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skirmish to the next teenagers hurling whatever they can to police rubber bullets fired in return agar 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 in trust of 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. it is a mercy that no one has lost their life as a result of this polling violence. new paths are blown so one has achieved our kind ever anything. is written for

everybody at the table but i tell you more that there isn't room for the rest of the gang who 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 transfer people under the age of 18 as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormones 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 to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day

with the 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 that the u.k. has transitioned out of the european union ended this year but much remains unresolved especially over the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland in an attempt to preserve peace and avoid a hard border on the island a customs check in the irish sea was agreed upon 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 brecht's that 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 i'm not ns 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 on it must stop just as it was wrong in the past and was never justified so it 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. and breaks it has led to some separation of status from the rest of the united kingdom. they also think it's at their a consequence of boris johnson said i was up in the bronx at 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 up clowns but that was a fun to say it was never hyperactive and those in government knew about but were more interested in their own ascent to part than the heart and stability their deception because 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 tensions simmering and betty lanced and the potential for dangerous days and weeks ahead. or more i'm joined tonight by

mick fields 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 unions were in favor of fracs of 5 relatively small majority of us to be said but the northern ireland protocol which was negotiated between morning i and the british negotiators which gives northern ireland the special status now the up side of that special status is that for exporters it's great because you can export into the u.k. with any bowler 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 huge disruption in their supply chain ends with suppliers basically saying that the iraq 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 as an unexpected shock because nobody warned neither the pro bracks appears no the antibiotics 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 object 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 all right 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 stepped on there's no real statesman controlling what the high high the actions of the

european union is being perceived both in britain and an arm of the places where that the friction is based felt that the greatest degree lack of stance and ship i think it is not just the threat that as far as the near term cern 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 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 and 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 iran to 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 an there's an issue that has to be 6th the european union and the u.k. government have to take these big issues seriously and i think to 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. tell us in for our viewers watching you know when they see these images of views 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 know you heard the condemnation from all the major political parties there from unionist you know progress unionist and the fact that nationalist and everybody else in between but the. what what we're seeing is. a lot of condemnation a lot of fine words but 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 that 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 there's work has to be done at several levels here in the european union i think work on the basis that if it kept republicans happy by not putting a border elaan border then everything would be fine well that 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 and the loyalists they're getting most of the favors when it comes to big politics make unfortunately we're out of time but we certainly appreciate you taking the time to talk on this night it's really important to get this this kind of context to understand what's going on thank you thank you. well 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 activist 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 lt despite a veto by the governor of the state legislature passed into law the save adolescents from experimentation act with it arkansas becomes the 1st u.s. state to ban doctors from providing gender affirming treatments for transfer people under the age of 18 the w.'s in his poll traveled to arkansas lxii has this report . edgy teach your rights under attack arkansas is the 1st state in the u.s. to ban young trans people from getting trans health care. we are about to meet someone directly affects. drew and his mom are just on their way back home from school they live on the outskirts of little rock the capital of arkansas where. that in andrews room and then midge of the rocky horror picture show it was like

one of the 1st for the issues that we were like got to see alice do it like it's over christmas break like the year before it came out. and it was 15 art is his way to express what he thinks and what he feels just because of it like the syrians on a stage when. he started transitioning 2 years ago with the new law in place andrew won't have access to hormones and other gender affirming medical support. the question is whether the trends youth should have axes to trans health care but the over arching question is if politicians can overrule the decisions of parents. andrew has been taking. since. as soon as i came out i was like i want to start hormones i had to go through therapy. 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 to 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 just the basically set the stage if you will for all of these and bills that you're saying from state to state brandi 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 a smooth the relations between the european union and turkey earlier this week 2 of the european union's top leaders or the lion a woman and charles michel 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 were expecting the president to say please take

a seat ladies 1st you are about to be disappointed. it was a meeting that said hopes for reengagement between the u.n. time that's mending time has got off to a rocky start. one of the e.u.'s most powerful female executives was left without someone to sit instead of being placed in equal rank according to diplomatic protocol arcilla funds in lyon the european commission president was placed on a sofa while the men took center stage it draws stock comparison to previous years where he un turkish fetus was seated in equal standing with the optics were intentional or not it may have added fed the strain to the relationship but the spokesman for the european commission says she wants to focus on the issues at hand . she describes in maritime substance of the questions a formal personable and that sets in the want european citizens would have expected of her it's not my job to judge what was behind the fact that we offered one type

of seat over another. a key focal point for the e.u. was for turkey to improve its human rights record. on car recently withdrew from a treaty that protects women against a fine and discrimination the country has seen nationwide protests against femicide by domestic violence and not as 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 fishes up pointing blame at the e.u. . redish rather than join russia going on isn't there a crisis of the e.u. are met and the problem protocols 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. barbara i want i want us 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 neither 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 i'm looking at the acting mynheer in the room there and we have president. he will think see if the focus off the 2nd coming off the our man empire we also know believe what do you think about the women agenda quality certainly does not rank

