this is deja vu news lines from france is heading into lockdown for us. 3rd time president says the shutdown already in place in some regions extended to the entire country for at least one month. also coming up more mixed messages. medicine watchdog backs, astra zeneca, coronavirus vaccine for all age groups. comes a day off to germany,

restricted its use in people under the age of 60. and you'll need to germany's best transgender army commander. she's responsible for $700.00 soldiers and on a personal mission i'm really bahamas. welcome to the program. france has extended its coronavirus lockdown for one more month president in my name across the ones the country risks losing control of the pandemic. if action is not taken, soon, cases are rising in france with almost 68000 new infections reported in the past day. i know how difficult the effort time asking of you is if you don't, but i know what the consequences are for our country,

for lives of use on jew. also know that we have done everything possible to take these measures as late as possible and up a time when they were strictly necessary. these are the times. but i also want to tell you tonight, thanks to vaccination. the end of the crisis is finally in sight. because at this hour, you are already more than we need to know half a 1000000 to received a 1st injection vaccine. 3000000 have received to well, the w. correspond correspondent lisa lewis is currently in paris. she sent us this update is extending the measures that i'm placed at this very moment in 1000 departments about a 3rd to france to the whole of continental france and nonessential shops will close in france because of that. and also, as you said, schools will close that will obviously have a huge impact. there are 2 weeks of holidays ahead anyway for schools. so basically

all schools were closed for one week and then another 2 weeks of holidays and then one week of another online, you know, another week of online classes with many people of the staying, staying at home. and apart from those going to primary schools. now that will have a huge impact for parents, but this is still a lockdown light people will be allowed to go outside. they snuck to that one kilometer radius a rule in place that france had looked on number one and number 2 last year. so the government is really banking on each one's responsibility not to meet up with lots of people outside and not to spread the virus like that. well, after seneca's, current virus vaccine and now has the backing of europe's medical watchdog for use in all age groups. it follows germany and other countries restricting the vaccine for younger people over reports of blood clots. getting the job in germany has hit

another snag. overall vaccine supply. still short and now short of astra zeneca that are available can't get into the arms a certain age groups. there's concern over blood clots reported in a small number of people who got the shot. so the federal that's a nation committee chose to suspend use for groups under 60, with some exceptions, to react or not to vote. not at all, i have feel decision you can believe me, but need, couldn't act in the moment. but the european medicines agency disagrees according to the current scientific knowledge, there is no evidence that would support restricting the use of both spark, seen in any population. in its chief says, there's no proven causal link to the vaccine and cloning. and that the benefits of astra zeneca in the fight against kobe outweigh its risks. that's not enough to

convince the chairman of the german vaccination committee. because we have our own there is solid this fall and then must say that there of monitoring is the fault in the european countries. so this is one of the problems. you have him a hopes to reach a scientific conclusion on the back scene by next week. well, here are some other developments around the pandemic. a quarter brussel has ordered the belgian government to lift all of lockdown measures within 13 days, declaring it was illegal and also violated human rights. the government says it will appeal, and byron tech fires a says a study showed that its vaccine is 100 percent effective in children between the age of $12.00 to $15.00. the company says it will provide shots before the next school year starts. and russia is the 1st country in the world to approve a covert $900.00 vaccine for animals. it aims to reduce the spread of virus

mutations in species such as mink which of bondable to the infection. now brazil's president is facing one of the biggest crises of his presidency. after the heads of the navy, the army and the air force stepped down the country's dealing with its highest daily kovan, 1000 death toll. millions of people have lost their jobs and their homes in brazil long queues for the corona, virus vaccine, a common, and increasingly so of bread queues. as a coronavirus, pandemic rages on these people are putting their lives on the line just to get something to eat. with a 3 month gap between government, financial aid packages, putting food on the table is becoming increasingly difficult. and with a more contagious variant, sweeping through the country increasingly dangerous. also, look at the situation. if it wasn't for the church handing out this food,

i don't know where what i ate, where what i ate, i have no money. the pandemic has forced millions into unemployment, homelessness and hunger. those living on the streets face an increased risk of catching the disease. because of this, people who are homeless are being offered vaccines in são paulo. this 2nd way it came with greater severity increasing the cases much more. we believe that this new strain has further aggravated the health of people who already have underlying conditions. people living on the streets already have diabetes, syphilis hiv, and other diseases besides alcohol and drugs, and are even more vulnerable to brazil's response of the crisis, has drawn criticism from around the world. president journey of also has consistently opposed lock down measures and downplayed the seriousness of the virus . once describing it as a little flu, with the heads of the nation's army,

