your story will. 'd be with numbers of women especially of victims of violence and. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. for your another visit to another year you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is data every news africa on the program today violence in the central african republic ahead of the weekend's election we hear from religious leaders trying to defuse tensions by preaching to these and poured it on politicians to deliver a peaceful vote. and we hear from cattle herd is in senegal who say recent

heavy rains have resulted in green of austria's for their animals to take here on to the construction sites. that's will meet the engineer designing eco friendly buildings in south africa and the rest of the on to. tell i'm christine one day it's good to have you any tensions are rising in the central african republic ahead of the presidential election this sunday the u.n. security council has condemned in the strongest terms what it called violence perpetrated by armed groups and militias in the run up to the poll now the incumbent force in to tehran is again running for office 1st in the last few days there have been reports of an image to attempt by militants moyle to former president francois was easy who was overthrown it's when the 13 the militants are

said to have seized control of towns outside of the capital bangui rwandan and russian troops have been deployed to help come to be and wrists. now we'll have more on those developments in a moment but 1st a look at how religious leaders are addressing the standoff which some are trying to frame as a clash between christians and muslims. was. it's prayer time into your 1000000000 able who would in benghazi. it's here we meet in mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. sees the conflict broke out in 2013 the in mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the christian majority country instead it's politics with

a theory permit some traffic then the conflict in ca our had been likened to an interlude just conflict. religion had nothing to do with it. the main actors are politicians they are the only ones who can give valid reasons for the situation in the central african republic. and groups of controlled large parts of the country since the $213.00 civil war and there's been an increase in violence in the run up to the elections the government has accused the former president. of joining forces with rebels on attempting a coup. meanwhile leaders of appealed for peace urging all parties to stop the violence and secure a peaceful election the central african people want to go to the elections it is the democratic regime that chooses its leaders to bring light to illuminate the

voice of an entire people the church indicates is for us through the proclamation of the gospel whenever the mass is celebrated the word of god is also proclaim. we pray that peace will be restored and that citizens will be able to freely exercise their right to vote. but some members of the opposition has lost faith in prayers they've said there will be boycotting the election because they don't trust that it will be free and fair. and for more on the story we've invited poor many on to the program he's a journalist by profession and is currently consulting fellow for the africa program at chatham house good to see you paul welcome to the program rwandan and russian troops are in the central african republic at the moment at the request of banks what are we should make of that. well i think it's really 2 different agendas rwanda has tried to project itself as a major or thora t. on 30 within the african space over the last several years and

it's it's contributed troops to many stabilisation forces and operations around the continent and it would present its operations in those ways russian on the other hand has been recruited by president to udev as a bilateral security partner and for some time there has been mercenaries from the russian military company which is believed to have a close links to the care of kremlin operating in the cia are under an agreement with the government because the traditional defense for partner france is the former colonial power and it is probably easier both for paris and bobby for or for that relationship to be more in the background and so the russians are the big sort of outside bilateral player with the capacity to act if you like an aggressive force whereas obviously the un force in in the cia are is a u.n.

peacekeeping operation the devil take his is a former president. of crossing a coup how credible are these allegations. well it's very difficult to find hard evidence what we know is that. was easy was turned down as a candidate earlier this month by the constitutional court and he was very upset about that but nevertheless indorsed on one of the alternative opposition challenges that he's now believed to have then retreated to his hometown. in in the sort of about 300 kilometers north of maliki and in the area to the west of that is where we've seen always rebel activity over recent days but absolute proof isn't in the public domain on the other hand the international community the g. 5 plus group of partners the u.s. france russia the u.n.

