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and then only because she was here you. reminded me of the change including a feeling that i'm getting. my how will climate change affect us and our children i. b w dot com slash water. this is due to the news africa coming up on the program. i believe had again at least 3 people i'm dying to be pulling giving us the latest resurgence after the country was declared free of the disease also coming up. received 200000 doses of signal from coal to 19 bus seats from china what does involve the instinct about the vaccine that has been approved without local trials. and insecurity in this iowa region has more than doubled the number of internally
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displaced people in less than 2 years of the psychology 5 beating with stakeholders to once again trying to find a solution. i could you know and you're welcome to the program west africa is facing a recession zulfi bola a fast since the end of the 2016 outbreak which killed more than 11000 people back then the epidemic began in guinea and now that same country has record at 7 u. conn fam cases including 3 that could those be the starts will be fresh up a demick or has guinea to learn some lessons from the fall. ebola is back in guinea in the 1st identified case one person died last week in the south east
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the same region where the virus 1st surfaced in 2013 officials say some people who took part in the funeral of the new case soon reported symptoms of the virus tested samples confirm that it was a bola and news of its resurgence is already worrying good man's. opinion i was in a panic i couldn't even control myself when i learned that ebola had returned to guinea because of what the virus did in 2013 and 24 scenes in guinea syria leone and liberia. we africans we are poor and if diseases like it or the coronavirus appear in africa it's only god who will save us. from our long run.
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i'm really surprised. given the current situation in deni. we. are struggling with the cove in 1000 pandemic. and now with the bowler it will be a real disaster. the memories of the last outbreak to real the virus hit guinea hard and caused similar devastation in neighboring countries this time the world health organization says it's on full alert and he's seeking to make the vaccine doses available as quickly as possible guinea's government says its diagnosis time has been reduced to less than 2 weeks compared to 3 and a half months in 2014. causing great hardship in guinea it's a race against time now to contain and prevent even greater calamity.
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continues many countries in africa are focusing on rolling our vaccines to protect people on monday we received a donation of 200000 cinephile to the 19 bucks induces from china. vice president constantine you see the nation doing a hand over money. to national airport but a vaccine has not been tested locally and the. truth good for you imagine to use so how does it feel about this we asked some people and. i'm going to take. him because i know it protects me so i get to have come. i willing to go for it. doesn't fit right in. i willing to go for it. but.
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taking that in why am i saying that we have not been provided the same defeat if we didn't reach to those conclusions regarding the efficacy of the vaccine. there is no scientific approach to this issue because the government it seems it is been dealing secretly in terms of giving us statistics on the friday and we didn't we and now that this vaccine is coming from the i guess seeing. if you didn't but they didn't manage to. bridge to see the efficacy of the vaccine. 5 west african nations are meeting in chad to discuss the security situation in the region french president. german foreign minister well also participates via video link. 5 countries of the child tamia.
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germany and the e.u. have invested billions in development at $88.00 but much of the region remains stable many countries are still vulnerable to terrorist attacks and they are whites but other gay sions of negligence against governments in the region that's led to a sense of frustration at the ongoing mission to use its high costs and. this is not just a school it's an international investment to help working a fast so and its neighboring countries become safe and self-sustaining with a well educated population. school is important for work. but many schools in the region have been overwhelmed by waves of internally displaced refugees violence has driven more than 2000000 people from their homes and the humanitarian response has been overstretched. the e.u.
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as well as france and germany have also poured large sums into military training but with often disappointing results. in mali resources have gone into building up the capital bamako leaving outlying areas at risk. to no problem the problem with terrorism is when the state gives up on the entire region. and so if they operate in a populous area that's completely neglected by the state. it becomes a long term security problem. and on top of. the stakes of getting it right are high for people here but not just for that. so peace in the south is vital for the whole world but if the protective wall of this hell breaks it will come to you in europe. this week's summit is meant to make sure that wall doesn't break. from on as i am now joined by.
