in just one week. how much work can really get. we still have time to. get some. it may only be match the 19 but by munich have already fashioned a formidable lead over the top of the table they swept aside time to heat even more

pressure on their would be title challenges. that would be leipsic in labor couzin who faced off with hopes of staying within touching distance of brian and it was lifesaving who would find an extra gear to what's ahead. for title pretenders dortmund they made yet another stuttering start to gates but. they did finally find their. boots as they look to secure a champions league defeat. in the capital familiar face paul dodds i return to the dugout to try and put a spring in head to set. the funk put a stop to any talk of an immediate revival. as for well where to begin the sinking former giants failed to win once again this time against better braman. but let's kick things off 1st with oftentimes trip to

the ferry. things are finally going to plan for bye and after a bit of a blip the results are back on track for the game against hoffenheim though they were missing laong gorecki and harvey martinez after both tested positive for cocaine. content to lisa who also missed the match he got another tattoo this time without permission and was issued and have the following. all of which seem to be a heavy burden for by and as the game got under way visitors hoffenheim who hadn't conceded a goal in their last 3 matches came close with the 1st chance of the match. was not close on the hosts side and not eat us but bruce who came agonizingly close

to scoring. the performances that followed may have had something to do with germany in lurve being in the stadium the world cup winning rejects seemed particularly motivated jerome the attention for example . is good. his 1st goal since january 28th seen and from this point onwards by and were firmly in the driving seat. it was time for another germany rejects to take center stage robot live and he set up none other than tomas miller to make it to nail for the hosts. melo was left unmarked outside the box and he took advantage to school his 10th goal of the season. maybe live should come to buying games more often as a motivational coach perhaps. the game looked all but over as it knew tough time

but there was a glimmer of hope for the hof and hi i'm off to. andrei kraemer rich pulled one back. to last but they do with the perfect cross for the croatian striker to tap home from close range and bring back some very bad memories. course we remember what happened in holland harm. we definitely want to prove that we can redeem ourselves for munch on sort of clarke and couldn't how could we forget match day to buy and last for one in hoffenheim their only defeat in 2020 in all competitions including the champions league cram rich was the star performer of that day scoring 2 of hoffenheim scholes and becoming an instant transfer target for the club which evidently hasn't come to fruition. those painful memories briefly came back and hoffenheim had

a chance to pull level after the break. but christophe baumgartner failed to convert. proof of the crime rich simply is the best finisher in haas and life. fine when going to blow their chance 10 minutes later after their mini crisis in january with defeats in the league and the german cup they're back on their feet. robot and dusty made it 3 walk this is 24th goal of the campaign the poland international is on track to break gad miller's record of 40 goals in a season. by this point by and were rolling full steam ahead hoffenheim without a child's. body and got their revenge and scored another.

for one the same school line is that demoralizing defeat september. surge cannot be with the last goal of the season but the win beyond all doubt is redemption for by an end hansie flick who coached hoffenheim from 2000 to 2005. it didn't quite play out how we have plans but i'm still very pleased when this is 5th that's our 4th one on the truck and we can live with that going to. go by and add more points to that tally and have a comfortable cushion at the top of the table if you would doubt the misting and 9th successive title come the end of the season you know maybe the chasing pack have other things in mind let's see how light 6 clash with liver cues and panned out. who is going to keep up with brian that was the tenor of this match is 2nd place

light seek to confer place leverkusen. and those hoping for a touch of master class football will be bitterly disappointed. this game resembled a playground bust up. with 2 of the big strongest defensive teams facing off it was no surprise that they snuffed each other out. although the home side leipzig did have the upper hand on occasion in the 1st half . and none of their 7 attempts on goal troubled leverkusen is looking for this game. but i think it's normal when they're too good to a good team cinnabon as leader and it's most important game for both teams and it's not all the scientists are doing on the pitch that overall leipsic. 16 shots on

target to live a couzens 8 continuous effort was rewarded in the 50th minutes. by christopher and cuckoo broke the deadlock he was like 6 most vibrant play with 4 shots during the game. but wrong footing for opponents with this silky smooth move to school was undoubtedly the best moment of the match. this encounter was dominated by pressing from both sides and an exciting one to watch for the tacticians among us the more casual fan maybe less so. all the lights in the woodwork for the 13th time this season got pulses racing ever so briefly. today we're playing against a very good competitor for the champs the qualifications are was very important game and 3 points for us. in the end leverkusen were harmless as they have been

