this is g.w. news a live from berlin the pope calls for an end to religious extremism on the 1st ever papal visit to iraq pope francis visits a cathedral in baghdad where dozens of people were massacred by islamist extremists over a decade ago he's hoping his trip can bolster the rocks and windowing christian communities also coming up on the show the u.s. and the e.u. agree to a truce in their long running trade dispute over aircraft makers boeing and airbus tariffs totaling billions of euros have temporarily been suspended. and we take

a closer look at an international program helping countries in africa to vaccinate some of their most vulnerable against kofi thanks. to. go and play richardson welcome to the show pope francis has arrived in iraq for the 1st ever papal visit to the country he dismissed security fears about the coronavirus and sectarian violence saying it was his duty to iraq's remaining christians the community has been a growing smaller every year that's estimated just half a 1000000 iraqi christians remain in the country today. the pilgrim of peace as pope francis called themselves is aware of the risks he's taking amid an ongoing pandemic and a regional conflict. this is an emblematic. trip in and it is my duty to him

martyred land. but he is not traveling alone he's protected by one of the largest security deployments in recent iraqi history $10000.00 personnel by some estimates including special forces 24 hour drone surveillance and undercover intelligence officers it's the 1st visit by a pope to iraq and comes just 2 days after a rocket attack that seemed to put the trip in doubt. his 1st remarks in baghdad acknowledge the difficult days most iraqis have had to endure without a military escort. over the past several decades iraq has suffered the disastrous effects of wars the scourge of terrorism and sectarian conflicts often grounded in a fundamentalism or incapable of accepting the peaceful coexistence different ethnic and religious groups in the name of god cannot be used to justify acts of

murder exile terrorism and the pressure. for over 2 decades now sectarian conflict has driven most of iraq's christians out of the country. in 2014 the so-called islamic state began targeting christians driving hundreds of thousands more from their homes the pope's visit is a symbol of victory over this tide of violence. this cathedral in baghdad was the site of a 2010 terrorist attack the pope's visit there drew strong reactions from the community. we feel indescribable joy not only me but everyone seeing pope francis in iraq as a historic event. pope francis also plans to visit mosul a recaptured stronghold of the islamic state and the pontiff is set to meet with iraq's top shia muslim cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani who has never met with the pope it's

a big moment for christians and muslims alike. and this is pope francis his 1st trip abroad since the pandemic a gripped the world earlier we spoke to religious affairs correspondent martin gak and to explain to us why the pope chose to visit iraq. while the situation of christians in the region in iraq in particular in the region in general that's more or less fallen through the way sides as sort of most of the news cycles and the tension was turn of the you know journey place on the call later and current crisis and sort of china came to occupy a brahman into space over the last year or so one of the reasons why the boat crumbles very often it's to you know talk big back into fog use or bring you back to the tension of you know public opinion and i think that this is no the friend in the particular case of iraq christian population as he have heard has really gone

through a severe severe contraction i mean most a lot of people have left and there are about 250000 left in the country given the situation in which it's really quite precarious this is this trend is expected to continue i mean this is something that for these for and it's important to revert our correspondent martin back there well the e.u. and the u.s. have agreed to hit pause on their long running trade disputes over aircraft makers air bus and boeing tariffs at totaling around 1500000000 euros are being suspended for 4 months. or so funded lyon struck the deal in a phone call with u.s. president joe biden and marks an improvement in transatlantic relations which were strained to the don trump administration. and let's bring in our correspondent in washington d.c. all of his allies from war all over can you give us more about what has been agreed . clare so both sides agreed on suspending these tariffs on

a 16 year old dispute over subsidies for european plane maker airbus and the american equivalent boeing and those tariffs were not only on playing cards but also later on why and from germany from france the european union then responded with tit for tat sanctions so removing those tariffs now of course is good for the economy of course that is suffering from the global pandemic on both sides of the atlantic so consumers can also expect the price of your german bottle of wine here in the united states to drop of course but it's also a symbolic move it's only 4 months along that this will last as you mention and china needs to be addressed for a long term solution that's what both sides say in the joint statement earlier today and still there are many other terror of so from the trauma that continue to

