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hello i'm christie one day it's good to have your company activists in sierra leone say child marriage is on the rise because the coronavirus pandemic is making it harder for families to feed their children and pay school fees now west africa has the highest number of child brides in the world and a decades long campaign pushing to stop the practice had shown some success in sierra leone rates of child marriage dropped in the country from 56 percent in 2006 girls to 39 percent of girls in 2017 now back progress is being threatened. the remote village of kamau in eastern syria yarn it was here that a man soma reka marah as she walked to primary school thing he proposed to impress

the food he went to talk to my parents they asked me what i thought and i told them you have no money to send me to school so let me get married. before being me as an award. she only accepted she says because a family needed the dowry money now the 16 year old regret the decision she doesn't want to sisters to make the same mistake as. i tell them don't follow in my footsteps listen to me don't get married so young go to school. we've family struggling in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic child marriage is on the rise again many parents view the practice as normal but they do not fear. their children for them it's probably like this is possibly one of the better investments and better things that i could do for my child to ensure that i. do

something that will ensure that she has security. sirrah leone's 1st lady that amanda deal is working to change this mindset with her campaign hands off our girls child doesn't give consent to sex so if you if you force a child to be at a very. you have the. child and that's. another child bride is no longer the cash strapped family married her off when she was just 15 when you know i talked to my parents to convince them not to marry me off but i said we are poor and have nothing unless you get married her husband often left her alone with no money for food she ran away and he's now to school for taylor's. mr vavasor just suffering i was going through it was too much especially with the marriage i never imagined that i thought my family would help me to become a basic person but that didn't happen. in.

schools or even began in october activists worry that those who marry young don't usually make it back to the classroom that leaves them vulnerable to poverty domestic abuse and the risks of early pregnancy. for more on this we've invited joggle from save the children onto the program she's joining us from freetown in syria and welcome to the program. why are so many children married off in sierra leone is a cultural practice or is it being forced by poverty. as one girl in an ad that i really like says the situation is complicated we have a series of different things affecting all leading to child marriage we live in a patriarchal society. it is believed that the girl child is

a 2nd class to the boy child in a society where the girl child is seen as less intelligent is more of a helper and according to the culture and tradition and. as far as the family is concerned she's there basically as an investment to the family rather than as an investment to the community as a whole as a result of that you have situations where the girl child is seen no seen as a risk of possibly falling pregnant before she ends up in the. situation so it's seen as a shame or a disgrace to the family and that's also one of the reasons that married off to tell us about the increase that we've seen 19 pandemic. well i think for us we've got anecdotal evidence of got one case study coming from one of the ladies in the southern district where we work and basically some of the children that we spoke to at that time was saying to us they had concerns that they

will be likely to be married off because they fell pregnant within the. period of the 5 months that we the schools were closed we had one ladies that we work with basically told us that she had an incident where she went she was invited to a wedding basically when. only to find that the person getting married is a child so she basically intervened talks to the to the parents about the risks they had in terms of if she reported to the authorities and as a result they called off the waiting masses of the scenarios are likely to face why does this process need to end. i think in many for many reasons really fussily out say economically now we've got a government that's very ambitious plans for syria and they're looking at economic national development for that to happen we need to have a population which is over 50 percent to be on board and these are women and girls

need to be part of that process they need their education the health system which really we can say that 40 percent of the maternal deaths in syrians as a result of girls pregnant girls that needs to change protection systems they're at risk of rape at home in the communities at school if they don't address some of these challenges that girls face on a daily basis then all of their plans in terms of development is sorted all right that's. save the children talking to us. thank you. thank you very much. now in uganda the pop star turned on make a rabbit and he who goes by the name bobby winds say shell call on the international criminal court to investigate alleged murder torture and other abuses in uganda the move comes less than a week before the country's presidential election in which he is challenging

a longtime leader 70 that tensions are high in the country a medic aortic and violent campaigning period. campaigning and a flak jacket and helmet speaking to reporters on line from his car surrounded by police even what happens next has become the norm for ugandan opposition candidate bobby wine. a grandmother. but. minutes earlier wine had announced he'd called on the international criminal court to investigate alleged murder torture and other abuses at the hands of the country's leaders. it is my. 'd weaknesses and.

