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less than a 100 left in the wild these mountain one losing kenya are close to extinction but conservationists are doing all they can to prevent that. i made you mike a junior your welcome to the program in south africa over 1000 mutation is wrecking havoc hospitals on cemeteries struggle to cope with the 2nd crew in a wave in recent weeks john is very that dead like never before the number of d.d.t. infections that's on hospital admissions has almost doubled when compared to the fast wave i want a hospital in south africa's capital of pretoria has been pushed to the extreme. reports. steve biko academic course is

a specialized institution that includes on the complicated medical cases it's patients i usually could call cases and 3rd by other hospitals and so it is not normally expected to fill up however the named in his place due to the name it and the lick of space means some patients have to be to tent outside as that number has doubled that his tent the parking lot into a fully fledged cage one to one with medical procedures carrying on just as there would be inside once they leave the back and bed inside the building some patients at take it in one others other fades to other health is just since. hospital authorities say putting patients in tents is a decision that was not taken lightly if you came. to my g.p. things. to do things like that you could see the 2nd chance

and i think this in contrast stops you from reading these things otherwise but does across the country experiencing the same question and no increase in the number of beds. the government is activity field hospitals set up during the 1st to wave that up an increase in the 1000 infections and hospitalization as authorities by surprise this surge came march 1st dissipated and it became west the early nischelle expected the number of those dying from 19 has also doubled across the country putting immense pressure on an attack as decision the governor's is careful is very clear. when you're bored with. your courtship of 45 are out of 45 some experts believe there are still tough challenges. xabi demanded in this it officer from cosmic hoover's

citizens to brace for the west since that it is known about the new variant the current wave of infections occasions i get the 2nd rate probably it's going to be more severe than the 1st. for the number of people to come through the number of people. because here is the number of people that might die from what the 1st batch of the facts are expected to arrive at the end of this month maybe we get to see 10 to one to know my i could not. aid agencies are raising concerns about that diane humanitarian situation that has resulted from the conflict in ethiopia steve groene region there are reports that civilians are dying from a lack of healthcare services while survivors face food and water shortages thousands of died and more than 300000 people fled their homes since the war began

in november 2020 let's talk more about this with chris meltzer senior external relations officer with the u.n. it's yeah in ethiopia hello chris welcome to the program now i understand you just arrived from. tell us more about the situation on the ground. but it's a dire situation for the people there not only the refugees but we have to decide between the northern part of the southern part. of tikrit the refugees. declare that they have no food they still have no clean water but at least they were not in the center of the comet in the northern part we still have no access so we can't really say we can't see couldn't see with our own eyes what's going on there but all the reports we are receiving from refugees and very disturbing. it's it's a bit disturbing hearing that you do not have access to actually help the people in

need but for what you know what what do the people who need it to survive. well the 1st thing is of course food and clean water and we were able to distribute it with our very important part of the world food program sued for that to southern kansas for some 10 thousands of your future east but they are still at least 20000 refugees in the north and they have no food and no access to any help and we have even heard that they are eating tree bark out of desperation. or i don't even know what response to give to that and then when you say you don't have access to actually give supports what van is the government doing why is the government blocking aid 1st of all and if they are what i'm doing. well the government is a part not and superman country so what are we doing here we need to approve. of

the government of course it's for us always too slow always too little this is how rich the agency is a relief agency the government sales needs time to to get through of something. but we hope it's getting better and it least we have not 2 of the 4 cams fixes but of course we want to have access to all refugees because they are really in a dire situation and definitely help so considering how dire the situation is how long can this go for for those that are suffering can do go without enough food and enough portable water. well we hope that we can provide for the 2 southern camps food in the states maybe maybe even today or tomorrow so the current works on the way and also since there are no t.v.

stations from the from the from the conflict we also think that the infrastructure is good enough to provide clean water very soon for the 2 other camps but again this year we really have to distinguish nearly 27 of the 2 northern cams so the situation around the city of. this is very desperate and we just have no idea when we will have access to the ritchies when we can finally go. 20 seconds do you are you confident that there's light at the end of the tunnel. otherwise i would be wrong in this job but yes there is light at the end of the tunnel because it's getting better every day but it's of course to snow and for the refugees every day every hour counts ok chris moyles a senior external relations officer with the u.n. it's year and it's many times for your insights.