be in place overall though this does sound like a positive sign for economic cooperation between the e.u. and the u.s. how significant of a departure is it really from former president donald trump's america 1st policy. certainly a strong symbol of both sides the united states european union reaching each other's hand it's a return to a transatlantic partnership there are terms of diplomacy that biden has been advocating since he took office but you have to be careful doubling the as a real and complete departure from america 1st because biden has his very own kind of protectionism that he wants to uphold especially when leading the country all of this economic crisis the u.s. finds itself in he just calls of buy american instead of america 1st he's addressing the american middle class former trump voters with those kinds of policies and they're certainly very different in style and tone but there are some

parallels to all of his allies in washington d.c. thank you very much for that update and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news at this hour hundreds of protesters have gathered in the turkish city of istanbul is an ounce of violence against women government figures a show hundreds of women were killed across turkey 2020 the demonstration comes a few days ahead of international women's day which saw clashes between women's rights protesters and police last year. well there have been a fresh clashes between police and protesters in the senate police capital dakar demonstrators are demanding the release of the country's detained opposition leader last month. he was arrested on wednesday before he was due to testify on a rape charge one person has been killed in the unrest. police in myanmar have opened fire on protesters in mandalay local media are

reporting that one person has been killed protesters are still churning out across the country despite a crackdown by the military junta which has seen over 50 people being killed by security forces in the past week. u.s. aviation authorities say they will investigate an emergency on a boeing 737 max plane the aircraft landed safely on friday after the captain shut down an engine american airlines said the issue was not related to the computer systems blamed for 2 fatal crashes that resulted in the worldwide grounding of $737.00 x. planes and a year ago much of china was shut down to contain the corona virus but with the pandemic largely under control there now its leaders are looking at how to get the economy back on track around $3000.00 delegates are taking part in the annual national people's congress that's china's biggest political event where they will rubber stamp laws are drawn up by the communist party elites and set political

priorities for the next 5 years one of those is economic growth. neighborhood security officers patrol beijing street when they're around it's a sure sign that an important chinese political gathering is on the way the offices are aimed to prevent displays of dissent during the event the mood at the gathering is optimistic china has largely managed to control a kind of a pandemic and the economy has begun to recover after a virus induced slump. for the most important goals for this year are an increase in g.d.p. of more than 6 percent on the creation of $11000000.00 new jobs in urban areas. among the parties all the plans a marriage increase in the military budget and great investments in new technology to make china less dependent on the rest of the world. china is also planning to tighten its control over hong kong turn electoral reform that said to be approved

by beijing's national people's congress. which. you go to the phones and we want to ensure in principle. a trip through hong kong. suit bottoms. mass arrests have already weakened hong kong's pro-democracy movement activists fear that these changes could deny it a voice in the city assembly. and while some wealthy nations have already undocumented millions of people against covert 19 many african states are struggling to secure even a small number of doses the world health organizations kovacs initiative aims to help or countries roll out vaccines now nigeria kenya and rwanda have started inoculating health workers and other vulnerable people. it's an historic moment for these medical workers they are the 1st kenyans to receive a covert 19 vaccine. we

discover someone is somebody. that i want you know. frankly. the east african nation has begun rolling odos us from the global kovacs program an initiative launched by the world health organization to ensure low and middle income countries have fair access to vaccines. it's a crucial resource for the world's poorest continent and say kenya's president stressed the importance of global cooperation vaccine nationalism is something that you should. be thinking knifing. if you ask any expert. there is no single country that will be able to be safe unless all of us are safe so we have an obligation to ensure that this vaccine is made

a very. cheap. and that's quickly especially. to the citizens of the. this week the 1st batch of more than 1000000 astra zeneca don't listen arrived in nairobi kenya hopes to vaccinate 1200000 people by june. and let's get you up to speed now on some of the other developments in the pandemic it only recorded more deaths in 2020 than in any other year since world war 2 the increase fueled by covert 19 for a virus was blamed for 10 percent of all faiths in italy last year now a new report says the pandemic has disproportionately harmed the women in the crisis has led to more severe job losses for women event men in the e.u. it's also driven a surge in domestic violence and the w.h.o. is warning of the arrival of vaccines or should not tempt countries to relax efforts to fight the virus scientists say that would raise the risk of

a 3rd and 4th search. well and beyond as they go football shall those 5th coach of the season couldn't change their fortunes as they drew nail a nail at home to fellow strugglers minds she came closest to breaking the deadlock on 18 minutes but she got on with stuff is powerful header stayed out this was as good as it got for the host says minds dominated for the most part not the best of starts then or shall a coach demetrius promote says his side remain bottom of the table 8 points from safety. in her mind her now at the top story we're following for you the pope has called for an end to religious extremism on the 1st ever people visit to iraq francis visited a cathedral in baghdad where dozens of people were massacred by islamist extremists over a decade ago the 4 day trip is taking place under tight security and pandemic restrictions

