i'm with numbers of women especially are victims of violence in rooms and take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. you are not the visitor not the guests you want to become citizens. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is data really is africa on the program today the humanitarian crisis in ethiopia u.n. aid agencies have been granted access to refugees in some parts of the to gripe region about thousands more people remain cutoff and often need to be in desperate need of help. seal between adults of the tree bark because they have nothing else. that's the nigerians yearning for a life in the u.s.

their hopes have been reignited now that the trunk the zabad has been reversed. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have you any the ethiopian red cross say's 80 percent of the northern to grad region remains cut off from aids and this is despite the government having allowed un humanitarian agencies special access to parts off to cry that international aid organizations have been calling for better access to the conflict torn area since november that was when ethiopia launched a military offensive to diminish the power off the to cry people's liberation front or t.p.n. if not access to to grad remains limited and aid groups warn of a humanitarian. testify in december the ethiopian government agreed to give aid

workers and handed access to regions now and its control but more than a month later they're still unable to reach a large numbers of people into cry. give them a glimpse into ethiopia is to grow a region a u.n. team captures these images as it makes its way through. ethiopia's government has only partially lifted the blockade on this part of the country which has been largely cut off since the conflict began in november. there are no evidence signs of war here but what many observers are concerned about is what out of sight. human rights organizations have compiled reports of mass abuses and even killings of civilians. the government insists it does not need any help from outside to investigate the allegations it is admitting that people in the region need aid even

though it wants to control how that is delivered 'd. the humanitarian community is highlighting the urgency the needs observed on the ground are dire and growing for about 2300000 people and that includes those who needed assistance before the conflict 3 months into the conflict in te grey in northern if the o.p.'s the humanitarian response remains severely constrained and inadequate and the main reason for that is simply that we cannot reach most of the people in need and also that we have not received the clearances yet to move the necessary stuff into too great in the 1st place. if european authorities have revealed they will shut to refugee camps in the northern region because the location makes them difficult to access. there's been no indication when the camps will close a what will happen to the 25000 displaced people there. what is clear is this will further complicate an already desperate humanitarian situation.

and for more on this i'm now joined by chris nelson he's a spokesperson for the u.n. aid c r and he's joining us from the if he appeared capsule edison about batavia on the program chris you've recently returned from 7 to gripe what is the situation on the ground as you've witnessed it well under some one area last he grew i the situation is dire it's not that. we probably saw because of the 2 southern camps we have that they are not destroyed by the fighting but the people were cut off from any supplies for many many police and they still have no clean water it's just returning now. we're doing much lot of effort actually to come to a kind of normal circumstances this situation the northern part as we hear it right

right because this is why i'm sorry chris this is what i wanted to establish that you're speaking specifically to no i to say that it's a gripe but northern surprise remains inaccessible. it's also said little bit about that and the fact that the government's announced that it's closing 2 refugee camps there what's going to happen to the refugees who were housed in those camps. well we still have no access to this area although we are somewhat daemonic this every day in the 2 knowledge camps that were about 20000 refugees and. again we have no access to them yes very many of them went to the cities like this up if i like gone though we know that more than 4000 went from the north and kansas and camps we also through from refugees from eyewitnesses several 1000 refugees 5 maybe 67000 living in the city of sheer a very dire conditions that means sleeping local sealed drinking from puddles

eating tree bark because if nothing else. just hits it to that point then the the ethiopian government had said that it would be allowing access to the region why are they not allowing a work such as the u.n.h.c.r. to go to the north 'd well 3 here is not there are security concerns and it didn't it seems like the situation is not one percent peaceful up there. this is of course also a concern for us on the other hand we're talking about 7000 people who need. it would be tell immediately help every day actually every hour counts and that's why we want to go. chris and this is of course they get humanitarian aspect of this but there is another side the u.n. special adviser on the prevention of genocide she said that her office had received