navy and air force resigning a political crisis has now been added to the mix. while the nation is facing well over $3000.00 coronavirus related deaths per day, but the infection rate and death toll rising as the virus continues to spread and looks like the worst may still be yet to come. well, let's take a look at other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. president joe biden has unveiled an infrastructure plan worth 2 trillion dollars. the spending package will help repair roads and bridges, as well as improve the quality of drinking water. biden said, the plan will also create jobs and tackle the climate crisis. and meehan mars military is carrying out to asteroids on its own people, forcing thousands to flee their homes and cross into neighboring thailand. protesters are demanding a return to democracy. more than 500 civilians have been killed since the start of every day. and the jailed kremlin critic alexei novelli has announced he's going on

hunger strike, develop. he has been detained at a penal camp since february. he survived a near fatal coy's an attack last august and italy has expelled 2 russian diplomats for spying. it comes off to an italian navy captain was arrested for selling documents to a russian official. russia's ambassador has also been summoned to the taliban's foreign ministry. now, to the story of a woman who has become the 1st transgender commander in germany's army on international day of transgender visibility and a sassy of by fang story shows how much has changed for the community. putting on makeup has become a part of her every day routine. anastasio be following is a lieutenant colonel in the german army and a transgender woman. transgender and i decided a full 40 to actually leave my male life behind. that doesn't mean i realized that

i was a woman. it's just that was the point of my life, or decided to actually move into the direct consequence of coming out as a transgender woman came after 20 years of military service to anastasio own surprise. it wasn't a stumbling block in her career. shortly after her sex change surgery, she became a commander in charge of 700 soldiers. sergeant major deep musher to met anastasio be following after her gender reassignment for him, honest as he is just another fellow soldier. to cuba, i just accept that people are the way they are and that goes beyond transgenderism . i feel the same way about other more mundane things like what party they vote for . what make of car they like. you just have to accept people the way they are, the diseases that would be fun, lived as a man. she led a seemingly ordinary life,

but says she felt tremendous emotional pain because she didn't feel comfortable in her body as a male. probably looked for flight into the military, probably helped to perform to male standards, but my inner self was always crying after that almost 20 years. i was at a point in my life where my emotional stability, my emotional wellbeing and wellbeing had a point where i said, i don't want to live this way anymore. after 3 years, as a commander honest as his career has taken off, she is now the head of a division in the bundeswehr is cyber and information domain service. she is also making it her mission to stand up for transgender people in the german armed forces promoting diversity and tolerance. what i know from my experience is what is definitely certain. if you are true to

yourself and live the way you are open, you will have a better live than my mom once said that she seems to be finally happy. now, in football, north macedonia have stunned germany. 21 in a world cup 2022 qualifier in duisburg. midfielder must score the winning goal late in the 2nd half. the result ends germany's 18 match winning streak in the world cup, qualifying as it was also their final competitive game before the summer's european championship and 2 and now to a man who has found a new way to help those less fortunate. john will cock was inspired by the cheeseman of war veteran captain tom moore, and also the football star marcus rush to raise money now for charity. the 89 year old is dusting off his right to skates. it's been 70

years since the last skaters. but john will caucus decided it's time to get his skates out once again, walking to be boring. jogging through boring and i saw this boy and his father skating growth. and i thought, well, that's the thing to do. along comes with a throwaway. and i thought yes, with more wives, i'll be able to scrape. inspired by the fund, raising efforts of r e f. a veteran said tom moore, an english football and marcus rushford. john will cut plans to skate 90 laps of his courtyard by his 90th birthday next year. if i do, through the really annoying to despite describing his courtyard route as a bit hairy due to its slopes, he has already completed 8 laps. the great grandfather is doing it all to raise money for the charity fair share, which helps feed hungry children and their families. it's really quite endearing

and a bit humbling in a way i only women have to feel a bit like a hero and look at them both. and the people who donate the real heroes. i mean what i was doing using his wife's roller frame. john wilcox has already smashed his initial fundraising target with 9 months to go. a little bit of inspiration there. all a kayak in the chin a has accomplished something that has never been seen before. on the l. said, sarah, so says from spain, the land of the 1st ever double kick flip over a waterfall. well, we started with a 25 kilometer descent down a snowy volcano, entering our assists. he then topped it off by handing the world's bus in double quick clip and the kayak, and nailed it just one step. amazing

