coincidence. where the improbable happened. resulted in the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery or is it. the one story or unique starts february 11th oh and b.t.w. . this is dean every news african coming up on the program political dance in somebody's at the countries now facing a constitutional crisis up to failing to hold elections this and on side of the fight it is not just insurgency a look as to patient and serious food shortages. and will meet south africa's spinach king used trying to get people to ditch junk food and eat more often the few grains.

hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company so malia is facing a leadership crisis to president mohammed up to the high mohammed's 1st term in office ended with no clear path toward elections on monday and the lions of office say if they would no longer recognize president mahmoud of homage the u.n. security council will meet to discuss somalia's political crisis now the country was supposed to hold an election by monday but the favorite deadline was missed as the central government and federal states have a house to conduct the foot's. there is a tense atmosphere in the country people in the capital mogadishu told us they all fearful of what could happen. just a little fear that people are concerned because of the tension between presidential

candidates and the government. and because the election was not held on time. we hope our leaders will resolve this tension and hold the election and we hope the government and the opposition will come together and agree on the election process . we need peace and stability in this country. and if. i got out of my own but the probability we don't want to destruction to happen in a country we want a fair election to be harold's of. the mob we want both the opposition and the current government to work together for the good of the country we are looking at it just like the. guardian wrote few were going to say if the politicians don't come to an understanding. it could lead to rule the destruction of europe and the rising crime. and i am now joined by abdulaziz below he's

a journalist in somalia's capital mogadishu good to have you on the program abdulaziz why of the it is in somalia failing to agree on how to conduct the election. there's number of setbacks that there's a 1000000 readers are in now facing one of which is the election because each country's 5 little states 2 election venues are been designated for elections to take place and that does not apply in the original state of jubilant that is the one that shows the border with neighboring kenya and the federal authorities of the view that jubilant elections will only take place in there and they're going to have it but they're going to have it is not under the control of that original state of the jungle and it's under the control of the somali federal government and the regional leader in that area. argues that unless a federal troops are pulled out of the entirety of the region then elections cannot take place there so this is one of the biggest that has caused their election a delay and it's the one that made the talks that are taking place over and over

again to carbs and lost their fridays or there's also another setback that is their lection of lawmakers from some island region who are supposed to their actions supposed to take place in mogadishu but there is a normal kind of them in place yet really on how these elections will take place and ranks of the issue of the composition of the electoral commission because radio states are arguing that it is made up of the president's allies and it might tilt in favor of the current president in terms of elections ok in the meantime the opposition are insisting that the president step down and that a transitional council be appointed to lead the country and so the election is eventually held is this likely to happen. well that is the opposition demands issued an ultimatum saying that the president will lower power to this transitional national council it does not have been formed of already is and including the president in these address recently to parliament said that

talks can still take place between regional and federal leaders he did not true a lot that cannot happen. and are skeptical saying that the current president mohammed of the loaf at my door is an obstacle to the implementation of the election itself it says that it needs a transitional national council that will be headed by a group of individuals that include the speakers of the somali parliament as some on the senate members of the opposition civil society unless all these people are brought on board the opposition is adamant that if the current president is left to coordinate the election process then elections might never happen that is their biggest worry for now but it's not clear whether this transitional national council can be formed because we are expecting our talks to continue in the next their coming weeks according to authorities right and we know that president mohammed abdul ali mohammed was running for a 2nd term what was his 1st term like and what do you possibly have won reelection

with with major public support. exactly as you mentioned it the current president in 2017 came in amid a train on from our happiness from the smiling public were very eager for his presidency because in 2011 he was ousted as prime minister and the country witnessed a massive demonstration of so many people where young and for leadership but over the years things didn't turn out as the smiling public expected in terms of security for instance there were deadly arch of our tax that escalated time and again including a deadly attack in september in october rather 142017 that killed more than $600.00 people that is the deadliest attack to ever take place in somalia and it happened and these watch butter then again in terms of economic reforms financial progress the rebuilding of the somali security act architecture all these are some of these strong aunts and these are some of the issues that is going to raise in his campaign during the upcoming elections so many people still yes and young for his

leadership so that is it is a 2nd but then there is the biggest challenge now that needs to be order that's their election. abdullah said talking to us from all that issue thank you. let's take a look now at some of the stories making news across the continent at least 28 people have been killed off to an illegal common factory in the american city was flooded out finally hit your brains or floors he said emergency work is at risk 10 people from the factory in the basement off a residential building the total number of work at the site was not immediately known. the democratic republic of congo has confirmed a nother outbreak of ebola in the country's east women died in north kivu province the government say it has begun tracing everyone who came into contact with the

