this is the w. news line from ballin a white police officer goes on trial for the murder of george floyd america's racial reckoning goes to court to be sure a bird is in the courtroom but a murder of her dog drought brought the motions are running high as the case gets underway and the accused derek chainman take pleads not guilty also coming out a. $1000000000.00 worth of trade in goods ready to move again and the container ship blocking the swiss canal is finally on the way. and to mexico

overtakes brazil with the world's 2nd highest cohabit 19 deaths hold talk to say battling the crisis is like fighting a war. or him homage thanks for joining us all eyes on the united states as the jury in minneapolis has the case of the white police officer accused of killing george floyd derrick charles and is accused of murder and faces up to 40 years and prison . this video is why the 1st witness emergency dispatcher jenna scary called police on former officer and others under his command. come from the back of the squad to the ground and my instincts are telling me. something.

i don't know what but something. george floyd was pinned for so long the scary initially thought the surveillance camera perched across the street had frozen jurors heard a recording of her call for help something out of the back of this. man. the prosecution also played witness video for nearly 10 minutes and it flew back children to get off of him and he begged for his mother the jury also heard witnesses plead for mercy on his behalf. as though the rules laws. they were all no. doubt were floored. when well good. police charged with killing unarmed black people a really convicted civil rights activist say children is not on trial alone that this case is about fairness and black humanity in the united states.

we are here to see the case of a man their views disney to lynch a man and then blame the man what a man she. knew him during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and will prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on floyd they're insisting that or health and drugs led to his death they urged jurors to ignore calls for social justice. evidence that you will see in this case during this trial it is i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than there is no political or social cause in this court or civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george floyd but they also hope it will lead to equal protection

for an armed black americans who encounter police. that's cause of it to washington d.c. and. stefan this is expected to be a long and emotional trial what were the main takeaways for day one. they won was that everything went as expected prosecution making the case here that there itself and had no reason no cost legitimate cost to treat george floyd the way he did it that he violated his police training and current minneapolis police department policies by treating mr floyd as he did and the defense of course tried to muddy the water try to deflect that a little bit saying there is more evidence than just the video of the prosecution pushing video because of course we're all prone to like hey i saw it with my old

eyes i believe what i see is what i see and the defense is trying to make the case that depending on what you see or no never mind what you see there there's more evidence which will this what they say prove that mr sheldon is not guilty as you said for weeks minimum. catered for this trial we'll see how long it lasts it's going to be very very interesting 4 weeks that's for sure and more broadly speaking we know that the prosecution and the defense have both insisted that this trial is not about race when it's not about the police of the united states either but many outside of this courthouse as well as family disagree does this give us an indication about where this case will go. yeah because it's of course of both it's about racial justice it's about this whole trial is a result of the so-called summer of racial reckoning it's about police brutality

it's about creating and having created the death of george floyd having created a new awareness or a refocusing of white people that is most important of also white people that police work till it is a reality for for african-americans more so than for anybody else that injustice in the justice system in america exists is that to us so it is all about this this trial is is very very very very instrumental to actually implemented change in this society in the justice system in police departments and they have partially begun to reform themselves because politicians and police departments and community leaders they're all on their immense pressure to make real changes stuff on you know give us a sense of how significant this is for people in the united states because as you say this has to be about the entire legal system in america on trial.

you are americans are keenly aware that the entire world is watching and literally watching you can you could today click on any t.v. program you wanted to if it wasn't a soap opera and it was the there are children so it is very much in the in the conscience of the american people of white people of any minorities in the united states and again that is the point knowing that the entire world is watching and knowing what this video what we all saw when george floyd died after get this 9 minutes and 29 seconds not 849 which became a symbol but it's now the prosecution said it's 9 minutes and 29 seconds that mr sheldon and others had their their legs are they need on his neck and other body parts of mr sheldon brought him to death like because of this so yes the world is watching the american people are watching and they're keenly aware that there's a huge interest and this is that this is significant and that this trial itself

