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virus to their destinations. and will be in rural mali as we experience with the rolling out of polio vaccine has proved it's going to be a challenge getting the covert 19 vaccine to the people to. have any christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa has been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries all seeing the 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria way of the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the lagos is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and

events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in $1000.00 infections the government has introduced. patsy's can evolve and music shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas here. is the amazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so food prices are the highest they've been all year. last year we were not only this one for up to 300 you could even get 2 of these for 500 but this one goes for 1500 now.

because. they know markets. so. more needs to move. every. desk chiefs chair and a great food to be. and from nigeria to kenya where people in the cities are planning to travel to their village. but all the. the travelers could carry the virus to the rural parts of the

country where health facilities are limited interest will stop by one of the busiest best to mills in nairobi with commute is where not strictly adhere into the cove in 1000 protocols. as christmas approaches thousands of passengers from nairobi are preparing to travel the country food and. become a chance with money to alfonse and to know what's here chuckles country by station it's an easy day for him and compared to previous festive snubs. right now it's a challenge for us because now when people travel they're also complaining about the lack of money it's not like previous years when you would say a $1000.00 shillings for a ticket and someone is ok with it. on awful. lot of money is not the only challenge but also true road called good natured protocols in say discounted prices. rose on gay she's

a university student travelling to visit her grandparents although she's wary of the called $920.00 you see these buses it's the only option for how have we may have mixed feelings i'm excited and at the same time i have fears because the interactions here are too much you see some people don't want to wear masks we're not acting in an uproar that obama this is my talk with country bus station the busiest in kenya it's usually a beehive of activity for thousands of families travelling back home but the 0 things are different because of course on a writer. when kenya's minister of health has been rising people in the construction of country the virus has been spreading to rural areas where the public health system is creaking unlimited icy moons and full capacity. the last few weeks recorded the lowest number of call good name to make sure since the sinking how about the dangers of fall from. with no end in sight or hope of

a vaccine availability in kenya many are left with nothing but the believe that things are going to get. the troubleshooter people cannot be. from traveling i advise them to take care of themselves when they're traveling to protect themselves and pray to god on the. bus is. one after the other the only hope is the past. 5 years. and interest joins me now from our studio in nairobi for more on this story good to see you interest just how worried are officials about the people traveling during the christmas holiday and potentially taking calls at 19 to rural parts of the country christian the kenyans minister of have as one people against traveling to rural areas and this is especially because of lack of proper health

systems in place there are no i.c.u. as we understand it nearly 3 quarters of intensive care unit beds in the country are all in the 2 largest cities which is they will be. for people like rose or englyshe who we just saw in the story is that the biggest fear is that they travel from nairobi to these rural areas carrying the puck and cutting coronavirus it is and they must point out that these are the places way of many elderly people live but just just moving along interest drops as in kenya striking at the moment tell us more about that. yes kristin the nationwide strike which started on monday is basically over grievances which which has been in place for the last 8 months is the pandemic started and it's largely because of inadequate insurance policies that the doctors are given and the other thing is that luck of p.p.

is that the doctors who treat covenanting patients have so far we understand 14 doctors die from corona virus and the fear is that if nothing is done more doctors could die from the virus at the moment the minister of health is actually being consultative meetings with the doctors union to see the way forward at the moment to still have no idea when the strike is going to end but the biggest fear with the doctors if nothing is done if they're not provided adequate p p's with insurance policies we never know when to and. not infections might be stealing right it is but the economic impact of this pandemic has affected most people will they be any help and relief from the government. no not at all the funny thing is that the government which just a few weeks from when kenya announced its 1st guess of coronavirus give the

citizens tax relief to people from the impact of covered 19 against the on the economy is now trying to take back that the tax relief is trying to raise and don't mind if there was a 1000000000 pylea and an parliamentarians were planning to pass this bill which is going to ensure that normal tax is back in place basically which means that businesspeople unemployed people employees or people who have been employed by the government and private sector are going to be taxed late continues to be before and this is because of the shortfall of revenue for the country all right that's interest motor reporting for us and our ok thank you interest. on next report comes from mali where health officials say inoculation people

