w. . this is deja news a live from berlin british prime minister boris johnson announces a return to a nationwide lockdown in england asked corona virus infections surge johnson warns that england's hospitals are under more pressure than at any time since the start of the pandemic schools and non-essential shops will be closed until at least mid february also coming out. supporters of wiki leaks founder julian assange celebrates after a british judge blocked his extradition to the united states for espionage saying

his mental health problems pose a suicide risk. and politicians hold rallies in georgia on the eve of crucial runoff elections that will determine the party which party controls the u.s. senate the latest polls show very tight races. welcome to the program british prime minister boris johnson has announced a new nationwide lockdown for england until at least mid february to combat a fast spreading new coronavirus variance in a national television address johnson said the country is at a critical moment with cases rapidly rising in every region he told people to stay at home and said that all schools and non-essential shops will close the announcement follows a warning from england's chief medical officer that the. health system would be

overwhelmed in the next $21.00 days unless action is taken. meanwhile the 1st immunizations with the newly approved astra zeneca 19 vaccine have begun in the u.k. with its developers hailing the project as cheaper and easier to distribute than the alternatives the shot was developed as a collaboration between oxford university and multinational pharmaceutical company astra zeneca. a milestone for britain as it became the 1st country to administer the oxford astra zeneca vaccine more than half a 1000000 doses have been made available for the 1st 24 hours alone it comes as britain struggles with a surge in corona virus infections including a highly contagious variant this 82 year old was 1st in the queue for the jab.

to more and more. normal road. courses. and it was a proud moment for this oxford alumnus who was next in line. is it's wonderful and it's good to be able to tell. people. it's good. as quickly as you can. britain has called it a scientific triumph the shot is less expensive and is easier to store than other covert 19 vaccines. but some are proceeding with caution it has yet to be approved in the e.u. and france's data for the jab is insufficient you spoke with a viral just in the u.k. who said the information has not been me at the level. of the data that media of rule for this vaccine is only belonging to the government that is not publicly

available and according to the government is like this that if the 1st nose is given the person there is around 70 percent efficacy and then if it is the 2nd those given that it will be around 80 percent of the terrible are actually months but that is something that we haven't seen the debt of so therefore all is in the air we don't really know how africa's use would it be particularly after the 1st dose. the european medicines agency has said it is unlikely that the astra zeneca vaccine will be approved for the e.u. in january. a court in london has ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange on channel be extradited to the united states to face as being our charges the judge said it would be oppressive and would damage his mental health a sound shows an australian citizen would face up to 175 years in prison if us if the us successfully appeals his lawyers have applied for him to be released on bail meanwhile mexico has offered him political asylum. with the news trickling out of

the courtroom came chants of celebration from julian assange just supporters of the static that after 10 years of legal fights they finally had some form of victory parade. this protects him from extradition in the united kingdom. but it doesn't protect you from extradition elsewhere around the world there isn't it is time for the united states to shut down this extraordinary prosecution which has massive free speech implications and i certainly hope that this will be the end of this case and. really a scientist team began the day with low expectations. his fiance called on donald trump to pardon the father of her 2 children. as long as julian has to ensure suffering in isolation as an unpredictable prison terms from march to prison and as long as our children continue to be run on their

father's love and affection. the kind of celebration. he will celebrate today from. inside the courtroom the judge dismissed most of his songes defense but she conceded that his mental health was such that to extradite him would be oppressive. piece of lengthy legal battle began with a video that shocked the world the sondra least classified footage of u.s. apache helicopters killing iraqi civilians and journalists. to more shade and understanding of what the past 6 years of war has been why. the u.s. accused him and a wiki leaks of being enemy combatants for the past decade through thick and thin always maintained that he was a journalist. the saga is not over yet the u.s. government has said it will appeal today's decision. now to some of the other

stories making news around the world saudi arabia is opening its air sea and land borders with qatar it's a 1st step towards ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided u.s. allies in the region since 2017 the lifting of the embargo paves the way for qatar to attend tuesday's summit of gulf leaders in saudi arabia. iran says it has resumed enriching uranium up to 20 percent that goes well beyond the threshold set by the 2015 year clear deal with major world powers the decision coincides with increasing tensions between iran and the u.s. and is expected to complicate efforts by u.s. president elect joe biden to rescue the deal. president forced in our concha to a day or a house one central african republic presidential election according to provisional results an ounce by the electoral commission on monday he secured more than 53

