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and south africa shops on the footsie and gorgeous as a 2nd wave of covert 19 ranges in the country. hello i'm christine linda it's good to have your company the ugandan government has deployed a massive military presence across the country ahead of the general election not those days voters comes off to one of the bloodiest election campaign energy is the veteran d.j. un was 70 who's been in polyfill 35 guinness is seeking a 6th to his main challenger is the singer to make a rabbit known as bobby why as the election draws near they're all growing fear is about violence. violent scenes of become common during the election campaign. and the victims such as just another mumble.

on the today. where was it when i heard that. there was. this number was shortened to buck last year on nov 18th police clashed with supporters of the opposition candidate will be one leaving at least 54 people date the policemen came. and started shooting. i wasn't. suited to behold. that those people. who live there people who think. i'll shoot people who are going home.

on christmas eve sophie another was up and her daughter were attacked by unknown people she saw spades they were attacked because she mobilized support for president jordan with 70. everyone should be given the right to support a candidate of his or her own choice. whoever wins should not mistreat the other party because we all need peace we are all ugandans we must be united. their government should cleanse the violence on the opposition watch the opposition counter accuse the police and the military for all person ugandans opposed to president my 7 year. old who i know wants the international criminal court tory just to get to the i legit human rights abuses we have information that the

military and the people that are not in uniform have been deployed with automatic rifles so sitting on top of buildings does snipe us too short and the kid anybody that would be seen with that with a plaque i don't know much about the food the president must have and he has assured ugandans the election will be peaceful and across the country security forces have been deployed to enforce this. no one will threaten peace in uganda. but what we would like to tell all the people that were previously done this. we will not accept anyone destabilizing uganda. no matter who you are what do you know. the election on thursday is important to many ugandans especially the young people who make up the majority of the electorate. the country's youth have been the

biggest victims of violence activists of them to exercise their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. for more on the human rights situation in uganda ahead of thursday's election we've invited mr kamath volley into the program he is the un special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association welcome to news africa you recently urged the ugandan government to drop charges against all those who had been arrested during the election campaign but many opposition supporters are still behind bars it appears president you are safe any is not listening to appeals by the u.n. . thank you very much and yes as you mentioned we caught in one of the press release that to be sure the end of december to read your book on not to release you might define this but also what is you've got to do to

start because we're seeing the darks. it's important to have a fear and fair election is important for people to be able to decide who can lead the country for the next year is important or school for the peace in the country that this election these are the nies we practice the vision of all because you don't have anybody having said that then do you think that those days the election is going to be free and fair. well i don't see reality because then you know and we are soon going to get a lot of pressure on the opposition a lot of pressure on c.b.s. was said to be the honest weaver a person of the baseball world this and we have created as if nothing is going to free those of positionally this story short on these environments this election wouldn't be there because you'll have a fit and really be split a lesson you need about is the vision are you need to belittle for me that you need or small people took. to be part of these process is what they're

missing in this step mr foley is uganda a true democracy where i mean what we ask you essentially i mean it's really what in us because we are seeing it in the country on the thing that we saw in terms of. this election what is happening currently is our gaze our democratic. did the kinds of needs that sort of got to inform the conduct of such a lesson we had to be after and that we have all of these reversing going on the democracy again that it was democracy is really it isn't really there in that in that regard what recourse do the people off uganda have to to challenge a state that continues to suppress opposition. well i think for one that people i think are actually from the information that we have. to decide about the

national level but also at the international level and of course we are making nice in there but then there is also that these go into that to be brown not able to really. pursue their case is at the national level and he's important for the international community to really be out there to know what is going on and accountability that this election is also did if nothing is done really to ensure that these are less i'm going to go on that but it will be there by the supervision of all position members right that is a warning effectively from the un they have. a un special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association thank you. very much thank you very much. since new year's day we have recorded nearly a 190000 new coronavirus infection. the country has recorded more than 4600. 19 deaths

so far this year that is president settled on the poll said they with grim new numbers about the spread of coronavirus in south africa he also announced that the closure of 20 border points for entry and departure to neighboring country easy also say the existing restrictions due to expire on friday will be maintained including limits at public gatherings such as funerals which he said had become a death trap for many south africans and he has extent extended excuse me at bad on alcohol sales kept balls closed with a nighttime curfew in place. and the country's new call that 900 variant has prompted some countries to ban visits to and from south africa making the situation even worse for the hospitality sector that depends on tourism now a visit to tourist hot spots in johannesburg shows