against killed at 19 will be a slow process a lack of infrastructure in the country means health workers often have to travel by foot to reach people in rural areas people hope that they too will be able to get the vaccine. for one of these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against the disease in a country where temperatures often top 40 degrees celcius the campaign is a huge logistical undertaking vaccinating malia's in the largely rural country against the coronavirus will be an even greater challenge. it's extremely important to that the vaccines have a functioning logistics chain it will be very complex to get it to the people in the countryside. is that it. so not to c.d.b. travels on foot by motorbike and sometimes by donkey to distribute the polio

vaccine in remote villages people ask her if she will soon be bringing relief from covert 19 the health worker doesn't know what to answer many african countries will struggle to pay for the drug. the coronavirus affects the whole world but here in mali we have no vaccine. and i pray to god that we get it to. a melody to russell. infection rates are on the rise in mali while little testing is taking place in the capital bamako the health minister recently opened an intensive care station with the help of the w.h.o. she hopes that the international community will help pay for the vaccines and that rich countries don't keep on buying up everything for themselves. the numbers are rising we need the vaccine that's why i have asked for help.

mali hopes to access the vaccine through the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund and some pharma companies have committed to delivering the vaccine through the mechanism but even if it becomes available the vaccines distribution will be tough in a country without a reliable electricity supply. at least have a generator but that's not the case at other health centers. if there is a power cut that's a huge problem. the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe but across africa most people will likely still have to wait an agonizingly long time for relief. and that's it for our program today be sure to check out the stories on dave's dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on special today we'll leave you with it shares are people saying of raising christmas surprise the continent we at these are being is africa wish you safe healthy and happy holidays

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are trying. to understand this new culture. another visitor another guest you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. world renowned tanno rolando villazon put all his passion into getting live performances back on stage despite the pandemic but now on the road back to normal is looking very long. more i'm disturbed vs songs now a digital mozart festival coming up here on arts and culture and.

one of 2020 is a big winners take top how the social video app is conquering the world of culture even museums. and super grandmas a spanish artist's mission to honor older women on an epic scale. well it's been a bumpy ride for rolando villazon the director of the mozart week festival in sulzberger austria how it all but promised that the festival's january edition honoring the 265th anniversary of mozart's birth would take place with live audiences but now the austrian government has made it clear it's digital or nothing . mozart week the wintry city itself spoke normally celebrates its most famous son's birthday with live music.

the man says had held out hope throughout the pan to make the world famous artists could still got a for a week packed with concerts operas and recitals. now those hopes for a live mozart week. the festival's director out opera singer rolando villazon has announced that despite his best efforts 2021 will be joining the long list of events to go online because of color that. this christmas animation studio pixar is putting out its very 1st film with a main character who is black the movie soul deals with the big topics of life and death. just us a still it's the story of

a music teacher whose soul is separated from his body. so far as you know. it's our hired its 1st black director and consulted with numerous african-american organizations to make sure the portrayal felt real and not stereotyped soul is the 4th ever american animated film with black lead. better late than never well another under represented group is getting its dues older women spanish street artist. paints real people he knows his hero whence he calls them super grandmas. and they have super powers are carried by the way like mary poppins. and juggle with a large heavy pumpkin. grandma's superhero whose. these murals are the work of spanish artist joyce about your concept here based on real

grass from the countryside in his artwork joseph combines fantasy and reality. now the stuff. i'm fascinated by these women by their extraordinary strength and their ability to bring it can keep together family i also have a personal relationship with each of them i get to know them before and during the pain one process and every new subject i get to learn about another person's life that it's fascinating the more they're going to be in the know as me that's. ross i'll. use of him as his artist name goes miles from his native clichy north question spank these women had to work hard to provide for their families. and i love the me i'm inspired by telling stories and that's also what i want to do one song both an artist and a narrator at the same time. is about alonso is one of his muses

she does a little collision taliban and is the protagonist of his latest art project. hello what are you doing up there. oh my god. it's very good i really like it a lot. i'm better looking in the mural than in real life is really. this about alonso began from work and early. she was 15 and mother died when she had to take care of 5 siblings she worked in the fields all her life. yeah i was always ways of doing something when you're working in the fields you still need to keep an eye on household chores if only there had been a gas heater our washing machine but they didn't exist back that. isabel

console is the 16th grandmother to have been painted by joseph and he created his 1st large scale superhero grandma back in 2016 this nearly town of junior glacier shows putting the expert. end in bio is a strong performer. as photos of these miracles travel the world they became an inspiration for younger generations who started sharing photos of themselves on social media just as the grandma's. going out right. back in vera and you also bought in peace and your host can reach up to 50 metres in height and take about 6 weeks to complete before he starts working on a new project he 1st gets to know the grandma and her family. where's my bread if you know what i think these minerals are one of them are going to be

