one funk that one little bit of to give them i have serious problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there but it wasn't going to. you want to know their story for my greatest fear a fight against global information for margaret's. since the easter weekend northern ireland has gone from one street skirmish to the next teenagers hurling whatever they can to police rubber bullets fired return a nigger and betrayal by a brick sit back lash loyalist claimed the agreement to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland has created a new one in the irish sea eroding times intrust to the u.k. leaving northern ireland in limbo if this were the only source of trouble it would be enough but it's not i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.

it seems that we saw were absolutely disgraceful and it's a mercy that no one has lost their life as a result of this appalling violence. a new brick built new path so one has achieved or can ever change and it. is written for everybody at the table but i tell you where there are 3 there isn't room for armed gangs. gangs care nothing about the future of the society. also coming up and they make up less than one percent of the u.s. population yet transgender people are the target of legislation across the country this week our console became the 1st state in america to ban doctors from offering

sex change treatments to trans people under the age of 18 as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormone i had to go through therapy. for a year before i could even start hormones it was very hard to find a psychiatrist that wasn't going to be like oh you need conversion therapy. and so our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world are welcome we begin the day with a new and old threats to the fragile peace in northern ireland police and teenagers even some as young as 12 have clashed repeatedly since the easter weekend most of the violence erupting in protestant areas of belfast home to those who consider themselves u.k. loyalists it is also home to a festering frustration over bricks in the u.k. as transition out of the european union ended this year but much remains unresolved especially over the border between north but many in northern ireland say it's

created a new border between them and the u.k. many say they feel neglected and abandoned by london critics of bragg's it predicted that it would destabilize the peace but what peace has never been firm that peace rather has never been firm the 1998 good friday agreement may have ended decades of sectarian violence but it did not embrace memories and to that the element of organized crime and you have a powder keg that simply needs a spark. off the days of attacks by pro british writers and police the violence escalated crowds exchanged petrol bombs and stones across the wall built to separate no not and divided pro british and pro irish communities. it's a flare up of the sectarian violence the vast majority in the british province want to see consigned to history there can mean no p.s. in our society for violence or the threat of violence and it must stop just as it

was thrown in the past and was never justified so what is wrong on and cannot be justified. the violence started 1st in neighborhoods home to that section of the community which wants to remain british some among them have felt increasingly marginalized as their status as a majority looks increasingly tenuous. on bricks it has led to some separation of status from the rest of the united kingdom. think it's up there a consequence of boris johnson. on the r.e.c. border but he did add whatever and i think that's a consequence of everything just building up most of us including those who oppose spreads it has some sympathy for those people like their bitrate they were promised some sun let uplands but that was a fun to say it was never high bred and those in government knew about but were more interested in their own ascent to part than the heart and stability their

deception would cause here in northern ireland. how does the death of another night of trouble in all of modern this cleaned up a sense of foreboding for the future tension simmering and betty lanced and the potential for dangerous days and weeks ahead. or more i'm joined tonight by mixed feelings he is the founding editor of the northern ireland based blog slugger to nick it's good to have you on the program we heard in that report that blame is being directed at bragg's for the violence explain if you could to our viewers how this can be the case. but i mean we're going to take what the writers say with a degree of salt but the subject of controversy really since january has been not brax it so much because by and large unionists were in favor of fracs of 5 relatively small majority of us to be says but the northern ireland protocol which

was negotiated between morning i and the british negotiators which gives northern ireland the special status now the upset of the special status is that for exporters it's great because you can export into the u.k. with any baller and you can export into the republic and all merge into the rest of the european union where it's causing real difficulty is. twofold one small businesses that depend on supplies coming in from mainland britain are not. experiencing a huge disruption in their supply chains with suppliers basically saying the p.-roc received at the european union is putting upon the means that they simply aren't going to send stuff to northern ireland any more and that's been experienced as a as an unexpected shock because nobody warned neither the pro bracks appears no the on the bricks the tears were in the general public. is that the motivating factor here for the rioters i think some of what we're seeing here is youngsters

