this is new news live from berlin the u.k. sounds the alarm in the fight against covert 19th prime minister bars johnson says there is evidence the coronavirus variant 1st identified in the u.k. could be deadlier as well as more infectious also on the program. toxic trash russia's rubbish dumps are filling up the pollution and the smell is so bad some families living there for landfill sites are moving away. and then the fungus need get there are old school or as clap of steel dortmund's

title hopes and the other blow in a thrilling battle of the progress. on public welcome to the program we begin in the u.k. with disturbing news about the new coronavirus variant that was 1st detected there last month prime minister barak's johnson says there's evidence there that as well as spreading faster than you taishan is also more deadly let's hear what he and his top scientific adviser had to say. i must tell you the sort of the mood that we've been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly it also appears there is some evidence that the new variant the very that was 1st identified in london in the southeast may be associated with

a higher degree of mortality if you took somebody in the sixty's a man in the sixty's. the average risk is that for a 1000 people who got infected roughly 10 would be expected to unfortunately die with the virus with a new variant for a 1000 people infected roughly 13 or 14 people might be expected to die so tough restrictions are already in place across the united kingdom but will the government now be looking at ways to tighten the measures even more w. correspondent mass sent this report from london. but the prime minister says that already we are in quite a severe lockdown only essential travel is allowed schools are closed however we know from data that there is actually more mobility people are travelling more

around who are then in the fast lockdown so i think this debate as to whether there need to be more restrictions or whether the need to be tough and forstmann by the police for example more fines tougher fines whether this has to be the case i think these questions will continue to be asked also here there is a debate as to how britain can protect itself from other new variants for example from south africa where there is a debate at variance there might be less susceptible to to the vaccine soon this debate is taking place all all over europe and the u.k. position is also that here we have quite a successful vaccination program of over over 7 percent of the population have already been vaccinated so that the u.k. is also looking to the future and is hoping that this will be successful and i think people are already quite worried because not only is there now the

possibility that this virus is more deadly but really know for sure that it's more easily transmissible if you would where i am and london the streets are pretty empty so people are taking this seriously and particularly vulnerable people i have a friend for example who used to be quite pragmatic about it but now she's shielding completely so so i think people are definitely worried about the state of the affairs and especially when you also look at the hospitals that are at capacity or maybe even overwhelmed and parts of london the south east so yes it's a severe situation in the u.k. at the moment. well moving to the other side of the atlantic and president joe biden is warning that the economic crisis in the united states is deepening he says that decisive and bold action is needed to help struggling families biden made the comments as he signed an economic relief program at the white house he's now

looking for support for his 2 trillion dollar plan from both liberal and conservative economists biden maintains the package will strengthen an economy but hurt by the pandemic we're going to finish the job total of $2000.00 in direct payments to folks $600.00 which was already passed is simply not enough if you still have to choose between paying you really putting food on the table will extend unemployment insurance benefits for millions of workers beyond the deadline that's now said it means that 60000000 americans are currently relying on unemployment benefits while they look for work count on these checks continuing to be there in the middle of this crisis. well washington correspondent. has more on this story for us hi kyra nina now how is joe biden planning to address what he calls a deepening economic crisis. well there

are 3 it thinks he announced today probably he signed this through executive orders and he also sent a bill to congress requesting a $1.00 most 2 trillion dollars economic rescue plan and this includes increasing the amount of food stamps for example for americans that cannot put any food on their table to give you a bit of context the current statistics show that one in 7 families don't have enough food in this country and this is the case specially among the black community and also the latino community and this also includes a financial relief of $2000.00 for each american citizen we already heard president biden saying that but we should say that a financial relief $600.00 per person has already been passed by congress last year so this would be the 'd remaining amount to complete those 2000 this specially meant for the families that can't pay their rents anymore or the americans who have lost their job due to the pandemic these are the executive orders we don't know if

the bill is going to pass the congress so it's safe to say that joe biden's agenda is pretty full for the start of his presidency he's got plenty to deal with there but also we can't forget that on friday of course the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi confirms that the former president donald trump article of impeachment will be delivered to the senate on monday night about triggers the senate trial now what impact made on joe biden's plans. yes that's what them everyone asks here and biden made very clear that he is leaving the impeachment and the trial to congress that they should decide and he wants to focus on his priority number one and that would be the fright against the pandemic here in the united states the white house press secretary was asked today about whether this could delay the trial could delay the other decisions in the

