but everyone has the right everyone has the right and this is the deal. the news live from berlin. another setback to europe stalled a vaccination program. germany is halting. astra zeneca is corona virus vaccine for people under 60. the surprise move follows a new cases of dot com, also coming up. not enough money. the international community fails to reach its target for helping millions of syrians suffering poverty and starvation.

and china heightens its grip on hong kong. beijing imposes restrictions on who can run for the city's parliament. critics say the changes are a blow to democracy. a marina mohamed, thanks for joining us. gemini is halting the use of ashes and because corona virus vaccine for people under 60, those under that age cancelled the site to take the shots. but only after a medical consultation chancellor angela merkel and the health and us that yes on made the announcement offer an emergency meeting. there are new concerns over unusual blood clots in the small number of patients. germany has recorded to 31 cases of cerebral trumbo says, after taking the dose with 9 deaths. while chance academical says the move

was carefully considered. own trust comes from knowing that every suspicion, every single case is investigated. both federal and state governments agree on this . the new recommendations for the astra zeneca vaccine will of course have an impact on our vaccine rollout campaign in the near future. and that's what we've discussed today that speak to the political correspondent on hammerstein. so the only the chancellor is reassuring germans that they can still trust the government's vaccine program. but what else did she have to say to try to instill confidence? well, she sort of reaffirmed 1st and above all that vaccine and vaccinations are really the most effective tool we have against the grown a virus pandemic at the moment. and she also said that she understands sort of the

frustration of people the questions that now arise with this u. turn on the astra zeneca vaccine. but then she underlined, quote, unquote, we will overcome this pandemic step by step. and you can see that both her and the health minister, you tried really hard to sort of like transport this sense of optimism and of hopefulness amid this very bleak picture. pandemic picture here in germany. whether or not that will convince the public that another question. but this is just the latest in the number of huge trends by the authorities here were gone. the handling of the pandemic? yeah, exactly. i mean we just last week was the sort of last you turn where chance i'm going to man. proposed an extended easter break, lockdowns is sort of 5 days off and here in germany over easter and then had to

bat backtrack on that proposal and less than 36 hours later she even issued a public apology. and so that's you, as you mentioned, that is only the latest sort of in a serious of u. turns. and you can see that there is an erosion in trust that the public here in germany is not really doesn't really believe their government is handling the pen demick as wine more 56 percent. say they don't sing. the governments can handle the pandemic very well anymore. so that's, i mean, you have to remember last year that number and a lot of germans trusted the government too, to really get them through this pandemic. and that support is eroding now. and also you spoke to a couple of germans i did today. what did they tell you? yeah, exactly. i asked some people outside in berlin about the astra zeneca decision . and let's listen to what they told me. if you knew this guy,

all this switching back and forth is undermining confidence. it's like they don't know themselves. what's right in their backyard, and i'm a nurse myself and i haven't gotten vaccinated yet. and i cancelled my appointment on a cyst muslim. i would like to wait until we really know. and it's clear whether all population groups should get the vaccine or not. it's kind of market so i can understand that the facts are constantly changing and they need to make changes accordingly. so that's the case with all coronavirus mischa's, but there's a lot of scaremongering going on with astra zeneca and the politicians in the vaccine commission trying to react to it. well, we also know that facing resistance and also a lot of pressure. now when it comes to her idea of wanting to push for a lockdown for 2 weeks. yeah,

exactly. she is facing resistance even from within her own party and some from some of the state premiers who graf sort of resisted tough for restrictions. they had previously agreed on and we're talking and specifically here about the so-called emergency brake that sees that is meant to see areas return to a hard lock down once they sort of cross a certain threshold of new infections. and some of the state premiers have not implemented that emergency brake, but instead are defending a course of action that sees a combination of rapid antigen testing. go hand in hand with the food, very easy. and off the restrictions and mechanised found very clear words to criticize those premiers and has even said if that did not shame, she would have to think about overreach, overriding state regulation. so you can see there's a little bit of attention going on between the federal and the regional level here

