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as a. young. which teaches the path that poses for social media. i'm british benedict welcome to. it's good to have you with us japan has decided to release more than a 1000000 tons of radioactive water into the pacific ocean the water which would be treated before being released is coventry stored in times of the focus human nuclear power plant that was damaged in the 20 quake and tsunami the times will be at full capacity soon therefore the need to release water into the pacific the operation begins in 2 years but the decision is already facing a storm of protest. it's not more than a decade since an earthquake and tsunami devastated into each

a nuclear power plant in fukushima but the country and the region will be living with the consequences for much longer. nearly $1300000.00 tons of contaminated water is stored in huge tanks at the daiichi plant enough to fill $500.00 a lympics size swimming pools the annual cost is around $1000000000.00 yen or 800000 euros and space is running ard. plant operator tepco plans to filter the contaminated water to remove isotopes leaving only tritium it will then dilute the water until tritium levels fall below regulator e limits before pumping it into the ocean tritium is considered relatively harmless because it does not emit enough energy to penetrate human skin japan's prime minister says the decision isn't on avoidable part of safety decommissioning the nuclear plant and there still. will execute it only after ensuring the process is

safe negative rumors must not stand in the way or extinguish the hopes of people in fukushima for recovery. you know what i'm not and i you know st. i don't know. what the decision has provoked an explosive reaction from some of japan's neighbors these korean environmental activists say the plan will torpedo efforts to restore the regional fishing industry. you want. the japanese government's decision is a sin against the world that their actions will contaminate everyone globally in the many years. you don't know who i'm going with japanese government's decision is not a scientific one but a political gamble i don't know where this radioactive water is released it will be an irreversible disaster not only for the ecosystem but also for humans the japanese fishing industry itself is also firmly opposed to the plan the 1st release of water is due to take place in about 2 years time and joining me now for more is arkansas shows aki he's a lawyer and most part of

a think tank independent investigation into the focus humor nuclear disaster of 27 he joins me now from tokyo welcome mr shows arche central question thank you for having being raised here is that of safety is it safe to be released from to a great director of water into the orphan. there is clear scientific consensus among the scientist at the release of waste water is safe and will not bring harm to human health it is important to note that the waste water bowl before being released go through a process called else which is stands for advanced liquid processing system which basically removes all the radioactive elements except for a substance called treaty which will then be day routed to safety levels the i.a.e.a. also indoor says the safety of this wastewater and also mentions that similar process seeds are taken at other nuclear plants around the world then why are

people so concerned. i think that an important point there is still a certain level of concern among the japanese public about the safety of this issue i think there's a unfortunate element of a spiral of mistrust behind the most opposed are the fishermen the local fishermen who are concerned that the general public will not trust the government explanation about safety but unfortunately the fishermen's opposition then feeds into the public's fear that something dangerous might be released into the ocean aristotle once mentioned that persuasion takes logos pay those they eat us but scientific evidence alone will not be enough to persuade the public so what point out is talking advise the japanese government in this

situation which clearly appears to have some sort of a communication issue if i can put a vote for. he there is still 2 years before the absolute release starts the japanese government entity needs to continue to work on showing compassion towards those who will be affected and earning the trust of the public so that people will listen and understand is scientific explanation let's just say for a moment thermistors r.t. that the government chooses not to julie's the treated water into the pacific what is the one ton of. there are several alternatives that have been considered in the process including vaporizing some of the what but other than that the government will need to continue building tanks for ever which is not a sustainable solution and this is all part of the process to ultimately

decommission the fukushima nuclear power plant give us an idea of how long a period we are looking for all that to happen. we are looking at a very long period the release of the wastewater itself is a plan to extend over several decades so this will be a long and patient process that will need take place but it is also a reflection of the safety measures that the japanese government is trying to ensure to implement during the process right from even there all the time being are can you so sure as i can speaking to us from tokyo thank you. thank you. today marks the start of the holy month of ramadan which means the prayers fasting and feasting across many parts of the world in pakistan as the abrasions come in the midst of a whopping 3rd wave of corn about us infections authorities in physics of asked people to exercise caution but that can be hard to do when it comes to the scale of