high on his agenda and then we have. a belgian politician who now thing pete playing the big leagues and he has a component of ongoing rivalry behind the scenes the funded line with 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 are 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 your drug he has called the turkish president aired a one a dictator this is what he said i absolutely do not agree with there to one's behavior towards president's 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 thread 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 still school so it's not demand you will do will have to engage with us you can carry on like you did throughout the last years you know seeking trouble with greece's 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 have 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. yeah 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 row 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 help holding true here he will never live down not in this lifetime makes you wonder what the gentleman is terence would say if they could say something barbara bass was always probably 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 didn't 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 just any file. s. it is unique so you get that thought well to me that was the artist what was the size. and that you bought it and it 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. job it doesn't get him of us but i think when there's 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 of course the artist who created this work will go down in art history on that site so it's not a conspiracy timeframe. the buyer was a singapore based fund that had made a fortune with crypto currency 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 may not have much knowledge of our markets 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 at g.w. news or you can follow me at brant goff t.v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see you then everybody.

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to. create the tallest biggest and the most beautiful structure. is how massive churches are created. starts april 12th on d w. it's another edition i'll focus on europe with me liz show thanks for joining us today let's start with some good news from britain a short while ago the nation was still in the grip of a strict lockdown now it's seeing some rapid progress since the government in london the stepped up its vaccination program more than 60 percent of the adult population in england has already received their 1st coated shots. that's why the

government is now easing restrictions in england up to 6 people konami tell side pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve customers outdoors the brits are happy to regain some freedom in their daily lives lockdown has been pretty challenging for many but it also sparked creativity among people forced to stay at home 12 year old noah is one of them he's bound to a wheelchair and he can't speak his father helped him to start an art project that has turned into quite a celebrity he now goes by the nickname background bob. these are the one expired international artists in collaboration with background bob 12 year old noah and his father nathan. suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy he's unable to speak but he can paint which might help.

the 2 of them create backgrounds and other artists then count their designs. nathan explains that it all began last year to give nell us something to do during the lockdown. we went out to the carriage to our small car order and we just started painting york are not. just your friends are not all going to push out just as a bit of fun to see some artists will collaborate with you. and by the end of the 1st day i think that you are artist already involved and it just grew from there they began sending that colorful backgrounds out across the world and a whole load of artwork returned from spain australia columbia and many other countries. no one loves getting post that isn't from his doctors that little out in background always becoming

a new name i would infinitely our iraq for his cool background although he really really loves it he loves all of the attention no one needs help coordinating his movements but he communicates what he wants very much if the colors i hold up 2 colors on which one he. looks like musing i gazing is the color. of the parish and then he worked his magic song goes only cobwebs and doesn't. start for january nicely and then also the song just slink off and i reserve the red. background book with an instant success on social media it was even a real life exhibition the family can hardly keep up with the demand for backgrounds and now the book has come out to showcase the works the next step is to auction off the artworks with the proceeds going to hospitals and clinics when no

one gets his treat me. frankie curtis is an illustrator she's very enthusiastic about the project and not at all surprised that so many artists want to participate . as a set since she mean in a sense it's like doing stuff other people. are. like family really aren't really tends to bring people together. she thinks that no one has all the hallmarks of a good artist. i think that noah's ark is really expressive and he kind of isn't really doesn't really set yourself any boundaries and limits and he just kind of you know thanks to these. shapes and patterns i'm really some of the stresses and so that it really is the project has brought now are a nathan even closer together than before. and i give it a rocket might make

a lot of mass which we reconstruct. on the farm aren't. actually happened i need close now of that happen go i don't don't have to dream dream big time zones on tristrem small unnoticed kind of. financial mavens love and the imagination of many artists have opened up a new creative well. in france the covert 1000 pandemic has led to yet another countrywide lockdown but there's one place south of paris that is showing defiance against the corona crisis . is the world's largest market for fresh products and right now business is booming but if this year is among the vendors whose revenue has increased over the last months while the french are waiting for restaurants reopen many have decided to treat themselves by cooking their favorite dishes at home because who says you

can't have great food just because there's a lockdown. france has the corona blues the french haven't been able to eat at restaurants in months for a nation of goldman's that's hard to swallow. but the international market in order to sniff paris is saving the day at 5 am vegetable trader boris fisher is already hard at work not sure who's been put on the scene here and the young looting team. from 3 until 6 in the morning the big trucks are right here at the quay and we unload the dishwasher the merchandise is then taken into the market and. europe's biggest market is booming during the pandemic that sold $90000.00 tonnes of fish and seafood 270000 tons of meat and more than $1200000.00 tons of fruit and vegetables even though the restaurant business has dried up. local