let's now take a look at some of our stories making headlines across the continent. ugandan opposition leader robert struggle arnie popularly called you whine. into the country's high court as well as econ playing to to the un for testing his de facto house arrest security forces have confined juggle our need to his residence in the capital kampala since friday after you got this elections which he lost to the long 7 presidents where 70. the un is calling for emergency humanitarian aid to help more than the 1000000 people in south in madagascar who are suffering the west drought in a decade the situation has been made whereas vida cope with 1000 pandemic and the result in lock downs which have driven up unemployment. and now requires travelers from brazil and portugal to undergo monday cheek over 1000 testing on our rival one of the airport this is in response to

a new variant of the coronavirus from sunday flights from those 2 nations on south africa will be suspended until the infection rates under control. to kenya now where an animal that was once found in abundance is teetering on the brink of extinction now this behind me is the mountain boom and i'd say yes of decline of the hands of humans there are fewer than 100 left in the wild but all hope is not lost conservationists are taking the unusual step of bringing bill moves back from zeus to try to build in new wild of elation. they are gentle but so so elusive picking their way through the undergrowth mountain bongos with their white stripes and spiral horns their forest antelopes found in the wild

only in kenya and even here there are a rare sight. the fascination with that species led people to hunt it. and to kill from lead to a normal capture and treat we can we tap in to read them not one was being co-opted from here on being treated consumers particularly in the united states. beyond being hunted in captured for their horns bush meat or prized coat the mountain bongos grazing grounds have been every day in recent decades taken over further by humans and their livestock that's why with less than 100 mountain bongos left in the wild specialized breeding efforts have come to the rescue like using bongos brought back to kenya from zoos in the united states. and its working. in the last 5 years we have more than 70 business so all population is healthy and

he's the future for kenya to be able to release some of the more in the wild as it is defined in the national strategy that national strategy also defines the need to have places to re wild the mountain bongos that are bred and reared here new conservancy has helped but kenya like so many countries in africa and the world has far to go to ensure the recovery of one of its prize animal species. just like the mountain bungle business where we jump out of the show from all bastardi schools or d.w. dot com plus africa all the country facebook on twitter pages we leave you with these pictures for beauty of your city all gone the web thousands this week are married said jesus populism in the revived mark in the office christian holiday off to a funny also known time caught on so next time goodbye. culture

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amanda gorman is dealing with her fame and later on arts and culture. fired by night singer songwriter. her inspiration when most of us are sleep. just out of university but poet amanda books number one and number 2 on amazon and the u.s. that was right after she brought many to tears with her poem. at the swearing in of president joe biden and by the way one of those bestsellers isn't even out yet. a poet steps up to the microphone and the whole world listens is amanda gorman was the star of the an occupation that stealing the show from the politicians and pop

luminaries who came before her through the sheer power of her words being american is more than a pride we inherit it's the past we step into and how we repair it l. 32 year old told reporters that her inauguration poem had been influenced by the violent scenes at the capitol on wednesday january 6th. away and it's to be a message of hope in unity and i think that wednesday for me really just underscore how much that was needed but some not turn a blind eye to the cracks that really needs. her work deals with racism feminism and repression she sees her poetry as activism but on this day hope was center stage where there was always like if only were brave enough to see it if only were brave enough to be an. this was

a big day not only for the new president joe biden but also for amanda gore and. the young poet from los angeles touched hearts at a moment when many in the u.s. are yearning for healing and unity. amanda gorman and overnight sensation i'm joined by my colleague adrian kennedy for more enduring what do we know about her well she she's not completely unknown she was of course the youth the youth poet laureate in 27 saying when that program started the very 1st one that was quite an achievement to win that national competition held at the library of congress was still a teenager over the last year or so she has also written stirring poems on various occasions thanksgiving independence day and as a response to the black lives matter protests poems that were board cast on the major networks morning show but of course of his her contribution to the

