and critics alike. and many push home. in the world climate change is a story this is one place the way. we. can really get. we still have time to. think this is the news africa coming up on the program the. region. the fights and we got into dragged back continued concerns about human rights abuses monstrous policemen so people go in shorts each. also coming out.

welcome to the program they have been repeated reports of fighting extrajudicial killings and rape from ethiopia steve groene will be speaking to the country's ambassador to germany for a closer look but before that we take you to mecca the troubled regions capital where at 1st sight david life appears to have returned to normal but the conflict that began in early november has left its deep mox many residents on the number of displaced people who have such refuge in the city continued reports of the war still raging on. hundreds of civilians are being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the region's capital mckillop they come from all over to grab the conflict started over 4 months ago thousands are believed to have been killed since

that capture requested in the 2 of by a bullet from the head to grant special forces and if you'll be an army started fighting when the fighting stopped the ground forces left but the rest of the soldiers started killing civilians and the majority of the people died but some of us escaped here in our area about 41 people died. and hundreds of with most of the patients here say those carrying out the attacks are ethiopian and eritrean soldiers who are fighting the former ruling party in the region the to great people's liberation front or p.l.f. the federal government has yet officially acknowledged the presence of every trained troops integrate well the region's interim president insists the t.p.s. is responsible for the current crisis why this has happened and is really important because it should be repeatedly cited because the russian and the force of the north in that it was attacked so this was for the governors of people the

borders so without having this force it's not difficult to certain or to almost complete this. the problem is created by existing. and make residents have expressed anger at the situation as if you feel betrayed by the central government to gray held a regional election then september 2020 which was deemed illegal by federal authorities many gradients who are in favor of the country's federal system now want their region to become independent. of what it is all. about in the invigorating it. to be and it is a lot of give it when you need it we have. and what i write. we went on last on the can we say one. thing that their frustration is

also fueled by a humanitarian crisis throughout the region tens of thousands of people have arrived in mckellar seen violence for months my lead has worked as a volunteer helping displaced communities such as in the school which has been transformed into makeshift accommodation the federal government says it has scaled up humanitarian efforts but people here still face a shortage of food drinking water and medication if the government did not say i mean we didn't do a good hit is not working his job has just hiding the truth that's why i came here it's not my job i'm here you're just doing vallance are you know i'm here for my people. she's particularly worried about the children and regularly organizes to distribution in an effort to fight. i'm really mortified but very what's going on in my country and this is a very sad i am a less going gang now i mean it's very sad to see children just be like this with

fighting still reported daily and rural areas to grains continue to flock to the cities desperate to tell their story they're also showing signs of considerable collect. joining me now is ethiopia some bustled out to germany has. been one. thanks for your time now we're hearing repeated reports of fighting still go in on in t. guy yet your government says the war is over what is the actual situation. thank you for inviting me i trust situation is that the general professional truly fortunate operation is completed in quo but there are. no we i meant it was all with us yet the ones who are in bush. or so hiding in the quarter rest in the title company i'm an idiot and source who who cry by destroying their.

kings and national defense forces in the. night and keep the military and or social brutally. mix themselves out and. we've. got a new person and one knows exactly the kind. of. government want to leave huge tool to we're just the sum i've got to give. to all. searching for and to just what's going on ok so talking about the war your aim was to our. leadership because we were not here into our policies have you achieved. actually as you some of them have come back and it was to destroy destabilize a country and if it was not such a way it would want was a near that in countries internet i think that the horn of africa and

a horn of africa would have been the whole of one sport for a terrorist as it was going toward on time so that the countries no destabilized the country in such a way that expected that's what. we want to would such a whig ok so you see in this believe in the country now about my mom us about last week we had a woman on disprove graham who said he had been raped by you under a tree and so just how do you respond to that. there are so many allegations still right abuse in different places even if you can't be and others that you can and government has now. assigned a committee and or feel which is needed by the if you got human rights commissioner that independent and or saw invited all international. communities to come into a community and it or school for journalists and or school for a independent investigators $280.00 up and human rights commission to make this

