finally they give up invented by me on bicycles but returns because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for those than writing advice as now i want to reach all those women back home who are bones by their duties and social rules and inform them about good basic rights my name is the about of people and they were more due to. this is g.w. news africa on the program today uganda is probably why i am saying is he wants a peaceful resolution to thursday's election why an address to the media after early results showed in the 4 presidential where it was 70 he alleges widespread fraud. to these 3 people.

in other cases some people were ordered to vote in the prison who weren't. as ugandans awaits the final results of the election the internet remains catchpole we'll be talking to an expert about the impact. and the 50th anniversary of the us one damn a massive feat of construction that's shaped the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda as presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but only tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong need for president joe. now bobby wine whose real name is rob it has

rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was stuffed and that his party agents were beaten and chased away from some polling stations the head of the electoral commission said all the while and should provide evidence of his claims now the largely peaceful election followed one of the most violent campaign in with harassment and arrests of the opposition attacks on the media and scores of deaths . as this report from. the preliminary results house putting come back into your room a 70 in an early lead but with less than half the votes tallied by friday afternoon his main challenger bobi wine is already challenging that he's citing fall play here in kampala where the opus the sion enjoys strong support there is a lot of anxiety the police and the military have deployed heavily and the

government has maintained the internet shuts down your enemies have been wants to lead uganda for 40 years but bubby one thinks that's too much but now that ugandans have decided the entire country awaits their final results on saturday and as eunice was just saying the internet access remains cut off in uganda the government shut it down and banned all social media platforms and missing apps the day before the election i'll be talking to an internet policy expert author this report. it was an election campaign marked by a heavy handed police and military presence and then uganda's government shut down all social media president you where iemma 70 said it was unnecessary because facebook close several accounts belonging to ugandan government officials facebook says the accounts were trying to manipulate public debate ahead of the elections.

nor were interviewed who can come and play around with 0. 00000 country to say that was good was badly shortened was destroyed we cannot accept. then a day later ugandan or thirty's shut down the entire internet making online communication almost impossible the internet upload it brings up each other and we'll be getting information from. a friend of that it would ease and it would ease the communication and. the counting and then updates but if end of that visit with the effect maybe by the government i would say the main opposition candidate bobby wine has vowed to detail election irregularities by the ruling party wants the internet is restored and even before the poll called on his

supporters to help so please use your phones your phone is a very powerful report that come it out that you have on your phone please use it use it most importantly recalling that particular moment when the presiding of the south is declaring their results on the polling station we need every kind of every day. with the internet still down provisional results show bobby wine trailing far behind president was 70 the opposition is rejecting the results as a complete sham. and for more on this i'm joined by on duncombe i don't he's an intimate policy researcher in nairobi hi good to see you firstly what do you make of uganda's government shutting down the internet and social media ahead of the election. i think it's a completely deplorable act and i think one of them was interesting things is how it's now the 4th quarter to go home and to do when they wish to stifle if you don't

with the expression of this it isn't so you know it's a beauty much as a low point for democracy in uganda envision much across the entire continent as he is saying these internet shutdowns and social media bans all common on the continent how is it possible for for governments in africa to do this so the most likely that usually happens is that the given all that telecommunications companies that exist within the. jurisdiction to shut down the internet or directed to revoke their licenses if they if they refuse to do so oftentimes this also has to happen in steps where they would. provide to 1st of all. switch off access to a certain number of websites mostly our own media and social media websites and then of course in the extreme case they said most of the time they decided to shut down the entire internet oh dang that how powerful have the internet and social

media become in african politics i would say very powerful air specially across it because when you look at the attempts by governments to actually try and go in and out of it try and persuade their citizens by using these specific platforms of both local and before them out to see that these companies have become very powerful in terms of how the sway in the local politics within regions within the within the continent so definitely or other the how will it become powerful and that ball is actually only cessed increase with the day as more and more often guns gain access to the internet smartphones and other devices that allow them to access and communicate with each other so how then on down that do we save god and then the internet from a policy perspective from from the othera terror and regimes on the continent who ban the internet and social media when it when it's convenient for them. i think

