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america even before it starts his lawyers condemned the trial over the invasion of the capital as political theater prosecutors however insist that trump betrayed the people of america. and tit for tat route between europe and russia a book from one critic alexei navalny moscow was expelled envoys from germany sweden and poland the 3 governments retaliated by showing russian diplomats the door. america children welcome to the program one week ago meehan mars army chief led a coup against the civilian government today he defended what he did the top general insisting that civilian leaders failed to investigate alleged vote rigging in november's election and his 1st televised address since the coup the general promised to hand back power after. actions the international community has

condemned the crackdown on demonstrators protesting against the takeover. the week of military rule in myanmar has triggered a groundswell of protest across the nation. in the biggest city young gone they have a simple demand for the military had back the power to the elected officials in my mind i want i'm son suchi and president we need to be released quickly it in and we want all the people from the winning party the n l d to be released that's what we all want. my family. monks and protesters marched holding the red flags of our sons who cheese national league for democracy they say it's their last chance to fight the dictatorship. to use power to run the country and use the country's resources for their families and for their own sake they don't do anything good for the citizens and the

country's development. and there were red protests in the capitals night people demonstrators braved police water cannon blocking that path. that many here are a state employees perhaps a sign of the anger of those who have briefly enjoyed democracy after 5 decades of military rule. in a t.v. address to the nation the country's new military leaders sought to justify the gentlemen repeated the military's line that campaigning in last november's poll had been unfair you know. we're getting the response of both or it is regarding voter fraud. that election delivered just a handful of seats for the generals party and a landslide to sue cheese and l.t. she's now believed back in house arrest where the army had kept her for 15 years that peaceful resistance made her and i can

a democracy. but the hunter is already warning that any resistance to that rule is unlawful and it posed a night time curfew remold protests and shooting she's a bloody crackdown could soon fall out. earlier we spoke to lone a he's a filmmaker an activist mian mars' largest city young gun he told the wu what he's witnessed on the streets today is obscuring his identity for his own safety. so far . in young though there's not be any about events but then people are afraid because of the letter that means same time some civilians they want to cooperate with police and military so we can see a lot of social media at least is that some people are planning to encourage people to provide water and food to the security forces as well and a sense of really inserted into the idea because if it does not the solution. with

security forces but one thing for sure what we can see if there's a huge gap between the community and then law enforcement officers. who have it so well know right now. despite still their concerns and fears today. in the u.s. lawyers for former president donald trump have condemned the impeachment trial beginning tomorrow as an act of political theater is accused of inciting the riot on the capital on january 6th house managers say trump betrayed the american people a new poll shows a majority of americans are in favor of convicting trump but the former president and his trial continue to divide. a solemn procession through the halls of the u.s. capitol with donald trump's future in their hands. democrats from the house of representatives set in motion a 2nd impeachment trial for the former president by delivering the single article

of impeachment to the senate. article one incitement of insurrection donald john trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the united states the democrats say donald trump's baseless claims of election fraud were an incitement to violence culminating in a speech he gave before congress was set to confirm the election results of america we will never give up we will never concede it doesn't happen you don't concede that i shortly after these remarks a violent mob breached the u.s. capitol building. yeah. rioters took over the building for hours and forced lawmakers into hiding 5 people died during the assault. while several republicans had criticized trump after the riot on january 6th

members of the g.o.p. are now softening their stance and are increasingly criticizing the impeachment proceedings talking about those i think the trial is stupid i think it's counterproductive. democrats say it's important to hold trump accountable. look everyone wants to put this awful chapter in american history behind us but sweeping it under the rug will not bring healing the only way to bring healing is to actually have real accountability which this trial for. the impeachment trial will be a test for both parties at a decisive moment for donald trump's legacy i a left leaning economist has taken the most votes in the 1st round of ecuador's presidential election. has just under a 3rd of the ballots but it's still unclear who his challenger will be with an indigenous indigenous rather anti mining activist as making a stronger than expected showing and running neck and neck with conservatives. it

is alleged a fraud is underway to prevent him from reaching the runnels. participation was massive nothing unexpected since voting is compulsory in ecuador. this sunday's election was like no other marked by social restrictions and held in the midst of the 2nd wave of covert 9 tain in the country voters will face masks but it was practically impossible to maintain social distancing health protocols would also nuff. up until now but because of the pandemic there is a lot of disorder because the people don't respect me that the military and all the police who are there to take care of us neither that there is no physical distancing where everybody is coming together it's not what they're saying on the knees. it's a way it's a very long time this is in the sun it was terrible. more than 600 new polling