leaping on an excuse after locked on of japan and you know in northern ireland the vaccination program is not got to the point where we're almost. what's normally cold herd immunity so there's a perception that they can get our rights these are youngsters in areas with very little economic prospects so the degree to which we should see this is a legitimate response to the protocol is very limited but it is on dudley creating huge waves and huge difficulties and the european union's response something of a 10 year. some of those concerns that they have and some observers have said that the european union is is partially to blame b. because of a decision which was reversed to place controls on the exports of vaccines from great britain to northern ireland is that playing a factor as well look i really would bulk trying to blame the

european union for riots in belfast they're relatively small small scale quite deadly when it comes to the police and juries up and accumulating but it certainly was something of a tin ear and i think the problem is that when barney the chief negotiator step done there's no real statesman controlling what the high high the actions of the european union is being perceived both in britain and in our of the 2 places where that that the friction is being felt that the greatest to degree lack of stance midship i think it is not just the threat that as far as the near term start is also a threat going forward this thing haase the bad end and it has to be successful for northern ireland to get past this period of instability will make if i'm hearing you correctly are you saying that if there had been no pandemic if there'd been no lock downs we probably despite what's happening with brakes that we probably would

not be seeing this violence is that is that what you're saying. i guess so i think it's the you know the youngsters are the ones who suffer most they're the ones and you know you're talking about here from 12 to 16 year olds who been picked up and lot done for a lot period of time i think yes on 100 on the other hand lockdowns probably saved us from the worst of the. the instability around the trade routes because there's been very very low volumes of trade compared to what's normal so i think is that there is this there's and there's an issue that has to be 6 european union and the u.k. government have to take these big issues seriously and i think this is an indication that trouble doesn't just come in one direction in northern ireland if you don't pay attention to all parties it can come and it can come from multiple directions. it was then for our viewers watching you know when they see these images of abuse

and police clashing in the immediately think that the fragile peace in northern ireland could you know be turned down how close are we to that peace being disrupted or is this just a blip on the screen no i think i think this is a blip this is a blip on the screen it's an important one though because really what it's pointing towards and you heard the condemnation from all the major political parties there from unionists you know progress that unionist and the fact that nationalist and everybody else in between but. what what we're seeing it is. a lot of condemnation a lot of fine words but that's the only thing that's going to help put this thing to bed is real action and to get some kind of an understanding of how the border works between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom and such

a way that it doesn't as we say and ireland frighten the horses and so this work has to be done at several levels here in the european union i think worked on the basis that if it kept republicans happy by not putting a border a lot border then everything would be fine well as i couldn't be further from the choice you know and i think what drives a lot of these young loyalists these young protestants is the fury when they they see big politics working in favor of people who let's face it historically killed far more people during the troubles in the loyalists they're getting most of the favors when it comes to big politics because fortunately we're out of time but we certainly appreciate you taking the time to talk with us tonight it's really important to get this this kind of context to understand what's going on thank you thank you. with the world's attention is focused more than ever on transgender people one week ago

today was international trans day of visibility former olympic champion and transgender activists caitlin jenner is reportedly considering a run for governor of california but the attention is not always desired and it's not always positive consider what has happened this week in the u.s. state of arkansas all despite a veto by the governor of the state legislature passed into law all the save adolescents from experimentation act with it arkansas becomes the 1st u.s. state to ban doctors from providing gender affirming treatments for trans people under the age of 18 he w.'s in his poll traveled to arkansas all she has this report. edgey beach your rights under attack arkan source the 1st state in the us to ban young trans people from getting trans health care. we are about to meet someone directly affected.