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hello i'm christine it's good to have your company the nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week have now been reunited with their families and all back home the girls have been in government k. in the know than some parra state receiving medical checks following their captivity now while news of the girls is of grab international headlines many more kidnappings happen very often in northern and central parts of nigeria gangs take people hostage and demand money for their release date of the correspondent for when you was in some far reporting on the kidnapping and subsequent release of the schoolgirls then in neighboring supporter states he came across the story of a painful family tragedy. and frayed joins me now to tell us more about that story

he is back in lagos hi fred it's good to see you tell us about the family that you mit's in so-called tell state. christine as you were covering this story of kids not being over schoolgirls in zamfara state we had about another story in so called 2 states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made these on moore's try he was 1st of all the morning he's the death of his son on those stories he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately he did it after we interviewed team he was killed here's their story. an entire community is grieving more than a dozen people were mad that. son was murdered his brother too was killed the killers also too close to jesus. they came around 230 and he took my younger

brother and god to give the people in the community the right to mass shoot them so they started shooting some radical and short 10 people on the 8 or so after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his up ducted brother both were killed gunman causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and left out by the government. generals chinese shuai recent who was granted the area access to the bandits hide out they said that children are not be employed. to good to school and never thing then i accept i guess educated will cause government employment to graduates now i use it does the problem won't work thinking we're not educated kidnapping is

higher profitable for criminal and his jihadi groups in northern nigeria the targets are poor villages and ordinary school children it's the 2nd time in one month this people meet like this to mourn their loved ones and this time it's because the bandits attacked this community and killed more than 20 people. raised them the government for its failure to protect them security expert rob you are dumb because for dialogue to lead to peace free disarming the bandits that approach should fail. you the muslim force. to fight them you would in more than one purpose of the concentration of causes with whom you. equipment boarding equipment. that the best we could we back of the bridge before jim i was killed he made his wish. i pray for the government to

a few shows to protect the interests of the. pope free and you must pray i will one day be hard unfortunate if it were his community does finally have peace it will be too late for him. fred obviously a very difficult story of a a but just how widespread all kidnapping in nigeria yeah it's very common and it's spread the whole country not only in the north but even in some parts of the south it's happening it's just that most of the times these stories they don't even make it to international news even news sometimes they don't cover but of course like this example of this man that we have just told you. this is just really a story is that get on the news but it's very. it's across the country

unfortunately and sometimes when you're in the north in the northern part of the controversy nigeria it's very safe and people always complain that the government has abandoned them. on that note we heard people in in your report express that sentiment that they feel that the government's assailants to to secure the country when you were in the region of course you know the headlines have come out of that region in terms of mass kidnappings by by the extremists and the so-called bandits did you get the sense that there was that there was a lawless miss i did you fail and safe. yes absolutely we were i and my colleague my cameraman we were on see if we fail. on the road from so-called door to zamfara state it was clear very unsafe we had to put on our board the protection. we and even people generally people told us

that these bandits. quite often and they thought them and they take money from them they could you not them and the government doesn't care it's just when. he did not or if he got number of people have been kidnapped then the government takes some actions but no money that there is a sense of insecurity in this region and it's you can feel it too can you you can feel it when you go to bed and when you're traveling around all right that state of . west africa correspondent thank you for your reporting fred and thank you christine. let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent now days off and raced in syria have killed at least one person as opposition supporters clashed with riot police 1st this broke out in the capital on wednesday and have now

straight to the towns up to the arrest of the opposition politician response on call on rape charges internet access in the country has suffered some disruption. the u.n. security council has failed to agree on a response to the crisis in ethiopia's to cry regions russia china and india objected to a u.s. navy response saying it's interfered with ethiopia's domestic affairs this series of media and advocacy groups as reports detailing n.h. to pieces by ethiopian and eritrean forces to cry. now this year marks 10 years since the music act just 6 burst on to the local music scene in south africa in the last decade distinct harmonies have seen them perform for global audiences many musicians they've been able to give life performances because of the pandemic restrictions but that hasn't stopped them.