in germany. thank you. that is homicide. thank you so much. health officials in canada have also put a pause on ash seneca vaccinations for people under 55. they were responding to the reports of blood clots in europe. so far there are no cases reported in canada. around 300000 doses have been given out and millions of doses of ash than they could have been deployed around the world. well, eric fielding is an epidemiologist. he says the benefits of the spec seem still outweigh the risks. this is very frustrating for us. all kind of doesn't have direct, you know, their own they're relying on what's happening in germany. but the same time i want to point out most of the astra zeneca that seems the country with the most use of the actually, seneca recap is actually u.k. . and you care, you actually did not find that the same pattern as,

as germany. so you know why i'm not dismissing what the german epidemiologist found . i'm curious why the u.k. do not find it because you have been using here much more. and so until i see it in multiple countries, especially the largest actually using country which is u.k. . i'm not kentucky campus, but i understand the precautionary principle. but sometimes your caution principle also says, you know, we know that the vaccine will save lives in the middle of a heavy, heavy pandemic, especially in continental europe. and i think people are ignoring the fact that there is a well no major benefit versus an uncertain minor risk. let's take a look at other stories making headlines around the world. the u.s. is accusing thai now of the joining it, withholding information about could 1000 at the start of this crisis. a study by

the world health organization and beijing say the virus may have been passed on from bats to humans and was not leaks from a lab. and rubbish is piling up on the streets of main. mars main city. young gone activists launched a garbage strike to oppose military rule. protests started 2 months ago when the army removed the elected government. and more than 500 civilians have been killed by security forces. a u.k. police watchdog has cleared offices of heavy handed behavior and breaking up a video of a woman killed in london. sara ever. it's death sparked global outrage over women's safety footage of scuffles between police and protesters. have prompted an investigation at the international conference trying to raise money for millions of syrians facing extreme poverty has failed to meet its targets. the virtual talks

raise 5 and a half 1000000000 euros. that's 3000000000 years short of its actual goal. u.n. officials say the situation in syria is dire, and it's getting worse because of cope at 19 stranded in lebanon. the u.n. is ensuring the survival of this syrian family. with the equivalent of 23 year olds per person per month. the problem is the ongoing economic crisis means that's no longer enough. sugar and oil have become expensive to continue help, aid organizations need to generate more money. this is one of the biggest struggles remind that the national community reminds you'll be reminded actors. the crisis is creating the shift at these 5th donors conference hosted by the e.u. and the un once trying to raise enough money to provide another year of aid for $13000000.00 syrian refugees. they need support and of course,

proper funding is crucial. today, germany is therefore making its largest in the last 4 years, 1738000000 euros. and they go, owners want to offer money for emergency aid, not reconstruction, to avoid supporting the assad regime regime or 1st no future for the sea of people . it makes no contribution to the stability and good region. on less these changes. it cannot be a partner that it will be a union to cement, failed to reach its goal, meaning they'll be fewer resources to people in news that china has endorsed sweeping overhaul of the hong kong electoral system. changes include more for beijing officials in the legislative and critics also say this is another serious

setback for pro-democracy movements. china's leaders voting in favor of giving regular hong kong residents less of a say, members of beijing's national people's congress standing committee, or the n.p.c. is see voted unanimously in favor of the new rules. $167.00 to 0. they see the changes is necessary to filter out undesirable elements and to make sure the right people can stand for positions of power. because that's it. all this improvement of the electoral system will prevent the anti china rabble rousers from being present in the election committee or the legislative council in order to engage in sabotage, subversion, or instigation. all that is how we can ensure implementation of the patriot administering hong kong principle. the new measures also reduce the number of seats up for selection by ordinary hong kong. as for the legislative council, previously,

voters picked 35 seats, half of the 70 seats in the legislature. that number is now reduced to 20. while the hong kong government welcomed the move, saying it was a step in the right direction. pro-democracy, lawmakers lamented the changes saying they represent a regressive legislative rollback. the pro-democracy camp of fears, the voice of hong kong people would be completely lost in the debate chambers. in the past, we know about the major problems that we're facing. it's not just about how we thing or not just about whether or not the social mobility it is about whether the film actually reflects what people think on the streets of the special administrative region. many hong kong is expressed concern because also i always think about how it was promised that hong kong wouldn't change for 50 years, but it hasn't even been 25 and i think it's already changed