many. resent that. because. 'd the people of uganda. president yoweri must 70 has held power for more than 3 decades and says he's certain a victory in next week's election to economic growth and subsidies have earned him a strong support base especially in rural areas. but singer turned politician bobby wine has galvanized the opposition demanding an end to what he calls a dictatorship. and other opposition candidates say the president has made a fair campaign impossible. wine was arrested when he announced his candidacy back in november sparking protests in which security forces shot dead more than 50

people authorities insist further restrictions on campaigning are in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus but critics like wine as well as human rights groups say those rules are being weaponized to stifle the opposition even further. now once abandoned african penguins are now classified as endangered their population is declining rapidly now south africa researchers are planning to start a new breeding colony of the sea birds by releasing schools of african penguin chicks at the western cape's de hook nature reserve curious and charismatic this is the only species of penguin that breeds on this continent the african penguin was once south africa's most abundant sea bird in the 1920 s. there were 1000000 peds but when humans started taking the eggs the food the penguin population had plunged. research is

a working to reverse that. key to their strategy at these dummy penguins they emit penguin calls to attract real ones i'm sure so far success has been limited but research is a hopeful. it's been done for other sea bird species around the world. possibly the most successful and famous example is the atlantic puffin off the east coast of the u.s. they used they also use decoys and releasing chicks at the site and they eventually got a very big thriving colony the aim is to develop a new penguin colony where the birds would be safe from predators penguins settled here briefly in the mid 2000 but praying leopards meant they were soon forced to leave researches plans to introduce dozens of 100 african penguin chicks here starting early this year do you want to try and release as many. chicks at the site as possible and over

a long period of time so we would ideally want to try and release. at least 50 juveniles a year over a period of 3 to 5 years the endangered penguins are found only in south africa and namibia the decline in their populations has been attributed mainly to the reduction of fish stocks they feed on and worsened by climate change. the african penguin and seabed sanctuary prepares these young birds for life in the wild the area has good fishing waters vital for a new colony and boosting penguin numbers will help other species too. it is an indicator species it's an apex predator that's and right it's essential to the end to the ecosystem and it's really it will be very very said if we are to use the species on our watch and if the effort works the african penguin would be safe enough to stay the star attraction on south africa's beaches. is that

for now be sure to check out our of the story on. forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter and as always we're keen to hear what you think about the stories we cover on the program and the stories we should we had a wonderful weekend see you next time. my 1st vice a. machine. where i come from women are by this ocean for. something as simple as learning how to write a by side those isn't. since i was a little girl i want to. say lost my home and it took me years to get there. finally they gave up invention by a young bicycle but returned people saw a machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing a bible. i was. back home for bones and social

rules and informed of the basic rights my name is the about of people and i wore jeans and. the youth of. the. sudan submits its 1st ever entry to the academy awards you will die at 20 is a movie about superstition destiny and liberation that mirrors sudan's own emergence from decades of oppression more on that groundbreaking film coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show bringing art to the people when the

people can't visit art museums in munich find a work arounds to the code 19 locked down and. an american voice of peace through to most of us time's activist singer joan baez turns 80. on the world. well only a handful of feature films have ever been made in sudan the latest one bears the chilling title you will die at 20 the movie's already won awards at the berlin and venice film festivals and it could bring sudan its very 1st oscar in just a moment i'll talk to director a la la about what it was like filming during sudan's revolution 1st here's a look at the movie. the weight of money on

the line i. believe. the baby was a man is born into a world ruled by superstition. soon after his birth an unexpected event cost the shadow of death of his young life. due to but many of the women by the city today show. a lot. he was sure. cemented in a demi that is hidden and maybe he saw while he was in them out how to hide his jonathan from the socom of lot of the market. town that was the origin. of his usual community madness and how to do it would be a wee mama to get. people off the top to bottom of the house it was.

the power of law form plus american city going to be down to earth. you know what they are. having fun and they want one commissioner. who's a mills mother sakina played by islam mubarak grieves for a child who is not yet date. for evolution while you were in the house. the house. was a mill is caught by the prophecy and wade through a life he comes properly if. often with a fishing net i. place

