions on turkey after the country purchased a russian made anti-aircraft missile system the u.s. and turkey are nato allies and washington says the missiles in danger nato forces. well now to the all important draw for football's champions league round of 16 the knockout stages of europe's top club tournaments defending champion a buyer in munich will face off against italian club last a.o. are said dortmund will place the via other games include liverpool against manchester city against munchen gladbach and last season's runners up paris st

siobhan against barcelona the 1st games of the matches over 2 legs are due to take place in the middle of february and as you saw all 4 bonus league teams that made it into the champions league this season have progressed to the knockout stages and some consider that a surprise because the buddhist league has been referred to as a farmers' league meaning the level of competition except at the very top is of lesser quality than in other leagues but this season 2 clubs beyond the regular contenders byron endorsement have already shown they're worth. a lot of buy. and r.v. life seek. one looking to return to their glory days of the 1970 s. . the other looking to prove their historic run last season wasn't a fluke. plot but haven't reached the knockout stages of europe's top club

competition since 1977 nearly 10 years before the oldest player of their current roster was born blood bought into that drought by picking up points against reality and the luck number one into the all time title list in their final group stage match there was joy in defeat after learning they had advanced. made it through and my team deserves a lot of respect in pride for that i'm very proud of the guys rb leipsic who 1st earned promotion to the bundesliga in 2016 maybe to the champions league semifinal slask season and they did it without the services of t.-mo vienna which made you the inaugural is money look even more impressive at the helm in a tough group that included last season's finalists p.s.g. leipzig needed a win last week against manchester united in their final group stage match in order to advance and the bulls stampeded through. yeah that's what i meant regulations to

my team for getting to the next stage that was a big win for us after the experience last year in the knockout phase and the lads were burning to get there again and they did it 2 years ago no one this league sides even made it through to the champions league quarter finals but last season 2 teams reached the final for him the bund is legal to repeat that success and shake its farmers league tag once and for all. that at this hour news africa is up next. don't forget you can always get the latest news and information are around the clock on our website e.w. dot com and richardson in berlin for me the whole team here thanks much for watching. every day. for us and for our planet.

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hello i'm christie one day it's good to have you company one month from today vote is 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 forty's off human rights abuses amnesty international ses with even action day foster approaching it is imperative that the ugandan authorities reverse the president's use of excessive force by the security forces all betray me and detention as well as attacks on journalists the president the way most of his government has denied violating human rights most of any. seeking to extend his 35 year rule his main challenger is the pop star turned politician bobby wine both men need to win over young versus. as president surely must say will come panes in the countryside this group in kampala is mobilizing young voters to rally behind. the you're going.

to is a former ally of the opposition candidate. popularly known as. the recently failed out and cutter is now accusing wine of inciting the youth to violently destabilize the country. before violence this is the method i want to spread because if we don't just as these you were there will be misled. while you are in his words friends are behind him in this reception in many countries. blame the violence on the police. last month at least $54.00 people including a 15 year old protests that followed but the ones i raised during a campaign rally. the police accused of not adhering to covert 1000 restrictions. but one who no complains wearing a bulletproof vest has told supporters that he is being targeted for assassination

some of his friends now fear for their lives too i always tell my people i might not come back today. because i have any kind of sickness or have committed any kind of a mistake considering the fact that i chose. my life is always there always entertaining us. out of 10 registered voters in uganda are under the age of 40 many were born during the 70s presidency and he often scores than his grandchildren he promises to secure their future if they vote him in to serve his 6th consecutive term. will directly get funding urged them to remain disciplined spiritual ideological and productive but will be when's message 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 as 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 want to force their youth mostly wants their jobs to lead a better life while it may not be. what is much more clear at this time more than in the past is that the younger numbers could influence his election where. many ugandans 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. you are being used by the politicians because of their interests are you. know i well i was raised by their by their opposition to when i went and go to prison to serve in it just talk to me what's right why is

mentioning us to you with. the youth i don't ones taking advantage of the people power why. 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. and i but tom came in with a reported 50. may be seen by some as a generation of contest between the. new one he did not face the main challenger as the youngest the one who's half his age. both from trying to have. it. is how they. are. to get more into the story off you can do as election we've invited crispy

to handle onto the program he is an election democracy activist and a composite 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 years 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 crack 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 . grossed. you know out to you ways of contributing to society or generating a livelihood you have a desperate bloc of young people so i think the incidents of violence that you see are. with that category of young people looking for jobs who are looking for training who are looking for skills training who are

looking to keep themselves busy who are desperate to get something right to make a reflection of that great mystery here but i will point out that we have seen footage of police going off to opposition supports his. 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 endangered 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 campaign 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 and the political campaign but the thing is i think there's 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 understood and what about the electoral commission mystica here and 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 site itself more. the electoral commission the laws of uganda actually give the electoral commission powers section 12 of the electoral commission act gives the electrical mission paused to control all the