when it comes to protections of course number one i think we need to develop strong institutions and you know sort of legislate protections into our own constitutions as africans so that at least there is some protection for citizens in the case where by the end of being there in a place well authoritarian regimes able to perform such acts and number 2 we also need a lot of interventions from from international communities to condemn such kind of that such as internet shutdowns because one thing that we've noticed is and the curious thing is that uganda shutdown has not been the only shutdown that has happened in africa and he said past there have been plenty and i think the funny thing is that we have rarely seen condemnation coming from you know the international community for this kind of for this kind of what i would consider to be a helios act so we definitely need to you know to pull on the allies that we have and

also to develop our own internal protections and it's and it's to do sions as africans in order to protect ourselves from these kind of things all right that is dang i don't here's an internet policy recession talking to us from nairobi kenya thank you dan. it took his like these guys you see behind me more than 10 year is to build egypt's us one high dam was inaugurated 50 years of the today the river nile had always been egypt's lifeblood bringing water and food to miti to the country as it flowed northwards the dam tain to the nile which used to flood regularly and for months at a time now the us one down controls the board says best they could soon be at risk further upstream the grand ethiopian renee's song stand all get is an extension threat says' cairo if you have began filling the dam last year and it is expected

to take to fill egypt is worried that water kicked in the blue nile could mean the nile running dry about augie is that good is crucial to supply electrical power to its people exactly the reasoning egypt used for the us one. half a century ago president anwar sadat you know great egypt's biggest ever infrastructure project it's 117 times as much sun and stone as a great pyramid he say and it brought a revolution far from his light yes in saeed rather said after the dam was built truck stopped reaching this area and the land so that you speak of it with water it's all farms now and everyone took a piece of land to cultivate. the os one hyde made the devastating yearly floods a thing of the past. it boosted tourism on the river nile it also supplied almost

the entire nation with electricity and water for irrigation massively expanding egyptian agriculture bad ensure rightly after the inauguration of the high dam the egyptian farmlands increased by around 1500000 acres in the following year. also regarding the generation of electricity the high dam covered around 80 to 90 percent after its inauguration. but the barrels upset the rivers delicate ecosystems which relied on the annual floods. and rising waters meant forced relocations for people living in newby in villages along the shores behind the dam river dwellers for generations they were sent to the desert nubian activists say that their right of return is guaranteed and they don't want compensation. well did the store why was the constitution is clear and the article is clear it does not provide for compensation but rather stipulates the resettlement of the nubians in

every general areas around the banks of the lake. but for most egyptians the benefits of the dam far outweigh the disadvantages. said hi donna changed the lives of egyptians and it is in fact the greatest egyptian project ever since the age of the pharaohs to this day. and that has a fall program this week be sure to check out our other stories on dot com forward slash africa also on facebook and on twist that today will leave you with pictures off the construction off the ass one hideout which took more than a decade to build and so was rewarded by soviet back is as that 8th wonder of the world we'll see you next time.

it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order. the silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in the world

there's a sharp morning when for accept some money from the superpower will become dependent on. the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's game we tour. starts february 19th w. jewish life in germany can be traced back 1700 years reason enough for a special anniversary celebration in 2021 that highlights the contributions of jews and jewish culture to society over that time well we'll learn more about it and also coming up. french harpist executor master has endeavored to free his

instrument from clichés and to broaden its once limited concert repertoire. welcome to the show all unofficial addict from the year 321 issued by the roman emperor constantine the great gave permission for a jew to be appointed to the city council in cologne the 1st written evidence of jewish life in the area that we now call germany and important evidence of the coexistence of different religions at that time 700 years later an anniversary year ends to let jewish culture in all its diversity shine. come to some.