the e.u. and others who are the main partners to the cia are they have issued a very very public fierce warning naming was a here on sunday and so one wonders whether intelligence sources have more information about those is israel than is out in the public space right that's poor maybe thank you. west africa's salvation has been hit by heavy rains and floods in recent months it's rates concent it's stream weather events and the high cost of climate change but the downpours did offer some respect for that is especially in senegal they've suffered for years as temperature has increased and food and water become more difficult to find. life is hard for her to such a starry sound senegal. his existence and that of his life stock are under

increasing threat from drought. over the last 6 years the dry season has become longer and harder. but this year there was an exception that changed the situation . man on oregon and last year during the same period grass was already drawn by and there was not a lot of it now the grass is still green the last train was only a month ago which means this year it's much better. knowing that large parts of west africa have been hit by heavy rains in the last few months in some places they cause catastrophic flooding and a fuel to fears about extreme weather and climate change. but one upside for senegal's herders has been the growth of the thickest vegetation in years. the direct one runge in the north say the heavy rains and allowed certain plants to start flourishing again. and that the cattle and sheep are at their fattest in recent memory. or whatever you see the good body mass due to the high volume of

grazing. but most believe the good fortune will be short lived this year's rains were unusual and the unpredictability of the weather makes it impossible to plan and it's even causing some to rethink their lives as herders. god is making human beings face an existential crisis. we don't know what tomorrow will be made of the fears are real we have not experienced such heavy rainfall in more than 30 years. the glorious years rainy seasons lasted for 2 months which is too short for wintering. but god decides. so while this she may have offered a brief response to her does the future of this traditional activity remains uncertain. but as we see it in that report africa's fading they fix of climate

change more than the parts of the world and that's despite the fact that the continent contributes the least to the problem but one engineer in south africa say's africa should be working towards building a green future and that's exactly what she's doing. the fancy rosebank area of johannesburg is home to this property development and beersheba oversees the electrical work on 2 floors let me take you to the going to texas site. company green design is an engineering consulting firm that specializes in green buildings that means using energy efficient materials and smart designs to save electricity for example by using efficient airflow in windows instead of air conditioning is. a rather new nation industry at the moment there is only a handful of similar companies on the continent. with everything that we do be considered green so that's part of how we do our designs it's not

a line i have it actually is integrated in how we've designed it so we've got any lights lots of natural lights coming into the space and we've got occupancy since. shaba tries her best to live her life in an eco friendly manner the 33 year old sold her car to reduce her greenhouse gas emissions and now takes public transport to our office her staff works from home due to the pandemic when shabazz started her company after university she had a clear target addressing climate change through construction. is the greatest source of the problem but also the solution and that's really been my hot is how do we change the way that we engineer buildings and how do we ensure that self-sufficient mindful of the planet mindful of people despite a challenging 1st year in the industry as businesses picked up since she started in 2016 her company work so far on 15 construction projects she has also given

lectures and held workshops throughout africa. after a long day and workshop meets her business partner over a drink to talk about future plans. she's an iron lady but i think she's a basis to do and i think that's easy to do is why. really so busy this in the long run that's what creates a death in the workers so she's quite fantastic camera and i think she also a lot of difficult questions that i don't always appreciate. i did reveal a very and i think that the partnerships of raising the show the has a clear vision. more than 60 percent of the people on all continents news i read just one is in the day mcgraw and i really want to see them understand crime and we need just i need all kinds of them forward into the sea-tac it's a long journey shopper admits but she's willing to take it one project at a time and there are positive signs the city of johannesburg just currently drafting a green building policy. and that's it for now i'll be sure to check out all of the

stories on deja dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today will leave you with some shots of the landscapes order and glory that make africa and the beautiful have a sash that is as old with for 60 so you next time about. to. lose.

you know. this christmas tom hanks is sharing the limelight with a much younger costar actress. wasn't even born yet when hanks played his most famous roles but she's not intimidated. we'll be hearing from the 12 year old star coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show. 2 artists

twins painting as one missing sisters tackle racism and colonialism with bold precision. and a vision of hope and at the end of a tough year a flock of paper dubs takes flight for the washington national cathedral. well it's been just a year since 12 year old german actress helen out saying that made her fiery big screen debut in system crasher the indie film that was germany's surprise entry for the 2020 oscars now she's made the huge leap to hollywood starring alongside tom hanks in the new western period drama news of the world based on a novel by a pilot giles our film reporter scott roxboro caught up with the young star over zoom. in the news of the world plays.

