you know. there's still time for a quick photo shoot at the radio station angelica teachers day is full of appointments and everything is tightly timed after all she is not in paris as much as she used to be and she's got a lot to do when she is. she still feels at home here in france the former colonial ruler of her homeland beneath. clearly french culture has inspired and influenced her but it's safe to say that she's mastered the art of assimilating other cultures and creating something uniquely her. was. for instance by drawing an unexpected verb from piaf swilled wearisome songs.

even the rehearsal as a joy not least because she's being accompanied by the playwright director actor and festival director levy a p. was coming. back that was the love. comes. that. come. come. come come come. kids who loves the dynamic culture of paris home tuna ray of good recording studios

enticing shops and a large african community. she lives with her husband and manages the basis john in a small house on the outskirts of town when she's not in new york binning owns somewhere else that has. a leak doesn't put on any airs and graces she cooks herself and likes to show off her cousin mary talents. yes i'm making chicken and shrimps. but you see him some time. next everything together whether it's food or music i mix it all up tied been a nice french whatever i feel like. as a child in between under leak was exposed to music from all over the world his father owned an extensive record collection and played the banjo the mother ran

a theater play the clarinet and selling. but after a regime change everything was different. the communist banned all music even on the radio which had played everything until then all sorts of music all a sudden boom you got up in the morning and heard get ready for the revolution the fight goes on and you heard the same when you went to bed too it went on all day always the same old news from the same regime but there was no news from the rest of the world if it was dangerous to listen to the french radio station and if he or other foreign broadcasts if a neighbor heard you you could be denounced as a traitor it was a far cry from freedom. liberty of. the people. have become

a star in painting the country's marxist regime expected her to sing propaganda songs and was displeased when she refused. she was afraid she'd end up in prison. in 1982 she fled to paris on a small plane. when i arrived in france i caught up with all the music i missed out on. french music english american even classical music. the 1st thing i did was literally bathed in music. i'd listen to anything i had heard before and i'm still discovering new things today i was always curious about what people here were doing. and it's a good. bunch of nick says paris broadened her musical horizons it was here that she studied singing as well as law for a while and then developed a profile as

a human rights activist after launching her career with african songs and performances that she developed from traditional dances she came to work with such big music industry names as peter gabriel conason tana joss stone and alicia keys. on her travels and on to she discovered influences of african music all over the world. to. me whenever i was in the u.s. or brazil where ever i was i always discovered something of my continent the club the rhythm that came with the slaves. to cuba. or to the city all these rhythms are based on the weather to quarter 4 quarter a 6 quarter time. when i'm making music i never get out of time if i listen to the cabaret then i know exactly where i am. most.

of. the music of africa has had a profound influence on world music and there are a few genres where its presence is as strongly felt as in latin american music. and blending it into any music came naturally to under a leaky jewel who is fluent in spanish.

because he was german grandfather worked on ships in hamburg through its pools the city has always been a gateway to the world. what was sometimes still feels alien and unwelcome it's different when she gets to work here she's surrounded by musicians and dancers from all over the world people of all different skin color is and all regions. she spent the 1st 2 years of her life in ghana and other african countries with her mother a german development aid worker and her canadian father a musician she was 12 when the family moved to hamburg it was hard to adjust to

a new culture a new mindset and who had german school where she was the only pupil with dark skin . 87 ish but i hear me ok so i describe myself as a t.c.k. 3rd culture kid. my mother's from hamburg where we're shooting right now. and my father is from ghana. he was born and raised in eastern gonna so i have an entirely different culture mainly in the 3rd culture and that's exactly how i see music music is the personal 3rd culture it's everything that is inside you the output is indefinable for me output is always indefinable because i like artists who work like that and i draw inspiration from very different things. for example i recorded my nephew's heart be our way i'll show you. to.

or to us i don't expect with this. that's us and it's a back yard inside to go into a car and this was the result. the sounds of africa a continuous source of inspiration for your caught on. the continent is abuzz with music it's not

a cliché but reality as we discover in the canadian capital accra. in the district of jamestown a different tune reverberates from every street side stall. we hear afropop and afro beat as well as contemporary hits created on computers just like songs anywhere else in the world and yet there's something quintessentially african about them. oh. africa doesn't just inspire through its music this is an artist and scores where yasser likes to buy fabrics she finds ideas for his stage shows and music video costumes here. was. like oh.