percent of the votes in the election which was held on december 27th the vote was marred by coordinated offensive by rebel groups who try to disrupt the election. u.s. politicians are descending on the state of georgia on the eve of crucial runoff elections that will determine which party controls the u.s. senate vice president mike pence attended a rally in support of republicans. and. their locks in a tight race with democrats john also and rough warnock later this evening both president elect joe biden and president donald trump will be campaigning in the states from visit comes a day after of revelations he tried to pressure and official to also the state's presidential election results. d.w. correspondents all of the salad joins me from atlanta georgia good to see all of the and all of my work with this mean what would it mean for joe biden's future

administration if the republicans win and maintain control of the senate. hola joe biden wants to undo a lot of donald trump's policies that he realized in the 4 years of his presidency talk we're talking about the environment of all the climate of all migration so he's got a whole pack to a political agenda and in order to be able to do that to become a successful president he will have to control both chambers of the u.s. congress that's a house of representatives that they'll get democrats currently already control and then in addition it will be senate and there are 2 seats at stake here joe biden the democrats in fact will have to win those 2 seats otherwise joe biden will be a very limited president. both from biden are heading to the state for a final campaign push others still many undecided voters in georgia.

they're not so undecided anymore at this point although what it really comes down to is turnout here and we've seen a historic push especially made by the democrats here over recent days and weeks there have been thousands of canvassers of volunteers sent out to the street to knock on doors to get the vote out to convince people that this is an important election so there is some hole also on the democratic side because the early voter turnout was very high and that suggests that there is a good ad for the democrats on this side and there is some concern on the republican side of course after weeks of these baseless claims that we've also heard in the last hours again by president donald trump that the election was rigged in stone as a whole lot of people are wondering whether it is actually worse to turn out but of course polls suggest that it will be a very tight a nickel neck race in fact speaking of trump's claims that spoke about that much debated phone call with the president secretary of state to find him more votes.

in results how much of a role is this going to play in the runoffs. we've done so already play a role only we have just witnessed just some hours ago very noteworthy press conference by a local election official gave real sterling republican himself and he really desperately appeal to voters to turn out to not buy into the rhetoric of donald trump that we're hearing right now because simply the fear of republicans here in georgia is that the rhetoric that we're hearing might even hurt the republican incumbents kelly lefler and david perdue. thank you very much all of a salad in georgia for us. some sports news now and in football the euro go away and players' union has called on football authorities or forces in england to overturn edinson cavani a 3 match ban for using

a racist term on social media the manchester united striker posted the message after he was congratulated for scoring a winning goal in november vonnie later deleted the post when he was told that the word in spanish could be considered racist but he said the only he only meant to extend affection with his comments the union said cavani has been discriminated against the culture and way of life of people. now the owner of an israeli football club long considered a mainstay of right wing fans says he wants to stamp out racism at the club more see how giggs says he's willing to sign arab players something the jerusalem club has never done before in fact one of the club's new co-owners is an arab business than the initiative has its supporters and its detractors. moshe wants a make over for his club jerusalem it's been linked for years as

a right wing team which he claims hurts its reputation. a cyst. image did the club. was one of the key elements that brought both me to buy disc love. when i said i wanted to give back to the community i wanted to do something good for the community i saw this problem that reflects bad not only on the club but also means that you can build a space such some people doing things that against all the teachings and soul then he pulled in wealthy arab businessmen she come out been colley filed nigh on scene here on the right to split ownership 5050 although some media reports question his true wealth he's a member of abu dhabi's ruling family and his pledge to pump some $90000000.00 into the club in the coming decade. said he was inspired to look for a partner from the united arab emirates after the u.s.

brokered agreement establishing diplomatic relations between it and israel in september however the israeli football association has yet to approve the deal and if it does happen there are some hard core fans who don't agree with ho cakes move . that whole case if it's all money he also got money here a lot of money to sell us in order to sell our identity i'm telling you he received a lot of money. is not deterred he claims 98 percent of the people are for the deal and that he's on a mission. showing everyone but muslims and jews can walk together and build beautiful things together and i think football is the best platform for it it's a lofty goal using sports to help heal old wounds. you're watching t w news live from berlin christine is up next with news africa in just