and his mom are just on their way back home from school they live on the outskirts of little rock the capital of arkansas. back in andrews room and then midge of the rocky horror picture show it was like one of the 1st representations of where media were like got to see i was doing my house over christmas break like the year before i came out. andrew's 15 art is his way to express what he thinks and what he feels just because of the likeness originally stated. that he started transitioning 2 years ago with the new law in place andrew won't have access to hormones and other gender of foaming medical support the question is whether trends youth should have access to trans health care but the over arching question is if politicians can

overrule the decisions of parents. no andrew has been taking testosterone since he's. as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormones i had to go through therapy and see a psychiatrist for a year before i could even start hormones it was very hard to find a psychiatry that wasn't going to be like oh you need to inversion therapy. you're not a boy that's wrong that's not what the bible says and his mom his supporters from the start yeah he came out when term was fairly newly elected and he had already. come out and said that transgender people are no longer allowed to serve in the military so that to me. gave the inclination that there is going to be a whole lot more down the pike when it came to trains gender individuals it just

basically set the stage if you will for all of these and bills that you're saying from state to state brandy has seen the benefits of taking hormones he's come out of that shell of you know just wanting to hide away from the world and now he wants to be in that world and he wants to make that world change and they're trying to shove this community back into the closet and i'm here to say as a as an ally to this community we're not going back in the closet we are here to stay we will get louder and there's nothing you can do about it. 2 men and a woman walk into a room there are only 2 chairs what would you do well what the men did not do maybe dashing hopes for smooth the relations between the european union and turkey

earlier this week 2 of the european union's top leaders are full of fun the lion a woman and charles michaud a man visited a turkish president richard. also a man but as the 3 gathered for talks they discovered that there were only 2 chairs present now if you are expecting the president to say please take a seat ladies 1st your belt to be disappointed. it was a meeting that said hopes for reengagement between the un tuckey but spending time has got off to a rocky start. one of the e.u.'s most powerful female executives was left without some way to sit instead of being placed in equal rank according to diplomatic protocol arcilla fund and i and the european commission president was placed on a sofa while the men took center stage it draws stock comparison to previous years we un turkish fetus was seated in equal standing with the optics were intentional

or not it may have added feather strain to their relationship but the spokesman for the european commission says she wants to focus on the issues at hand. she should certainly aren't ties substance of the questions of form or per typical and that sets in the what european citizens would have expected of her is that of my job to judge what was behind the fact that we often tout one type of seat over another. a key focal point for the e.u. was for turkey to improve its human rights record. uncrowded recently withdrew from a treaty that protects women against a fine and discrimination the country has seen nationwide protests against femicide domestic violence and murders of women are on the rise and the diplomatic focus has sparked outrage online. some called out the political strains between the e.u. and turkey others say it reflects how women are treated in the country and took aim

at the european council president for not playing his part in standing beside the european commission president technician officials are pointing blame at the e.u. . goodish rather than join russia and i was in their quest of the e.u. on meth and the problem particles applied in the scope of this high level meeting that took place in our presidency the seating arrangements were made in line with the e.u. suggestion because for now it may be a long road ahead to establish better time between the 2 sides. are let's talk about this to do that i'm joined by correspondent barbara good evening to you barbara i what i want to consider the optics of this this is an every day situation you've got 2 men a woman and there aren't enough chairs if you had been me and you i would have offered you this seat do we know why not either of the team in all for ursula fund a lion a seat do we know. i expect nothing else from you of course friend but looking at

the acting mynheer in the room there and we have president. he will think see if the focus off the thick and coming off the our empire the off the no believe what he thinks about women then the quality certainly does not rank high on his agenda and then we have. a politician who now thinks he's playing the big leagues and he has a lot of ongoing rivalry behind the scenes the fluff on the line with the president of the commission the executive branch of the e.u. and he sort of play that out in public what a cruel law don't want to don't see basically a complete nitwit the man the rest of the word i would like to use of course on the t.v. written yet we don't want to do it we don't want you to get fired barbara but there's been serious reaction from european union leaders i mean i mean people are not

joking about this italy's prime minister more you draw you he has called the turkish president aired a one a dictator this is what he said i absolutely do not agree with erda one's behavior towards president underly and i am very sorry for the humiliation that the president of the commission had to suffer with these let's call them for what they are dictators and with that this goes from an awkward situation barbara that was caught on camera to a possible diplomatic mess. it is a diplomatic mess it's a diplomatic omnishambles because this meeting was supposed to show the european union united they went on caret to show to the president ok we will talk with you really we're ready to negotiate negotiate with you but you do have to fill school so it's meet demand you will do we'll have to engage with us you can carry on like you did throughout the last years you know seeking trouble was greece has taken the

