this is the domain is live from berlin russia expelled diplomats from germany sweden and poland as tensions rise over the jailing of crowds kremlin critic alexina vonnie visiting moscow as mr vonnie is put on trial again the european union's foreign affairs chief says relations with russia are at a low point also coming up of course in turkey again refuses to appeal an appeal to

release prominent philanthropist cavalia to get the latest from our correspondent in princeton. and before they head to slightly warm up the top 5 munich signed off with a narrow win extending their one doesn't even need to bring you all the action. i'm told me a lot of well thank you for joining us germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expunge expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in illegal processed against the jailing of opposition figure alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat was in moscow he described the blocks ties with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be

a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia friday evening the message was clear and so was the response. also we consider these expulsions unjustified and we believe this to be yet another expression of what we're seeing in russia it is far from the realms of the rule of law. in. russia alleges the diplomats had participated a print of on the rallies alone and sisterhood that staying informed about ongoing issues is simply part of a diplomat studious that they had started with the 1st several the e.u.'s foreign policy chief was the block's 1st envoy to visit russia since 2017 his meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov aims to keep lines of communication between brussels and moscow open but tensions continue over the imprisonment of crim and

critics are like saying of all me. my views are going to charge with arrest and sentencing. and arrest of. a dish. if you can respect i have. to minister lavrov i want to concern and great created i won't be able to release one to launch the only investigation of this bunch any. day you had to put additional sanctions on hold and while lover of stressed that russia wanted to improve relations he did not mince words. we have gotten used to the fact as i have already mentioned that the e.u. more and more often use this one sided restrictions which are not based on any legitimacy at this stage we have to assume that the e.u. is an unreliable partner but your. not going with that through out the visit was barely over when the diplomats were expelled and despite all efforts to improve

communication some actions speak louder than words. so how will the european union respond to the expulsions of some of us diplomats from russia earlier we put that question to bruno letter a senior fellow at the german marshall fund. well i think 1st of all we need to understand that the events today were not a coincidence this is really russia showing its muscle telling the look what we can do we can expel 'd your diplomats of certain you member states even though the top foreign affairs chief of the e.u. is with doesn't town actually trying to appease relations so this was really poor ring on oil on fire and let's be frank a significant diplomatic provoke ation from russia to europe so i think there's 2 options for responses the countries to whom the diplomats belong germany poland sweden could these sites for instance to some of the ambassador but also decide to

for instance expel russian diplomats from their own territory this this could be one option at the national level i think the other option would be a e.u. wide response from the european union and then of course we talk about sanctions. sanctions of course are complex issues only last month where you foreign affairs ministers were sitting down in brussels around the same issue and they failed to agree on imposing new sanctions on russia there is no unity in the e.u. around this so that window of a portion of the last the next the fortunately might be perhaps next month there will be an e.u. summit in brussels for heads of state and governments and there of course leaders could examine the possibility to introduce new sanctions having said that though the summit as only next month which means as a diplomatic relation is pretty late it's pretty slow. here are some more of the stories making headlines around the world residents of young gone myanmar have

again taken to the streets to bang pots and pans in protest a civil disobedience movement has been growing since the military coup on monday meanwhile that has ordered the blocking of twitter and instagram which many bernies have been using to protest the army takeover of. judges at the international criminal court in the hague have ruled the court has jurisdiction in the palestinian territories this could lead to investigations of alleged war crimes committed that israel which is not a member of the i.c.c. insists the court has no jurisdiction. firefighters continue to battle a bushfire near perth in western australia at least 86 homes have been destroyed in the blaze but no deaths have been reported the lead up on monday local authorities warn that strong winds still pose a risk it comes about a year after australia experienced one of its worst ever wildfire seasons.

a court in turkey has again rejected an appeal for the release of a prominent businessman and philanthropist also one cavalia has been in prison for more than 3 years accused of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government following a failed coup in turkey in 2016 human rights groups have denounced the proceedings as unjust and politically motivated and say his detention is aimed at silencing him . portraits of those money cobbler adorn his empty office. for over 3 years the turkish human rights activist has been behind bars in the meantime a senate you know has been running problems on a deluca 2 foundation on his behalf. it promotes intercultural understanding and human rights projects even if that is becoming increasingly challenging.