installation of the jewish museum in berlin. the big anniversaries being celebrated with events throughout the year here there's a new permanent exhibition focusing on 700 years of jewish life in germany. you might say the central theme is the relationship between jews and jewish society and the dynamic between longing and exclusion. in the 18th century radical change prompted by the enlightenment stimulated a lively exchange of ideas between writers and philosophers jews and known jews in business science and culture painter max believe a man and physicist albert einstein just 2 examples of jews who had a major impact on german society. and then. if you look at world war one lots of

jews fought as soldiers and at the time that was a sign that they had become part of society because they really felt german. food. but from the beginning of the nazi dictatorship jews were systematically excluded from society disenfranchised persecuted forced into exile and murdered before 933 around half a 1000000 jews lived in germany after 945 there were only a few 1000 it remains a blight on german society. and. the holocaust just a very important point in jewish history in germany and you know all of europe but what's new in the current exhibition is that it's no longer presented as the of that history and. that's because of

a resurgence of jewish life in germany since in 1900. from russia. iran and even israel today there are more than 200000 jews living in germany. and joining me now from cologne is on the way out she's a pianist and entrepreneur and currently managing director of the association 700 years of jewish life in germany and co organizer of this anniversary year welcome mr cole what. we just heard over 200000 jews in germany but sadly they are facing increasing levels of anti semitism with that synagogue shooting and then 2900 glaring example how significant or crucial even is a celebration like this in this context. yeah this is very crucial specially after these events i mean if you look at and he said his i'm. older than once

us 1700 years it's like pandemic virus it existed before it existed after the terrible attack on holland. and the jewish people here in germany we felt that. his and all the time i mean i personally grew up here was always there and obviously you know we saw how this. thinking that anti-semitism in the minds can turn into action can turn in some physical violence so now it's very very important to work on that 1700 years of jewish life here in germany and yet many jewish customs are still not very well known here how do you hope with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangible to german. this is a very complex issue it is just 76 years after the shah and germany still has a kind of a theatrical culture of remember owns and and memorial. and

people here naturally i'm all aware of dead and alive jews. and this is not so surprising because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person and it's also very out they meet one on the street . and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and what you mostly learn in schools lackey is about the jewish religion is about how to use wealth course in the sheil which is very very important and also about the growing and isn't semite as and in the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce reuse jewish life to that incident dog. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we're trying to roll out this year and what is that new approach you spoke earlier about empathy. yes that's very important because if

i mean we have now it will set 200000 some estimated 150000 jews actually living here in germany around 100000 are registered as to 2 jewish to the jewish community this is like them terry come later that we have and we are all different we have it we are loud and we want to be part of the society now. most people as i said don't know us and if you want to get to know your neighbor it's one way to go and to say you read the c.v. and to learn about him but i don't think this is enough to develop this and as you know them to these are very important because otherwise you will never get rid of the serial types in your head is our approach actually yes very sensitive issues there but obviously a lot of joy to impart give us a quickly an idea of the international context for this anniversary are you hoping it will resonate with jews outside of germany and how they perceive jewish life here yes i think the show i mean. brutally said germany

is the inventor of the shying away of the systematic killing of jews we have to face and a lot of jews like you know of my surroundings of personal things of all look at them how jews and non jews live together in job i think it is an international emboldens and most of the jewish people here in germany a family outside of the country so i think for us it's very important but also for the jos a society itself and i think and he summoned him is not a german problem and so european problem is a worldwide problem. as i said append i'm excited think it's very important to see what it does yeah thank you very much for joining us celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in germany and i call that in cologne. thank you. well the harp is an instrument that comes with some strong associations not only is it difficult to lug around but its delicate music has long been synonymous with angelic nymphs or young girls with long flowing hair and in the romantic period it

even became a salon instrument but remained strongly gendered which is why french harpist executive master is credited with revolutionizing its repertoire. dimmick store wants to change the popular image of the heart. the heart has always been seen as a sign on instrument that's not so up to date it was supposed to be a women has demanded of me but the instrument does have a clearly defined gender for him. it's definitely feminine. does his instrument have a name. and he's been and pragmatic i know i'm pragmatic and i'm often unfaithful because i can't take my own instrument with me. and has been kept on writing his fans for years with classical pieces melodies and

even improvised film soundtracks. it all began with a crush on his music teacher. very exacting but i liked her and really wanted her to like me so i was very happy to practice. and practice he did a lot. of harley strong for g.q. though instruments demands a lot of passion and dedication. to minister almost shows a very different path in competitive sports. than