my god. today she's looking for fabric for a headscarf. wants to choose my approach which was my surprise i might like you but. it really got. that's what we do. she has never turned her back on africa she still feels at home here she says and it's more relaxed here than in europe. in ghana and she tells us she never feels misunderstood never out of place will stand out and if it just because of her origin. this also is where she reconnects to her musical roots the music she heard in a child it oh. yeah i was growing up here you are continuously exposed to music. and of course the biggest musical influence was my father who was a high life musician. he had

a rehearsal room in our house and rehearsals were always on saturdays at 4 o'clock . am stark's feel. my my father taught me how to play the jam by a little our traditional drum and my mother introduced me to piano. i had piano lessons but it was all very classical i had a very strict piano teacher here in akra. i actually only played mozart and the like with him which i heated up. so when i got home i mostly did my own songs with a few notes or chords that i already knew. but i'm the leader of them are. you today your coach is music is rooted somewhere between africa and europe like millions of people today she said once adrift and at home in several places at the

same time. her worldview is all encompassing taking in different languages and cultures but her lifestyle is also complicated. recordings for a video clip with abandon across. from we have. freedom is within you is the message of his song diamonds the diamonds of life are yours save the lyrics it's you and nobody else who can crack your code to freedom. maybe i.

was a cool band is european and they rehearsed regularly in paris but the musical lunatics is a group here and across a bridge to africa that helps her to stay in touch with her good name and roots. they currently working on a musical it's a big project that will still take time and work to put together. but now they're rehearsing the song teacher. who can't seem. to manage the kids. right to start to change.

the culture that is a musical comedian who effortlessly transforms her voice from velvety soft play and for. 2 powerful soltani.

yeah because you write songs about people why they come why they go why they fall in love she has called his style soul seeking music. like. it's february and cold in paris. arrived the previous day commuting between continents as part of the music business. all 3 sing is returned to the french

capital frequently to record which also infuses their music with european influences. nick has brought some recordings from lagos ideas for new songs to develop in the studio here. she meets up with musician plays and money and a producer she worked with both on her last album was. well you want to blaze records nick his voice on the computer playing the preprinted used backing tracks over headphones. you never were word for. word for example. from my. neck a studio work and lyrics are strongly shaped by her life experiences and spirituality

. is down the tracks step by step and dubs over on her own original recording. to blaze get it down on his laptop. make us happy i had already done some recordings at home on my computer like we just with the guitar and i came to the studio to do something else but then we ended up recording it and now it's become a song. it's done we didn't 24 i was. giving . you was. sad deep deep. rooted god was. there we'll get me. back and forth. you never would it would for

me. both you never would it would for me. back and. it started snowing. nicus freezing. escaping european winters was one of the motivating factors behind her decision to go back to nigeria. when you're listening to the music can you tell whether it was written and produced under the african sun or in snowy

paris. and does world travel and constant exposure to new influences really modem musical style. here we are very receptive beings ideas for a new home as also as a musician. you hear something somewhere you might not be aware that you are taking that information in until maybe a year after. you know and then you hear it in your record or saw yeah i would see this innately traveling around not just staying in please or just traveling meeting what i'm musicians playing on different stages. call chores even food you

can influence your sound like that we all kind of the winds that i see specific types of food can influence how you because then that can also have an effect on how you cook for yourself and how you cook also shows how you make music so. the called the called. inspire as you lot. as the snow is falling now i mean i don't listen to much but this can't just inspire me to like i don't know like create something. that has reduced the rhythm is maybe. dragged up pot. so it's not like. come on. it's not it's not the rhythm that used to. be like me. to. do. to you know but it's still day so

africa is in between i knew it was on the surface. it gets the that. african written speech was strongly in all 3 women's music. and there's another thing that makes them stand out a voice a cadence that is clearly african in origin and very hard to copy.

wow. wow. wow wow. from africa via europe to new york. a few years ago until a kid draw adopted the city as her 3rd home. today she's on her way to the united nations she's been a unicef goodwill ambassador since 2002. make up what you.

aside from her humanitarian work she also regularly hosts a current affairs program for the un website. 21st century french episode 69 her music has always appealed for peaceful coexistence between races and the sexes as a presenter she embodies a life lived between continents and cultures a citizen of the world in the truest sense. of evil i mean for the media we're back. on of age. once again his schedule is tight she squeezes in a small studio session with her band. a

song about people who exert control over a country's government. leak and the adventure of music began with personal of people and migration. 3 have made cross cultural innovation their guiding principle and the source of their inspiration. all the places i've been have shaped the person i am i travel because i have the health and strength to do so and counters with other cultures allow us to grow and

recognize the world in its globalism. you are stuck in your own blinkered world where everything is only black or white instead the world has all the colors of the rainbow. the fear of the foreign leads to the creation of isolated worlds and truths. but you can't just live for yourself. i always say hate and love aren't forces generated from outside and they come from within us. it's almost as if. and when that in a 100 years everyone will be t c k. do you case meaning by cultural and multicultural and i think many people find it mentally strenuous because then you can no longer say what is what and who comes from where it's so it's making older people a little nervous. when people have my music in a specific box or john or they would see it's afro pop some with see it's off

contemporary afro beat some would see it's hip hop sold some would see it's conscious. i would say it's all of the. conscious. live electronic synthetic authentic. can we call. it a frequency. honestly kids. and young. 3 musicians at home between continents it's in their music that they have forged their identity music that

