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i'm christine wanda it's good to have your company rebels in the central african republic say they will temporarily allow the passage of aid convoys to the capital . but the u.n. is calling on the rebels to end a blockade off the major road that leads into the capital the rebels who control about 2 thirds of the country and at one point have surrounded the capital have lost some ground the central african republic ministry along with its randon and russian and lies a series of towns in recent days at the end of last month they head of the un peacekeeping mission in the cia are requested additional reinforcement he said the security situation was testing the ability to keep people in the cia are safe. you get an ha 6 children are some of more than 2000 people who fled the fighting

involved umballa a lot of the capital bangui now they've settled here at this ministry compound close to the residence of the country's president. it's hard to adopt to be a new lives now where we're better off in our homes my children didn't have any difficulty keeping themselves clean look at what the war has done to us today we ran away to take refuge here look at the mattress that the children sleep on some of them are getting sick we have nothing to eat well this war really end one day i fear for my children's future. the central african republic mine president since independence 13 peace accords and many years of bariloche armed groups yet insecurity still looms large in the country where people have had enough and want protection. as a result the book to the streets of the capital of few days ago protesting the arms

embargo imposed by the united nations security council in 2013. i am a shopkeeper because of the insecurity we can no longer go to the market to sell our goods and take care of our children we can no longer pay our rent so that's why we have come out today to tell the un to lift the embargo so that security can return to our country i am a widow how am i going to look after my children. after the on successful attack on the capital bangui the government tightened security by imposing a curfew and declared a state of emergency in the entire country. for international aid organizations work is becoming very difficult most organizations have pulled out of the risk zones in the capital but could go direct or the united nations form for population activities says that they are all worried what will happen to be people left behind

in this crisis is having a negative impact on our t.v. it is very far under lives of women and girls in this country mostly because of the big teams of people on the move we have to stuff outside of. our mission and we had to bring them back because of the density commission operate easily and when the situation is current favor over for development activities attacks are still ongoing on the outskirts of benghazi and the reason economic meltdown because supply routes from eastern come rule to benghazi have been blocked by rebels the government is rejecting any form of dialogue with the armed groups one thing is certain the central african republic is a country under siege its 2nd look at some of the stories making news across the continent now gunman have killed 5 united nations peacekeepers and wounded another

28 in an attack in central mali it's not immediately clear who was behind what u.n. officials described as a well planned assault on groups linked to al qaeda and the so-called islamic state group regularly attacked peacekeepers in the west african country. protests have erupted in parts of sudan over the high cost of living authorities in north darfur and stalled the full provinces have closed schools and imposed nighttime curfew sudan's government faces a tough toss up reviving the economy off to decades of mismanagement rule and buicks sanctions. and the maybe is cash strapped national carrier has canceled all flights and promised to refund customers despite years of failed outs in the movie it remains have been the end dates and now faces new the day shift the company's relaxed relieved more than 600 straw for members and.

it is the international day off women and girls in science and a saying goes we need science and science needs women it's true because women around the world have led groundbreaking scientific research yet gender stereotypes and gender based inequalities continue to prevent many girls and women from taking up and remaining in korea is in science across the world but as you're about to see in the case of zimbabwe that is slowly changing. gracious. and his colleagues after a no year students if they had at least 2 of technology. erupted the growing number of female students studying for a science related degree in zimbabwe it's a space that is traditionally been dominated by male students but that appears to be changing i'm standing came to enforce a systems engineer which is the degree that incorporates the chimp over

a shares that we include in our day to day lives so chemical creation that's why do almost every industry whether big or small. but what attracted gracious to take up if you would normally do minute it by men. i'm a mess person i love doing mathematics and everything that involves messiness comes to me naturally so that's one of the things that makes me so excited about saves being around now but it's. even though women and girls make up more than half of the number of zimbabwe's students they have traditionally pursued other subjects they increasing examples of women succeeding in the stem sicked or are now inspiring many others to follow in their footsteps. we have seen an increase in the numbers of girls that. stimulated subjects

