the few traces that remain of their existence. because. 11th on d.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin a bitter defeat for donald trump in the final weeks of his presidency republican and democrat senators unite and vote to override the president's veto of a major bill on defense spending the 1st time congress has overturned a trophy to also coming up. countries around the world role as coronavirus

vaccination programs but with stocks limited some experts are recommending a rethink of the way doses are delivered. public welcome to the show the republican controlled u.s. senate has voted to override president donald trump's veto of a major defense bill with just weeks before he leaves office it's the 1st time congress has rejected a triumph yto the vote to unlocks more than $700000000000.00 worth of military spending. this year's holiday season was cut short for u.s. senators as the body convene for a rare and he used a session. of the final push to pass a coronavirus aid bill fell through and senators voted to override president trump's veto of a sweeping defense bill majority leader we pass this legislation 59 years and

a row and one way or another we're going to complete the search for years and no n.d.a. and pass it on to law before this congress concludes on sunday. president trump opposed the bill because it includes provisions allowing military bases named after confederate military commanders to be renamed. he also objected to the bill because it calls for the withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany to be reconsidered. in a rare show of bipartisan unity the u.s. senate delivered the president a stinging rebuke just weeks before he's due to leave office 81 republican and democrat votes were far more than the 2 thirds majority needed to override the presidential veto the objections of the president in response trump turned to twitter saying the senate had missed an opportunity he said not passing the coronavirus aid bill was unfair and not smart. well the 2 of you correspondent to

oliver sonnets and to this of earlier from washington d.c. . 1000000 blow for donald trump on the last days off his presidency and it's also a 1st because never before has congress overridden a veto or trump since he took office and that's particularly important because the republican hold a majority in senate that has been extremely partisan throughout all times presidency just think of the impeachment proceedings about a year ago where a lot of damaging material was produced against all still the republicans and senate back to him eventually exonerated donald trump now it looks like the tides have changed the republicans in senate approved a defense bill against the will of the all trump and then also challenges donald trump's plans to pull out some 1236000 u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany that plan is effectively put on hold

no meaning another blow for donald trump and all the big question the big overarching question is what is happening with the republican party right now and i we see the republican support for donald trump beginning to crumble well more than 50 countries around the world are now rolling out coronavirus vaccination programs and of those many have fallen well behind their targets making some reconsider the way doses are delivered. a familiar sight from corona virus testing but in this florida drive by people are now receiving something much more hopeful vaccine shots and yet the race to inoculate millions of people across the world against kovac 1000 is off to a slower and messier start than expected insufficient supplies and complex logistics are backing down the process many countries including the u.s. and germany are falling far behind projected rolled out speeds the main issue is

that the biotech pfizer vaccine the 1st one to be widely approved requires cumbersome refrigeration at extreme temperatures and 2 shots within 3 weeks to be the most effective. this has sparked a debate among experts about whether the time between doses should be stretched to 3 months some argue that it is better to give many people some resistance to the virus and to give fewer people full protection. the immediate urgency is for ref it and high levels of vaccine uptake. recommends that delivery of the 1st dose of covert $900.00 faxon should be prioritise for both pfizer vaccine and. britain recently became the 1st country to authorize the vaccine developed by oxford university and astra zeneca trial data

suggests it is somewhat less effective but much easier to store and to transport it just needs normal fridge temperature rather than the minus 70 super cold storage the vaccine requires some experts say it could change this situation entirely unlike its buy and take pfizer competitor this vaccine could be more effective when the 2nd dose is given 3 months later leaving enough time to knock you late much of the population and then dowden with partial immunity the u.k. plans to vaccinate a 1000000 people per week from january 4th but what may turn out to be the most promising development on the horizon is still pending approval johnson and johnson's yancy and vaccine requires only one dose that could simplify logistics considerably if approved this single shot jab could be in use by february the pressure is now on governments to speed up this crucial process well here are some

of the other developments in the pandemic the united states has surpassed 20000000 confirmed coronavirus cases experts are now warning of another surge in deaths and new infections following gatherings over the festive period french president has promised to speed up his country's vaccination program fewer than 200 people have been inoculated since the rollout began on december 27th and from the 7th of january canada will require travers arriving in the country to show proof of a negative coronavirus test within 72 hours of departure. well the pandemic has changed the way important issues are dealt with including the quicklime of crisis before activists were rallying in cities around the world demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels but when lockdowns and social distancing put an end to public gatherings they took their message online. at.