since their defeat to bind in december in the 6 games since then they've only managed to pick up 4 points for perspective that's the same as bottom of the table shall come my. piece of course the site had an incredible start of the season and were considered a genuine title contenders. he now has to make sure leverkusen don't become all surrounds. you have to score when you want to win and. we fail to score at the moment that's not enough so we have to win really quick. it was quite the tussle in leipzig just edge the win to keep the gap between themselves and by and at 7 points anyone else waiting to get behind a run for their money and see how other teams fed in the compact. half.

after running one point in their previous 3 games and dropping to sevens don't run to hoping to return to top form at home against alcs book. things got off to a downer in the 10 minutes however when andre hahn was left in the don't win votes with all the time and space in the world to slam the out never lost standing keep the mob in his. hand goldman's was continued in the 21st minute as alan ball and cracked a penalty off the crossbar that storm and hurt missed spot kick on the trials. things did then start looking up for the hosts and in swinging a kick from royce and an unstoppable header from thomas delay. midway through the 2nd half jaden sanchez looked back to his best after notching on to a loved pass by roughing out guerrero that was never going to be any stopping the issue and it was just his 3rd goal of the season last season his tally was 17.

the hosts were now running away with the game and also have a little help from this own goal with a quarter of an hour left. just may fail excluded high but relief for dortmund and it was clear to see. you have to run the show the functor you know that the fighting spirit doesn't stop and you know disappointed in the last 3 games and you know we had a week to reflect on what we were what we went wrong on today offering everyone showed believe that we could win today and put off a great performance from a close from the age intensives to as his do it one side finally end there with just 3. coming to the altar 1st i was never happy prospects as gluck buff know all too well they've been precious little action on saturday afternoon until just after half an hour we're all being close to a nod to him his 1st goal for an yourn. is joining them in the summer and there was

nothing young zama could do about it. marko was a frustrated as his team failed to play to their strengths. but he won't to complain about allison play as an equaliser just before the hour mark a tidy finish otherwise that was it. on your own or made it more than a handful for the big teams so far they are i'm beaten against last season's top 4 clubs. it was all smiles that shall pass clancy on one till i was in the squad for the 1st time since he's recently returned to the club could the 37 year old veteran turn up the heat against graeme. to 1st look his it shall cut wood fed just fine without him as a slick attacking move was finished off bio mom must go with the royal blues headed for their 2nd win if the season. but after putting themselves together after the

break the hosts equalized with an almost identical goal have emerged pushing away the pos from. did then come off the bench but with little productive impact my heart said i wanted to go to shul. and help them with the relegation and this was the 1st step we took with one point ok we're not really happy with one point we want to 3 but. now we have to move on and try to win next. frame and not really happy either with just being one of the easiest fixtures i can and. talking of old when there's bigger favorites last week former shell command marks my ass signed for cologne from crystal palace he also started on the bench against being a failed this team got off to a good enough start regardless. as well for the tapi and with just 9 minutes play. not scoring in his previous 19 appearances bowls. bad luck in front of goal was at

an end. and later in the 1st half he helped himself to a 2nd 1st 1st ever brace of a felt left huffing and puffing. and cologne one done over his wrecked the child with their 3rd in the 2nd half the 1st time the team of scored 3 this season. you know failed it did pull one back through sergio cordova but otherwise in this relegation 6 points they were too easy for cologne to handle. forsberg already flying high in the top 4 and looking to back all 3 points against freiburg john anthony brooks with the etna in the 21st minute. down to the costa then also pounced for the wolves before half time for his 13th of the campaign. the hosts cruising on their way to victory.