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african security sector and that's where chair in pari friends hello and welcome to the program another year another hell conference but has there been any progress in the region since last year's summit. it gold if. we can see there is this you in fact is there as being you know. being played and revised edition nato france buck and a variation and you fire sale for seize that so i'm not off the jury as tactical as room but i was just trying to equal as we can see that in fact as you creation as being worse i mean important you can our as rigorous situation as this to get into creation. exactly because that starts prove that things get in whereas
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in just a very year from about 500000 displays there's about 2000000 displaced now so clearly there is more room for improvements now do g 5 countries than france have the same lots of asians and address and the problem. i don't know if that was a sin with you nation it's normal for an extra look at a partner or 2 of its own interests. and local partners to our old agenda what is clear is that their reading of the situation is not necessarily the same on both sites for instance france is eager to continue fighting terrorism and to neutralize as neat as she and any combatants as possible on the side of state and country as there are here in seize and think it's but in particular interesting to focus on the christian from my hear and also which i've been asking to balkan indescretion we.
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need yours and shall. this is going to seem peter's and also that been a change in the position of islam which is also eager to enter into a dialogue some yabby groups so that seems to be exactly the problem so many players on the ground as the us the un g 5 can the. efforts a unified efforts to bring peace to the region. there really aren't you concentrate she didn't do more of. these in fact i asked her is to have a poll so needs it says being cited 2 speeds and you could be sure when she isn't quite he still out on this soon i don't want to say and in fact. the force that could cause special forces operation equal rights and defies safe course and easy
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for us all needs to be coordinated into threat were all these operations but we can see that the problem is that the situation is getting more and more complex 1st because it is expanding beyond the state and counties use it coastal countries but also because we can see there on loads all. groups which are and are responsible for a violent scene in that region and in fact is that the cliche is not illegal to address all those stakeholders. ok so this is before you go 30 seconds imagine how complex the whole situation is becoming is that you possible homegrown solution that can better deal with us a health crisis. i think it is absolutely necessary to ask
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the local branch to the conflict to be backed and supported by the international partners it can definitely my view not be the country you know cool solutions decided by. countries and staff must be at the center of the solution might be. ok. african security sector and that's what i respond thank you for your time. now we draw to kansans on the show with a good news that this lady here nigerian economist. has been appointed as head of the world trade organization she is the 1st african on the fans woman to save us there at the general of the w t o in geneva so congratulations to the fall when i was here and finance minister will surely try to get a lot of programs soon so stay tuned to our shoes now ebola is resurfacing on
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a continent on medical the 19th and demick we leave you with pictures of african health workers doing an amazing job in trying to save lives on sudan next time survivor not. what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degrees. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 316 get the map now. german and jewish just for i'm jewish so watch. what does that mean in daily life and it's cool because after this one we shouldn't be given
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a special status but the completely normal. 11 teenagers 11 stories hey i'm jewish and so. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on d w. home movie. welcome to arts and culture here's what's coming up. and co there's 19 paris's most exclusive fashion houses kick traditional runways to the curb. and ready to take on the world 11 year old artist sheila sheldon is creating a sensation with paintings inspired by her home country can you. more on those stories later in the show but 1st jews and germany for those 2 words
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in the same sentence and most people think of the holocaust but germany's jewish history goes back a lot further as far back as the year 321 celebrations marking 1700 years of jewish life in germany begin this month and we'll be introducing you to jewish artists who live here starting with novelist lena gorelick like most years in germany today she emigrated here from the former soviet union we met up with her in munich. munich a city filled with majestic square has and barrage. and it's here in the middle of a very capital swale find the jewish center. jewish community here is one of the largest in germany this is because of the arrival of quarter of refugees immigrants jews from former cherry trees of the soviet union who following its price were allowed to settle in germany russia live in a relic moved with their family in 1902 it was only after immigration that the then
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11 year old was confronted with jewish traditions for the 1st time. it's me as my own it was here that i learned all these things that belong to jewish general knowledge like it's not kosher to. this effort and our struggle and germany the land of the perpetrators was an ideal destination for the family yet the prospect of a better life convinced the guerrillas to make the move from their home in some petersburg to bavaria the subject of origins would become a central thing for lynagh a relic. of the 23 she published her 1st novel my white knights it tells the story of a young russian jew with her family immigrating to germany and how they adjust to the new life stories told in the lies funny while. the same goes for wedding in jerusalem really wanted to avoid having a melancholy old bleak tone. in her latest novel who we are