begs for become a symbol perhaps for change for change of the justice system and in the society here right that is so fond simon's life for us there in washington d.c. thank you now trade is flowing through this west canal again and today finally managed to free the huge container ship blocking the vital waterway tugboats pulled the vessel office and bank to refloat the stranding hole to traffic in both directions for a week 10 percent of global trade possibly through this canal in egypt every day. just look at it go. after bringing one of the world's most important waterways to a standstill the 400 meter long ship is moving along at 1.5 knots the salvage team did an excellent job you know we were in a real critical situation when it was touching on both banks and there was real

risk of cracking in the center of the ship but the game entirely changed once they got that stern free and were able to pivot it. pivot back parallel to the canal. pressure on rescue workers had been mounting as the maritime traffic jam grew to over $400.00 ships suppliers had to decide whether to wait indefinitely or sail an additional 7000 kilometers around the african continent. for now they can breathe a sigh of relief but questions remain. well i just think this probably goes to show is the fragility graps all of the global supply chain i mean this is a very significant marathon on serie one of only 2 major canals in the world you know great in this one in terms of moving ships. and so i think any blockage that has proven to be you know really really challenging. the ever given

technical managers said initial reports ruled out any mechanical or engine failure as a cause of the accident but human or other technical errors could still be uncovered in the investigation to follow. also to look at other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. has landed a trade deal with me and maher as the world looks for ways to respond to the military crackdown against pro-democracy protesters there more than 100 people including children were killed in the past weekend. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attacks in mozambique dozens of people were killed and many of the survivors who worked for days to escape the violence in the coastal town of palma the area is a hub for international gas projects the team investigating the origins of the corona virus says it's extremely unlikely that it leaked out of a lab research has concluded that the virus may have passed to humans from

a baths they visited the chinese city of who han where the virus was 1st detected well mexico has overtaken brazil as the country with the 2nd highest covert 19 death toll after the u.s. more than 323-210-0000 mexicans have died from the disease in the 2 thirds as many as previously thought and doctors are now saying that they're battling the crisis and it's like fighting a wall. the scale of the suffering caused by this pandemic it's almost too immense for the human mind to grasp hundreds have died in this mean this apology alone on the edge of mexico city each death the personal tragedy today pedre compiz family mourning him. for that. he was everything for me he was my partner. my support. me so did.

produce few tests and people left to die a time that's why experts say mexico's virus death toll is far higher than earlier government figures survive a severe adric is points to another factor. people irresponsible behavior. we have to be conscientious and take care of ourselves because if we don't look after ourselves this virus won't go away we don't know when it will and. another survive mexico's president and dr mann well louis obrador damn low as he's widely known was diagnosed with the virus in january he compared to fix it had on him to a heart came tearing through his body now he's recovered and he's optimistic his government can heal mexico to. the sick and wave his receding

and we don't want to see another rise we want to see it disappear but the president's own officials avorn mexican doctors to prepare for another wave off to the ace to break. already these physicians are exhausted from the 2nd day compared to being at war the hope now that these people will ride the 3rd wave to thanks to vaccinations and the sheer number of mexicans who have already survived the virus. now the international community is appealing for more than 8000000000 euros to help syria a donor conference hosted by the united nations and the european union is currently on the way but there is a disagreement over how to fund. a bowl of cabbage for a family of 7 that's the daily ration for the family in this refugee camp in homs 90 percent of syrians now live in poverty almost 12 and a half 1000000

a starving. the money's needed for basic humanitarian needs especially inside syria access to water. health care and other fundamental basic needs 8 and a half 1000000000 euros is expected to be donated at the 5th e.u. u.n. aid conference assyria germany is planning to contribute about 2000000000 of that aid organizations are saying funds shouldn't only be used for emergencies but also to support reconstruction. to ease suffering long term we need to rebuild health centers we need schools childcare centers 2 and a half 1000000 children can't go to school in syria so humanitarian aid should be used for development. but the e.u. and the german government don't agree they say reconstruction benefits the fed regime. you're watching the news live from goodland coming up next is the w.