reports off serious himan rights violation violations in surprise she talked about it's a digital killings sexual violence the looting of poverty and mass executions have people that you've interacted with inside them to cry spoken off this. yes some of them we have heard about killings as we have heard about actions to be trapped and we have thought about distractions of the of the 2 nottingham's it's refugees told us that these games were burned down not as a collateral damage intentionally we can confirm that because again we don't have access to them if these reports are true that would be great fun elation to national. christian december that if they opened government say that the war had ended is there still fighting happening in that's a cry reachin. i don't know we only have access to the southern part

this is modest people's peaceful you see a lot of checkpoints you see a lot of people with guns assault rifles you see military a lot but we could see finding this is obviously only if we don't know in the northern part to get our access for us all right that is chris hayes spokesperson for the year then they are with the view there from at this christmas officer tent from 7 to crack thank you chris we appreciate your time. let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent right now ghana's parliament has been suspended for 3 weeks following a surge in coronavirus cases among the parliament stuff and. members not speak i'll but been announced the suspension late tuesday saying that 17 members of parliament and 151 straw office have tested positive for the virus sittings are due to resume

on the 2nd of march. a south african ses if an 18 frontline health workers with they get to be approved johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine next week the country scrapped plans to use the astra zeneca office for jabs off the data from a small trial showed it didn't protect very well against the new variant which is now dominant in the country. the criminal grandy to behind the abduction of more than $300.00 schoolboys in nigeria last year has turned himself in as part of a controversial amnesty deal officials say we learned that delta surrendered with 4 of his group members renounced violence and handed over 20 rifles on the gang seized 300 boys from a remote school in the northern town of i'm gonna in to set. up an extra is also in the geria when many people's hopes of going to the united states

have been reignited after the biden administration reversed a travel ban imposed by former president donald trump now under the ban citizens from a fixed countries were prevented from being able to apply for permanent immigrant visas to the u.s. as a result travel between nigeria and the us became almost impossible as news are spawn it's fresh reports how will slay adam agee has just moved to the quiet town of arbil in southwest's nigeria he says life in the city of lagos was tough. things that easy i hear he has begun dreams he wants to move to america with his family. despite his having ready ready u.s. citizens he made his visa application has been deemed night twice. i was nervous that i'm going to. i think looked into the pressure to refer

because we didn't quite believe it blames his 2nd visit rejection on presidential travel by the ban prevented nigerians from getting any visa that could lead to permanent residency or citizenship he says now being overturned by president writing. what many have referred to. to us today she. gave all schools who are already resident united never many. people believe that this new administration gives them a better deal is determined to try again this year he says moving to america could change his family's fortune there's a level playing field. for somebody who knows what they're doing who wants to achieve greatness obviously this country has been tarred you know is when

i don't want the same for my child. i don't. and. i'll give anything it takes. anything. seen used to keep close contact with his family in the u.s. until he can finally be reunited with them. and that is it for now be sure to check the stories on dot com forward slash africa or also on facebook and on twitter and of course we'd love to hear from you but what you think about the stories that we cover on the program and the stories that we should be today well leave you with pictures of what you see behind me this is what scientists believe to be the smallest rift tile on earth not 2 of the tiny liz's was discovered in madagascar by an expedition team last week the male brookie janelle or nano comedian has a body of just 1.3013.5000000 need says that would be 1.3 centimeters

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years have been quite over ride today earlier. and learned the mahomet when it comes to german beers and of course i always look right in the eyes virgin is perhaps the biggest on the new hobby of mine i'm going to work for it i love to be in the news there are pros in their accounts but when you feed them all together you're realize it because of the number way of living are you ready to meet that's ever been voted me right just do it on. these are images from songbirds one of the 1st feature films to be made in los angeles during covert 19 and it imagines the worst scenario of an endless lockdown well it's one of a slew of films made either during or about the pandemic and its emotional toll and

we'll get the lowdown on some of those later in the show and with welcome to arts and culture 1st we'll take a look at the financial toll as life becomes increasingly precarious for artists and musicians everywhere under prolonged lockdown in germany one survey here in berlin reported nearly a 3rd of solo musicians have given up their profession half are desperately in need of support or relatively speaking the german government has been generous with its support for the arts but too much red tape and a lack of perspective for the long term are having a devastating effect on the sector. a life without art is a lonely one no performances no audience and no income an entire sector is calling for help from big names such as jazz pianist michele hughes laney to lesser knowns like opera singer ben while peter on his last concert was a year ago now the 45 year old bass baritone works for a beverage delivery service here he sings for us from fi delio hotham on east

