local authorities have the information they were taken aback by the shocked response and now they want to cover it up. if suddenly the number fell 213000 cases and now supposedly it's just 1300 hours out of will be outputted as a world. khurana doesn't expect the state to do anything about her plight she hopes that when her son marries he'll tell his wife not to have a hysterectomy and she says that if she knew then what she knows now she'd never of had the operation. they break the gender barrier in sports give unsung heroines a voice. and help others become more independent and in our impact series we meet entrepreneurs human rights activists and bloggers fighting injustice and to be in their society. people making an impact people making

a difference. but know there is there will be no humans on the planet why is this at all because we have culture and we have culture that have for whatever reason taught us that this was an embarrassing part of life which is strange because it's one of the most miraculous pieces of our biology. course an app to help women facing understand what is going on in their body in contract when your period is there you can track pains and mood swings and sexual activity and many other things that are all scientifically related to the cycle and then when you get back its predictions we can see what's coming up the next couple of days you can start seeing correlations across in cycles and that's

a lot of financial education. really there's there when they're making men well when they're balochi and they can have a stronger words in the world and i think the world needs to hear many different types of voices. i grew up traveling on motorcycles around the world with my parents and my older brother since i was an ensign so i've seen a lot of the world and seen many women's lives in many different settings and so since really deeply in the sense that until women have control over their own bodies and their own childbearing and some really difficult to start having the good developmental cycles i want to see in the world. one thing that we are proud to do with the news with the useless data is to do scientific work so we carefully select the research institutions we do science work and from our hearts with that aim to advance the knowledge around from the house so

that we can get this knowledge also back to the people who tracked the data. knowledge in themselves is of course not gender you know a car is a car a space rocket is a space rocket but some take is really just saying there is a group of technologies that addressing needs that women have specifically because we have a specific body that is different so that a male. in the house is still not talked about enough it's under research it's also under funded with a lot of work to be done to really have a world where people can talk freely about those us they can talk about their headaches. and new. music connects us it doesn't differentiate between where people come from or what gender they are it's

a language that's understood across the globe almost every child around the world longs to learn an instrument because making music dumb saying and singing don't just tap into our emotions they can unleash our deepest potential. then. the last few minutes before the performance begins when stage fright is at its most intense when the audience is waiting expectantly that's the part that rosie enjoys most it's the culmination of a journey one that was anything but easy. but i mean for me some music saved me i used to have terrible family problems for me at. the. for tourists via the bravo is a lovely place to spend a relaxing vacation but in the mountainous hinterland most people struggle to make

ends meet. rosie's mother earns a few pesos selling tomatoes door to door. and they are. nothing rosie grew up in abject poverty. her family still can't afford a modern stove. system going up our financial situation is difficult and my parents just don't have any money they have nothing in. the family has been through some dark times rosie's father is a recovering alcoholic he'd come home from work drunk angry and with empty pockets . the young boy in me my mother would cry my children would cry papa stay with us but i just got off drinking again.

rosie's mother was determined her children would have more opportunities than she had she signed them up for a new orchestra project offering disadvantaged children free music lessons it was a decision that would change their lives. the orchestras musical director is crustal elias he's not interested in working with professional musicians chasing fame and fortune you want to move the girl select their students carefully they want the best in the world i don't care about the best kids i'm interested in all kids. the philharmonia via santa is an orchestra financed by donations it's specifically for children from poor backgrounds who can't afford music lessons let alone instruments what they do have isn't.

as members of an orchestra they're learning more than just how to play their instrument they're learning about creativity team spirit and responsibility. the idea is to make the learning music fun there's no pressure the students even get to conduct and have a turn be in charge it boosts their confidence for rosie the orchestra was a lifesaver. this is a bit i don't see that i'm so grateful to have discovered music it lifted me out of the misery and loneliness i felt as music is my whole life now i mean. if. i thought all saudi oil feels like he's found a family so we're fine and i'm an orphan yes this is my family really i love it but. if i didn't have this then i would really be badly off for them.

there's no mistaking his commitment on foot orchestra practice is 2 hours away from where he lives. i have also passes on what he's learnt to other children in his village. but i mean. look at his name sharing what i can do with others is what drives me. you must was a kid like my village bonds over music that bubbles up. and that really means a lot to me. rosie now studies music at a university a long way from home. she takes piano and saxophone classes. it's a demanding program. slow

down you're rushing your novice concentrated. but rosie knows she can't take anything for granted accommodation food going to university costs money the university supports rosie as much as it can she's clearly a gifted student the feel armani abayas santa trained her well it's an excellent. she's an excellent student 1st class we're doing everything in our power to make sure she can carry on. some of the hero because he can get i mean if someone asked me if i wanted a different life i would say no i'm proud of who i am but i had to grow up fast. and the best part is that when i began with music my father told me he would quit drinking and win back his family. and that's what he did rosie's father no longer drinks and he works as

a technician with the orchestra. today is a special day for the young musicians they are performing invited but i have a main square. one that it's so important it's a milestone for the confidence for all of you got it all. rosie is proud to be here . hey i am when performing the orchestra gets to bask in the glory of everything it's achieved. it's when the underprivileged young musicians realise that their accomplishments are an enrichment not just of their own lives but everyone else.