because they give recognition to all these women who have worked so hard their entire lives on the to this day and they haven't really been that knowledge you know yes we're going to go out on the 15th and now that i'm all of this merely looking for the whole family is just so proud would you have me yeah. only after having met the protagonist of a painting several times you know he was about m.p. source by doing a photo shoot he's grandma's equipped with a superpower that matches her life story and they're all painted in comic style. that ended up feeling the generation born in the seventy's and eighty's let me up with science fiction and coming out so it's really fun times elements from those 4 notes and combine them with the grandmas this. even young children can immediately spot what superpower is grandma possesses but i'm out of gaza but all that know. now more and more towns his bank are asking jules about m.p.'s to come and pay

$1.00 of his large scale murals there the superhero grandmamma's. one of the biggest surprises of 2020 has been how many older people have gotten active on social media even on the video platform tick tock which used to be just for teenagers. i'm going. to go right even though 82 year old actor anthony hopkins has been getting down on to talk showing off his moves and painting and he's not alone she loves another celebrity also outside the alps target age group of $13.00 to $24.00 but she's also into the trend. and you're hungry to go to is the head of social media for d w culture and lifestyle department you want to know what is it about tick tock that made it these social media trying to 2020 yes david i think of it actually has

a lot to do with covert and the lock down because we had all these people family stuck in that home with a lot of time on their hands and you know anti-family is a start at making talks and even going viral on the app and you know i mean the taguba still in this gen that we saw that you know there's no age limit to take tuck and you run come find this space and i think that's because. from books on facebook and so on we watch you know videos from people we follow sebago collins get a lot of us but i'm ticked off it doesn't work that way you know anybody can go buy rocks and you know the grandma sitting in her living room she has only 10 follow us maybe on to talk about she has a great idea makes a great video and for me you know she can get 10000000 views even if you say this all happened so quickly with tech talk this year and now suddenly even serious broadcasters like g.w. have ticked our channels you actually started 1st to talk to and all berlin fresh

and within just a few months you've got millions of views over 50000 subscribers followers what's the secret what does it take to make it on tech talk well basically with bone and fresh we want to show people it fresh cool look european culture and lifestyle and one of the things that did surprise us we actually sparked a lot of debates so we had these people. you know discussing and debating i know article talks in the comments section and sharing their life and their views and that was like really wonderful to see so i think i also learnt the tick-tock use that it's very different from the instagram user they ask a lot of critical questions really they are always ask us with your number from what's your source and so i feel like there's this huge hunger for information on the app and you know the secret of course you do have to keep up with viral sounds viral challenges and then you know you have to put in your own spin on it what sort of a culture is to talk having an impact on the arts or it has a huge impact on the arts i mean you know we saw that even museums are starting

their own take of college and really quite successful and then we have to use like really struggling young artists who normally you know what get their songs out and suddenly they go viral have a hit on tick tock and record labels start offering their them like these $1000000.00 record deals so record companies are even scouting on tick-tock for talent and but also like you said you know drake j. lo big performance also using tick tocks to talk to push their songs up in their child so that really does the world and their works because people it is my understanding right that people don't want to dance to these songs and the more people who dance and songs the war the song goes around yeah so we had this like everybody's hearing now fleetwood mac the green song and why is that so popular popular right now it's from the seventy's it hit the charts again because that was actually a tick tock challenge saw lots of us are starting started to make their own videos

to the solid and so it got pushed back in the charts so when i turn my radio on i always go like yep that's the tick tock sound that's the tick tock phone so for many many songs we hear are started on tick talk so i'm not arguing things things are so different are you hearing this song 1st and then on the radio you're going to it's a weird world removing and then some words. thank you and speaking of to talk and music here's some music news to end our show the song dance monkey it by australian singer tones and i was a huge take stock hit now it's the 1st song by a woman to get more than 2000000000 hits on spotify here she is in disguise in the music video for me ana and me both thanks for watching see you next time.