a demonstration in berlin for more climate protection with masks and social distancing this is how climate activists protest in covert 1000 times. large demonstrations are not possible right now so fridays for future activists are also taking their protests online. for samir a-gon door a spokeswoman for the berlin fridays for a future group that's a real challenge. it was we didn't know how to raise attention if we're not able to protest on the streets but i think we've managed to get through anyway with online tools. they have been hosting web seminars on climate justice digital meetings with scientists and have been using twitter and instagram as communication platforms simmias says this is all giving them a chance to strengthen their international network. oh it's so i know it's and i'm

almost as i'm most of it was the muffin swipe that's when i'm on the subject louis mo tom was one of the moderators of the global digital climate strike lifestream. he was able to draw almost a quarter of a 1000000 viewers for him the protests are essential in the fight against climate change change happens when everyone who comes to the demonstrations tries to introduce systematic change in their field in their industry and tries to imagine what such a transformation might look like i find that personally totally motivating whenever i think about the coming years. but ever since the pandemic broke out climate change has been on the backburner. we asked people how important it is for berliners today that's not to do this not because it's important but right now people are more worried about dying than about politics or climate policy with a clear hopefully the theme of my time and change has taken a backseat but we shouldn't forget about it both issues are important one is

important right now on the other for the future for our children to be oh we couldn't. but activists like samir a say action on the climate crisis cannot be postponed. because the covert 19 crisis has been highlighting social injustices this year and we've seen that the government can handle crises why not the climate crisis yet. samir and the other activists want to affect the political change be it on line or on the streets. well let's take a look at some other international stories in bosnia herzegovina the army has been setting up tents to has hundreds of migrants left homeless in freezing conditions the new combat replaces one that burnt down the un's migration agency says appropriate permanent accommodation is still needed. rescuers in norway say

they found the body of the person killed in wednesday's landslide 9 people are still missing several buildings were swept away in the slide which occurred about 30 kilometers north of the capital oslo. around a 1000 far right activists have marched through kiev to march to mark the birthday of controversial ukrainian independence leader step on down there he's glorified by many in the country as a freedom fighter but dismissed as a traitor to the soviet union's struggle against the occupying german forces during world war 2. pope francis has delivered his traditional blessing on new year's day despite ill health it missed earlier ceremonies because of pains in his leg he urged people to remember the children suffering in the ongoing war in yemen and spoke from the papal library instead of st peter's square to discourage crowds.

sport now and in football german side shall go haven't won a game since january last year and are on target to set an unwanted record the longest winless streak in the bundesliga the current holders of the title are a team called tasmania berlin who set the record back in the 1960 s. and despite the negative connotations tasmania aren't keen to relinquish their place in history but it does look like shelter will displace them the last place squad with just 4 points or has even hired a new coach to stay on course who hopes to drag them out of the dull dreams and avoid them becoming the new holders of the boom this league is worst after record i was money a bellino known throughout germany for $1.00 thing the disastrous $96566.00 season the cup win $31.00 matches without a win in that campaign a blow in this league a record i they also hold the record for the fewest goals scored in a season and the most goals conceded. but former player at the because says the

small club is still proud to this day is competing for that one season in the bundesliga. the condo i can say that we were. of course proud to play at least one season in the honestly go sometimes just to meet the expectations of the good also to never disappoint and to eventually realize when the opponent was simply better than us and then a bit of our. but now their winless record is in danger of falling current bundesliga side shall cut doing their best to usurp. they haven't won in 21 matches with their last league victory coming in january earlier this year for the 7 time german champions it's an embarrassing predicaments. it's a threat to their identity to become surprisingly attached to this undesirable record and don't want shoka taking the glory. maybe it would be poor through the

truck to break this record but i can't imagine we did it one season and tried to do it over through season so worth not competitive for through no. shall have just 2 games to save their reputation with a victory bizarrely their biggest cheerleader will be. they want their record as the bundesliga worst ever tain to stand i manchester united striker addison kabbani has been banned for 3 matches after using a racist term on social media the striker from uruguay posted the message after he was congratulated for scoring a winning goal in november he later deleted the post when he was told of the word in spanish could be considered racist didn't contest the english football associations charge that his post was quote insulting and abusive and said the comment was meant affectionately. that's