. a quiet film. that you will die a 20 shows move with and it tells the film has been praised for its fabled high quality and sensitive foreboding visceral a static. might be sugary for how if you suppose you will die at 20 i'm moving tell about the importance of questioning face and living life to the fullest. you will die at 20 was directed by. who joins me now from khartoum. of yours to hire. right. thanks for coming on so 1st of all i want to say congratulations to you on this historic movie and sudan's very 1st entry to the

oscars in the foreign language category that must be quite an honor it's also maybe a sign that times are changing in sudan after decades of dictatorship. thank you that's a lot. much of a lot of very happy by making the whole you know what a lot of you by you know i have been doing this for about a war a lot of the fuel shut out and then more like 19 or 20 of war so that. was in the fold to be the 1st ever. to be nominated from so that a lot because it just happened. or do it we showed the fall do we had in the fall and we lost the fall i started. excited and out of the notion and we have like a new government that we are so proud that we could change it to be more

modern and open mind you have already moved and. you saw this movie as the revolution against former dictator omar al bashir was taking place down must have been quite a challenge can you tell us a little bit what that was like. i mean doesn't a few of the bet in the fall from the far south of the u.s. the foreign ministry with the government you know with permission visas for the national school to join the the new school that was was was crazy and we decided to hold the phone in 7 this. just happened to be one of the stuff that goes out with 7 days of my. so it was like i just had a child i didn't but the. life. of the fall like the hours away from the car pool and my dad and i met in a village and so we you know we kind of. you know in the village. by default of the

film distribution so that it had the phone in egypt so to collect all the folks outside so that i didn't you should happen you know the fed and played so i used all day to think that i came back to that and i thought that we are full of a just because i wanted to be a part of that and so that the film and. the news and. a lot of people a lot of people are seeing parallels between the story of a young man in your movie the story of destiny and liberation and the liberation of the sudanese people from dictatorship you will know in march if you will die and 20 gets the oscar nomination. best of luck to you thank you thank you and wish i was like thank you. well it's a tough time for art lovers here in europe high coronavirus infection rates are

keeping museums in several countries shut at least for now but in munich germany one artists collective has figured out a way to bring museum collections outside into the fresh air. munich in lights the city's max pushed at district home to 18 museums an art collections is now an outdoor nighttime gallery. video installations and project does provide some much needed cheer at the darkest time of the year. it's a surprise but for me it's much more than that i'm used to visiting museums a loss and now i can't so this is a wonderful alternative. looks like this famous self-portrait by they were nice once master dura from the year 1500. things are going even if it is a little chilly out you still stop to watch it's wonderful seeing all these

different things as a recruit i like it a lot and i'm fascinated by how they didn't take unique to utah looking to strike. the idea came from the artist collective v a video a year ago before the coronavirus pandemic spread to europe. point 0 ensconce right now our projection art is one of the few ways we have to bring art to the outside and the project's not over yet right now the artists of finalizing another installation about our eyes in the human gaze. given vaca to show these works are looking out from inside the out of a museum watching people as they walk by maybe people want to find out who it is what famous work of art is what she did following them. folk.

and so art fans will have something to look forward to for their next visit. one of the highlights to visit his is the forest of lights where many taking photos that some day will remind them what it was like when it could only take place outdoors. after the images of violence that came out of washington this week and enduring voice for peace american singer songwriter joan baez was just 22 years old when she helped make the song we shall overcome the anthem of america's civil rights movement singing it at the empty your racism march on washington where martin luther king gave his famous i have a dream speech back in 1963 well john baez is still speaking out for freedom and occasionally singing she turns 80 this weekend.

shown by his remains someone who raises her voice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic she's posted several videos of her playing songs from her kitchen and i like to sing the songs of the heroes of our time. to the health care providers i'd like to hear this song in support of an armor of the american indians of this country a message of hope and comfort for many. my ears continues to highlight the plight of those who are marginalized downtrodden and disadvantaged those. that get her. back in the 1960 s. the legendary singer songwriter and activist was dubbed the saint of the peace movement for his songs of protest and social justice she's credited with launching the korea fellow singer songwriter bob dylan

a frequent collaborator although their romantic liaison lasted only a few years they had a strong musical influence on each other. joan baez retired from recording and touring in 2019 following what she called her fairly well to us but at 80 years old she's still raising her voice to draw attention to the courses she believes in. and this weekend is also a moment of remembrance for another singing legend david bowie who died 5 years ago this sunday bowie was a one of a current to say the least the artist's death in 2016 came just 2 days after his 69th birthday curios with one of his classic hits life on mars thanks for watching .