all coerced by neighbor and con manu's conscript. that already. been called the most feared seizure and. born in canada the singer has a voice german critics say it would have been nice to hear more. now he's lugging crates of drinks which we're not allowed to shoot what's been the biggest challenge for him so far i'm shifting bias i my boy the worst was when i had to carry 22 crates up 5 floors by myself with no elevator at haagen harbor instead of performing on the stages of sights book of boston burden peto is making ends meet with the delivery job and a small stipend via voc and we're waiting for the moment when the government finally says we can perform again you just feel helpless. as among 50 los.

since march 2020 some 2000000 people working in germany's cultural and creative sectors have been in a government mandated lockdown the german culture council says only one in 10 self-employed people has so far received public assistance with a preview of the school there will be discussions about a guaranteed basic income but and i think this has to be said quite plainly not just for artists that won't be possible simply for reasons of fairness. francisco hos are an author and single mother lives off of what she earns teaching german and from savings her 1st book the glass sisters was published right as the 1st lockdown was imposed all of her promotional appearances were canceled. on the one hand i sometimes get totally panicked and think oh god how long is this going to continue usually at night but i often also find it really fascinating to see what's changing and how people are changing and everything that's happening as

a writer as a storyteller i want to pay attention to all of that and not miss anything. francisca holes are fun successfully to stay in the social insurance scheme for artists one year into the pandemic everything else is uncertain for her and for an entire job sector. and let's go over to my colleague scott roxboro in bonn who's been looking into this for us hi scott it's it's really tough times for so many industries but particularly of course for freelancers in the culture and events industry you know germany as we know has put lots of money out there why is it that only 10 percent of needy artists have gotten support. yeah well it's a very complicated actually very big question you're asking where but without going into all the details and the complexities of it one of the main issues in germany has been that the german system initially for support for code really wasn't

designed with with artists it wasn't even designed with freelancers in mind it was mainly targeting initially targeting full time salaried employees now germany has has updated that since and they have promised billions in support for for freelancers but the system that you have to go through is quite complicated it's quite bureaucratic and it's very difficult to then finally get the cash that you've promised and it's just the fact that a lot of artists in germany are really just falling through the cracks so what's the situation for instance for artists in other countries like. well i mean as you mentioned germany is very very supportive of its artistic community i think artists here. on the whole 'd are much better off than they are in most other countries because the government here is so supportive but there have been a few countries that maybe been a bit more effective in supporting their artist hit by cold the u.k. for example their scheme was designed with freelancers in mind and it apparently

reportedly at least has been a lot more effective in getting money to the to this struggling artists who need it . so dire straits obviously for much of the cultural sector and on the other hand the pandemic situation has elizabeth elicited some incredible creativity particularly where movies are concerned so let's see what directors have been up to . this crisis we have to have a. new reality of merger of the 20 in horror film songbird the world's worst fears are realized. it has mutated into something even more deadly lockdown has become dictatorship. you. just threw over 100 shot mos angeles during actual lockdown last here songbird is one of the 1st cinematic attempts to address the real horror of the pandemic. sadly the movie produced by transformers director michael bay is superficial

schlock. they say and. they evolve. a more in-depth examination of coburg comes from the documentary in the same breath which premiered at the sundance film festival director not to weighing shows how the chinese government initially tried to downplay the crisis a pattern she saw repeated in her adopted country america you see how. the sense of mission. and. the highest government has. basically in a boat. outbreak to be a severe and out of can show as their experience in the today. you are watching far the most excruciating difficult stubbornly obnoxious woman i've ever met in my entire life in malcolm and marie the struggle to find