with it and since i had to choose between an international competition for the heart and or rowing competition i chose the rowing initially and was then disappointed because i had to trade a ha. are you saying. this is what. you just music. in munich and then. there is only a limited amount of music. you know composed by a musician known as the paganini of the home. seems to have a future. creasing really popular choice of instrument among children. because i'm finding it difficult to keep up with demand it's much easier to rent one now

it's becoming more democratic. all other culture news that was making headlines at the end of the week includes the most expensive batman comic ever the comics dating from the 1940 a world record for batman comics when it sold at auction in the us for more than $2200000.00. the comic originally sold for just $0.10. the most expensive comic ever however remains an original copy of the action comics number one that raked in an incredible $3200000.00 back in 2014. and a rather bizarre anniversary coming up this weekend the 100th anniversary of the sawing a person in half illusion performed here to great effect by the world famous

american magician david copperfield 100 years ago on january 17th the illusionist p.t. celibate put a woman in a box in london and sold right through the board creating a classic magic trick but just from around the world we'll get together online they sunday to celebrate the centenary of that landmark performance. and on that note let's keep ourselves all together this weekend and beyond and until we meet again face it all the best the most.

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a difference. good use the environmental series of little 3000. dollars. this is the. global deaths from the top 2000000 and there's a logistical setback in the fight against the pound. deliveries of vaccine to europe but the company says the reduction will allow it to ramp up production in the year also coming up this might look like a military base that we're actually in the heart of the capital. the soldiers are

racing here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for general inauguration day. a ring of steel in the u.s. capitol thousands of troops on alert as the f.b.i. warns that. extremists plan to disrupt next week's. case in german sports a course in munich. jailed the doctor for nearly 5 years. violations perching back nearly a decade. i'm as well come to the program global deaths from the corona virus have officially passed the 2000000 mark and here in europe there's a setback in the battle against the disease u.s. vaccine maker finds a has informed the european commission that it won't be able to fulfill all of its

promise deliveries in the coming weeks the delay is down to building works intended to boost production at its plant in belgium canada will also phase delays supplies of the vaccine to the united states will not be affected european commission president also a father and commented on this issue earlier i got like many of you with the news today that pfizer and knowledges de lay's i immediately called the c.e.o. of pfizer and he explained that there is a production deal a in the next 3 weeks but he reassured me that all guaranteed to doses of the 1st quarter will be delivered in the 1st quarter he's personally on the case on reducing the delay period and to make sure that they will catch up as soon as possible that was very important to convey the message to them that we

urgently need to guarantee doses within the 1st quarter you commission president those left on the line speaking then now we're joined by g.w. political correspondent julia sardou julia temporary reduction of vaccine deliveries what more do we know. so we heard from the german health ministry that pfizer communicated the news to the e.u. commission who then forwarded the message to e.u. member states germany expects a reduction in the delivered vaccine doses by pfizer over the next $34.00 weeks the cause of this delay is that all vaccine doses produced for countries outside of the us are all manufactured in pfizer's plant in val jim now this plant has to be upgraded so that the production can be increased and that means a delay over the next 34 weeks in

a reduction in doses now we don't know exactly how much a reduction that will be and germany however expects that the next a livery planned for monday january 18th will go ahead as planned and the reduction will start after that the heart of the german government react so germany's health ministry made known that they received the news very last minute and that it wasn't expected so we see some surprise also within the german government the health ministry said that they regret the news especially because pfizer had promised binding dates for deliveries until mid february and germany has asked the commission and pfizer to give more clarity as soon as possible as to what this reduction means in concrete terms how many fewer doses will germany receive that's still the consequence is it possible to replace the expected supplies maybe with

a different vaccine. so pfizer has promised that the doses that were meant to be delivered by the end of the 1st quarter of 2021 will be delivered but if overall the doses will remain the same this could mean some delay in the vaccination process over the next few weeks because we will see fewer doses coming in now germany at the moment has vaccinated just over 960000 people and. some of the doses that are coming into germany that is more than what has been administered are being set aside to be administered as the 2nd job that makes the vaccine fully effective but germany has also been criticized for the vaccination process being too slow and so we've seen the vaccination process picking up over the last few days this could mean that fewer doses could mean