leaving my books christiane chinese shit in this bag. and in the final minutes past the cross the box was tucked away by yummy get hot to seal the stream ale and 3 points taking the wolves up to it. instead of the usual red stripe struck up with sporting rainbow colors in the friday game as a message of diversity and tolerance on the pitch against mines they had a tough time realizing their hopes of a 1st home win of the season. but eventually 10 minutes into the 2nd half border sources cross found such a light switch to take the lead given to the towering striker is the tallest player in the league it's a wonder the combination of hatton delivered goals before. talk to talk with him many weeks every game today. the time to score over across from him to me through

training that then finally it happened and i'm really really thankful thank you and i'm really happy. and still got saved the best for last after picking up the ball on the edge of his own penalty area silis one minute to gusto and down the pitch with only one goal in mind mind says. he proceeded to swan into the visitors box and coolly firing his 11th goal of the season and sealing his side's 1st home win of the campaign urged him heartfelt appreciation for mr coach that's why his goal is a move of the match to. combine kids can't consent on the sabbath just sees what comes up on. a similar lecture for. it's my son was. sick sick

sick shit out of me i. see they come up to say see what i can. see. i have a question of us he does every weekend. so. i say he's he's developing at very very well he's becoming more and more precise with his with his movements with his timing is still still room for improvement and i see some some potential. things me to work on but east about being a very good direction he's fast he's good on the ball he's getting more and more dangerous and from both sides which brings us to the trustees. of the work for colin sal's he stole these last 4 games this season please tell us. he says.

he's back in the bundesliga to team up with former heads teammate on the beat now suppose he. is not just any old former player of course. he holds the all time club record of 373 appearances and was later coached between 20152904 the management took issue with his style of play. the 2 had to so with now have the task of turning expensively assembled motley crew of individuals into a team with a real club identity but dark eyes 1st housing back at the helm was never going to be smooth sailing. frankfurt have been in swashbuckling form top of the table in terms of january results. has

a line up featured some 6 changes perhaps the most surprising just time but the keeper put in a sound showing on his season debut to keep it dominant frank 1st day and the 1st. and in general has had a better shape about them in the 2nd half they also looked more committed as they increasingly ventured forward. with just over an hour in the clock a short time a change. carried by kevin trapp the hats it was showing the kind of doggedness that had been missing for months here they persevered where they might normally have chopped their heads and that determination was rewarded as crystal clear on to put them ahead one nil. by the returning coach turn around hats fortunes even if their lead was against the. one of play my own young shown tech to

have had his prime assets combining for the goal. but just why the team are in such trouble became painfully clear just a minute later. andre silva with the equaliser the frankfurt with no hats or pressure on either philip costas for the cross or silver for the finish . but in another improvement at least had to didn't fall apart after conceding and try to undo the damage. already has frankfurt are in fine form for a reason though. after this failed free kick with 6 minutes left it was their turn to pick up that valuable 2nd ball and they made it counts. it was much in him to go with his 1st goal of the season to one. of

the businesses had only come from behind to win once this season and when couldn't hear took down under sylvain at a time there was no more hope for heter as frankfurt were awarded a penalty. which silver converted 1st 16th goal of the season $31.00 it's ended. so even with the return of a club legend it's looking like a gruelling 2nd half of the season for heads up. and say your mantra this is a young squad that they assembled and it was and they forgot to buy certain types of players and experienced players who fought and. well it does look as if he's getting one such experienced player on transfer deadline day had to secure the services of well cup winners sami could hear it from you ventus. the frankfurt there reveling in their impressive form they've dropped just 2 points in their last 7 games he thinks is the main thing is the number of points we have we have 33 with 19 matches played which is brilliant of course a top. andre sobel was also pretty brilliant on the match day.

this man is a most effective in the eagles resides in the new hollings. are traced. the tissue to. the tree so continue to cheer school goals. frank such have had their fair share of great strikers they've been is but this guy is setting new club records. it's true because god 16 goals in wanting games and today he's got another 2 it was also hard to look up to much of silva with the jabs for his face to double up the season. of the top you take your title sir. andrei silva the man of the moment in the seat of the my next i asked frank cuts.

so here's the rundown of the weekend tough spot mahjong could see to a full one with the highest scoring game of the match day shook up job and frank for the load all won comfortably for life she picked up a big victory over labor coups that now let's revisit some of those glorious goals . plus dumb bell a tank hasn't been on a buy and score sheet for quite some time. in by jibberish but ahead of godzilla. boateng sasco game the. players. had a son player takes all 2nd spots he made it look holmes who wins.