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does a virus spread widely repayment and computer through the text and weekly if you would like and new information on the coronavirus or any other science topic, you should really check out our podcast. if you know where ever you get your podcast, you can also find us at w dot com. this is africa on the program today. the former president is a free man. judges at the i.c.c. have rejected a bid to reinstate charges of war crimes against him. but ball was cleared of those charges after a trial in 2019, but his freedom was pending today's decision. so what next? 5 years and to the sexual minority,

appealing for recognition. transgender people say they live in constant fear. they want to help end the discrimination. they face hello, i'm christie will go. it's good to have your company. the international criminal court has upheld the acquittal of former ivory coast president was acquitted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2019, at the time. the i.c.c. judges said the prosecution had failed to prove the case of his alleged role in the post election violence in 20011. all 3 people died in that violence as president of the ivory coast from the year 2012 is a racist in 2011. and at the

table with me is told me all article from news to unpack this for the, for us told me so how significant is this ruling? well, this is hugely significant and it brings to an end, a long running case. the international criminal court that came off the back of this political crisis that you mentioned. laurent gbagbo, the former president and his court used to play good, who was his former youth minister, who had both been accused of spearheading or being behind the political violence. they were both present at the courts. hearing the charges on the court rejected the appeal of the prosecutor and confirmed the decision of the trial chamber, which dismissed the case against them in 2019. and as you mention, in that case, the judges found the charges weak and said there was no evidence that these 2 men ordered or to pot in the violence against civilians. now,

one key thing to note though is that for many people who lost loved ones in that violence, they might feel like there is still no justice for those responsible. exactly. now remind us of what happened back in 20000 in the ivory coast. that led to this trial? well, so you in 2010, you had the elections presidential elections, which the lecture hall commission said allison ouattara, who's the current president, won, and laurent gbagbo, lost but will refuse to step down. he held on to power and water as forces militia, loyal to him, you know, came and tried to fight to take power. and that led to clashes between forces loyal to either man. but most forces in there fighting also attacked u.n. property that tat they attacked west african immigrants as well. and so that sort of spiraled out of control. eventually, a combination of watchers forces. the u.n. and french troops got the upper hand. they found by going his hiding place in his

bunker, the arrested him, and eventually he was taken to the hague. but this is after more than 3000 people have died and more than a 1000000 had fled their homes. so what happens now to will he has all his freedoms restored? well, since his acquittal in 2019 bubble has been in belgium, it's likely that he'll return home to the average coast of the current president. alassane ouattara has reached out a sort of olive branch extended all of branch and even given him a diplomatic passport in his status as former president. so it's likely that he will go back home. the thing though is that a lot of people feel that because he's still so population from his time abroad, he might again pose a political threat to the current government. so it's not clear if that will remain political or could escalate into something else. considering he did try to run for the elections that have just passed in october, not one other key things are to keep in mind is that he faces

a potential 20 year jail term. he was sentenced in absentia. because these forces loot said local branch of the west african central bank. so it remains to be seen whether he'll serve that or whether he'll be acquitted from that as a sort of token gesture. so that peace can, can prevail. all right, tony, as ever, thank you for that. and it's a look now at some of the stories making news across the continent. a military units tried to see it, tried to seize the presidential palace in the early on wednesday in an attempted coup. but the government said it was pushed back and that order has been restored to hostilities just days before the historic inauguration of mohammed as president . and was a defense ministry, has deployed more troops to the town of how much you try to regain control of the area. following an attack by islamists at sword's, dozens killed last week. tens of thousands of people are also fierce to have been

displaced off to the insurgents invaded by the towns that today, the global community of transgender people is marking the international transgender day off visibility in the western world. the us, for example, transgender visibility said to be at an all time high in politics and media, and in sports, in africa though it is a different picture. now in uganda, transgender activists, all calling for the authorities to recognize their community. they say transgender people often have to live in fear beyond c. . she has been coded costs for being a trans woman. her own 2 series, she has been assaulted on the wrist. stuart when how far the lunt about how trans women students who rejected home. i didn't have any belonging. i didn't have, i didn't feel loved. i felt because they said, i'm an outcast. and they said,