they fight people like us who. advocate closer integration with the european union amicable ties with one's neighbors democracy and peace or living in a paranoid atmosphere or dissidents are condemned and simply branded terrorists. turkish authorities have accused kabul of both supporting leftwing terrorism and plotting an islamist coup. initially the public prosecutor accused of having bankrolled the 2013 gezi park protests but no evidence was ever presented to back this up even so the turkish president everyone is convinced that kabul is guilty. all through their foreign forces seeking to spark unrest in other countries. the man who acted on behalf of these people in turkey. is now behind bars. couple was

arrested in 2017 and held for nearly 1200 days in this prison just outside of. the european court of human rights demanded cobbler's release and when a turkish court complied his wife i should headed for the jail to collect him but within hours authorities issued a new warrant for his arrest. the closest you stop believing in justice when you experience something like that. there's no justified reason to keep. up in jail not a single reason. but they can fabricate one at any moment you know. what. supporters view him as a cultural philanthropist to forge understanding between peoples the turkish authorities however is just a dangerous agitator. correspondent daryn jones is in istanbul and he explained why the turkish government sees. a such

a threat. well he is a giant of turkey's non-governmental organizations in fact in many ways he's a father of some of the most important ones his friend for peace has helped to set up some very important to choose sions turkey's non-governmental organizations and is also a distributor of european union funds to many other organizations and while his work at that initially was helping to bridge the deep divide in texas between the secular and the villagers and and also helping to build bridges between the kurdish society and and turks. more recently with this more far a tarion shift of the government as critics see it n.g.o.s have been crucial in documenting and seeking to hold the government to account over these aren't democratic moves and the prosecution of couple hours in many ways is sending a very powerful message to the whole of non-governmental organizations that no one is safe and speaking to many who are working in these movements they said it had a profound chilling effect on all peoples works. dorian

jones in istanbul now you'll find them in so veneer shops all around the globe snow globes they were invented in vienna in the 1900 by an enterprising surgical instrument mechanic known as evan patsy and his family makes no globes to this day using the same method he devised more than 120 years ago. shake a snow globe instead you have to turn it on its head and wait until the snow settles when you turn it back over and it's no use. after patsy the 3rd knows all the secrets about snow gloves his grandfather avin patsy the 1st conducted his initial experiments in this workshop indiana he was a mechanic of surgical instruments and an inventor using a glass bowl filled with water he was actually planning to enhance operating room

lighting. and it was the what more than 120 years ago my grandfather invented the snow globe pure charm something he happened to find some semolina in his mother's kitchen and he tossed some in the bowl of water and it was really floated down to the bottom of the pole very slowly very thought it looks like it's snowing in this glass bottles that's how the idea was born from the snow blower pretty quick. his grandfather found a miniature version of the basilica in the riyadh sand an austrian pilgrimage site . pedestal with shoe polish and glued on the church setting it in a glass globe in 1900 he applied for a patent on the world's 1st snow flakes fluttered down gently thanks to the viennese formula. yes meant my father was the 1st to produce the mixture of snow that we used to give you and that's my secret so far i'm the only one who knows

exactly how it's done. actually next to the workshop is the family's own snow globe museum the uni's snow globe is a top export 3 former u.s. presidents have one on a shelf. like this snow globe for the obama family i think you get given by a resident of vienna on a visit to the white house the company presently stark's more than 350 motifs. consider you to the perfect world and that's been my world for over 40 years. because the world only snow. football now and raining but as league champions by and munich moved 10 points clear at the top of the table after defeating had one nil the bavarians had hoped to make short work of the capital club before jetting off to catch our for the club

world cup but hatto were not prepared to just roll over. berlin versus brian a match up well worth watching as half a typically up their game against the record champions 4 recently rehired coach paul darvill i it was a 1st home game back at the helm and his side was in another strong effort by and did win a penalty in the 11 minutes which saw the robert levin bosky step up he scored all goals in this season's previous 43 victory over how to this time he was denied by who ya shrine back between the posts under the new coach and repaying the faith. however he could not prevent by and scoring 10 minutes later kingsley come on benefited from a hefty deflection the frenchman put in a lively performance and was rewarded with a slice of luck. after the break how to help the fort and kept