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trying in all ways to understand this new culture. or another visitor or not and yet you want to become citizens. in full margarets your platform for reliable information. this is d.w. news africa on the program today the race to rein in covert 19 in south africa as the country posed a record number of cases and did fall hear from the scientists who say it has little chance of meeting its vaccination targets in 2021. also in south africa the initiative aimed at building skills and confidence in girls from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds. plus will meet the book sale after taking the latest big name novels from brussels to kinshasa.

hello i'm christine it's good to have your company criticism is mounting on the south african government and what some mall calling a failure to secure enough vaccines for the country's population the development comes as the country poses to record numbers of infections and deaths and as concerns grow over a new more infectious variant of the virus of africa has so far ordered doses for roughly 10 percent of the population through the w h o's kovacs program that's aimed at ensuring the nations also have access to vaccines but delivery is not a. accidental april and critics say the government should have acted earlier to

procure larger amounts from pharmaceutical companies and government supporters on the battle calling for patience and accuse rich countries of buying up all the supplies. and for more we're joined by should be in my day he is professor of facts and energy at south africa's fits. me now from johannesburg. professor how confident are you that south africa will be able to secure enough vaccines for its people. certainly not confident and mortal it would be able to get 67 percent of the population vaccinate that by the end i think we would be i do successful you create your neighbor getting 5 to 30 percent of the population that's tonight and it's not just about the challenge of being able to gain access to that scene at this late stage but it's also by the who just exulting able to deploy that seeing in south africa if you're going to target one thing to get 67 percent of the population but to make that and start vaccinating from the 1st of april we would

make approximately 250000 people a day 7 days a week for the 1st month and a half to that city and all the people today if we go over to the. professor why can't the government be doing differently in south africa well it does take it down because you know the government can do is to try to pursuit by that sort of. but unfortunately and it is that much of the vaccine that is going to be manufactured over the course of the next 6 to 9 months by these are 3 companies as it seems there is no good most inspectors were delayed for some of these it's already been spoken for so it's unlikely that government is going to be able to be successful in terms of to curing large quantities of it seem to be the target audience in ending up 2 thirds of the population is the vaccine then for face of the only way to end this this this pandemic what else can be done. well it's one fortunately we're stuck with what is known as

a not conventions and that people to come face must get. for the distancing and most important it probably is. a cloying mess gather especially in poorly ventilated t.a.d.s. and that is really our only mechanism it's not a solution to end any. prospects of getting this beyond their means to end is probably where that's a nation unless you're willing for it to be like if you try to get too hard we need to be smooth action. professor how concerned are you by the new strain that's been discovered in south africa with the vaccine still work so it is an important question and fortunately through the city and. the studies that they've gotten to get over in south africa and a majority of the participants are getting infected with dividers and those these are getting infected with this movie very subtly and of course over the next 4 to 6

weeks we will probably have conclusive a conclusive on as to residents at sea in their city there's been great scenes where they protect against covert men you know not going to say to do it again and it's coming to dominate in south africa. professor would it be enough for south africa to achieve had a community as a community if the rest of the continent is trailing behind. well i think you 2 into society actually go in terms of limiting the type of the surgeons so you but your days in with movement of people once you reach some level of community in a population you wouldn't get this sort of major research and says that because of that you can see when we talk of herd immunity is not the part of riders disappearing covert 19 is not going to disappear at any rate indeed they can soon. enter a new world but it not the end. but instead you know what trying to prevent this sort of surgeons as it up in expedients so i guess if we were by somebody good able

to regulate was said of the population but again nothing to do one we would be possibly be able to get insurgences human but other countries not necessarily meeting the same sort of targets in the. us and it's all right that is professor. professor of south africa's of its vast struck university speaking to us from johannesburg thank you professor. it's a pleasure and we're staying in south africa for our next story way more than 60 percent of the country's children are play and that's according to the government poverty is highest among black children most of them live in households that all below the poverty line visited and that's helping girls from disadvantaged homes with the skills to break the poverty cycle. living in an old number is the 1st phone in the demeanor of the children not that there's not been