senate like for example this rescue bill or the configuring of the cabinet that has also to become free of the different picks up by the maid and she said the president by the believes that the senate should be able to multitask on the trial and also tackle present guidance early agenda so the senate also still has to come fair some of the pigs and well we'll have to see if they can really multitask or not. we'll have to we'll find there pretty soon. in washington frontrunner don't. well staying in the united states more than 150 national guard troops deployed in washington for the inauguration of president joe biden have tested positive for the coronavirus thousands were sent in joining an unprecedented security operation following the storming of the capitol building by supporters of the outgoing

president donald trump many are expected to remain in washington until the end of the month. well russia is facing a growing problem with rubbish the country produces around $60000000.00 tons of trash each year but very little is recycled green campaigners say more than 90 percent is dumped in landfill sites often close to towns and villages they don't use your ear shadow reports. because this is the elections keep it it's as big as 45 soca fields and is just one of dozens of garbage dumps on the outskirts of moscow residents say just a few years ago with the pit was still deep in the ground now it's more of a hill and as if the garbage piles up with the local health problems due to the dump lies just a few 100 meters from the village of novel shop of all. of us hometown

the mother of 2 says that some days the smell from the side was so bad she couldn't even open the windows and the kids you know slava and well often sick fantasy of a finally had enough she and her children moved to clean and city several kilometers away. the little ones were constantly sick one day their pediatrician told me their children have rattling sounds in their lungs i didn't think about it for a very long before starting to look for an apartment for us here and clean later after we moved we went to the same doctor surprise surprise the law. rattling had disappeared how did that happen simple we moved away. busy feodosia families fate is no isolated incident. removal is one of russia's most pressing concerns only 6 percent of the country's garbage is either process

or incinerate that is the rest is simply dumped environmentalist's of war in the east landfill sites around moscow in particular a ticking time bomb rarely conforming to safety standards if they pollute of the soil the ground water and the air. greetings taken by the state civil protection agency show the area surrounding alec's inskip it is also contaminated 3 years ago after it is found to that hydrogen sulfide levels were $25.00 times of the acceptable amount. but nothing has been done to protect a local residence. it was mother is another of those affected the 67 year old's house is dangerously close to the dump but unlike her daughter she says she can't move. where would i go who would i sell my home to with that horrible smell outside who cares about someone like me and how would i even get by

in the city my pension is 190. but i'd have to pay $130.00 euros for a one room apartment. is usually a fair deceiver and to the other residents have tried repeatedly to stand up for their rights in cold but to no avail. but that's what's at the i don't know how much longer we can fight against the system there aren't that many of us and we feel desperately helpless. meanwhile the mountain of rubbish keeps growing and if there are plans to expand to the elections. boom to sports and in the bundesliga at the battle of the brosius stuart dortmund arrive in mention desperate for a win to get their title bade back on track but the visitors defense was once again in generous mood and took full advantage in this 6 goals for

there was a hug beforehand between add in tears each and the man many took to succeed him. both sides have been scoring for fun this season well neither defense is exactly been watertight. v.a.d. got this latest goal fest under way on a live in minutes and left him in splendid isolation from eunice hoffman's free kick 11 minutes later dortmund were level predictably through elling holland the dictator after jaden such was delightful through bowl. more quick feet from sun she was 6 minutes later led to hall and seconds to one dog moment. but that lead lasted just 4 minutes again l.v. was given the freedom of the penalty area to top home to 2 of the great. flood back went back in front 4 minutes into the 2nd half 1000000 plan showed why he's not noted for his defensive progress as rummy bence about any skipped past him and cold home. 12 minutes from the end gladbach sound of the

dortmund death almost inevitably the goal came from a sickly mockers 2 was the man left a mark this time. for to the final score a result that leaves the visitors title hopes in tatters and shows dortmund's powers that be just what marco can do. well a devoted dog has spent days waiting outside the hospital in turkey in which her owner has been receiving treatment the dog named the fall of the ambulance carrying her owner and then made daily visits to the hospital even though she was being cared for by a relative she repeatedly run off and returned to keep watch and side the hospital all day. was finally reunited with her owner and she could barely contain her excitement. while