spectrum that relate to an election environment we haven't seen the electoral commission leveraging this law as as well as it you and i think ugandans are crying out that the electoral commission must assert itself must be independent must be professional and must be charge of every aspect of the electoral process that's chris. 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 south african angola working group warns that golan's are nearing extinction. you know the crowd. a sting operation stops these men in their tracks poachers about to meet a potential buyer in a parking lot and brawl south africa in the back seat of their car plastic bag

which police find a pangolin for sale. with animals good. rescues quickly taken to a vet you see penguins in a variety of different physical states some are very messy ated skeletal they've got wounds they've got injuries that. 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 pangolin 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 meeting ends 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 keep to nice awful conditions and it's incredibly traumatic for them. one of these cats size 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 150000 animals and estimates are but that is only about 20 percent. in the total it's 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 fed and back to good health the rescued penguins are released back into the wild and hopefully out of the reach of pitch. and that is it for now be

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in some of the world's biggest companies including industrial jobs global banks and back to say make it. rich nations start rolling out the corona virus vaccine but experts say access in 5 and seeing standard africa's way of getting enough doses. and running cases in germany. down which in turn spots a mad rush of pretty christmas show but it's. also coming up it could be a quiet time on the slopes in switzerland this winter and the 2nd lot of international tourists will stay away. and paid for the work that's their business a newspaper the australian says a leaked out of base of chinese communist party members shows they've managed to infiltrate high profile companies universities and government agencies abroad intelligence experts warn china is using the structure to achieve global dominance . china's managed to do what the western world still hasn't the viruses beaten the

lockdown is history economic indicators all pointing north again and stock markets are thriving. internationally though china's economic prowess is constrained huawei has been purged from many countries mobile networks accused of being beholden to the beijing leadership it's a constant thorn in china's sun for which it's adopted an apparently questionable solution the latest investigation suggest beijing has managed to slip party cards into some leading global companies among them boeing and folks as well as far as their own astra zeneca to pharma heavyweights developing covert 19 vaccines banks including h.s.b.c. and a.n.z. are also said to be employing stuff loyal to beijing and communist party members are also believed to be working for the consulates general of the u.s. u.k. and australia in shanghai general 2nd xi jinping has made clear his intentions you only have to listen to what he says he says he wants told control at

home and to make china the number one power abroad and he's well on his way to working on that project he's building up the people's liberation army. he's manipulating international organization for beijing's benefit there's no evidence yet of undue influence being exerted or of industry. but security analysts are warning that chinese communist party members could easily be used to obtain sensitive data or to pursue other potentially nefarious goals. covert $1000.00 infections are accelerating fast in parts of africa so leaders are watching closely as coronavirus vaccines are rolled out in other parts of the world at access and financing could hold back african nations the african union says the continent needs around $12000000000.00 to buy the jobs they need china's offer to share its vaccines which observers say is

a sign beijing's trying to flex its soft power in africa china has 5 vaccines in the 3rd phase of clinical trials it was important to see the back can see no biologics and see no farm if approved which african nations will get access all these countries have signed a memorandum of understanding with china's massive infrastructure project known as the belt and road initiative it's quite likely they'll be 1st in line considering the access and financing challenges i asked analyst deborah pointing them however line to africa is on china for the vaccine. accessibility is going to be a problem we have several different kinds of scenes and development around the world now and the ones that have come to the forefront require a cold chain that is quite restrictive it has to be very very cold temperatures and so you have for that you have to have electricity you have to have transport so all of that is going to be problematic and here i think it's possible that china will

be able to send some medical teams to help out with that as they did during the ebola crisis in the earlier part of the decade. but that's going to it's going to be a much bigger. transport challenge and one just sticks challenge than china alone will be able to do so i think they're joining in with kovacs bill and melinda gates foundation with the debbie h.-o. and then with all of the departments of health this is going to be it's going to be a complicated effort and the countries that can put in place a cold chain doubts dependable are the ones that will probably get the viruses back seems 1st financial markets initially rose on the news of the vaccine rollout in the united states but then the dow fell into negative territory best is realizing this won't be a silver bullets and that it's going to take time 1st person to see the code 900 x.