trouble with cyprus completely disregarding any human and democratic rights and so on and so forth we know how long the list is and we know how long any complaints that you has made against turkey and particularly president are done now this was what was behind the visit and then instead we see this ridiculous diplomatic spat that makes the e.u. look silly and that is worse than making political mistakes to look stupid in public yeah i mean this was as you say a high level meeting protocol is is that it exists so that things like this do not happen but we know mishaps do occur do we know that what happened to manners and common courtesy. you know obviously they don't come into play here because we look at the characters involved we look at president editor on who doesn't believe that courtesy is

a virtue we certainly haven't seen anything like that from him in the past he has treated minimum usually with enough courtesy at least on the surface but obviously that doesn't stretch to women and now our eyes have been opened and the fallout if you look at social media has been devastating as a hash tag give her a chair seriously and on the other hand the child michelle this is really small country politician who thinks he is now playing the big league and has sort of made it into the 1st through and who simply didn't understand the situation and is too stupid openly to to sort of make it better and to sort of help from the line and help himself because something i think will be holding true here he will never live this down not in this lifetime makes you wonder what the gentleman's parents would say if they could say something barbara bates was always barbara we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. well

these days the art market is going digital investors are spending enormous sums on artworks that exist only in digital form until now digital art was so easy to copy that it really make much sense financially but now that is changing and the implications for the art market are huge. the magic word is n f t or non fungible token and it's revolutionizing the art market this technology records the owner's identity in a blog change while the work itself remains publicly visible on the web for anyone to see. so and it is a technical stand there to make a digital work of art where any dish that any file. s. it is unique so you get it well to me that that was the artist's what was the addition size. and that you bought it and you are the

rightful owner in this online gold rush a flying cap sold for $650000.00 but 21st several 1000000. crypto cats were virtual basketball cards sold for millions. and now christie's has got on board auction ing every days from artist people as its 1st tokenized piece. the sale not only meant recognition for digital art but it's helped christie's reap millions in a win win situation. but it does scare him of us and i think when there is money at stake people take things seriously so many people who used to not really take this art form seriously are now having a closer look and that's great and then of course the artist who created this work will go down in art history on that site so i. can squish timestream the buyer was a singapore based fund that had made

a fortune with cryptocurrency 90 percent of the bidders at christie's were unknown is a new crypto elite divvying up the market. people they're all so right now. that . come to the market. with a really open i don't have much knowledge of our market and our enemy. and just really i like that could up end the traditional dominance of art galleries and museums when it comes to determining what art is valuable and important for crypto art could turn out to be an unprecedented speculation bubble but even if that bubble bursts it's still likely to shake up the art market. and with that the day is almost gone but the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either in the news or you can follow me at brant golf t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll

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this is g w news from berlin tonight using the power of the executive u.s. president joe biden announces new measures on gun control. guns violence in this country is an epidemic biden is moving to tighten some regulations but today's announcement falls short of his campaign promises will this be enough to stop the bloodshed we'll bring you the latest from washington also coming up tonight police arrest supporters of criminal critical like seen a volley as they staged a protest outside the prison where the ball he is being held a lawyer for the ball he says his health is deteriorating rapidly behind bars.

i'm burned off it's good to have you with us u.s. president joe biden has announced new measures to tackle gun violence acting on the issue was a key campaign pledge and a spate of mass shootings has increased political pressure but the power of the u.s. executive is limited by and is urging lawmakers to do their part. flanked at the rose garden by vice president comma and attorney general merrick garland president joe biden didn't mince his words what happened at the. gun violence in this country is at the deming we said again gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international buyers. and he sent a clear message to the u.s. is deeply divided lawmakers shoes but there's much more of the congress can do to help that effort and they can do it right now they've offered plenty of thoughts

and prayers members of congress. but they passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence. enough prayers. time for some action the vice president also appealed to congress. real people on both sides of the aisle want action so all that is left is the well and the courage to act. paul biden announced 6 executive orders including tougher regulations on homemade firearms and legislation that would make it easier for states to adopt water known as red flag laws they allow for individuals to ask a court to permit police to confiscate weapons from a person deemed to be a danger to themselves or others the changes come just a day after the latest mass shooting in the u.s.