counter-attacking they even hit the back of the net. just before the hour mark only to have the goal ruled out for an offside position in the build up. the capital club put in a strong performance in the 2nd game and adonai but it did not yield any points by him got the win and then hurried off the pitch to catch their flights to the club world cup in qatar. election day dublin is live from i'm told me a lot of the doubling in africa is up next thanks for joining us. it's about billions. it's about power. 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 shot of the morning well for except money from the new superpower will become dependent on the for the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal the focus and that's how they standing in asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th w. this is being years africa on the program today the african woman tips to direct global trade nigeria's goes on joey well it is a step closer to meeting the world trade organization after her south korean rival pulled out of the reins her appointment would make history. right.

we will meet a fan say in kenya who say's the sport changed her life and she wants the same for others in her community. hello i'm christine window it's good to have your company nigeria's former finance minister. is set to make history by becoming the 1st african add the 1st woman to lead the world trade organization it comes off to her rival south korea's trade minister a you mean he announced her withdrawal from the race has been without a head since the former director stepped down and organise all but one of the 164 member countries backed his appointment it was the u.s. and the trumpet ministration that was opposed now because the deputy oh works on

consensus any single member country can block decisions as has been the case here now following the withdrawal offer south korea and rival said she was looking forward to the contribution of the selection process more about what her likely appointment could mean in a moment but 1st here's a video she released when she launched her campaign. truth is therefore spoke good to. our senior truth my own. its ability to improve maybe i'm something youngster marks. our strength my life working with teams down from work to give her a core group country. improves district fights corruption unemployed comp. are not viruses changes based on the global economy on many countries facing difficulties. this is a political moment while the troops on the dock p.t.o.

has a vital role. it's time to come together it's time for the dr to this time to seek common ground on constitutional rebuild trust a return to tom give me. my name because you're going to run and i'm going to warm and for this job i want to bring good fresh pair of eyes and ears to the w. to make it fit to drive for the 21st century. and i'm now joined by mostly. as a journalist and moderator and the chief executive officer of the conversation strategist welcome to news africa well we've just heard that you know. secured the endorsement of all but one of the w t o's member countries why is she such a favorite. it's a beautiful precedent thank you so much apple having the epic she's been

a bit because you really shows that was well competence and capability now this means you have this conversation reminding us of course that this is what's at the top echelons of the global level when it comes to build a leadership and said we've seen her with over 25 year history and that will that moving back to was overseeing the operation is not only what africa and southeast asia as well while she was at the world bank she even minister of finance twice a night and it's not just an hour. it is or was about the fact that she quotes mass instead lies ations united quite meet who is also single handedly responsible for the 60 percent get your doctrine that you saw in that area get one of the. most important you listen to that but you know she talks a lot of i've been. coming into the got. me this outside status might have stood somebody out the answer but for her it rang it's

a mission well meaning and to racial equality in the british momentum to what is a drug that it's political ackman sort of the bill why then was the trump administration opposed to her candidates. that's the 1000000 the $1000000.00 question and we saw what was released as an official statement indicating the supports out for you. but i didn't realize denver's could also be explained by the absence of at. that time but many stations far and in fact the absence of multiplexes in general and has quite exciting to. president biden talking about. quietly suggest that he may just as the stick me seem to live in the no mystic bat in us foreign policy and aggravated has been really at the bottom of the list of priorities full at the time administration recently that it's

now out in the not reading level when in fact it going well at. knocking the appointments right so 6 she says that this is a critical moment to fulfill will trade what does she mean by that. and that's a great statement because if you're going to look at it and package itself actually saying well it's an opportunity to go back to the whole purpose the founding purpose for that that. there's a lot of expectation that look we're not great at prominence for the global south and in place in the whole there's an expectation that all of us the big did not employ we're going to see the accidents or massive terror negotiation the last 25 years the disarray that you've seen turns out the statement mechanism that whatever that is going to is going to change and here is the critical moment of great inclusion and return back to the founding principles and i was she talked about in