in this movie actually beauty. increased. which she. was now they seem to be more in the food that's kinda the goes although many guilds and women in the country could be breaking into interesting science related fields this remain many gender studio types to be rocket goes leg most around anger could benefit from connections between them in seniors in the industry. and staying on that my guests today beat more than 7000 people to get the job that she currently has stephanie travis from zimbabwe is a trackside fluid engineer for the formula one team petronas it's great to have you on the program stephanie but 1st let's get this out of the way what is a trackside fluid engineer i know you studied chemical engineering thank you for

having me today. religion are monitor. the fluids and sun so this into your mind you know how to turn a functional blue and white. during the day to ensure that we are complying with the sports governing body regulations the f.a.a. and also to see whether we have any problems looming so i wanted to know where in the engine and gearbox and when exactly where we may have a potential problem ok that's an incredible step stephanie but what's even more incredible is that you made history by being the 1st black woman to stand on a formula one podium what was that moment like for you. it was such a surreal moment i wasn't expecting to be asked because the podium so when he asked me i was in complete shock and i didn't have time to call my friends and family so

i just embraced the moment and went on the podium i caught him going into something that i look back on and i'm right so i spoke to the same as a question a whole could mean. for you to represent the team collecting the construct the tree it was an immense occasion for myself and for my family and something or remember for the rest of my life yeah i mean it's incredible right because i've read a little bit about you and your whole thing was you grew up watching formula one to be a dad and this is this is something that you always wanted this is an industry you always wanted to work in and see if they were having this conversation on the international girls and women in science day and i want to get your thoughts on how we can get more women into into professions in industries like the one that you're in because you look around you and i'm pretty sure there are not a whole lot of women in the space that you're in so how do we do that because i know that you're involved in some initiatives as well. so i think it's very

important other young people are interested in the sciences a ma to just continue working hard in those subjects and to really explore when you get the point where you're deciding what degree part a career because you want to explore all of them you can do a lot of research and ultimately there's so many careers that aren't in the limelight all that young people don't necessarily get to see the us so fun to do was push legal myself i was introduced to formula one saloon young age i was really enjoying watching the boston globe so quaint way i began researching how i think it is a formula one so i think any little spark of interest that you have as a child she persevered here without a push and see whether you can get into that korea as ultimately do well in life for the majority of your life i was writing cause and do something you're passionate about that's right safety i mean i don't know if you've had

a whole lot of time to think about this but but way to from yeah for you for now i'm actually embracing what i'm doing at the moment i love being attracted to genea and i haven't really thought that far as the chicest specially with all that happened in 2020 i've just right and why were you. all right is that said stephanie travis trackside philip engineer for the for me to when team patron as so good having you on the program stephanie has thanks very much. i'm so proud of these ladies all that is it for now be sure to check the stories on dot com for its slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter we look forward to your engagement it's always interesting to know what you think about the stories that we have on the program and the stories that we should be well you just heard from it's able to leave you with 4 pitches stephanie travis at work with the miss avies am she to try this what you don't want to see you next time.

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a lot of money at its disposal accountable 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. greetings from the frosty german capital and welcome to arts and culture and with subzero temperatures and snow on the ground normally at this time of year berlin would be welcoming the film industry for its landmark international film festival the ballot and we'll talk about how it's shaping up for 2021 and also coming up. a glimpse into the world of german photo artists. whose meditative work documents the traces humans leave on the world around them. and europe is the muse that

inspires german artist and when it was created a mural of monumental proportions all of it in pencil. signature film festival the belly not there was the last of the 3 major festivals to take place normally one year ago in february before the world was so radically changed by covert 19 months since then the organizers have been working hard to salvage the essence of what's known as the world's largest people's film festival and the european film market of course and in the grip of a tough winter lockdown they've had to be creative and so we'll go over to bonnie now to our resident film expert scott roxboro to see how the festival will shape up with lockdown restrictions at the highest they've been so scott this must be strange for you normally that any knowledge would have kicked off today but instead there was a press conference to announce a modest program tell us what's happening. a press conference and a virtual press conference of course because here in germany we are under complete