because in the my lai in my local language, they say, which means like you are divorced and you go to something. so all the other things that made me feel like, oh, i am not human. those are the things i wanted me to take my life. from formulae rejection to community insults, original calculates how moves carefully as she house also experienced violence. there is a day when i got aboard the right guy. i told him to drive me from technical, you know, and he drove me to mockingly, where he took me in a group of boys will talk to me. in 2011 current, he founded the transgender equality, uganda in nonprofit organization, to help troubled trans women. some of them, secret few jobs. the organizations bring, he says, but even here ruins, you cannot guarantee vs safety. the local community, people do not know why. so it's still a challenge, so we have being advised by the local, the local,

it does that. we should also all have dialogue with the local it, with the local community members. and the raiser, to get to know who we are so that we live together a moment since uganda's president signed the anti homosexuality act in 2014, uganda has been widely branded host for the l. g b t q. i. people courage. you once thought to change today, i would love to see a gunda that understands different questions. that for example, to understand trends, like when i want to go to say that i'm female of the, on my gender, they should put female very united nations. i was repeatedly appealed to the ugandan government to uphold the rights of sexual minorities. but many ugandans, including some members of parliament, and really just leaders. think people from such groups should not be treated as

equals. and i'm now joined by a couple williams. he is the founder and executive director of transnational uganda . it's an advocacy group for trance gender people now a powerful is a transgender man, and he joins me from kampala, welcome to news africa. we have just seen the experience of a transgender woman in uganda. what has been your experience as a transgender man? there is a certain, a person i'll see, has been a challenging but also they were doing it because we're living in such it to try to catch a little environment. the teachers use release of able to fix and it teaches you so many means and ways of supply of will adults plus being able to maneuver through that environment, that environment as and has been really great for our own use in titian's

2 way. but especially in advance and also to be to make decisions, to be honest and even understand that person has been the most traumatizing and most difficult kind of experience and, and has really some of them into obesity and individual needs to be able to call exists. also to comparable changes and also to couple the changes in the community, but also the indian will to be made as a citizen, as well as an individual. you imagine it into my situation in your manner of being trans. you only see it for who you are. you want to keep a book. people you look at imagine didn't, who are unable to have sex with you and what is about william and what is it capable writer that were true to the, you know, as, what are the privileges, are you going to have and what is it that he's going we're going to be to the broader society being view and made in that action and say,

i want to come in there because you say that people view transgender people as day . and that is problematic. why is that a problem being that i was in a bus and i'm up at a bus and minutes after that. we catch rollocking of course, many course mad men dentity. but you finder being seen as against us and we are only being live. we're all seen who we have sex with beyond who need it. and for me, and i don't believe that is very wrong in saying we always go to bed as opposed to seeing the individual in that is a huge element that really comes to the laws are what he says and the country, a lot of them actually developed oil, specifically michigan to be to us and as and as a group. but he managed most of the texas laws are you study trojan us because they're using lead, visibly seen little engine expression or the aware of mannerism and expression

writing experiment. is it done in their minds today as is the international, transgender day of visibility at? could you just tell our audience why it is important for people in the transgender community to have that visibility? for me, visibility means a lot. it means that we have walked the walk, it felt, and as a search is sub used instead of mere words, but absence is a social services creation employment. but honestly, level what is in the video makes us makes it impossible. residents in a bus and this is going to a space and access the suburbs. the mayor is in the mix. is there implicit for me to put it in decision making process? a lot of places. all right, that's a powerful williams talking to us there and a thank you. and that's it for today's program. be sure to

check out the stories on the dot com africa. we're also on facebook and on twitter the way we'd love to hear from you about the stories of recovering here on the program. and the stories that you would like to see us having at all next time have a wonderful evening light. entering the conflict zone, the government of sri lanka has been strongly criticized the un human rights council, which warned them into raging situation in the country and the increase marginalise ation of minorities. my guest this week used john, i'll call him by you secretary, just sri lanka's foreign ministry. physics jones of the move to take the criticism

seriously. i'm still something about the conflicts in 60 minutes, full of cranes to read, to keep a day about the people over for over correction home the force i'm clear on the form of the most recent. i think number words, or at least the bottom of the fannies at the last dragon. those words on a 2 trillion dollar make over for the u.s. . president biden sets out plans for a much safer infrastructure spending program, partly funded by a corporate tax height of the ditto with our correspondent in new york. also coming up a major setback for it seems the coronavirus and demick is thought to have undone years