stations were established for this election in an effort to raise the flow of voters. staff are also instructed to guide citizens and a nation wide security plan was deployed with some $90000.00 security offices. but this is yet not enough to rebuild confidence in institutions many doubt the integrity of these elections. that they are alive because honestly as an ecuadorian i have many doubts that this will be transparent that that same that this is ruled by a certain interest the ecuadorian people know it. with those doubts in mind the electoral authorities when announcing the results of the 1st ballot certified but the elections were clean and fair. a few of them will say for nothing and then when they do work of the see any is fair perspective the decision of h.

one of the ecuadorians. just the problems that we've had a pandemic situation and a financial crisis the electoral council is for filling its duty. as soon as the results were released supporters of candidate who parrots gathered outside the national electoral council headquarters. despite a strong showing it's still unclear if the indigenous leader will advance to take on a ruse an april runoff. here's some more of the stories making headlines around the world colombia's president has announced a new statue statute rather which would register nearly $1000000.00 venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without proper documentation it would allow people to get residence permits for jobs and access health care millions of venezuelans have left the country since 2015 due to food shortages and

hyperinflation. the european union has finalize a deal with pfizer and by on tech to supply an additional $300000000.00 doses of their covert $1000.00 back scene brussels has already secured $300000000.00 doses last year in recent weeks the e.u. has faced heavy criticism for the slow roll out of its vaccination program following delivery dealing as. former european central bank chief mario dry has opened a 2nd round of talks aimed at forming a government in italy he met with representatives from for several minor parties in rome to how he is hoping to secure the parliamentary support he needs to be sworn in as prime minister this week. germany poland and sweden have expelled russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the expulsion of their own diplomats from moscow last week to the german foreign ministry said that the kremlin decision to announce the expulsion while the u.s.

foreign policy chief was in moscow was unjustified russia chooses the diplomats who participated in an illegal demonstrations in support of from one critic alexina hauled. earlier we spoke with political correspondent simon young and asked him how the international community is trying to put pressure on russia over alexei navalny . well it's very clear that this was a coordinated action today by germany sweden and poland they've all moved to expel a russian diplomat from their capitals it also came just after a meeting of video conference meeting between representatives of the u.s. the u.k. and canada and the e.u. to talk about how to respond to russia's actions in recent days and to the. russian treatment of protesters there and so on so there does seem to be a sort of concerted international action the e.u.

foreign affairs representative yes that burrell has said the e.u. and russia are drifting apart and he says it's now for member states to decide what further steps to take that could include further sanctions being imposed on russia that was deep political correspondent simon young much of central and northern europe is in the grip of extreme winter weather the storm dubbed by many of the beast from the east is back and temperatures have plunged to their lowest levels this year transport services are facing widespread disruption heavy flooding has hit southwest france the netherlands belgium and germany are struggling with high winds deep snow and icy conditions. a blanket of snow and icy temperatures in berlin the city hadn't experienced such a wintry weather conditions in years temperatures dropped below minus 10 degrees as the snow piled up on the city streets icy wind blew snow went all directions the weather caused some disruption to transport in the city. some urban train lines are

experiencing delays and it can be hard to drive or walk on the streets because of snow and ice but the real storm and the real disruptions are happening elsewhere in germany. up to 30 centimeters of snow fell in some areas of the country with gusts of wind blowing snow meters high into the air. railway services were suspended across parts of central and northern germany with trains and able to travel between frankfurt berlin and hamburg. road traffic was also this rapid with trucks and cars getting stuck on snow filled highways in central germany. we have at least 30 centimeters of snow here the winter road clearance services are working nonstop but due to the extremely heavy snowfall we have absolutely no chance of keeping the

highway clear. the weather isn't expected to get warmer anytime soon well snow should stop falling temperatures will dip even lower made colder by a freezing wind next week should finally bring some respite from the cold. you're watching t w news line from berlin. news africa cristina mon was coming up next remember you can get all the latest news on our website that's w dot com i'm aaron tilt and thanks for watching. i'm secure that vi work not hard and in the end is a me you are not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers what alliances. what's your story.