this time in south carolina 5 people including 2 young children were killed it follows 2 other attacks in colorado and georgia in recent weeks. an estimated 11000 people have been killed so far this year because of gun violence in the united states despite the staggering number of deaths president biden faces an uphill battle to implement significant gun control laws. or let's go now to washington d.c. our washington bureau chief you just pose she joins me she's following this story going to need to you is president biden wants to crack down on what he calls ghost guns how's that going to work. well they shall see it's a very tricky task you know because these ghost guns likely printed with 3 d. printers and yes you promised to crack them down but it didn't really tell us exactly how he's going to do it and you have to keep in mind when biden was on the

come pain trail he really said that he would make gun control a major part of his administration's and many actually just voted him because of that reason and until now he didn't really present anything so that's the 1st time he really addresses this huge issue and this is applauded by those who support stronger gun laws and we know that there's only so much the president can do within within an executive order we're going to the legislation the laws passed by congress what's the likelihood that congress is going to do that. right was the democrats having just such a tired majority actually in both houses i would that we will see a major changes in the near future i mean because of the intense lobbying of the gun lobby it has been incredibly hard to really change the culture of guns in the united states i mean unfortunately in many really will see biden's today action is

toothless just because of that but we have to keep in mind. the president can only go so far you can only go so far legislation would perhaps change the gun culture in america but without that legislation do you see any significant changes coming to that culture. i mean i have been in boulder and just some weeks ago 2 days off of the shooting happened and 10 people got killed in the supermarket just across the street from the university and i talked to many young people there are 2 friends who lost friends in this shooting and my sense is that the younger generation are really more or let's put it positively are really for stronger gun laws for better background checks so they're there is a chance that it will change over the course of the future but this will take some time all right washington bureau chief in his poll with the latest tonight in his

thank you and here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world a critical care expert called as a prosecution witness in the trial of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd is testifying that floyd dying from a lack of oxygen dr martin tobin was asked if any underlying health conditions could have contributed to his death the doctor replied that even a healthy person subjected to what mr ford was subjected to would have dogs enough . u.s. authorities say the government picked up nearly 19000 children traveling alone across the mexican border in march it's the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for president biden and she reverses many of his predecessors hardline immigration tactics french president mangle macron is shutting down the person he just aim a graduate school and replacing it with a more egalitarian institution the move as part of

a major reform of the senior civil service a new school called the public service institute will eventually replace. himself attended. a lawyer for russian opposition politician alexina ball he says his health is deteriorating rapidly in prison serving aides who were to have your sentence in a notoriously harsh penal colony east of moscow authorities have jailed several of his supporters who staged a protest outside to demand of all the receive proper medical care. he's getting a lot of media attention but that's all alex in the valley supporters can achieve at the moment earlier this week a group of doctors including of on these family physicians on a stasi of us came to the pokrov prison camp to get an idea of move on the state of health but they weren't allowed to enter. that we will do that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow until they let assent and will

observe how they treat alexei until he is taken to a normal hospital and gets normal medical treatment. alex in the colony seen here in a black prison uniform on surveillance camera footage 12 days ago russia's best known prisoner has been on hunger strike since late march in a letter to the prison director he demanded medical help sarcastically saying i've gotten used to my leg over the past few years i don't want to lose it now he is. also suffering from fever and a cough and he says 3 fellow prisoners have been diagnosed with tuberculosis noble knees lawyers also visited the prison they were let in and were shocked at what they saw on has been diagnosed with 2 herniated discs. he continues to have back and leg pain. sometimes his legs and hands go numb. the penal colony in pokrov is considered one of russia's toughest but on state

