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biala guessed that from food or cd managed by truck bought. the lead germany extends its lockdown once again just by declining numbers of infections and fears of more infectious variants of the corona virus have chancellor angela merkel insisting on extending restrictions for another month but many schools and hairdressers will be allowed to open sooner also coming up on the show. day 2 of donald trump's the 2nd impeachment trial the lead prosecutor accuses
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the former president of being the inciter in chief of january's deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. and u.s. presidential biden announces new sanctions against the military regime that seized power in at myanmar. his message comes as tens of thousands take to the streets again to protest against last week's coup. hello i'm claire richards and welcome to the show germany's leaders have agreed to extend the country's current coronavirus lockdown until march 7th and a virtual summit with the leaders of the 16 federal states chancellor angela merkel made clear she wanted the lockdown extended for several more weeks even though the number of deaths and new infections has been declining recently.
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larry in berlin another showdown about the lock down merkel and the state premiers wrestling with the question given the advance of coronavirus mutations in germany how soon will it be possible to open up. yes the time between now and the middle of march is when the experts are telling us that the mutated virus could gain the upper hand over the initial strain. it's crucial that we lower the infection rate in this period and that's why we need to be so careful. until at least the 7th of march most restrictions will remain in place with 2 notable exceptions schools and kindergartens will start to open from the 22nd of february and hairdressers will be able to get back to work from the 1st of march a move many germans are longing for but. the hair dresser is
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a great loss my niece is cutting mine at the moment as well as she can. the next target is to start opening up shops and businesses that will be allowed in places where the 7 day infection number falls to 35 but 100000 people but it's not going to happen just yet caution is still the guiding principle. closing things down takes courage opening them up demands intelligence it's more difficult because you have to take more things into account. specially with this new mutation it would be better if we pushed the numbers down then we can live freely instead of needing another lockdown i would love to just go out and you know go. for a museum or visit friends or travel freely and take a trip somewhere and this to get out of my apartment. infection numbers are
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dropping in germany if that continues normal life it seems might be just over the horizon. well in the united states democrats are laying out their case on day 2 of donald trump's a 2nd impeachment trial trump is accused of inciting the riot at the capitol building in which 5 people died last month impeachment managers presenting the case against say he undermined at the election 4 months democrats and a trump defense team now both have 2 days to present their cases in the senate here's what lida prosecutor jamie raskin had to say through that he clearly incited the generous to the instruction. if you will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the insider in chief of a dangerous insurrection. and this was one of our colleagues put it so cogently on
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january 6th itself the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the united states. let's get over to washington d.c. then and our correspondent stephanus simons tell us more about what we're seeing so far from those lawmakers presenting the case against from. well all day long the democrats the house impeachment managers are making the case of what you just heard in those in the in the sound bite that donald trump did or was the insider in chief he incited the crowd to ransack the capital and to this insurrection basically by not only and this is their main point not only with the speech he held on generally 6 when all of this happened but also for months and months before so 3 points they want to make a donald trump is responsible for what happened on january 6th it was not only his speech he held that day but months and months weeks and weeks before
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a kind of planned approach by repeating lies of a rick and stolen election and then egging on the crowds over many many weeks we had to be there and then in the speech to do exactly and to be responsible for that what happened on january 6th so far democrats are doing this with a timeline they're very meticulous about their giving a lot of details new video shown which was not seen before from inside the capitol c.c.t.v. cyclo sketch and television material and with all of this they stay very emotional trying to make this emotional to win over republicans and democrats are looking at that longer time frame to make their case they are expecting this to be quite a speedy trial why are both sides so keen to get this all over web. you're absolutely right this is why because the white house wants to be back in the limelight frankly joe biden and biden ministration has things to do they have to
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push legislation as long as senate and house are actually busy with impeachment they can push any laws through so that is why the democrats want this relatively speedy speedily done republicans also on the same page should not to get the legislation necessarily done which benefits the democrats of the biden ministration but to leave this behind and really focus on a new traction on on the future and with that in mind the elections in 2022 and often on tuesday we saw the senate vote largely down party lines for the impeachment trial to go ahead democrats in favor republicans against it are we just going to see this play out again when they do vote on whether to convict donald trump shorthands i'm afraid yes this will be a vote along party lines there are cuts would have to win over $4020.00 no actually just 17. senators from the republicans but they're never going to get this this is
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clear republican still today after hearing all of this making the point that this is not the job of the senate to convict donald trump off. of what he has done and what he is responsible for according to the democrats bought that this is something for a criminal court outside because he's not the president more so there's no chance that they will vote with democrats i'm afraid and so are many many many political observers here a correspondent stephanie simons in washington d.c. thank you very much. meanwhile president joe biden has announced a new u.s. sanctions against the military regime that seized power in myanmar tens of thousands have once again taken to the streets to protest against last week's ousting of the civilian government activists are using ever more creative tactics to press their demands. dressed in furry animal suits and risking their lives. 2 these groups of young protesters and young go on
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a challenging the coup leaders with humor their protest tactics which is slogans with pop culture references i knew from my own mom. and the most generations it's a good idea from our generation said where l g b t groups and cos players and where wearing costumes and trying to get international attention on twitter people from other countries have noticed it. in the way it was. to gain attention and support abroad younger generations are using both social media and lessons learned from protesters in neighboring hong kong and thailand. wear in crowns and ball gowns. will go in shirtless like these members of a bodybuilding club people are showing bare opposition to the coup.