connection is framed as one long romantic fight between the stars and diana and john david washington. what is the netflix drama was shot on a single location entirely under pandemic restrictions. this movie was sort of born out of the idea can we tell a story given the restrictions of coded can we make a movie that doesn't compromise in terms of emotional scope cinematics go. and and that was sort of it was sort of an exercise in that regard would you do if there are no real answers in any of the films made during or inspired by the coded pandemic. but as shown best in life in a day 2025 mcdonald's crowd sourced you tube documentary in times of crisis cinema and reveal our common humanity one character which seems. like

a really big. this is a lot of different emotions coming up there for me when i see that material there scott it's so interesting how filmmakers are reacting to this pandemic just overcoming the physical challenges for instance with all these lockdown restrictions. yeah i know it's been interesting because of course filmmakers have found incredibly difficult just to make their movies now but what i found interesting is how. filmmakers have been so creative in finding new ways to to make their movies and also in some cases being inspired by the pandemic in the stories they want to tell a really good example this is locked down which is a film a british film starring and hathaway and she would all go for and they they play a couple in lockdown in london whose marriage is sort of on the rocks until they come up with a great idea to rob parents the luxury british department store which of course is

empty because of this is sort of a light heist comedy but the producers came up with the idea when they realized that harris was actually going to close quickly wrote the film around bad and because the department store was shut down for the filmmakers were able to get access to it to use it as a setting for their film so you see this is just one of the examples of filmmakers are being creative in finding new ways to solve the problems created by code but it's really incredible on how things fall into place and just give give a new story now would you say the pandemic is going to continue to influence the kinds of stories that are being told. yeah i think so i mean you're already seeing for example a lot of horror movies come out coming out that were either shot during or inspired by a coven the 1st was songbird this horror film that we shot in los angeles last year during the 1st lockdown in march it's of course another great movie but i think it

does capture a bit of the the fear that i think we all have felt in regards to this pandemic and horror is a great john of course 1st pressing relating to sort of bigger social issues and i think your skin to see a lot of horror films come out there either directly address the pandemic or words fired by it but what i also find interesting i'm seeing a lot of films now like malcolm emery the netflix movie which don't necessarily deal directly with covert or even talk about it but are all about intimacy and and trying to connect with another person and i think that's a an issue that is really relevant right now because we're all isolated and we're all feeling distant from one another and so i think these films really hit hard right now and i think we'll see a lot of them coming out ok so covert 9 have been quite an effect on the film industry which is of course pivoting admirably and thanks so much for far all of that backstory scott roxboro in bonn. and speaking of film to britain's most famous performers actor michael caine and singer elton john teamed up for

a tongue in cheek video to support the n.h.s. in its covert 19 vaccination drive stars of course having been vaccinated themselves. my name is wrong. that was me acting. and as you can see i am still the more people in society the get vaccinated the more chance the result be eradicated the national code pandemic. kind of just had a vecsey kofi it didn't have. not many people know that. and 12 year old german acting sensation hill unit sang a system crash of famous making her hollywood debut opposite tom hanks in news of the world it's an epic western directed by paul greengrass a tango plays

a young girl in post civil war america who was raised by the kiawah tribe and the role has already earned her her 1st golden globe nomination and the film hits netflix on wednesday. so lots of fodder there for your movie list more on the web site at w dot com slash culture and on that upbeat note until we meet again all the best from us here in berlin and you stay safe.

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a start and speak up for the. plane . load place. to. place. this is deemed to be news by from germany's leaders many to consider the coronavirus lock down ok its numbers are falling chancellor merkel is said to be keen to extend the law found however the 16. with a cautious approach also on the program minerals military tightens its grip on power and the party headquarters of ousted leader. the defiant protestors returned

to the streets for a 5th day. with donald trump 2nd impeachment trial gets underway believe the prosecutor accuses the former president of. chief of january's riots at the u.s. capitol. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany's federal and state leaders have begun a virtual summit to decide on the next steps out of the coronavirus pandemic counsellor back it was very clear she wants the national lockdown that began in december to be extended for several more weeks at least but some of the 16 state leaders are expected to resist. alaska d.w. political correspondent nina haas welcome so talk us through the main measures and indeed sticking points on today's agenda. well before before i do that