'd and what numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. you are not of in a turn not a guest you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is due to every news africa on the program today disappointment and dashed hopes in south africa the country has slammed the brakes on the rollout ford astra zeneca vaccine off to a study showed it's not very effective against the country's dominant coronavirus variant. governments do their best to promote. themselves by default seen used to disappointment. and the efforts to make money

safe and accessible for children and teachers in northern cameroon attacks by boko haram have forced the closure of many schools in the region. plus organizers of the civil festival in mali have staged a slimmed down version of the carnival because of the pandemic we'll tell you about the new initiatives they've come up with. hello i'm perceived one day it's good to have your company south africa has suspended its rollout of the ox ford astra zeneca coronavirus facts seen off to a small clinical trial suggested it offered only a minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the covariant that originated in the country of africa received more than

a 1000000 doses off the vaccine and had planned to start inoculating frontline health workers in the coming days say the vaccination program will proceed in the coming weeks with vaccines by johnson and johnson and pfizer by intake instead. it was supposed to be the turning point in south africa's fight against corporate 19 the arrival of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine last week presidents who are on a pause and the health minister came to receive it personally but instead of being vaccinated the doses will remain in storage for now and you study suggests the vaccine appears to offer only minimal protection against mild and moderate disease from the new variants that was discovered in south africa the government's role od plan is now on hold. the 1st thing we want is our scientists who are us tell us what do we do with. dream that is working with

what and what answer to upload it so there is no potential sense because we speak it is to find out just how to deal with it or it is clear however that health workers will not stop receiving their vaccine as planned this week and for the rest of the population there's even more uncertainty and that is quite unfortunate because we actually thought the vaccine was going to help people especially in south africa and i do need it actually i needed this in men to show on that note that i don't wish really no vaccine means the goal would be longer and that means a longer lock down for all of us meaning people in jobs meaning. when they going out. into them to get money that test being down and how loud they do the homework on. top of that scene that beginning in scientist citing evidence that the vaccines prevent grave illness and death while astra zeneca said it believed its

vaccine could protect against seaview disease by religious chabi a modest says south africa could see an upsurge in infections once winter approaches he suggests knott's to completely abandon the astra zeneca jep convert 1000 vaccines in protest as any listen jane jackson. safe foremost that they are safe and even though there are question marks in terms of the effectiveness of identical vaccine against severe disease do we want to take the risk of not defects in aiding groups not knowing that cannot can of course but they don't might be protected against soviet disease that africa is now pinning its hopes on the johnson and johnson big scene that delivered promising results against the new variant new deliveries are expected in the next weeks but in the long run it is scheduled to be manufactured in south africa. earlier we asked the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor abdul karim had to say. i

think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that because i'm in a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the variant that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating by a sow's situation is different how decisions should not really apply to other centers and other countries and those day also have a dominance of the same period so our decision is very insulated it's not related to the specifics of the vest and for more on the developments in south africa i'm joined by day to be a correspondent to say that dream and this news came as a big blow especially after all the excitement that came with the arrival of the vaccine as we saw in your report what is the mood in the country. well many people here christine angry they see it as another failure of the government remember there was this huge corruption scandal of the beginning of the

pandemic when it came to procurement of protective equipment another scandal came up within the military of south africa their pitch. treatment for covert 1000 from cuba that were never approved for treatments for more than 10000000 euros but in this particular instance of the vaccine now you can't really blame the government for it the deal was made before the discovery of the new the ryans right. and so the authorities there say that the vaccination program will proceed but they say that that the vaccines will be the johnson and johnson and the pfizer by intake instead when will that start well in the next few weeks we're told in total south africa brought about 30000000 doses from these 2 manufacturers these 2 companies but we're not yet sure when exactly they will be coming in a lot of people here are putting their hopes on the johnson and johnson vaccine at the moment some experts and scientists even call it

a possible civil blitz because one it only needs one dose it doesn't need super cold temperatures and the seems to be very promising at this point of time also for the new variety that was discovered here in south africa and we have to recall that this new variety already makes up more than 90 percent of the new cases that's right and what is the situation in the country at the moment in terms of the spread of the virus south africa is in its 2nd way. number 7 significantly decreased few weeks back we had more than 20000 infections a day and now we're down to 3000 that is very promising that is certainly a sign of hope especially because everybody said well this new variety is more infectious this is going to be more dangerous so to many it was a positive surprise to see that the 2nd wave seems to be now over and numbers are going down. all right that's cape town thank you adrea.