a reminder of the top story we're following for you now british prime minister pars johnson says there's evidence that the new variant of the corona virus detected in the u.k. may be dead here as well as more transmissible he said officials are confident that both vaccines being used in the u.k. are effective against. but that's it for me and the rest of the team here in berlin take care and we'll see you soon. it's about billions. it's about our work. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in europe there's a sharp morning when for accepting money from the new superpower will become dependent on the commission that. the chinese state has

a lot of money at its disposal of the book and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. this is deep ugly news africa coming up on the program questionable democracy. with ugandan opposition leader bob you whine facing another weekend confined to his home rights groups call for an end to repression in the country. giving back despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on football leagues worldwide a nigerian stock inspires girls to follow in her footsteps and achieve their goals .

and told me all about it both glad you could join us there are growing calls for ugandan of thora teased and the defacto house arrest of the country's opposition leader robert shadowline the popularly known as bobby wind has been unable to leave his home since january 14th after armed soldiers raided his property the military is now standing guard outside his compound but we one will have to wait until at least monday to learn whether his petition to remove them will be granted his lawyers say the confinement is a political ploy to stop him from appealing the results of last week's disputed elections which saw a long running president you where it was of any elected to a 6th. mentor. is a bit of a he's a competitor. physically like any other person with the united food. picture id he's very strong and determined to rid uganda of the tyranny

but we won supporters to defy and though many feel intimidated some have said they are ready to demonstrate on the streets if called upon. the way around it. is not accepted even if you. put it. this good something. now we have to wait a few words what does it get something from you to feel. good albeit in him and this group is. to get more on this i'm joined by r.e.m. nichole of human rights watch r.e.m. is in camp our r m thank you for joining us the government cites issues of national security relating to body wines confinement is that justified. i don't think it's justified there's any reason that the government has to confine

but why not any other. presidential candidate. after the elections. i think that if they have any reason to detain him he should be. due cause it should be followed and he should be arrested and charged. and. instead of what the government is doing which is it's a restriction on his rights the elections appear to be a done deal the internet which was off during the elections is partly restored what's the mood like currently in the country. i think the mood now is. also rest there's a sense of resignation people are moving on to their daily lives. we just consummated. local government elections days after the general elections and there was no quarter turnout i think mostly because people just want to continue with.

those people are very aware of what's going on with the wind it's been in the news almost on a daily basis but i think you go into a very accustomed to this kind of situation and you describe the situation human rights watch has been documented for example of the run up to the election and around the election those related violence of the abuses and of course of talk about the situation of bobby wine what do these events mean for democracy and human rights in uganda. well have been. the main message is that. the election season and process really wasn't free and fair into providing an equal playing for playing field for the opposition not just by the wind but all of the presidential candidates faced a number of hurdles just getting just accessing the coalition to to get them to to

hear that was a mute and i think that. that is obviously very problematic and shouldn't be the case this should be. a place that has been in a space where the last 4 elections. all rights of human rights watch in uganda in kampala the capital city thank you very much for your insight. football has suffered under the covert 19 pandemic with leagues disrupted worldwide and clubs cutting costs this is left many professional players who are free agents now in a state of limbo one of those is nigerian defend. a women's football star in the country she became the 1st african to play in 5. and now teaming up with the organization a common goal maybe is helping educate and encourage young girls. i

know maybe is in a class over oh. i started playing football for my mom's womb it's safe to call i know me the queen of african football in 2019 she entered the record books as the 1st african footballer to play in 5 people world cups and play professionally from sweden to turkey a bona fide icon in the sport. and i'm still. she was supposed to be playing football in china but covert 19 changed that at the moment she's back in her hometown using her spare time instead is to give back. i can't help i think gills i don't have a hope. we have. no maize new goal is to help girls like miriam a student from lagos nigeria every morning it's the same routine. in off to school

miriam like many nigerians live below the poverty line. something. and my dad used to go to work and give him some sense. well it needs good question for today's a special day for miriam she gets to spend time with the local legend thanks to a common goal in organization where football players and other people involved in football donate some of their earnings to good causes. always. on that helps people so at. the end goal and helping or the. other big stars have signed up to a common goal since it started in 2017 it helps organizations like yeti and outreach program based in lay goes to tackle local issues and solve real problems