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this is the daily news live from berlin angry truckers confront police after days of waiting at british courts france lifts its blockade but says the drivers need to get tested for corona virus before crossing the channel also coming up on the child in germany reports more krone virus deaths event ever before and 10 times. health experts warn christmas is no excuse to give up on precautions and the latest a strike against a free press in turkey one of the country's best known journalists is sentenced in his absence to 27 years on charges of espionage and aiding

a terror group will get his reaction to the fact. let. him play richardson welcome to the show german airline live tongues or has flown 80 tons of produce to the u.k. after ground transport was halted over fears of spreading a new coronavirus variant france has ended its blockade of freight from britain but truck drivers are still stuck at ferry ports because they can only cross the channel after a negative test for covert 19 truckers say they've waited too long already. knowledge of how you do not 1 know was made by your frustration and anger in dover as truck drivers are furious at the delay in getting back to europe. some drivers are transporting cargo but all of them simply want to get home for the holidays if

they're stuck on the english coast could be any of the last 4 nights you didn't see nobody's you want to give up easily and there's nothing left for tipping is going to be fast in this place not we have no food we have no water yesterday. food but it was just something. and we don't know when we. can get home we have to day 15 and day and now they say yes we don't have. because by the way. yeah boccardi. is blocked. have one way here. meanwhile the lines of trucks stretch for many many kilometers. the drivers will be eventually allowed to

cross but only after testing negative for cold feet 19. the army has been called in to help with the tests at a lorry park on a disused airfield near dover. the blockade doesn't just hurt drivers one 5th of all goods found for britain pass through dover supermarkets warned of shortages of basic goods if the port remained closed. meanwhile germany has reported its highest a daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic $962.00 people died from war with the virus in at the last 24 hour period and national walk down has been in force for the last week and with many planning to travel and visit family for christmas. health managers are worried that the worst could be yet to come. normally berlin's main train station will be buzzing before christmas this year it's nearly empty but some are still traveling despite government appeals to stay

home and see stuff like this dr bond has done enough to ensure there is no risk of infection i'll make sure i don't come into close contact with strange is cut contact that says that i mean yes i think it's important to see the family. many germans have been taking graphic tests before the holidays but the experts say they could create a false sense of security the government is warning that reducing contact with others is the only way to stop infections and relieve pressure on hospitals. if you live in get a lot of people talking about how they're going to celebrate christmas if it's a care is will be a good king not celebrate isn't so my message to you is how you spend your christmas will directly affect what the intensive care ward will look like after the holidays but to reduce social contact even if it's difficult many christians are also having to make hard choices here with jim and in fiction number still high there are

a growing calls to abandon traditional christmas services some congregations of already canned food and are offering t.v. or online broadcasts instead. to the political correspondents lay on the phone how much time says there are thousands of patients in intensive care ward even before the christmas holidays when germans would traditionally gather in large groups and hospitals are sounding the alarm for example the berlin spittal is a ready announced that it is only doing emergency procedures over the holidays in order to keep beds free for coronavirus patients and this is because the transmission picture in germany is very diffuse at the moment thirty's are no longer able to trace the chains of infections which obviously is key to stop to curb the spread of the virus and and we see a lot of clusters in nursing care homes in homes for the elderly which means vulnerable populations are at risk and that explains in part why the number of

covert related deaths is so high you said it set a grim record with 1962 people who have died today so authorities are warning that people should reduce contact as much as possible as that's the only way to stop the spread of the virus that if one has time there now let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic drugmakers of biotech and pfizer are to supply the united states with an extra 100000000 doses of their coronavirus vaccine the u.s. government is hoping to immunize 20000000 people this month meanwhile france has lifted its blockade against truck drivers returning from the united kingdom provided they tested negative for covert 19 britain says it could take up to 3 days to process the backlog and the united arab emirates highest islamic authority has ruled that vaccines are acceptable even if they contain port gelatin there were fears some muslims might avoid the shot because pigs are considered a clean it's what

a court in istanbul has sentenced one of the country's best known journalist to more than 27 years in jail on spying. and terrorism charges a case to case against janet turned down centered on an article he wrote for the opposition a newspaper john hiatt where he was editor in chief he presented compelling evidence in 2015 that turkey's intelligence service illegally sent weapons to syria and i fled to germany 4 years ago and 12 likely not serve any of the sentence for me now is a john event are from from berlin where he lives in exile for china 27 years in jail how surprising is this decision for you unfortunately in love surprising because from the beginning it was the kind of range. of government. me that was promising to do. to give the most. possible price for this new story which was