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coming out in march gerlach returns to the subject of family but this time the story is harder and will astound chick integrability is not alone today there are many prominent jewish authors who like a relic immigrated from russia as children and their works can be found here in rochelle salamanders bookshop. salamanders family came from eastern europe many of her relatives who moved it in the holocaust today it's the victim. grandchildren and great grandchildren who read salmon in history and who feels like a relic bringing new perspective. these again that's what this generation after all has not had to have the same confrontation we had with the children of the perpetrators coming to terms with the past is no longer present in the literature to the same extent. it massive. still across the city of munich today the dark history of national socialism remains present. because. we can't
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push away history and you see chinese and every house in every single family is up from the father as it does and it was very important to me just when it came to my children jewishness is much moved in the experience of victim or do use untidy to shift. jewish life in germany to younger more international. more difficult. and will be meeting more jewish artists here in germany in the days to come some culture news now and staying in munich the bavarian state operate is premiering its latest production and a live streamed event deffeyes ships there and renowned german opera about a shooting contest arranged by the devil will stay online for free for a month was. was.
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new york fashion week is also online and start of a runway show american designer tadashi shoji presented this apocalyptic looking video of his latest collection he said he took inspiration from protective armor and the phoenix rising from the ashes. while fashion designers pulled out all the stops to keep up the glamour at paris is it socially. the distance. and the pressure was double at fashion house fendi the labels new top designer kim jones unveiled his 1st collection since replacing the legendary late col about feds who led fendi for over 50 years here's how he and other designers pulled off couture despite cove it. yes downey stated fendi show in paris featured the likes of american actress demi moore and big name international top models like bella had
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lead to kink moss and naomi campbell. but there was no audience for press. in the uk could still buy so now was also presented in the parents in front of mostly empty chairs with just a few guests present such as french actress his mother. and thunderous a parody the respected social distancing. fashion journalist godfrey deni watches the cook to the shows online on his computer they have to create riches the cost to develop. of course the whole point about big fashion shows is there are probably good raw material for social media. never mind the magazines even if people don't buy from a. lot so the big shows are being driven by social media. so they have to create something. just. french model louise dishy
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beneath doesn't think it's all cool to show by chanel is much like a normal fashion show either to the station or you'd normally we get one shot at going down the catwalk in front of a live audience pumped with adrenaline and all worked up backstage about facing the photographers and journalists see what this year is much calmer if you can we do several takes so they can be edited into a perfect video. the new collection from the your was presented in a hard quality 15 minute fashion film that took 3 months for dior designer maddy havenot see a curious and italian director material got on there to produce. a reason designer julia for me has also been. my director when he specialized in 11 years ago one of his dresses would go for 40000 euros or more and despite the pandemic he hadn't seen much of
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a drop in sales even if his customers mainly from the middle east and asia are currently looking for somewhat less extravagant clothes with his 9 minute fashion clip boasts about the same budget as a fashion show but making a film is more work. to defeat a show is much easier than the clothes are already in for about 13 minutes and models just have to walk in a film on the other hand they have to really act they have to decide with the cameramen what scenes you shoot and how and then comes the editing process you really have to direct the piece keep you guys sit down but i don't have is a stroke so that if you got a show you do a traditional catwalk and just walk in a straight line but in a film i can express myself and i like that better ok fashion films have become a dedicated genre with some brands such as gucci now showing a whole series here is a scene from gucci says. fashion companies such as song of
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all have stopped organizing any shows and are relying exclusively on social media with creative films the deps design or dual victim life is presenting their new up call to a collection in an empty art center just outside amsterdam they say some changes are here to stay. where is the importance of social. doorsteps. should be your words social media which is different for. fashion films will probably never come to completely replace physical fashion shows but brands have proved ingenious in finding creative ways to present. new connections and they will not hesitate to tap this potential to its fullest. speaking of potential kenyan artist sheila sheldon is just 11 years old and already
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she's somewhat of a celebrity her paintings have been shown in several countries some of them sell for thousands of euros she was shot into the spotlight after her talent came to the attention of kenya's president. she is in her element which ever she picks up her paint brushes the young lady is regarded as a child prodigy while we do the world with have passion for. my name i am 11 years old i am an artist. and the public speaker but most people. born and raised in the kenyan port city of mombasa sheila developed a love for drawing and painting absent a. bus i had discovered that i could travel. so when i used to be.