of progress, tackling the gender gap and tired of working from home. why not rent a room with a view start of a night. guests photos are now turning their accommodation to offices has to be business in berlin. welcome to the program. u.s. president joe biden has set out plans for a 2 trillion dollar program of infrastructure spending. he's called it a once in a generation investment that will create millions of jobs while giving roads, utilities, and american industry a badly needed upgrade on proposing a plan for the nation and reward work, not just rewards. well. the bills of current continuity gives everybody a chance to succeed, who's going to create the strongest most resilient, innovative economy in the world. a big claim from the u.s. president, the plans being compared with his predecessor franklin roosevelt's new deal

following the great depression of the 1930 s. . but biden's program is also facing tough road builders in the u.s. will soon have plenty of work to do. infrastructure in the world's largest economy is in poor condition across the board. butte, roads, power or water, me, and many key industries have long since moved abroad. with his 2 trillion dollars package, u.s. president joe biden wants to give the entire country a make over his administration plans on modernizing 32000 kilometers of road, while repairing foundations of bridges. half a 1000000 new charging stations will be built to accommodate the ever growing number of electric vehicles. biden also wants to bring industries such as chip production back to the united states. today computer chips are still mostly

produced in asia. the whole project is expected to take 8 years to complete. some of the funding will come from a corporate tax hike from 21 to 28 percent. biden supporters, folks say the program will create millions of will paid jobs and strengthen america's ability to compete with china. but republicans in congress are already voicing opposition, especially towards the corporate tax increase. you know, it's biden's predecessor slashed the rates by 14 percentage points to their current level. well, let's delve even difference this with our correspondent in new york. young's. what's the best reaction, ben said this plan and that corporate tax hike that comes with it? well, i mean we won't see any ribbon cutting projects like the golden gate bridge or the hoover dam, but still 2 trillion dollars. it's a lot of money and it could be in boom for certain industry. you already mentioned

to me, conductors if you look back at the early ninety's, 37 percent of the global computer chips were made in the united states. now that's down to about 12 percent. so you can imagine that those chip companies could profit, then some charging stations will be built tens of thousands in the united states of that could be a pretty good for the overall market. we actually also sold those stocks and gaining here in the wednesday session. but also if we think about all those bridges, the roads and infrastructure in the building industry overall could also profit. and it was interesting to see that the stock market actually toyed around was new records, at least for the s. and p. $500.00. and i find that interesting because if you look back at the trump tax cuts, the market was excited. so now we're talking about possible takes hikes and still the stock market, basically traits of the upside in the u.s.

for a while he did buy me, say things and presidents come and go a lot of them making big promises on infrastructure reasons. billings, that biden is going to be the one to see that well, that really remains to be seen because it's not only up to a congress or to the president to actually get this whole project rolling at all to the plants on the states. and i remember a big then when barack obama announced a new infrastructure projects, a railroad tie, speed trains, for example, in florida. back then, it was the governor of florida who actually did night to accept those projects. and the money is so we really have to wait and see if the states or the several states here in the united states will play along and then clearly all 2 years to bring this whole package through congress. so we will see if that will work out. the idea is that if possible, joe biden would like to see that pick it should getting through congress by the 4th

of july. yes, go to new york. thanks for bringing us up to date. now shows in german followed by bio tech even let me just 6 percent on wednesday, following good news about its coronavirus vaccine developed alongside pfizer. research suggests the job is 100 percent effective in preventing coming 19 in 12 to 15 year olds. it's a base to buy on tech, which is just bringing a massive new production facility on stream in an unremarkable building northwest of the german city of marburg. a biotech employee is working on a batch of in marinade based vaccines against cove at 19. it's a laborious process, isn't getting takes about $50000.00 steps to produce one new batch. you get about 7 to 8000000 doses out of a batch of purified are in a active ingredient. the market facility is one of the world's largest

m.r. and a vaccine manufacturing plants and aims to produce $250000000.00 doses in the 1st half of the year. the ultimate aim is to turn out 1000000000 doses annually. that's around 40 percent of by ontic fires as total output. the vaccine is also being produced at a plant in belgium and at 3 sites in the united states. the 1st batches from my book will be delivered in the 2nd half of april. the recipients should find some cheer, as the jab is not only highly effective in protecting against infection, but also reduces transmission of the virus. the private investors who backed the buy and take far as a partnership, should be happy to buy and take made a profit of 15200000 euros in 2020. after recording a $179000000.00 euro loss the year before, some less positive news from the pandemic front. now, a warning that the coronavirus pandemic is reversing years of progress on gender