a lot. that's why i'm worried about my future as well as those people around me. if you get it. all right, you can mostly, hong kong is already changed water election. are you kidding? this isn't an election. it's many games benefit, certain people. it's meaningless with the system overhaul that skepticism could soon be shared by many voters making the 1st legislative elections under the new system in december. all the more interesting now a long winter is finally over in the northern hemisphere. and spring is here in japan. that means cherry blossom. take a look at these beautiful pictures. this is tokyo's. make sure a river. the blossom only lasts about a week. they say it symbolizes the fragility of life. normally, people picnic under these trees, but this year the authorities are asking them not to gather

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platforms, crime fighters tune in. now. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list corner spot for some and some great cultural memorials to double trouble this is news africa coming up on the program. a strategic town under siege in mozambique fears grow over the fate of thousands of stranded residents in the town of fighting between mozambique and government forces and jihadist militants. and to another day and after decades of oil spills, there's little progress in cleaning up nigeria's niger delta. one of the most

polluted places on i'm told me a lot of, well, it's good to have you with us. concerns are growing over the fate of thousands of people in the town of palma, in northern mozambique, overrun by jihadist militants. last week, some residents have managed to escape, but aid agencies say they're worried that so few have made it to safety. reports also still coming off clashes between the militants and the mozambican army, and some observers fear the conflict could spread. this is who is now in control of mozambique's, northern tip al-shabaab islamist militants linked to the islamic state group. they posted this video to social media claiming to have killed 55 people as they seized the city of palma tactics. mozambique's military says,

our terrorism for the clear objective here was to terrorize the population of pomo district and to threaten the development of infrastructures that will improve living conditions both in the country and for the local population. in particular, above all, they threaten the biggest private investment in africa, a massive natural gas field that was supposed to be the key to mozambique's energy future. but nothing has been so from the jihadists. those who fled tell of indiscriminate killing those people decided to show you around the place. so we stayed 2 days in the war to go to war. one was on our side. so this is the last day which we are no way about to start the sort thousands have so far escape the violence. many of them making their way to the provincial capital, pember, however,

they can staying behind, could mean death. good for you. the only reason it was a difficult moment to tell you the truth. it was a massacre. none of us would like to go back there again. many people died of those who stayed behind. i don't know if they're dead or missing. for now, these people can count themselves among those fortunate enough to escape as thousands of others remain stranded or in hiding in parma and with many of polish residents joining another 700000 people already displaced in the conflict . does this worsen mozambique's humanitarian situation? is an assessment from dell, arm of the southern africa director for human rights watch. you might retaliate a crisis that happens with thousands and they need

to pay about which is a big question now into our living in camps across into neighboring countries or chaos and people are living in there and there is no security and it was a get over it is, it would come forward to go and see the jewels and billions in cup with the time is actually overdue for them to this know who would do more or less what these and also look, unfortunately the original community that african development community and african union craze is becoming more sophisticated and indeed there is no need for the international community to come together to ensure that this is brought through and other ways. there is a huge risk of the problems of the africa. big group next to nigeria's niger delta region from well,

oil has brought the country great wealth for decades, but also devastating pollution. one of the worst on earth spills from oil pipelines have damaged the environment, the livelihoods and the health of the residents. fred moved when he was in or going to land one of the affected areas to witness the impact of the niger delta once offered to reach spoilers. for farmers and fishermen like my code to know, it's a trick to humans and the ecosystem. all you spiels have braved people, exposed to hide, it was of call me, i'm the one my cute. most of them died before the age of 40 our lives in the pit in their laggy on the sea. we depend on to see a seafood today. almost all of those seafood have gone. you can't find them again because of the oil spill. and this has led to