television government propaganda makes it seem like a vacation camp their message is life is good here and no folly is exaggerating he was caught off guard by the camera team at his bedside including maria bettina but she's not a reporter in the u.s. she was convicted for being a russian agent and a volley says you are lying everything you do is a p.r. show amnesty international has publicly criticized prison conditions saying russia may be slowly killing the volley off. therefore i did. 2 hours is a form of torture the fact that you cannot have access to a doctor you can trust. is a form of your treatment the kremlin has responded saying of ali has no right to special treatment dr advice will you ever her companions and some journalists who visited the prison camp with her have since been arrested and of all these

supporters continue to fight for him despite the risk to themselves as she was led away dr buss agave i asked one last question what kind of a system denies a doctor the right to visit a dying patient. we thank you for the german government has come under fire in recent weeks for the slow pace of its coronavirus vaccination rollout but the campaign is picking up pace with a record number of shots administered on wednesday almost half of them were delivered by family doctors who were finally allowed to join the vaccination effort this week family doctors who are up for he meet gets at least 20 emails pre-date from patients who want to get vaccinated against covert 19 as soon as possible. can you put you know the patients very well and we also know their willingness to get vaccinated and the risk factors they have that's why i think it makes a lot of sense to involve the family doctor as. more than $35000.00 family

doctors across the country can now administer the shots in the 1st phase they will receive approximately 20 doses per week the number of available doses and vaccines is expected to grow gradually family doctors associations have been pushing for months to start vaccinating the government hopes this new development will speed up the so far sluggish vaccination efforts. we have called for vaccinations and doctors' offices because we think that this will radically up our pace or that means that when we have enough vaccine which we expected maybe we can vaccinate many more people how many more than in the vaccination centers. and internally and the effects are already showing on wednesday germany reported a record high of daily vaccinations more than 650000 in one day half of them administered in doctors' offices until now most vaccines have been administered in germany's hundreds of vaccination centers and shots will continue to be given there

this center and book just outside berlin is working at almost full capacity administering around 800 shots a day. if we continue with our current performance i think that hopefully by summer we will be through and done with vaccinating or at least everyone who really wants it will be offered the vaccine and. germany is making progress on its vaccinations go out reason for optimism. i think the doctors and all the scientists know how to do it the way politicians are handling the crisis forget about it we're now entering the 3rd wave and what comes after that. everything is disorganized at the moment i don't see any consistency or stringency at all from going through the system. it won't be over this year certainly not the. for these billionaires getting the shot it's a big relief the coming weeks will determine whether the increased speed of rollout

is enough to combat the country's start wave of and factions. well known to the swedish melton's where a surge in visitor numbers in recent years is starting to take a toll on the environment and it has tourism operators walking horns with reindeer . nature at its best mountains open spaces reindeer this is the implant triangle in sweden it is one of the most popular mountain trails and office everything nature lovers could wish for and they come in droves but their presence has an unfortunate side effect in the 3rd place a cyclist causes one type of wear run another and a hiker 3rd erosion has increased significantly in the harbor that. visitors are not allowed to harm or disturb the reindeer that graze in the area but as the wear and tear on nature increases reindeer owners are becoming increasingly concerned that they are probably the 4 when reindeer don't get enough piece they

produce fewer calf's the reindeers are disappearing. records there are some for afraid not now the future of the mountain stations hangs in the balance in 3 years' time the lease for 2 of them will be renegotiated reindeer owners have suggested shutting down some stations that's something the tourism industry wants to avoid 0 for natasha no we've been here since 885 our goal is to be able to stay and work in the area the important thing for us is outdoor life to continue in some form nothing escorting or before the tourists seem to be open to doing their part. if it disturbs the wildlife i'll have to adapt my behavior of course i do not want to disturb nature in that case i may look for other options. thank you have to spread people out more i don't think there are too few mountains for us weeds but people are all gathering in the same places unfortunately tensions are unlikely to

resolve by themselves this summer a record number of visitors is expected. janell's up next with business we'll see you next time. let's get right to the. smog. as does times are good for the the. warming doesn't do very. well yet. the industry is controlling your thoughts the great bluffs of the 20th century.