lockdown we cannot meet in groups in a public event which would you do it will be the case for this announcement of the belly not a competition lined up so instead of the heads of the bell and gave a virtual announcement. a socially distance and completely empty cinema so it was a differently a different feel for this year but of course this is a year unlike unlike any any other when it comes to the actual films that were selected for this year however it was quite similar to a lot of lot of that we've seen in berlin it's a bit fewer films just 15 but the type of movies they're sort of these international art house films that berlin is really really known for so there's a new film from. the french director or a shot of the german director who just won an emmy for her netflix series on orthodox she's going to be showing her new movie premier ing at the belly not a what i find quite interesting with this selection is the new team at the are

really putting a focus also on documentaries which crap is appropriate and the world that we're living in and there's a film who we were it's a documentary that describes sort of a cinematic essay about climate change and about the environmental destruction based on a book in a series of a series of conversations with interesting people including an astronaut and it looks like something that's contemplated but if you're the mood for something a bit lighter we also have a new comedy with michelle pfeiffer called french acts that it's not a competition but will be screening as a special at the belly now and. play if i for plays a sort of. sophisticated about how woman who's fallen on hard times and is forced to move back in with her adult son played by lucas hedges in a tiny apartment that they have in paris looks like a nice frothy comedy to maybe lighten things up in what might otherwise be

a fairly dark and dreary berlin. ok scott so berlin is also known for being a very political film festival what can we look forward to long on that score. yeah there's one film i'm really excited to see it's called the mauretania and it's a legal thriller a true life legal thriller starring 2 time oscar winner jodie foster and she plays a lawyer who represents a man who is rendition by the u.s. and taken to guantanamo bay and she's trying to get him free it's based on a true story of a man who was actually snatched off the streets by u.s. forces off the streets of germany by u.s. forces and it's it's brecht by kevin macdonald who did the last king of scotland so i'm very very excited to see that. some exciting stuff lined up there and of course we can't see all of it today it'll be happening as of march 1st but this kind of 2 part solution for that is this enough for the film industry if it's going to be

sufficient. it's going to be difficult to see they've been a few filled bustles they've done these sort of virtual type of festivals berlin wool from beginning of march will screen these films online essentially for the film industry and for a couple of film fanatics like myself and then in the summer conditions if conditions allow it they want to have a proper in public film festival with red carpet screens with dollars for the audience for the audience in berlin that so loves this festival i think that type of audience participation is needed for these type of movies the specials the smaller independent movies it doesn't it doesn't work just seeing online people don't get excited about them you need a big crowd of people watching a film they've never heard anything about and getting so excited about they go and tell all their friends that's what this festival at berlin does and i think that's what we desperately need hopefully we'll have it this summer or certainly do hope so because we're all i think missing not that cinema feeling so part one of the 1000000000 dollar to 2021 kicking off on march 1st and thanks very much for that background information scott roxboro in berlin. and in other film news thanks

to the pandemic the 2021 oscars will also be different from past years they'll take place on april 25th at several locations simultaneously much like they did back in the 1950 s. when for a few years they actually held ceremonies in los angeles and new york l.a. is still on the schedule but as it's currently a covert hotspot other locations will mean less travel and easier social distancing . his work is a good place to turn if you're in search of a bit of stillness or even if during prolonged lockdown conditions you want to do some vicarious travel in your mind german photo artist. has traveled the globe for his labor intension intensive photo series and he trains his lens not on the people in those places but on the actual traces they leave behind on landscapes themselves or in the form of architecture. comes close down shrink goes out into the