investigation created just just to be clear you admit in then that they are eritrean troops on the ground and if they are why are they there ok that is to this is one of the industry getting going on. because there are only geisha says. this in this one of the indication is. any talk why these will be investigated in the outcome will be unanswered clearly with independent investigators talking so much to the investigation that you see your government is allowing because indeed if you get invited a un human rights commission to jointly investigate all these allegations or the crimes going on why not allow an independent un investigation would fall access. have not. been done access anywhere. only even last time it was only for

security reasons they put example if the humanitarian assistance will do not is this too immediate and which is not controlled and if this is. hiding in corners we can kind of anybody the government is responsible to see if that is the investigators will have money to get an assistance or not is this but knowing the kind of investigation or still why it's a joint issue why. it's not a how could anyone even today for anybody. this is a lot but to hope is a lot to understand as it is a very complex situation ok excellent see. if you are somebody to germany thank you very much for your time thank you so much for your time did it really. turns on the. female president somehow salue her son was sworn in as head of state

after the death of her predecessor john michael fully for the remand of a 5 year term which ends in 2025 let's hear how tanzania feel about the new president somebody who. now you want i'm proud to be has been sworn in as president because we as women are capable woman but for now we can lay back on the father who left us can't feel the less privileged and now we have a woman who understands the needs of women she will take care of our interests and follow our father's footsteps but you see i was already both about the former president michael foley who was hardworking chills as his vice president because he had seen the qualities that enabled her to be his deputy that he had to give her that we're certain that she will deliver but. she's a hard working woman who's able to handle that position you know as it were let's

get some more insight on this times i mean mohamed caliph from the kiswahili service joins me now i know mohammed many thanks for your time now what can we expect from president sami also who has. actually not that much changes i mean from from from his pretty i mean from his. present. but then actually there might be some. new developments with some point comes to the mission out of consideration in which in a hospital did she mention that to us that people to to look forward not look backward to look for the more positive tanzania that means and we should we should be trusted by other that she means to conservation with the political divide that we are having in tanzania no ok but what is expected of her really in tackling issues such as press freedom and also the way the country has so far handled the cone of virus pandemic. on the press freedom

a she might be is somehow so liberal that way she has been always sure wasn't always been but then comes true but as pandemic that is now something which is now which is steam showing some not very positive more for that because it was employed today when she was so in there nobody in the audience except for the former presidents who are wearing masks and even as she was leaving the fuss to cabinet meeting the same happened so we don't i don't think that i mean much to say on the shift in the protocol of how the virus may just but let's see mohammed tell f d w africa thank you my pleasure and that's how we wrap up the show for the week from austar is going to do w dot com slash africa all visit often spoke on twitter pages goodbye have a great weekend.

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why more and more artists are creating murals known as brave walls so liberating the contributions of brave women's rights activists like the murdered the brazilian politician mario franco painted by a berlin based illustrator catarina verona. here catarina voronin comes face to face with her fear her knees are shaky as the construction lift takes her to a position 15 meters above the streets of quite spag birdland from up there she works on her dream project. i moved to berlin like 2 years ago few months ago and it was always my dream took our big wall and go you know i was always like. one day. oh yeah this day is coming this is my. watch he has created here is an artwork with a political message a jury made up of members of amnesty international and the urban nation museum in berlin chose cattery navarro. anina us design. but i really

like about my profession that you can be very playful and so there is a lot of there varsity hours of being in the illustrator because i'm not doing we're also in my daily routine life and i can draw some very small illustrations and sketches and it's also very nice to feel me so far 1. for anina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. yes the result is what's being called a brave wall named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 20 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story

has had an impact on catarina voronin as well. the lord wanted to make. a scene where to focus. with possibilities of women shows inside which you can see in all of the small characters so it's mystically about 3 here one guys also 4 women you can be a scientist you can be a musician and you can be i mean there is just about free choice. the brave while in berlin is one of many around the world they draw attention to courageous human rights activists artists in mexico lebanon and portugal have also sprayed or painted these murals in recent years. so. the fact that her mural serves as a daily reminder for the rights of women fills catarina verrone. you know with joy