inauguration of joe biden that's now catapulted her into the public consciousness that's right you mentioned her 2 books going to the top of the box charts. twitter account went from $50000.00 followers before the inauguration to more than a 1000000 in less than 24 hours so a whole new level of fame wow and of course she's $22.00 so her instagram blew up as well here she is reacting. really. not a game not. followers and even post any. support coming via the masses thank you so much. very excited i think it's actually more than 2000000 now goldman also posted pictures of her mother who was course referenced in the poem with the line a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by

a single mother she showed her mom giving up on the heels. story are very very human and here's her with the clintons hillary clinton later tweeted about the young poets stated desire to run for president in 2036 saying i can't quite well an amazing day for gore a man who clearly has a lot of charisma her poem derby hill we climb also demands attention with listen in to another key moment. we are striving to florence or union with purpose to compose a country committed to all cultures colors characters in conditions of man and so we lift our gaze not to what stands between us but what stands before us we close the divide because we know to put our 1st we must 1st put our

differences aside we lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another we seek harmed quite a performance and what really struck me is how she stressed that america is this unfinished project yes and also democracy is an unfinished project another line was democracy can be periodically delayed it can never be permanently defeated so this idea this philosopher's idea of a democracy that has to be constantly reforged. also have echoes of langston hughes his poem that america be america again goldman said she also studied martin luther king before writing a poem i think that shines through and she was wearing a cape. ring in order of the poet maya angelou and she obviously has been blowing up the internet but she's not the only one adrian there was some idle chatter about a few others too there were

a lot of names for example of left leaning sentence of bernie sanders who was democratic presidential candidate is very popular progressive he made an interesting fashion statement with his mittens people had a lot of fun with that and lady gaga was also a subject of conversation about her dress and whether she was channeling the hunger games mockingjay. with the giant. but also plenty of praise for her impressive take on star spangled banner. amazing the amanda government even managed to put lady gaga in the shadow. of the thanks so much thank you now to another young woman making headlines 17 year old disney star olivia right rigo her debut song driver's license hit u.s. charts at number one this month and it just keeps breaking records.

roderigo now holds records for most requested song in a day on alexa and most streamed song in a week on spotify fueled by the songs popularity on take tuck. an art installation of pink seesaws stretching across the us mexico border has won a prize from london's design museum the temporary installation back in 2019 briefly allowed families on both sides of the border to play together the prize for its creators came as new u.s. president joe biden halted construction on the hotly debated barrier wall started by his predecessor donald trump. and china is marking the upcoming one year anniversary of the womb han lock down with a huge propaganda exhibition celebrating the city's triumph over the coronavirus

the people's republic has been working hard to control the narrative around the anniversary it wants to portray the pandemics epicenter as a city reborn. well even if you don't know very name honest obo you may have heard her music on t.v. series including grey's anatomy love sex and dark the danish musician writes her tender melancholic pop songs alone usually at night. when night falls in berlin on us or both starts getting created. in. the danish musician wrote most of her latest album myopia at night she walked the empty streets of her adopted home of bring them in search of inspiration.

i think i like the night because things. are in their way turned. into opposite so. it's also a time when you're alone with your own thoughts he can't run away from. sort of the moment of truth in a way. 'd honest or will compose his her songs by herself in her studio. the 39 year old often works in complete isolation just honest oboe a piano and the solitude of the night. can get this feeling that you are left all alone and everybody's forgotten about here so in

a way it can feel completely left alone in a way and i think i like that for making music. she often starts with an improvised melody. when i wrote that and i thought oh god that sounds like a story like somebody. telling a story like just as. i'm constructing a story around the melody and then they wrote a horse song and that and the system have jumping with it jumping into the pool. oh there we have. the artist has released 4 studio albums since 2010 she hasn't burned up any charts but she has gained

a worldwide following with her delicate often melancholy songs they've been streamed millions of times. combines classical instruments like the cello and piano with digital effects in her compositions sometimes her pitched voice is barely recognizable with. the. live appearances she arranges her nocturnal solo sessions as concert pieces to be performed with several other musicians here she rehearses for a tour that was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic ready. we have been playing . and you have like. a. something