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hello and christine wonder it's good to have your company there is mounting evidence to suggest that male soldiers are using rape as a weapon of war in the conflicts in ethiopia is to cry reachin the un says 500 cases have been reported so far but that the actual number of women attacked could be much higher and the violence is still going on now if you hope it has acknowledged that soldiers are raping women into gras and the few medical centers into cry all straining to cope with the numbers of victims and the severity of the injuries some viewers may find this next report distressing. one of the few facilities into gray catering to the mass of women raped in the regions war. sexual violence is an increasingly common account as more and more stories emerge from

a conflict that the world was shielded from. the staff at this hospital have never seen anything like this before and they're struggling i go home as i would like to you know. there's a mother here who was impregnated when 3 eritrean soldiers and 2 ethiopian soldiers raped her now she can't move her legs. are going to think of us. even now she cannot control her bladder and she's pregnant she cannot control her bladder. it's hard to listen to the stories for these victims it's even more harrowing reliving their nightmare as they battle stigma to come here for help.

she told us not to hide so we've come for treatment i've been bleeding for a month and a husband stopped one horror story after another. but just this started to take away my child i begged him and told him to do whatever he wanted with me but leave my child alone after i cried he raped me then left and they ripped my grandmother and he beat her and dragged her by her feet. most of the severely injured victims are also now pregnant and there are not enough beds for them cruelty on a massive scale bearing wounds that may never heal. and we've invited anita solomon onto the program in 2019 she helped set up the 1st service center into gride for women who have survived sexual violence that she spoke to based in

adelaide australia but is a regular contact with welcome to day to every news africa i need to tell us what you have been hearing about the raped women into gras you are being subjected to and who you're hearing it from. well the situation isn't and they're actually very challenging i believe that the sexual violence is being hidden as well then in this war and i'm in regular contact with the people that work on the ground including. one stop search center that was well established in in 2019 so the poor sod i'm hearing coming into these centers are women that have been the simply abused physically. because of sexual violence by being and it actually and so it tips we're talking about prey and i

imagine that all the way where remand has been raped in front of their family in that those are slightly forcing family members still with the daughters sisters and women being held hostage for weeks and several days been raped by 15 to tourny soldiers in their different camps and women losing their fathers brothers or husbands trust to take then when the soldiers on the side of less fans in and not some that you are where they have been found it's time and dinner just gone in and taking out all of them outside and raping the women 'd that are in the house at the moment funny other observers have said as you're suggesting that the rape taking place into a cry appears to be systematic who do you believe is responsible for this. well

the responsible for this violence are being stolen yes including the. force that is and the entrance soldiers the survivors who manages to escape and survive and scrapes on say that they obey but it turns on just. for girls in the region who forces. their service center for survivors of sexual violence that you found and how is it supporting some of the women who have been raped in this conflict so they're survivors that manages to get themselves killed there one stop center which is mostly only from around the cities and some manages to walk for days to get to the one stop center specially if they are superbly physically if there is anything severe physical damage so well they will come to their one stop service center and get some medical assistant and emotional support and also it's

also read from at work where these women are referred to a safe house where they can stay there for out 3 months be a mortal and mental support but also a refer to the idea hospital if they need surgery or and there are more complicated medical support. finito what help did the women off to pry need most at this time. well i would say they would need who are in actually preventing me from this so it is great these and. these crimes because there is no matter how much support. who after the violence but the bones are still growing and you saw increasing and i believe until the soldiers that are in our lamb. and all who their rates will continue and when we say

you know how is it going to stop probably it's not going to stop but what our women need at the mall and in straight away office the soldiers to be held accountable and to actually start and justice to be so it's all right that's funny on them and talking to us there from adelaide australia thank you sunny. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for an attack on the northern was m.p. can ton of palma that's if the essence of people did it now the situation in palmer remains volatile and off to the violence that began last wednesday when militants infiltrated the town of karbala delgado province a day later they launched a killing spree shooting and beheading people now palmer is home to mozambique's gas production plants this is the closest attack to the site yet and families have been trying to find out news about their loved ones in the nearby