i think it's important to recap where germany's standing at the moment so we've been in a nationwide lockdown essentially for 2 months so that means public life has come to a standstill schools are closed kindergartens are closed and of course the infection numbers have gone down over recent weeks because of those measures say scientists so there is a lot of pressure lot of people calling for the restrictions to be lifted again but at the same time politicians are extremely scared by the news from the coronavirus mutations that are of course a lot more infectious so there is a big fear of a sudden spike in new numbers again which is why angle america and the state premiers seem to agree that now is not the time to lift the restrictions yet which is why the draft paper that we've seen that is the basis for those talks going on in the chancery and via video conference says that the current restrictions will

probably be extended until the 7th of march at least until america is said to want them to be extended until the 14th of march so there's going to be a debate there and then the draft paper also says that the issue of reopening schools and kindergartens and just when and how it's going to be up to the states themselves to decide and one thing seems to be clear already that head dresses might be able to reopen as early as the 1st of march now germany's federal system has worked for and against this crisis is that as it's prompted people to say that things need to change. well most people do seem to agree that germany did do fairly well during the 1st wave of the pandemic last year last spring because of its federal structure because of calls local clusters of new infections were easily identified locally and then what targeted locally so that

means restrictions were imposed regionally without having to drag the entire country into lockdown but now during the vaccine rollout the federal structure has added to the fact that it's been extremely complicated it's been extremely slow germany is still not in a position where it can safely say that a majority of people are necessary for the virus to go away have been vaccinated it's far from that situation and so of course there is a big debate about just how good this federal structure is at the same time of course when it comes to issues like education the state premiers say we need a federal structure we need to have the ultimate say about which measures to impose and which not. only correspondent you know how and i thank you we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world 7 vaccine make your biotech a new production facility for its coverage 19 vaccine in western germany the

factory in the city of mabo is expected to boost the use vatsim supplies and will produce the main ingredient of the drug developed with the u.s. pharmaceutical company pfizer the president of the european commission has acknowledged failings in the blocks fight against the corona virus. says the e.u. was late with its approval and roll out of vaccines but she defended the overall strategy of trying to beat the pandemic with a unified plan all 27 member states. for researches in the u.k. i've discovered that a common osment treatment appears to reduce the need for hospitalization and the recovery time covered 19 patients the month long study by oxford university scientists was inspired by the fact that patients with chronic respiratory disease when health steroids as part of their treatment were underrepresented amongst hospitalized coded 19 patients. trial was led by oxford university as

a professor mode but how the who was cold so co-author of the study welcome to day w this sounds like a big step forward given that asthma medication is widely available and inexpensive yes i mean it would sound. quite fascinating but the study was suggestive of a positive outcome would be inhaled medicines. and we are. quite. pleased with that but obviously with the understanding that it was a small limited study and so last our results would be suggestive of that and we look forward to hearing from. investigators who are also looking in shimla fashion similar medicines ok so as a small study we were able to identify what it was about viz assman medications that makes them so effective against covered sometimes. so studies already in the process so early on in the pandemic i'm from last year showed that in him

and though the bullet tree the ass my inhale medicines could reduce virus replication in the lung 9 ng so but this is experimental studies and our findings that actually chronic illnesses with respect she mentioned such as asner and chronic struck to become a disease was not a big feature of people who got admitted to hospital from the chinese data for example back in march to last year kind of supported us to to test that. hypothesis that research question as to whether this medicine could perhaps help people in early on in a disease and illness as well as it's important to know that what we have so. what happens from here that do you wait for more scientists to do more research do you put in every said proposal the way whites 2 for the price of asthma medications to shoot through the roof as the companies realize that on to something but i think

