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business i'm joined on in berlin happy you can join us the european medicines agency has approved the use of the johnson and johnson single shot colvin 19 back seen the job is the 4th one so far cleared by europe's regulator it's hoped adding j.n.j. will help accelerate the sluggish pace of vaccinations said the vaccine is 67 percent effective 2 weeks after inoculation however it's not clear how much of the job the e.u. is getting the drug maker has told the e.u. before that it is facing supply issues that may slow plants to send all of the promised 55000000 doses in the 2nd quarter our financial correspondent joins us now again seeing as europe really needs those vaccines what more can you tell us about j. and j. supply and our likelihood of getting it. you know i've seen reports that

there might be some issues with greedy and serve that johnson and johnson is not getting so it's the supply chains that obviously are causing some trouble we've heard similar stories from other industries too if you think about the semiconductor industry for instance so that really seems to be the issue with johnson and johnson if i see them correctly it might still be possible that by the end of june maybe those a 55000000 doses might be delivered to the european union just recently johnson and johnson and merck actually agreed that the competitor so merck is helping johnson and johnson to produce the vicar scenes or what you need to actually get the vaccine send in the arm and the arms off of people but that doesn't really help if you don't have the necessary ingredients so that's really it seems to be at the core and then maybe one more worked in the us there might be a pro your t.

to get the vaccine to americans 1st and we have heard from the u.s. government once they have enough or too many big scenes here then they might also start to export an america 1st strategy for vaccines now here in europe yes astra zeneca is running into some problems down mark iceland and norway suspended as to seneca vaccinations over potential blood clot concerns it's also not approved in the us do we know why. well i mean i could imagine that when the u.s. do see those reports that there might be actually some site the fix was to fix seems so that the united states is hesitant to approve this vaccination and then on top of it why should america rush to approve astra zeneca in the united states we basically have enough vixie in so they are all told that reports that actually by june by mid or end of june there might be we might have the capacity to fix the

nation's to 400000000 americans in their own use 330000000 americans so there really seems to be enough big scene here in the united states and no real need to rush it to get at the astra zeneca approved in the united states the stock by the way from a straw senate cow that also gets traded at the new york stock exchange was a down a good 2 percent or nothing to a dramatic and into thursday session america has enough vaccines that must be nice our financial correspondent quarter there in new york for us. online retailer considered south korea's answer to amazon has raised about $4600000000.00 from its initial public offering making it the biggest i.p.o. in the in the u.s. this year shares rose over 60 percent in the 1st few minutes of trading successful offering kongs as investors flock to technology companies that have benefited during the cold in 1900. it was the largest initial public offering from an asian

company since alibaba went public 7 years ago coping had priced $130000000.00 shares in the i.p.o. at $35.00 each but investors were in a bullish mood and sent the stocks soaring 81 percent to open at 6350 on the new york exchange. kupang operates an online marketplace that sells everything from fresh groceries to toys and runs a food delivery app as well founded in 2010 by korean american billionaire boehm silk kim kupang rose to prominence after launching its guaranteed same day or next day delivery service in south korea since it opened up shop kupang as revenues have risen exponentially in 2016 the company brought in $1700000000.00 and since then has almost doubled its business every year in 2020 kupang net sales jumped 91 percent year on year to $12000000000.00 kupang spectacular debut further

bolsters the recent fortunes of soft banks vision fund which owns around 35 percent of kupang goldman sachs ellen and co j.p. morgan and citi group are the lead underwriters for kupang as i.p.o. which is shaping up to be the biggest in the united states since went public 2 years ago. now on this day 10 years ago a tsunami and earthquake hit japan's fukushima nuclear plant triggering the worst atomic disaster since chernobyl. earlier today japan held a minute's silence to mark of the decade since the natural disasters and the following meltdown for now ruhi to an empress must sokal both took part in the memorial event in 201118000 people died as a result of the quake tens of thousands more are still an able to return to their homes near the fukushima nuclear site. the accident sent ripples