is a pianist and singer in the just 6 a capella choir from south africa the pandemic kid him and his musician friends heart group where the minutes of season but. their push on the show will be front and presumably music on $190.00 new the music is going to keep the seat you know to . the internationally renowned singers would like to be on tour now in corona times they only rehearse occasionally after they've had their temperatures taken today's rehearsal is the 1st one this year. to connect with one another given that in that we means it means a lot to us it kind of encourages us in the certain way i think just mentally can't even read. the ensemble actually wanted to celebrate their 10th anniversary in

a big way with concerts at home and abroad but performing in public is impossible right now even in south africa. the hardest part for us i think artists in general with grown is that. we need to have people you know build up in a room like this one that we have you so we haven't been able to work consistently for lack of income is a problem to the government. as far as i know has hold a few artists. i have. applied for some girls grants as well we've applied as they had some before. you know we haven't gotten anything yet this is affecting us there we've very much for nationally both as a group and individual. i in $29000.00 just 6 made

a grand appearance in germany at the beethoven fest in bonn together with the board is orchestre income from such performances is sorely missed today. since the beginning of the pandemic the a sandal has almost exclusively been making music for digital platforms. just 6 released their 1st album a mix of popular western music and african beats around christmas last year in the middle of the pandemic it was well received nevertheless they can only make ends meet with part time jobs who want to cut carter gives piano lessons on line from his home in pretoria that's what we did see. and. we you know each person now is you know

going to get into their savings and kind of depleting here we think that they have even saved up so it's quite challenging. it's all the more important for them to counter the pandemic with their music i'm going to i'm going to. write a new song the girl who wrote a good road or i'll probably write a corona song says good one day cut to jokingly a little black humor goes a long way in a pandemic to. the floor folks. that's right that is all folks but there's more on. africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today we'll leave you with a couple of music by just 6 we'll see you next time have a wonderful weekend. oh. you.

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. what secrets lie behind a small. discover new adventure. in 360 degrees. and explore. sites. w world heritage 360 get the air. america goes back to work the latest jobs figures show a big of recovery in the labor market but are we anywhere near. we lost our correspondent in new york. also coming up china. driven by homegrown tech quite can your of the corner from the statements at this year's national people's congress. and portugal's health care system still hasn't recovered from the country's budget slashing past we speak to medical stuff on the

front lines of the pandemic. this is the business i take ferguson welcome to the program. after experiencing its worst contraction since world war 2 with the u.s. economy appears to be on the rebound some 379000 jobs were created in february the majority of them in the leisure and hospitality industries the lifting of some locked and measures on the country's swift vaccine has given both sectors a major boost to the obvious car haul more. the leisure and hospitality sectors made the biggest hiring gains now that lockdown restrictions were starting to ease according to the latest report by the u.s. labor department federal reserve chairman jerome powell said the secret to economic recovery would be job creation and vaccination predicting an upswing as more of the population gets the job. we've got rising vaccination we've got cases of lower

levels we've got strong support from fiscal monetary policy and while there are still risks there's good reason to expect job creation to pick up you know the coming months and we need that because we're still 10000000 jobs short of where we were 10000000 fewer people are working than working when the democrats were in so it's a it's a lot of ground we have to cover he said he wouldn't consider raising interest rates until the country hits maximum employment less than 4 percent unemployed and inflation stabilized above 2 percent warning that he didn't expect that to happen until sometime next year. let's bring indeed obvious fassel correspondent yes cos in new york no hi yes so unemployment is coming down and that's good news but we're nowhere near preplanned on that levels are we. yeah well as we've heard more than $9000000.00 actually jumps are all we have for that about $9000000.00

jobs less right now than before the pandemic started in the leisure and hospitality industry alone which includes some restaurants we are shy about sui and a half 1000000 jobs but if you compare it to last year in april of 2020 we had an unemployment rate of about 15 percent now that came down to a good 6 percent so the trend at least looks. the right way and if you look what happened now in february basically almost all of those jobs games against came from the leisure and hospitality industry and if you look that the weather is getting warmer so outdoor dining will become a topic again and then also is the vaccinations that are definitely speeding up there is hope that the labor market will continue this speedy recovery even if we might not see the same level of jobs was then this year that we've had that we just saw a good year ago and hands me while the u.s.