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drawing and painting i used to be. and so that and decided to tell my mom. since then paintings have taken her to many places from kenya state to the u.s. and india with their help she has also uploaded works on social media catching the attention of the mighty and famous i have been able to meet 2 presidents the president ok now. and the president. i have also. won a couple of boards the past 1 7 was. us when i went to teach children how to paint and draw she lives portraits and especially how lions. have since become her signature works inspired by her family an operating room but also by global icons and autists like probable picasso under one year old she was told
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has become a palace dedicated to her office works she was mother is the talented girl's great support system even though she says that she hasn't always had it easy and i. really find to be where she needs to day and i think for us to remain seeing somebody like. you know doing. this i feel that. when she grows up she wants to become an architect but until then she hopes to continue to develop the auto work and seize all the opportunities along the way. that's it for this edition of arts and culture but i'll leave you now with carnival here in germany and this year instead of the traditional rose monday parade in cologne the city's carnival museum live streamed a covert safe miniature parade with puppets by for now.
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this is a w years line from the. street protests to media reports of shots fired. thousands turn out across the country even as police break up the peaceful demonstrations with troops and some city streets and affairs of a violent crackdown also on the program a diplomatic route between turkey and the united states for u.s. ambassador of a washington's response to the killing of 13. turkish prisoners in northern iraq. and the problems caused by germany surprise and sudden in position of border
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restrictions with austria and the czech republic to keep out coronavirus variants. i'm full gale welcome to the program. media reports in min mass a security forces are fired on protesting crowds in the city of manta like you though there's no official confirmation of injuries or deaths the military judge has deployed extra troops across the country as it intensifies efforts to quell a popular uprising a coup 2 weeks ago triggered mass protests and international condemnation so far the generals appear and moved. a 1000000 mars military junta has sent in the big guns soldiers are patrolling the streets a sign that the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters could escalate since this
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month's coup the military has given itself sweeping powers allowing it to detain people without court order. here going there to know if you've done it today here we can see military vehicles not police security like before they've tightened security at the central bank because this is the main stream of the country's money in circulation they are afraid the central bank will stop working so that's why they have deployed the military vehicles here about the ordeal. but the demonstrators are not intimidated bank employees have joined engineers doctors students and even soccer players and refusing to go to work. oh yeah the balloon gentleman's actions won't stop because they have already taken the 1st step which is the most difficult one about the people are marching on the streets and they don't care if they are arrested or shot we can't stop now the fear in our minds is
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going away. the release of civilian leader on san suu kyi is a key demand of demonstrators she was scheduled to appear in court today but the hearing has meant this bone dental wednesday mian mar does not have an independent judiciary system she could be kept in custody indefinitely but as government workers join the civil disobedience movement it could eventually become difficult for the military to keep the government and the hunters hold on it running. alone a is an activist and yang god i asked him about the tension on the streets and he used a voice filter disguised his face to protect his identity but the tension is heightened because people have already been living in fear worry about many things including the 2 the rest of notorious and recently released $22000.00 prisoners potentially terrorizing the neighborhoods so exploited the little show off course these days
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but still civilians inches of all of that happen naturally because we have seen a similar to or certainly this story speculating. unfortunately spreading just cost us more justice and the bloodshed so destroy those who didn't want it part of the story to get it so that people and. the exploders respect human rights in handling this situation under all this their circumstances. lower today in young now turkey's foreign ministry has summoned america's ambassador in protest at the u.s. refusal to confirm uncross claim that kurdish p.k. keiko bilis of killed turkey. hostages in northern iraq last week turkey launched a ground assault against p.k. k. strongholds in iraq ankara said on sunday of the militant group and retaliated by executing 13 turkish prisoners because as pre-k.