her. son was i. can flourish him from the french my he went to placement. and in 1st place christopher cooper i. the frenchman giving youngsters a perfect lesson in how to strike a fit. i. felt like. i was taught sunday school. and here the standings after match day 19 and top of course still 7 points ahead of life 6 spoke move up to the front but join the military for the leverkusen. right behind them on equal force plenty of movement lower down to frame and on them selves if it's a breathing space colognes when puts them out of the drop so and had to perilously

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this is the the only news life from a russian court is deciding whether to jail kremlin critic i'd say the valley for up to 3 and the ha yes the cases fox nationwide protests and dr. of clear valley supporters from outside the court building also on the program good news for russia in the fight against the pandemic scientists say the country's sputnik vivax is safe and effective a 19th that's according to research published in the british medical journal the lancet. on the future of the missions into space that's the focus of astronauts and researchers meeting in the german city of bremen today will not hear from the director of the european space agency about ambitious new plans for the future of

space exploration. welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexei in the valley using course fighting to stay out of jail these are the latest pictures from the courtroom he's been in detention for violating probation since returning to russia from germany where he'd been recovering from a poison attack that he blames the police outside because of detained more than 300 of his supporters. straight through a moscow that we joined the w correspondent emily show and welcome emily talk us through the case against mr novelli what's he been accused. well. is the prison service here in russia is basically asking for his suspended sentence

on the fraud case against him to be turned into real jail time they say that he broke the conditions of his parole by not checking in with his parole officer. mr. lawyers say that he couldn't have checked in because he was in a coma at the time and also in the hospital after being poisoned as he himself says by by the f.s.b. it by security officials from russia and this could mean if he if he gets real jail time today this could mean that he gets several years in prison for a case that essentially the european court of human rights has ruled to be arbitrary and on reasonable that's a ruling from 2017 so this is kind of an old case against him that they are

essentially rehashing now to give him jail time it seems. sparked massive protests across russia what is the situation. well there were also some supporters of me outside the court room today this morning on my saw around 100 people gathering perhaps more outside the courthouse despite the fact that police had essentially closed off various roads leading up to the courthouse and the area around it and there was a huge police presence on the streets so his supporters came out today and there were dozens of arrests over $200.00 according to some independent observers and this of course comes after the mass protests that happened this past weekend abs last weekend as well and many of the protesters at those demonstrations

told me that this yes this is about non-binding but it's more about what this case against him stands for what they see as arbitrariness as a lack of the rule of the rule of law in russia and also people who are complaining about the fact that the political elite as they see it is corrupt in russia including the near putin himself. to vladimir putin. well i think these mass protests like essentially any street protests are a threat to the kremlin. basically street protests are the nightmare are the main nightmare that the kremlin has i would say especially because these protests were not just in moscow and st petersburg but across the entire country which is unusual for russia now we have heard today from the kremlin and they say the spokesperson for the kremlin says that putin is not following this trial at all he's busy doing

other things and they also called on european diplomats who are at the court today not to put pressure on the court they say the fact that they are there at all is essentially meddling by european and western countries in russia's internal affairs only sure will. russia's a sport that very covert vaccine is around 92 percent effective that's according to a new study just published in the british medical journal the lancet the findings are based on data from a travel involved in the early 20000 people researchers also found no serious side effects associated with it use the russian vaccine consists of 2 common cold viruses that have been modified to carry the spike protein it can be stored up to 8 degrees celsius which makes it easier to transport than the pound tech pfizer vaccine. well jones is the professor of iran or j.

of the university of reading who were reviewed the russian clinical data for the lancet and joins us now welcome to day w. this sounds like great news yes i think it is good news it's day numbers involved slightly over 20000 actually in the trial was big enough to be sure of the outcome and the fact it was general protection and crossed all age groups and there were no serious side effects it is all all good for the vaccine i think it adds another dimension so those that are currently licensed for use occur around the world and clearly it adds more manufacturing base to the to the available covert vaccines and what about its efficacy against the variants that are circulating. well formally that hasn't been tested but the tests that have been done on on variance so far would indicate that most of the vaccine responses that have been looked at still