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lagos nigeria home of africa's biggest film industry. in terms of production output it's considered the 2nd largest in the world off to india but ahead of hollywood. a new york times article published in 2002 coins the industry's popular name. nollywood became popular through a certain type of film shot with digital cameras telling stories based on the dreams and fears of nigerian society distributed in bulk on street markets. over what to do over 60 movies come out in the markets today

a new nollywood is emerging it generates an annual turnover of over $500000000.00 u.s. dollars and produces the superstars of the african continent i don't really well see that as a result of i think you know. with glitz and glamour of the industry outshines it's humble origins in an ordinary electronics market we've started this business we outsourced them in this business to get in the market i'm looking in the. wall street vendors continue to lay claim to nollywood a new breed of investor has entered the business. now the last we were earning around $30000.00 a month that was totally ok and then this american comes along and says your business is worth $9000000.00 make something of it it's an industry on steroids and i think take. control of cinema entertainment is huge it's a jungle out here what is what it was a jungle america it was

a dome which i love because they don't when india is becoming on the rise is becoming you know this in methods to the madness our girl go out there to compete on the world stage that's when the wood is good. plan. the industry was born here in lagos. the african metropolis has a population of over 14000000. it's

a city that promises much but demands even more. lagos proles over a series of islands all connected to the mainland by a network of concrete bridges. urban development can't keep up with its exploding population. other than nothing too far to go. around 2 thirds of lagos humans live in slum areas like here in the cocoa a community built on stilts between lagos island and the mainland.

economy depends on trade through lagos is industrial homes. crude oil is nigeria's economic lifeblood it accounts for much of its federal revenues. then i jungle meant. they have been telling us right from wendy to go the entertainment is in this way money for the country they want to focus on it in because they know that they can rely heavily on oil revenue and the revenue that they can where they can get money from the from the the dominion those. fulfill. culture journalist who who sign it has been reporting on nollywood for over 20 years he's particularly interested in the generation that started the business you need to know your past to know where you're headed in the future you need to know those who lead the foundation what with their visions what we're trying to prove

what we're doing things that they wanted to achieve you know with the industry. a film released in 1992 marks the birth of nollywood. was a significant drop in the whole mix of films that were made at that time. it tells the story of andy an unemployed man whose debts drive him to despair. he meets an old friend who introduces him to a world of luxury. and his desire to join the club of the rich and beautiful draws him into an occult brotherhood. the price of membership is high.

and he is confronted with a moral issue. in the end he chooses the money over his wife. shortly after her death and the now rich marries another woman. despite the material comfort and his life takes a turn for the worse. his

wife's ghost returns to haunt and terrorize him and he eventually goes insane. the only source of hope left for andy is jesus christ. living in bondage to find one of the most important nollywood charmers the get rich quick film its narrative structure has a strong message of christian faith which remains the standard elements of nigerian films today. oh. 000000000000000 yeah. oh yeah. the movie about andy's rise and fall became a commercial hit sold as a v.h.s. tape in street markets. today the hub of this distribution system is located in an electronics market in the western part of lagos. these 2 men belong to

a task force of the market traders association a kind of substitute police force that patrols the vast labyrinth of a larger market. nollywood occupies its own section of the market. and production and distribution of the films are managed by this. saying people in the market traders also nollywood movie producer spot. the associations chairman is samuel emeka doing otherwise known as a magnetic link most of the production will get on this market going to 90 percent of the contents are not made up in other words. that mean to imply down to a lot more so forth you know a lot about we've started this business we outsourced them in business to do it based design using the news that comes out of.

these montu much money says anyway i've been down this wrong knocking on my shelves mine on that let alone a reform school is over 60 movies spam out in the markets just like they did the business used in limits of movies yet. you want to use to do. many long long breath you know and want to start giving it to you like it's all down to our bread it's our own pipeline bread cartoons where it meets every there yes. that. is the most important but not the only market for self protest films in nigeria the total number of films produced in nigeria is a long time. so we need 3 boards up in all of bodies to go for the scores and that is why it is the opposite once you sending it out they'll fix the problem. quite some time this was

the only method of distribution. but that changed in 2010 when 2 men with a bold business idea arrived in bangkok's. one of them was german investor boss jim got to. it since a man. this man out of the market the 1st time i was in the market there weren't many white people there everyone looks at you as if to say what are you doing here . since i went up to one of the nollywood guys selling video c.d.'s there was a small market booth everyone was hot and sweating. his english wasn't easy for me to understand and. as i said i wanted to buy the rights for some of his films but i didn't know if he really owned the rise sheerly he said it was hard for me to figure out what was going on i hadn't spent much time in nigeria it was still unfamiliar to me but i trust this guy or not i didn't have such