the level of poverty. i find no if not find a way to describe a study in 2012 is committed that 16000 babies died within the 1st month of their life. they died because of oil, producer sion in the niger delta state. officials admit that the situation has become even worse since then. how many people would do better there last week? how many were better dysart where die? because this is, i don't want their poverty in times of food in town, so caution and even the necessities of life. know what i bust areas of the states would to with out talk seek the un say it could take 30 years to clear up the contamination the niger delta pollution has continued despite years of promise

is by successive governments in nigeria to clean it up in 2016 president, my mother behind it launched an ambitious cleanup project. you know, good news aren't there what has been ongoing, but there isn't there it'll progress has been made. residents and activists blame the multinational oil company shares for their plight. they have petitioned their government to provide host b. 2 s. and schools to improve their living conditions. but the hope is that when a law school says the in the very developed of the foam, the glue up with my dismissals also and parliament of the people that i've been reading the job place through this species. the region

provides most of nigeria's revenues. but the communities see, they get nothing in return and their government has neglected them and they left them to their fate. and we can now speak to name or past the leading environmental justice campaign, particularly on the niger delta need more joins me now from been in city in nigeria . good to have you on the program name. oh, why is this area polluted and who's responsible? well, russia to be destruction from those who are responsible. this is very regular. niger, a lot of people blame as you mentioned,

the oil companies like shell. what are these companies positions on this issue? one of these issues all try to avoid responsibility to avoid accepting communities, but i think this is just their way of looking at 4 months of except to put a problem in the pipeline. but the amount of damage b.

don't care is not something that could be accomplished. just look at people who are not that you talk about. can you describe that a bit more? what impact has this pollution had on people's lives? it was lives on the environment situation it pretty much over 60 kids or spears got beat goslin. this is blowing across the region, which is to a show where all it was going to be completely as we speak, some of us called but we were all born in continuously. the saw the depth of 10 meet us from him is

a difficult thing to do. who wants to? that's a good harvest, the source of but i mean the point, i mean if you want the bodies, i've got them and it's a lot of friends, lushly destroyed. and the people around here obviously shut down thomas so said oh, he's very carefully heat fish. awful. who used to depend on what they preach, so all these nothing but you money and lettuce. but he said lowest in the mission, you're saying it's been decades since this has been going on. i do you think that this is still going on? the spills are still happening and if, if so, then has there been any progress made in terms of cleaning up what has been spilt? now? the time is what is good or bad? the government said, oh,

i broke up once polish other musician project and that is just only just beginning slowly. so i did not get to eat a mixture. now exploring way back into the past, aki, a large, just in central tunisia, have discovered an ancient site that they've estimated to be more than 6000 years old research as say, this site shed light on life through several different eras of history. the excavators found many fossils of animals, especially whole says, and also able to use objects found to deduce the way humans in western africa hunted animals. they say the find will provide a wealth of information on the culture and environment of the past.

that is it for now you can also check out other stories on d, w dot com for slash africa as well as off base book and twitter pages i know be good to hear what you think about what we've covered and what you think we should be covering as well, so thanks very much for watching and bye for now. welcome to the city i'm missing instead of the permanent transit instead of concrete pillars instead of the clear pollution new concepts for the legacies of tomorrow made in germany.,

in 60 minutes on w., literature invites us to see people in particular might be books on youtube. cryptocurrency take another step towards everyday use. pay pal customers in the u.s. now spend them with merchants across the globe. krypto is really going to mainstream, also coming up. a massive new factory in germany means biotech now expects to distribute 2500000000 doses of its covered 9000 jobs. by the end of this here will

find out more. we take you to south africa where the government has an ambitious multibillion dollar plan to modernize the rail network polluters. this is due to be business in berlin. welcome to the program. or it could be a major step towards crypto currencies gauging, gaining wider acceptance pay pal is now allowing its customers in the u.s. to use them millions of merchants around the world. the online payment platform will allow those with the likes of coin a theory of a new light coin in their digital wallets to convert them to regular currency and spend the is $1.00 of the largest mainstream companies to welcome these or has also this week announced its intention to accept them on its payment network. let's cross to new york and gets more on this from our correspondent sabrina kast. this supreme is a pretty big moment for cryptocurrency. yeah,