but no maze achievements mean she can make a real impact on these kids including marion thing and. it's. been you know none. of us and yeah and i like to send them it's bad banks know me and common goal together are tackling social issues and now i know may is that helping hand in source of encourage meant for a younger version of herself. we can hear more from on a maybe she joins us now from lagos nigeria and i mean it's great to have you on the program tell us more about your experience working with those girls in lagos. r. yeah the 1st one i got there i'm like because of this or so in a small i'm like what i was going to do yeah because there's this or small i was thinking i'm going to do something like will go well i enjoyed myself there because

there were many of my you know. there's a corporate c.e.o. there intelligent young girls that are willing to lend and willing to actually go with so i enjoyed myself with them and you you inspire girls when you also giving back including a portion of your earnings with this common goal initiative they are part of why did you get involved with that yeah like actually if one of my injures is injured is needs to come and go and she is into me how it goes and i say yes i will i will look to join them because you know trying to help my you know foundation that i can use to help young girls so i see their goals in becoming a professional football player so you know given banks a common goal and convoys like an organization that helps me i'm talking to myself

right now x. need to achieve my goal given back to the young girls you know that i want to play football so that's why i don't go along. and what would you say is the is the attitude right now do you think nigerian. families and i just societies are are more supportive of girls getting into form of professionally. yeah i think trained eyes but i don't then when i was young now you know parents are beginning to all see. the greatness and women's football on the lake when we're young that our parents don't allow us to live because they want us to go to school and you know because doctors i know that but now all their life not my starter they like so far we're going out with us and n.g.o.s is up the shore a lot. more those professional well are so women parents how willing to allow the actually owns

a plate because they will soon the success of our kind and it then i'll see that for milk and while it's not what they used to think it's beyond that you know that they that is to live with one or that it's in the different they're still in their improvement on how to move who is going away in our sort i think it's more better now than it used to be right and you've made huge strides in the game you know the 1st african to play in 5 while cops are you going to make it a sex worker yeah and working so has that raised. and overall what what what are your major future plans. yeah i'm still i'm still into the whole ball i under persona because to worm up with question ankle was all i do and if you're talking about after the war. look at i'm still in i would still be into cold war like maybe football as an administration or be the coach or something i know i was still be into football i

mean that i thought on leaving it to concentrate boards or ok i was still definitely be up so we currently that's where you actually are and i was sure of the best with that on a maybe thank you for joining us in june so much thank you so much. and that's it for now there's more on ford slash africa check off facebook and twitter pages will leave you with these pictures of a whale sharks off the coast of tanzania during the annual migration see you next time i found out.

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beardsley in berlin good to have you with us u.s. president joe biden signed 2 executive orders friday to help workers hit hard by the pandemic and he began making his case for a large new stimulus package the new directives would allow workers to claim unemployment benefits if leaving their job over fears of catching the virus and expand food subsidies among other things biden has made economic recovery a priority of his administration he also used friday signing to push for considerable new deficit spending to stimulate the economy saying americans were barely hanging on and that economists were on board here's what he had to say there's a growing chorus of topic topic on a mission that agree that this moment of crisis with this the interest rates as low as they are is story close it is smore fiscal investment euclidian deficit spending

and they're more urgent than ever. are let's bring in our financial correspondent in new york yeah. good to see you there you heard biden there using a condom is to make his case is washington on board this big spending plan. well that's a big question and we did see during this week it was a confirmation hearing for example from janet yellen being the new head of the treasury and she made a big case for joe biden and this $1.00 trillion dollar bill and she has big bipartisan support you so you could guess and there's also support for the $1.00 trillion dollars package but this is not necessarily true we have already heard from some republican party members that they actually oppose this amount of money and we even if to see if all of the democrats will be on board so it's not really decided at this point if and also when we will get this abuse

a package that yesterday i talked to former u.s. labor secretary robert reich he told me that $1.00 trillion dollars even if it passes would be good for about 6 months and then more would be needed so if you can't even pass 1 point one trillion what are the odds you going to get more what is the thinking from the white house and from wall street where you are on more aid . well i mean wall street always laughs more money so that's not a big issue and nobody really seems to think about the huge debt load that we're seeing on the other side of the aisle because we shouldn't forget already we have a record a government debt we have forever record corporate debt that we have a record and household debt but nobody seems to vary about this at this point but if you look at i want to joe biden is proposing he's talking about a rescue plan and then a recovery plan so right now we're still in the face of a rescue and that's what this $1.00 trillion solar at