a german orphan raised by the one they those who killed her family she's found by captain kidd played by tom hanks. says if you think a 12 year old german girl would be intimidated acting alongside a hollywood legend well then you don't know where you go but. even the 2 time oscar winner was impressed by this rising star from berlin. i cannot stress enough. the incredible power of the young one those scenes with with the 2 of us that those those those crackled they would if they were ridiculous fun in order in order to shoot singles crackle and energy threaten to explode in system pressure or breakthrough film. she plays benny the girl traumatised and out of control. on his own and it's

nice. but it's the quiet scenes like those in the news of the world but the young actress bynes most challenging. show the feeling. i think the most difficult scene was really the last the very last scene i won't give any spoilers but i can say cathy here and johana both have to cry and it wasn't so easy because when they say now close up on her laina and i knew i had to show all my emotions that now's my chance and then so now calls up right now and then dies ok so yes it was i don't like the inside is yet another director paul greengrass cast saying on 5 minutes after meeting her you can see she burned. and all the great and to do it's like a calling it's just it's not a choice it's just. so. she's got through to.

a natural talent single can jump in and out of character on command. because you miss you so decide when they say action it's like you flip a switch then and i'm like. you just have to have i don't know. i don't i don't. get it you deal. with her new film saying always getting a chance to show her talent to the world is a force. that . make no mistake captain. the movie news of the world comes out in u.s. theaters this week netflix is expected to release it sometime next year well some people are just born with talent and sometimes talent comes into. it

and rabindra saying developed their style while attending art school together it's a contemporary revival of traditional indian painting but the sisters used to draw attention to all kinds of social issues the same twins' work is in collections around the world. the twin artists do almost everything together. ever painted wash all of their works accredited to the singing tweens to painters who see themselves as one artist with chill cultural identity. questioning this whole idea of individuality which is a very big cons that in the west we've also challenged the kind of cultural stereotyping and the resin that we face as asians groener in this and we lived in a very white we don't an area where we were expected to you know all there to choose one or the other are you british or are you indian and you know what we got

the bell. this time also plays on that too alice he inspired by centuries of indian miniature painting plus christian art plus plus missing twins call it past modern. ambitious tab lows full of reference serves often to what's happening in the news. their latest work and our march to britain's national health service the n.h.s. here the deadly dragon of covert 19 isn't being vanquished by st george but by a nurse with ancient roots. britain's prime minister isn't much help. looking really at the hypocrisy of the government that has really given no support to the n.h.s. over the decades if really were the n.h.s. into the ground we really wanted to reference the age and minority communities in this country who are really the backbone of the n.h.s.

just and without them and the whole thing to them just wouldn't you know we'd just collapse. many of their works examine capitalism and the realities of post-colonial britain including breaks it which the artists see as a tragedy. they also take a stance in their works against british imperialism which many britons still viewed positively. almost in the forgotten histories of the by the darker side of empire where you really see that it was very much built on the blood. of the country is that the. ever that's not really explore this really fascinating 1st to see how there are parallels either with what happened during the time that there are into day. to seeing twins latest series slaves of fashion encompasses more than 2 dozen paintings the works are the result of deep research

into india's textile history colonialism and slavery the result is a highly political take on the dark side of fashion. one of the twins' paintings in the style of the renascence triptych is set to go on display in germany it's a detailed account of the amritsar massacre of 1919 when british colonial soldiers fired on a crowd of unarmed civilians killing hundreds. the event go fuel to independence movement against britain a dark chapter of history that artists are still confronting today. leaving the us they are part of that tradition using our art as our voice to.