a clear feeling but i thought. the initiative behind the venture came from a friend of. jason a british citizen with nigerian roots who had the idea to distribute nollywood films through you tube got to raise the initial capital on the london stock exchange after completing a degree in economics he worked as a derivatives trader for the oil company british petroleum and standish to hughes you know when things finally got going and we bought our 1st 100 films they were really cheap because people weren't so internet savvy at the time. we acquired $100.00 films for $10000.00 and put them online and we made $2000.00 a day. we thought wow. we're going to make a lot of dough in just 5 days we recovered our investment and thought let's buy more. when i was still working on the trading floor so i asked

a few of my buddies there if they were interested in getting into the film business in nigeria. they said sure we're in. the not much and we need to gather another $200000.00 and went on a serious shopping spree. so the move is a just business initially he was surprised by the popularity. a sharp contrast for the producers. who know exactly why their films are so successful. oh. welcome welcome welcome welcome lisa is the producer of a popular film about sheena rambo is the most successful film in the history of. yes in the history of the making in the jury in the market this is the most successful film. the movie is based on the legend of a criminal sent to have carried out a series of spectacular robberies in the 1990 s.

his name pays homage to the hollywood action classic starring sylvester stallone. is a member of the right western part of this country and he does this we do pity because of the. african magic schon believe in that but it's written to his buddy. in the film machine a rambo supernatural powers come from a magical smack. your. films often make use of the vast treasure of west african oral tradition. sound and moving images give new life to well known narratives and make them magic up here.

for you to make money you must think of but just think of good movies alone. all fake false love the one we hear from go get. my god. and this one by them. if he has on the movies here and now one is involved he must want to see that 1st. game book one of the. christianity is also a strong source of inspiration for michael isa he often develops ideas based on compelling stories from the old testament financing for protection he does a giant here and there's a small divide here on earth and i was told ok everybody would love the good there's a put i'm going to the i'm going to do the job so when you just make david just go

to giant. and kim is not most or you love the giant do. you think. good well my goodness what is. good is what this is film people watch there will be talk leave you abuse. so sometimes i'll be at the back and see people doing this in my field i think yes i got it. on occasionally so also appears as an actor in his own films. going to. the sheen around both series has released 18 video c.d.'s and many of them have sold over a 1000000 call his all across africa. the producer has the means to achieve high audio visual quality but his business sense

tells him not to. want to put if you. the quality reduces this is the sin it is quality you know what i'm talking about so any fear of this sort of sort you cannot be proud my picture is too good so what the essence of suffering where are we are nobody we give attention to we that's in school or not you understand so is about with the prince ica alisa hands trying switching to d.v.d. but each time he failed the problem is the rampant piracy at a labor market we find ourselves in the web of this piracy challenge we now find out that for us to be adding money enough in the screen most deprived disparity between $1.00 and the pirates are giving pirates more power to sell more because here people care about what is cheap. the nigerian

police have just confiscated pirate copies worth over $100000.00 u.s. dollars. in order to survive in the face of piracy the filmmakers need to keep that costs as low as possible. the city of a somber and down to state in the south west of the country provides the ideal infrastructure. a small village on the outskirts of town has served as a backdrop for countless films. like sleep sleep let's go around it read. what. you know. in nigeria at this time the film is called an epic movie it is

a highly successful genre that enables nollywood to construct its own version of africa's pre-colonial ponced. the title of the movies are the son of the song. is actually. an african tell. about their community. received by on by the sea joel evil man evil monk you cannot practice for me because paula for. the song that you report on you want your doctors you just saw all of his songs it was subsidy is what you are finding the worst home price shopping just. 'd

several of the actors on science are actually evangelical protestants i mean plus the one my church knows that they can become months or stop me from opt in because i believe i'm using that octane to preach something to the people also it's. ok that's good i'm good i'm going to go quickly we're going to choir people this is africa before they come in on the white my we have a life we have we have cultural we have really enjoyed it we have what keeps the site it's a good thing that's what we have succeeded to the next what's into the war outside of what mother would. the notion of a purely african world before the arrival of the europeans holds great fascination for nollywood audiences. the costumes on plants are inspired by the producer's imagination more than research but historic and accuracy is don't take away from the success of these films. like mercy johnson is

undoubtedly one of knowledge world's biggest superstars we bring africa as a cultural to the stable of millions of storytelling picture. so you just. want to. bring into into centrally the language of centrality address the need to centrally who we are as a people you know that's what nollywood. stands for want to live. director ken steve a new car has been in the business for many years he stopped counting his films a long time ago. you can go out.