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as waves a decades long insurgency against the state and says the prisoners died during a to share strike present time the one now accuses the u.s. of supporting terrorism and urged washington to support turkey's stance. if we are together with your innate or. if we are to continue our unity in the world and in nato. then you will act sincerely towards us. you will stand with us. the terrorists. more from d.w. correspondent dorian jones who joins us from istanbul welcome dorian is it clear how these 13 turks died well this is one of the most remote regions in the world is a very mountainous area where the these deaths occurred and there are only 2 versions of the event you have the turkish military who presented their version of
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events on television saying that these 13 turkish citizens were executed just as this base was being overrun by turkish forces whereas the b k k in a in a statement a web statement insists that they occur that deaths occurred during air strikes now it's impossible to get into pendent there for cation but unequivocal he says that that nato part of washington it has to believe its version of events over what is what they say is a terrorist organization which washington says ignored the p.k. k.s. and now turkey accuses the united states of siding with terrorists house. well this really underscores the simmering tensions between the 2 nato allies over washington's position of supporting this syrian kurdish militia the y p g in his war against the islamic state now says that this militia group is an affiliate of the p.k. k. and washington is affectively supporting a terrorist organization that is fighting a nato ally turkey this is long been
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a point of tension between these 2 countries and particular concern is that now with the new biden administration coming to power under biden this policy of supporting the white b.g. was adopted by president barack obama who biden served under an uncle is very concerned that many of biden's appointees in the new administration are architects of this policy and of fears or rather than stepping back from supporting the y.p. g.d. could be further support which britain's to bring a major confrontation between these 2 countries and 101 statements here underscore is deep concern over the direction biden possibly could be heading in over the past few months president did seem to be trying to mend strained relationships with the west that and now appears from changed. or certainly when one does appear to be able marty busies has a major realignment of downplaying solving tensions certainly with the european union and european members within that organization and also there was hopes that
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possibly with biden that they could be a reset on solving of many of the issues that have been points of tension between the 2 countries especially as biden has a good work he had had a good previously good working relationship with her one juror in the obama administration in spite of all the differences but what is it i think is great adding to our own chris concern is the biden has not spoken to old one since his election victory and the concern is that biden is set to take a very tough stance towards turkey increasingly we're hearing very tough messages from washington over turkey on human rights and on cruise concern that this could be the start of a deepening tensions between the 2 countries thank you for dawran jones istanbul. no thor's is here in germany have severely restricted travel from the czech republic and parts of austria to stop the spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants detected in border regions deutscher ban has suspended rail services tune
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from affected areas and police offices at frankfurt airport so checking passengers arriving from vienna and prague the european union has criticised the shutdown which is causing major disruptions. all along germany's eastern and southern borders many are worried and few are pleased the new travel restrictions came into force over the weekend creating road congestion and leaving many commuters feeling blindsided. yes you have sent back. i'm from austria and i'm taking my son back to his mother i'm not even allowed to drive through germany. as of sunday many borders that were hardly noticeable before are now blocked by checkpoints only travelers who meet a small list of criteria are allowed through such as workers from a list of essential industries residents of germany and even then only if they can show a negative coronavirus test a spokesman for the federal police says in the 1st day about half of all travelers
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were turned away. from 10000 vehicles on the 1st day about 5000 were sent back. up could be used. with the delays companies are concerned about disruptions to vital supply chains austria and the czech republic both rank in the top 10 among germany's trading partners. the current infection rate in germany is under 60 cases per 100000 people in most areas in comparison regions just across the border in the czech republic range from nearly $500.00 to more than a 1000. german authorities say the snap measures are necessary to preserve the gains against covert 19 made here in recent weeks. we have a situation where we have to do whatever is necessary to prevent viruses that are significantly more aggressive and can bring significantly more infections with them