a dollars is supposed to be spent on and then if that is done then we're talking about recovery and probably another couple of $100000000000.00 so at $4.00 at least i'm to get the economy going and if we talk about a rescue i mean the situation in the country still is pretty. a rough we've seen statistics that about 50000000 americans are considered to be. food. so that they're basically hungry and from those 50000000 americans we have about 50 in 5070 and a 1000000 kids who do not get enough to eat each day so those are really some stomach just on a ship numbers and that really shows you that yes we need a lot of money before the rescue and then later on we are going probably to talk about recovery and even more debt all right the question whether there'll be an appetite for more debt as you said there yet. in new york thank you very much.

or i will stay in the u.s. gillette wyoming population about 30000 and until recently something of a boom town thanks to the fossil fuel industry not the more the oil industry is dying rather the old industry issues is dying and the winds of change are blowing through in the form of clean energy not everyone is on board. gillette has hit a rough patch coal mining here and elsewhere in wyoming provided a whopping 40 percent of the total electricity mix in the u.s. within the last 10 years that figure has dropped to 20 percent many tools for more prosperity mia memorabilia these days and things are not likely to get any better for the state's fossil fuel industries on the contrary president elect biden candidate biden said more than once that he intended to move the united states away from fossil fuels and we take him at his word and that's going to be tough and we will we will do what we can to fight it but the oil and gas industry in wyoming

lost a 3rd of its jobs from 13000 down to 9000 in just one year the coal industry lost 2 and a half 1000 jobs within the last 4 years now only about 4500 people work in coal a far cry from what once well i think we're net losers for our coal industry in particular it's going to be a tough 4 years at least. on the outskirts of gillette is the office hang out for coal miners oil workers and everyone else who works in the local fossil fuel industry office on the jay clayton says they're all war eat. fears and this dollar energy if your energy prices don't go up we don't have any way to make a living. that's the bottom line. coal oil or gas that's the bottom line the new biden happiness traces a konami plan allocates $1.00 trillion dollars to renewable and clean energy for folks here that's the wrong call we're not into that renewable energy so fuels as.

those windmills running down with are not going to save anybody in this country however the changing face of wyoming is looking increasingly like this wind turbines as far as the eye can see the pacific or when park build the top what used to be the glen rock coal mine sports $158.00 wind turbines generating clean energy now warren buffett's holding company berkshire hathaway owns pacific corp it plans to invest a total of 6000000000 dollars in wind and solar that sounds good but there is a problem clean energy doesn't generate enough new jobs and they tax revenue to offset the combined losses suffered by the declining fossil fuel industry back in select the city is betting on technology and new research that will allow coal to become better carbon capture new coal products and hopefully a good working relationship with the incoming by the administration for the mayor

this will make them when are you. going to give me the option because we are looking forward we have already been working with department of energy and if you take the president like biden at his word i mean he just wants us all to work together so i take comfort in that because that's what i we want to do. seems like it's not all gloom and doom for wyoming embracing change will be key. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news. a new study suggests china is falling behind on its commitment to the china u.s. trade deal the country purchased a mere $100000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods and 2020 despite agreeing to purchase 170 $3000000000.00 worth and that's according to the peterson institute for international economics china blames confusion over what falls under the agreement. donald trump's final financial disclosure as president shows the trump organization suffering a 40 percent decline in revenue over the past 12 months the pen dimmick his hotel

sector and revenues from his golf resort in florida fell by nearly half a bank mortgages on the property are due to mature in 2023 adding up to $75000000.00. europe's number one carmaker volkswagen struggled with cratered sales figures and weeks of production stops as the pandemic spread last year but it still managed to turn an operating profit of 10000000000 euros according to preliminary numbers he says is the result of robust european and german sales as well as the company's chinese activities. british prime minister boris johnson is welcoming news that nissan will source more batteries from britain and executives said the move was to avoid tariffs on electric cars and of the press that trade deal with the e.u. a deal the executive said had turned britain from a risk to an opportunity. a world without google search engine might be hard for many of us to imagine but could soon be a reality for $25000000.00 australians that's the novel threat that the tech giant