go close those ideas and beliefs and ambitions and passages about the world but also to try and get other people to engage in those issues as well. again to sing twin's work is about to ality building a fair a future by examining. the past. well theaters of museums and concert venues in the united states are now looking to the future with a little more confidence the u.s. is finally releasing its 1st big aid package for the arts $15000000000.00 broadway leaders and museum directors are thanking congress for the funds which much of the culture sector sees as a last chance for survival amid the coronavirus pandemic the boost comes as part of congress's $900000000000.00 stimulus plan. and sticking with the u.s. now the washington national cathedral is all aflutter with a flock of 2000 origami doves now doves are

a common motif around christmas time but this installation is more than just holiday decoration. white dogs a symbol of peace and freedom the dog is also the messenger the dean of washington national cathedral hopes the message here can be one of transform nation. it's a thing of beauty and a thing of hope the thing that points to a future that's coming when we're no longer dominated by this pandemic this place is a place of beauty anyway but to. during this difficult time is just a wonderful addition. the installation may be timely but the flock created by german artist michelle pentrate has already appeared in cathedrals across the world over the past 6 years it's called. meaning the dogs. it's been to

jerusalem it's been to munich it's been to new york it's been to san francisco it's been to london souls because. in and so these stars literally come from all over the world from all different countries from different people different religions that idea behind it so another meaning like the flock is growing. let alone that it's a multi-sensory exhibition that explores the white birds as an ongoing symbol of the spirit how that's changed and what it means for us today the concept of the exhibition is one if unity. and i started to involve people and i'm falling all of this space and in bars and restaurants where when we were falling does that this is a really none of those are the same they're all individual differences even though they look from here they look the same but they're not. the dow currently closed local and what will remain a feature of the washington cathedral till my. and

i'll leave you now with another special treat 60 years ago the late choreographer alvin ailey premiered his signature ballet revelations inspired by african-american spirituals this year due to the pandemic his company has put its shows online for free that includes revelations and some world premieres here's a look at some of those performances see you next. exactly. if i'm out there really i'm a choreographer. i'm a black. or the song. of the song my roots also in the gospel such software. is too short. to the human spirit that steve. my. mom i

run. the ball.

down. to. the last minute christmas cheer to reclaim a. christmas gift on top of. the 1st major blow. to. the minutes on w. one continent. 700000000 people. with their own personal stories. explored every day life for. what europeans fear and what they hope

for. focus on their own. on t.w. . story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards. their mothers were germans living in the occupied drawing land their father's soldiers from the french colonies. the staff of german children had a hard time and because they were a reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of national pride and racism the folk the european population felt that it was important to be mighty and to stay right like. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. because of them

. charged 11th on d w. d w news live from berlin the head of german vaccine maker bio untacked says he is confident it's come. but he's vaccine will work against a new variant of the corona virus but if need be the worshipping says his company can also build a vaccine specifically tailored to the more infectious version in just 6 weeks also coming up on the show at a standstill as europe of blocks of british goods hundreds of truck drivers are

stuck in massive pubes in southern england where drug we want to spend christmas at home without trampling every very bad economy. we meet the stranded truckers whose only wish is to be driving home for christmas. and it tensions rise between the e.u. and russia over the poisoning of the russian opposition leader alexei nobody after europe slaps moscow with sanctions the kremlin it's backed with travel bans. and claridge's and hello and welcome to the show. german a drug maker biotech says it's confident that it's widely approved vaccine will work against the new variant of the corona virus detected in britain the company says that if needed a version of the vaccine that specifically targets the mutated variant could be

ready within weeks but that hasn't stopped by on track from pushing to expand production of its current vaccine. the vaccine is about to be rolled out across the european union but the rapid spread of a new variant of the corona virus and britain has sparked concerns though by on tech and pfizer researchers are confident their vaccine will also prove effective against the new variant. has multiple to take on even percent of this protein is changed and that means 99 percent is still the same and they know that the sponsor response that is induced by all vaccine this is attacking dispose multiple sites so that the likelihood is high and that the vaccines. but even get to the size into 2 weeks and then we can be sure. so far there haven't been any major problems with an occupation is already being administered in britain canada and the