equality. a report from the world economic forum claims that at the current rate, it will take another 133 years to achieve gender parity in terms of economic opportunity for let's call empowerment, education and health. the biggest gap remains in politics where women occupy just over a quarter of seats in the world's, despite many female leaders winning particular praise for their handling of the pandemic. one big problem is the so-called double shift throughout the lysis women have taken on more childcare and homeschooling demands the met. as a result, they've become more likely to drop outs of the workforce, less likely to get leadership roles. and then surprisingly they are experiencing more stress on this. let's hear from saudi as a hedy, who has the world economic forum's center for the new economy and society. we asked if we can expect things to simply improve again after the pandemic, or if there will be long lasting effects. if 15 years of measuring this

data has shown us anything, it's that there is nothing natural about the gender gap. it exists because all decisions that are taken are not taken and therefore proactive efforts today that in men carry tea into the economy of the future last was going to be a game changer. and this is a great moment to do that because so many things are shifting. the entire sectors are being disrupted to knology and the announcement of automation and digitize ation is moving forward at a faster pace than ever before. so this is in many ways the right moment to invent parity, and that's going to require efforts from the government and from the sector. the hospitality sector has also taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic starved of overnight visits is because of restrictions. many hotels have been looking for alternative resin revenue streams.

a growing number of them are turning their rooms into co-working spaces for people . tide of working from home, the new surroundings. come provide a welcome change. checking into a hotel, not for a break away, but to get some work done. kenny most aho booked her office space on an app because of the pandemic. she can no longer go to her regular place of work. instead, she comes here. it's cheaper than renting a regular office space. today she and 2 colleagues are holding a meeting. you know what that is because i meant the hotels are pleasant places to work. i think it's a good solution. this way i can see my colleagues again, when i'm at home alone, i miss them. i'm in his and on those of it's a similar scene next door where beds have been replaced by tables. the steep decline

in overnight visitors has forced managers to rethink their business models. some are hoping to create an opportunity out of the crisis. akin to mass. on the one hand, we have younger, more casual customers who generally hang out in the lobby. on the other, we have managers who come because they don't have offices anymore and want the chance to leave the house. you could pick us up in the spanish capital, madrid, some 70 percent of hotels are currently shut, amounting to around 2000000000 euros in lost business. some have converted their rooms into co-working spaces with breakfast, internet and printing included populated $100.00 saw the trend coming and developed an app that allows users to look for work space in hotels. but it has for us, it's about being able to work in different places. it's one of the best

developments be able to work on a rooftop like this is just wonderful, you know, but whatever, yes or no for hotel operators to survive means to adapt. especially at a time when no one knows when or even if things will ever return to normal. so for me, in the business team here in berlin, if you want more from us, please do check out our website, steve slash business. you can also find us on facebook and twitter. so next time what keeps us in shape? what makes us see and how do we stand down from? my name is dr. carson, the i talk to medical experts, watch them at work. and they discuss what you can do to improve your health.

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and company push the homeless us thrown out. right now, climate change me for the heart of the story. this is much less the way for just one week. how much work to really get it? we still have time to add some scribes and more videos like this. priceless art and artifacts stolen from west africa will european museums return them. that's coming up on arts and culture. and later on the show transgender visibility day with more trans people. now in the spotlight will need a brave woman who came out before the arrests and a german city with 1700 years of jewish history reveals some unique archaeological

finds. but 1st thousands of plaques and sculptures known as the bin in bronze is once filled. the royal palace and the kingdom of binny in present day nigeria. then europeans invaded africa. the british military sacked the palace and took the bronze with them for over a century. now the been in bronzes have been displayed in european museums. and through them, many europeans have come to appreciate african art, but now the pressure is mounting for museums to return them, including 2 dozen museums here in germany. the binning bronzes have come to symbolize art looted from africa, debate over their restitution has gone on for years. now. the matter has gained momentum in germany. foreign minister heikal mass has called for them to be returned. culture minister money wants a conference. finding a solution, is this

a turning point? what's happening is something sensational. you could even call it a paradigm shift.