which. is on average of 2 weeks p. a movie so i'm hoping to rumble this one then having to deal rest on stuff on the telly yeah let's go see rowsley i have to be frank about it you could see me on by and there's brazil because well if you were there you'd like time you given a period of time to if you could to joke and your success depends on the how well you do it we did in the given the particle of freedom of time we were given to deliver that oh yeah oh oh that's right well yeah i'm going to write forward here. solomon a patent is one of the most influential film producers in a samba. are for this you and was a dozen. rather than while 51. he's come to the set to ensure that shooting bull

run today in the movies there will be the you don't usually like the movie without. reading the end of the movie but he was the model for one but he was always there not the thing is demanded by the big stars take the biggest chunk out of nollywood film budgets if my son johnson goes a single day overshadow the financial viability of the entire project is jeopardized. and lose the reactor there when you are left on the. off on your left. thank you. the are. 200-000-0000 7 000 out there is now only one a 1000000. 'd over

the past 11 days the crew shelter enough footage for a 4 hour film it will be divided into 6 parts and each one will be released as a separate video cd this production style has made nollywood one of the biggest film industries in the world. unfortunately real improvements in the art of filmmaking are almost impossible but things have started to change as many nigerian filmmakers begin to break new ground. with i got an interest in german expressionism new hollywood. i want that same appreciation. for the nigerian film industry people who can have the intellectual discourse about

. seize film as art is feature length debut green white green from 2016 was screened at festivals around the world and streamed on netflix. greenway green is a coming of age story about 4 friends from the 3 major ethnic groups of men your house you board who go on an adventure to make a film inspired by a managerial history. the script for the film within the film is based on a text by character called professor organ and the thoughts expressed in it reflects my karma's own and alice's of the current political situation in nigeria. having similarly moved on from over 3 decades of merry go round military rule we stand now with the 3rd regime of the 3rd democratic republic we find ourselves

still uncertain when will the scourge of boko haram be brought to an end how can we curb the mass corruption crippling our country can we truly eradicate poverty when will we become an export based economy nigeria world will it what it was we're ready to speak so that we can quit importing bloody toothpicks i mean who in. port's toothpicks. among other things become a criticizes nigeria's heavy reliance on imports something that also applies to sophisticated films. with green white green the young filmmaker has shown that it is possible to turn the tables. we haven't had a cinematic movement on the continent you know and that's just what we're good at a new real cinematic movement that. will stand the test of time to make an imprint in global cinema you know. has attracted

attention he received state funding for his film benefiting from the fact that the government has identified the industry as a key sector of the economy. in 2008 tough to realizing the business potential in his native country. left his job but odeon cinemas in the u.k. once home he helped found the company film house which developed 9 multiplex cinema we now want to do a good all 5 thing as a 3 and a half years from. you know so. aggressive its ambitions but it's possible. the new cinema such asked one components in his grand scheme. so welcome to film how cinemas. ok so we go to the next floor. to see that building there the green building there.

that's that house of don't go to the rich or the black man in the whole world clearly the rich africa so we like this office because some things when the wind blows from the side yeah blues through him and then touches us if we like. and here is one production and distribution. ok this is not just the fastest growing but the biggest thing theatrical film distribution company of nigeria in west africa really was about to appear that executive director of a film power through one iraq war. 3 years ago the scrutiny nollywood on in terms of box office size with the bottom line to make to be valued and and be more than this years ago 64 and that's where we will see a complete flip between hollywood and nollywood and we'll see a complete flip it i double dare say will 1734 money and it's the only english

english speaking soap that i know of the war. the local films groups. as movie ticket sales go up. and the demand for local productions increases a brand new market for high quality films his evolving. film house film one does not only want to scream these films. but we definitely produce films we have produced albeit as part of a core production the wedding party the biggest film ever in west africa in cinema anyway because for. the wedding party released in 2016 was the 1st nigerian film to more than a 1000000 u.s. dollars at the box office. but even new nollywood biggest broadcaster only reached a certain section of the population. when you look at the demographics of the place

it's really from here to the top from the middle to the top we haven't reached those guys down there and because the huge population of this spend a lot of money but small volumes you know small denominations but huge turnover you know so we are looking to go target those guys give them the entertainment they want. power wants to reach the masses starting in the poorer districts of lagos he envisages cinemas which sell tickets for about $1.00 and screen films produced by his own company. is a formula and its work is what we did meet with brittany morefield i'm also says hold on the next because we're working. to. think of this as the professionalization of nollywood and that's your points like. the

joint you're microdyne your focus. on the u k.