all over the world in germany it led to a decision to phase out nuclear power elsewhere however the appetite for atomic energy has increased over the last few years when it comes to nuclear reactors the united states leads the way u.s. president joe biden sees atomic power as a key part of fighting climate change friends comes in 2nd the german there wants to modernize older plants next on the lists are china and russia and even in japan where the consequences of the fukushima disaster are still painfully apparent nuclear power appears to be there to stay earlier we spoke to. gucci he's a professor for international political economy at k u university's graduate school of cysts of system design and management in tokyo he was also a special advisor to the cabinet of former prime minister shinzo abi here's what he had to say japanese energy. could not go green without

using the nuclear power japanese terrain japanese geographic uniqueness makes it a little bit harder compared to other countries which have large plane lands to have solar power wind power and so on so thermal power may be one source of energy at any rate by the bottom line is you have to take advantage of the nuclear power plant with maximum safety and reassured. now to some of the other global business stories making news. diamond sales plummeted over the last year due to the pandemic industry revenue fell 15 per cent to $64000000000.00 as consumers tighten their belt however sales in china and the u.s. are showing some signs of rebounding. aircraft engine manufacturer rolls royce has posted a 4000000000 pound loss for 2020 thanks to the collapse in air travel and 2900 it

pulled it off 583000000 pound profit but the british firm has had to cut 7000 jobs and raise cash from investors to stay aloft. now as a 3rd wave of the pandemic looms over europe analysts say that recovery here is going to live behind the u.s. is rebound by at least a year in a bid to keep the gears grinding the european central bank said today it would step up support measures for eurozone economies take a look. some regions in europe may be relaxing pandemic restrictions and even allowing limited shopping but the pandemic still has europe firmly in its grip the european central bank is still on high alert it's leaving the key interest rate unchanged at the historic low of 0 percent and accelerating its pandemic emergency purchase program we will continue to conduct net asset purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase program with

a total envelope of $1800000000000.00 euros until at least the end of march 22 and in any case until the governing council charges but the koran the virus crisis phase is over. europe's monetary watchdogs want to keep the financing conditions favorable for the 19 euro zone countries. our financial correspondent chelsea delaney sent us this analysis. the main message from today's meeting is that they remain a very committed to keeping borrowing costs low across the euro zone they say they will significantly increase their purchases of bonds and the coming months and that should help keep borrowing costs for companies for governments for households quite low thereby boosting spending and economic growth for countries across the eurozone this comes after we saw a bond yields across the world including here in europe really start to spike over

the past couple of weeks investors are now looking forward and anticipating higher inflation higher pricing pressures as the economy starts to reopen around the world the e.c.b. is saying that's not what they want to see right now this tightening in financial conditions especially now that countries here in europe are starting to see 3rd waves of coronavirus and factions as well as slovak seen rollouts saying that now it's really the time to double down on stimulus. and finally the rise of the internet has spent fewer people heading to their local bookstore over the last couple of decades that has also been the case in china but one extraordinary chain is bucking that trend. you'd be forgiven for thinking you had walked into a cathedral rather than a shop these paperback palaces have been popping up in cities all over china the architect says they're a celebration of the beauty of books in a country where the volumes available are tightly controlled. and that's it from

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and it's as if the you do need to keep a great ability to consume both for over branch and home the 4th time for the most news in the economy that means the bottom of the valley is at the last dragon which words. to use. on. are we alone it's a fundamental question of humanity trying to figure out whether or not. life existed on mars pretty clear water was there quite abundance while that would be and so on mars the atmosphere is $100.00 of what we have here on earth it's very very cold at the. it's like. you could imagine bringing some supplies you know you do in to build a little self-contained pressure vehicle or vessel which would be on the surface there are things like oxygen that you can harvest from the atmosphere to help make

living possible. if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive for ever we're going to have the earth eventually and i know that seems a little crazy but you gotta start somewhere. this is news africa coming up on the program the troubling aftermath equitorial guinea struggles to come to grips with the recent tragedy the nation mourns victims of the weekend's devastating blast. and where tanzania's president john magaw 2 week public absence raises questions about his health.