president joe biden has had a phone call with european commission president find out why it was pretty significant i what can you tell me about us. it's a never ending story kate it's about the subsidies for our boys and for boeing both sides this fight is going on of this dispute for 16 years both sides claiming that the that boeing got subsidies that are not legal and the same is true for airbus so now there was this important important phone call and the 2 sites agreed at least for a 4 month period to take those tariffs back that were implemented because of those illegal subsidies and we will see where that leads economically that won't have a huge impact we are talking about exports to the united states in the amount of $8000000000.00 that had been tariffs on the other side we saw exports to the

european union in the amount of $4000000000.00 that's all that extra tariff in general if you look at $29000.00 for example trade between the 2 parties in total it was more than $700000000000.00 so it's not that much money we're talking about here at this point but it clearly shows that both sides have an interest in having a friendlier tone and who knows maybe you really finally get rid of that dispute that as i said last thing now for 16 years some phone call a diploma think that again scott and you know i thank you very much. now the united states isn't the only economy that is hoping to come back with a role that china has i find an ambitious growth target at its most high profile political event of the year the annual national people's congress the world's 2nd biggest economy is aiming for growth of more than 6 percent this year as it pursues

a longer term goal of becoming a global leader in telecommunications and big tech the proceedings are also being closely watched here in europe where the question of strengthening ties with china is the source of a heated debate china's economy is emerging from the pandemic stronger than it was before and is already showing accelerated growth but the chinese communist party wants more they want china to become the world's tech leader. to that end the government plans to invest one and a half $1000000000.00 in the sector over the next 4 years businesses in the e.u. also hope to profit from that china is an increasingly attractive market for the e.u. as chinese consumers will also use the growing disposable income to buy european products some german companies already make a large part of their sales in china like strong which makes components for the semiconductor industry car maker v.w.

and chip maker infinium a joint investment agreement which the e.u. and china finalized in december could make the chinese market even more accessible to european firms among other things it aims to ensure fear of competitive conditions in the future of course china's 5 year plan is primarily about their own progress the people's democratic republic wants to become more independent particularly in light of recent trade disputes with the united states that too could create new opportunities for european companies. now to some of the other global business stories making news a u. regulators are reportedly preparing to file an antitrust case against out will the charges relate to the company's payment system its ebook service on the treatment of music streaming service sponsored fi on its store. authorities in rio de janeiro have placed restrictions on bars restaurants and beaches as it

struggles with a fresh wave of covert 19 infections this is just one of the growing list of regions that have really entered a partial lockdown in brazil the country is currently experiencing its deadliest week since the start of the panda. coronavirus self test kits are to hit the shelves of discounters aldi and little across germany on saturday a pack of 5 tests will retail for 25 euros major drug store chains have confirmed they'll follow suit and will begin a such test on tuesday germany is pinning its hopes of reopening the economy on widespread testing. now our next report brings us to portugal where there's recently been a move away from the as cyrus the measures that followed the financial crisis still though the legacy of those cuts are being felt throughout the country especially within the health care system. an intensive care unit in port-au central hospital

doctors and nurses are fighting to save some 100 cold 19 patients lives here it's clear the clinic needs more than just a fresh coat of paint but thanks to successful improvise ation the staff are still in control of the pandemic. was the fault of the saw no staff shortages. of course we're exhausted because it's a strenuous situation this but he added we managed to respond adequately to the challenges forced by you and others that. in lisbon things are worse some patients even need to transferring to hospitals elsewhere like us tello branco. here banners tell a story of serious problems with staff there are calling for fair pay. that simply sums up where professionals where we don't worry about money or careers it's about the patients but also about conditions you give everything you've got for an