especially since the situation of women in her native russia is often difficult in russia we do not have. a law against domestic violence and we're still fighting for this and you cannot imagine how how bad it is. it's like it's time i'm reading all of the stories it's not possible to to abstain different or not talk to and cry about the. brave world and quite reminds us to live courageously and have big dreams. i like to think that illustration is the usual text and you can use it as a to write you can try to bring some message to your list station so i was trying to be very clear with the idea of women's rights because it's only your life and you're only one person who are into do whatever you want with your life and this one thing to be about. more culture news now police in los angeles are

investigating sexual abuse allegations against film star army hammer on thursday a 24 year old woman identified only as effie told a press conference that hammer had raped her and 2017 do your own words here peter letter to mayor to go through all of the made me. earlier this year armie hammer was dropped from 2 films after leaked conversations appeared to show him planning violent sexual acts hammer's lawyer says his client has only ever engaged in acts that were consensual. every once in a while d.w.i. culture team likes to check in with the up and coming filmmakers we meet at the berlin international film festival the festival is barely knowledge talents program is where young creatives come together from around the globe and that's where we met german director and editor constantine book is now focusing his energies on telling stories from lebanon. director and editor constantine buck

spends his time living and working in both berlin and be root he witnessed the massive explosion that took place in the lebanese capital back in august and this. washroom appeared out of nowhere and it took a few seconds before the shock wave hit out but. you know i think the scariest thing was not knowing what what's going on is good with the what does this mean for the war or someone talking more about what's happening just so poor thing didn't realize what was going on months later it's still unclear who is to blame for the catastrophe many point the finger at politicians and have lost faith in the state. edited this video for a friend. case that i mean it's a little. young

people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore think of the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction of really destroyed something and people. are friends or family in. their hearts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $2900000000000.00 on the talents program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher on the critically acclaimed film capernaum. capernaum explores the plight of children living in the slums of beirut the nonprofessional actors were plucked from the streets and much

of the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it khan and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine back wants to process his own experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bale holt a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even near. if we want to help in any way it's by telling stories from here and it's also by making a film here and employing our friends in the in the film industry and like have you know bringing there's so much talent here so the best thing we can do is make something. the screenplay already has financial backing constantine hopes to start

filming by 2023. in the art world it's called that's french for for a technique that makes 2 dimensional pictures look 3 dimensional and its artist stefan pop spends a specialty the results sometimes look frighteningly real. watch out a dangerous scorpion but look closer and you'll see it's only an artwork created by. the artists from northwestern germany is a master of 3 d. optical illusions. stefan's eerily realistic looking scorpion took 4 hours to create he chose the motif because most people keep well away from such creatures . my most successful kind of paintings and there are those with a spider sitting on a sheet of paper for example people are scared of them.

stefan pap's artworks aren't hits and he regularly publishes them on. this video of stefan creating a 3 d. tarantula garnered over 12000000 views. creating these amazing artworks requires a good eye and special techniques. after all optical illusions only work when you look at them from a certain angle. point using. the main effect with these lego bricks is that i stretched thin. so that when you put the painting down it looks as if the proportions are correct. getting the details exactly right is important that means adding the scorpion's

shadow and tiny hairs on its sting. finally stefan cuts off a bit of paper perfecting the optical illusions. that's really important for the 3 d. a factual it must look as if the object extends over the edge of the sheet of paper one it will force us into thinking the object isn't actually painted on the paper. and here's a 3 dimensional scorpion viewed from one side at a 45 degree angle change your perspective and the 3 d. effect instantly vanish. stefan pops ambitious plans for creating vast outdoor 3 d. artworks. like creating a 3 d. pattern in a cornfield and then filming it from above with a drone to capture this effect. so. as motif just yes whatever it is it will probably look amazingly realistic.

illustrator and children's fantasy author cornelia focus says she's leaving california because of climate change the german writer known for titles like in cart trade trading in her farm and avocado grove in malibu she says the drought and wildfires in california are a major factor in her decision now she's planning a new life in italy's tuscany region where she wants to keep inviting young authors and artists to stay with her. and just one more story before we go it's been 50 years since the british band queen got together with the late freddie mercury as their front man the group's surviving members are now celebrating by posting their greatest concerts each week on you tube i'll leave you now with a little taste season.