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they were called the rhineland bastards. and their mothers were germans living in the occupied drying land their father's soldiers from the french colonies the face after german children had a hard time and because they were reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of national pride and racism if the european population felt that it was important to be mighty and to stay right. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. scorched 11th on d w. the

book. this is the w. news live from berlin the e.u. doubles its order for the biotech pfizer vaccine brussels a few as an extra 300000000 doses taken up nearly half the drug makers global output. its origins are the files of the slow pace a fascination rollouts germany recalls is highest or all of our is death toll in a single day since the start of the. growing calls for u.s. president trump to be removed from the white house before the end. his term in

office republicans as well as democrats say they came up so. i'm god of us welcome to the program europe's bosses have struck a deal with drug companies biotech and pfizer for an extra 300000000 doses of their covert 90 back seen the agreement means the e.u. will buy nearly half of the 2 firms production brussels has come under fire for not securing enough stocks off the vaccine and the slow rollout of immunizations across the e.u. european commission president says the new order is a welcome boost with the new agreement we could purchase a total of up to an additional $300000000.00 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine in other words this will allow us to double the amount of doses of biotech

fight. that was the european commission president funded lions speaking in brussels earlier meanwhile the official at germany's health ministry says the government has agreed to live in their ideals for an extra 50000000 vaccine doses in the summer they are urgently needed to help bring infections under control nearly 1200 people have died from covert 19 and germany over the past day that's a new record number. of quick temperature check and then the shipment is good to go . here in eastern germany more doses of pfizer biotech's corona virus vaccine are arriving by the day there are some of the 600000 doses that are reaching vaccination centers throughout the country on friday but that hasn't silence critics of the german government's handling of the vaccine rollout too little vaccine confusing registration processes and a slow vaccination timetable. the list of complaints is long. but the german

government is standing by its program and at this vaccination center in western germany recipients say the wait was worth it. for me it's like winning the lottery my children learn not to leave their homes i had to stay at home all the time. so it's great being among the 1st ones to get the shot i know from going there. despite the bumpy rollout there could be some relief in sight with a deal in to secure millions of new doses of vaccine and a possible provable of a 3rd vaccine by months and the e.u. is taking steps it hopes will silence the critics of its vaccine rollout let's bring in peter claims he's the director of the university hospital in tubing and germany. so these ever increasing record figures in terms of death and infections how they're playing out at your hospital you know we also in this situation only have 2 or child but we're not that desperate you still have quite

a few deaths of care your beds. and we can manage the situation. things are getting worse and worse us now and then it's taken but not in an emergency situation is i don't know if some other places in europe. well germany is in lockdown after lockdown keeps tightening krone measures and yet infections and deaths are not going down do blanket lockdowns work are they the right instrument. if they're done well and stripped they are the best instruments certainly at this moment what we have but yeah if you need our youngsters are meeting up even a little bit below meeting up with it's christmas but it's new year's eve parties or other gatherings that will not work and more this is the less it will work and obviously it was that was about us not. coming out of that rule it is only coming

if you need persons with out distance and without any precautions so are you saying that governments of both state the state and federal governments are too lax in policing the lockdowns. i think we can all police it like it may be done in dictatorial states this is not possible we can only again and again tell everybody what everybody knows already and hope that this is another big hole of course is the facts and this will be a game changer but you say it's a game changer in are you confident that now that the more the vaccine has been secured by the you that this will actually be a turnaround and when will this turnaround come you think. well we have started already moxon in quite a few people in germany and europe and i think this is

a big success the whole single method is excessive it in only 10 months for up to kick the got the facts into our usual tool it used to be in you know this is all true and even ruth already having vaccinated for it works 1000 germany only and 1000000 or so in europe is is very very good and yet i'm very happy and proud to be part of this. and they do become more important now to you it was like korea is here. we want to unite in it even today it cannot happen when it really happens in the next weeks i'm very conscious of. it across the director of university hospital in tubingen thank you very much for the time is look now at some other developments in the pandemic london's mayor has declared a major incident on the same day as the u.k.

declared its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic so the current says the spread of the corona virus in the british capital is now quote out of control china has sealed off 2 cities south of beijing to stem the biggest outbreak in months people are banned from leaving. and tied with combined populations of nearly 20000000 denmark says it will restrict travel from all countries and advise against any travel abroad until january 17th only people with a credible purpose and proof of a recent negative test will be allowed to enter. let's not take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world there's a special mastermind of the 2002 bali bombings that killed more than 200 people has been released from a prison in indonesia authorities say a cleric i will become bashir will now and the causation program he was jailed in

