you know i've only said that i called her number 30 in front you. can see it because as you grow. this is g.w. news live from berlin guilty verdicts are handed down in france's shiny object trial a paris court has convicted 14 people for helping the islamist militants who attacked the satirical magazine and supermarket in 2015 also coming up on the show germany reports a record number of coronaviruses deaths almost a 1000 in a single day as the country begins

a tough new lockdown aimed at bringing the pandemic under control. and in a buddhist legal football byron munich had to battle from behind 2 beautiful spark and it was red hot striker robert levin to the rescue yet again. thanks for joining us of course in the french a capital paris has found 14 people guilty of involvement in the 2015 attacks on the satirical magazine shyly at joe and a jewish supermarket they were convicted of helping the 3 attackers who were killed in shootouts with police now the verdict comes at a time when france has again been hit by a wave of islamist terrorism prompting renewed debate over cartoon depictions of the prophet muhammad. on the day. gave the verdict charlie hebdo as cover reads god

has been put in his place crime cannot be justified in the name of religion the 14 convicted of helping to organize the deadly attacks were given jail terms from 4 years to life but the court rejected some terrorism charges against several defendants. sue could be said this is your this ruling recognizes that without a compass is there would be no attackers and no terrorism and everyone operating in this shadow world should be severely punished. in january 2015 to terrorists forced their way into the charlie hebdo offices and shot dead 12 people including france's most famous cartoonist coco an artist who survived the attack left her shaking that after the shooting there was a deathly silence. just 2 days later another terrorist ceased hostages in

a kosher food shop 4 people were killed this trial was an attempt to end a national trauma. this is an important trial because in this country freedoms are under attack it underlines that we will defend these freedoms and up hold the law before but even as the case was being heard tara returned to france knife attackers struck near charlie hebdo as form offices a teacher was beheaded and there were fatal stabbing several chose to make. this verdict and one painful chapter but the threat of terror remains all too real. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world japanese prosecutors have charged a man with a murder over an arson attack on an animation studio last year shinji is accused of setting the kyoto animation building on fire killing 36 people and injuring dozens more he claimed the studio had stolen his work. people living in the path of

a super storm set to hit fiji have been warned to secure their properties or flee to the nearest emergency shelters authorities are warning about cycling is strong enough to uproot buildings. the e.u. has announced plans to revamp its dated cyber security rules just days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was hacked protecting financial markets and health care infrastructure are the e.u.'s the top priorities brussels also wants to bolster its sanctions response to cyber security breaches. at the number of the daily deaths attributed to the corona virus have reached a new record high in germany on wednesday with almost 1000 fatalities registered within 24 hours and that number is likely to climb even more in the coming weeks as the country has failed to stop the growth in new infections especially among the elderly the government hopes it can turn the tide with a tough new lockdown that has just gone into force nationwide. the 1st day of

germany's tougher lockdown all non-essential shops are shuttered at one of the busiest times of the year just before christmas one of berlin's most famous shopping streets is almost empty a strange sight at this time of the year. it's very unusual it depresses me a bit but i tell myself it's only this year next year it will be better again. it doesn't really bother me we've got a lot of christmas presents already and i think you can also celebrate christmas a little more modestly it's a time when everything is a little quieter anyway after christmas so it's ok with me. which is why. we just have to learn other forms of social contact that's the way it has to be because the number of deaths is so high. the new lockdown came as germany reached

a somber new record the highest court in $1000.00 death toll since the start of the pandemic in some areas hospitals are nearing capacity and health experts say cases could continue to rise over the next couple of weeks some respite could be brought by the vaccine its approval in europe appears only days away but speaking in parliament on wednesday chancellor angela merkel said the vaccine will not automatically end coronavirus measures including wearing face masks must will soon need to wear masks people may not have symptoms at all or symptoms may be milder for those who have been vaccinated it's not known whether the virus can be passed on to others this needs more research and therefore wearing masks will still be necessary. germany's new lockdown which includes the closure of schools is meant to stay in place until january 10th but health experts and politicians have warned