i'm told me a lot of well glad you could join us the nation of accra turtle guinea is still struggling to come to terms with the devastation from the weekend's deadly explosions in the city of boston the military said a fire at a weapons depos sparked off the massive blasts a sense shock waves across the city the official death toll stands at $105.00 but human rights activists say the true number is far higher. state t.v. on sunday just moments after the catastrophe struck those still living flee the town in cloud cast by the blast the injured you can still limping to safety. hospitals in fact. well people left to tend to each other. the vice president who is the son of the stake president visited the same day shell shocked residents were still trying to save their loved ones on tuesday he returned with

his father the president they had the accounts of families ripped apart. and lives destroyed. my father left the house after the 1st blast 10 o'clock hits his head in and we tried to rescue him but he died. and. satellite images show the destructive force of the detonation this is a military base before the explosions and this is the scene afterwards the barracks blasted into nothingness. the base was in the suburbs of batter equitorial get its largest city with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. president teodoro obiang agreement has blamed the tragedy on fire started by local families and negligent handling of munitions only those who left the dynamite near an ammunitions warehouse. those are the ones that we need to accuse. he also said that the blast a damaged almost all of the buildings in batter thousands of residents have fled to

the surrounding countryside. still in the city left with the grim task of pulling the dead from the rubble. the government has appealed for international help and spain the former colonial power alongside the u.s. and the u.n. are responding. but there are also warnings of the dangers that may remain concerns are rising over the response by unexploded ordinances including explosives rockets and other munitions that remain at the site as the days pass more and more questions remain unanswered what caused the blast how many lives did they destroy and who is responsible for the tragic. but shattered an entire city. that's now here from 2 to an accounting a human rights lawyer activist and the founder of equitorial guinea justice souter's good to have you on the program 1st of all what

a devastating incident why do you question the death toll well we question it there because witness accounts come from people there were at the scene. and lead us to believe that the number was significantly higher and it is accounts from people including members of the military members of the unit in charge of rescuing people who are on blind well. in much higher numbers when he got me reported so it is not only a man lying in his side if you look at this site the late image of this you will not you will see that you know that given the station over here the damage has been much much higher here we know that in addition to the soldiers there is a nice military bericht their families live there so and most of these military barracks have more than 100 sorties in there so there's not only on my numbers

a much much higher and why do you think the government would want to downplay the numbers. well we should not have a government of ecuador again it has never ever been transparent this is not a government not for in transparency quite the opposite it isn't gone and it's not for ease of being for ease in the belief that they are citizens the truth about election results they're about resources that we can see how about just just in you know soul we cannot it's the only government the government through because they know that the damage done here is unsurmountable and it's psychological damage elliptical it's huge they have no interest in doing that it will deter. and your calling for an investigation. well one would hope that following blast lead this there'd be military of defense or someone with carmen

save clear we know from census data for military census data then we have x. amount of people in the year when it's family members in this is war and we see here is how many people feel we have lost that has been one would hope that somebody would come and say not the sort of. hillary they went of here in this pics and the lingering effect is why so you hope that their information is forthcoming from the government one would hope they go and say ok we know x. amount of families have lost and just this morning i was looking at pictures of kids joint training that ended up in. the ground by catholic priests and nuns then end up in. kindergartens and hopeless and because they have lost their parents or somebody needs to be accounting for that not that it's not happening so we definitely an investigation or so on one should investigate and the other utilities

. carry it with you the amount of prayer they have indulged in people's lands and peoples houses then the government is now finally going around it call it doing what i believe. just from a sit com but there's a couple things that you know you need to annoying aren't they're in danger of any of these prayers my spirits blood and any lingering effects from the dust settling from the blast they're wearing all of what you see is an expect right to alekhine territorial going and human rights lawyer thank you for speaking to us. that's now check in on some other stories making news across the continent now. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has described the violence in ethiopia as tea

growing region as ethnic cleansing and called for the withdrawal of eritrean troops washington's most senior diplomat calls for a reconciliation process to restore peace thousands of civilians have been killed since war broke out in november. ivory coast is mourning the death of its prime minister who died in a hospital in germany after a battle with cancer a mad black eye yoko played a key role as a mediator during the country's civil war in the early 2000 he was considered a possible successor to president alassane ouattara. one of guinea bissau as most prominent journalists says he was abducted and beaten by 4 unknown attackers on tuesday until a new alley silva who's a regular critic of the government revealed his injuries after being given medical treatment human rights campaigners are calling for an investigation into his assault. now where is he it's been nearly 2 weeks