in october the government in cameroon closed 60 schools on its northern border with nigeria that was to protect children and staff from the frequent attacks by the extremist group boko haram now where and when schools are open some parents and teachers are too afraid to go now one j.n.t. 0 has stepped in with the free school that's also safe plays in all traveled to the region where he filed this report 90 year almost was one of the 1st victims of assault on a school income route she was just 12 when the islamist or to her village and she did northern border with nigeria she has not been able to return to class since. women both of her own came they want us to never go to school again.

they threaten to kill us and our families if we dare to disobey. anyone in their attacked our village and mages flee there will always. thousands of kids have been forced out of school. system into 14 book or has schools kidnapped teachers students force and thousands of kids from school i shot in the us from 60 is jewish and in the north more has been a frequent target of bookworm attacks this is one of the few schools that our money says the. city is the biggest concern head teacher to me says she lives in constant fear always suspecting people walking past our school could be suicide bombers to some to silverman's always afraid especially because our school is not financed sometimes someone walks around the school and we teachers get very worried we have prohibited movement through the school is of our methods in them that travis allow

coordinate. a few miles out of town to enjoy your local youth corner has managed to set up a mix of school for the past 3 years some 100 children all in some way affected by books who order was could not receive any education or have very severe free lessons in mart's french and english. one of them this is why many children many young people yet it was just one of them life is if i leave because of lack of education so far are you really i think. you know the truth no one can call my. environmental crisis situation everything they need all in not only valid only given them normal indicators on everything we also give them cycle for support for my realm was my she doesn't have the means to rule in a school in a safer area we hope of becoming a medical doctor crushed by

a book. she now works as a teller with little hope of ever attended school again. that's one of the largest cultural events in west africa the festival share has been taking place in the city are said go in central mali for 17 years to recently however it has been overshadowed by the jihadist violence in the region and now the pandemic has led to the cancellation of most of the events at the organizers have managed to stay just slimmed down version of the festival and have even come up with some new initiatives. it's one of the high points of the cultural calendar not just in mali but across the region. the 1st of us an unusual there may have been reduced in size this year because of the pandemic but it still has some treats in store including this art show bringing together works by young artists and african masters. another new initiative is also attracting attention

a small group of high school students have been taught how to make a film they were asked to spotlight the issue of civic awareness. one of the young directors decided to focus on a problem they say is linked to polygamy the problem of envy. a lot of this research i was thinking about this idea because this is a scourge that exists in our country in our society so i wanted to make this movie so that people can get rid of the scourge of being envious. today but author this is all before you. try was one of 10 students selected from hundreds of applicants to take part in the program the organizers said they were impressed by the originality and by the passion of the participants. they all had something to say they only did to speak out and they used those means the directing the post production the films to be able to reach out and have

a dialogue with the population. bottomley i was hoping that. the audience at the festival also appear in thrall with many saying they welcome the chance to watch films and stories that reflect what is going on in that society. and that's it for the program today we'll see you next time. i was. joined. by her that. is in.

60 minutes. got some tips for your bucket list. going to share. some great cultural memorials to boot. a big day for bitcoin as tesla reveals a huge buy so what kind of risk is the company taking with the volatile crypto currency and what could it mean for the future of big corn we'll speak with our financial correspondent. also on the show the deal making continues in the semiconductor industry where supply is tight and stakes high this time it's german

british chip maker dialogue that's being targeted for takeover. and farmers in spain want to profit from the popularity popularity of avocados before environmentalist that idea is the pits. and welcome to the show i'm sitting beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us well iran must tesla has announced that it purchased $1500000000.00 in bitcoin in what's believed to be the biggest commercial investment ever in the volatile cryptocurrency news of tesla's big buy triggered a big rally on monday briefly pushing the value above $44000.00 musk it already signaled his interest in the coin posting hashtag because on his twitter bio must also said that tesla would begin accepting payment with the cryptocurrency in the future. let's go to our financial correspondent yens korda in new york ian's good to see you this is not a small sum that tesla is investing i read somewhere that it was equivalent to the 2020 budget line for tesla for r. and d.