that regard that you know a really intense to drag on the 21st century and i think that hughes really the relevance of that. as he has been you're going to get and beginning to see if this is a new era with a new leader with the racial politics and one of these factors coming together might really mean that you're going to see a guy have a different deputy over him for it. all right now if they so if this is confirmed which is very likely going to be able to win it would be the 1st african a woman to be the deputy old before we had kofi annan and the 1st african to me of the year ed we have to draw. at the w.h.o. so what's left for africans and was next you know civil. i've been very it's a very good question we discuss an important month who's already grant us just remember that here to you and women back now is south africa's only get the

president got to look at this remember that they are the u.n. . and. you've got a quite a lot he who comes to egypt and i don't want to your question of who is next well the. do you really open in that you know do you know who institutions is the concern so really that it is the president of the globe and whether it's the director general of the international labor organization unesco you see it not only is all the team ready to begin to see and you know. you can see before all right well certainly encouraging this rosa for speaking to us from cape town thank you for. you so much. now africa's athletes are also legendary even if i say so myself and of course the soccer players are too quiet a few cricketers from the continent

a lot of them from zimbabwe have made the cut so you get the picture sportsmen and women from the continent all world meeting and also beating but fencing it is gaining ground among young people in kenya with many of them using it to improve their lives let's find out more from onyx report. the virtual mental those who've won or lost. so i also waiting to see. fencing a sport that is still relatively unknown in kenya here and i roby is only practiced by about 75 fences but coach steve is on a mission to ensure that this sport is recognized. fencing to come. fencing is a new sport in kenya but now it's slowly becoming widespread and this makes me have

to video. it more slave year the more but you can see from my trainees it does help them a lot and that's changed their lives and when we started with them they did not have shoes then but today they do have shoes then on a year to. run on which the and their behaviors have changed and they've become responsible in what responsible. in 2012 steven started offering his classes today fencing has gained more ground attracting people from all age groups who want to learn more about the sport. one of them is actually one gary she is one of 20 female fences the 21 year old started fencing a year ago but she's already making huge strides. when they realize oh when i had a. chance to unload. it

is like. in need to. do things for everyone. ashley family was skeptical at 1st a mother could not believe it and because of the weapon was afraid that her daughter would become a thief but in the meantime they have understood it and support ashley and her sport and you would run it. actually not trains 5 days a week and the hard work pays off she recently won a scholarship to study in south africa. as a door i want to become a coach which proves the kids who was. so many kids are getting. to find. your. kids all over.

before you know how to turn this. economy. to the most fencing in kenya. just like ashley are committed to establishing more clubs around the come. and in firing the next generation of kenyan fences. writing looks like a cool sport that fans say well that is it for now be sure to check out how are the stories on deja dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today well leave you with pictures of amazing african sports women like ruth chipping to teach was also from kenya she won bronze at the lead in london marathon

last october and now i'm going to run off at a record breaking speed into the weekend that see an extract of back. to you car makers. do you think you can make a car out of trash. are luca. fully electric super efficient. road where they. don't waste a car with cards from students at the university of i'm told and. read.

them 60 minutes w. . what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. heritage 36. now. as the u.s. labor market stalled new numbers show more weak job growth as the country struggles through difficult winter. hiring could continue to lag even as the economy recovers . also on the show the race to lead the world trade organization narrows to one and goes. of material would be the 1st female and 1st african general and she'd

have to work cut out for her. and it's super bowl weekend in the u.s. and that means ridiculous and ridiculously expensive t.v. advertisements this year's lineup looks a little different however to tell you why. welcome to the show i'm seen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us the u.s. labor market showed weak growth in january adding $49000.00 jobs it's an improvement over december but it suggests that job growth has stalled during the pandemic the new numbers did drop the official unemployment rate to 6.3 percent yet that's still 3 percentage points higher than before the pandemic economists also save many discouraged workers have left the labor market meaning the real rate of unemployment is almost certainly higher nearly $10000000.00 u.s. jobs have yet to return since the beginning of the pandemic. for more on this let's go to financial correspondent in new york. good to see you what are these new its

figures tell us about the u.s. economy. you know it definitely was not fully convincing jobs report you mentioned gold for those 49000 jobs at least we got new jobs in december actually we had a decrease of to 327000 jobs but if you look at where the jobs came from now in general and that was for quite some degree a temporary job cement and old soul we saw a lot of teachers getting hired so that's a trend that's probably not going to continue necessarily and then we also had jobs in the business and professional services on the other side in the hospitality industry in hotels and restaurants so we had to quite a drop in new jobs so definitely the job market is a far cry away from we had used to be before the pandemic hit and it will take some time to get back to those levels. yes there's an expectation that the u.s. economy could return to its pretending its levels in terms of g.d.p.