it was an intensive care nurse that love the jewish medical center of your. your state rather of to visit presidents of those homes are 1st in line to be inoculated shipments of the intake pfizer vaccine have been arriving at hospitals across the banks. as kauto is our new york correspondent yes why aren't traders more excited about this. well we did touch new records some early on in this session but then we detail oriented quite a bit with the dow jones industrial average so 1st of all we shouldn't forget how far we've come when we look at the record some at the stock markets and then that the vaccine would be out of here by monday it was expected by then also during the day we heard from mayor bill de blasio that for instance in new york and he is considering a full shutdown depending on how cases develop and if you look at the overall

numbers by now here in the united states we have more than 300000 people dying off the virus so we have about $190000.00 new cases each day is so it's going to take as you mentioned a little while before we have the mass vaccination and i think that's why traders are a bit cautious at this point so horrible numbers in a specter of not a lot of down how business is coping well it really depends on the size sent an industry especially smaller businesses are struggling quite a bit if you look at restaurants for instance i'm here in new york an indoor dining will be stopped again starting this when stay there was a survey out that actually 27 percent of teachers in the country are considering to quit their job we don't know if that's going to happen on the other side to clearly

everything that has the infrastructure to do online business they're doing pretty well if you look at companies like amazon so it really depends on the size and industry and and then we are also still waiting if we will get the next 8 package under way from congress and scoring new york thank you. well there's only one shopping days left until christmas if you're in germany that is the government's imposing a new lockdown for wednesday forcing nonessential retailers to close again if they too chaotic scenes as shoppers rush to buy their presents so much for social distancing germans found out on the weekend that the christmas shopping period would be cut by just over a week shoppers in hamburg say they were taken by surprise infamously in iran i think it's a bit ridiculous to have a lockdown with just 2 days warning going ahead and exact they should have made the

shutdown start today right away however i'm glad the shops are open because i also need to do some shopping. it's not just shoppers coming to terms with the news germany's retail sector makes as much as 100000000000 euros in the run up to christmas sandra tiranny owns a shop in hamburg trendy shunts unfertile district and she says there's little to be done. i'll try to be a little more present online to do some advertising here and there to make up for at least part of what i lost but that's the big question mark hanging about this is the school target. there was hope that christmas could be a time of rest by it now seems any break from the pandemic is still a long way off. several european countries depend heavily on revenue from winter tourism especially the ski resorts of the alps the swiss are hoping for good conditions this year but they could be in for a disappointment at the moment all of switzerland is considered a covert hotspot. ski conditions on the deal have

a let's say in the swiss region of engadine are outstanding at 3000 meters there's still not much action but residents are hoping for a season full of german tourists in the valley hotels are ready to welcome guests but all of switzerland has been deemed a high risk area since october. yes i think people are worried because this is our livelihood here. the infection rate has risen dramatically even in the sparsely populated region of engadine will germans and the europeans want to spend their winter vacation there no one really knows guests from further afield though won't be showing up. there so move off to find star hotels did fine in the summer but they're all worried about the winter no international visitors just aren't coming would probably call them so they're still there's hope that domestic tourists will come and take over it measures are in full effect in

all ski resorts this season that means masks on the lifts physical distancing and hand sanitizing waiting times are non existant at the moment but during the holidays visitors will have to be disciplined. we can tell people what to do but the guests have to behave as we tell them. in the gondolas the windows are open and there are a few up passengers in the snack areas there are no solids fake and cake on the plastic wrap. we have to be more responsible and wear a mosque that's better for sure. if they close down we're out of a job but health is the priority. people here remain hopeful they're doing all they can to prevent business from going downhill.

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january 10th making the already difficult situation for artists even more dire well look at how big named classical artists like on this 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 elevated the english spy novel to a high art 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 ballance 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 route 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. in an orchestra you always sit as close as you can with the other musicians especially the strings violinists chose viola's for the instruments you play in the same voice it's important to stick close to each other when you have this this

which is of course what it usually is if one is so far away from each other which it's almost impossible to perform the standard usage to confuse the of. give us some was he too young. 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 pot as name studios and outdoor swimming pool the money raised goes into an emergency

fund to help musicians whose concerts have been canceled the performance is also highlight the importance of music according to life is short but life without art is unthinkable. 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 and joining me to talk more about this is my colleague melissa holroyd welcome melissa now tell us exactly what it is that anderson 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 report 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 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 is the on the couch so they're like yeah ok i'll take part in it i 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 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 89 marks the end of

an era. for bestselling author john le carré 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 cold war was the main backdrop carry himself worked for british intelligence and hamburg in 1964 he quit to dedicate himself full charge him to writing. for and i started watching just for fun a few years back. i was already writing about spies before i joined the service. i was born when the war went up in august 968 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 carries the world of espionage was always a metaphor for the human condition. the writer was disappointed with geo political developments in the ninety's. 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 set in germany. because in some mysterious way my dense to me always to write about germany in one way or another

the writer often made cameo appearances in the film versions of his books they 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 spy fiction john kerry has passed away at the age of 89. staying 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 austrian author vicky 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. and 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 where valving door turns and much that looks like chance after all really

the law of cause and effect. grand hotel was austrian author vicki bounds 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 the grand hotel and bombs 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 genre 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 for most of my. job. here. i am 60. 3 years and move that. to sleep in. my car. good way below.

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