kind to hit you both off head parents on 12th likelihood only in the end they can't. eat but like many children age she's introduced by jim says to go to school and study hard time for school to my emphasis of my. study journalism and be a martyr and spread the good news and big news for the people and by a big beautiful house for my parents and for my mom to spend his own business and for my kids and get a good job. have a 2 fields that have grown will make it difficult for hate to watch if it brings me hadn't. been can't afford to buy some of the school materials she needs. she sometimes goes to school on an empty stomach the capital has gone in and out of this and back to the gallows picked up a cane children's feet to skim

a c f s and community education send back. the symptoms docketed insulated and that provides them with specialized programs such as the skills catch our support and school with the assistance fund that they also make in was a time to socialize with other children from friends it creates a for our house ways maybe you'll feel in which i dream of making a child feel for single parent much english medium a good education. the sim to his a gal's for which they have nicknamed the case because this is where the truck oh man it was shit watching it poke in the sense they don't see that almost any length to a scene and they don't call names for lent without being worked out and measuring all

that stuff in the beauty corn that is one of the favorite spots against. this is when they get to experiment with all its mischief and still. having hits again sunshine you can use it myself to sleep my kind of fish and then other things from the mind of something significant here pleasure that others think this gives commentary the book of overspill for what they don't see which has led to them have been a low self esteem and they carry on the battle in the center of the shells bottle has been taking the least way to act professional council house on back to health and work it was the easy not the christians who gave the house the new window of opportunity provided by beck that made me think of a. reasons that the 2 friends don't need to.

come here. now you're about to meet a man whose passion for books sees him travel here between europe and africa on a regular basis and all in the name of taking literature to the people it's a size is costly and full of hassle but his loyal customers make dozens of kilograms and thousands of miles all worth it. other runners danny carefully salts and packs the new jams he's picked up here in belgium the bookseller and his family have plenty of extra baggage all of it crammed with books but that's not the only challenge. this is. one thing it's an 8 hour flight preparing all that it's really a personal investment especially over there when i arrive it's a bit complicated at customs. d. d r c is

a poor country so it's of little interest for publishing giant the gap in the market has become amazon nice to fill. the latest big name novels from europe alongside me shell obama's memoirs some treasures from a zine he will put on sale at book express his tiny shop in kinshasa. here a title can cost nearly half of the d.r. sees every edge wage an average people earn about 35 year as a man to his customers as diverse as the volumes on his shelves. first there are the intellectuals politicians university professors who come to buy political theory books then there are the mothers who come to buy children's books . but as far as general politics is concerned there is a vacuum there is no demand but. there's also this thriving

market in the 2nd or 3rd hand books in kinshasa. where the dog times on normal cookery street sellers have everything. is made people have the courage and love to set up bookstores in our country to strengthen us the booksellers. from estonia believes this. the thirst for reading in the country and the books. already has plans for book festival. and that is it for now after la program today be sure to check out the stories on d.w. dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and we're on twitter and that my twitter handle is at 7 always interested to know what you think about the stories that we cover here we'll see you next time about.

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on the show that it was. in support. of. the debris of. such. a new card. her giant emerges after shareholders shareholders for p s a and chrysler approved a mega merger but there's bigger relieving better at a time of unprecedented challenges for the car industry we'll talk to our financial correspondent. also on the show london's withdraw from the e.u. was supposed to give a full break that boost to germany's financial hub frankfurt we'll look at why that hasn't happened. and the european market for medicinal marijuana is much smaller

than its american counterpart but investment is growing producers are optimistic. welcome to the show i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us shareholders for chrysler and france's p.s.a. overwhelmingly approved the 2 automakers merger on monday creating the world's 4th largest car company but the resulting firm will be called still lantus and will be home to 15 different brands including peugeot citroen jeep opel and dodge in today's increasingly difficult car market the company will have its work cut out for it. the 2 car companies couldn't have made it on their own neither fee at chrysler nor p.s.a. could keep up with the competition when it came to electric cars now they want to reach for the stars together as the still land to scroope so if you measure we're responding to the major challenges of the automotive industry we need a certain size in order to become more efficient in research development and

investment but also to put ourselves in a better position worldwide which will go off. it was a bumpy road but now p.s.a. and chrysler will together form the world's 4th largest car manufacturer after folks toyota and the new nissan mitsubishi alliance. fiat's opel and chrysler are just 3 of the new auto giants 14 brands and that could be a problem before the pandemic the 2 sides have promised that no brand would be eliminated. will miss the promise not to give up any brand will be hard to keep today they have 14 of them but i don't think that brands that sell 20225000 cars worldwide today will survive the next crisis. still and his might have just come together but it may yet have to slim down for