that's massive but still there's a lot of risks here aren't there. well surely because bitcoin certain to fluctuate quite a bit sold this investment go in either direction on the other side specially what we've seen was the tesla stock in the last 2 year i believe it went up by about 800 percent a sold tesla issued new stock and was that they actually built quite an amount of cash overall evolved to $20000000000.00 so tesla can afford this at $1500000000.00 at this moment but clearly usually companies tend to have a casual cash like as it's a tent and not necessarily something as. yet shaky as say as a bit coins and other critical currencies are. it's a strong signal sent by a major corporate player what does this mean for popularity. well

i mean one of the big questions that we do not have a full answer yet is that tesla also mentioned that at some point they would accept the bitcoins also from their customers to purchase cars of by the way one bitcoin roughly is worst and some as much as a new model from tesla but from the regulatory side it's not entirely clear is that will be possible and if you look overall bitcoins are still mostly used for him speculation there are only a volatile good percentage of transaction was those surveyed cards where people actually really purchase or buy things but if a company as big and influential as tesla gets into it and refer to her to trauma other companies to also some big wall street firms i'm getting cozier with the currencies and was a bit coy and says so that definitely could raise some more interest and there was

one analyst actually suggesting why apple shouldn't also buy bitcoin but if it's going to do so remains unclear at this point but the it's definitely getting more attractive if it's really a good idea for corporations to get into this game remains to be seen. thank you let's take a look now at the other business stories making headlines. and we begin with tesla chinese regulators summoning representatives of the electric car maker after reports of quality problems consumers have cited multiple issues including unusual accelerations and batteries catching fire according to the authorities the news comes after 2 tesla recalls the world's biggest car market. south korean car makers one dying say there is no deal with apple rumors started circulating last month that apple and the automakers had been in talks about building parts for

a potential new autonomous electric car meanwhile the notoriously secretive apple never acknowledged the potential deal. sharing app air b.n. b. is tightening its rental policies in france the site will only allow rentals with a formal registration number the move comes after criticism that the popularity of air b.n. b. is contributing to housing shortages and paris similar concerns have been raised in amsterdam new york and berlin. the russian government is reportedly considering a new social spending package worth at least $6700000000.00 president putin is likely to announce the plan in the coming weeks according to reuters which cites anonymous sources within the kremlin package would aim to address discontent over falling living standards of the election later this year. or shortage of semiconductors has brought some of the world's largest car companies to a screeching halt the latest sign of just how critical the chip industry has become is another sign of the high stakes market german british semiconductor producer

dialogue has received a multi-billion euro takeover bid. many i phones contain chips made by dialogue semiconductor apple is the british german firms biggest client but the supplier all super duces circuits for the auto industry and for the internet of things a major growth market which has attracted japanese semiconductor producer and nice us electronics the tokyo manufacturer has. offered 4900000000 euros to acquire the chip maker. semiconductors are hotter than ever and frankfurt dialogue semiconductor share price has climbed to a record high. it's not the only german firm in the sector that could soon be controlled by asia taiwan's global wavers has offered more than 4000000000 euros to take over munich based silicon wafer suppliers still tronic silicon wafers are a key component in integrated circuits in brussels e.u.

regulators are concerned over the sell out of the european made future technologies the extent of the dependency on asian manufacturers can be seen in the auto industry assembly lines crying to a halt if essential microchips are not available that's why plans to invest billions in the expansion of the european semiconductor industry a quickly solidifying. over to africa now where weeks of lockdown in zimbabwe have helped curb the surging coronavirus inductions there but they further burden the country's economy which was already struggling just getting basic services from the government for example has become an almost impossible task. the usual hustle and bustle on the streets of harare his dying down considerably now that zimbabwe his further tighten measures to curb the infection rate. access to government agency says also restricted those an urgent need of documents have to be patient.

so i'll just get to the bottom of that you are facing many challenges here and we spend at least 2 hours waiting just to get assistance but the more we stand around in a crowded line the greater risk we have of getting infected with a deadly virus she never showed she related to them just from the study not just 10 percent of government employees are allowed to work from the office right now according to the latest decreed to deal with what's absolutely necessary this worker has set up an office inside of his car things. are going to proclaim way it is actually shut down the government should close it meant a little forced work on the lanes or didn't. it's unfortunate that. the bus systems several members of the government have died of covert 19 in recent weeks since many zimbabweans work in neighboring south africa people worry about the high risk of an outbreak of a new variant of the virus here. maybe you've noticed that where you

are demand for avocados has been skyrocketing around the world in germany where they are traditionally on the menu avocado imports have tripled in recent years the farmers in spain were a piece of that action but it does come with a price. and vironment activist raphael hughes ponders the reservoir which supplies avocado pharmacy it with water it's only a 3rd of its normal level is being too little rain and the farmers need far too much water to cultivate avocados. every year new fields of plant. consumption there's a connection between that and the reservoir levels. only a few years ago the shockey region in presented a different face with all of groves vineyards and vegetable fields the small plots provided a modest additional income for local families until the avocado bloom surprised