2011 for his links to a militant training camp. 76 people on board a ferry that ran aground off the canary islands have now been rescued the vessel was approaching the port of our gate area as a storm filomena the spanish islands in the atlantic no one was injured in the rescue operation. in all moscow has been named the richest man in the world bloomberg says the rising share price of his electric car maker tesla means musk has now overtaken amazon boss jeff bezos bloomberg calculates that mosque is worth more than $188000000000.00. a woman has died after being attacked by a shark off new zealand rescue crews say she was brought out of the water alive but died later with multiple leg injuries fatal shark attacks running zealand are rare this was the 1st deadly incident in the region in more than 100 years.

u.s. president donald trump says he will not be attending the inauguration of his successor joe biden later this month in the week when his supporters stormed the capitol tribes opponents in both the republican and the democratic party are stepping up the pressure for an early end to his term in the white house his presidency is start of controversially as and then the same way. it began the day he took office with his inauguration on the left and obama's on the right donald trump claimed that more people saw him sworn in than any other president in u.s. history later clarifying that he was including those watching at home. from team trump coined a new term for the phenomenon alternative facts and with another term fake news trump attack the mainstream media. has reportedly so hopes and you know is playing into the hopes people like you and the fake news media that we have in this country

and i say in many cases the corrupt media because you corrupt have there at the same time he turned to the news outlets that supported him and trump's favorite broadcaster fox news and conservative sources such as breitbart news even hiring its head steve bannon. apps it also helped the most grassroots republicans except to trump and seemed granted their wishes he lowered taxes and appointed conservative leaning federal judges. and the republican establishment stood behind trump after democratic rivals impeach him. it appears that the most rushed leaf thorough and most unfair or impeachment inquiry in modern history is about the was. trying to could benefit of the pent up frustration of his supporters after 8 years of obama securing their support he made clear just how confident he felt before his 26000 election where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters ok it's like incredible he often

faced criticism for not taking a clear enough stand against extremists like when white supremacists clashed with counter demonstrators in charlottesville virginia i think this lady 1. 100 both sides i think is believe what both sides and i have no doubt about it trumps call to make america great again and keep it great energized supporters who saw themselves as real americans finally getting their country back on their hanger was unleashed when it appeared to them that the election had been stolen despite any conclusive evidence to back it up. and trumps ellie's played along. there will be a smooth transition to a 2nd trimester action. right trying sunset on thursday that the republicans should get the message being sent by his supporters gathered in washington. this isn't there where public and party anymore are i this is

troops republican party. with moves underway to remove trump from office his opponents hope he may finally reclaim his son. bassier match 2016 is the hottest on record according to the used climate change agency that's despite a dip in emissions and 2020 caused by all the lockdowns extreme weather events could become more intense and more frequent as temperatures rise scientists say the need for action is more urgent than a. little fire is eat up large swathes of the straightly and bush land in areas left tender dry by drought dozens of people and millions of animals died in the blazes at the turn of last year. but these images were no peculiarity in 2020 month after month other

parts of the earth burned all melted in record breaking heat. the cumulative effects of human made climate change. the state of the planet is broken. your friends humanity is waging war on nature this is suicidal the pandemic lockdowns caused a temporary dip in greenhouse emissions but that did not stop 2020 becoming the hottest year on record tied with 2016 scientists are calling on governments and corporations to slash emissions to have any chance of meeting the goals of the paris climate agreement aimed at avoiding catastrophic climate change. the key here is to. every year in a crude u.s. goal to reduce the amount to be removed and reducing them are actually doing.