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demonstrators are calling for an end to the military dictatorship and freedom for the nation's elected leader own son suchi and her allies they also want to new constitution on their return to democratic freedoms the groups remain on the turned off to choose days violence. security forces declared the rallies illegal trenching peaceful protesters with water cannons there are reports that police fired large rounds to disperse some marches. a teenage protester was shot and critically injured. a banner shows the injured 19 year olds and demonstrators know their actions could risk a stronger crackdown from the authorities here but oh my god we're ready to give our lives if they're trying to threaten on on protesters we have nothing except our own bodies we are peacefully protesting. i'm so. sorry
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we don't want to live under the military rules we want freedom. a curfew and restrictions on gatherings have been put in place but they have not stopped fresh protests from breaking out across the country. as take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines at this hour one of saudi arabia's most vocal women's rights activists has been released from prison the jaina who it was arrested in 2018 allegedly for violating counter terrorism laws charges critics described as politically motivated she openly advocated for the right of women to drive and for an end to the country's restrictive male guardianship system. clashes have erupted in the greek capital between police and students protesting against planned education reforms the measures include the formation of special units to police university campuses critics say the reforms
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threaten academic freedoms that have been built up after the end of military rule in in $1007.00. and the wife of a jailed kremlin critic i like say not only has flown to germany from russia according to german news magazine dash beagle. flew from moscow to frankfurt on wednesday comes a week after her husband was sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for violating his probation after he was poisoned in siberia. let's get some football news now and as byron munich prepare for tomorrow's final of the club the world cup in qatar the team has confirmed that a top player has taken a leave for personal reasons german media are reporting that his a former partner has died watching as a defender for bahrain and was a starter in monday's semifinal win over
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a gyptian at. all now byron are bidding to make football history here's more on their match up in the final with a mexican club to get us. hans the flick has almost done it all by the number one club in the world one a handful of titles in 2020 everything from the bundesliga to the champions league the ventura league became part of byron silverware collection that season now in qatar bahrain have one more title to go winning everything plus the fifa club world cup is tantamount to football perfection it's only been done once before back in 2009 by barcelona. winning the final m. at the club world cup could be the cherry on top. with all of the titles week one. and then when this and this no one knows maybe at 1st you
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don't think about it that much and used it also but in the end when you know only one team has won 6 titles in the season is on the south and you have the chance to be the 2nd team it's a chance to make football history for us and i've been chasing history robert levin dosti thief is reigning footballer of the year has scored 27 goals this season and he helped by and reach their 1st fifa club world cup final since 2013 success with a charity to the dream season hansei flicks already had admired in his 1st season in charge. and in american football the tampa bay buccaneers have celebrated their victory in sunday's super bowl with a parade in their hometown fans and players attempt in the water and a flotilla of boats to sail down the hills for a referee in town. thousands of supporters mind the riverbank to cheer on their
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heroes city officials had assets and days to wear masks and socially distance but their request was largely ignored. and as your news update at this hour stay tuned for detail in your news africa with christine there are you can always get the latest news on our web site www dot com or follow us on twitter and instagram activities of the news and play richards and then for me the whole team thanks so much for watching. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in the open
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there's a sharp morning the ever accept money from the new superpower will become friends and john is going to talk about the fate of the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal the focus and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. this is the debate is africa on the program today the humanitarian crisis in ethiopia u.n. aid agencies have been granted access to reiki g.'s in some parts of the to gripe region about thousands more people remain cutoff and often need to be in desperate need of help. the team from the tree park because
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nothing else. less than nigerians yearning for a life in the u.s. their hopes have been reignited now that the trunk these a bag has been reverse. hello i'm christie one day it's good to have you and any the ethiopian red cross 80 percent of the northern to grab region remains cut off from aids and all 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. and if not access to to cry remains limited and aid groups warn of
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a humanitarian catastrophe in december the ethiopian government agreed to give aid workers unhindered access to regions now and its control but more than a month later they're still unable to reach large numbers of people into cry. give them a glimpse into ethiopia is to growing region a u.n. team captures these images as it makes its way through. if you o.p.'s government has only partial. he 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