woman to try to eradicate the epidemic as soon as possible. dozens of supporters of opposition figure last month's will have clashed with police in the capital death call off 2 women accused the politician all 3 offices fired tear gas to disperse the demonstration is denied the allegations and accuse president barchi saal of try to end his political career. now you see behind me is not in his community as the spinach king that's because it is on a mission to start a health revolution in south africa's townships using the leafy green vegetable tree and create schmidt's him in cape town. party time in the philippi township there celebrating the opening of

a new spinach store. for its founder has joined the festivities will come to the this finish being a healthy food baker coughing up the process in company we make sure that the veggies are not just eaten is the also the incorporated in daily step over here with quite the spinach infusion of smoothie idea before this finish can can appear consist of high in. protein low in carbs. 10 years ago and i'm john i started this business on the back of it to your investment village bred in his neighbors of it since then has had an expanded supplying supermarkets and opening new branches. to the philippi branch is already his 5th store. the ingredients are

organic and grown locally like here in khayelitsha cape town's biggest talent ship over there you see the railway station and right next to it's the spinach just grown and if we move over here to the other side this is where you see the 1st green bakery the 1st spanish king branch at the moment it is quite empty and that shows you that it's still a long way to go to change people's eating habits spinach the staple in south african cooking but smoothies or breads made from the leafy green are still seen as rather unusual. i think it's empty because of the influence because us over to see us as people in our commute to school in safety we don't treat those such eating healthy like that so we still at that time so let me off. you can we know for you to go for fries and all this. i'm trying to do understand what. the residents of the philippi township are bits more she was listening to

a talk on the benefits and cultivation of say there's no beginning yeah yeah i just hit the delete key so we need that which is how it used to once a week to be spent. because you don't know that we do this is our face time to if that's what's going to taste the food taste so to dishes it can be like a good person to get it it's all really i everything that's nice i mean i'm a ship of sound bite down the slope eyes that he had to taste it in the smooth especially this movie amazing amazing it's also how the spinach king describes the future of his business and fields the demand for who feel productive is growing globally. we are actually planning. to fusing brain she's all over the country and then also sending a lot of franchisees to contraries such as germany countries like france

countries in europe where we can. you know money all for the modification of rights as well as to distribute to ship rice or right now we have a franchise and. so that franchise and i'm stood on this to the world because we believe what to do is to solving a problem that is not only south african based but is that global issue of unhealthy to every 2nd south african is overweight the spinach being ones to help change that statistic for the better. and that is it for now at the stories on. forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter and it's always interested to hear what you think about the stories on the program and the stories that we should be stable media with pictures of every day life in somalia iraq growing fears the political crisis could result in conflicts. breaking out this sop to the country fail to halt. as had been a see you next time i. don't

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discovered the. documentary. the facts. is a phenomenon like got started 60 years ago in liverpool. and will go back to its birthplace and look at how the fab 4 are still a major influence to this day and also coming up. visit the world's class glass studios in bavaria that have been making ornamental stained glass windows for

churches since 887. and if you can't go up to look at some arch why not order some if we look at an art delivery service right here in germany . welcome to arts and culture well it was 60 years ago today on february 9th 1961 that the beatles gave the 1st of nearly 300 concerts in a cellar in liverpool known as the cavern club it was hardly a glamorous gig and they were paid 5 pounds for the appearance but 60 years later their legacy not only for liverpool but for music itself is enduring the list and we'll talk about that influence right after this. this is how things look 60 years ago just before the beatles had their worldwide breakthrough. to this day beatle mania still attracts visitors to

liverpool at least when there is no pandemic this footage is from the summer of 2018 when we met with kevin mcmanus head of city of music liverpool you know designation. so well not to see his the whale famous cover which still attracts millions of solace every year the original cavern club was torn down in 1973 to make way for a subway line this reconstruction was built in 1904 but for liverpool it's no less important than the original one. that. feels even all the time later the people still massively important to me last year because it was with over 80000000 to the city it's a 1000000 pounds in the city over 2000 jobs where response but it's so the beatles industry. lots of bands play here this is called the bands book famously the arctic