port of pemba thousands began arriving there on monday off to fleeing the violence for many of their relatives it is an anxious wait. you need i'm looking for a young man i need your help with communication to locate my son. no contact with my family since wednesday my wife my sons my mother brothers. we don't have information what i really wish for is to have my cousin back but i don't have information on my phone and for more on the story in mozambique i'm now joined by jasmine often mentioned as a security analyst for the u.s. based agency conflicts location and event state of project africa is a focus region welcome to day to every news africa jasmine what are your sources telling you about how things are unfolding in palma this point in time and good afternoon to your u.s. and you sorry. at this point in time your viewers must be careful to accept

media reports as fact the east county operations state. of by the government security forces each house to house operations which means it will take a lot of time to clear the area and we must keep in mind that these searches that participated in the miss weaving military uniforms and have him eaglet with this event he is per head the tank so. bottle and they will be a frequent clashes in the next few days jasmine how has the situation deteriorated to this point you've said that this attack could have been avoided. it could have been avoided. in the. mornings were issued 3 days prior to the attack not only to the mozambique and government but to foreign indices in marple 2

and. 0 being not only one. said lee no one has taken action nothing was done to improve the security at boma in this bomb are and what we've seen the last $4.00 to $5.00 days completely unnecessary they were made does it make this is rationed so much worse is that private companies had to step in and to help and evacuate people the insurgency liberal sophistication livre of coronation arms have reached a stage and crossed the finish out numerous times but what we are seeing now is an insurgency sending a message the is no q 10 this is not going to be a short that will tell us about the involvement of other countries in this

insurgency specifically they deny that states. of the united states currently there has always been united side prisons and will be from the military in mozambique but with the recent you is day to ration or visit nation or a so-called islamic state in mozambique we are seeing the better a snail prison involved in 2 months training program 2 months form of make it difference you from a drug myself but we are sick for it international political game in god will go god to america is not going to stand back and the training program for me is just that says stick it opening the door for further militarization of copper guard. that is has been up and talking to us there thank you so much for your insights on this. and that does it for our program today

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. you don't need to keep. people over for over gretchen home the 4th time for the most news in the. days at the dragons. through. to the real books on. cave free and out of the way the giant contain a vessel that was blocking the suez canal the other given has been refloated now to deal with the backlog of hundreds of ships who spent days waiting to past. the distribution of coronavirus vaccines is causing frustration in many parts of the world while your of course with it so i'm slow roll out we'll look at what's being done to aid the supply to poorer nations. and some are calling. it

a lost country and we take the place of the. life in the 11th hour after last august's devastating explosion. places doing business on robots in berlin welcome to the program shipping traffic has resumed on the suez canal after the mega freighter given which became wedged across it last week was finally reflect after dredging and excavation work over the weekend rescue and salvage work has succeeded in getting the ship straight again more than 400 vessels have been waiting to get past could take up to 3 days to clear the backlog but shipping group mask says the knock on disruption to global shipping could take weeks or even months to sort out . let's talk about this with our correspondent on board street sabrina kessler sabrina the knock on effects of the blocking of the suez canal have been you know on a 7 day yeah absolutely this whole incident has really put enormous pressure

on the global trade and also on the supply change which as you know have already been burdened by the groan of ours endemic about 10 percent of global trade and yet least 7 percent of the world's oil supply need to pass through this who is going to hell and order to arrive at their destination in the case of germany and china for instance is even worse because 98 percent of their trade needs to have is a shipping lane so almost every ship needs to travel through this canal in order yet to arrive at their destination after 6 days of being stuck if not i think more than $50000000000.00 worth off of products which are now the light and will still be delayed for a month as you already reported there are for hundreds of ships which are now waiting to enter the suez canal and only 50 of them can enter per day. it's hard to say the importance of this record fall straight to have investors been reacting to

the resumption of talks so there has been really been some signs of relief especially in the a commodity sector but still invest invest those are kind of shy of 2 claire or 3 write this off because to be honest it's still not over many experts say that the congestion that we saw in the us canal will now shift to the ports which are already overwhelmed with all these products which are now shipped into is that countries in l.a. for instance in the port also l.a. you have a waiting line of 10 to 15 days so if i arrive with my ship over there i need to wait almost 2 weeks before i can on load my clothes so the pressure on supply chains really you know they are about to sell you my many analysts say they could even last until the 3rd quarter off this year however analysts and investors are not as worried on wall street as other investors because the american trade does