the auto market of the future. if more of this let's talk to our financial correspondent in new york yen scored a hello yes so to say c.e.o. carlos to virus has said that only the most agile car companies or get through the difficult years ahead y.c. merging with another giant car company that. well if you will see mergers in that scale mostly what those companies try to achieve in the 1st place is to find synergies and bring costs overall down so that's probably $1.00 of the aims and one challenge should definitely will be the chinese market the 2 companies combined have a market share of less than one percent and the largest car market in the world that they will also try to help each other was developing electrical vehicles what is quite pricey so they're also looking for synergies there but clearly if you look at the history of cross continental mergers in the car industry has not have not

necessarily always been successful and so one of the key markets actually might be the united states and the companies are thinking about bringing the old model back to the u.s. market for the 1st time in decades now yes i find that fascinating show these small cars in the american market it seems to be dominated by big vehicles is it possible to make that work. yeah definitely and if you look at the u.s. car market overall i mean i'm standing here in front of a used to a car dealer in brooklyn and we had a bumpy and very rocky 2020 especially in the spring was the outbreak of the pandemic cost sales plunged in the united states but then when summer came more and more people voided mass transport and actually did start buying vehicles but yes talking about the big. s.u.v.s vans pickup trucks are they make up for more than 70 percent of new car sales here in the united states and you definitely wonder if

there was a big appetite for peugeot if you kill to especially here in the united states it's all about the big cars right so maybe bigger is better there in the u.s. financial correspondent thank you. or in germany where frankfurt is the financial capital and was widely expected to benefit from brags that more london firms were supposed to relocate or expand their operations there to retain access to the continents those expert expectations have not panned out however and for many in frankfurt it might be ok. from the river thames to the river mine the german world of finance hope that frankfurt would become the e.u.'s new financial hub 4 years ago the city expected to create 10000 new jobs but it's managed to make just 4000. why it wasn't $10000.00 is relatively easy to explain everybody expected more child migration but the british government reacted

immediately making some regulatory changes so that fewer jobs had to be relocated to. fewer jobs than expected coming over from london and job cuts at german banks as they struggle to stay afloat dim prospects for the country's finance sector. people think the office towers belong to the banks the terrorist still have the banks logos on them but if you look at the tenant mix in the building the banks are nowhere near as dominant as they used to be. isn't understocked become a city of big law firms and consultants and it's not that. that's why stefan whining was never bothered by briggs that demand for commercial property here was already high the city launched multiple new building projects but the pandemic has had a devastating effect when the new stock and if you look at the strong years in 2018 in 2019 where we leased well over 600000 square meters you can see we're renting

only half of what we had in the boom years that speaks for itself. the new offices being built will likely be sparsely populated good news for small businesses seeking cheap rent but the trend is the opposite for apartments affordable living space remains just a pipe dream with mostly luxury flats being built these days. i guess germans aren't familiar with luxury condominiums in high rise buildings they're completely new phenomenon here in the past high rise buildings were considered commercial buildings more of an imposing backdrop yeah now we see a trend that's more familiar in north america luxury residential towers. even though briggs it didn't bring the expected migration to frankfurt the city's appeal remains high but so does the price of rent leaving affordable housing a scarce commodity. a story we're following out of china 2 months since his

last public appearance speculation is intensifying over the whereabouts of chinese billionaire jack ma alibaba found there has been off the grid since late october when he gave a speech criticizing china's regulators and state run banks was given a dressing down by officials in beijing while the i.p.o. of his financial services company and group was suspended he was also removed from a prominent role as the public face of an african talent show. all right let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making global headlines. e.u. competition watchdogs have approved german state of up to one and a quarter 1000000000 euros for trouble travel group 2 week which has struggled during the pandemic they just part of a larger support package that also includes private investments to be c.e.o. says he expects the travel market to largely recover this summer. opec and its partners are split over whether to increase oil output next month as the outcome of monday's meeting in vienna some members like nigeria wanted higher output following