with extreme weather events likely to become more intense and more frequent as temperatures rise the need for action is more urgent than ever. and experts say the crisis caused by the global pandemic presents a rare opportunity for countries to rebuild their economies to work for all of nature not just humans. germany is known for its rich. with the national walked on in force nearly all cultural institutions are closed to visitors now museums in munich finding creative ways to bring of their collections out onto the streets using projects as video and large open areas where people can space out safely off work inside cities museums is brightening up been invited so the project's great is hope to share more exhibits and installations in

the timing with us. now that's it from me and the news team don't go away though business news is up next with steve in the this day and he has more reactions from the talk on the capital fogel we'll have more world news at the top of the hour that's it for me the for. every day. for us and for our planet. the ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over the floor station recycling or

disposable smart new solutions oberstein said you know. earth is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is what our wows us to live and survive good why do you oppose the environmental suit to global 3000 on g.w. and on. foreign business leaders scratch the. heads over the u.s. one of the most important markets in the world has become more politically volatile in recent years but does that outweigh the power of its purse we'll talk to our financial correspondent. also on the show workers in senegal fret for their livelihoods as a new outbreak of the corona virus brings new restrictions. and german institution home for house has closed its doors to the public to the pandemic but it's opening them again for special find. the welcome to the show i'm stephen beard in berlin

it's good to have you with us well the past 4 years have been a mixed bag for u.s. businesses and overseas firms doing business in the u.s. on the one hand tax cuts and regulatory cuts by a business friendly administration on the other hands what happened on wednesday a mob of truck loyalists attacking the u.s. capitol and doing serious damage to the country's reputation. this is not the vision of america that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defeat the good of the president not of the united states but of the national association of manufacturers jake timmons when he saw the scene unfold. the toll was severe 5 dead at least 50 arrested just rained for hours after thousands of militant trump supporters stormed the seat of government american business representatives of a scene so worried about the impact those images could have as american that was shocking or fine and actually quite embarrassing the world so that. you know

it's an extreme circumstance and it's not a surprise that people are very very concerned about where this could all end and once cooler heads prevail which fortune believes what's in their. german companies operating in the u.s. have had their doubts about the political stability there the country's reliability as a trading partner was already being questioned before the violence in washington according to surveys conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce u.s. president elect joe biden will have the daunting task of unifying a dangerously divided country if you believe we're in some what happened on wednesday and it also shows what even just half joe biden is going to say if i'm in this presidency and then tell few whoopie needed also that his look is going to be in riots and. the incoming president certainly won't have it easy to trumpet

ministration will end with a nation divided and sick the virus has wreaked havoc on the u.s. economy and labor market the toughest times my lie ahead. all right let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york yemen's korda good to see you. what does this mean for business destination america it's still a vital market around the world. it definitely is so i mean their reputation has suffered to yes china has caught up i mean that's true as well but then on the other side the u.s. still is the largest consumer market on the planet one measure you might take the u.s. economy is still the biggest in the world and then also if you look at the capital markets it's the los to liquid in the world as well and then we also shouldn't underestimate the role that the u.s. dollar still has its still the major currency of the world and that all till dusk

of their country and some leverage so there is the reputation on the one side there is the economic realities on the other side but clearly it is in the interest of the new administration to also get the reputation going again and find some peace with some of those trading partners. we have about 12 days left of this administration but already looking back over the past 4 years what is the balance for businesses on the one hand they get those tax cuts they get the regulatory cuts on the other hand they got a trade war and now they got what happened on wednesday what is the balance for them. yeah i mean if you look back one year as we saw before we saw the full extent of the pandemic of the us and actually and had the longest expansion face in the history of the same was true for the labor market and then clearly was the pandemic the economy suffered quite a bit on one side the policy itself u.s.

president donald trump has been good for some companies for some business leaders you mentioned the low taxation also less regulation the question is did that really help the economy or didn't that help him some you reduce the pocketbooks of some of those major corporations and if you look for example what happened to infrastructure here in the united states not so much actually did a change in the past 4 years we have to see if the new administration will do better and then what we also shouldn't underestimate so is it really the president who makes a big difference or is it just the times we live in the whole expansion in the united states and actually started in 2009 and obviously that was when. former us president barack obama took office yet so we really have to have to.