undignified pittance we look at neighboring countries and see where the worst pay despite the better training. is one reason for that is that after the global financial crisis portugal was forced to adopt strict austerity measures besides cutting investments jobs were axed and wages slashed in recent years a lot of people saw no alternative but to emigrate. streams we needed more staff and couldn't employ them i knew some who just finished their training and found all hospital doors were closed to them. research a tiago cold air has uncovered another long term effect of the e.u. troika austerity package the portuguese live long lives but not necessarily good ones especially the poorest. so my eyes will not have an economically weaker population and less access to social security. which is therefore more vulnerable to illness is an open goal for covert 19. feet urgently needed

work is now underway on hospitals in places like lisbon porto and castillo bunker began even before the pandemic struck after 12 year old plans for it were resurrected. we need investment and essential modernization that's behind in many quarters. you know there's still no hint of better working conditions or fresh hiring in portugal's code ravaged public health system. and finally the weekend is just around the corner and that has many missing a nice i was in their favorite bars but what can you do if you can't go to the pub well if you're lucky enough to live in brighton in the u.k. then the pope will come to you the manager of the honduran holland pub has started a drinks delivery service for customers complete with a mini brewery in tow regulars say the roving pulp helps lift their spirits and

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bell in allah has come to an end after 4 intense days of screenings a jury made up of 6 former golden bear winners has spoken and the golden bear for 2021 goes to romanian director rob jude's film entitled bad luck banging or loony porn and the title is your biggest hint as to why we can't show you much of it. this woman is a role model she's a teacher even she has a right to privacy but these days private lives all too often end up on social media. in this case a totally private video has gone viral it shows the teacher having sex it's no one's business but everyone has an opinion should she be allowed to stay in her profession and continue to teach children. the teacher is now suddenly in the public eye. to truly feel pleased to meet. a role reversal

here but i got to thinking of the little pockets of it but the fact that. the film is about chauvinism conspiracy theories and hypocrisy and post communist romania told us a biting satire for the jury of this year's barely knowledge it was a stroke of genius. and scott ross perot joins me once again from bond to talk about the film that none of us had bet on hi scott bad luck banging or loony porn wins the golden bear what's your take on this decision. well i mean they did pick the field with the best title i have to say i definitely agree with that. i mean this wasn't my favorite i'll be perfectly honest it's a social satire. the images that we just saw don't really do it justice because there's a lot of very hardcore imagery also in this film definitely not for everybody it's it's it is

a nice interesting look at political hypocrisy and it's quite extreme but i finally found humor quite scattershot but what is interesting about this film is how it was made i mean this movie was shot entirely under lockdown in romania and told the members of the production including the actors were all wearing masks the whole time so maybe that's why the jury picked it because it definitely is of its time it looks like no other film before and probably since will look like it looks like a corona era film the big question is whether anybody will want to watch this movie and in a couple of years time is very interesting with this jury because it was a very different venue knowledge area this year you could tell they were really focusing on craft. yeah definitely definitely and i think it's significant that 3 of the members of this jury are from central eastern europe and this is a an eastern european film from iranian style of humor and the way it looks at particularly sexual hypocrisy in eastern europe i think is quite significant that

probably appealed to a number of the members of the jury that could be one reason why they think that i didn't take my choice you know i know they didn't and i don't want them going light i think about where we're who were perhaps the other know were the winners in your opinion. yeah i agree with some of the choices made by the jury they had their 1st gender neutral acting prize the silver bear for best performance and it went to the german actress. she was the star of screwball comedy with a side by concept called i'm your man she plays in that she plays a german scientist who's a single and wary of relationships and she's assigned an android who's supposed to satisfy her every need to play by dan stevens of down abbey fame things of course don't go as planned and they too end up in couples therapy very funny movie a nice twist on sort of interesting concept and it was one of my favorites of the festival and another one i'd have to mention is a documentary called have bachman and his classroom which won a special jury prize this is a look at

a small village classroom in germany elementary school where the majority of students are migrants or from immigrant backgrounds it's a real fly on the wall documentary but i think really really touching very very emotional and wonderful look at these kids who we often talk about in germany but we almost never get to hear what they have to say you know very interesting viewpoints and i'm looking forward to those films that's got everything very unusual barely not left as it took place mostly. online tell us a little bit about the overall experience and did it do the festival just death. yeah it was very strange this is the 1st time i've been doing this 20 years i've 1st time i've ever had an on line. the films were quite good actually so that's definitely a plus and the experience wasn't too unpleasant but watching movies on your couch for a week isn't really the same experience berlin is world's largest public film festival and lives from an audience experience hopefully we'll have a little bit of that in the summer because the winners. this year will be presented