a sorry sight of struggling restaurants and street vendors. mobile lincolns in a tiny place in downtown hans blake is one of the off the bus tours spots so over the years it is sin vast development but it 19 it has reversed those gains empty chairs and just waiters and waitresses at the absence of foreign produce is now the new normal 29 year old. is a pro or not of ability at in the shop at my morning way she sells african at. a big wake and many other defects. so as the ses she has lost 75 percent of their foreign tourists customize the gmane didn't travel distinctions affecting us a lot because now we have she used the money that you have saved the member to you did not plan to use on the piece next year cept for other things now you have to

use it to pay the employees cheech to pay your bills and everything because at the moment it's like from hand to mouth each of which is not enough pickings americanist now living in tanzania is one of the rare one in torrance decided to travel to south africa recently to seems worth at this point uncovered because everyone's been stuck inside and you just want to get out and see the world a little bit like we used to and find that kind of joy from exploration so it's hard but i think it's worth it on the other side of town in some way to another tourist attraction along the street resembles the town of many businesses like that who asked buckling due to the absence of tourists can we believe that to save nothing not even one not. it's not easy target caucus but what can you do the tourism business council. with 1000 left again type industry on its

knees the fact that people were not allowed to come into the country and the fact that a lot of south africans were not allowed to travel within the country many of our hotels were closed attractions were closed parks were close and saw for them with a number of countries now banning flights to and from south africa as a result of the recently detected your very end of 1000 it could be a long how long before international flights with more tourists stop and i've been going. on. and that's it for the program today be sure to check out our other stories on deja dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and twitter today we'll leave you with an. look at south africa's handy and i think the full the current of ice took its toll let's hope that that vibrancy will soon be back in its tracks.

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is no longer. mine i just do not. nothing could change you know the banks minds and so was the language of a bank running. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. a wealth of young acting talent is cause for optimism at the start of this new year and despite all the uncertainties there's lots to look forward to and i'll speak to our film expert scott roxboro and also coming up. conductor says simon rattle coming back to germany to take over the helm all of the bavarian radio symphony orchestra in 2023. and in a new documentary german. followed retraces a historic journey one student by his why don't you tell your director peter power

. welcome to arts and culture well if there's one thing we can say about the year 2021 it's that it's a great year for watching movies and because of production times there's a lot of new releases happening this year all made before the pandemic of course that are positively brimming with talent so let's have a look at some of the biggest names to watch for. this is. a little sort of english actress vanessa kirby goes from t.v. star to oscar favorite with her performance in pieces of a woman she plays a mother who loses her newborn child a tragedy that tears her family apart. it's about you have to face the years in facing this i have faced the gates. yes well i don't think you are we need we need some justice you know you need that is what you want that is

what you need that is that is your way that is not my way because we are fighting. fellow brit kingsley benami or shines as melcombe x. in one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual good question what's on the agenda. this would be one of which says for us to reflect on what's happened that night. there's no denying that greater forces were at work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother and i'm missing anything. irish newcomer claire dunn makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay. i want to give you the lab and lend you the money to build your house.

the smarts he can i can you can pay me back oprah's many years is as we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. didn't see the school so that. i went to the doctor. profile the. american sydney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in never really sometimes always as a girl who travels from rural pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion.

judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to watch in 2021. a selection made there by our film guru scott ross through who's joining me once again to talk about the talents to watch in 2021 welcome scott some amazingly powerful performances there and i want to start with an s a kirby because i know she's a favorite of yours and i'm also seeing pieces of a woman and she's she simply blew me away and it's amazing is that i mean it's interesting so i really think kirby is going to be the breakout star of 2021 i mean this role is just gut wrenching i think you know front runner for the oscar this year for this role and what i think is interesting is that this really is a huge leap from from the previous work that she's had i mean i know you're a fan of the netflix series the crown there and she said that you know smaller role as princess margaret but kind of as a role the place where strength you know you saw herself an upper class a brit with sharp sharp wit and that's kind of like the character margaret in the series and i've seen as well in sort of small roles she was in some action films i

should have a small role in mission impossible and she's been in one of the fast the furious movies but this a role in pieces of a woman this is her 1st leading role in the film and it's really sort of a meaty role and i had a chance to interview her in venice when the film premiered and that these are the kind of roles she wants in the future playing sort of complicated dark can. complicated female characters i can't wait to see which is going to the future absolutely and you say of course that she could be up for an oscar either are there any other. contenders in this in this cohort of the 4 films i think if i pick i think all 4 performances are oscar worthy but if i had to just check which is one maybe kingsley abene 1000000 playing a malcolm x. which is a phenomenal performance and it's also another sort of jump for him because he's almost in a weird way become typecast before this role playing the sort of a cute boyfriend in the us a t.v. series. for example is the x.