absolutely. it is. it can clearly be some kind of a breakthrough for a script through currency, and it's the 1st time that it's going now seamless and kind of in the same way as you would use a credit card if you buy something online. the service is called check with. so if you're holding the currency in your case, all the hound, you can now use it to buy goods at nearly 30000000 online vendors, how ever you are not actually going to pay with bitcoin, as you mentioned, because while it works, let's say you buy something online, some choose from like you, for instance, you select a product, you put it in your card and then you had in to check out an $8.00, then sorry, if it, when you over here is then going to convert the crypto currency into money. so if you're an american customer, for instance, nike, which then gets us our and knowledge base card. so it's some kind of a work around here because not many companies are right now except during the

current season. but still paypal is one of the bigger companies who are now heading to, to newsgroup currencies from being only a class for investors to really being a funding solution for transactions and the real vote. so we'll ask you one more question. i just have to in a way, but always on the way to seeing care taker and says as an every day payment method . so yeah, i'm not, i'm not quite sure. yes, let's put it that way. but still, i mean, somebody has to start and we've recently seen quite a few companies who are willing to accept crypt through a payment last week. we have to test that's the money. and now what able to buy it, tess and i 1st with quiet and we had these, as you mentioned yesterday, who are now saying that they will allow payment settlements with the currency. so there are really some companies who are expecting, but still it's

a long way to go. we will see what windy and that mean if you volatility, because the prices f, we've seen they and plunge easily. let's just take a look at be quite 2 weeks ago. we had a record high it and it funds the prices fell almost 40 per cent. now it's approaching a record high again. so yeah, it's super misty is a bumpy roller coaster ride and we are far away from having it as a mainstream pavement. yes, not a safe haven just yet. sabrina kessler in a blustery new york. thanks for bringing us up to date. now, venezuelans are being forced to make up for shortfalls in the country's economy. and local governments have been imposing massive tax increases despite the fact many residents have lost their livelihoods touring. and as well as ongoing economic crisis, utilities like water, electricity, and sanitation have always been affordable in venezuela. so affordable that they

were taken for granted by private households and businesses, but that's all changing radically. many cities are getting ready for the market economy and the price of municipal services is on the rise. i think with it, charging apartments not premises for cleaning fees is very expensive. i don't know, but i mean, i live in check and also have a business here. when it was ready to go. i know the service is good, but the cleaning service is excessively expensive. it only, but if it's the only i want to be to restructure the process, going to put in some waste disposal fees have risen by an incredible 187000 percent . according to the observatory of finance and organisation close to the opposition . but many of venezuela's mayors seem to regard the developments as completely normal and clean your travel costs a lot of money and the workers who are going through

a situation near to me about knowing we don't know what public transport is like and i, there's no cash for metro mantle. another growing problem is that many products and services can only be paid for in u.s. dollars. salaries however, are paid in the national currency, the boulevard, which has been losing value steadily. prices are stable in dollars, but their prices rise in terms of what they cost and believe ours and the salaries here in venezuela are in dollars. and if i'm not a dollar and are getting increasingly upset and the trend is likely to continue state and local authorities in venezuela no longer have the necessary capital to subsidize the affordable utilities that have been around for decades. next vaccine make a biotech plans to ramp up manufacturing capacity of its covered 1000 vaccine to 2500000000 doses. by the end of 2021, they're able to build out for bringing

a new german production facility on stream in the city of marvel. the company says the boost will help it meet increased demand as countries around the world race to contain more. new. contagious variables is correspondent in frankfurt. there's biotechs farrah's where big gain this tuesday on the stock market after the company reported strong numbers for the 4th quarter. and the increase in sales of more than a 1000 percent from 28000000 to 345000000 euros. this allowed the company a net profit of 366900000000 euros. good news also for people who are still waiting to get vaccinated. biotech and its part that pfizer announced that they will increase the number of doses to be produced to a capacity of 2500000000. the company has installed you production facilities,