that if the situation does not improve significantly they may remain for longer. so let's take a closer look at the lockdown changes that are now in effect here in germany all a non-essential shops have closed while supermarkets pharmacies and banks remain open schools are also closed and companies are being urged to allow staff to work from home chancellor angela merkel is appealing to the public to limit social contacts during the holidays and that there will be no sales of fireworks to help ease the pressure on hospitals and limit public gatherings on new year's eve. that's germany's response let's take a look now at the latest a global developments in the pandemic u.s. regulators say the modern a vaccine is safe and 94 percent effective meaning a 2nd vaccine could be rolled out in the u.s. next week south korea's capital seoul meanwhile has only 3 intensive care beds left in a city with a population of nearly 26000000 the country has reported

a record surge in cases over recent days and scientists from the world health organization are planning to visit the chinese city of wuhan where the corona virus was 1st reported they want to find out how it jumps species from animals to humans . and a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth with a precious cargo on board successfully landing in inner mongolia china is only the 3rd country to have successfully brought back samples from the moon's surface it hopes the rocks and dust can provide insight into the moon's origins. the end of a historic commission as planned the reentry vehicle separated from the overturned and it entered the earth's atmosphere and began its descent to speed of 11 kilometers per 2nd. parachute slowed down the capsule to enable a safe landing in the monk early in the desert. chang a 5 was one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's airspace

history. when the rocket was launched on november 23rd it was a source of national pride the probe was made up of 4 modules one was the lander which is dug for rocks and soil. the materials were then transferred into a return capsule for the journey back to earth. it's the 1st time in 4 decades that material has been brought back from the moon china's space ambitions are no secret and to bring growing for years. the in 2003 it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space. 10 years later china hit another milestone successfully landing an un piloted spacecraft on the moon it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union's success in 1976 more chinese cheers in

january 29000 in a global 1st aloon a probe touching down on the far side of the moon boosting china's space ambitions mars is also in its sights this year beijing launching an unmanned probe to the red planet. in july final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system the country's rival to the u.s. a g.p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon was one of china's most ambitious to date one which beijing was determined would be another success. and if you are lucky enough to have ever met a kangaroo and thought that it was trying to tell you something well then a new study suggests you may not have been dreaming the research shows the marsupials are capable of behaviors only previously seen in animals like dogs if

into masticated for hundreds of years. this is not a skill but you were. not made the can review. as seen from the hit australian television series skippy the bush conquering all about a highly intelligent crime solving must see you peel research is now save the show might not be as fictional as 1st thought they gave kangaroos for wildlife parks a sealed box containing food when views can get inside most of them looked to a human for help and much to our surprise they did show the case in behavior and the case alternations that are usually associated with domestic animals so it shows that this effect of trying to deliberately communicate with a human is not really restricted to the usual domestic species that we know it

means can breed is joined other animals like dogs cats and horses in being able to communicate with humans. and of course the little towns experiment so task itself is quite simplistic but nevertheless it is important important to carry it out a wild species are truly wise species like a ruse australia has a complicated relationship with the congress with many people considering them pasts his hope for finding is could change the image of one of his symbols of us trail e r. it's got to speed with some sports news now and a bundesliga champions of byron munich find themselves in the unusual position of 2nd place on wednesday night they faced a tough opponents in visitors and full vaults are yet to lose a game in the best season but as so often robert evans stole the show. by and were looking to strut their stuff in their last home game of 2020 but that

