frank food. international gateway to the best connections road and rail. located in the heart of europe connected to the. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and triallists services. biala guest at frankfurt airport city managed by for. me. this is news and these are our top stories german chancellor angela merkel says the government will begin supplying family doctors with vaccines to speed up the country's sluggish vaccination drive the decision follows a virtual summit of federal and state leaders chancellor also expressed optimism that every adult would have a chance to be vaccinated by the end of the summer. a long dormant volcano in

southwestern iceland has erupted for the 1st time in nearly 800 years eruption falls thousands of small earthquakes in the region in recent weeks the area some 40 kilometers from the capital reykjavik is a seismic hotspot all inbound and outbound air traffic from iceland's international airport has been halted. u.s. president joe biden and vice president kamel harris have condemned empty asian violence in the u.s. the rhythm of which has spiked since the start of the coronavirus pandemic biden implicitly blamed former president donald trump for stoking hate by calling covert 19 the quote china virus by those comments came during a visit to atlanta where a gunman attacked massage parlors on tuesday killing 8 people. this is d.w. news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram. or go to our web site that's g.w. dot com. coming

up on arts and culture feminist fighters take on superhero sizes we'll show you the latest trend in street art and later on the show. said that. music video remembering the victims of last year's explosion in beirut. and there may be less than meets the eye the optical illusions of artist stefan. around the world women are still the targets of male violence and oppression that's why more and more artists are creating murals known as brave walls celebrating 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 shaking as the construction lift takes her to a position 15 meters above the streets of quite spec birdland from up there she works on her dream project. a multi-million like 2 years ago few months ago and it was always my dream to our big wall and go you know i was always like. one day. oh yeah. this is my. what she 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 catarina veyron enos design. but i really like about my profession that is you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the over our city 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 sized the floor 1. for an ina 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 while 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. i wanted to make. a scene where to focus. possibilities of

women shows inside which you can see in all of the small characters so it's basically about $300.00 it's also for women you can be a scientist you can be a musician and you can be i mean there is just about free choice. of 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. the fact that her mural serves as a daily reminder for the rights of women fills catarina voronin know with joy especially since the situation. of women in her native russia it's often difficult in russia we have. against domestic violence and we're still fighting for this and you cannot imagine how bad it is. it's like it's time i'm reading the

story it's not possible to stay indifferent not to write 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 if you can try to bring some. patience so i was trying to be very clear with the women their eyes. 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 she taught a press conference that hammer had raped her and 2017 your own words here impudent

saturday go to go to well. we are this year army 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 not a talent's program is where young creatives come together from around the globe and that's where we met german director and editor constantine book who is now focusing his energies on telling stories from lebanon. director and editor constantine spencer. time living and working in both berlin and beirut she witnessed the massive explosion that took place in the lebanese capital back in august and then this mushroom appeared out of nowhere and it took

a few seconds before the shock wave hit us but. you know i think the scariest thing was not knowing what's going on as the border what does this mean more or someone talking more about what's happening we're 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. they said i mean to me. and says. they're.

just. young people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore i think that the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction and really destroyed something and people. are friends or family in their arts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $21000.00 palin other talents program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher alone 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. the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it con and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine bach wants to process his own

experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bail out 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 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 bock hopes to start filming by 2023. in the art world it's called that's french for for the eye a technique that makes 2 dimensional pictures look 3 dimensional and it's artist

stefan pabst 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 should. the artists from northwestern germany is a master of 3 d. optical illusions. stefan eerily realistic looking scorpion took 4 hours to create he chose the motif because most people keep well away from such creatures . and you 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 paps artworks aren't pets and he regularly published them on you tube 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. the main effect with these lego bricks is that i stretched. those 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 cut off a bit of paper perfecting the optical illusion. that's really important for the 3 d.

a factor it must look as if the object extends over the edge of the sheet of paper once it falls us into thinking the object isn't actually painted on the paper. and here's a 3 dimensional scorpion if viewed from one side at a 45 degree angle change your perspective and the 3 d. effect instantly vanish is. ambitious plans for creating vast outdoor 3 d. art works. like creating a 3 d. pattern in a cornfield and then filming it from above with a drone to capture this effect. so. his motif just. 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.