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cut. this is the doubling years lie from badly and after a year of negotiations and missed deadlines britain on the european human intervention last minute bret's a trade agreement european commission press. events are sort of on the line described it as fair and balanced and says it will remain a trusted partner british prime minister boris johnson agrees of the deal is fantastic news that uncertainty will have full analysis from london and brussels.

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program after months of uncertainty britain and the european union have finally struck an agreement on a post perhaps it's a trade deal the 2 sides patched up their differences at the 11th hour to avert an encroaching crisis at the end of the 12 month transition period speaking in brussels commission president bush at a fund live the last minute compromise and then gentleman at the end of a successful negotiations journey i normally feel joy. but today i only feel quite satisfaction and frankly speaking relief i know this is a difficult day for some and to our friends in the united kingdom i want to say parting is such sweet sorrow but to use a line from t.s.

eliot's what we call the beginning is often the end and to make an end is to make a beginning so to all europeans i say it is time to leave rex and behind our future is made and europe thank you so much well u.k. prime minister barak's johnson welcomed the agreement is fantastic news he played up the strong relationship between the u.k. and the european union relationship he promised would continue. and so i say again directly to you friends and partners i think this deal means a new stability and a new certainty in what has sometimes been a fractious and difficult relationship we will be your friend your ally your supporter and indeed never let it be forgotten you are number

one market because although we've left the e.u. this country will remain culturally emotionally historically strategically geologically attached to europe not least of course through the 4000000 in you nationals who have requested to settle in the u.k. over the last 4 years and to make an enormous contribution to our country and to our lives for the new agreement comes into effect on the 1st of january it means there will be no tariffs on trade between britain and its biggest trading partner than you are in union fishing rights emerged as one of the last barriers to a day of the a use agreeing to give a quarter of the fish it catches in british waters no hard border between ireland the northern ireland which is part of the u.k. this had been another big sticking point irish prime minister martin described the

outcomes that could compromise for britain's final departure from the e.u. means an end to free movement conditions for now apply for residency and travelers will face restrictions as more detail on this from the dublin correspondence charlot ship chelton pale in london and alexander phenomena in brussels welcome both that start with you alexandra in brussels a britain is going to be out of the block in 8 days can 27 countries ratify this deal so quickly. well i think they can if they want to and we have to say that we are talking here about the governments of the states not about their problem instead would be a much longer process and so we also have to add that judging from a reaction so far most leaders are happy with that compromise so the chances of phone rejection of the deal are slim under merkel the german chancellor has already

announced that there are her cabinet is going to decide on the deal on the 28th of december so in the next few days and all the e.u. members follow suit that would mean that the european commission can move forward and provisionally implement the deal before of course the european parliament is able to decide on that and that is going to be in at the beginning of january and short of chelsea what about british lawmakers will they have to go their christmas holidays to ratify this and will they actually go for it. well you heard the e.u. commission president sort of underlying a short time ago saying relief is how relieved is how she felt that certainly something that is being echoed on this side as well that boris johnson fabrics it

is at the premise of delivering a deal on bret's it has been fulfilled and for those who who never supported breck's it were never in favor of it i think there is relief that at the very least today is a deal in place with the transition period ending. next week the threat of no deal was feeling incredibly real so it's for that reason that the leave you of the labor party the opposition party kissed on the has said that his party will be backing if the deal when it comes into parliament he was saying that the threat of not having a deal was far worse than supporting it he was clear to say though that any of the possible negative implications will be the responsibility of the conservative boris johnson's party alone that the opposition they have party won't take any responsibility but what we've learned from that is essentially that this will pass through parliament particularly with boris is boris johnson's majority that will

that christmas is be disrupted while this deal has been done in time for christmas the optics of which will look very good for boris johnson and we know that parliament will be recalled on this does of december xandra who do to kate if there is a dispute in the studio as it's implemented. well we know that for the european union it was essential to establish a mechanism to make sure their to future disputes can be resolved and of course from the european perspective it would be the best to have the european court of justice to play a role in all of this according to the u.k. there is no role for the european court of justice instead both sides seem to have agreed on or are independent arbitration an independent panel that would in the future decide if there is a breach of the deal and if there has to be penalties or