last year's cuts but others fear a glut cartel will meet again on tuesday in an attempt to break the deadlock. that coin soared to an all time high of almost $35000.00 on sunday but it's since given up some of its latest gains latest milestone for the cryptocurrency coming just 3 weeks after it hit 20000 dollars for the 1st time because it has surged by 800 percent since been march. or popular support for medicinal marijuana has grown across europe in recent years and so has the market for it which is now believed to be worth hundreds of millions of euros and that still pales in comparison to the u.s. market for example which is worth billions but as more european countries legalized medicinal marijuana investors are pouring in their money and producers are finding their product. these hybrid strains of cannabis have sonorous names like delahaye

could pose and pink names adopted from the black market but what's being grown here near the danish town of old and is legal medical marijuana for an up and coming european market. it all started out in the greenhouse next door mats peterson's family business is scandinavia is largest producer of greenhouse tomatoes now they've branched out into cannabis together with canadian company or economists peterson says his motivation is not just market driven for me personally but a personal story your boy who had seizures and simply. didn't help him out at this rate and his parents bought illegal cannabis. and he tried that and after 20 minutes he just ups we've been given rare access to our ora nordics medical marijuana production facility it's about to be certified meaning the product can finally go to market after 2 and a half years the program put in place where the government here in copenhagen

allows companies to manufacture sell and export medical cannabis products and in this really does remain optimistic that the program will be continued in future despite this stigma still attached to treating patients with medical cannabis. that stigma is something dr tina holstered who runs a pain treatment practice in copenhagen knows all too well there is a you will end up with a needle stuck with cannabis but it has been proven we want our patient to get symptom relief for the problems that can be pain or no. 2 can with airplane. the physician has treated some 3000 patients with cannabis products so far and is convinced of its efficacy for health and well being. and that's it for me and the business team here in berlin as always you can find out more about these and other

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make up your own. w. made for mines. welcome to arts and culture it's our 1st show of the new year and so we want to take a look at what awaits a little preview if you will of the 2021 culture agenda but hopefully even the coronavirus can't stop that means movies art music and architecture will head to paris for a sneak peek at chanel's new creative home. now usually at the beginning of a new year we have some sense of the cultural events that lie ahead that didn't

work out so well last year so here's our very cautious look at $22017.00 highlights for the new year and they all just happened to start with the letter b. being number one is bond james bond the release of the 21st film in the franchise has been postponed repeatedly due to the coronavirus pandemic. so maybe 2021 will be the year that agent double 07 finally hits cinemas again. he'd be bringing along rb number 2000000000 eilish who were courted the movie's theme song no time to die. the number 2 is boyce joseph boyce 2021 marks the centennial he of the legendary

german artists birth we recommend the excellent documentary about him by director on place 5 it's perfect preparation for the numerous boys' exhibitions planned for this year provided museums are able to reopen. the 4th b is for delhi nala the berlin international film festival which usually rolls out the red carpet for celebrity guests in february but the plan this year is for a kind of trade fair in march for film professionals and journalists and if the pandemic allows the festival will hold public screenings of new films in june for a nonprofessional audience. number $5000000000.00 specifically the architecture be another postponed from 2020. for the 17th time architects from around the world will compete for the main golden lion award with their visions for the future this year's theme is how will we live together.

our 6 to be is bob bob dylan a music legend still knows how to make headlines whether by winning the nobel prize . as for literature and 26 team by selling the rights to 600 of his songs to universal music in 2020 this year dylan won't have to do much to draw attention other than simply turn 80 years old on may 24th. and finally be number 7. thought we were done with the beethoven here think again the coronavirus pandemic resulted in the cancellation of most of the events planned for the bon beethoven festival honoring the 250th anniversary of the great composers burt. so they've been postponed to the summer of 2021 when the worst of co bit is hopefully over.

given how much there still is to discover about beethoven one year is too short anyway. so this year is also ok to have in here. and that brings us to another big be affecting culture of this year brags that the united kingdom is now fully out of the european union but what does it mean for the arts college market crude is here for more mica a few days ago we finally saw that u.k. your trade agreement we've all been waiting for word about a culture where politicians thinking about culture well i guess not too much because they are still so many questions without an eon so the only thing which seems to be quite clear is that breck said we'll make the cultural life and the cultural exchange much more complicated when it comes to british music for example . before bracks said the british musicians could tell a tour around europe without