a slowdown of the vaccination process. political correspondent judy i saw daily thank you julia governments around the world are coming under even greater pressure to get infections under control despite exhilarating vaccination programs the global death toll now over 2000000 shows little sign of easing you have more transmissible variants of the virus are being blamed across the world authorities are tightening 2nd and 3rd lockdowns but with with limited success. in other developments the u.k. has announced tighter border control measures to prevent new strains of covert 19 entering the country from monday all arrivals must show a negative coronavirus test and quarantine people arriving in france from the e.u. countries will no longer be allowed to enter by presenting a negative result from a quick covert 900 tests troublous must now take p.c.r. tests which can take several days to produce results. the dutch government has

resigned over a scandal in which thousands of parents were wrongly accused of child benefit fraud many were forced to pay back huge sums. staying on as interim leader until elections in march christie run and has been branded a fraud and faces financial ruin she's one of around $20000.00 people in the netherlands from whom the tax authorities wrongly reclaimed thousands of euros in child benefits many lost their homes marriages ended wrong and now owes 92000 euros just took a toll on me i was home with burnout for 2 years i didn't know what to do any more it's a miracle i'm still here on the most in early december an investigative commission in the netherlands called what happened an unprecedented injustice on friday prime minister marko to announced his resignation because of this scandal even though he himself was not involved after what happened is shameful the rule of law must

protect its citizens from an all powerful government and here that's gone terribly wrong should it be definitive stands to at school on friday he delivered his decision to the king's office personally but he intends to remain in office until march 17th. in the meantime we can be expected to do what is necessary in the national interest to the netherlands i say our fight against the coronavirus continues. the government plans to step down after the election yet marketa is still considered the favorite to win in 8 weeks in all polls he's in 1st place by a clear margin. a 2nd look now at some other stories making headlines a powerful earthquake in indonesia has killed more than 40 people and injured hundreds of others the quake struck on the island of soloway seen damaging many buildings in and around the district topple the move to authorities fear more victims are trapped in the rubble. us president elect joe biden has outlined

a $1.00 trillion dollars coronavirus and economic recovery plan that includes more than $400000000000.00 to combat the pandemic directly biden's goal is to speed up the delivery of vaccines and provide financial help to households struggling with the pandemics prolonged economic fallout. a ring of steel has been erected to protect washington d.c. as america prepares for next week's handover of power from the outgoing trump ministration to the new team under president elect joe biden more than 20000 troops are standing by the f.b.i. is warning that pro trump extremists are planning violent protests in all 50 states capitals. this special report from washington where residents have mixed feelings about the unprecedented security operation. you shall not pass that seems to be the message all around the capital seoul 2 years from

the national guard have flooded this. first came the fence then the barricades were expecting our own 20000 soldiers from the national guard in washington d.c. on an operation day sam have a raid lined up behind me the city has never seen something like that and people there are scared of the city is a completely. on inauguration day it was dangerous too dangerous scary you were supposed to be. you know civilization the markers. would come through. the south right up the secrete that they've done since wednesday is definitely needed and i do feel better about it but i think that the brightest still there at the current is shaky i just want to make sure that this time that they're actually doing their job to protect the city as opposed to you know they have a prayer like lester. behind the fence it's all hands on deck.

and soldiers from 11 states have arrived in washington d.c. they're organizing their equipment checking their weapons and getting ready in case violence returns to the city. they still don't know for how long they will stay deployed here. but the ones who spoke to us say they are proud to be here and to defend their democracy. but it's also a logistical challenge. for now they're waiting this might look like a military base but we're actually in the heart of the capitol building the soldiers are resting here they're having lunch and they're getting prepared for 10 or 20 inauguration day. nobody knows what awaits. the faults seal bears signs of last week's riots.

the. country for. the perfect. perfect crime. and now they are here to fix. a court in new nick sentenced german doctor mark s. to 4 years and 10 months in prison for his role in years of illegal doping in sport the landmark verdict concludes the 1st major prosecution other german doping legislation introduced in 2015. minutes to giving illegal blood doping treatments are numerous athletes primarily in cycling and winter sports yes also been handed a fine of 158000 euros and banned from practicing medicine for 3 years. as the trial drew to a close mark s.