not really rely on the u.s. canal it's more of the american no more of the europe and the china trade which relies on those issues going on because the more than half of american products that come by air by truck or by pipeline meaning oil for instance but still there are some american companies we have which definitely will keep an eye on this because clearly we are not out of the woods yet for any customer in new york for us thanks for bringing us up to date. now he later has happened meeting with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the box disappointing vaccine roll out brussels isn't the only place where there's anger over the amount of jobs getting to arms their heads of many poor and nations are calling for drastic action to ensure doses is shared more fairly than they currently are. lucrative peyton's restricting the global vaccine rollout not necessarily since

last september preparations have been underway to produce by on text shot at this plant east of hamburg. you can see the markings on the wall. up in the empty space above new pipelines are being set up and world it. and this will become one of the 3 production rooms. the issue is that it's a new active ingredient from the plant 1st has to be converted to handle it properly. the production plant is expected to turn out 10000000 doses a week beginning in may. why taxes in production will increase significantly in the 2nd quarter this year that's also what we've promised european and global government. that we can be a grateful we've still got of the mystic vaccine manufacturing industry and europe from what sorts of products on which means that in india add up on

a wall owns the world's largest vaccine plant is currently working on the license for us to seneca to make a 1000000000 doses by the end of this year. we're going to be probably the lowest priced 19. vaccine manufacturer in the world like we are for all of axes is going to be priced in a few 100 rupees. budget price must production in india not all vaccine makers if this used licenses for the us and now india wants patient rights to be suspended. the world trade organization has called on its members to cooperate more closely this must include global manufacturing including emerging markets and low income countries however member countries would have to agree unanimously to suspend painted bright big pharma are not the only object to say that idea mary of a c.e.o.

research is humanitarian logistics she's against suspending patient rights maybe to finance a vast horse we've decided to change it boise's and not to invest any more than lease a city fair amount which is very critical. so in the long 10 it may be better that actually for the counties collectively to buy the back interacts rather than to stop them right now the governments of prioritizing their own populations which is a very risky strategy if we don't for global vaccinations. the comic also here. it will need some smart thinking and global cooperation for humanity to finally defeat the coronavirus. on the issue of pate and asks natalie mole from the european federation of pharmaceutical industries and associations what the sectors view is on scrapping to speed up the global rollout.

well in fact the issue with the scale up of production is not really to do with patents there are more than $256.00 deals already been made licenses already being made around the world to increase the production and the scale of the issue is a technical know how and the actual capacities of the vats that have to produce these biological products and that is what we're looking for having to actually build and create so when a company gets in touch with another company and produce a manufacturer in order to produce and scale up the vaccines there's a whole technical know how transfer that has to happen you know to make sure that we can produce those vaccines at the mounds we need the amounts we need with the safety and efficiency that they have to have so it's much more than just intellectual property it's really the whole package and at the moment has not been an obstacle to that it's actually the facilities and finding the partners who can do that incredibly complex work with just biological production at that scale. now

for a look at some of the other global business stories making the news venezuela has offered to swap oil for coverage 19 baxi and a lack of foreign currency in numerous u.s. sanctions mean it can hardly import food and medicine despite having the largest oil reserves in the world official figures say 156000 people have been infected with the coronavirus that with more than 1500 dead. the united states says it's suspending its trade deal with neon modern democracy is restored in the country the decision comes after the military overthrew the elected government joad leader aung san suu kyi and imprisoned protested washington had already imposed sanctions on com bomber it's controlled by army. blank make a boeing says u.s. low cost carrier southwest airlines has ordered $1737.00 max aircraft the top point $5000000000.00 deal increases southwest smacks a commitment to more than $600.00 planes it's the largest order since the model was