first girls too could have a. lot of us as they are also some of the you must search for money in some form. was able. to deliver. more than half the world will be living with limited water resources we haven't had to think about our war i think that era is over it's a financial product like any other financial. change the most important commodity you can be free from. mississippi or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. one to. this

is the story of a world whose borders and territories were drawn by the slave trade a world where violence subjugation and trust it imposed their own brutes and forged empires. as a people cannot even back then there was no oil slaves were the driving force behind these emerging empires. in the 14th century europe discovered that it was located temptingly close to one of the planet's most important trading regions. the riches that were produced by africa. atlas. appetite for conquest. for the benefit of travelers it also provided information on the

military strength of different nations and it provided a map tracing the treaty africa and its resources. a small kingdom was the 1st in the rush to seize control of the coasts of africa. very big. was a portuguese project. out so part of the adventure to africa. both look really secure themselves and also maybe secure advantage or again small groups . listen the largest city in portugal and the only european capital on the atlantic

coast at the mouth of the take this the discovery monument evokes nostalgia for a time when the portuguese made the world their home carved in stone some 52 meters above the water the heroes of portugal pioneers of the conquest looked triumphantly towards the ocean that gave them such wealth and prestige. they are headed by prince henry the navigator the architect of a perilous project to open up a new trade route via the atlantic ocean his aim was to bypass the muslim rivals in the mediterranean and gain access to africa's gold coast in the 14th century the portuguese succeeded in ousting the arabs from their territory the kingdom now had free reign to begin its campaign of conquest promising gold and power henry the navigator convinced the nobility to follow him in this adventure. remember the navigator was the crown prince in

a way this mythical figure this great christian portuguese prince was portrayed as very devout and will become it going to turn to a different he started out commanding a brand of raiders pirates who took prisoners. to brave the atlantic and ocean few european sailors had dared to explore prince henry had a new and revolutionary kind of vessel. cals. sailing ships that were capable of battling storms in the open sea. the portuguese established a sea route taking in the coast of west africa. kept by her daughter the islands of arguin and cape verdi in. each mile covered was a victory over the muslims who were present on the entire northern part of the continent. portugal has traditionally glorified its great explorers

forgetting that most of them built their fortunes on the slave trade. today lisbon is undergoing a facelift after the discovery monument renovation work extended to the us district as construction progressed the riches of the 1st world city resurfaced by chance workers uncovered the foundations of the former commercial harbor. in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from a cow and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. in a shell d.n.a.

tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is a long untold history the fate of the 1000000 africans who were shipped off to europe between the 15th and 18th centuries. when they were the power doesn't this was an extremely brutal predatory economy and the portuguese were disembarking and arms in and rush to capture the inhabitants of these african crafts starting with mauritania and then senegal home to many poor fisherman they were captured with nets i'm. each mission you dozens would be captured and loaded onto these ships to be brought back to your book about this interview poorly possible don't know up. in various locations between morocco and maura tanya prince

henry's mercenaries kidnapped unarmed civilians deported to portugal these 1st captives were unloaded in the 1st port on the way home. on this coastline one morning in august 14th 44250 men women and children who had been captured on the atlantic coasts were sold to the highest better it was a major event the 1st spoils brought back to the country by the portuguese conquistadores they had set off on a quest for gold but they came back with slaves the event was so highly anticipated that ghomeshi donnish. the chief chronicler of the realm traveled to the beach and person to record the event. the following day it was the 8th of august starting morning because of ain't. a cruise began to work their codes unloaded

corruptors international as ordered. 'd some other faces down white with tears some note on the others on the road in with grief some low to high heaven fixing their locomotives shouting and i out up to it was asking the father nature. others be their cheeks with their palms or threw themselves flat on the ground others made lamentation in a sound like manner after the custom of a homeland. and though the words of their language could not be understood by their sorrow was understood indeed. a sorrow and increased when those in charge. roger dividing them came and started to spit them one from another to make even groups. to do this and became necessary to take children from parents wives from husbands brothers from

sisters. for cain and king grit no rule was kept each captive and it where luck would have it. the snooty sort out our describes an extremely violent scene with your children taken away from their mothers screaming ripping. clearly what he is witnessing makes him very uncomfortable for uses all. things changed after that he got a part of what they had to justify. when they did so by pointing to the civilization brought to the savages is a few people to have a near disadvantage. in the early 15th century human trafficking was common throughout the mediterranean in

portugal but also in the south of france spain italy and sicily most of the slaves came from the balkans in southeastern europe traded via the ports of cyprus constantinople and aleppo. back then africans constituted a minority within the slave trade. in list that these proportions would soon be inverted the 1st african captives deported to portugal would be followed by countless thousands more in the street of the negroes well one of a few alleys that are the only reminders of when this neighborhood the biodome a combo included a ghetto reserved for africans. 1453

the holy war between christendom and islam resulted in the latter's victory. constantinople the last remnant of the byzantine empire fell into the hands of the ottoman empire the christian side of the mediterranean was now separated from lands further east with the movement of slaves from the balkans also blocked for christian europe the conquest of the atlantic was now vital. christendom to ash had reached stalemate. and the whole area where they'd been acquiring slabs for slaves. was now christianized to islamicize. there was only one region to head for africa becomes associated with slavery as a result of these developments. officially muslim leaders and the catholic church condemned the enslavement of free people but in