monkeys played. well famous phrase. but of course at the moment no one is playing here like all clubs in britain the cavern club is shuttered due to the pandemic it's not clear when beatles fans will be able to once again enjoy a concert by a fab 4 cover band for now they'll have to mark this important anniversary privately. i think you could mark that anniversary by dancing around the apartment for instance and scott roxboro joins me once again from boston to talk about the beatles legacy highest. now 1st off we just heard about the cavern club there in liverpool but there's another spot here in germany that claims to be the birthplace of the beatles isn't there. yet of course humble or having the northern. city of

germany that is where the river band the red light district the beatles 1st performed under that name the band 1st performed in $1060.00 in the summer of 1960 but it was in liverpool in the cavern club where they were actually discovered by a producer brian epstein and it's in liverpool in the cavern club where star 1st joined the band so. melees some claim to being where the beatles started i think we can say that it was liverpool and the cavern club that is where the beatles became the beatles ok so they went out now the beatles fans have a lot to look forward to this year as a filmmaker peter jackson is finishing up a new documentary on the fab 4 tell us something about. yeah this documentary is called the beatles get back and it's peter jackson looking at the making of their last studio album let it be he got access to some like 56 hours of completely unseen footage his production on the film is

a bit delayed of course because of coded so he still editing the film but he put out some footage some sort of teaser footage so we can have a look at what he's working with and amazing just the like the looking at how they produced the album and then sort of jostling back and forth and throwing ideas back and forth in the studio and i think this film to be interesting because it could maybe do something to correct the myth that there was a lot of animosity among the beatles at the end of their their life as a band at least from the footage in this film they look like they're having a great time the movie itself is set to come out this summer disney is supposed to bring it out in theaters hopefully and i really really can't wait. on that for days and it does look absolutely incredible stuff we've never seen before so it's interesting because the beatles broke up more than 50 years ago but why are people still so wild about them why are they so important and how would you describe their influence musically. i think the beatles are just tremendously influential they

transformed pop music and are actually still continuing to influence pop music i mean you can look directly at bands that are almost completely directly inspired by them a band like away since the britpop group which was almost a is almost a beatles cover band they so closely copied their sound but even their look and their style in the music that they did but you'll see the places you wouldn't normally expect and i mean take a band like nirvana a sort of a hard rock band from the sound you wouldn't expect that that's a lot of there's a lot of beatles influence there but. the bandleader of nirvana said he based his songwriting very closely on that of paul and john or abandon it. the psychedelic band the flaming lips a little while ago yeah they did a very mix of sergeant pepper's album b. the baby dolls obviously see the influence of the beatles really continues to this day they basically revolutionized pop music it's amazing because you can almost say they're right up there with beethoven we could hardly imagine rock'n'roll without

them thanks very much scott for those insights and let's hear a little bit more of that revolutionary sound with some more from peter jackson's upcoming beatles documentary entitled get back. to something completely different now and if you've ever walked into a famous cathedral and marveled at the stained glass windows open perhaps you'll have spared a thought for the work that goes into them stained glass like that has been enhanced saying the beauty of sacred space and since the construction of gothic cathedrals back in medieval times and the craft today is of course much more high tech but no less painstaking and music studios stuff on take can attest to that.

for generations the munich studios stuff on take has worked with glass here in new nick the studio has been renowned for its stained glass church windows since 887. 9 and designer cut. took over operations in 2015 from a member of the founding fantic family. last year they received global acclaim for 3 windows they made for the chancel of tola abbey and western germany they were designed using motifs by famous german painter god krishna. nirvana we were invited to submit a bed for making new windows for tall i abbey one artist had already been picked the other was described only as an internationally known artist and when we got the commission we found out it was

a hard place that with us the studio was making 31 more windows for the abbey based on designs by afghan artist. it takes an average of about one month to make one of the 9 metre tall windows each depicts scenes from the bible some of the detailed windows have already been installed churches are the primary source of the munich studios commissions but its works can also be found in secular settings as well such as this tiling in a munich subway station. cooperation with famous designers promises new business whether it's woven glass for lamps. for a table with a color fade. the forte advantage and that is our broad group of customers or in principle anyone can buy this for their whole lives if we can attract more