was always likely to be difficult against a dog vote spoke site looking to extend their long unbeaten run. and it was the wolves who showed more bite early on the 1000000 philip foley home to make it one nil to the visitors after just 5 minutes we're isone with the mistake and how philip punished it 2 minutes into 1st half stoppage time by him finally bared their teeth a lovely cross from kingsley and you simply can't give robert levin dusky documents written. on facebook hunt learned their lesson in 5 minutes into the 2nd half live indulge he was given the freedom of the allianz arena to make it to one of the polls 14th and 15th goals of the season with a difference as the champions kept up the chase on table toppers leverkusen who are no the biggest leaguers only unbeaten site much to full sporks disappointment. also on wednesday night's surprise legal leaders of laver close and put on a dominant performance away at cologne beating the billy goat for. a free kick in

the 8th minute and got the party started with mitchell vice or volley in home a real screamer to open the scoring. now headed experience luiz straight to the foot of and he put leverkusen on top to stay. now let's take a look at all the results on a match day 12th as we saw byron munich beat of old spark and leverkusen stuart cologne snuck past hoffenheim defeated bielefeld a frybread of beats winless on a tuesday dog and edge past a braman of french fries and played to a draw as it should and then as did head to berlin and mights. and a quick reminder you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if

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not often caught in the gym well but just sometimes i am but i said nothing which is the result of an think steve winter german culture of looking at the stereotype quirks but interesting to see the countries that i don't blame. need it seems to take the scrum on their own you know most of the for. this is g.w. news africa on the program today ought to stolen from africans nigerians fanny and bronzes are among the asa fact snood said by colonialists some of them will be santa pieces at a new museum that officially opened in berlin today but nigeria once these objects back. and to manual is actually a professional soccer player but he's had to switch trains to survive in the pandemic zimbabwe's football league's not been able to bring players back to the pitch.

hello i'm kristie wonder it's good to have your company a huge new museum housing thousands of aussie affects from africa asia and oceania is opening here in berlin today it has been he is in the making but it's inauguration is being overshadowed by an increasingly heated debate on news that that's because among the items say to be displayed at the museum known as the home form the beni bronzes they all sculptures and missile clocks stolen from the bridge by the british in 897 from the kingdom of binney and in what is now stage in southern nigeria and sold to a number of western countries they're viewed as some of africa's gracious treasures and calls all growing for the german government to return them you want to try to tell them of these things here that they belong here these that they were made to

lead into the police they do very well with me that they now the person demanding the return of the binning bronzes is nigeria's ambassador to germany his ex and in the use of 2 costs into lives of the german government making the demand he joins me now to talk about this welcome to news africa ambassador why do you feel so strongly about the return of the sculpture is why is it so important to get them back to nigeria. it's a continuation of major its positions independence major has been consistently orly for the return of. stolen cultural properties which included in bronze is in ruins is if there are other quirks as well as the not terrible to read and. to doing that advocacy right

and a message in these sculpture is there considered sacred to people in nigeria just how does it feel knowing that if these people who revere these for what they are once a see them they've got to travel all the way see europe truth of the matter is majority of the people cannot see them 200000000 nigerians out of there are probably just a handful of people who have the ability to view such cultural properties and we have a very youthful. feel that it would go a long way towards are assisting. us to understand our history our culture but you can only in a situation where. we were. projected to be the rest of his beautiful contact with and late. ambassador the truth is i mean you've

said it yourself that this is something you've been calling for since independence it's been about 8 years since you wrote that letter to the german government how do you feel about the response that nigeria has been getting to feel like this studio here that the germans are dragging their feet about this well the fact of the matter is we have not received a response yet a year later and what do you make of the best of our knowledge. well it's quite strange corporate put you because as you know embassies represent countries in other states in other countries and or your communication and we need from the end was within the country being communicated so. we would have a blast expected some sort of ambassador yet you haven't been given a response and best today you've taken that you see to twitter going public about

what is normally done through private diplomatic channels i just wonder if you're confident or perhaps how confident you are that you're going to be successful in your push to get these artifacts back whether this is an idea whose time is right you know this education. is all over the world and it's tied directly to colonial legacy and particularly in germany the home of the you know infamous world in conference in 885 and you have to remember that the sacking of been in the view didn't musta or how current 12 years up to the present conference re 897 so it's directly vicious and to display such utter worse student reports he's in berlin where the conference took place is.