distances the large supermarkets decided to stop importing 3 to the edge and focus on french projects it created a real buzz people said let's eat well despite through no sales of asparagus and strawberries sward that's got it but since the pandemic began the french are eating more and better than before cheese in particular hundreds of varieties a soul that washes market right now cheeses to recollect and fondue are very popular. the only disadvantage of eating so well it is not so good for your figure . or not but we don't have any statistics but it's probable that people are gaining this info we. are eating more to enjoy life and they are getting less exercise for. the only products for which there is little demand big sort of fish which are normally served in restaurants but overall the markets

manager is very pleased with sales. i think what we call this is you know the old the traders who ordered the whole tree worth concerned that wouldn't be able to sell it at christmas was as new more than 6 people were allowed to dine together even in that sort of quite well. you know so she could know. 9 in the morning at my shed illegally in paris at this popular market projects from apologists is on sale giving parisians some joy division in the corona crisis but we pass the time cooking and eating so what do they cook a little introduction lots of hearty dishes made before noon. and sauerkraut and some more often. it isn't because i cut my finger and i'm sorry 1st i'm going to make a scallop carpaccio then i'll sautee the scallops insulted better and serve them on

a bed of leaks we treat ourselves to good food we cook it and share it with one another. back at the religious market fruit and vegetable trader bars which shows work day is coming to an end he moves unsold produce into the cold storage room he's proud to be helping so many of his fellow frenchmen get through the pandemic means that their trash can is a bit let me do. this profession requires a lot of love here because we're here at 3 in the morning if you didn't love what you do it's deadly for me but that will feel good to listen. in france to the end of the corona crisis is nowhere in sight still the traders that this famous market near paris complainings just. norway is the european country with the largest fishing industry but some places like the village of bull going as have not been profiting much from the wealth of seafood found in

the ocean until a foreign species made its way across the russian region border and settled around . meets the king crab it's a price delicacy even and it has become a lifesaver for some norwegian fisherman but there's also a rather dark side to this story after all they can't crab isn't called once the crab for nothing. there kind of loves the arctic ocean and the german has been living norway's high north for 12 years he takes tourists to see the sights along the coast near the russian border. he brings up one of those sites from the bottom of the sea for this tour group. he said of the traps the day before. the depth of 180 meters. but one day it was long enough for him to now haul up dozens of kim crabs a delicacy all around the world if the crabs are also a growing ecological problem the crustaceans multiply like rabbits jump in the

water you're good he brought the crops we have crept right ever your. reason no to catch we need only from the front to the back 15 centimeters harvesting the king crabs has brought on head of prosperity to norway's economically constrained high north. including for the remote fishing village of buddha or nace. in 1989 residents ran an eye for toys and offering their village for sale. young people were moving away because there was no work now the village has been revived . complete with bed and breakfasts and even be strong. and it's all phones to nome other than the king crab. fisherman life in l.a. was among the 1st to discover the non-native species off blue by nice.

soviet researchers had released them in the barents sea in the 1950s. but anyway was unaware of that when he found the monster crab in his nets when they . call me a 1st crabs we caught we 10 to 12. we were taken completely by surprise. but if the crabs hadn't turned up they gave out we would not have it any fish processing in town. nor any fishing boats or at most 2 or 3. bucks a day we have 15 or 16 or groups. right and all the explosive spread of the king crab is a boon for the fisherman but the norwegian environmentalist's and scientists are alarmed. eaters are being spotted father and father south they're expected to reach the coast of scotland soon. a lot of it we found that the crabs are able to adapt

to water temperatures of eating degree celsius that means they could survive in the mediterranean. wherever these crabs become established they have devastating effects on the other marine life on the seabed so. some species mussels and starfish have disappeared completely. along with. their own the king crab is also known as the monster crab. it has no natural enemies and poses a threat to every other living thing on the seabed. so fisheries authorities have made the quotas generous and tourists aren't the only ones glad that. we have the right to catch 10 crabs per or free per person per year. one crab is worth 900 kroner or 19 right in our pocket. multiplied by

10 and you know. you're eating a luxury delicacy for free but serves as guest after only a short time in the kitchen otherwise behind only in europe's and asia's finest restaurants norway exports over 2000 tons of can crowd all around the world i'm only. one of our mental concerns about invasive species continue the tourists savor its spicy meat under the weekend authorities hope the high fishing quotas will help keep the crowd population under control the people of northern norway meanwhile hope this lucrative source of income will last a while longer they've already built a monument to the king crab. this woman was a pioneer her name is valentino pettish and in 1953 she became the 1st woman to travel to space her successful mission made her

a role model for women everywhere her achievement was also a symbol of gender equality in her home country union but almost 60 years later there are many jobs that women in russia are oafish ellie banned from doing because they are allegedly too dangerous for instance it in a building was not allowed to drive a subway train but recently things have changed. women are finally in the driving seat and are pushing full speed ahead on gender equality in the russian capital. is doing her dream job as a metro driver she started working at the moscow metro almost 18 years ago at the time she didn't know that women couldn't legally drive the subway trains now they finally can and the rena says for her it was worth the wait. yeah this is my childhood dream i used to play with model ships an airplane.