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from spreading in germany as quickly as they have unfortunately in neighboring countries. but many who have arrived at the bar. say they needed more notice and more clarity germany's regional leaders have promised more details on the rules to be provided in the coming days. on this take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world but derrius goes away or has been confirmed as the next director general of the world trade organization where he had the 1st woman and the 1st african to head the body. comes after u.s. president joe biden supported her candidacy donald trump had previously blocked it effectively paralyzing the organization. the e.u. is holding talks with pharmaceutical company down or on buying more good 19 vaccine comes after brussels failed to make progress in its talks with astra zeneca about supplying a bore vaccine by the e.u.
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aims to inoculate 70 percent of its adult population by the end of the summer up with a struggle to secure the necessary doses. greece has experienced its heaviest snowfall for 12 years and temperatures dropping to minus 20 degrees celsius people have been dropped to trapped in their homes there have been power cuts and commutes have been disrupted the national weather service has issued a severe weather warning the extreme colts expected to last until wednesday. and people in the netherlands have been taking advantage of the cold weather by taking to the ice freezing temperatures in the last few days meant canals iced over for the 1st time in a decade in some instances dozens took the opportunity to enjoy some outdoor skating before warmer weather spoils the fun. all the canals are frozen solid and the whole nation is thrilled ice skating is the most popular sport in the netherlands even more popular than soccer but over the years there's been
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fewer chances to do some outdoor winter skating this time the ice enthuses here in the town of brook in waterloo and had to wait 10 years and this great feeling of you know everyone is happy it's safe so you can and in times of covert 19 it makes for a nice change it's great you today everyone is friendly and everyone is cheerful but if someone falls others help immediately some people let you use their bathrooms the ice brings people together ice masters regularly check the thickness and quality of the ice before giving permission to skaters. years humoring under. the ice must be at least 7 centimeters thick before it is safe to walk on it or it portrays cities still twice as many people as usual reported to emergency rooms with bruises and broken bones the police and emergency services warned that breaking through thin ice can be life threatening yes when you move if you fall in
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love the most important thing is to call for help very loudly then you have to turn around and with these little ice picks you can then put yourself out of the hole back on to the surface. sadly this ice skating pleasure is probably only short lived it looks like soon the ice is set to thaw again throughout the country. germany may have a reputation as us one of the world's leading beer making i'm bitter drinking countries and it's bringing a tradition something goes back a long way but not 5000 years that's the age of what archaeologists in egypt believe is the oldest to behead making factory in the world the brewery in the ancient city of happy dos was capable of producing thousands of leeches or beer at a time historians believe the drink was used to going to burial rituals for jeeps at least kids who perhaps age and egyptians just enjoyed a pint. when you can enjoy a friend to go off at the top of the next hour with your world news and decade
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war i here but it's not just the animals little suffering it's the army if you want to know how it went to the priest unconscious strange to us i was listening to listen to our podcast on the plane. the world trade organization has a new leader and goes the old concho way light is the 1st woman and the 1st african to head the organization she's already told the w t o it has to be strong and global trade is to recover from the pandemic we'll ask our correspondent in lagos what we can expect from her leadership and how she plans to tackle. the many challenges. also coming up the illegal traders in congo roun are making big profits out of selling stolen fuel from nigeria. times the
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party's over before he's even begun it would be rather is on local businesses more than the cancellation of carnival celebrations in rio de janiero. there's a state of new business on tape ferguson thanks for joining me the world trade organization has a new boss her name is and goes the ocado away in her path to the top job with cleared after she got the backing of u.s. president joe biden who reversed his predecessor's decision to block her appointment. several high profile positions including nigeria's finance minister. and managing director of the world bank she'll be both the 1st woman and the 1st african to lead that of the a.t.o. . to find out more about what this appointment will mean for the future of the world trade organization let's talk now to d.w. correspondent flourish poor in lagos. good to see you what more can you tell me about it goes your condo whaler.