approved to fly again at the end of 2020. the explosion in the port of beirut last august reduced large parts of the lebanese capital to rubble it also left hundreds of people homeless but many lebanese were fighting for their livelihoods even before that for years the country has been mired in political and financial uncertainty. these people are protesting the never ending financial crisis in levanon hundreds took to the streets in the capital beirut over the weekend the domestic currency the lebanese pound has fallen considerably in value nowadays the majority can barely make ends meet. and that lebanon is currently going through a real monetary crisis that has led to a financial collapse lebanon's money were stolen at the central bank wields power that no other central bank in the world has. a welcome one. it's people

like assaf who are being hit hardest by the worst crisis since the end of the civil war in 1900 the former policeman depends on a plate of hot food from a soup kitchen something he could never of imagined in the past. because i used to be middle class but now i've fallen below the poverty line and the retired policeman a former teacher even former university professors come here regularly. the ngo that runs the soup kitchen sees the impoverishment happening on all levels of lebanese society. should above all its retirees because with the monetary devaluation they've totally lost their purchasing power they don't even have the power now to buy their own medicine or to pay their rent or buy food or anything at all movie to get young people many international

observers are already referring to lebanon as a last country as rampant corruption also becomes increasingly widespread and the country's own politicians seem as helpless to deal with the crisis as the people they're supposed to serve. as often and. check out our website either we don't slash business until next time if i am. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing. measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus update the coalition special monday to friday on w. w's crime fighters are back again with the effort goes

most successful radio drama series continues to not only because those are available online and of course you can share and discuss on ws because facebook feeds are going to other social media platforms times to mean you know. 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 and quite abundance while that would be it's so on mars the atmosphere is 100 of what we have here on earth it's very very cold at the past it's like antarctica you could imagine bringing some supplies and you know if you do controlled a little self-contained pressured 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 to move off the earth eventual am i know that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. from techno to hip hop to soul germany's jazz big bands does it all. and their new albums out now we'll have a listen here on arts and culture then later on the show a painter works through his war experiences on the canvas. and one photographer's personal quest to document germany's jewish communities.

welcome to arts and culture getting high on jazz as a very rough translation of the name jazz house the jazz big band also calls itself one of the busiest bands in europe before covered 19 they were playing about 120 concerts a year now the group launched its new album with a live stream concert from the queen's tali museum in munich. 2 dozen musicians all with a negative coronavirus test but a positive attitude after all as difficult as dealing with the pandemic is organizing a big band is also a huge challenge. but a few months traveling to china with a big band of 25 people as opposed to

a trio is probably always a kind of catastrophic situation so i have the feeling i didn't need to give the topic of the pandemic too much attention because it's already taking up everyone's attention everywhere. but it is because of the pandemic that this concert took place without an audience. and this is what a normal jazz big band concert looks like sweaty dancing bodies pressed up against others something that's hard to imagine now. but since the coronavirus has been on a world tour the band has stayed at home and live streamed concerts without an audience viewers can pay what they want to watch the.

oh my gosh you know if you tried out various ticketing schemes based on voluntary contributions and we quickly learned that we can depend on our fans we made more or less the same amount that we do for a normal life concert by going to. the 10 tracks on the new album have a more international flavor than earlier releases. that's due to their contact with the global audience in the days before the coronavirus. there might even mak you notice things like how do people at a jazz festival in shanghai react to us what pieces do people in nairobi respond to how does someone in london respond i think seeing these reactions in a constantly changing setting leads to an international ization in the music and

our influencers. but all the tracks have one thing in common they make you want to get up and groove buckley dancing with yourself is still allowed. well one place where people hopefully won't have to dance alone soon as london's iconic royal albert hall now marking its 150th anniversary and walked out queen victoria dedicated the concert hall to her late husband prince albert back in 8871 the royal albert put out a video message narrated by mick jagger saying they look forward to being able to

open again soon you'll be. speaking of returns artists cedric velikovsky is back home and the armenian capital year of on after last year's brief war with neighboring azerbaijan the armed conflict may be over for now but armenia as national experiences and delicate in his own brushes with death are now fuelling his painting. last autumn armenian artist cedric fully cognizant teared on the frontline of the new gorno cover about war and violent conflict between his country and neighboring azerbaijan in his new painting he associates the biblical figure of judas a jewish widow who saved her hometown from a syrian soldiers with armenia is trying to come to terms with this country's defeat of the workers which groups are better for it sometimes it happens that you paint take a painting and spoil it deliberately you understand that you will continue to work