us medical workers have reported relatively few side effects following that the use approval of the buy on tech pfizer vaccine many european citizens are eager to be vaccinated. expect that if additional exene supply us and companies got to get approval this and that the would be able. to reach sufficient exene those unselfish and. in the 60 to 70 percent which could have us to control the pandemic before next week in winter and 10 to 21 by on tech is already planning to expand production capacity currently the vaccine for all of europe is only manufactured at its pfizer plant in the belgian town of poor us many are hoping life will soon return to normal without masks and without fear that should be possible if the goal of immunizing 60 to 70 percent of the population is attained.

i have been here joins me for more his overall is just with lancaster you have for city and england dr mayor welcome back on the program we just heard of the bio on tech c.e.o. saying he is confident that their vaccine will work against the new virus variant what do you make of his assessments yes that is pretty true the reason is that event somebody is vaccinated basically the vaccine not only part of it despite being multiple sites but also induce other level of protection as well like our blood cells which are the that our blood also brought him to attack on to the virus and also the complete system p.c.l. responses and lighted area of responses are used so if the antibody related production is a little minimized because of this mutation we have other at is to work on to add made the vaccine effective so therefore i'm pretty confident that this vaccine would protect against this new strain whatsoever as it started but the problem

really is not at this moment the problem is that as we move along this what is we're. probably going to the human population that really dominated levels at least keep accommodating more and more the mutation that it would reach to a tipping point at that point we need to what he devote the vaccine i think it's about as it stands now i don't really think there would be any problem given that information can really say how dangerous is this variant of the crowd a virus. at this moment what we know that this new variant has it all 43 mutations and out of those 23 mutations already and despite you know that it could be good state that is making this flight is more transmissible so it moves from one person to another person from one community to out of the community quite effectively this means that if it carry on increasing infection rate and we do know the hospitalization and the death auto suppose you did with the number of infections like you making it would have some impact but that is not because of the highly. ability of this vaccine that ian to cause infection but is just that it

will take a high number of people to do in fact and that's all it was last year again too high impact on. that was just mohamed winner of lancaster university in england for more on the vaccine we'll have the full interview with a bio tech founder in a few minutes in our business show for now relief could be on its way for hundreds of truck drivers stuck at the port of dover in southern england where they're waiting to cross into france french media reporting that the government will allow blocks of drivers to enter if they have a negative coronavirus test were shot to travelers from the u.k. after a fast spreading coronavirus variant was discovered there at the e.u. european commission has advised against a blanket travel ban ahead of the holidays. what a way to spend the last days before christmas hundreds of trucks queued on the road to drive out in a line that stretches bar on and on and on dozens of kilometers some of it into the

city the stations off the freeway it's here we meet. i'm not my gunter from germany . we want to spend christmas at home with our family it will be very bad if we can't. my wife has been really upset since she found out about all this but what can i do. these drivers couldn't have knowing the french border would suddenly slam shut on some guy since then they've been stranded here some forced to literally leave locks on the road and get growing as the hours pass. where near the base and people we were. going to would. work for and the closure of isn't just hurting drivers one 5th of all goods bound for britain costs through these now empty ports if it remind shocked then shortages of buy see good stretton the british government says it's working on

a solution with france so yes we do know how this 2nd strain of corona virus let's be clear is well it's not just complying to the united kingdom the 2nd strain is elsewhere in the willows and could well be in europe as well london says it's prepared to test those waiting the the country's channel ports for the virus but that's set to be a huge logistical challenge with thousands stuck on various roads why if you do cross over the channel. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world the united states top infectious disease scientist anthony has received a call for 1000 vaccination he's the latest u.s. official to be inoculated in a live stream to event meant to encourage people to take the vaccine. follows president elect joe biden and current vice president mike pence. commercial flights between israel and morocco have started after the countries