you know it gives the feeling of a sort of in your face for lack of a better for it all right that's nigeria's ambassador to germany is excellent c.e.o.'s of took i thank you. now zimbabwe's soccer play is have been off the pitch since the start of the cover $1000.00 pandemic without their weekly wages most of them have had to find other means to make ends meet as privileged reports from. 24 year old emmanuel monday is no ordinary vehicle mechanic emanuel is a professional soccer player at zimbabwe's top flight team heresy to football club but here he is fixing to supplement his income shook up players in the country have been hit hard by the suspension of the league ju to 19 they can

hardly survive. fixing cars because. i'm not getting those things you move those students. to just sub to me belts more fixing games usually when we get those we can survive . until the next game but at the moment we're only gearing salaries. at this speech emanuel and others are training but they are nor make cheese to play clubs had resumed training in anticipation of starting the league all or no simpering is playing football so the more mean it's almost a season that we have lost and so many of which unix is lost you know maybe it was to play this week was going to to play with in the barracks so their job being

able to play on the top layer of government cleared the resumption of the league under the bubble regulations but football administrators insist that the concept is expensive and unsustainable now the league may only retain in march 2021. this empty stadium is a reflection of the zimbabwe premier show colleague. football or thirty's seem not to be sure about the corvids 1000 regulations to implemented so that the league may resume again football players and fans are the biggest losers at these rough grounds in the capital harare somebody township social smoker has feud in the vacuum left by the professional league. soccer fans gather each weekend to enjoy games though they are disappointed by the suspension of the premier league

is not good in theory the food will be played this rugby is some there is playing south africa's playing but right now in zimbabwe like playing a premier soccer league its pains are so much across town as soccer academy is training youngsters or 210 professional trainers hoping reason will prevail for the return of the premier sokolich our football has suffered enough is not a joke let's say to make sure we make a decision said of football to make sure beginning of the football should be seen benefited more than anything personally it is keeping the clash. the personality clashes are not helping professional players like emmanuel mundy around the training is or they can do for now is they wait for competitive games to resume.

the war says of the republic of congo are home to about 5 out of 7 of the world's protected species of seated holes that make the country viceral to stopping the extinction of these endangered animals the conservation group. is playing a key role in helping the sea turtles of ice i this sea turtle is an able to move exhausted after being caught in fishing that. joffrey gotta find some of them almost every day. the form of fishermen has been working alongside marine conservation organization rena tura for more than 10 years now. every morning forgot to patrols this area called project indian in order to free accidentally trip totals the after noting the turtles details hopes of getting back to its natural habitat the atlantic ocean but fishing nets are not the only danger he says.

a lot when the turtles come to the coast to lay eggs the poachers take the eggs by doing so they're killing off the species and it all disappear as bothered. to provide a protected space for a growing turtles hatcheries have been set up along the coast and one here in the torah is also working on educating youngsters about the environment its staff give listeners in local schools. the plastic bags suffocate the sea turtle since reyna tourist creation the local turtle population is estimated to be on the rise according to direct an attorney me and sequel in 2001 the sea turtles became fully protected in congo she says. now the next achievement for the association will be the designation of as a marine protected area whatever it is it is

a very important area for the marine turtles it is a very rich area and giving it this protected area status will ultimately improve the protection of the species i mean you know if you don't want to call philip on that if one of. the congolese coastline is an important breeding and feeding site 5 of the 7 protected species of sea turtles in the world come here each year. well that is it for now for africa today be sure to check out our of the stories on dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter now as always we're keen to know what you think about the stories that we covered here on the program and the stories that you think that we should be covering let's talk i'm on social media twitter is my favorite medium i'm at one place event it's. about. to.