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she served as nigeria's 2 time france minister and she has been research is respected the manger as someone who voted brought reforms to the. finance now she helps the contrary to clear off some of its debts and she also helps to try and suppress the black market in nigeria so she's really well respected him a. very strong you know finance person ok so she brings with her a wealth of experience that is much needed because in the last few months and years the global trade environment has seen huge people what is she going to do to restore order. now
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she has referred to herself serve only as the reform candidate and more what she has said that she's going to do is she's going to try to unify the world trade organization she's going to try to bridge the gap between of course u.s. china europe and part of what she's also set out to do us harm priority is to really quell the effects of the corner virus pandemic on ward economy and also health so yes she's really ready to heat the ground running as soon as her tenure begins march 1st let's look more closely at the world trade organization itself because it's been facing a lot of internal struggles especially when it comes to dispute resolution what kind of reforms can we expect from her. well again like i said she's refer to ourselves several times as the reform
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candidate so she's saying that she's bringing a fresh new set of eyes and ears so the world trade organization and how our one of our major plans to unite the world trade organization and she's also said that she's planning to bring the war trade organization and speed with 21st century realities things like economize things like involving women more in in medium. small and medium enterprises things like that so those are the kind of things as she's concerned about in the watch it are going to ization she's also very concerned about dialogue among countries she's said that it would be a problem if there are only a set of rules that contras should follow without a clear dialogue and so she is she's ready to download between the different
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members of the world trade organization so our sue in how all words rejuvenates are revitalized the organization flourish the core and lagos thank you very much. let's head to cameroon now where traders are making huge profits out of selling $93.00 in fuel illegally smugglers sell the stolen petrol out significantly lower prices than a conventional service stations do our reporter plays a young spoke to illegal vendors and their customers in the city of maria where in northern cameroon official produced issues like this are losing business to illegal for traders in term of. students fulfill neighboring nigeria is routinely available for treat in the country. for 7 years. has been selling illegal for in mara northern camera the 27 year old says she says at least 1200 liters of petrol deal.
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i solicit fuel has been the main source of income for me and my family i'm able to put food on the table and take care of my family's needs. i think to say. that this is one of the warehouses wealth well is stored in the city the. cumberland to is just land and sea board that with nigeria and then transported by a vehicle to distribution points like this if you when nigerians are fees which for a schottische the supply is constant income the road cameron produces is on full but it's stolen and you dump it all is far cheaper here. has not been to update the station for 6 yes. this field is very cheap and that's the reason i prefer to use it at the petrol station sometimes not even sometimes the price is always fixed around 664 c.f.a. francs however the illicit fuel is sold for 350 francs maybe 400 or when it's
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expensive it can be sold for 500 francs and that's why i use the illicit feel do to sell us more goods well it's illegal in cameroon the trade is done in the open it's hard to work that you under met us we don't seen someone selling for oil in most parts of the country at the month only makes $40.00 for selling for in a good day he says the authorities simply turn a blind eye as long as vendors like it were to make an unofficial payment. we have people sent by the city council who take money from us and allow us to continue the trade. pay a little under $4.00 every month. this fees paid we're allowed to do business. no one comes here to stop us. we've not worried about anything. exact number of stored in the. well according to local media reports
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he got $5.00 a year is set to provide good income for a local vendors now to some of the other business stories making news the government of namibia down the country's state owned airline air namibia saying it can no longer afford the financial losses all its flights have been canceled and more than 640 people have lost their jobs like many other carriers across the globe the ailing airline has become a casualty of the pandemic. passenger numbers at the middle east busiest airport dubai international slumped by 70 percent last year as the pandemic cripple of the travel industry operations were reduced for several months as government to travel restrictions told the industry expect they will take years to recover. and you