since tanzania's president john mughal foley was last seen in public his absence has prompted speculation both at home and abroad opposition politicians are demanding the government lift the lid on the president's condition and this suggesting mughal fully might not even be in the country. let's go to our correspondent edith kemeny in nairobi kenya it is good to see you what are activists and the media reporting about mr mughal foley's whereabouts and his well being. well i wouldn't exactly call it reporting i would say basically speculating and all this really started with to do so the opposition leader when he went on twitter and demanded really to know where the president has been because he hasn't been cited publicly since february 27th now that on its own is not unusual but because he also missed some critical meetings such as heads of state east

african community meeting the questions were being raised also noting that he wasn't present during his sunday services which as we know for you is a very devout christian people started asking a lot of questions and it's because to listen all suggested that he might be ill and in nairobi that's where the flurry of rumors erupted from with some suggesting that yes he might be actually in a ruby and secondly that it could be because of complications due to covert. so if people are speculating what then is tons and government's response or as you say they're saying he could be in kenya or was kenya also saying surprisingly there hasn't been any statement either refuting or acknowledging this at least not an official one from the tanzania government the closest we've come to a quote official communication was the minister of information minister you know sent. and he basically was urging members of the public as well as the media to not listen to rumors this is what he was saying that any official communication will

come from official parties which of these words is are we still don't know yet but still no clear word on whether or not this is true or false. and why is this causing such a frenzy. well for starters if you have huge implications for president mug for you particularly among his loyalists because he has insisted from the very beginning of this pandemic that covered simply doesn't exist in tanzania and for the large part his supporters have believed him in fact they've been through things like scenes made out of hugs in order to prevent this they've also gone for prayers and even recently local fully appeared in public together with some of his officials holding a drink which reported could cure this virus but of course in neighboring zanzibar which is a semi autonomous state they're saying that the story is completely different to the 1st vice president's there passed away with what appears to be covert related complications on the part he insists that there is covert you disk your money our

correspondent speaking to us from nairobi thank you. well that's it for now be sure to check out our all those stories on. africa on facebook and twitter we'll leave you with these images from south africa of health workers on the front line against covert 19 a yet since the world health organization declared a global pandemic we'll see you next time i phone now.

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builders and architects compete with each other. this is home massive church. or created. a. contest of within the rules starts. on d w. going inside protests against the man called europe's last dictator a new documentary film shows the courage of a group of actors risking their freedom to speak out against bellary says leader alexander. that story later on arts and culture and. why filmmakers around the world want to work with lebanese born cinematographer christopher. but 1st an exhibition years in the making and

months in waiting finally opens the works by artist are monumental both in size and in subjects q 4 often deals with the dark chapters of german history as critics like to say his work is too dramatic even to big well now people can judge for themselves the exhibition in the city of modern time is now open by appointment under germany's newly eased coronavirus restrictions. 60000000 piece pressed into lead a play on the german term for been counting this was key for his reaction to germany census in the late 1980 s. it's a protest against the collection and storage of people's personal information a topic that's still timely. for the past 4 months an exhibition of kiefer's art has been installed here in manheim now it's finally being opened to the public it

includes uprooted palm trees headless women. books made of lead. and paintings as tall as how's it as so often with and same key for the viewers 1st reaction is to be overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the works that scale was a consideration when the museum's new extension was planned and i think it does seem as if these large light filled rooms and this new building were made for key 1st work and that during the building you did become clear that the rooms weren't going to be large enough for this collection for instance this painting behind me would not have fit downstairs on the ground floor so this room was made bigger during the design process with 6 metre high walls so key 1st works could be displayed here before. so the const hella mannheim built higher ceilings just for uncertainty for. another place at another

time a visit to our refuge in the south of france 2 years ago he calls this 50 hectare large expanse lightly built it's where many of his artworks were created and still remain not for the public but only for him so why does he make art in the 1st place . i make art because i believe the world doesn't exist i think it is all an illusion but it only becomes real when a new connection is made when i join up. instead or otherwise far apart i link up all things a new so i make art in order to be real. is that. what is it about this place that is so special to him. this might be a put it it's my playground when we work we always go back to our experiences of childhood and i play here like a child i grew up and don't know it when i was born my family home was destroyed in

a bombing raid that night. and then i had the best playground wonderful bombed out ruins. and i picked up the bricks and built houses with them those were my only toys we didn't have anything else from and i think speech. that you can stun the key 1st fascination with ruins can be seen again and again. grappling with the 2nd world war with the holocaust with religion history and mythology it all gives rise to un's and keefe monumental art and. more art news now new york's museum of modern art is honoring the late self-taught sculptor you keep this sound with the 1st major exhibition of her work in the united states was born in france in 1930 but grew up in new york she was