customers that way and experimenting. product and if it's successful then we'll have a product we can make in series. whether it's a design object or a church window the munich studios good stuff fun to show all the facets of colored glass. well finally with museums closed and people spending a lot more time at home it's certainly not surprising they get sick of staring at their own 4 walls day in and day out but what if you could just order up an artwork to spice things up much as you would call up a pizza delivery service or the art association invoice book germany decided to give that model a try. kosovo skousen run before who's going to use it to. taking telephone orders at least for auto wolfsburg 1st delivery service for the name is a play on a popular german takeout delivery company used in hoffman as head of the wolfsburg

ought association he has a passion for helping people get better acquainted with modern art which isn't easy at the moment. we thought that's cool if it isn't as can't come to us at the moment who maybe it would be good if we brought the art to them and of course we were inspired by the strong to me by restaurants that set up new delivery services in the pandemic and we thought maybe we could do something similar the delivery service concept started off well. normally the arts association only sells a few pieces a year but so far this year they've already sold 12 on the day we visited that already been an order. this work by artist femi has just been sold to cindy winter should look there really is a range of different think it's on offer you know within the visual arts all different styles figurative and abstract but also objects graphic art photography i

think there's something for everyone. to go feed on syfy divorce to buy. affordable prices ranging from $50.00 to $500.00 euros a meant to what people's appetites for. the arts association office some 200 works to choose from and the delivery service is available to buyers in and around the central german cities of wolfsburg and braunschweig. the boss himself personally brings the freshly packed with known until every phase we're. going to do that. and also members can get special editions by artists at a discounted price it's a way for people to have a little taste of art until germany's museums reopen and they can get their fill.

profitable. just imagine calling out for a picasso for a little change of scenery well that brings us to the end of this edition of art and culture so until next time all the best from a wintry berlin. mood .

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this is day w here is life from the lead held to account over the storming of the u.s. capitol former president donald trump 2nd impeachment trial begins in the senate democrats insist he is guilty of inciting the violence siege of congress last month republicans condemned the process as unconstitutional also on the program united nations can do. violence against protesters in. the spacecraft and says the. spearheading the 1st. mission the

project led by female scientists. and its clients. of the program. second impeachment trial is beginning in the sadness in washington he's accused of inciting the deadly riots at the capitol building on the 6th of january democrats say they have overwhelming evidence of guilt republicans and his lawyers argue that the trial is unconstitutional. 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. 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 even see him go. 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. so i think the trial is stupid think it's counterproductive. democrats say it's important to hold trump accountable and the senate has a solemn responsibility to try and hold donald trump accountable for the most serious charges ever ever levied against a president the impeachment trial will be a test for both parties at a decisive moment for donald trump's monkey. live to the u.s. capitol then but we do indeed w. correspondent all of us salat welcome all of what can we expect from today's opening session. ofa we are expecting a couple hours of an intensive debate whether the question whether or not this 2nd impeachment trial against donald trump will be constitutional or not this is

exactly the defense donald trump and his lawyers they want to make the case that it's not constitutional simply because donald trump is not the u.s. president anymore so we do expect some 4 hours of debate followed by a vote a simple majority will be enough to be clear this constitutional and this is exactly why this event today is more or less a formality the democrats as you know hold the majority so we don't expect any surprises there and after that can the actual trial against donald trump begin all right and i was you speak we're looking at pictures of what's going on inside the senate to buildings will donald trump play any pot in this trial. well the democrats would have liked him to play a part they invited him to be questioned under oath to deliver a testimony here but as you know donald trump has a very special relationship with the truth and when it comes to when it comes to a good liberal testimony here under oath of course delivering fowles false answers

is a criminal offense so his lawyers voided that they made clear that he does not come to capitol hill in addition also as you know so. the social media channels of donald trump are blocked so he will not physically at least play a role here in this impeachment trial but of course he will always be at the center of the negotiations right so a conviction in this would require a 2 thirds senate majority in the senate have made up of a 100 senators mike lee is that. is not likely at this point phil of course some republican representatives will vote to impeach and that will probably be the major difference from the 1st impeachment trial when congressman voted along party lines so there's a slight shift in this there are more republican congress people now. that are supportive of impeaching donald trump after this violent insurrection here at the

u.s. capital. of course you need 2 thirds as you mentioned and that means 17 republican congressmen would have to change the aisle would have to support the democrats in this case and that is at this point at least unlike unlikely but the democrats and all this and what they want to do here is holding those congress people accountable and making a vote for the record so to speak also eyeing the next elections the midterm elections in 2 years and away from washington how are people feeling about this. well the u.s. is a divided country it's been like this for years and it has not changed of course there are recent polls suggesting that some 56 per cent american voters do believe that all trump should be convicted so there is a slight majority but again this happens along party lines the republicans of course do not believe so strongly jordi things that believes in these false