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cope with $1000.00 vaccine candidate developed by french drug maker u.s. group translate by 0 will not be ready this year the news is another setback for sun elfie which is a ready struggling with a delay in its other covert 1000 vaccine candidate for which it partnered with britain's glaxo smith kline the e.u. commission has ordered up to 300000000 doses of the sanofi t.s.k. vaccine for the 27 member states earlier we asked our correspondent in frankfurt chelsea delaney what this means for a son off the the e use vaccine role. at the beginning of the coronavirus vaccine race sanity was seen as having one of the most promising candidates there really been a global fight to secure 1st access to the doses that sanity was producing definitely a major blow for the company that both of its vaccine can't bets aren't going to be ready by the end of the year it's also a problem for the e.u. which has really got big on sand if you stack scene say it ordered about 300000000 doses of the vaccine it was developing with glaxo smith kline for now that you are
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saying they're not too worried about that that they'll be able to make up for that shortfall by raising production and getting more vaccines from other vaccine manufacturers like pfizer and biotech and astra zeneca and sort of you for its part is saying that it wants to help out it's offered up its production facilities and it's helping for example pfizer and biotech here in frankfurt produce about 125000000 doses by the end of the year. today is holes in one talk or rose monday the climax of germany's carnival season normally there be millions of carnival ruffler especially in the rhineland area i was on the streets singing and dancing but this year none of that is taking place this year carnival has been counseled due to the pun demick a move that will cost the german economy $1500000000.00 euros according to the german economic institute in cologne retailers hotels on the transport sector it will all be missing irish it's
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a similar picture across the world the famous venice carnival this year is going online with digital parties running until tuesday. and rio de janeiro 2 has to make do without it's lived under colorful spectacle this year using it on an estimated one and a half $1000000000.00 in revenue softly like everywhere else in the world this year the coronavirus is taking center stage. carnival time in rio a raucous riots of costumes and color of people performances except not this year. the world famous samberg drome will host vaccinations not crowds and sampras city is all but deserted without the parade and the people the performers who would normally be rehearsing here are out of work . it is normally you have the 102120 people who are
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working producing everything for the parade and then on the day of the parade you have other jobs like the float pusher security even more people. as well as the many thousands of jobs that depend on it carnival also brings around $2000000000.00 into rio's economy each year according to brazil's tourism industry businesses who would usually make a killing selling to the festival goers now have to go without a much needed boost. yes it's terrible our sales are down 90 percent we're not buying anything given the lack of work that was available last year with the shopping activity at present we can't buy anything . a lot of us out of. the parade floats will have to stay in storage this year however things could be looking up brazil has now begun
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vaccinating its citizens bringing hope that in 2022 rio street could once again be rich with the rhythm of carnival. a mouthful from me thanks so much for watching for more you can go to our website e.w. dot com slash it's from maine the teams get by take and. when they leave their communities are cut off from everything family friends and their heritage they're all true orthodox jews. younger is here is in for to kill or are searching for meaning outside of these regions down there is a project in germany is helping them to build new lives and make new friends. close up. in 60 minutes on t w. i'm sure that it was.
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in support of. what's able. to be about. this is the news africa coming up in the program. it's actually had again at least 3 people have died from people like guinea after the leaders resurgence after the country was declared feet of the disease also coming out. zimbabwe has received 200000 doses of signal sampled the 19 votes from china but what isn't by winds think about the vaccine that has been approved without local trials. insecurity in the sahara region as more than die.
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