apologized for his doping practices blood manipulation was his modus operandi he and his accomplices would take samples from athletes enrich them with red blood cells and reintroduce them via transfusion the guilty verdict has been hailed a milestone in germany's hunty topping campaign. it's finally a clear and significant punishment has been handed down one of a severity and a clarity that sends a valuable signal also in regards to the upper cation of the anti doping law is until doping is it's yours. in the case of austrian moncton by christina coleman foster the doctor experimented with human globin poser meaning he was also phoned guilty of grievous bodily harm. has been in custody since february 21000 raids on the doctor's house in germany led to his arrest and his practice. top income painters believe the judgement will act as a deterrent but others are not so sure. just.

germany has been since 2015 and this is the 1st and so far only case of doping in elite sport brought against the personal doctor in that sense the investigative quarter is in my opinion small and many will know that this is more or less an isolated case as both parties have a week to appeal the verdict. no as you have in lockdown and missing a night out this taxi driver in greece may have the perfect solution for you bird look through. this town see doubles up as a private smite club konstantinos transforms his cab after noticing that his passengers were often stressed or just in a bad mood due to that and he hopes his mobile disco will raise people steer it during lockdown and give them a chance to let the had peace to fix as they journey from a to b.

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stream to. tanzania is norrington respond with the promise of some deep sea adventurers. this is the deadly business i'm paid for it and thanks for joining me. less than a week before his inauguration u.s. president elect joe biden has rolled out his plan to prop up the american economy so what's inside central to the stimulus package is a direct payment of 1400 dollars for every american citizen added to the $600.00 checks are already a great it equals the $2000.00 checks outgoing president trump wanted also in the package $400.00 more per week in unemployment pay targeted at millions of americans who have lost their jobs in recent months the minimum wage is set to rise to $15.00 per hour they'll also be additional money for states schools and for

a national vaccination program as well as expanded testing to combat that 19 the price tag for the whole plan $1.00 trillion dollars an amount joe biden says needs to be invested in order to ward off further economic disaster. i just described is not come cheap. but still you do. the consensus among levy economists is we simply can not afford not to do what i propose. the face of the north stream to pipeline that is to bring russian gas to germany via the baltic sea life in the balance the project is highly controversial the united states argues it will leave europe dangerously reliant on russia environmentalists say it will ruin natural maritime habitats the german government says it will provide affordable energy while it is phasing i've coal and nuclear energy those involved in the project have no idea if or when the pipeline will be

complete shit about 150 kilometers to go just before the end of the year the north stream to consortium said it had completed laying pipes for the project in german waters work is to continue in danish territory but the project has turned into much more than an engineering challenge. a 1200 kilometer underwater dual pipeline north stream one has been delivering natural gas from russia to germany since 2011 north stream 2 was to start operating last year it's nearly completed but construction work has been disrupted in recent months. that's a no small part due to harsh criticism by the us government the trump administration insists north stream to undermines europe's overall energy security and provide to russia with a dangerous amount of leverage also the us is eager to increase its own natural gas sales as

a result washington has been threatening to impose sanctions on companies that are involved in north stream 2. in germany the state government of mecca and burke western pomerania has created a foundation to promote natural gas as an environmentally friendly bridging technology. but the foundation will also purchase essential equipment from north stream to amy to guard companies that are part of it from sanctions there's talks here thomas adonal he's a global energy analyst from the hershey school of governance in berlin mr o'donnell welcome along is this project ever going to be complacent. well good afternoon and thank you for having me on i love the w. . well if what i've been telling people is that if i had to bet i'd bet it won't be i would bet it wouldn't be completed and i have to add if there's a rule of law in europe in germany and in denmark then it really shouldn't it

really couldn't be completed i think let me make. well 3 points ok on this these american sanctions are very targeted sanctions and that broad shotgun sanctions. initially they prevented the one ship that could lay pipe in very deep danish waters that was required. you know they sanctioned the ship and it left last year now since then the russians have made various adaptations in the german side as well and the americans came back with another tranche this trench puts particular sanctions and certification companies that are needed in every step of a major project like this to certify the construction the materials and then perpetually every year after that a huge company called d n d g l n or we can company was sanctioned and of course it had major exposure has lots of projects other places in the world including with the americans and they left now the insurance company ok now there's an insurance company would zurich insurance which everybody you know in germany probably has heard of and i understand that the