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how will climate change affect us and our children. our morning e.w. dot com slash water. this is news to live from berlin vote counting is on the way in the u.s. state of georgia where the results of 2 king runoff elections will decide which party has control of the u.s. senate's margins are razor thin with most of the votes counted also on the program germany extends its lockdown until the end of january chancellor merkel and state

leaders also announced new tougher restrictions including limits on movements in coronavirus host fox. and the olympics superfan for the record straight. she said all the summer games and the last 30 years and is hoping to continue her tradition this summer in tokyo. i'm also i caught welcome to the program we're big. in the u.s. state of georgia where polls have closed and ballots are now being tallied in runoff elections that will decide whether democrats or republicans control the u.s. senate races remain very close with 80 percent of the ballots counted democratic candidates raphael warnock and john also for trying to unseat republicans david could you and kelly lefler democrats need to win back both races to take back

control of the u.s. senate. d.w. correspond correspondent all of a solid is in atlanta georgia all of the votes are still being counted how close is the race. it really is a nail biter all it's a back and forth the margins are razor thin thin that are being counted right now one time the democrats are leave then the republicans are in the lead but it really is too close to call and the vote counting and it might be a scenario just like in november in the presidential election where we have to wait until all the mail in ballots are counted that is unlikely going to happen tonight and georgian election officials have said that it might happen tomorrow but it might even have might even happen later later this week or right so the outcome of these elections will decide how joe biden's presidency will go freely what's

really at stake here. well technically this is about the majority and senate but this really is also about the fate of the biden presidency because joe biden was elected to undo the policies of the trump era that's what he is really trying to achieve here in the in his term and in order to be able to do that he needs control of both chambers of congress the house of representatives as well as senate and there are 2 senate seats up for grabs in this runoff election here in georgia if the democrats don't win them both then the republicans will remain in power regarding the senate of course and also you will have the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell still there's no just imagine there will be that old trump spirit still present and they will have the power to obstruct joe biden's policies and that would certainly make him a weak president joe biden by the by the day he takes office now it's a big day in washington tomorrow it might be dramatic day what's happening.

so tomorrow is the day when senate certifies the electoral college votes there is a group of republican senators who are trying to stop that process that is technically not possible but they are spent just ted cruz senator of texas spearheading that group they're trying to overturn the election result essentially a highly anti-democratic move at the same time we're expecting told trump demonstrations a lot of demonstrators are in the capital already donald trump wants to live it wants to deliver a statement from the wide tells so there's a lot of potential for turmoil tomorrow there's also a spat between vice president mike pence and donald trump donald trump threatening him and other officials here in georgia also over the last days really desperate bids to stay in power there's really hardly any chance of success for him but certainly the potential for

a lot of chaos. that reporting from atlanta many thanks. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. staying in the u.s. where prosecutors in cannot show wisconsin say they won't file criminal charges against the police officer who shot an unarmed black man last august jacob blake was hit several times in the back as he tried to enter his vehicle the shooting sparked days of unrest in the city. venezuela's new parliament has met for its 1st session with president nicolas maduro his party in almost complete control of the national assembly his united socialist party won more than 92 percent of seats a month ago after the opposition parties led by one door boycott of the elections they plan to maintain a parallel parliament. for migrants have been found dead after their boat

after their boat reached the spanish island of tender reef about 40 others survive the journey from north africa more than 1100 migrants died last year trying to reach europe. germany is extending its national coronavirus knocked down by 3 weeks in an effort to reduce stubbornly high infections and death rates the decision follows a meeting between chancellor angela merkel and the country's 16 state leaders where they also agreed to tighten some restrictions including curbs on social contacts and limits on people's movements in the worst affected regions germans have been feeling the effect of tougher corona restrictions since last year but the long term is about to get tighter still. we're going to extend the measures which we agreed in december until the 31st of january and in some areas we will have to

introduce even tougher measures. shaphan. infection numbers have not dropped as sharply as hoped and there is a new fear of the faster spreading variant of the virus which could put massive strain on the health care system if it takes hold in germany. in some context there is really major concern about the virus mutation if it's true that mutated viruses tend to displace the existing strains of the more aggressive we could be facing difficult times ahead what's happened in great britain shows we must not underestimate this kind fun for shits and so the chancellor and state premiers have agreed an extended lockdown private meetings will be limited to the members of a household and only one other person where infections are high people will be told to stay within 15 kilometers of their home schools and many shops will remain closed and people arriving from outside germany will need