a visa and now it's too friend they need a separate visa for every european country and the fear is that some british musicians may be. not will be able to afford the extra bill your corsi and to delays and maybe those musicians were not able to fool around europe any more yet and so they started a petition for musicians passports and they have collected more than 220000 signatures to now who would see what comes out of that so obviously mobility the freedom to work internationally those are some really big issues what about the other way around what about artists from the european union who want to work in the u.k. yeah i talked to some artists in germany and they are all waiting bail waiting for solutions and for more information ok artists were quite good in overcoming obstacles and they are really willing to do but when it comes to museums

galleries theaters for example financed so many projects and all those subsidies are falling away now and another example is the european union youth orchestra which has been based in london the idea was always to bring musicians from all around europe together. and now they have to move to italy it wasn't possible for them to remain in the u.k. being financed by the e.u. and now it's still not clear whether young british musicians are able to be allowed to take parts of this orchestra what about the art market because the u.k. is also such a big player on the art market. here they are actually really well prepared it seems the smaller galleries are a bit scared but the big auction houses for example christie's could even benefit in the last year's london has continued to strengthen his position as a trading metropolis for art some say bracks it is also

a good opportunity with less regulation from the e.u. so british our market could be one of 100 bespeak witness in the michael krueger thanks so much thank you well 2020. 1 is said to be a year of big changes for the fashion industry as well and legendary fashion house chanel plans to open its new creative hub at the edge of paris the complex is set to bring together some 600 of chanel's high fashion artisans for the 1st time the brand's luxury embroiderers how to makers goldsmiths and swimwear creators will all be working under one roof. this is the construction site of chanel's new flagship building in paris the triangular building complex named 1000 m. offers more than 25000 square meters of space the 24 metre high concrete threads that surround the building were inspired by luxury textiles. french architect

really rich i came up with the idea. you immediately draw a parallel to the works of karl lagerfeld and chanel they always championed the most sophisticated and refined expertise when it came to textiles. so it was important for me to honor their craftsmanship many of my designs are inspired by feminine ideals. for me this concrete is very sensual and feminine so the texture feels like skin through to the board of. concrete ornamental work is the award winning architects trademark. as with the new sam new zealand marsay. the shampoo one stadium in paris. or the new islamic art department.

the object of the new chanel building is also to provide optimal working conditions for the 1000 m. is planned to host the workshops of artisans with unique skills masters of their crafts. karl lagerfeld once said i only take care of the facade in this case the dress the person who lives in it is responsible for the rest i like that statement here it's somewhat similar we've got the spaces studios and a facade i want the people who work here to be happy the concrete structure is meant to calibrate the daylight so it's not too bright but that the sun still shines it was. another example of a building that connects architecture and fashion is the eaves on long haul museum in america cashmore rocco designed by a leafy martini and coffee. the architecture reflects the curved and straight lines of song design it's. the facade symbolizes the texture of

a rough fabric the interior is like an elegant dress and soft and flowing harmonious color. the founders still leave tall in paris exhibits art rather than fashion still the spectacular megaproject by canadian architect frank gehry is the flagship of the luxury goods group l b m h curving glass elements cover the body of the building reminiscent of a ship. now another paris fashion houses unveiling its own gem of 21st century architecture chanel plans to inaugurate its $1000.00 m. creative hub in march. music experts have called i play brenda one of the greatest pianists of all time now is celebrating his 90th birthday here's a look back at our meeting with the austrian virtue of a decade ago when he was 80. in 2010 we had the good fortune to

experience the world famous pianist i think planned he'd stop giving concerts in 2008 return to cajun only to the stage to deliver musical lectures such as this one . gained international renown as a concert pianist in the 1950 s. his interpretations of haydn mozart list beethoven and schubert legendary though some critics felt they were too cold and technical but for blended honoring the composers intentions was always paramount the thick. their work lives largely the late late in the score this late in life must become manifest in the course of its performance in the belief that the performer may kiss the work awake no more and no less. for his 90th birthday hopes to stay active he's

a respected writer as well as performer and composer he's held many readings of his poems and essays in a recent newspaper interview he said he can always match turner. and staying with music british singer gerry mars and died this weekend at age 78 will be remembered for his rendition of you'll never walk alone the song originally from the musical carousel the marstons cover became one of the war world's most popular soccer anthems we were poor football club says it will continue to play marston's recording and here it is you'll never walk alone he said. or lol forebear. blah blah bomb bomb bomb.

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