this year maybe even as early as this summer jobs could take so much longer to recover perhaps years why is there such a divide between g.d.p. and jobs. well i mean this country runs on consumption right and even to me as a surprise consumption is still pretty stable partly because so we see a lot of families getting again governmental aid to him there is still this help that the president joe biden will bring a new a picket shim on its way so that could stephanie at least help american households to destabilize their finances we've also seen the trend that a lot of households a still trying to get ready for work from a home school let's hold still we saw a lot of people actually spending money to make their homes a nice syria or spend it on called sort of computers laptops for instance for their kids and themselves so that has definitely a step allies and as long as consumption is

a stable that also helps some of the overall g.d.p. figures but to actually. really we shouldn't forget to g.d.p. that is just one statistic and that definitely meant that definitely doesn't mean that all is well for all americans we still have about 10000000 americans without a job and as i mentioned it will take some time so not everybody will feel it's a nice impact if g.d.p. really comes back by the summer but that also depends on how the vaccination goes and so on all right with a look at those latest job numbers out of the u.s. thank you. and we'll take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines. like in coffee has filed for bankruptcy in the united states the chain had built itself as a chinese contender to starbucks and it debuted on the nasdaq less than 2 years ago but last year locking was delisted after it emerged that the company had inflated its sales figures. shares and to talk rival kwai show almost tripled in value on

their hong kong stock exchange debut on friday that followed an i.p.o. from the short video sharing app that raised $5300000000.00 that makes it the largest tech listings since the ride share service in 2019. u.s. trade deficit surged in 2022 its highest level in 12 years according to the department of commerce increased by more than $100000000000.00 to almost $680000000000.00 as exports fell more than imports well the next director general of the world trade organization appears to be all but decided the withdrawal of south korea's yo from the race means that only one candidate remains and that's former nigerian finance minister ngozi o'connor. and she would become the 1st woman and the 1st african to leave w t o should she be selected the organization had been due to announce the winner in the contest by the end of last year the process was delayed by disagreement among

member countries. in this race to be the head of the world trade organization now goes the o'connor joe if we all that has emphasized her experience brokering deals and fighting corruption including in this election video. first you're going to work remember. that one. you don't think you i make you think this is right. but the path to the stop position has been rocky to be approved as director general of the w t o a nominee has to have consensus from the 164 member states not just a simple majority since last year the united states has refused to back anyone besides south korea's e.u. myung hee. but things seem to have changed since the inauguration of president joe biden. on friday you know he dropped out saying the decision was made in close

consultation with us. so what are the priorities of the last one standing. at the top of a condo if we all as agenda would be sorting out the organizations failing dispute resolution mechanism which has no serving judges for the 1st time ever she has also said she wants to help rebuild trust between the u.s. and china and several members have also push for reform of the body including how it rules on state industrial subsidies. but perhaps the biggest challenge ahead of her consists of reestablishing the relevance of the w t o as a free trade preserving multilateral institution following years of trade disputes and increasing protectionism among the world's powers that's no small task earlier i spoke with a car president of the german as institute of global and area studies or institute at harvard i asked her what lies ahead for the next director general. it's very

commonplace in policy and in media debates to blame the trump administration for all these problems of the w t l but this is deeply misguided and now even with the biden administration in place trade multilateralism is not going to return suddenly to some imaginary pre-trained all that age and so what what any you no matter how qualified and new director general is she would have to take the criticisms of the organization which are coming from diverse fronts from different members from non-state actors seriously a cannot age the limitations seriously and she comes to anything on our own because it's a member driven organization so she would have to build an agenda for meaningful reform working with other member states. a reason olic are there with