able to inhibit the variance sequences you know whether that is 100 percent protection or whether the protection is reduced so water is not yet clear but i think the protection level that we would expect would still be enough to say to me that severe disease was prevented and for my money that's the most important aspect of any of these vaccines and that's been a lot of skepticism generally outside scientific circles i suppose about this but of a that same trend that skepticism and. i think so i think the full phase 3 trial is published at the same time as the outcome of the trial the shuttle is there for everybody to see is being conducted in a far as i can see to an international standard and i think the results fully validated its use going forward that you describe the russian trial group though as very white so does this mean that countries with more ethnically diverse

populations need to approach it with caution. caution may be overstating it i think there's no reason to think that the vaccine wouldn't be generally useful in all populations but it is a fact that the particular ethnic mix here was rather narrow it was white russians in the main and so if there is an issue about immunity in other populations then formally that's not addressed here. i don't think we would expect to see major differences but it's certainly something that this trial can also trust directly we're talking to you bit of good news on a doctor or a professor in jones from the university of reading. but take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a 1000000 miles new military government has been holding its 1st cabinet since its seized power country's top general has described monday's coup as inevitable meanwhile the u.n. security council is holding a murder and emergency session to discuss the coup which has been condemned by

governments around the world. and out of control wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes close in the city of perth in western australia authorities have told people living in the area to be prepared to fight the blaze themselves as it's now too dangerous for them to leave. turkish president credit thai birder one has announced that he's considering it drafting a new national constitution with his party's allies he's criticised the current constitution for containing traces of military influence in 2018 move to a presidential system that concentrated power in mr man's hands. workers conducting brags it checks on food and animal products at one of northern ireland's ports have been taken off duty amid concerns for their safety after graffiti appeared close to the author of the law describing staff as targets there's been an increase in tensions over recent weeks brax it means custom checks are moved away

from the line the border with the republic of ireland and into northern ireland's problems. astronauts and researchers are meeting in the german city of bremen today to discuss the future of manned space flights the gender includes a future missions to the moon and europe's role in space travel nasa plans to use the international space station until 2024 after that it hopes to send astronauts further into space on new more demanding missions. let's take a closer look at this project with the european space agency's director general jaan averting a welcome to the w sending astronauts back to the moon looks very exciting and hugely expensive will it help us solve problems we're experiencing here on earth 1st of all i don't want that recent astronaut spector's a moon we want to sent them forward to as a moon because this time it's in a totally different manner it's not in competition virtue of competition in the

cold war but it's in geopolitical corp and yes exploration is very helpful for humans on there because through exploration of you discovered for instance the climate change on earth it was not just cut on us we have developed a lot of new technologies for its solar panels which are us now on earth here and there but they were developed for it in space. and you see a lot of other things like that so we can think about autonomous actions in space beneath it but now we need it also on the earth's fuel cell it's for medicine many medicine medical experiments and investigations are done in space so space is good for human kind and be calculated it one euro invested in space an exploration if spec about 3 year us in return ok i'm very positive a lot will tell you i'm still waiting for my own personal jet pack the author of his mission is the next step in the effort to get astronauts to let's hear from

a german astro alexander guest with a prediction. i do not have any doubt that you and i have a real terms of one day seeing humans and amongst them europeans walk on mars. so why do we want to go to mass. first of all. he can say that i'm old i'm not so sure that i will observe it because to go to a moon and back takes about one week so you can do it in a sum of occasion to go to mass and pick takes about 2 years to use you you cannot say us and we have a problem and you come back within a couple of days and therefore it will take a long time but why are we going there why are humans going on the mount everest why are we investigate can sit deep sea why are we going to the north go to the telephone obviously there is something in our d.n.a. . your city is the strongest driver we have and inspiration which comes out of the

car your city has a societal impact after the apollo many many people started to really to study math physics engineering because it was inspiring and i think this social inspiration for motivation to do something for the future that is the strongest driver ok that's about all sounds very promising i'm mentioned this is a co-operative venture but now we know that lots of companies countries are competing in space for things like defense and communications and of course mineral extraction is likely to lead to conflict in the future i hope not for easy it's a simple european space agency has in its convention a sentence which says explicitly exclusively peaceful purposes and this is what we have doing and i hope that the geo political positive aspect of space will win so we have together in the international space station's was russian citizen americans

with japanese risk canadians and europeans so sometimes on earth we have some issues so obviously the space activities for each approach over troubled water as simon and garfunkel would say all right we're talking nice to get i musical reference in the. director general of the european space agency thank you thank you . just on your mind about top story a court in russia is deciding whether to jail opposition leader alexei navalny for up to trade off yes in the case of the sparked a nationwide protests police have detained more than $300.00 of his supporters outside the calls listen a volley rejects the charges as politically motivated. as you updates i'll have more world news of the top of the os stephen because they will take you through out the days of business stories and just a good tests. cut

. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of a new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in europe of hers are sharp morning whenever accept some money from the new superpower will become dependent on the guinness book of. 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 gateway to europe.

starts feb 19th on d. w. . a glimmer of hope for shops and restaurants in europe more countries there are losing lockdowns look around the con. didn't say what measures are disappearing and why not everyone is on board. also on the show farmers in kenya look to the skies with trepidation. moved into the country devouring everything in their paths. and russia opens up hundreds of jobs to women who meet some of those who have taken advantage of the change. welcome to the show and. it's good to have you with us. for lockdowns is often crystal clear to virus experts for governments it's more difficult across europe for example case numbers are falling but still high and new

coronavirus variants are worrying but people and businesses suffer under strict measures and that's why the current lockdown easing across the continents are drawing mixed emotions. if line you feel they sting hears one excited girl and many other austrians are happy to as their government loosens cope with 19 restrictions. the looked on how to use the lock down in austria was effective but we are miles away from the ideal scenario of a weekly incidence of 50 which corresponds to some $700.00 new infections per day instead of over a 1000 we are currently counting. therefore today all we can do is to take some cautious steps and only combined with intensive safety measures.

even see. for. the safety measures include restrictions on how many customers can be in a store and mandatory masts that's ok for those who lost money when stores and restaurants were closed for months as this shop owner testifies. and that's why i'm looking forward to having customers again and social contacts we've missed that when no one was here. other european countries are opening up too albeit slowly in italy restaurants and bars are serving lunch again and people can't even eat in . in vatican city the museums are open once again. in greece for now it's only schools that open up not businesses yet the british isles man has strapped lockdown measures altogether the island however is off limits for nonresidents with travel restricted the spread of the virus can be far

more easily here it's a different story of course on the continent and many are worried that restrictions of being dropped too soon like then again some controlled steps to open up the economy might still be better than businesses taking matters into their own hands like some restaurants in france and hungary that opened up despite an ongoing ban and the threat of fines. now of the consequences of some of those lockdowns from last year new figures showing the eurozone economy fell 0.7 percent in the final quarter of 2020 as dipped in economic activity within the 19 countries currency zone is all or than expected but it follows a 12 and a half percent increase in the g.d.p. in the 3rd quarter swing downwards over the last 3 months of last year coincides with stricter kovan 1000 lockdowns across europe. so where do these news figures put europe's recovery here's our financial correspondent conrad buddhism. the new

lockdown started in october which had a very negative effect on the services sector so it was the manufacturers' of the eurozone which prevented g.d.p. from falling more steeply still the overall number for the whole year 2020 is nothing to be happy about over the whole year the euro zone's economy contracted 6.8 percent predictions for this year of course are very difficult there's only one prediction which is a relatively sure thing our economy at the end of this year 2021 is likely not to be where it was before the pandemic. financial correspondent who's in there time now for a look at some of the other business stories making headlines. top french football league one has failed to sell its t.v. rights for 2021 to 2024 plunging it into a pit potential financial crisis the lease governing body says bids received so far have not been deemed high enough to last betting round in 2018 brought in over

a 1000000000 euros. zeman is energy plans to cut nearly 8000 jobs by 2025 as it prepares for the shift to renewables the company also said it officially received a lawsuit from general electric in the us for allegedly stealing trade secrets in order to rig bids for gas turbine contracts worth more than a $1000000000.00 a month after the case became public. residents in the nigerian city of my dewberry are still struggling with power outages a week after jihadist attack on a power grid daily business has been disrupted for hundreds of thousands of people living in the city water supplies are dwindling and many are relying on generators . staying in africa rainfall is normally a blessing for farmers but not lately in east africa and the middle east since $21000.00 the rains in both regions have brought forth not just crops but swarms of desert locusts ready to devour those crops now kenya is getting hit again with