of the stars really kravitz in high fidelity which is a series about who is often the sort of cute brit it with malcolm x. so it's a revelation to see in this i did play this i didn't think anybody could play malcolm x. after more so you know who can transform that role but he's phenomenal i think we will see a lot more of complete benami ok so just quickly these performances are all from independent films how how to what extent has corona made stream the difficult to identify new talent given that all the festivals have been yeah it's become very difficult i mean i think that's key here these 4 films they did premier in festivals tour and sundance before the us and 2 were in venice which was held in between the lock downs in the us i think that's very important was that we got lost but luckily one thing these films are online. piece of woman's on netflix herself and one night miami on amazon and they're really sometimes always is available but you know i mean can see them go out go online i'm going to leave things to look forward to and

a reason to stay optimistic thanks for that cinematic outlook at least for trying to 21 thanks scott roxboro. and speaking of often ism there were tears in germany on monday out the news that finding rafa would step down as conductor of the london symphony orchestra and take up the baton in munich on the bavarian radio symphony orchestra there has been without a chief conductor fins the death of modesty in 2019 answer simon will take over in 2023 with guest performances already planned for this spring. simon rattle already has a close relationship with the bavarian radio symphony orchestra having worked with them on a number of occasions over the last 10 years he said he felt at home in the orchestra i would like now just tributes so all these extraordinary musicians before and have created in this is. such an artistic and mentioned shot.

rattle 1st saw the orchestra 970 when they performed in his hometown of liverpool under the baton of conductor who built a rocker was 15 at the time and already dreaming of becoming a conductor. i saw for the 1st time what this total commitment between an orchestra and a conductor as one animal could be. 40 years later and trying to turn he too would conduct the orchestra. it was clear from the outset that there was a very deep musical relationship and a deep musical understanding between us. state. matter was previously principal conductor at the berlin film or nick he will step down from his current job as music director of the london symphony orchestra in 2023. talent

as an actor journalist's novelist and poet politically outspoken he remains controversial because of his willingness to address social and sexual taboos and now a formative journey that he made in 1059 has inspired our german director people. and how my heart pounds with joy all alone just me and my few minutes in tow and all of the south ahead of me. in 1959 writer night of filmmaker pierre paolo pasa leni traveled across italy from north to south and back he wrote a travelogue documenting the structural changes the country was going through as it entered the age of morton mass tourism 60 years on just before the pandemic hit german documentary filmmaker pepper don't quite repeated the journey taking his camera with him. there was this book by pasadena in the shop window along the serbia or the long road of sand and i'm such a big hassle and

a fan and he was such a big influence on my life and on my cinematic work i bought it i got this car that he drove at the time of viet mini cento and retrace that journey again. in these eyes are not for the legend of passively any poet filmmaker anti fascist homosexual is death remains unexplained to this day he radically exposed the double standards of the boy's waze some hated him for it others loved him but in fishing ports fishermen would come out and say what are you doing i'd say i'm making a film about pass a loony think kids would run out asking questions everyone knew him i like company . this is facile any talking to us this is me this is no pets or we were at this dump looking for things to sell. out of your walls the goals of. encounters in the crisis torn italy of today with pasolini thoughts in his back

pocket the tax from $959.00 describes a country on the move and the loss of cultural identity its early as an object of yearning back in 959 passing the need already understood the high social cost that came with the new material wealth and saw that cultural diversity was a prerequisite for an open society. to standardize ation to conformity with fascism failed to impose is now. imposed through 2 days power structures the power of consumer society. while the selling of design drives some to head south for the 1st migrants and families from the south or head north that. the 1st to emigrate were often italians because there was no work in the region today i run a bar that caters to transients migrants and migrant women so. all of the southern italians went north and the northern italians call them italian africa karni that is the african italians now the real africans are coming 60 years

on. the further south and quite travels would pass a loonie in this wonderfully poetic and intelligent road movie the more the images intertwine the landscapes which themselves seem african conjure up images of dead migrants on europe south as you know to now leave me saw his hope for the transformation of society in africa in that sense i'm extremely saddened by these many deaths by the way rescue missions are prevented. like pasolini quite heads back home with a lot of questions raised by his love for a country that with its beauty and contradictions is representative of the prove european crisis the question that confronts us does the journey go from here for all of us. looking back to look forward there well more on our

website and until next time all the best from us here in berlin and state thank. you. mob seems to have. the solid. ground inflaming. the jury.

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