practice the demand for slaves did not diminish and justified continued raids. eat. the. body so he did in these societies people were driven by religion because they weren't fanatics that term is probably too modern. but religious motivations conquering islamic areas to convert them to christianity were very important since the papacy supported portuguese expansion by granting rights to colonize. the wall couldn't easy. to take revenge on the muslims pope nicholas the 5th gave the portuguese his moral endorsement thanks to the vatican support they could continue raiding africa with complete impunity. portugal's national archives in lisbon are home to the romanos pontifex issued by the pope

that gave the portuguese carte blanche and established a legal framework for the enslavement of africa. we have formally by other letters of ours granted among other things free and ample faculty to the aforesaid king of france or to invade search out capture bank question subject some some people and other enemies a price countries use their persons to perpetual slavery. perpetual slavery to words decreed by the highest catholic authority that amounted to a sentencing of innocent africans to words that would justify everything in the name of god. with the pope's blessing the portuguese ventured further and further south along the coasts of africa there caravels and strategies were copied by other european nations eager to take control of african gold and

slaves flemish german english generally nice and the nation merchants from across europe invested in the atlantic adventure. that bad last summer of the last. i want to it's not as if africans were passive towards european merchants entering villages to collect individuals and put them in captivity. and captivity less so see if they actually get african societies had their own power structures while i v they had a capacity for initiative they negotiated it discuss the terms of relations with european merchants have to do that bought a big lead. to secretly built to give the tipping point was when the portuguese entered the south atlantic beyond the equator and thus entered a new economic space economic don't know where they came into contact with the kingdom of congo which would play a big role. $1471.00 the portuguese took

possession of an island off the african coast uninhabited virgin and fertile soil to me also provided a secure harbor 150 nautical miles from the mainland it enabled them to keep an eye on the region's most powerful state the kingdom of congo. kong always an interesting case of african history very different from everywhere else when the portuguese got there they discovered that there was a king there was a what they called a kingdom and not only that it was an area where there was no islamic influence at all portuguese entered into relations with the the king of kong on birch really an equal basis and so there were muslims there was no they were was no hostility on the basis of religion. and for reasons i don't think we fully

understand they the the king of kong of congo. decided that he was going to convert to christianity. came all forms all the 1st and he welcomed the missionaries from portugal. the portuguese were the only ones to supply products from the mediterranean to king of funds. for the 1st time they had established a monopoly on an african territory lip of the good even those uses the yosh easy the more tricky is arrived in a hierarchical society where the nobles in short ate more and better than the others dressed more elegantly than the others and consumed luxury items these all the people do dukes it don't go live with people to do so when the portuguese arrived with all these new items how should i put it on the congo or aristocracy went completely crazy and sought the should they became infatuated with all of us

you can sense that the customs and behavior were changing and they did indeed change. the drawings of the 1st missionaries who arrived in congo illustrate this new bartering system. but the old fever encouraged the portuguese to continue their conquest. they learned that the a kind people is gold mines were in elmina for the invaders the only way to get their hands on the precious war was to offer the icons what they needed most slaves to descend into the mines. as such they became the empires slave traders. gold production which had been going on in west africa for centuries including the area of guinea my. only an apostle sent to god but i did move into

a commodore fields and gonna. talk about because the gold you know. was booming out and. it was a measure a wealth of the mine and they were after the gold of the what they called the gold coast because a lot of gold come from the interior right there. the 1st triangular trading system in history was launched between. the icon mines and the congo. european goods for slaves in congo slaves for gold in elmina. the portuguese used this bartering system to create an autonomous trading network. to get. the arrival of the portuguese brought about major changes including cuz they made the direct connection between the coast of congo insult on me.

it was an interesting triangulation because the system that would thrive in the americas was 1st tested out of that region it did not imo. this portuguese crucifix commemorates the annexation of south tony which would open a new chapter in the history of slavery. it was here that the portuguese would create the 1st platform for the mass deportation of captives and it is here that a straightforward slave trading system would evolve into a massively profitable production system the sugar plantation.

with thousands of slaves disembarking on its beaches so too many became an island exclusively dedicated to sugar production. so maybe this ultra may end rossi or a laboratory here because that's where we have witnessed the marriage of black man and sugarcane. in the color size to function well together. so i will marry the black man with sugar cane over the money and so . the idea was simple the art and was transformed into a plantation where slaves within easy reach were imported just after. each year 4000 of slaves arrived in fill this very limited space before that means big concentrations. and so this was the 1st example of a black colony and

a slave society and the model became a global system a system grew but unsound to me time seems to stand still sugarcane was replaced by coffee then coffee by cocoa. when they landed on the island the 1st slaves brought with them their knowledge of working the soil in the tropics but to this day sell to may remains one of the poorest countries in the world and former workers continue to live in the slaves old huts. you don't really need a survival population for group sugar. but to grow on the scale they were doing you know you did what you needed slaves because what you did during the harvest period was you made him work 14 hours a day all year all right into the night one or any night there were there was a moon you know that you just kept cutting all night long arms are down with fatigue the risk of injury increases so it was very risky. it was extremely hard