claims of voter fraud that donald trump and his team put forward to all the election campaign there are some conspiracy theories circulating even that not trump's supporters are accountable can be held accountable for this violent insurrection here but rather far left activists of course there's no proof of that either but again the u.s. continues to be a very polarized and united country especially also when it comes to this impeachment trial ok thank you for that all of us celeste in washington we'll take a look now at some of you and so is making headlines around the world u.s. investigators say the pilot in the helicopter crash that killed basketball star kobe bryant may have broken safety rules by flying through clouds bryant's his daughter and 7 others were killed when the helicopter came down in january last year near los angeles. a court in hong kong has refused bail for publishing jimmy

lai the government critic it faces charges of the terrorist controversial national security low was arrested in december during a crackdown on pro-democracy activists protesting against chinese influence in hong kong. w.h.r. of scientists have finished their investigation in china into the origin of the corona virus without identifying its source research suggest it's most probably jumped from bats to humans virus into media response she said that it is unlikely the virus leaked from a chinese lab. on to some other developments in the pandemic starting in germany where the chancellor angela merkel says she wants to extend the country's current coronavirus lockdown until march as infections and deaths continue to trend downwards the government will meet with the leaders of germany 16 states to decide on lockdown measures greece's prime minister has announced a full lockdown for the capital athens to slow

a surge in cases from thursday schools and all nonessential shops will be required to close and russia has issued updated statistics on coronavirus linked deaths more than 162000 people died with covered 9000 last year much higher of them previously reported protesters in may and may have staged a 4th day of demonstrations against the military coup that ousted the civilian government a week ago security forces have responded with water cannons and tear gas and there are reports of police firing rubber bullets and live ammunition the national league for democracy the party of deposed leader soon she says the army has raided its headquarters. that the ban on gatherings hasn't deterred them here in the capital naypyidaw police fired water cannon the protesters rallying for their freedom. to to mounting a return to democracy and the release of elected leader aung sang suu chain from

naypyidaw. to mandalay cove the 2 young gone. a week of military rule in me and man has triggered a groundswell of demonstrations right across the nation. everywhere the same demand. i will only go to university when aung san suu kyi is released i have no plans to go under this military government and it isn't only support for one party or even one later these demands for democracy run fun to. look i know i know that we are very glad that the protests are happening in the entire country. and we will fight until we win. and there are signs the tide is turning among all fora t's to this video posted on social media appears to show a policeman shaking the hand of

a protester before they open up the barricades designed to hold protesters back. until now the protests have been largely peaceful but this video being circulated by activists shows a woman being shot by police. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation and the country's new military latest sort to justify the coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we are investigating the responsible for a tease regarding voter fraud. you know the promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held. their comments have done nothing to call the anger and defiance of these protests does he say it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. it's been

a 7 month journey of nearly 500000000 kilometers all the way to the bad planet now a space probe sent up by the united arab emirates and to orbit around mars to mark the moment images of mars as 2 movements are being projected on to goodbyes iconic . skyscrapers the purpose of the mission is to research the planet's dynamics united arab emirates china the united states of all mars mission mars missions last july i and 2 other spacecraft to due to arrive later this month the new he's most program as part of efforts to develop science and tech capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil. the u.a.e. probe is called out or hope it's been traveling between earth and mars for the past 6 months. leads the u.a.e. mars mission the 34 year old is one of 70 women on the emirates team that developed

the probe the u.a.e. government which provided $200000000.00 to launch the project wants to inspire more women to go into science. we need to have a greater risk appetite to be able to work in areas that is considered quite challenging specially when it's the transformation of your economy to be based on science and technology the emirates oil reserves are dwindling with only enough oil left for a few decades so the u.a.e. or no developing their image in the fields of science and technology this has allowed our researchers and our huge scientists to get to a point where they are able to work with the global mars science community in a short amount of time. since we started this mission about 7 years ago it's a short amount of time for any nation to enter into any scientific community and this is one of the main proponents all of our space exploration the probe will monitor weather patterns on mars and it will also help the u.a.e.