what's really important is that actually this is a signal in one in one piece of work in the community there will be i believe lots of other studies coming out quite soon i hope and from across the world that all perhaps slightly different in their design of studies and but if this similar messages are coming through and i guess we will have to reflect as to whether actually and there is potentially a treatment for early covert illness well let's hope that this leads to a lead somewhere thank you so much for joining us professor of has mona buffet out from oxford university thank thank you very much. one of saudi arabia's most vocal women's rights activists has been released from prison of the needy 3 years but jane. was arrested in 2018. allegedly for violating saudi counterterrorism laws charges that critics describes politically motivated show me

advocate advocated for the rights of women to drive them from and to the country's restrictive a male guardianship system that limited women's movements and present to international condemnation. earthquake has struck in the south pacific triggering a tsunami of warning for new zealand and other countries in the region for magazines 7.7 traversed struck east of the loyalty islands in new caledonia just after midnight local time authorities in new zealand have warn the public to stay away from beaches along the northern coast as a ways reaching out to a meter above the tide level a possible over the next few hours and the army of men who has right of the party headquarters of detained sounds to change the international community is becoming increasingly concerned with the united states expected to announce sanctions on myanmar later made while the military has tightened its grip on power and crackdown

on nationwide protests activists have returned to the streets for a 5th day to demand the release of their elected leaders and to highlight their grievances they using ever more creative tactics. sitting in inflatable tubs this group of young protesters and yang go on a risking their lives. their protest tactics quirky humor and the use of english i knew from my own. god. this is one protest idea from the young generation we are always thinking about how to be more creative because we need international attention. younger generations are using both social media and lessons learned from activists and neighboring hong kong and thailand to gain support. there on the streets dressed as beauty queens thank. you for going

share lists like these members of a bodybuilding club to show their opposition to the coup. demonstrators calling for an end to the military dictatorship and freedom for the nation's elected leader aung san suu kyi and her allies they also wanted a new constitution and a return to democratic freedoms the groups remain undeterred after tuesday's violence security forces declared the rallies illegal drenching peaceful protesters with water cannons there are reports that police fired live rounds to disperse some marchers. 'd a teenage protester was shot and critically injured waiting outside the hospital where the 19 year old girl is fighting for her life her sister vowed to keep demonstrating the marrow of your dollar i will keep protesting until we can get rid

of this military dictatorship for the sake of my sister i want to ask people around the world to support this protest. abana strong from the highway railing shows the end didn't go. many of the demonstrators are shocked but still determined to get under way on it. now we see that the military is taking brutal action against us but we young people will lead the protests 3 various groups and every peaceful way we've only wanted general so much i hope to see him in. a cafe you and restrictions and gatherings have been put in place but they have not stopped fresh protests from breaking out across the country. a 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump has resumed in the senate in washington the lead prosecutor has described mr trump. has accused mr trump of being the inciter in chief of the storming of the u.s.

capitol which left 5 people dead inside 2 days to set out its arguments in the news for $56.00. 44 a clear decision in a divided chamber donald trump will face a 2nd impeachment trial. pursued with a trial the senate vote affirmed that the trial was constitutional. stop this deal to make their case the democratic prosecutors showed a video as evidence of trump firing up his supporters ahead of the storming of the capitol on january 6th. can vote fraud and through it breaks up everything doesn't it when you catch somebody in a fraud you're allowed to go by very different rules you ask with a high crime and misdemeanor is under our constitution. that's a high crime and misdemeanors. a head of the vote republicans had argued that trump

could not be convicted once out of office this was dismissed by the prosecution. their argument is that if you commit an impeachable offense in your last few weeks in office you do it with constitutional impunity you get away with it right. to recall employers also resorted to video are joining the trial was politically motivated and divisive. on the impeachment trial which a vote yes i would for yes i would i would go. with this trial you will open up new and bigger wounds across the nation for a great many americans see this process for exactly what it is a chance by a group of partisan politicians seeking to eliminate donald trump from the american political scene in a congress still reeling from last month's events it is partisan politics that

makes it very unlikely the prosecution will get the 2 thirds majority required in the senate to convict trump. and such show up to date more of the top of the hour stephen beardsley has your business update in just about every good day. like dusty boots muddy ties and drums we deliver giant lifesaving boxes we give our ever say to reach those who need us the most every box feeding their futures. boxes.