compensation but of course please let me add that you cannot rule out that one of the parties or maybe a company can go to court if it's things that it's necessary. we'll leave it there thank you both alexander phenomena in brussels charlotta jones until in london. here in berlin chancellor merkel has said she's confident the braggs a deal is a good outcome cabinet will meet on monday to discuss germany's position in a statement the chancellor said with this agreement we are laying the foundations for a new chapter in our relations even from the outside even from outside the european union united kingdom will continue to be an important part. we can get more german reaction from political correspondent julia deleo welcome to q. and let's start with german reaction and so what else are we hearing from germany or

the finitely seen some relief here in germany at the news that a deal has been achieved we've seen the statement from and get a message she said that this is a historic deal of historic importance that she is pleased that the deal has been reached she has detailed what is going to happen now in germany so the government has the cabinet it's going to get together to decide whether they accept this deal as it is and she says she is confident that the deal is a good one we've also seen a reaction from germany's foreign minister heikal mass he has said that it was worth it in the end to push ahead and try to get a deal through even at the at the last minute and he said that germany as the holder of the current presidency of the e.u. council until the end of the year is going to try to do everything in its power to get the deal implemented provisionally by january 1st he said it's going to be challenging it's going to require flexibility from all sides but he is confident that this can be reached of course the chancellor merkel probably the most

influential of european politicians what what role if any does she play in these negotiations if we look of a lot of the british press lately there's been a lot of talk of macca being the power force behind the negotiations in recent months but she herself said when asked at a press conference that she has all given all trust him and his team and that she has no direct role in the she had no direct role in the negotiations it is certain that miracle and her government really want to a deal to happen she has said only recently that if a deal have not been reached it would send a bad signal and obviously with germany being at the head of the present you council presidency it was a goal that the country really wanted to push for and wanted to achieve which with a miracle at the head of it thank you for the political correspondents that you listen to. a 2nd look now at some of the other stories making news around the world moldova has a new president of pro europe

a former prime minister. has been sworn in after winning last month's election holdovers split between supporters of russia and those favoring closer ties with europe with sandra is the 1st woman to lead the former soviet nation. austria has opened its ski lifts for christmas and winter sports are underway at $400.00 albine locations despite a 3rd national lockdown which is about to come into force by the government says that as an outdoor sports skiing is safe under strict conditions mountain mountain restaurants remain closed. side perry surge amount of sacked their coach chairman thomas to full despite the winning his last match official won 6 trophies with pastor in live them to the champions league final last season teams currently 3rd in the french top division form tottenham boss. tino is expected to take on. 3rd in germany as elsewhere one of the most popular traditions is

buying and decorating a christmas tree at this time of year millions of young pines a cut down every year to adorn living rooms up and down the country but there's growing criticism of the environmental impact so some entrepreneurs are creating more sustainable alternatives. a tree is cut down. and another. every year we cut down millions of trees just so that we can have one for christmas. in germany alone around $30000000.00 trees are sold over the festive season i then it is selling christmas trees with a difference to make a difference well the idea of the regions of christmas trees is that we develop a system where we only cut the top off the tree and then have the natural succession of the tree that will again build

a new branch so to say hopefully so it's a regenerative tree that never is being killed but it always regrowth in january birds of peas people if they bring back the beets they've had over christmas. those bits are cut up and mixed into soil becoming nutrients in the tree plantation. underneath the cover brazil plants potatoes or wild strawberries. and in the middle black berries. and all around them the regenerating christmas trees which have a special meaning for birds. through through all the technological advancements and the digital world we have lost many of those just natural ways of coming together and communicating and celebrating life and you know being aware of what life actually means and for me to distant is the christmas tree at christmas where you

come together as a family and you just enjoy being together and having that time to also reflect on the. if the project proved successful hopes the technique will be used around the world to make christmas trees a little bit greener. and finally some 30 festive cheer courtesy of the zoo the animals in the german top 2 have been treated to some early socks of presents there's even something under the tree for the black panthers 2 of the zoos styles are its polar bass and tanya even took that tree for us with the feast. is a reminder of our top story this hour britain on the unit european union have struck a last minute deal brecht's its trade one of the main hurdles was fishing rights european fleets will significantly reduce their catch and british waters over the next few years even metres and british prime minister boris johnson hailed the deal

as a huge victory. in situ up to date on a bow few at the top of the hour up next we'll take a look at the economic implications of they still in business with kate focused of the day. what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. p.w. world heritage 360 get kidnapped now. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll. just through the top.