establish itself as a technology hub of the future. mary wilson the co-founder of the us pop group the supremes has died at age 76 she started the group in the city of detroit when she was just 15 supremes went on to have 12 number one singles in the u.s. mary wilson was inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame supremes hit seen klute stop. and remind the top story this hour the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump has begun in the united in the senate in washington is accused of inciting the deadly riots at the capitol building on the 6th of january democrats say they have overwhelming evidence of his guilt on the united nations has condemned police violence against protesters and mineral potence of last week's military coup oddly fusing to back down

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the show. it's good to have you with us. has secured 9000000 doses of a covert 1000 vaccine through the international kovacs facility that's according to its health minister authorities said they hope to vaccinate a 5th of the country's 110000000 people by the end of the year many ethiopians have lost their jobs and livelihoods as a result of the pandemic countries. are experiencing a slump has completely collapsed meanwhile the ongoing conflict in the country. has left hundreds of thousands facing hunger that according to international n.g.o.s. and for more on this i'm joined by jo he out of. the show describe for us the impact of the pandemic of lives and livelihoods in ethiopia as you see it there . well to begin we can see the level of us and city that could be

connected but they became we thought it that was a lot of frustration a lot of speculation especially for businesses. because they're not at people's legacy. people are like they should spend not spend and he says the business is slow enough people are losing jobs because information what it meant it was dead on the beach and the government had to be prepared to. sandy and so then the consequence is not then they really had to let it by its resources and all that so generally they were the day to day minor 7 out here is really suffering it doesn't even come it's absolutely not knowing how to plan because no one knows when the vaccines will come the promised but no one will. be that sick or willing to be reversing that we're seeing now isn't isn't enough so that it is a certain income and not what so there is a lot of fear and businesses lose want to produce so much money because they're not sure what the future. how important is tourism as a sector for ethiopia. went radical when any heat at the government had

already in the form of interest well it was one of the sectors that was looking at promoting the cause. for e-commerce a foreign currency then really took the didn't make now we see all these places that people are coming to visit i mean no one has come because then you know the biggest problem are from europe from the united states and that is beyond beyond the continent so now we have tourism site visit you know the practice and it's up to process with the past and it is impossible that we needed a comical and that doesn't have it it does because of the country so that to our lives it is not a strategy death think to see despite the about seeing that it's not about how else can that cost or is it less if we are using the basic question again is why didn't you mention all that uncertainty that's really affecting business sentiment there do you think this news about the securing of the provision of vaccines will that begin to change the mood there any theo pia if it is different because of the

people who feel there is hope but also the fact that now this is coming in very small pox it's all relational i didn't 10000000 so i'm like me that need it and the 20 percent that of us of our own soul and the crowds will be given to help a lot because all the rest of the population that has to wait until when the current people are in that mall the preventive measures. its proxies because they don't know when it will reach them so because of that then that this is not much faith or much excitement about that not seen as a legacy which was in south africa that's what the next also cautiously this happens and see so it's kind of the government trying to push and encourage people that the gazans will walk and buses. are i want to leave it there for now collette i want joe he out of addis ababa thank you very much. on to some of the other global business stories making headlines. german exports tumbled 9.3 percent

in 2020 due to coronavirus trade disruptions that's according to new government data meanwhile new lockdown measures have hampered the trade recovery that began in the 2nd half of last year in december german exports edged up just point one percent. berlin based drug maker dermal farm says it's aiming to begin producing coronavirus vaccines at a 2nd site in germany in may it's already manufacturing in the state of saxony and halt on behalf of biotech pfizer the 2nd site could help meet demand across the e.u. and the 2nd quarter. british airways has signed a deal to produce sustainable jet fuel to power its planes it's teaming up with u.s. startup lands a jet which is due to begin building its 1st commercial plants later this year british airways is aiming to be a net 0 carbon company by 2050. let's go to the u.s. now president joe biden wants to push a $1.00 trillion dollar spending package through congress the goal is to

supercharge perhaps even overheat the american economy to drive employment back up not everyone is on board especially some business owners who voted for trump and his hands off approach they're already concerned about what biden's policies could mean for them. met flinch boys on his way to one of his tool restaurants in harrisburg the hospitality industry is the 2nd largest in pennsylvania it employed more than half a 1000000 people before the pandemic coburg 19 and its safety restrictions put a lot of financial pressure on mat and now he also has to worry about new policies and the administration we are struggling to find employees because of the government just continues to hand out money instead of put people back to work i can't afford to pay my staff $15.00 an hour i can tell you that 90 percent of my staff will be let go if the federal minimum wage has to. be for covert ops