one of the 20th century is relatively few women artists to find fame during her own life time. in russia a ballerina is going viral with this video shot at minus 15 degrees celsius and by god do you know if i took to the frozen gulf of finland dancing a scene from swan lake she posted it in protest against plans to build a port because she says the construction would destroy a beach popular with people. and with swartz. pretty brave and speaking of bravery a new documentary just premiered called courage the film goes inside the protests in belarus last year against the country's rigged elections when hundreds of thousands of people stood up against strongman leader alexander lukashenko despite violent crackdowns now director alexey apollo yun shows us what it was like for

a group of dissident theater actors. play opposing dictatorship what's being performed here is strictly forbidden the actors have all been banned from performing they are part of the. denise. and marina members of an underground theater who are fighting for freedom they're part of a massive opposition movement that they're in constant danger. you'll see that. generation of young people to go on the street but at the same time all of those people right now look all the time maybe somebody her or separate people in our and it's not possible to leave and says so. specially for the art. director i let see paolo young observed the protests in belo roost last summer and he's convinced that when winter is over people will take to the streets once again

. many demonstrators have ended up in this prison despite their peaceful protests their families wait in front of the building for a new. i some protesters are eventually released. you could cheer them. on this front but this is this if you're going to watch i'm going to get really scared yes right now 272 person in prison and and for sure is this person will not see that. their homes next to us were yes it must include haven't i during protests in front of the parliament building a young soldier attaches flowers from the demonstrators to his shield it's a moment that inspires hope i the crowd

congratulate him i was. even know if you saw it as the said you understood it also young people most of them. didn't want to do it's. part of the un is convinced that the young soldiers are on the side of the people but their commanders remain loyal to leader alexander lukashenko i. know. the film courage shifts between resignation and pathos it shows convincingly that the vast majority in bella ruse rejects the man known as europe's last dictator. still has the security forces behind him but the protests will surely continue.

for years now we've been meeting up and coming filmmakers at the berlin international film festival the festival is barely now the talent's program brings together young creatives from around the world like lebanese born director of photography christopher variety magazine called him one of the world's 10 cinematographers to watch and that's what we've been doing rechecked in with him again to see what he's up to. we 1st met beirut born christopher $2900.00 talents program was the cinematographer and the visually stunning capernaum the film which worked with real refugee kids tells the story of zane a child living on the streets of beirut for that film own one the $2900.00 german cinematography award the movie also won the jury prize a con and was nominated for an oscar which gave a huge boost to the cinematography his career. so i get scripts. from across the

world at the moment. which which is. last summer own worked on the international coproduction the man who sold his skin it's tunisia's oscar intrigue for best foreign film this year and it's made the short list. it's a love story that begins in syria. have . a beer and sam ali are in love i don't know about them. as i look at what. harry. could not hide out about and then britney said look at. all my kids always up eyes away like that just say i was naive call for revolution will be has i'm doing the police hunt him down and forcing him to flee to lebanon i appears stays behind marries a diplomat and moves to belgium. will sam ever see her again an artist

offers a promising solution and sam becomes a living canvas. my soul. i want your back. and what that means to that person. to become abusers and that's going to be just. a deceitful art world staged with lush visuals. you know the critically acclaimed film premiered at the venice film festival. and travel around the world it earned our own another german cinematography award nomination this work. on the dam or. owns latest film is copilot directed by underwater better shape it follows a young couple as lee and say you eat when saeed suddenly disappears his family comes after astley but the couple swore to keep their secrets. when was the best

possible site. and the. cameraman you keep you kind of dancing with the actors kind of and they need to grow up together very. this is the. this is for about what is nobody still he got his when he. christopher nolan's camera work captures the sense of mountain claustrophobia copilot just premiered at the berlin international film festival this is for by you finished my phenomenal. i buttes keeps. me his plight be here. with my ideas i. that's it for this edition of arts and culture thanks for watching i'll leave you now with the latest designs from paris fashion week where we've retold unveiled its new collection at the louvre turning the greek and roman sculpture gallery into

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