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looters went to work on unguarded railway stations and railway infrastructure, making off with almost anything that could be ripped off, cut down or cut away. this train station in the johannesburg town of so we're told lies in ruins, stripped bare of its windows and doors and even its roof. ironically, the vandalism comes in the midst of a government drive to modernize the country's rail network. a consortium of french rail, manufacturer, alstom, and south africa's on all rail erected this state of the art factory around 50 kilometers east of johannesburg. since 2018, the factory has produced more than 50, complete trains that are put in the last 12 months. and this, so that's actually what used to drive trains the 51000000000 rand contract that's just under 3000000000 euros is to build 600

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but 1st fresh fears of censorship in hong kong. as beijing imposes tough new restrictions to control the island's politics, it appears that mainland china's power is even being felt in the arts and in television for the 1st time since 1969, a local hong kong t.v. station says it won't be broadcasting the oscar ceremony, but t.v. b. channel says it's a purely commercial decision, but speculation is rife that it's actually a case of censorship or self-censorship under pressure from beijing. so which is it for more i'm going to pull in my colleague scott roxboro, who reports on the global film market. scott, thanks for coming on. why would hong kong television cancel its broadcast of the oscars? yes, that's a really good question. i mean, that's themselves, claim that this is a decision to just say you were, are interested in watching the oscars. we've seen a little bit of,

particularly this year because there are 2 nominees in the better days, which is not needed in the future category. and i knew a short documentary, not this, well, that documentary just will not split. it's a very long, and it's about the pro-democracy demonstrations and and it's quite critical of the government. but if you want to look at the real reason behind me, and it's directed actually at the project for this year's oscars, which is normally probably chinese director. and as he leaves out and there's you have the government, the whole state run media there to play the

coverage of it and to not cover their own lives and this channel in hong kong. but it is the oscars are, i mean, their interests and seen as so good. the real reason behind this. ok, but scott of cory's our does when they ask are, wouldn't that be a triumph for china? yes, i think, i mean, she's has a chance. the 1st chinese director to win best picture and initially a lot like beijing is going to really grow your cheerleader or he, she won best picture and best director and trying to you was all over social media in china interviews where she said some things that some people interpreted as being shy or critical of china and there was

a huge against it and against her. i think this needs and what we've seen happen, which is china going to china, is trying to sort of market pressure to, to influence and maybe even censor. we've seen our 2nd largest cinema market in the world. and if the chinese government, lots of us will not be nice and china, hundreds of millions dollars. it isn't a huge amount of leverage. and it seems that china is going to use it. maybe even this case is using that leverage in order to only have so many stories made by these directors. thanks so much for your insights, scott rocks. well meanwhile in mainland china, one subculture is having a moment, bogut a style of dance that developed in new york's marginalized black and latino, gay,, and trans communities. and the 1970 s.,

well being is back. and in china, where homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 20 years ago, voting as a space where queer youth can finally express themselves. armed with glitter glamour and high heels, hundreds of young l g b t chinese gathered for the 1st large scale voting bowl in beijing. drag queens and other performers hit the runway to compete in various categories. though there are prizes at stake, the focus is on community and belonging. what we want to do is to clearly serve the needs of minority groups that are in our community. this is our core goal to create a safe space for them to express themselves. and who identifies as non-binary is among the contestants. performers belong to houses that

provide support and are often a replacement for birth families after an unhappy childhood. why has finally found the home they've longed for? that's a goal achieved. i'm so happy i can tell my housemother joe say that i got perfect scores for voting old way. i feel i've proved myself in a small way. it feels like i'm saying test me, test me, test me. let me pass the bill while voting bowls are on the verge of going mainstream, in china, most people in the country keep a low profile due to conservative social norms. but for a while, while voting has provided a sense of freedom and creative expression, i think i can dance for the rest of my life. i can probably downs whacking and folk in old ways until i'm 60 or 70. it's already become a part of my life. so even when i go to the toilet or drink water every day, i don't walk normally. but in a voting kalak style, number, from its beginnings,