enter the conflict with sarah kelly more than 2 years ago ethiopian prime minister abi ahmed road to power with a wave of hope but now he's waged a military offensive on forces in the northern tier growing region my guest this week from addis ababa exotica brahma ethiopian minister for democratization where's the peaceful future of his prime minister promised conflicts. in 60 minutes. and

david this is climate change. happiness pretty good. for you. smarter for free you know we're broke. cheers for wall street and a lot of american businesses that are just hanging on the head of the federal reserve sees a very strong case for more fiscal stimulus for the world's biggest economy. economic ailments the list is long and the latest numbers a giant look into ways out of the crisis and my apartment germans fork out a small fortune for furniture to make a little comfy and. i'm going to do business where still living in

a very uncertain world thanks to the coronavirus federal reserve chief to run power made that clear in a speech on wednesday the fed keeping rates near 0 and promising to continue buying government bonds until the economy makes substantial progress steps designed to reassure financial markets and keep borrowing rates low as we have emphasized throughout the pandemic the outlook for the economy is extraordinarily uncertain and will depend in large part on the course of the virus the recent news on vaccines has been very positive however significant challenges and uncertainties remain with regard to the timing production and distribution of vaccines as well as their efficacy across different groups it remains difficult to assess the timing and scope of the economic implications of these developments and what is the pain let's check in with you and scoring you joke is that a thumbs up for another big stimulus package. overall it

is the only thing is it's not drone policy decision but republicans and democrats have to get together and we are still waiting for that jerome pall over all brought pretty mixed back on one side he actually increased the 4 cost for economic growth next year they also know what the expectation for unemployment rate on the other side he also mentioned that it's going to take many years before main street where it was before the pandemic started and therefore the federal reserve probably won't touch interest rates before 2024 will not last point they what sort of message to retail sales sending right now well if they finitely showing the impacts of rising corona cases here in the united states also all of a recent downturn when it comes to employment here in the united states the retail

sales for november dropped by 1 point one percent that was weaker than expected and it was already the 2nd consecutive months that retail sales actually dropped so that is just another point that underlines how important it would be to bring more money to bring more aid to the american population and also to businesses and school to thank you very much. now to some of the other business stories making news california has fined $59000000.00 the right hating app failed to disclose the details over a 1000 alleged sexual assault victims the incidents occurred between $27.00 dutch when it was just $5000.00 u.s. dollars high risk funds are turning to more exotic investments to make a profit. and the u.s. treasury has labeled switzerland and viet nam currency manipulator it's also added taiwan thailand and india to

a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar. good and bad news for argentina data show while its economy has shrunk yet again it's not as bad as earlier in the year christmas that product growth was mine is 5 percent in the 1st quarter generally in line with the previous year but take a look at the 2nd quarter that's really falling off a cliff 19 percent and the 3rd quarter well minus 10 isn't as bad but it's not enough to get an economy moving along that needs a lot of help. one year into his presidency argentina's leader of is fighting a battle on 3 fronts the country's economy is in tatters the debt pile seems insurmountable and then there's the pen demick initially the government took quick action and initiated a lockdown but couldn't afford it any longer. i believe that at 1st the

state took strict and strong health measures to try to prevent the spread of the virus but then they relaxed the measures because of the very serious economic situation. because you know. the situation 3 year long recession that has led argentina to miss a series of debt payments new loans are currently negotiated between the government and iris and the international monetary fund as well as private lenders recent talks have been complicated but economy minister martin guzman is optimistic. the restructuring was necessary condition through. argentina's microeconomic problems not a sufficient one segment on top of the american economy crisis and we're suffering and the country to suffer from april 20. 5th and then he did and that deep in the programs where we're here on our feet and 20 one's going to be