discussions were going on just recently with the american officials and i can't imagine how they were it would stay in this project they'd be exposed to sanctions in the business all over the world so they would have a sort of they would have an internationally recognized certification company they won't have this major internationally specialized insurance company for this kind of work and thirdly there's tens or dozens i should say probably of german companies that had very unpleasant phone calls from american officials in the last 23 months and a list has been drawn up say and they've been told that look we know you're participating in this project. if you do anything in any water over 30 meters deep which is where the sanctions apply. sanctions and they would immediately that would go to the treasury department bank accounts would be frozen you know how that goes state department probably put sanctions should say visa restrictions you know pull visas and it's quite likely a company will go bankrupt so there's

a lot of maneuvering on the russian side and someone on the german side also with we know up of mecklenburg palmer in all this maneuvering different try and find loopholes postbox companies so it's a kind of knocked around it drag out fight but if the authorities insist the danish and the german authorities who are going towards if they insist on proper companies i don't see how they could go forward and finally does germany really need to this pipeline i think faces out coal and nuclear energy what do you think. no it doesn't you could get plenty of gas through ukraine much more this is political. this gas is no new gas it comes from the same fields up in russia it's not new gas what's going on here is that as we all know putin has designs and ukraine and designs and bell routes and these pipelines 80 percent of the gas that germany russia sense europe goes through these countries and this is

a this is a problem because putin has started wars and so forth in these countries so germany has skin in the game and it doesn't want to have skin in the game to put it bluntly they agree with putin he also does not want their gas to anymore go through those countries instead of something that he can use for corruption and control for elite capture and and that kind of thing because of the resistance in both these countries he wants to get them out because if he's going to proceed to suppress these countries he doesn't want to risk his business with europe and the german leadership has decided that they're not going to take a risk either they agree with them and they'll get out now what's going to happen if they do build north 31 into. you know what germany will be threatened by the russians if you interfere with what i'm doing in ukraine if there's another blow up another war or something. your gas off but germany will be you know guaranteed their gas if they do that and the gas is 80 percent of this guess is not for germany they're simply replacing the transit that went through ukraine and belarus

through germany and supplying the european customers so this is a geo political decision by germany it's a clash with washington over 3 administrations now over what should be the policy of europe and the americans the transatlantic policy to stand up to russia but if you just policy of germany or the other one mr i don't know thank you found much by fighting this complex issue thank you ok well thanks. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news a top french railway executive says eurostar is in a critical stage following an 85 percent drop in travel between britain and the european continent last year eurostar is currently operating just one service a day between paris and london before the pandemic at all for 2 trains per hour during peak times. germany's health ministry says deliveries of the vaccine developed by biotech and pfizer will be delayed in the coming weeks as pfizer

modifies its plant in poor's belgium the company is changing its manufacturing processes so it can both are back to production by mid february it's a ming to produce 2000000 doses this year. the cape verde islands off the coast of west africa are famous for their tropical climates and beautiful beaches making them a much sought after holiday destination but new figures show just how dramatically the pandemic has crippled the economy as countries around the world went into lockdown in the 2nd quarter of last year kate very days g.d.p. shrank by nearly 32 per cent compared to the previous year that's the worst contraction on record it was followed by a slightly less dramatic but still sizeable decline in the 3rd quarter. of the steep drop was primarily driven by the decline in tourism which as you can see here plummeted last year according to the world bank the sector accounted for a quarter of a phase economic i've pushed in 2019. and staying to the topic

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doubled in the last 10 years thanks in part to local protections. locals know that will sharks are a special attraction for tourists who are willing to spend money which supports local industries. protecting the sharks is a generations long commitment of a tour guides are visiting a school to share the environmental but also economic importance with the students and it. is important because on the crist's if you want to carve prosumer with your stock is mafia in funds on the up so we are voc each of them so we have full submission going for your generation because. they can't seem to take the lesson to heart. which is good news because after all in a few years the fate of their large sea dwelling neighbors will be in their hands. and finally looking for a meal with a kick since the start of the year

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