even the old hands here. people used to plant potatoes and other things turn to avocados that happened over the last 10 to 12 years or so. officially $8500.00 hectares are reserved for the fashionable fruit most of the water for those fields comes from the reservoir and is carefully distributers it takes 1900 liters of water to grow a kilo of avocados have a brown stores his share in some rainwater in his own reservoir lack of water is limiting growth. got soil climate. activists use has looked closely into the region. places where new fields are being cleared for avocados you know if there are plenty of illegal plots. those responsibility irrigation collective. not checking closely enough water

supplies will definitely collapse. excess load on the main reservoir would need reducing just to supply legal avocado farms here so years ago millions were invested in treating waste water for irrigation. this is being ready for 6 years but we're still waiting for the permit right now it looks like we'll be able to use this water in the coming summer. spain produced $87000.00 tons of a katas last year most of them in a shock in hand with demand and prices so high avocados are now being grown in other regions water will decide the future of that as well. and finally how about a little live music to make it through these tough times a school in new york city is offering just that putting musicians on display and store windows cough the music center is calling the pop up concert series musical storefronts to plan 60 performances through mid march from chamber musicians to

broadway stars all in a neighborhood store front window music is amplified by sound system outside each concert is announced on the same day to prevent crowds. that's it for us let's watch. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context.

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more about the sporting event off the year for americans and also coming up. something for the reading list. acclaimed novel is one of our 100 german must reads and the landmark in 21st century holocaust fiction. and swiss musician is an all around talent in the electronic music business but his multiple ventures in food and wine reveal his epicureans. welcome to the show well it was a super bowl like no other as the tampa bay buccaneers did their hometown proud by trouncing the reigning champion kansas city chiefs but aside from the action on the field it was a game played in the shadow of the covert $900.00 pandemic with thousands of cardboard cutouts filling up the largely empty stands and for the 1st time ever poetry playing a starring role which has given the event something of

a new cultural significance a let's talk about this a little bit more with my colleague scott roxboro 2 who's joining us from bond today hi scott chilly over there i'm imagining a magic thing as well that's definitely. some might balk at the idea of the super bowl as a cultural phenomenon i mean it is a football game after all so for anyone who's not american just tell us why this is such a big deal. well i mean it's simply such a big deal because it is the most watched event in america every year i mean about 100000000 people in the united states caught the television broadcast of super bowl 55 on sunday just to compare that's about twice the size of the t.v. audience for the oscars the emmys and the grammys combined so this is literally america's biggest stage and any artist any musician who performs at the super wore before the super bowl they are basically performing to the biggest audience they'll

probably ever have so that's why when you have like the super bowl halftime shows the musicians that usually perform in these are the the top stars of the world the the rolling stones lady gaga prince beyond say that caliber of performer and this year of course the canadian pop star the weekend's how did he do what's your take. yeah it was a present actually the weekend i mean he had some disadvantages because of the safety conditions he was playing essential to a half empty audience only about 25000 people in the city the football stadium with about $30000.00 cardboard cutouts but he really he really gave it his all he performed most of his have time show from the stands but for his finale he sort of rushed onto the field with an army of bandaged face dancers m to perform his hit blinding lights and i mean he really you know about all it all out you portly and reportedly spent $7000000.00 of his own money on this production and it really paid

off because particularly for that finale it felt like a traditional epic time super bowl halftime show but i found this interesting performance because i saw the subtext here because the weekend is a big pop musician but he's also an activist and he's a big supporter of the black life movement and has particularly been very outspoken in support of calling. capper neck who you might remember is the one quarterback who was essentially kicked out of the n.f.l. for taking the need in support or in against. police abuse of people of color so for me seeing the weekend perform at the super bowl was almost like a pop music all of branch sort of an attempt to heal some of the divisions in american politics using the power of football and the power of pop music and scott let's just get to amanda garment because after 4 years of poisonous vitriol poetry is

having our she's made history yet again. yes i mean we always remember amanda gorman chorus from her her amazing performance of a poem at the inaugural. inauguration of president joe biden here she posed a new poem called chorus of the captains and this was also a message of healing it was an homage to 23 actual frontline workers. that she sort of composed this poem for that's right let's that we have a clip of her performance so let's have a quick listen to that amount of carmen. tremaine is an educator who works nonstop providing his community with hotspots laptops in tech works out so his student took all the tools we need to succeed in life and in school susie is the i.c.u. nurse manager at