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place to. play the be. the best. place is day to have a news live from but then germany tries to tell about challenges lagging vaccination rollout with the astra zeneca given the final go ahead of the johnson and johnson on the way johnson i'm glad michael thomas said to have flexibility to german officials say also coming up germany on its top scientists brought hope to the world by developing the 1st overtime tamed back same. take soundest islam richie and the words shock and will go down in history. and the u.s.

and china set to wrap up bad tempered superpower talks the 1st under president joe biden washington calls beijing a threat to global stability while china accuses the u.s. of the talk recy. i'm rebecca ritter's thanks for joining us germany's federal and state leaders have been holding a virtual summit to discuss the stalled vaccination drive like other countries in europe germany is in the midst of a 3rd wave of infections german chancellor angela merkel is now promising to bring flexibility to a vaccination program that has been a dog with setbacks and hamstrung by bureaucracy so far less than 10 percent of germans have been vaccinated far fewer than in the us or the u.k. . let's listen now to some more of

what the chancellor had to say about the vaccination drive. doctors are. honest basis we decided to. do that and of course the recommendation of the health ministers conference a few days ago guided us very much we decided that the established structures of the vaccination centers and the mobile vaccination teams will continue to remain important. and that we want to ensure that every week they get 2250000 doses a week so that's the sort of basis that the vaccinations interest will reliably be given. right let's bring in did have his chief political correspondent lyndal crane to help talk us through this melinda johnson michael just saying now that he wants to speed up the vaccination rollout from april why is it taking so long to get things going here. well it's a mixture of logistics and quantity and the decision that was made today to add

flexibility as you said to german thoroughness is essentially a decision about logistics so what the heads of the federal states and the chancellor rhee decided today is that individual physicians practices family doctors will also be permitted to start vaccinating after the 1st week in april now until the until now basically it's only been through the vaccine centers that vaccines where the ministered this change will make the administration process the logistics more flexible but the fact is quantity is still a major problem a true bottleneck so just an example of what that means we heard the chancellor saying there that the vaccine centers will continue to get 2000000 doses of vaccine a week that the private family doctors will receive about 1000000 doses and that

sounds like a lot but frankly it's only about 20 vaccine doses per doctor's practice so that means clearly still a very slow rate of vaccination that really isn't going to pick up until the end of april when apparently there the physicians may receive as many as $3000000.00 doses a week but in other words we are not going to get through this new 3rd wave the exponential rise in infections on the basis of vaccinating alone and inter press conference the chancellor indicated that in fact we are going to be looking at tighter rules again the imposition of what's called the emergency brake something that was decided on a couple of weeks ago in a similar setting a summit between the regional leaders and the chancellery that in the event of a rise in the infection rate. that the tentative attempts to open shops and allow

larger gatherings would be rolled right back so that's what it's looking like going forward and you mentioned that bringing in the family doctors to help administer the jabs and this is something that's been happening in other countries for weeks or even months already i mean why has that process been it is same as a k. pot in the vaccination rollout the miss excess of a vaccination rollout why is that taking so long it has been under discussion as you say for weeks here as well i think to some degree perhaps that german bureaucracy and thoroughness that the chance there was referring to was at stake but frankly i think part of the problem is simply that the main bottleneck is not really the logistics of the vaccine centers at the point the main bottleneck is simply quantity and how is that going to change when will that change the health minister did speak about that today did he mention when that's likely to change

well as i said starting at the end of april there will be considerably more vaccine delivered if all goes according to plan and the health minister held out another possibility as well he talked about the possibility that germany would go it alone and put it in order for the russian vaccines on the wii he said that as far as he's concerned perhaps if the e.u. doesn't move then germany needs to move on its own the chancellor just spoke to that point and she essentially pulled back from what the health minister said saying she would prefer a european initiative she has no problem with seeing sputnik vaccine being administered here in germany but she'd like it to go through the u. unless they don't act and i think that means we won't see that happening right away all right melinda crane and thanks very much for that update. germany has all

of the scientists who won the rights to develop the world's 1st covert vaccine the married founders of the drugmaker beyond have been awarded the order of merit they achieved they have a life saving breakthrough largely by starting work on a vaccine well before their rivals. it's an award for services to the nation and yet this couple's extraordinary achievement has global dimensions. groundbreaking discovery is saving lives in life the hooks. it's ensuring our social economic and cultural survival. time a person is vaccinated we take a small step back towards normal life and towards the life we miss and the people we love so then mention the really beings which are of this i'm certain seldom has a scientific achievement of such existential importance being grech you can.