a better year. how much better for 2021 who's money expects his country's economy to grow by 5 percent. has is following the numbers for us how there are so many things wrong with the argentine economy of falling peso surging inflation extremely high poverty what makes the economy minister so optimistic about growth because next year well 5 percent growth sounds very good at 1st but not if you are coming from deep contraction of your economy of water. or 11 percent which is what we'll probably see in the end of this year so it is true that this is not really an accomplishment despite what the minister says that being said it is true that in specially the last few weeks argentina has seen stability to a certain extent especially in its currency many have predicted a currency crisis by december and it appears to be that the fact that companies are

paying bonuses for example that they have to pay in argentina and pencils at the end of the year is making the fact that a currency that usually people try to get rid of as quickly as they can to buy dollars has seen an increased demand and that has stabilized the currency at least for now experts also reminds us however that many of the currency crisis in argentina have happened in january turbulent times to build still be ahead so where would you say the government's gone wrong well i would say it's not even discover meant it's more the inconsistency in the argentinian economic policy depending on what government was in power that has reversed the policies of the previous government every government comes in and says it's going to get better very soon but it never happens and the truth is that in the meantime argentina has become an uncertain turn for investment because you don't know what is going to happen if you're going to respect payments credits or if they're going to respect private property so it's in secure as it is as an investment destination and it keeps being insecure what about next year that well it will ultimately depend on a go she ations with the international monetary fund that are on the way and with

the lenders of the country if this government achieves an agreement that everyone is happy with that could be a new start for restoring the credibility as an investment to the nation which is the only solution to all the other problems that the economy has of the alligators thank you very much for coming in well online furniture supply is a finally coming of age in germany through a digital catalog and get everything to live into that will. house photo shoot close by the. storing this. online furniture trade at home 24 is making pictures for the company's website. 180000 articles are on offer with new models joining every day since the pandemic struck online furniture sales have shot up by 50 percent. the money that people would otherwise have invested in holidaying abroad is now going into home improvements says the

company's c.e.o. . we weren't expecting such a boom initially we were also gripped by a sense of insecurity but then we responded very quickly and learned fast. what we have been expecting for the last 10 years is that online furniture demand will start to climb the same way it's been doing for ages in the electronics and fashion sectors. the company's sales warehouse has furniture packs stacked up to the 12 metre high roof cupboards tables chairs mirrors. normally smaller pieces are delivered to a customer within 2 days of ordering larger pieces can take a week but after 10 months of massive orders logistics manager who betis miccolis is having trouble getting fresh pieces in storage space is increasingly standing empty. right now we've got about 100000 packages lying here we can see that there

are gaps in the supply chain here and there we're already facing delivery bottlenecks and our suppliers are offering us different delivery deadlines to the ones we used to. with supply and demand under so much pressure the company doesn't want to waste time or space with returns. so its open show rooms in 6 large cities . here potential customers can try out a selection of the online furniture and meet sales staff as well. the showroom strategy is also a way of developing long term relations with customers won over during the pandemic . and finally coronavirus restrictions and the prospect of a no deal break set are on the minds of many birds this christmas but it seems many are seeking comfort in festive tradition the british christmas tree growers association says tree sales have taken off this year particular 1st time by its

especially popular bigger and for the treats travel restrictions mean more people likely to celebrate the holidays from home this year and i guess they will make it nice. that's the business with it.

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his term and his greatest musical genius recognizable around the world the one and only fish on beethoven and for his 250th anniversary year he's had a pretty raw deal. but the good news is the beethoven year like most other things has been properly extended so we can give him a proper celebration welcome to arts and culture where beethoven is of course our man of the hour but there's some other big news. the low awaited opening of what was once berlin's prussian royal palace rebuilt and repurposed us the home use the

i'm complex. well the coronavirus pandemic has indeed wreaked havoc with so many cultural events in 2020 and after multiple delays the homebush form opens just in time for germany's 2nd major lockdown which means it's had to resort to a live stream the vast and hugely expensive complex adds a new element to berlin's already unique museum landscape and before we talk about it in detail let's look at the side of how it came to be. it could be europe's most hotly debated construction project. at the heart of berlin looks like a palace from 3 sides.