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though it wants to control how that is delivered 'd. the humanitarian community is highlighting the urgency. the needs of served 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 into a grave in northern if 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 a great in the 1st place. if european authorities have revealed they will shut 2 refugee camps in the northern region because the location makes them difficult to access. there's been no indication when the camps will close or what will happen to the 25000 displaced people there. what is clear is this will
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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. h.c.r. and he's joining us from the if he appeared capsule at us about good to have you on the program chris you've recently returned from 7 to cry what is the situation on the ground as you've witnessed it. well under some one area of 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 leaks and they still that's no clean water it's just returning now. and we're doing much lot of effort actually to come to
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a kind of normal circumstances this is the asian the northern part is as we hear it right right because this is why it's sorry chris this is what i wanted to establish that you're speaking specifically to no i decided to grab the northern subprime 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 some of the money this is every day in the to knowledge camps that were about $20000.00 refugees and yet again we have no access to them you have heard that many of them went to the big cities like these up if i like. we know that more than 4000 went from the north and camps so i'm camps. we also through from refugees from only. several 1000 refugees 5 maybe 67000 living in the city of shira very dire conditions that means sleeping in low
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ceiled drinking from puddles the eating tree bark because if nothing else. it 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 aids such as the u.n.h.c.r. to go to the north. well theory here is that there are security concerns and indeed it seems like the situation is not what are present 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 will 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.
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special adviser on the prevention of genocide she said that her office had received reports off serious him and rights violation violations into gray talked about its age additional killings sexual violence the looting of property and mass executions have people that you've interacted with inside them to cry spoken off this. you know some of them we have heard about killings as we have heard about the actions to probably 3 trapped and we have sort of distractions of the of the to nottingham. refugees told us that these camps were burned down not as a collateral damage intentionally we can confirm that because again we don't have access if these reports are true that would be great fun elation to national. chris in december that if he can government say that the war had ended is there still fighting happening in the to cry region. i don't know we only have access to
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the southern part this is modest people's peaceful you see a lot of checkpoints you see a lot of people with with guns assault rifles you see military a lot but we couldn't see finding this is obviously only if we don't know. it again when it says for us. all right that is chris he's spokesperson for the u.n. h.c.r. with the view there from ed is chris is off as he just returned from 7 to cry thank you chris we appreciate your time it'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 automated stuff as. members now speaker album both been announced the suspension late tuesday saying that 17 members of
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parliament and 151 straw office have tested positive for the virus sittings on due to resume on the 2nd of march. a south african ses it will struggle to maintain frontline health workers with the yet to be approved johnson and johnson court of vice vaccine next week the country scrapped plans to use the astra zeneca office for jobs or to data from a small trial showed it didn't take very well it gets the new variant which is now dominant in the country. the criminal grand ija behind the abduction of more than 300 school boys in nigeria last year has turned himself in as part of a controversial amnesty deal officials say dodo surrendered with 4 of his group members renounced violence and handed over 20 rifles on the gang and seized 300 boys from a remote school in the northern town of i'm gonna in december. an
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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 the fixit 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 deja news are spawn it's fresh reports. i will say i do need he has just moved to the quiet town. in southwest nigeria he says life in the city of lagos was told. things that easy here he has begun dreams he wants to move to america with his family. despite having really ready u.s. citizens he made his visa application has been deemed night twice i was nervous that i'm going to. i think into the pressure to refer
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because we didn't quite believe it blames his 2nd visit rejection on president. the ban prevented 9 jerry ass from getting any visa that could lead to permanent residency or citizenship is has now been overturned by president writing. many through. to us today she. gave all schools who are already resident in the united states never that many. feel 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
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achieve greatness obviously this country has been toward you know is when i don't want the same for my child. i don't and. i'll give anything it takes. anything. continues to keep close contact with his family in the u.s. on see if he can finally be knighted reach them. and that is it for now be sure to check out the stories on deja dot com forward slash africa or also on facebook and on twitter and of course we love to hear from you what you think about the stories that we cover on the program and the stories that we should be today will 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 misses was discovered in magic aska by an expedition team last week the male brookie zhen them or nano comedian has