get so i thought. were shining founded by own take in 2008 at their company's headquarters in mines they and their team had been working on the next generation cancer treatment for more than a decade using m r n a technology that was until news from china emerged about doctors discovering a mysterious new virus spreading rapidly in the city of. at 1st the world didn't pay much attention but he meant to achieve did even before the world health organization issued its 1st major warning the biotech team started working around the clock less than a year later there vaccine was approved in many countries around the world. that not only earned them one of germany's tire on earth but also thank you letters from around the globe. we have of course we saw grandparents reunited with their grandchildren doctors and nurses that no longer needed to be worried about their relatives and when i read messages like these i can say the light at the end of the

tunnel is getting brighter. for ted. but to end the pandemic shine emphasizes one last big concerted effort is necessary he appealed to people to remain cautious . side through this 2 thirds of the way are already behind us one 3rd is ahead and i'm absolutely sure that if we can do this we will get the pandemic under control and become. like everyone else shine and to origi will then be able to return to normal everyday life and for them that means getting back to work on their own original mission of developing a new treatment for cancer. the u.s. and china is set to wrap up a dramatic 1st high level encounters since president joe biden has taken office face to face talks in alaska have laid bare the hostility between the 2 superpowers and opening round descended into acrimony washington accused beijing of threatening

global stability china hit back saying the u.s. is hypocritical among the sticking points a human rights the pandemic and china's military buildup. it was supposed to be a traditional photo op a tween to economic and military superpowers but instead a backroom brawl exploded on to the world stage as both sides launched scathing indictments also discuss our deep concerns with actions by trying to including wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our us. each of these actions threaten the rules based order that maintains well stability that's why they're not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang a chief fired back by questioning america's status as a leader. so we hope that when talking about universal values or international

public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying these things because the us does not represent the world it only represents the government of the united states . and the us secretary of state reasserted america's leadership role i have to tell you what i'm hearing is very different from what you describe. i'm hearing deep satisfaction that the united states is back there were engaged with our allies and partners i'm also hearing deep concern about some of the actions your government is taking but with the mutually agreed to pull magic protocol scrafton china's foreign affairs chief deflected criticism of its own human rights record by pointing back at the u.s. . in regard to human rights. we hope the u.s. can do a little better in this aspect. only with us as human rights

issues are deeply rooted it didn't just exist during the past 10 years slaughter of african-americans because always been a problem. solved. with a chilly start to the new normal for relations between china and the u.s. the rest of the world is watching closely to understand where they fit in in this new balance between global powers. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world young environmental activists have staged protests in cities around the world as part of the 1st global climate strike of 2021 swedish activists going to lead a demonstration in her hometown of stock on she criticized world leaders for failing to treat climate change as a crisis. rural communities in eastern australia are battling a plague of mice thousands have been running rampant in the state of new south

wales invading silos and bonds and threatening the bump a grain harvest the surge is being blamed on heavy summer rains after years of drought. tanzania has its 1st female president something to do her son take took the oath as head of state following the sudden death of john mica foully she'll serve for the remaining 3 years of his term. lessons for now on the story of an italian volleyball player who sparked outrage in italy she lost her job for getting pregnant that has missile struck a nerve for female athletes in italy partly because it was within the law someone needed to ignite a spark volleyball athlete lara louis was that someone it took her about 2 years after the fact though the fact that she was let go for being pregnant. on international women's day earlier this month louis announced that when she asked

then sued for her last paycheck on a $24000.00 a year contract the club countered saying the pregnant player it had dismissed ruin the season and cost money and sponsors. i'm shocked by what's happened it's been a few days since i received this document i waited a while to make the story known because it's personal stuff but then i thought it was important for everyone for myself above all. what's important to is that literally actually knew that when she got pregnant she'd get dumped by her club most female athletes in italy sign club deals with a clause that allows the clubs to dismiss them if they get pregnant. again i believe this is a very serious matter and it's time the situation a telling an athlete live in must be taken seriously. a month after she was dismissed lily's pregnancy ended in a miscarriage she's now retired but her story has gained traction picked up by