to 85 people work from now it's down to 40. is one of them i think things are going to change because biden knows exactly what we are doing here we don't take anything away from anybody. mario is married to julio he came to the united states 14 years ago undocumented he was already working full match when the authorities caught him. when i was in prison they helped me to get out and later they help me with everything i need it. isn't against immigration but there are limits because there's a ton of work right now in america that americans don't want to let people have that opportunity to grow that american dream and get a job what's wrong with controlling who's coming in and out of our country the 2nd

wall mexico's drug cartel is going to be aiming right for this pot to bring illegal drugs into our country immigrants are the backbone of many small businesses in the united states that immigration is still a very divisive topic and not everybody of mass customers shares his strong beliefs we do not talk politics a lot of times people can't have a difference of opinion you can't have you know a conversation with anybody where you feel like you can say i disagree with his politics without it getting ugly so i have tried to avoid it unfortunately. to gether with all those small business owners who keep fighting the policies of the new administration he is convinced by bill destroy his future and the future of his employees. are right in his poll is the washington bureau chief she sent us

that piece and she joins me now ines good to see you at the end of the piece we hear that he's afraid that biden's policies will destroy him is it really so bleak for small businesses the way they look at this. well you know many small and mainly medium size businesses all business owners really profit as highly from the tax cuts of the trump in this ration mad for example told me that he was only able to run away at this very wrestle and filming him with the money he saved on taxes and the other big war is the minimum wage business owners from all different political stance say. that would force them to get rid of up to 90 percent of their staff we just heard that from met as well in this report and that's another point they make they wonder what it would mean if they pay $15.00 to an untrained dishwasher for the wage of an restaurant manager for example would they then have

to pay them $50.00 was a lot more about that minimum wage provision there's been a recent nonpartizan report that shows or suggests that if the minimum wage passed it would reduce poverty but it would cost jobs over the next 4 years is that a trade off that americans are willing to make you think especially right now during the pen dimmick. well you know the argument of the democrats is if you pay workers a proper wage they are able to purchase goods to buy cars to go to rest rooms with only $1.00 job but the problem here in the united states is that there are still so many people who are willing to work for a little money and take $2.00 or 3 jobs to support their families so supporters of raising the minimum wage argue that this is intended to help lower income families to get out of poverty who are essential workers and who are women and people of

color so the idea is to bridge this gap between low income brackets and the middle class. in is is their common ground between the 2 sides somewhere in this $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus package. well everybody agrees on that americans who lost their jobs most of the income due to covert 19 need support from the government the biden administration is calling to extend the federal unemployment to $400.00 per month also the white house said they intend to give individual direct pipe a man to 1400 dollars to help them in these dire times and this is something i think most of the americans agree on all right the washington bureau chief in his poll there thank you very much. well past few years have been difficult for chinese telecoms firm chua way former u.s.

president trump not only repeatedly accused the company of being a trojan horse for the chinese government but he also pressured allies to follow the u.s. and banning huawei equipment's now that a new administration is on the job in washington far away is hoping for better days ahead. way is the kingpin of chinese tech but it's meteoric rise has been cut short by u.s. sanctions which include a ban for american firms to supply who are away with technology. within just one year the company has lost market share dropping from being the world's 3rd largest smartphone producer to the 5th largest company founder and chief run junk face hopes to reverse that downward trend. and we still hope that we can by and large volumes of american materials components and equipment so that we can all benefit from china's growth you watch so that shown. so

far u.s. president joe biden has not given any indication that that will happen the u.s. government says there is no reason to release a long range from trade restrictions. and that's it for me and the business team as always you can find out more about these are all the stories online dot com slash business i'm stephen beard sleep let's watch. you call. norman spinning in trio. they were defeated in front. of their competitors reaping the benefit. to fight for the top spot he's in slovenia. to go. 60 minutes from double. vision i mean in

your minutes i'm going. to talk what i'm going to miss you know what i'm like what an organized you know i'm not going to sit there i'm. going to you seriously cannot i've only said that i caught it going on what are being funded. this is do you have any news africa coming up on the program political detente in somalia the country is now facing a constitutional crisis up to failing to hold elections this alongside of violence is not just insurgency a locust impatient and serious social shifts. and will meet south africa's spinach.