landscapes near his home there he finds images that tell of people and their relationship to the world around them but he doesn't like to leave things up to chance and his photos are planned measured and smoothed out wherever the eye calls for it. 'd doesn't come obligation this is a camera i've been working with for more than 20 years i haven't used it as much lately but for me it has the advantage of this really large negative from which you can make large creds and above all it requires that i work with extreme precision i have to consider very carefully where i position myself and what picture i want to create almost. in shrinks birthplace of effort an exhibition of his work awaits the return of visitors after lock down. made a name for himself with photos of roadways in eastern germany since the 1990 s. highways cutting sharply through the landscape altering the time and space of those

regions these images captured human influence digging up the earth and building as efficiently and effectively as possible. showing photographed a lot of new architecture. and he also went travelling he's taken photos on all the continents of the globe he's fascinated by paradoxes and juxtapositions such as here in myanmar. he's even been able to take photos in north korea. i've been to a total of 50 countries and for the one hour project i actually traveled around the world in a single trip like and around the world in 80 days but i did it in 90 days in the only bit. for his one hour project shrink photographed the sun in 37 different places around the globe he used a one hour exposure and the resulting solarization effect created the. blackline

the sun's path over the course of an hour has a different angle depending on where in the world the photo was taken and sometimes clouds get in the way for a tree. after photographing the wide world the photographer returned to germany settling in mecca bog in the northeast in his own unique style. bodies over the basically the house was built this way with this kind of orientation in order to have an openness to the landscape there are these wide south facing windows which really capture a landscape image. in a new series called hinterland shank explores his adopted home of mecklenburg as always the photographer takes his time using his high resolution mid format camera over the past 7 years. interland i've been trying to engage more deeply with my subjects and to take

a less critical stance toward certain developments than i did fairly often in the 1990 s. and early 2000 i think that's resulting in a broader spectrum of moods and atmosphere. ready. the series dramatic arc 1st reveals itself in the book edition it's less a portrait of a region and more hunt's close attention to subject of collection of the traces human beings leave behind 'd. and now to a very different german artist i'm 20 at hails from light sake and she's currently holed up in eastern germany in the state of saxony on putting the fish at finishing touches on a unique masterpiece of a mural the altar of as she calls it is an incredible cumulative work that covers

about $100.00 square metres and even more remarkable the whole thing is done in pencil. in a palace in the eastern german town of massive blog the artist a man to a net puts the finishing touches on her monumental creation made with just a colored lead pencils her drawings 'd cover $100.00 square metres. inflation and need a lot of pencils for these big homogenous surfaces this panel alone took 36 blue pencils. i didn't draft any sketches or plans beforehand with the work on the scale you wouldn't get much of an overview from small designs anyway. she's gone through $1500.00 pencils in 3 years for the work she calls the altar of europa in mass a book she created only the last 4 of 13 panels in total she drew the others further east in gurlitz and the european capitals of vienna and prague.

europe has been the focus of my work for 30 nearly 40 years this continent has a prominent position in the world and it's evolving as is the rest of the world so i think it's important to describe the common identity that binds us together and can lead us into the future. as. the entire alter was united for the 1st time in man's a book for a work that spans 20 by 5 meters that's no small feat but the work will only remain here until it's finished and open studio was planned for the final stages but the pandemic put an end to that still visitors can catch a glimpse of antoinette's work through the windows. and antoinette a still searching for the perfect permanent home for her altar of your open in all

its glory. and we wish her luck finding a suitable spot for more on the web site at e.w. dot com slash culture you can also find us on twitter at d w culture and without until next time take good care and all the best from us from berlin up on.

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is g w news live from berlin tonight germany's chancellor defending the long walk down today i'm going to maryland minute to mistakes in dealing with the sec it wave of the coronavirus extending the national lockdown she says is necessary also coming up tonight south africa's president steps up the battle against covert 19 promising his people millions of doses of vaccine are on the way to fight the highly contagious local variant of the boy and to help millions.