agreed to normalize relations the 1st aircraft from tel aviv arrived in robot carrying a delegation including u.s. envoy jared kushner it's the latest a diplomatic deal between the jewish state and an arab nation to. why protests from palestinians. norway's top court has cleared the way for new oil exploration in the arctic judges meeting on line would all new oil drilling would not violate a constitutional guarantee for a healthy environment environmental groups said the outcome it would lead to more way violating its climate protection commitments when considering all the we are told and the fallout over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei navalny has intensified moscow has now bart officials from germany and other european states that sanctioned russia for allegedly trying to kill novotny with a deadly nerve agent during a plane trip in russia over the summer of only has stirred up controversy by

publishing a recording he claims is of a phone call with a russian security agent involved says he duped the agent into revealing details about the poisoning attack moscow has a dismissed of the phone call as a fake for more let's go to you again hot foreign policy spokesperson for germany's a c.d.u. c.s.u. conservative parliamentary group can you tell us exactly which german representative representatives have now been slapped with sanctions. we have no information about names 3 ambassadors from france sweden germany good whited to go to the foreign office and moscow and the information was only that some of citizens of those 3 countries. will not have to enter. as russia always do in this case as they don't put names on the table they say that if they those people try to enter russia they will be informed on the border that they

are not allowed to go and it's non-self russia on the same european union put on russia because russia is not cooperating in developing and investigating what happened but nobody but nobody's poisoning and for must go i think it's a never ending story a huge burden on the shoulder of the president and he has to find a way out to make sure that russia will not be blamed for time by. being responsible for the poisoning of nobody officials in the e.u. have for months now called on russia to investigate mr volleys poisoning and he repeated those calls today appears russia simply not willing to do so what comes next. from my point of view we have to look. deep as personal sanctions on the some people around the president and the people that

are benefiting from the representative political regime from putting him in roseland in russia but i think russia can step out of that saying to regime by doing to us things 1st make sure that no if you talk is. bent and destroy it 4 times which is not a gauge of russia due to a treaty on the ban on chemical weapons and the 2nd. also russia has to investigate who is responsible for the positing of nobody and both they don't want to do. that was your can hot foreign policy spokesperson for germany's c.d.u. c.s.u. conservative parliamentary group it's in sports news now and empty stadiums have become a common sight adjourning the pandemic the absence of supporters has changed to match day experience dramatically undoubtedly but for those watching at home technology is now offering a substitute went behind the scenes at

a recent windows league a match to see and hear the enhanced stadium experience. here i was those off hand chance but without actual fans in the stands like every time to lose faulkner knows exactly what buttons to push to make the bundesliga experience from home sound as normal as possible the enhanced audio operator can react to almost every option on the pitch with the 20 sound effect at his disposal it's all done on this magic pad so we haven't really got somebody i follow but with listening soledad they can always say the stadium. holds chances penalties you name it operators like fog are ready for everything even for a con to a tax write off so called the time we have this nice i got here i like the one right now it's running across the across the page is something i then go past for

the royals and it's all in schools i want the old i was but the. sky germany had to dig deep into their archives to replicate the noise as. each sound played as a match specific because everyone using a team has its own unique sounds in the stadium i was in these machines which we had to remove the referee whistles any board noises as well as interjections from coaches and players for the basic order your copy it and then i would of went over to be done i the sound is then matched with the life feed coming from the stadium. this is what gold with the fan noise option for example sounds like on life t.v. . and hear the disappointment at him mischance. everything planned down to the smallest detail. sometimes we have to wed resonance to might sound richer when

a small team plays in a big stadium for example the. sound on. sound off. noise is not exactly everyone's cup of tea. but for fans watching the from home during the pandemic they can choose to bring the match day atmosphere into their living rooms even if it's not quite the real thing. at all for me good bye for now and take care. every day. for us and for our. little boy is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make city streets or how can we protect animals and their habitats.

based. can make a difference by choosing reforestation over the forest.