is now making in a dispute with the country for publishing rights. australian news outlets one google to pay them a fee or face a hefty fine for publishing their content in its search engine a corresponding all was drafted in december google says that's unacceptable and it retaliated at a hearing before the australian senate. the principle of under strict it linking between websites is fundamental to say and coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the kind would have become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making google search available in australia this would be the 1st time that google had pulled out of an entire continent but australia isn't taking it lying down. to strive you mike's our rules for things you can do in a strike that's done in a palm and it's done by our government. and that's how things work here in stride

and people who want to work with that in australia you're very welcome but we don't respond to threats google has a lot to lose if australia goes ahead with its demands other countries could follow europe has long post a challenge for the tech company after months wrangling with french publishers on thursday google finally agreed a payment framework for including their content on its search engine. and finally it's still no time for no time to die the global release of the james bond movie due in april has been postponed tobar the bond franchise as one of the movie world's most lucrative with pandemic still raging hollywood studios are reluctant to launch their biggest films and he said of those remain closed. or they're strictly limiting spectator numbers the film which cost an estimated $200000000.00 to produce is daniel craig's last outing agent double 07.

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this coronavirus economy are spending unheard of figures on old tunes there's more . bob dylan's deal was the biggest they felt star and nobel laureate 250000000 euros from universal music for entire catalog of 600 songs maybe a rocker neil young signed off a half share of his music rights to british company hypnosis which also bought out the song catalog of colombian pop superstar secure. behind this investment gold rush is in online streaming. something that really stuck you know i 6 used to be to take all sort of a new form and i'm using the suit and it's been very strong growing since then and even more people when pressed into music are you right now it's also expected to continue to. hold music is making money again fleetwood mac's seventy's hit dreams

had a streaming renaissance on tech cock but young artists who don't have a back catalogue of hits are being left with digital pennies one of my friends who is an extremely successful young songwriter and wrote a track. the biggest selling all the fastest selling number one album in the u.k. has made 100 pounds from the number one record which is ready. to pay your rent with. your letter and singer songwriter billy bragg however is optimistic young artists will find new ways to make money online without selling off their lazy. bum bum will become huge already so we'll know the names of many of them will find a way to make a living and be able to. enact the most important step in any of his career which is where you give up your right now day job and start to earn a living doing the thing you always love doing that that's

a meta definition of singing. and hanging on to your right you have a better chance of doing that than you do if you give all your money away to a corporation just because they're going to pay you a huge amount of money one. eventually this online music gold rush could mean more money for music makers big and small. my colleague adrian kennedy has more on this ok dream we just heard that this big sale of music rates could benefit all musicians but how exactly would that work whether these music set off so if you die motivated by increasing streaming revenues and the speculation on the part of the bias is that if they amass big catalogs they can the for which that is to get even more money from the streaming services and if that works that would benefit all musicians ok i see it let's talk

a little bit about the timing of this i'm wondering if it has anything to do with the coronavirus with mr revenues from tours that can't happen is that a factor well we asked about as it doesn't seem to be the case this trend began before the pandemic and analysts say they're actually tax issues are a big a factor especially in the u.s. where higher taxes are feared under the new administration ok ok so a tax avoidance strategy for the already it rich let's talk about musicians who are getting started what's their best bet well saying that billy bragg who we spoke to in that report was quite positive he pointed to new ways that musicians have of getting their music out there jutes a social media he's speaking sample was sea shanties tick-tock sensation nathan evans he started posting his covers of centuries old songs on tick tack and sparked a. viral craze tick-tock now hosts 1600000000 see shanty videos and lo and behold

breaking news just signed to put it all records and has done just what bragg talks about he's given up his day job as a post man should he be working to sell the rights or should he be keeping them adrian. history is littered with examples of people who writes early for lump sums but died destitute one counter example is dolly parton who didn't sell half the rights on her song i will always love you elvis presley's manager wanted elvis to sing it's only if elvis got co-composer credit on it dolly parton said no way and payoff came 20 years on when the song was a massive hit for whitney houston and featured in the movie the bodyguard curse that held dolly parton a very rich woman but we keep hearing about streaming and how artists really just don't make much on streaming where they don't the individual small but you can