a corona test and have to spend at least 5 days in quarantine restricting movement infection hotspots could prevent a repeat of scenes like bees at the weekend when hundreds of people ignored police warnings and headed for ski slopes but so far it's not clear how all the new rules will be enforced. hopes for progress in rolling back the pandemic now rests on vaccination new vaccines are set to be approved but it's expected to be many months before enough people are immunized for now german space a longer lock down and no clarity about when it might be lifted. our chief political editor make sense as her assessment of this latest response from the german government to the covert 19 pandemic the extension and the deepening of the lockdown here and the sos quite clearly that the government is still bracing for the worst part of the pandemic still to come not just because there is that more

contagious strain that has been so very well and in britain for instance but also because the rollout of those the life changing vaccines is simply too slow to make a difference in time before those better conditions will allow people to be outside more again so an ever deeper lockdown not ruled out for when ministers meets once again those state premiers on the german chancellor's on january 25th to decide what happens in february and father throughout this very long winter with that silver lining of a vaccine still too far away to make a big difference here in germany. d.w. chief political editor michelle a no reporting here's a look at some other developments in the pandemic the european union is negotiating with the makers of the bio and take pfizer vaccine to order between 50 and

100000000 additional doses according to the reuters news agency the english premier league has announced 14 you coronavirus cases among football players and stuff that's more than twice as many as last week indonesia will begin a nationwide bax a nation program on january the 13th and mexico has approved the use of the astra zeneca oxford vaccine the 2nd vaccine to get the go ahead that. saudi arabia saudi arabia's crown prince has signed a deal to bring cattle back into a coalition of arab gulf allies leaders cosigned the agreements ending 3 years of isolation from its neighbors a number of gulf states cuts ties with cast out 3 years ago accusing us of supporting terrorism and being too close to iran. the emir of qatar arrived in saudi arabia to be greeted by the kingdom's crime prince this moment settle an embrace violating coronavirus guidelines sending

a strong signal today we turn a new page shake to mean bin hamad our funny had not attended a gulf summit since the qatar crisis began in 2017 now his country has been welcomed back into the fold. to shake was whisked through the saudi desert to the shimmering summit venue in the agent city of our own. gulf leaders posed for photographs before sitting down to sign a declaration of solidarity and stability saudi arabia had already announced it was lifting its in bag on qatar on tuesday riyadh said it was restoring full diplomatic ties that had to do the work these outfits helped us reach the agreement of the are all a statement that will be signed it is time it is where we affirm our gulf arab and islamic solidarity and stability and strengthen the amicable relations between our countries in order to serve the interests of their people that wrote. the

declaration seeks to end the dispute which is isolated qatar for more than 3 years in june 2017 saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut diplomatic ties with qatar they accused of supporting terrorist groups and of being too close to saudi arabia's fro iran. saudi arabia and its as. blockaded access to qatar by air land and sea leaving it almost completely cut off. doha said the embargo violated international law. the blockading countries issued 13 demands despite qatar's vehement rejection of their allegations the list included closing down broadcast to al-jazeera and stang grating ties with iran fast forward to 2021 and no sign of major concessions from qatar so why the change of heart it's

partly thanks to pressure from the outgoing us administration. and pressure from the incoming one joe biden is expected to take a firm a stance toward saudi arabia and to reengage with iran. but while riyadh seeks to unify arab ranks the declaration contains only a general pledge of solidarity the united arab emirates has said more work is needed while qatar is freed from the blockade full reconciliation is by no means certain now to the world of sports and a super fan who refuses to miss out 61 year old kyoko ishikawa has been to every summer olympic games in the past 30 years and the tokyo resident is determined to attend the one shuttle to come to her hometown this year many japanese believe the events of not go ahead because of the pandemic but kyoko is hoping to keep her brought her record unbroken.

kyoko ishikawa has done her summer games superfan attire every 4 years her traditional outfit and hace maki had been started out at the barcelona games in 1902 and along the way she's collected memorabilia at every game since the tokyo lympics were postponed until this year due to the pandemic and just last month tokyo organizers banned cheering in stadiums which means. we'll have to leave her whistle at home even with the muted atmosphere of the tokyo games kyoko believes could serve as a symbol of hope i think i didn't get hung up on that one and despite the difficulties i want the tech games to be a place where people around the world feel the flame of hope was protected. country do you want that humanity kept alive for me that i know the.

plans to take part in the rescheduled torch relay she's also looking forward to adding to her collection of memorabilia the tokyo games are set to open in under 200 days. you're watching d.w. news live from berlin monica jones is up next with the covert 19 special. envoy that company. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research. information and context the coronavirus update. on t w. can you hear me now here is yes we can hear you and how

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