take this. as part of it just maybe one quick word because we do see signs that actually by now the economy is cooling once again so just shortly before the weekend we got the latest jobs report and actually in december 140000 jobs got lost for the 1st time since april economists had expected an increase of 50000 new jobs or actually we do see some signs of cooling at least at the moment all right. thank you very much. in staying in the business world 2020 was the worst year for new car sales by volume in 45 years the german association of automotive industry says new car registrations plunged 19 percent last year to 2900000 or correspondent chelsea delaney has the story. it was a brutal year for germany's automakers and to some degree that was to be expected given that this business disruptions of the chrono virus given the lock down south

are still in place here and germany but even so a 19 percent drop off in registrations this is one of the worst figures we've seen and unification history here in germany and it comes even as the german government really tried to do sales there were many incentives especially for electric vehicles there was a tax cut that really didn't offset the declines that we've seen so now many of the automakers are looking forward to 2021 they are expecting a bit of a recovery in part due to the growth we're staying in china as well as the booming electric vehicle market which tripled here in germany in the last year but even with those bright spots many automakers say they don't expect a return to pre-crisis levels until perhaps 2022 at the earliest. financial correspondent chelsea delaney there in frankfurt let's go to some of the other business stories making headlines boeing will pay a $2.00 and a half $1000000000.00 fine to settle a u.s.

justice department investigation into 2737 max crashes the company that employees misled regulators about the safety of the aircraft crashes killed 346 people and led to the grounding of the model. giant samsung says it expects its profits jumped 26 percent in the 4th quarter to more than $8000000000.00 the company has benefited from the coronavirus pandemic with remote working increasing demand for t.v. sets and other hardware. over senegal where a new coronavirus outbreak is testing the west african nation president macky sall has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country and that's hitting workers hard. you this take to the street and burn tires and a car during a night of protest against the curfew many of the protesters working nights as taxi drivers and delivery riders and the curfew is threatening their livelihoods the moment. that's what i have to go to work i'm

a father and i'm prevented from working maki cells decision to introduce a curfew doesn't make sense. the pandemic had abated in senegal before a 2nd wave struck and the number of infections has skyrocketed since early december health authorities reported 220 new cases on thursday it's relatively low compared to other countries but senegal's health care system is weak most infections were in the cities of dakar and chests the president responded wednesday. on the recommendation from the medical team i have decided to declare a state of emergency in 2 regions dakar and shas from tomorrow january 6th 2021 so of course a state of emergency will be accompanied by a curfew from 9 o'clock in the evening to 5 o'clock in the morning. the consequences for many senegalese are severe many workers don't have permanent jobs or social security and the restrictions immediately impact their incomes.

the curfew is not good because we have to stop working earlier but that's the solution that's what protects us and protects our families. preliminary data show that senegal's economy shrank by nearly one percent in 2020 after growing over 5 percent in the previous year the government wants to get back to growth so measures that net the pandemic in the but are there for high priority . for the halfway house is an institution across germany and the beloved term spot not this winter with a pandemic forcing its closure just like other restaurants but for one location in berlin the doors remain open for those with a neat take a look it's berlin might be on lockdown but there's plenty going on in the host right house kitchen shift and the schmidt is preparing something perfect for this time of year a hearty dish that sticks to the ribs. today we're preparing

a coachman's coolers made with pork not those onions gravy and dumplings. nina is a regular here she's 35 years old and homeless the relief organization kid to have hooper then has teamed up with the whole fry house to help people in need for nina this is the only way to keep warm. especially with the temperatures around 0 degrees or less it's hard to be outside all day and for me it's the cold air i breathe in cold air all day long and my body can't manage to keep warm. an estimated 10000 homeless people live on the streets of berlin and the pandemic has made their situation even worse many state run aid facilities are closed because social distancing regulations can't be observed there the white house has 2 floors with around $3000.00 square metres of space so there's plenty of room to socially distance around $120.00 people come by at lunchtime to warm up and

eat before the pandemic up to 5000 liters of beer were served here every day for the manager bjorn trots it's not a money making venture he donates the rooms for free the berlin senate pays for the food and the personnel. that our motivation is really just to do something good we have a central location right at alexanderplatz and we're empty we're closed and we have nothing to do we're only allowed to do deliveries so we can't even use the space anyway if you want. need has been living on the streets for just over a year after someone close to her died she lost all hope now she's getting back on track. that is one trigger if you like this one stroke of fate and there i was at rock bottom for a few weeks i really couldn't take it anymore i didn't even think about going to an aid organisation because i was just too messed up it hit me all at once.

nina can relax in the white house but the respite is all too brief after about 4 hours she'll head out onto the streets again. that's it for me and the ditto business team here but when the chips are aligned to w dot com slash business so watch. out for. these freshly hatched sea turtles in an ivory coast are under threat. humans or their greatest enemies. but one in geo is working with researchers in the maritime police to protect them. saving the sea turns the ivory coast. who come for go. in 60 minutes d.w.

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