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coming to an undertone in. china's gateway to you're a player starts feb 19th gone don't look. out of the. plane plane . this is it every news live from berlin a new era begins in the united states president joe biden vice president coming to harris kick off their 1st full day in office with a virtual prayer service before moving on to priority number one tackling the coronavirus pandemic also coming up can't europe keep its borders open despite the new fast spreading virus strain that's one of the issues confronting leaders any

video summit that is the latest from brussels and deadly bombings in baghdad for the 1st time in more than 3 years a suicide bomber strikes in the heart of iraq's capital killing and wounding sports people. thank you so much for your company everyone after the pomp for and the pageantry of inauguration day the new black newsman administration is getting down to business and although he faces a long list of challenges president biden is leaving no doubt about his top priority unveiling a national action plan to tackle the covert $910.00 demick. joe biden's 1st full day on the jaw as president of the united states it began with

a virtual inaugural prayer service in the white house but it will take more than prayers to deal with the biggest problem facing the u.s. the coronavirus pandemic the biden administrator has laid out a program to limit the viruses spread at home and abroad in a major shift in domestic policy facemasks are mandated in all u.s. federal owned facilities buildings and transportation biden has promised to ensure all americans have access to reliable and free testing and the new president has reversed his predecessors decision to pull us out of the world health organization this last point is an acknowledgment of the w. he chose key role in stopping the viruses spread globally. i join my fellow representatives and. the world health organization for its role 'd in leading the global public health response to this fan demick. the united

states also intends so fulfill its financial obligations to the organization. state in the w.h.o. shows the u.s. is preparing to reassert its weight on the world stage another of joe biden's promises. one of biden's 1st acts as president was for the u.s. to rejoin the powers accord on climate protection. but amid all the color and extravagance of the inaugural celebrations it was clear that joe biden is faced with a daunting task. first getting control of the crew in a virus pandemic and then showed the u.s. is unified enough to lead on the world stage. joining us now from washington is our correspondent oliver salat all over i understand u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi spoke moments ago and has reacted to president biden's

inauguration. she has yes she was delivering her 1st weekly press conference since joe biden took office and there she was praising joe biden for message of unity as you know joe biden in his inauguration speech on wednesday made clear that he wants to be a president of all americans a time when the country is really divided and polarized so that for one so she was very supportive of course of that message she did not give an exact timeframe of the planned impeachment trial and senate she argues that this impeachment would not undermine joe biden's unity ministry because that is the big concern right now of course that it would alienate republican voters as there were i understand she is going ahead with the trump impeachment trial. that is the plan yes but she does not deliver any details on the time frame she said congress is ready to proceed she also said it will happen soon we don't know exactly when this could be

might happen on friday but might also happen next week so we might see then the articles of impeachment then delivered to senate this is where the trial will take place as we know joe biden is not a big fan of this impeachment proceeding he therefore does not want to push congress to move on quickly that's what we hear from the wide halls he really wants to focus on his policies right now coal that is the top priority as we speak and get done as much as possible in his 1st 100 days as u.s. president because of course this also goes against his message is inauguration message that one of our urging unity yeah that's correct and in order to be able to do so of course you need to reach out to all americans there is one house who would not support or say at least the supporters of the child will not support such an impeachment proceedings so he will probably be remain neutral

on that issue and leave congress with that this is what he said times and times again. as you know them there for the biggest challenges cold it is the economy that's what he really wants to focus on to show that he is a president that is trying to tackle the problems and get over the polarization the country has been suffering from. reporting from washington thank you and as we came on the air europe's leaders are holding an online summit and at stepping up the fight against covert 900 top of the agenda is finding new strategies to bring down infections and halt the spread of new corona virus strains while chancellor angela merkel has warned germans that they must take the mutation seriously or face a possible 3rd wave of infections. all right let's try and find out how that meeting is going on our brussels bird she's standing by alexandra fun naaman

alexandra the virtual summit is underway as we speak how divided are the member states when it comes to the handling of the pandemic. well i think all member states are very concerned about the current situation and that they're willing to better coordinate their efforts to prevent those new highly contagious variants of the corona virus from spreading across the block or at least to slow down the spread of those variants however of course they have different concepts how far they would go in coordinating those efforts there are countries such as germany very cautious but there are also member states who are reluctant to toughening their measures. so obviously one of the something blocks as you outline a will be coordinating a policy there now raising concerns that we will see in maybe the