a good student humber well it's super bowl weekend in the us the matchup between the tampa bay buccaneers in the kansas city chiefs could be a thrilling contests but perhaps a little different from past super bowls only 20 percent of the seats will have fans in them with cardboard cut outs filling the rest of the seats but the super bowl is also known for its t.v. advertisements and those 2 are set to look a little different. this is the arena and these other gladiators patrick my home source is tom brady it's the bucs versus the chiefs pretty. another match up won't be happening this year coke versus pepsi. because of the pandemic many companies have to cite it not to throw millions into the annual advertising extravaganza both companies have seen revenues dip during the pen demick as restaurants in the u.s. and in many other countries around the world were closed.

also sidelined the famous budweiser clydesdales the brewery giant plans to forego their traditional ads and instead invest in public service announcements to promote the covert 19 vaccination effort. still c.b.s. who's producing the super bowl has almost sold out its available ad space at a clip of $5600000.00 for a 32nd commercial that's just about the same price tag as last year expensive but for the companies the investment pays off. this year in particular you have fewer super bowl party people aren't out at ours where maybe the t.v. . so i think it's year you're actually seeing more people really engaging with the

ads spending time watching the ads more so than in the past you know your stanleys may be gathered together in smaller groups so they can actually listen to you and hear the ads they think that actually is attractive for the marketers that are buying into the game this year. even for france they'll be a lot of entertainment crammed into the ads including some big names matthew mcconaughey and mandy kale ing mila kunis ashton kutcher and shaggy all selling doritos. other commercials feature actors michael b. jordan and will ferrell. and for younger football fans even the cookie monster makes an appearance a good idea yeah right is a reminder of the top story we're following. u.s. labor market showed weak growth in january i think $49000.00 jobs for the new numbers show that the official unemployment rate dropped

a few points to 6.3 percent but economists say many discouraged workers have already left the labor market meaning the real rate of unemployment is likely higher. and that's it for me in the detail the business team here in berlin you find out more about these and other business stories online d.w. dot com such businesses check us out on facebook and twitter to secrets lists watched. like the 1st minutes of coming and. coincidence. that sam previously the earth was just a messy chemistry lab. where the improbable but

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instruments the older instrument of the year. that. the snow was actually invented accidentally over 120 years ago in vienna. we begin with the acapella group just 6 based in johannesburg who've been wowing audiences with their distinctive harmonies for 10 years now at the moment like so many musicians the world over they are unable to give live performances but seeing in close harmony isn't easy and requires a lot of practice that's why they still try and get together when they can. find. the acapella. group just 6 he's on his way to the 1st meetup this year the guys just want to keep in touch.

going to season but i've got to push on the show will be fun it's crazy music close to 90 music is going to keep the seat you know to. be in the past 5 years or so i've spent a lot of time together so we pretty much become like brothers so when we are separated from each other for a long time you kind of feel before you. ringback did. the on some will have planned to celebrate its 10th anniversary with concerts abroad but covert 19 put a stop to that. 2 of the singers were not able to attend the rehearsal june to travel restrictions the hardest part for us as an artist general with corners there

. because we need to have people you know filled up in a room like this one that we have here so we haven't been able to work consistently . better symes a performance in south africa that was part of joint chevelle as campus project supporting cooperation between musicians from different parts of the world in 2019 just 6 and the all female groups e.l.o. from like sig were the beneficiaries. the 2 groups worked on a program which they 1st performed in south africa and then in germany it was a great exchange in hearing what they do had been. asked trying to put that together. the climax of the project was a performance from the german youth orchestra at the beethoven festival in gone we

were even having plans to sing there you know in $10.00 to $20.00 probably we can meet again and do another tour somewhere else and in 2020 why and because that's what it looked like and then 2021000 happened and then everything just went sinking . and not being able to sing anymore it does affect you in a way because this is something you did if you think this is something that's a calling and it's something that gives you life. since the pandemic struck the group members all have taken on supplementary jobs under carter and most of his income from performing. now he's giving online piano lessons to make ends meet. we you know each person now is you know going to get into their savings and kind of