little into the plague incite. a last ditch effort to save the harvest from a swarm of locusts. all in vain. scenes like this are a recurring nightmare for farmers in kenya this footage was taken by an aid worker who tells us that pesticides aren't an option in the fight against the locusts mazed and the. race no i just. it's just lately to be understood. from the street. is a. danger to human life because it doesn't. and kenya is not alone several east african countries are struggling with a plague of locusts each one contains millions of insects last year they devoured tons of crops which were destined for the dinner plate and the market stall. were

and for more on this i'm joined by keith cressman he's f.a.o. senior look at locust forecasting officer and he joins me from rome keith good to see you we spoke in november about this very situation around this region what's changed between now and then. well basically what changes at the locus now have shifted promote one breeding area to a potentially 2nd breeding area so at the end of 2020 they were present in east africa scuse me eastern ethiopia and central somalia where there was tremendous breeding and that formed new swarms new adult swarms and those swarms then migrated and southwards and they invaded kenya at the end of the year as well as southern ethiopia so that's where the swarms are now in northern kenya central kenya and maine the southern southwestern ethiopia so that's where the swarms are now this has been a problem for more than a year what has this region these regions that are been affected what have they

learned how the response change on the ground from what you've seen well if you think you know one year ago when when kenya was 1st invaded after you know 70 years of communist they now have a full year of experience on under their belt they have all those he had the necessary equipment the sprayer the vehicles there's more than $28.00 aircraft operating in the region and the teams now are trained so you know a year ago they didn't have any of this so a country like india is much much better prepared they can undertake the necessary surveys to find the locusts and then the aerial control operations in the ground control operations to treat those infestations that they found the same can be said about somalia northern somalia in particular as well as ethiopia. does one defeat locusts or do you just survive them. no no $11.00 does

defeat locusts eventually but it takes time is not something that's done you know in a week in a month and we're talking here not just protecting crops or pastures but actually to reduce the locus populations themselves the numbers but this requires aircraft aerial control operations and you know as we as we heard in your earlier piece you know you cannot always spray chemical pesticides on crops especially when they're ready to be harvest there is a waiting period but you know fortunately there's bio pesticides and bio pesticides are perfectly safe so this is an option when needed for acute cressman he's senior f.a.o. forecasting locust forecasting officer joins us from rome thank you so much thank you well this year russia has opened up hundreds of so-called dangerous jobs to women from 456 job titles they were once limited just to men there are now 100 of those and that's creating new career paths for women including

one newly trained subway driver take a look. at the how much this moscow subway train if you know is breaking along how barrier. dall glic is a train driver for the moscow metro a job she is only now allowed to have after working here for nearly 20 years driving trains or trucks working as bricklayers or carpenters these are jobs that have been off limits to women and russia since 2000 that changed on january 1st when a new law went into force from using 356 rolls from the list of banned jobs ahead of the new rules doled equant there was 6 months training in preparation for her new role. as mother to own us new i'm looking from outside of the train if there's any damage if anything is detached. she says some of her male coworkers were skeptical at 1st.

and the beginning i felt some vigilance from my male colleagues but now there's only support and assistance catarina drives a cargo truck in russia she says it's been hard to break into the male dominated industry people often don't take her seriously. you know but it was kind of a submissive and i've been invited to job interviews just to see if it's true and if i'm not joking that i want to drive a car go truck. many consider it a prank asked me this did you get the wrong door do you know this is about a big good vehicle and they refused to hire. you because it would have been you know. she's hopeful that better job opportunities will now open up for her like driving a bigger vehicle perhaps a semi trailer truck but while the law may have changed she fears attitudes will

take longer to catch up. and finally before we let you go here's another example of how the world is adapting to the coronavirus crisis in tunisia hotels have mostly remained empty as the pandemic has kept us away one luxury hotel has now been converted into a nursing home around 40 elderly patients are now spending their old age in the seaside accommodation with the requisite physical therapy and entertainment activities. all right here's a reminder of the top story we're following. a glimmer of hope for shops and restaurants in europe as more countries loosen lockdowns with falling over 1000 cases numbers but concerns remain within occupations moving slowly across the continent to new variants threatening faster spread of the virus. that's. and that's it for me and the business team here but as always do check us out

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