a temp hospital for chronic please prove that even in tragedy it's possible she lost her grandmother's to the pandemic in fights to see other lives in the i.c.u. battle zone defining the front line heroes are based in the light for our legacy with these mourners charged with these champions you can read more in the call our to this week. and that's amanda gorman who tweeted poetry at the super bowl is a feat for art and our country quite a moment there for her i'm sure we'll hear more from her poetry catching the heart of the nation and thanks very much for those insights scott ross perot and bon and be sure to stay safe and stay warm scott. thanks. well it's 20 years ago this year that german the author. published i was stunned it's his final novel and widely considered to be his masterpiece i like his other works it deals with themes of memory and the holocaust in

a style that exhibits himself sometimes described as documentary fiction and because of his unique voice critics the world over agree that his early death was a devastating loss for literature. what if everything you thought you knew about your childhood turned out to be a lie what if your parents were really your parents and you were born with a completely different name spoke a different language what if all of this were kept secret from you how would you feel when you found out. by w g z by it is the story of a young man named elias the son of a dour welsh preacher or so he thinks as a teenager he finds out that his real name is shock that he's a jewish refugee from prague sent by train to escape the nazis by this point his adoptive mother is dead his adoptive father in a mental hospital one day at

a train station also that sees a young boy who he realizes is his 4 year old self being sent by kindertransport to england this vision finally inspires him to go searching for his original family. also lives learns that while one train saved his life another train took his mother took her death to raising tax his former nanny though is still alive and he's reunited with her in prague the furniture she had inherited it may 933 together with her great aunts flood the writing desk the long autumn the camel hair rug lying folded at one end of it throughout my entire life which was no unraveling had long before me all this had stayed in the same place because as vera told me once you have lost me and my mother who was almost a sister to work she could not bear to alter anything in 2001 when all started came out of the book caused a sensation but w.g. sebald didn't get to experience the full glory of his achievements he died in

a car crash just after his book was released chances are you've seen heard and read lots of stories about world war 2. holocaust but you haven't read like it's. and with reading at the top of everyone's agenda during all these various lockdowns is certainly a novel i can recommend for all fans of electronic music will know him as the front man of the swiss band yellow and in that capacity determine my us says that his pop star career was always something of an accident but as someone who didn't really systematically learn anything he's interested and even passionate about seemingly everything and is now variously of ventnor a farmer and a pioneer in the chocolate business among other things.

tito maya the singer from yellow is passionate about more than just music she's also a core man here in the swiss city of zurich as well as in germany and argentina maya operates a number of bars and restaurants they serve mainly wines beef and nuts produced on properties he owns including an organic farm in argentina located a 5 hour drive south of buenos aires it covers several 1000 hectares of land. but this is how people know detail my best next of boris plank as singer of the celebrated electro pop duo yellow miles been in the music business for over 4 decades he never expected to become a successful artist. i was originally a while. but then i got on a horse long and that was how they let on the calendar so to speak without us i

would never have become a musician or a singer. in aug 2020 yellow released their latest album point which stormed the european charts the duo creates songs in this studio in zurich. long been before i always find choruses sound as being incredibly inspiring and it goes like this. it's on an endless loop for me i listen to it 20 or 30 times and then start to see it without there being any content to it in rolled through interesting dog noises. and suddenly a sense of those who come together on there's something i can hang onto him face to hold and that draws me into the song 9. 11. the musical success is clearly not enough. the pop star is also

a wine maker inspired by his own love of wine. he owns vineyards in argentina as well as in the north of the spanish island of obesity. and in zurich the enterprising singer has also become a chocolatier his approach to producing chocolate is as innovative as his music using a patented process called cold extraction allows cocoa beans to be processed without roasting them 1st so they retain their natural room. and their no one else and make chocolate the way we can with this cold extraction methods obviously not captures 100 percent of the aroma from the cocoa and then need much less sugar because we've been able to remove the bitterness. dieter meyer has certainly made his mark both in the music world and the world of fine food and wine. and i'll certainly have to get my hands on some of those chocolates they become

a zing but that all is all for this time so i'm telling it again all the best from the frosty german capital should i stay safe and. boy. oh. boy.

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