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a body of just 1.3013.5 minute meat is at that would be $1.00 centimeters of basically like right about the top of my nail over the inside next time if i. call. him during the conflict zone with him sebastian or you know the government of bangladesh is being criticized around the world for its human rights record my guess is we come back guys gallery's very foreign affairs advisor to the country's prime minister little real hard to stop denying the truth
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about the repression they've inflicted and clean up their act conflicts are going to be 60 minutes long. we've got some one to observe for your bucket list. manticora. support for food here and some great cultural mores to boot. w. trickle. germany extends its lockdown into march despite the appeals of business groups for an earlier reopening look at that decision and also that reopening is across the pond in the us and the world's supply of semiconductors is tightening and europe finds itself lacking in the race to secure access. to oil welcome to the show i'm
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seeing beers in berlin it's good to have you with us the german federal and state governments have agreed to extend their broad lockdown affecting retail rush ons and hotels into march citing concerns over fast spreading variants chancellor angela merkel said she was satisfied by recent decline in cases but worried that new coronavirus trains could rapidly lead to a 3rd wave of infections new plan pushes the end of the lock down from sunday march 7th business groups have pushed for earlier reopening warning of insolvencies. among the industries hardest hit by the closures are germany's beer brewers take a look this archive footage shows munich sao tobar fest in 2019 will the world's largest beer festival ever return to normal this year's october fest hasn't been cancelled but in 2020 it was shut down completely germans can't even drink beer in restaurants which can only offer take away the country's 1500 breweries are
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reporting a slump in sales small beer makers are struggling to survive. last year we had 40 percent less sales than in a comparable year a business like ours can't survive without aid. brewery has 15 employees and normally produces 400000 liters of beer annually but that figure will probably remain out of reach this year the company is staying afloat with the help of government aid beers still being brewed in bottles but it can't sell its biggest profit maker draft beer for restaurants the brewery hopes the government will be a reliable partner and it has to be clear that once we open we can close after 2 weeks that's not possible it would break our necks. meanwhile the firm sells its bottled beer to customers who may be sitting alone at home both the brewery and
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peter lovers are hoping that drinking with friends will soon become the norm again . so that's what business is here in germany are facing let's take a look now at the us where case numbers are also falling and variants are also spreading quickly where businesses have a different outlook and for that we go over to quarter in new york yes hello new york city planning to open its indoor dining again on friday i believe and also mulling possibly reopening into events like theater what is the discussion like over there. you know well clearly i mean there's a lot of pressure in the united states and we do not have the same social safety nets that to be you're having in germany for instance i'm already just in a new york alone more than 1000 restaurants have closed them permanently so now as you might see in the back new yorkers get creative with outdoor dining what's in here for example in brooklyn but clearly the pressure has been pretty high to at
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least partly reopen you know the u.s. seems to put a lot more emphasis on safety measures being done by consumers and businesses themselves that they're responsible for it is there evidence that that works over there well 1st of all the question is if and while it's really necessary to shut dresser and for example indoor dining out because we have heard from texas for instance and there indoor dining is back since i'm a that they have not been a strong evidence that corona infections some have been increasing at those places but overall i would say. that new yorkers in general are pretty disciplined and i'd guess that the measures will be working and then we shouldn't forget it's only a 25 percent capacity. for indoor dining starting friday will is there will consumers and diners be willing to show up basically i mean it's one thing open but
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will they actually show up. now that is really the big question i've been out to him earlier this week there was a friend in manhattan in one of those some kind of a thing so it was pretty crowded crowded at that place but if we talk about theaters for example so broadway might reopen in the spring but probably people would need to bring in negative covert testim so there are some limitations and we really have to wait and see how strong a business where we cover all right yes quarter with a view from new york thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other business stories making headlines federal reserve chairman jerome powell says the u.s. should be focusing on achieving full employment not worrying about federal debt levels during a panel discussion is that the american job market was a long way from total recovery paul also called on lawmakers and businesses to
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support workers. biotech has begun production of its corona vaccine coronavirus vaccine at a new facility in germany the factory in the city of marburg should help to meet growing demand across the e.u. meanwhile astra zeneca has signed a deal with germany's idea. to build a vaccine production site in decibel in eastern germany. let's take a closer look now at the pension semiconductors they're increasingly critical part of modern products which is why they're increasingly high demand asia and the u.s. lead the way in production or europe's relevance in the sector. and that sounding alarm bells in european capitals. burning bright the global market for semiconductor chips has never been stronger that's why the world's tech heavyweights are on the hunt for production capacity and they've set their sights on europe where companies have access to a gigantic and growing market. just this week 2 firms have been bought up