depleting everything that they had even saved up so it's quite challenging. one of the group's members is still recovering from covert. suffered from it and it affected me you know mentally and physically i'm just grateful that i'm still here i can still sing in future when things. like this. they really sing great harmonies it is the world's most imposing yet most versatile instrument the organ it has a range of up to 6 octaves some have as many as 5 keyboards and it can sound like a massive symphony orchestra one moment and the next accompany the quietest of prayers just in germany alone there are 50000 organs of all different shapes and

sizes and here it has been named the instrument of the year 2021. and organist needs the right shoes and to focus mind and body playing the organ is a bit like a work outs. the organ is a larger than life experience the greatest possible transformation of the material into spirit incased something like tone plus color. over time. the organ is the biggest the lowest the highest the loudest and quietest of

instruments it consists of pipes that lowe's and keyboard the organ dates back to ancient times joined the middle ages monks started using opens in churches the instruments reflected god's omnipotence with its infinite seeming sounds skating heights above and beyond the every day while. i count used to be a cultural manager but now he leads a very different life he practices the organ every day it's like meditation and exercise in the wall and he's fascinated by this instruments. if you touch key on a piano it goes ping ping if you touch it here there's a current of wind which means that air is my material it's unbelievable the sound that unfolds. borish invited cameron carpenter to come to

berlin from new york he's known for his over doc style he's one of the fastest organists in the world he also created his own digital organ. just walking through the console to this day feels fills me with a kind of deep anticipation and excitement nervousness and a readiness as though i'm coming to the moment that i was made for. cameron has made it his mission to free the instrument from the shackles of religion. the idea that the organ comes from church is

christian propaganda it's not only about playing the organ but also about expanding our idea of what the organ is which of course includes giving the organ identity outside of church and also in people's minds as being possible to be something other than only church. to its fans the organ is an instrument that lives. i'm certainly. always beginning again my my journey with the organ with this organ is does and what's beautiful is that the organ is an instrument which doesn't just give itself to the player has to be conquered. you feel like a conqueror when you sit down to play the old hat. and one for i know. now finally the organ is

instrument of the year a crowning glory for the queen of instruments. right now there's lots of snow about here in the northern hemisphere leads me nicely on next subject the snow globe invented in 1800 in vienna by an enterprising surgical instrument mechanic called evin peyote see it was in his kitchen rather than his workshop that he had his you rico moment the patsy family still makes no globes to this day with the same formula haven't patsy discovered over 120 years ago. you shouldn't shake a snow globe instead you have to turn it on its. head and wait until the snow settles then you turn it back over and it's not. having patty the 3rd knows all the secrets about snow gloves his grandfather avin patsy the 1st

conducted his initial experiments in this workshop indiana he was a mechanic of surgical instruments and an inventor using a glass bowl filled with water he was actually planning to enhance operating room lighting. think it was for the hot more than 120 years ago my grandfather invented the snow globe pure charm sought in the creature from the he happened to find some semolina in his mother's kitchen and he tossed some in the bowl of water and it sucked up the water and floated down to the bottom of the bowl very slowly that he thought it looks like it's snowing in this cloth box that's how the r.b.a. was born for the snow blower prediction he quit. his grandfather found a miniature version of the basilica in the riyadh salad and austrian pilgrimage site he painted a pedestal with shoe polish and glued on the church setting it in a glass globe in 1900 he applied for

a patent on the world's 1st snow globe the flakes fluttered down gently thanks to the viennese formula. yes meant my father was the 1st to produce the mixture of snow that we used to the degree and that's my secret so far i'm the only one who knows exactly how it's done ok directly next to the workshop is the family's own snow globe museum the unease snow globe is a top export 3 former u.s. presidents have one on a shelf. like this snow globe for the obama family i think you gift given by a resident of vienna on a visit to the white house the company presently stocks more than 350 motifs. remember and your gaze in a recent interview to feel perfect was. and that's been my world for over 40 years . in crazy world only snow and.

i leave you with some snow shoe arctic out of the work of retired school master kim as a person who with the help of friends has been stomping around in the snow covered fields of all teria making magnificent jim metric patterns.

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