traditional and social media momentum building laura luly hopes for radical change well beyond volleyball perhaps well beyond sport in italy. you know watching daytime in the news as well from a neck next hour is business news with stephen dancing i'm a backer of his in bed and thanks very much. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. good. consequence for food such and some greek culture more just to boot. w. travel we go. through. what's going on here. house of your very own from a printer. computer games that are healing. my dog

needs electricity. shift explosions delivers facts and choose what the future holds . living in the digital world shift. on d. w. . german lawmakers go after ordering firms for its role in the mass of wire card scandal the company says it was also duped wired part of messrs meanwhile want to know if they'll ever see their money again. also on the show are you feeling generous or perhaps a little tight with lockdown in full swing or berlin restaurant leave since the customer to decide how much to pay. and farmers in east africa are striking back at the locust swarms devastating their crops and making a little money to process. the show i'm steve doocy in berlin the german

lawmakers investigating the massive wire card scandal grilled a representative of the auditing firm any why on friday which for years signed off on wire cards falsified by. works for the witness a director at the y. told the panel his company had also been deceived wire card payment service provider was listed on germany's dax index before admitting to a massive 1900000000 euro hole in its balance sheets now anxious shareholders don't know whether they'll ever see their money again. kurt is furious he did vested several 1000 euros in why a card shares the risk seemed low my account was after all listed on germany's most important share index the dax is that the tongue of i watched the share price in the reports on it to the news or the reports that were now coming from so-called analysts. i didn't bother to let say look any deeper. i

shouldn't have. was. was talking. he would have found a lot if he had as early as 2008 the protection group for small investors asked some uncomfortable questions of why a card. if you googled why a card as a payment processor in 20062007 1st 1000 pages you would have found where hits from online gaming websites websites with pornographic content and websites that sold pollock's steroids cetera. sites that were prohibited in the operator's home countries high risk business by cards books contained corporate acquisitions with opaque ownership structures in tax havens. after why a card became a topic in the media again around 10 years later the german financial services

regulator baffin failed to act instead prohibiting so-called short selling or share trades that bet against the company the auditors from young continue to certify the carts balance sheets were clean today it is insolvent almost 2000000000 euros is still missing from the books next c.e.o. marcus brown is in custody and asia's see young master lack has gone into hiding 22000 investors have registered with the small shareholders protection association the damage done around 380000000 euros. i assume that the loss of it by private investors is significantly higher even if i look at the total market capitalization of wire cart which until recently was almost $20000000000.00 euros on. lawyer fabienne teats represent several clients in the wild card case he assumes that the shareholders will be left with less than 10 percent of the company's insolvency

assets. possibilities to a set of claims for damages against the auditor against the auditing company and then against the members of the executive board if necessary he. has little hope of seeing any of his money again fortunately it was only part of his retirement savings. staying in germany now the country's pandemic strategy is once again at a crossroads his numbers are rising on the one hand and public patience wearing thin on the other on monday berlin state leaders will meet to discuss another extension but can businesses afford it retailers are already sounding the alarm industry representatives saying around $120000.00 businesses could be lost if new lockdown restrictions come to pass but look at the hospitality industry a recent survey finding that 72 percent of hotels and restaurants fear they might go out of business one in 4 are considering closing up shop for good our financial

correspondent conrad booze and sent us this analysis from frankfurt. germany's business newspaper 100 splot has a dramatic cover page this friday announcing a story about the shops. entrepreneurs are exhausted say the slums continuous lockdowns a 3rd wave of infections that is what puts everyone on edge for the economy altogether this means that the growth rates that we can reckon with are constantly being reduced downwards the council of economic advisors for the german government said this week that during the 1st quarter the economy in germany is contracting 2 percent and for the whole year because i only hope for a growth rate of 3 percent that's a significant reduction downwards of this forecast and that's the problem for business constantly the hope for a restart of the economy gets delayed once more and constantly businesses have to