and finish a painting after all i'm sure it's a similar process to dealing with the war you just have to go through let them know that there is risk not the truth approach of a couple of those which are. very cognisant painting style mixes armenian traditions and national colors with soviet era aesthetics and images of superheroes and iconic movie characters. as a volunteer soldier really caught me ended up in the so-called hell's gorge near the city of shusha the clashes there were especially brutal. we were attacked with rockets and cluster bombs were used terrible. if we hadn't

been able to shelter in this cave many of us would have died because we were bombed very aggressively when i look at this photo i can't believe it's me sometimes i want to return there for some reasons i don't know how to explain it maybe it's a feeling that something has not been completed. so. the beauty of the landscape there was amazing. the war ended on november 10th when a cease fire agreement was signed very commonly returned home in early december he's glad to be alive but he feels apathetic and uncertain he says he changed after the war and that all armenians have changed. the concern over sort of that day when the war ended we learned that everything was over. on the one hand you understand how events developed an offensive was being prepared on our front and i don't know how it would have ended on the other hand there was an understanding that what had

been there before us all that was no longer there we could not defend it we could not save her i also think about the deaths of young men all this is so hard. for the future. now art helps the year of an artist to cope with difficult memories. i'm a loser and i draw i analyze i try to understand who we are what we are which from a what we are for why the small country between these empires is needed why we exist here what should we give to people to the world. nugent. said rock valley cognate says a rethinking process is needed for a country to survive the bitterness of defeat in war he tries to do that through his paintings. it's all about resilience and that's certainly true for

germany's jewish communities 76 years after the holocaust jews are a small but growing minority in germany israeli born photographer rafael have a sense been documenting jewish life here for decades is on a personal mission to show germans and the world what the nazi regime tried to erase. north. apartments in frankfurt through this ritual a boy is rendered accountable for his actions by jewish law. rafael hellish often photographs occasions like this his images show how jews live and go about their daily lives his aim is to appeal for greater tolerance. is the only issue it's amazing because there's so much interest many people come up to me after seeing the photos and say we didn't know how beautiful jewish life

could be and i'm glad it's a great privilege to be able to show it to them as a privilege to say. rafael hellish will never forget one particular bar mitzvah the boys grandparents had survived the holocaust seen in the photos with their grandson are there tattoos that identify them as one time inmates of the auschwitz concentration camp the photographer shows pictures like these to school classes and explains the meaning of the tattoos. these came out who did this why did they do and where were they what happened to what is auschwitz this is one of the important tasks i've been performing in germany over. the years you have a long. concrete block house left over from world war 2 now rises where frankfurt's biggest synagogue once stood before the nazis burned it down in 1938 today exhibitions are held there such as one with raphael how they see photos

of jewish life the photographer shows his pictures to his daughter orley. to go on the night like to show their jewish life from this place that was nothing but ashes jewish tradition goes on in germany today if not the tomb. vital. the search for his own family's fate also makes up part of the exhibition the murder of his grandparents by the nazis it's hard for him to talk about but necessary the rising numbers of anti-semitic attacks leave no doubt about that. because of the renewed hatred of jews in germany today it's important to me personally to show this and not remain silent or look away any longer. here rafael hellish visits his father's grave he had survived the concentration

camp another stone commemorates rafael's half brother who was murdered by the nazis when he was only 2 months old his father was never able to talk about it. at 1st i was angry about it but later i found out everything that had happened to him i can only say what a wonderful person he was in his own way he protected his family and i really respect that of muslims. rafael hellish dedicates his work to fighting not only anti semitism but every form of racism and exclusion he says he'll keep at it for as long as he can. germany's marking 1700 years of jewish life in the country will be meeting more jewish artists in germany in the days and months to come. well that's almost it for this arts and culture leave you now with a century old house in san jose california that's getting a new home so to speak the victorian style building was set for demolition until the community raised $300000.00 to move it so you next time.

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