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german semiconductor make a dialogue and silicon wafer manufacturers still tronic have been snapped up by japanese and taiwanese firms respectively meanwhile british chip designer arm is subject to a takeover bid from nvidia in the us which is offering 33000000000 euros. but european authorities are watching these deals closely 18 e.u. member states declared the semiconductor industry strategically important back in december it's set to receive billions in subsidies from brussels to maintain europe's technological independence the world's chip makers are mainly concentrated in asia with a 70 percent market share the largest supplier t.s.m. c. is in taiwan american firms have roughly 20 percent of the global market and that leaves just a small slice for europe. european firms long underestimated the importance of microchips relying on their traditional engineering prowess but now
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things like cars are as electrical as they are mechanical it's time to catch up. and staying in europe majorca was one of europe's main target destinations but today the spanish island is suffering badly from a krone virus pandemic such as the homeless or retirees who have been affected by the lock down middle class families are at their wit's end as well $21000.00 more than $10000000.00 tourists visit in majorca last year a paltry $1400000.00. pum a day my orca in the winter pleasant temperatures and mediterranean on beyond's but things have been different in the past months everywhere lissett if you see people lining up patiently in front of churches and aid organizations waiting for food handouts the island's once mighty tourism sector as collapsed amid the coronavirus pandemic poverty is rising. but i
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think we're a family of 5 we don't get any support from the government and we have no income that we. would doing very badly in this situation there's less and less work. bars and restaurants are closed due to high infection rates it's a catastrophe for people like that though. he's one of 25000 restaurant owners on the island he says the 1500 year old government aid for restaurants is a joke. the little bit i earn here is not enough for me or the employee as i would have to use savings that i don't even have and depend on help from my parents and my brother. restauranteurs like out there to are afraid for their livelihood they're already writing off any profits from next easter people are angry and desperate on the gov't there are protests regularly as unemployment reaches record levels some are
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calling for the regional government to resign they feel abandoned. at the top meanwhile the authorities say infection rates are just too high and the situation in my or his hospitals is getting dire. intensive care units are running at capacity there's still no chance of easing lockdown restrictions the only hope is a successful vaccination. need a massive vaccination program we want the central government to treat the balletic islands as well as they do other more details of spain we need vaccinations now. the famous playa de palma is unrecognisable bars and shops are shut the mood is hopeless and even the german visitors can feel the desperation to feel lots of
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people on the island have lost their jobs and that was their entire livelihood it's terrible this is the poverty here gets worse every day. he meant people can't pay their bills. houses are being broken into it's an unpleasant situation as it is that one of. the beautiful weather may still be here but my origins won't be partying anytime soon. and finally after more than a century the pancake mix and syrup branded as aunt jim i'ma will be renamed pearl milling company parent firm pepsi acknowledged that the original brand name was based on a racial stereotype the aunt logo featured and then the logo rather featured an african-american woman named after a character 19th century myth minstrel shows the mammy image came under fire in a national debate over racism and racial inequality and united states. is
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a reminder of our top story this hour. the german federal and state governments have agreed to extend their broad lockdown affecting retail restaurants and hotels into march citing concerns over fast running variants the government is satisfied by reason the klein cases for there are concerns new coronavirus strains could rapidly lead to a 3rd wave of infections. or that's it for me in the business team here glenn says always watching. young german. and jewish. i'm jewish so was. does that mean. in daily life. and at school isn't the same we should not be given a special status but being completely normal. they don't know why it's wrong fashions
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that's the bad thing about anti semitism 11 teenagers 11 stories. page i'm jewish and so. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how do we stay home for. my name is dr carlson the i talked to medical experts. watch them a commercial. and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. stay tuned and let's all try to stay good change. on d w. with him how to be done because others will i and if i had known that the boat would be that small i never
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would have gone on a trip to cuba i would not have. myself and my parents daniel thought it's a given that a beautifully for. mother and son to be a puppet on the body given that i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live their lives i'm going to. want to know their story for my grim scarified a lot of the information for margaret's. getting. very. hot. these are images from song for each one of the 1st feature films to be made in los angeles during the covert 19 and it imagines the horror scenario of an endless lockdown well it's one of
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a slew of films made either during or about the pandemic and it's emotional toll and we'll get the lowdown on some of those later in the show and with out 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 all 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 and entire sector is calling for help from big names such as jazz pianist michel you viney to lesser knowns like opera singer ben wahpeton his last concert was a year ago now the 45 year old bass baritone works for
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