voting has had a radical sensibility. people here hope it's growing popularity will tell its subversive and liberating a gowalla. so how much is identity? intrinsic to an artist's work? that's the question that's come up over and over as publishers in various countries grapple with translating the hill we climb. a poem recited by american poet, amanda gorman at the inauguration of president joe biden. well, the german translation is now finally out done by 3 women of different ethnicities . this comes after controversies, including in the netherlands, over translators, who were not women of color like the poet herself. some more culture news now the new, the museum in paris is digitized, and uploaded more than 3 quarters of its collection. now, anyone with an internet connection can view high resolution images of more than 480000 works of art,

including many that are kept in the museum storage. and in london, people who've lost loved ones to the coronavirus have started painting a mural to commemorate their deaths. when the work is finished, it will stretch about a kilometer in the length and contain 150000 hearts. one for each coded 19 deaths in the u.k. lazing or sculpture at frankfurt's jewish museum as a kind of mirror image reflected between life and death, tragedy and hope. an image that embodies the history of germany's jewish communities. the artist's work explores what it means to be jewish in germany, 76 years after the holocaust. this is going to you're standing outside frankfurt, jewish museum, it weighs 1.8 tons, measures 11 meters tall, and cost some 350000 euros to create. in 2019,

it made israeli artist, world famous. and my intention with this work with the tree that is alive that is growing from the ground. that this is rooted in the ground holding above him. a tree similar to here in size and shape that it was somehow went through some trauma. so that the relationship is part of what happened to the jewish culture here in germany. listening our 1st went looking for the perfect tree and found it in italy a 60 year old fig tree. instead of cutting it down, he went to a great deal of trouble to make molds of various parts of it to use for his sculpture. he then cast those parts in aluminum to be later welded together

when it's always interesting to look at trees because the oldest change just like people. it's always different because you're all with different areas has been living among the turkish and arab populations and the lands vibrant. no, i credit district since 2006. it reminds him of his hometown jerusalem. it has its grungy and chaotic sides. he's got his studio here too. this is where he can let loose and let the inspiration come. fire plays a role in many of his works. the 41 year old sculptor stokes, the flames to create works in paper or carpeting. i enjoy the process, enjoy the unexpected consequences. i always was

fascinated by fire. i was actually kicked out of of high school because i sets my classifier. but that's a different story. alienating familiar objects, presenting them in pairs and evoking associations of the motifs common to aria shlaes. inger's works jewishness only rarely has any part to play in them. an exception is his installation. he was inspired by the project of the same title by german artist. it was conceived as a kind of memorial to the victims of the nazi regime among them, of course, chameleons, of jews. placing i spotted the stumbling stones in berlin, sidewalks on his 1st trip to germany in 2001. i think it was one of the 1st thing i know tests or, and i came to berlin and it was one of the 1st thing that made me feel like i'm

jewish. believing in berlin or jewish even in germany. arias lazing, his great grandparents, numbered among the jewish victims of naziism. now he's a mortal eyes. their names inside his sculpture, but they're visible from the outside. it stands for both remembrance and reconciliation. really doing this work here. being jewish in germany is anything special for me, it's actually quite natural to do to create in germany and to show my work in germany. this kind of contribution to, to my home this year, germany is marking 1700 years of jewish life in the country. join us to meet more jewish artists in germany in the days to come. well that's almost it for this edition of arts and culture. i'll leave you now with the latest by italian farmer

and artist daddio. gambari used his tractor to create a tribute to shout out of the poets would be 200th birthday. see you next time.

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the new frontiers of slavery, the last part of our series, slavery routes. in 75 minutes of d.w. . because india how can a country's economy grow harmony its people? but when there are do worse, look at the bigger picture. india, a country that faces many challenges and whose people are striving to create a sustainable future clever projects from europe and india. all of the little guys, this is the 77 percent of the platform for africa suits to big issues this year. i guess. you know,

for the start that we're not afraid to touch and delicate topic because population is growing. and young people clearly have the phoenicians to do jobs. 77 percent. now, on d, w this is e w news, and these are our top stories. germany is halting the use of astra zeneca corona virus vaccine for people under 60 years old health officials say there are new concerns about unusual blood clots in a small number of cases. people under 60 can still decide to take the vaccine that's only off medical consultation and international donor conference,

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