reach bigger audiences global audience is much more easily and most labels have strategies for expanding reach now we have an example of this in the news today billy irish singing in spanish for the very 1st time a collaboration with spanish singing. vidar we can take a quick listen i think. both. by expanding their audiences streaming revenues might be. a song for example bad guy has 1600000000 place today on one streaming service alone that can add up to a tidy sum. you know i can't really do the math here and i know you're better at it thanks so much for bringing on this us the story on selling of song rights and the

big bucks yes thank you well if i have a 1000000 i know where to invest it now and speaking of billie eilish it's been almost a year since her new song for the james bond film came out and now hollywood executives say it will be another 8 months before you can see the movie now if this sounds like old news to you that's because it's now the 3rd time that m.g.m. has pushed back the film's debut due to the coronavirus no time to die it was the 1st major movie delayed by the pandemic it was originally set to be released last april. and salzburg england one of europe's most famous gothic cathedrals has been turned into a coded vaccination center hundreds of elderly people have already received the pfizer vaccine in the cathedral's 800 year old name for where there's plenty of room for social distancing they're also getting free concerts from organists who

have been playing soothing music to help calm the patients nerves. and a very different turn and we're on china our young people there are out and back on the dance floor revelers in the former coronavirus epicenter have to get their temperature and their tracking app checked at the club door then it's masks off and party this saturday marks one year since we were on went into hard to walk down to try to stop the corona virus from spreading. on january 25th 2011 tens of thousands of egyptians took to the cairo's tahrir square demanding the ouster of dictator hosni mubarak soon mubarak was out but egypt's turmoil didn't end there now with another authoritarian president in power egyptian writer allah allah swanny is remembering his country's failed revolution nearly 10 years ago and what could have been his novel the republic of false truths is due out this year in

english. teacher options took to the streets of cairo in january 20th levin hoping to bring about a new egypt they wanted democracy and an end to the mubarak regime. their protest was part of the movement across the region that became known as the arab spring. soon the thousands turned into millions farmers finding common cause with young people and intellectuals such as noted writer alas wanting any d.w. interview he explained with residents of the old ruling party are still in power. as of the old security forces people are still being arrested and tortured but now we have a voice would have a purpose in. 10 years on others one in our lives in exile in new york his latest novel the republic of france truths which tells the tale of an unfinished revolution is set to be published in english this april for him the story is far

from over i believe that egyptians or leave. it to. egyptians or leave. egypt should all be used to leave for good i will shoot a lot of forget this 6 year. old age 40. we have both your that you are real important and yours young people will be given you should they will all go to the novel 1st published in 2018 is about the 2011 protests recounts the story of those yearning for egypt to transition peacefully the young in the disillusioned who see an opportunity for something new but it's also the tale of those who fight against the protesters and stand alongside those in power. there was great hope when president hosni mubarak

stepped down under the pressure but the people's disappointment was then all the greater once his old comrades in arms took over power palace wanny knows the subject of his tale all too well because he was one of the initiators of the demonstrations his novel doesn't tell how events transpired but we know the story well mubarak was brought to justice and sentenced to life in prison for corruption and abuse of office in 2012 the fundamentalist mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood then became president in 2013 the military completed a successful coup against morsi who was arrested since then i've done fatah. he has been president of egypt in the country's darkest hour yet with a new war with. everything. it. has to be approved by. many people i have few friends in egypt and the leg duals lot of multigrade. more still flood threads out of place.

under r.c.c. other as ronnie was immediately banned from publishing his work even though he's considered one of the leading writers of his home his novels and essays have been translated into nearly 60 languages and millions of copies have been sold but the arabic edition of his latest novel could no longer be published in egypt only in lebanon still l s one e knows that despite the ban his book is selling as illegally pirated copies. alas wanny never wanted to leave egypt his homeland but when a military tribunal threatened to try him in court for insulting the authorities he went into exile in 2017. now living in new york he teaches at universities holds online writing workshops and publishes political analyses on you tube and he continues to write. well that's all for this edition of arts and culture but stay

tuned to the w in the coming days for more coverage of the 10th anniversary of the arab spring and egypt for now for me and all the crew here in berlin and thanks for watching have a safe weekend. and. a .

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