again at an open public festival coronal willing in june yeah well let's certainly hope that that will be allowed to happen the audience focused portion of this 2 part barely not on the belly not a 71 the suspense is over for now and now we just need to see all of those great films thanks very much for all of your analyses this week scott roxboro in bonn. all the statistics are sobering joining the coronavirus pandemic of violence against women has soared in latin america where rates of domestic abuse and femicide have gone through the roof since lockdowns 1st began about a year ago international women's day is our cue to raise awareness of this fact and in our series on artist activists my colleague sophia borden bag has this report from santiago de chile. this is a bad news correspondent into i'm going to present to a group of women that dentists must see on the streets outside to raise awareness

of gender violence and empower women to fight for their rights meet the demands collective. reversing for the big performance the dance collective. prepares its choreography for international women's day more than 50 women have come together dominique is one of them. not my for me the collective and dancing in the collective is liberation enjoyment pleasure friendship it's a space where i feel more protected and where i can be more myself my deal was a. means dance masked one dance the red balaclavas offer a little protection from police tear gas but they also provide anonymity the masks have become their trademark.

is one of 4 women who co-founded the collective in november 29 teams during protests against social inequality and sheelagh. it say anything more than hiding our identities we want to protect them because there's been a lot of political persecution for a long time even before the uprising. we want to form a collective with a common face at a. protest i'm not moon i but part of the collective. this is the 1st time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that the women have met to rehearse. and wear a feminist dance collective and our motivation is to make art less a leader to take downs on to the streets and to understand that our bodies are our 1st territory of struggle we dance not for others but for ourselves our choreography is are always based on urban dances such as dancehall trekking and hip hop and almost as. an international women's day last year some 300

women in the collective danced in the streets of some to go wearing red masks some 2000000 people protested across the whole country social injustice in chile led to a revolt in october 2019 against the country's neal liberal economic and social model from the beginning that protest movement was a feminist one. of. the walls in santiago bear witness to this protest and to the struggle against the patriarchy and the culture of machismo the women of. want to use their dance performances to draw attention to violence against women was there anybody that's up. from the moment i leave my house i'm exposed to street harassment we are exposed to obstetric violence violence against women is present in all forms everywhere at home at work in the health care system within families.

we live with a myriad of violence i want to believe it will be eradicated but it's a long process because we're in a paradigm shift. this collective is about far more than down's the women support each other and give one another strength they say protesting and dancing together has changed to. come up and be on the if they mean more learning about feminism we're learning to love ourselves and not be competitive with each other but to really find a nucleus where we can express ourselves and be ourselves with each other. says dancing with a collective has helped her learn self acceptance. and i feel that for me in particular it changed the way i show myself to the world to

those close to me and to myself that many me wearing red masks to draw attention to inequality and uncover one's true self the group will perform this new choreography on march 8th in the heart of the chilean capital. and more power to them well finally art lovers sense of risk and adventure will be put to the test at a very unusual exhibition in the northwestern russian region of where complete immersion into the chilly northern arc is literally a must because it's located under the ice of the white seas so see for yourself if you'd be willing to go this far. what suits and tolerance for low temperatures are indispensable for visitors wanting to witness this special exhibition held underwater. the pictures are cool i saw them before but under the sea they look different the effect this very

interesting with the torch law. they started to shine and look 3 dimensional. but their. photographer victor in the news displaying photographs of white sea flora and fauna to raise awareness for biled life at risk due to climate change the artworks will remain underwater until mid april when the ice starts to melt rendering visits to the exhibition site impossible. because the group of 3 years it's well known that the climate is changing it's a fax although it is minus 30 here today the white sea is the southernmost of all arctic sea ice it changes very fast it may happen that those creatures whose life is frozen into the ice will become extinct in the white sea in the near future. also on display in the underwater exhibition or sculptures by artist danny slaughter and really shaped objects are inspired by marine creatures living under

the ice of the white sea reinterpreted to fit the artist's unique vision. some cool art to say the least of which i do stay warm over the weekend and until we meet again all the best from us here in berlin i want a fiddle. and .

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