adapt to new circumstances. and they're in frankfurt or restaurants across germany are also adapting and some are even getting creative for one mexican restaurant blend neighborhood solidarity is now on the menu. just a few months ago the line to eat a homemade kisa de a year went out the door the mexican restaurant in berlin noir opened in september 2020. a few weeks later it had to close again due to the 2nd lock down. owner bar rescue stuff and his team had to come up with a plan. the restaurant now offers lunch menus had 3 different price levels the customers decide for themselves how much they want to pay. to think they think the reactions are really exciting ranging from that's entrepreneurial suicide i

couldn't do that to an interested and small does can join his mom's over the order and then confused 3 prices can i pick a price now that's we're you sold to i think that's great. but since we put the bottom line is no matter what the reaction is if the majority of people want to pay the price that supports us as a restaurant. that support price is the higher ones those who've been affected financially by the coronavirus can mean well choose the lower solidarity price but no matter how much they pay for the food is the same for everyone. the customers are reacting positively. i think it's good that every person who can afford the higher price supports the other customers well i'm going to be. very honest with you with my thinking never had to ask. for like. you know gastronomist having

a hard time right now so. yeah i think people are willing to donate some of them on from the neighborhood myself and i think it's ideal we're all very thrifty around here. the older kicker team believes in solidarity with berliners and even after the pandemics over they want to keep charging only what the customers can pay . are clever business model there let's take a look now at some of the other global business stories making headlines. luxury carmaker lamborghini posted its most profitable year ever despite a pandemic shut down the stopped work at its italian factory for 2 months while the total number of cars sold was slightly down from 2019 never again he sold more of the expensive customized super cars 2020. use of russia's sputnik v. corona virus vaccine is wrapping up around the world cameroon and seychelles approve the job for use on friday is now available in more than 50 countries in

europe regulators are conducting a rolling review. the administrators of south african airways hope to hand control of the airline back to management by the end of the month but according to reuters as a has been under a form of bankruptcy protection since december 29th all operations there are parts of east africa and the middle east for more than a year now destroying entire fields of crops sometimes in a matter of hours there's no perfect way to replace that lost income but a startup in kenya house found a clever way to make money off the insects if you look. locust cymru central kenya on a farmer's corn cobs the u.n. believes 3500000 people are affected by the latest wave of locusts in east africa for many farmers their entire crop is at stake. they'll finish everything look at this corn if you look at it it means that it only has today and tomorrow the day after that there'll be nothing left we used to have some weeds that we used to feed

our cattle but there's nothing left now one of the. lucas search still a plague and a terror for farmers but some are trying to turn the problem into an opportunity a few kilometers away in the kenyan highlands of like a pia as the evening sets in sex are distributed and then it's time to go while the locusts are asleep their plucked from the branches then it's off to the collection point which is run by a kenyan start up company the picture their goal is to utilise the low. just as a business model for every kilo we will pay you $50.00 shillings if you start from around 8 pm you have until 6 am because after that you won't be able to collect them you have the whole night to do so. but i want to because you got 50 shillings or 38 year old cents a kilo of locusts to be processed into animal feed or fertilizer 1st the heavy barrel rolls over the socks and flattens the grasshoppers this makes an easier to

chop next step drying in the sun after that the locus is ground into feed meal. and i used to formulate i'm afraid for fish poultry. pigs because raw cost but impoverished 70 percent of protein so it substitute for the biggest problem the most exposed but of just the protein. in this way farmer joseph media can also earn some extra money by collecting the locusts it's already clear that his harvests will be less than in good years looky here quick tell you destroy all the crops when they get into the arms sometimes there are so many who can't tell crops from locust roofs and you couldn't get over usually attempts are made to control the locusts from the air with insecticide but the swarm that threatens dose of may as field is too small that's why collecting them and using the locust meal to feed animals is not only

a good business idea it may be the only way to provide these farmers with some income during the 2nd year of locusts. and finally after months of pandemic delays then turn those 1st ever theme park featuring super mario open to japan this week. look the bright blocky surroundings are straight out of the classic super mario brothers game music for mario games plays throughout the entire park visitors can collect virtual coins on a smartphone linked wristband by of course punching blocks just like the time plumber and augmented reality used in the mario kart ride promises to bring the racing game to life the park is in line with nintendo's expansion efforts on the virtual world. looks like fun that's it for me and the business team here to check online dot com slash business i'm sick birds and it's watching the for.

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