a true story. so they wanted to punish me because of this true story at the same time try to intimidate the other journalists into it you who dare to touch that send that kind of sensitive issues i say you see this as a form of intimidation from the turkish government but personally speaking what sort of impact is this sentence going to have on your day to day life. not much because i've already spent some time in jail because of this new story i was shut out into a key i came to exile. my essence were confiscated and you know i propelled mauls of 2 prices so. i don't think that that's. your punishment will change anything in my life so i will keep

reporting from germany. still are you and your team planning to appeal the decision . yes we will do it but still i mean the judicial system is totally almost almost totally under the control over at once government so there's no hope for the for the appeal courts but we will go to the european court of human rights and i hope they will certify that this is not the act of terrorism but acts of journalism all right so you do it live here in berlin do you think that germany is doing enough about human rights abuses in turkey. i mean if york calling germany or the german public and german media there they've been really supportive especially today i saw it too much salt from the german media and german public but the german government of course supporting media freedom everywhere in the including turkey but at the same time they don't want to in or at all in the

government because of different reasons refugees deal you know trade with key arms they like cetera so they don't want to put much pressure on long government has specifically what actions would you like to see think taken by germany that. yeah they should be more in solidarity forces of democracy struggling to make the. peoples resist those the opposition is kind of in. line. they should be more in touch with them. but fortunately they're mostly dealing with their own government trying to see the of the. right gender and our thank you very much for speaking to us on this let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines

a huge fire has broken out in the center housing around 1200 migrants in a bosnia welcome yes a the blaze began in the leaper camp near the croatian border where oil and generators are also stored it's not yet known whether there are any casualties. they go shaders in brussels and may be close to reaching a breck's a trade deal between the united kingdom and the european union multiple media reports say an announcement is expected shortly the current agreement expires in 8 days along with britain's transition period for the leaving the e.u. . investigators looking into the death of argentine soccer legend mariners say an autopsy found no traces of illegal drugs or alcohol but anti-depressants and other prescription drugs were identified officials are still checking for evidence of medical malpractise before marriage donna died in november. a danish a free diaper has set a new record for swimming underwater on a single breath stieg a severance and swam

a 202 meters without surfacing in the previous record by 35 meters it took him 2 minutes and 42 seconds and that record was set off of the coast of mexico. the u.n. is urging the central african republic to hold elections as planned this weekend despite an upsurge in violence armed groups linked to a former president are suspected of trying to stage a coup authorities insist the situation is now under control but some opposition parties want the poll to be postponed. but these people will not be deterred. they come to register and are determined to vote on sunday their hope is that this will outlast and the violence and bring change to that country. she writes she will be revealed i'm sure that i will vote. i know the vote will take place and that's a good thing for me. and

a good thing for the country. to function to and the poll is incumbent president to our deborah he to say the vote must go ahead on sunday and that's any disagreements between opposing groups should be resolved by peaceful means. people see must we take up arms to resolve problems must we take up arms to get into power i don't think so we have institutions of the republic that are in place we have institutions born out of the bone before him which operational today. if you showed. earlier this week the president asked russia and rwanda to send troops to help the existing u.n. force more than 12000 soldiers to put down what looked like an armed rebellion in the run up to the poll. for thirty's accuse former president fox troubles easy of all castrating a rebellion. after he was barred from standing in this sunday's election day itself ousted in 2013 denies the allegations but for the people in the central african

republic this is just the latest chapter in the tit for tat ethnic and religious violence that is going flaring sporadically for nearly 2 decades one most view as a vicious circle. is going to flow more bidwill can you really develop a country through war. in my opinion no if there are problems let's sit around a table and discuss it and in the negotiations of course each party agrees to win and also to lose the bulk of the hope among the majority here and the international community is that such reason will prevail this weekend. here's a last minute gift idea that might put a sparkle into this coronavirus christmas goldsmith in turkey is selling face masks plated in gold as you might expect they aren't cheap and 18 karat gold model costs more than 2000 euros for a cheaper option you could go for

a silver mask that costs only 200 euros the craftsman behind the classy face coverings a says becoming coated 90 vaccine is more precious and has silver and gold masks. that is your news update at this hour don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site data dot com and pay richardson in berlin for me an entire q thanks so much for watching. literature invites us to see people in particular has had an eye to see how strong is the kids find strength growing up. might object to going to work or finding. the books on youtube.