work. something amazing lab in various ways it is the 1st big experiment with sugarcane in the tropics and that's what the laos later on the transfer of the sugarcane production in to brazil and later into the caribbean. after christopher columbus his journey to the americas pedro opened a new sea route to the west the portuguese were still obsessed with the search for gold but now they knew that if they failed sugarcane could potentially replace this precious metal on april 23rd 1500 cut brown's ship docked in unknown territory after out of project from them as your majesty now as we reach the canary islands and then the cape verde we followed acela heading west across the snowy.

that same day of the alan vespers we sighted land that is to say 1st the very ran it mountains and other low ranges of hills to the south of it on a plain covered with lots tree. petal covered her head just reach brazil only to find no gold to be profitable this immense newly discovered land would have to be cultivated. this in turn meant that a new trade route for slaves from africa to brazil would be set up. to santa's man's outlook for slaves on the coasts of the african kingdoms and bring them to south all may. and starting in $1516.00 and they would start bringing them to brazil they were intermediaries the very. essence of millions had the monopoly on the supply of slaves to brazil. 1516

from south contingents of captives were now being shipped to brazil and the caribbean the 1st transatlantic slave trade routes were established between the kingdom of congo. brazil and portugal. meanwhile in europe itself hundreds of captives arrived each year via portuguese ships. in lisbon black and white on a stand simply lived on an equal footing they shared a common language and the same interests all grew rich from the slave sugar and gold trades among them german merchant and banker. in economy solicit gonna be involved in the political and trade elites from both european and african societies local sovereigns collaborated with the portuguese some converted to christianity took portuguese names and sent their children to portugal to be

latinized and study in the university of people. these elites became the predatory ones as if he'd put a cross. on the west african coast the riches that portugal devoured seemed inexhaustible. in the bellingham district of less than the building of their own english monastery was financed by the slave sugar and spice trades. splendor of its architecture are testimony to an era when liston dominated the world and flooded other european capitals with its goods. like credit you have to emphasize that this was a black slave trade as this economy was based on african slaves would this trade was the main income for the crown and for part of the portuguese elites the state

was being built upon overseas income so a new phase started busk the minute profiles that. with the arrival of europeans in africa they history of slavery assumed a whole new dimension. for the 1st time the trade focused exclusively on equitorial africa and the number of deportations reached an unparalleled scope and scale. old. it's not comparable in terms of scale because for in the islamic trade we're talking about a roughly a 1000 year period a much bigger impact in a shorter period of time from the americas. have

. her. home. in lisbon the history of african slaves who arrived in europe has largely been forgotten most traces of their presence were destroyed during the 755 earthquake and any lasting pieces of that memory were scattered when the city was rebuilt. in this hunting lodge a few miles from the capital a painting by a flemish artist depicts lisbon in 5080. the king's fountain portrays a neighborhood that no longer exists where people of different skin colors danced together. here a black man in shoes embraces a white woman with bare feet musicians play for a pair of lovers. a knight of the order of christ in

chains or in ceremonial dress africans present their wealth to europe's smallest kingdom an image of an era when this connection between africa and portugal made less been the most important economic capital of europe. when history can dois enemies of soil as early as the 15th hundreds 10 percent of lisbon's population was black and it is not counting december this is a it's a little similar that barcelona mahler to. today in southern europe in portugal italy spain and southern france an estimated 50 to 60 percent of the population could have african ancestry. seen a kiss from a law elected it's a question which all scholars of slavery of wondered about we think of what happened to those black people in europe or you don't need some say the figures are

that big thought they melted into the. population disappeared on their own depaul not easily but it's hardly tenable to argue that thousands tens of thousands of people are underage of thousands disappeared without a trace without passing anything on to next generations which in essence fueled the new story out for us historians who work on archives it's fairly easy to find an african ancestor but for people's family history and something that they forgot or half suppressed. the metal novel.

merchants went to round up slaves in the border regions of the congo kingdom everywhere the raids multiplied. and became one of the crossroads at the original transatlantic slave trade in congo the relationship of equality between africans and portuguese collapsed so a lot of became from then on from 50 nineties on became the most important single port a single place in africa from where our for comes law from the americas 23 percent something like that out of all africans a lot from. going heavily to brazil which of course is the biggest area where africans go in the americas by far almost half of all africans and often brazil. lawanda was of those it was really an outpost of brazil many ways and it doesn't mean a damn muscle devoutly they determined that

a merchant should import $20000.00 slaves per year that slaves became contractual objects in the club ace.