next couple weeks tighter border restrictions within a block or how much support is there for such a measure. well i think that that cannot be ruled out indeed so there are of course warnings from the european commission that in saying that would harm the e.u. single market that would be bad for the economy there are countries such as luxembourg with almost half of its workforce commuting in and from other countries so they say well that cannot happen all that's not good it's not going to solve anything but there are other countries like belgium and for example a very concerned belgian prime minister for example is expected to call on the ivory you nations to stop at least nonessential travel and there are countries such as germany who are very cautious but also they say that closing the internal borders within the european union could be the last resort now the rollout of the

vaccine across the there's room for improvement let's put it that way did the e.u. commission botch the rollout of vaccines. when you asked the official they would say officials they would say of course not that that's not the case of but it's certainly on top of the agenda today with many e.u. member states who are very angry to learn that there would be delays in deliveries of scenes of pfizer a biotech vaccine so there will be a lot to talk about during this video conference and rumor has it that they could be an announcement that those delays will stop next week that the delivery will be increased but that's of course something that. remains to be seen and we have to wait until the end of the video conference today thank you so much i was on the front of reporting from brussels. now some of the other stories making news

around the world mongolia's prime minister has resigned after public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby crowns took to the streets after the woman was moved to an infectious disease center where in just hospital pajamas and plastic slippers at minus 25 degrees celsius. chinese state media are reporting that a worker trapped in a gold mine for more than a week has died as rescuers continue efforts to save 21 others 11 have been contacted but the fate of the other 10 remains unknown but. at least 32 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a double suicide bombing in iraq is the 1st major attack in the capital baghdad in 3 years 2 bombers wearing explosive vest blew themselves up at a crowded market authorities believe the incident could mark the resurgence of the

so-called islamic state. security forces assess the damage from the deadly suicide blast and are met with pools of blood and widespread destruction. medical workers tend to dozens of injured victims. and we were there by the stands someone came and fell to the ground instructions complained that his stomach hurt then he pressed the detonator in his hand and it exploded immediately people were torn to pieces many died and were injured. these kinds of attacks were once common in baghdad but have been rare since the islamic state was driven out and 2017 tensions have heightened over forthcoming elections and an economic crisis no one has claimed responsibility for the bombing but authorities are presuming at terrorist link. this little wall that. the

walk away and the enemy are clear. has of it as far as i know there has been no declaration but it is likely that the terrorist organization the islamic state is behind this criminal incident. how the regional. forces are on high alert in case a for their attacks. well this was the 1st deadly suicide attack in baghdad since 2018 i asked my asher bailey a journalist for the a.f.p. news agency in baghdad why it happened now it's an interesting question there have been many details that have been revealed so far by security agencies about the incentives or the. reasons behind the attack now but one connection that people in the street and some some security officials have been making are and legislative elections that are set to take place later on this year iraq has seen similar rounds of violence before previous legislative elections blast that you mentioned

2018 actually came just a few months before the most recent parliamentary election is that year and so some people are in it a connection between increased political tensions right now across the country and a potential rise and this kind of violence this morning. my israeli of the a few news agency reporting from a bach dot now a 12 year old footballer from nigeria is already in the record books for his juggling skills he's now aiming to outdo his own best performance and wants to become a professional player and he has an unusual style take a look. juggling one ball with your knees is hard enough but nigerian 2 non-so ha does it while balancing another ball on his head. he's so good at it that he set a world record 2 years ago. 111 touches

in one minute and not a single wobble from the ball on his head it looks like it's glued into place. he's only 12 and learned his skills from some football greats. nobody to me but my fight on me in ponte in my life. on a piece of. he is now an online sensation videos of his football skills have received thousands of views but not everyone took him seriously. his record changed all that. before reference was close enough not to me what. my friends said i want to be that. the king of multitasking is not satisfied he is now aiming for another world record 2000 touches all while balancing a ball on his head a career as

a professional football is his ultimate dream you wouldn't bet against it. better watch out right now the top story that we're tracking for you this hour u.s. president joe biden has attended a virtual prayer service before his 1st full day in office he and his team and unveil their national action plan to fight the pandemic focused on boosting vaccines increasing testing and reopening schools thanks so much for watching. what secrets lie behind swine. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. p.w. world heritage 363 get enough snow.