the celebrations. after well over a year enduring the strain of the coronavirus the locals are almost accustomed to the relative stillness of this low horse street for the 2nd ramadan running it's usually bustling restaurants opposite a major mosque are closed blame the pandemic and a 3rd spike uncovered 1000 cases here despite all part of the pakistani qana me has been shot in the country's 3rd major lockdown. since the covert 1000 pandemic broke out there have been tight restrictions and the lifestyle of an ordinary person has been badly affected the food industry was hit especially hard a bread maker who has been working on a daily basis what does he do if he has no work. bread and sweet bread makers not tied to the closed restaurants and cafes are still working the other side of the food industry sees date sellers too still selling dates but not many.

this is usually the peak time for trading in fruit and vegetables but both buyers and sellers are complaining of really high prices. not just a bunch of the yeah middle coronavirus pandemic laborers daily wages are suffering their income is low. they can't buy highly priced fruits. i'd say that prices should be affordable for every ordinary person. and everyone can buy fruits during the holy month of ramadan. climbed on a lot of waste a lot wasn't going to mosques like this one in caracas are almost continually swept for ramadan clerics are urging the faithful to follow tradition and safety protocols from sunrise to sundown and from sundown to sunrise. the holy month and muslims offer prayers and fast and expend all time for prayers and ramadan greetings and i ask everyone to follow all safety procedures in this

time of the pandemic. play the sweet penny dessert will be a feature when ramadan ends at sundown i made 12 with the celebration eat. the pandemic and its effects however will linger for months after. how to smile where to place a hand and which direction to face young vietnamese source of media users are snapping up a popular wences course on posing for the perfect for tour in communist vietnam where 70 percent of the population is under $35.00 the class is that especially popular with young women. turning it on for the camera. these young women are finding out what it takes to stand out on social media. influencer pamela levy is the driving force behind the classes in hanoi she's amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on instagram and tick tock and now she's

teaching others her most postable poses. in my course there are people who want to learn posing to help with their jobs. they want confidence and to improve their soft skills such as how to walk properly or how to communicate better with other people. least social media profile is help direct tracked around 500 students. they include young professionals eager to project an image of success. as someone who has to stand in front of many people these course will make me more confident in front of the camera. and i can communicate better from my work. with. lessons also give general photography

tips from major social media platforms. facebook has more than 53000000 users in vietnam and it's become an important tool for small businesses. having beautiful photos is crucial for my give store business. because they generate more likes and comments from my friends my customers and people who are interested in the products that i sell. and i hope my images will simply be more professional. outside in this increasingly online economy a simple snapshot on a smartphone can be a make or break skill. for these young vietnamese it all begins with the heart of the pose. that's it for today there's of course more in our website. and today's officially the start of the song called festival in thailand. streets

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more into the planet. featuring. a meal on the green zones hong kong and to me it's clear. solutions are out to. join me for a deep dive into the green transformation for me. for the fans. and . welcome to all. on this edition we look at how performing artists all finding ways to occupy and express themselves despite the devastation their professions also. will face a pandemic lockdowns. will hear how one casualty in a production of romeo and juliet has reinvented itself we purposing the theater

where the long life production couldn't open. and will relax with an artist use it not it designs are being called a panacea for pandemic stress. but 1st culture is unstoppable that's the message of a project born out of one choreographers frustration with the devastating impact of lockdowns on the dance world stuttgart based eric go to a wanted to pop your pie and inspire his company's 16 dancers after they were put out of work by the pandemic the result is a collection of solo dances created by dozens of artists collaborate collaborating internationally the dying swan project. barbara mellow frédérique dragged herself along in front of the current expo. swan being filmed for the latest dance production.

use last night was in the studio and told my dancers there would be no performances in february and march i saw they were all hanging their heads like this i laughed to myself and said you all look like dying swans then i went to my office and thought actually that's a nice topical theoretically. remark it would be. around practically to. go to hear what can be good if he didn't develop a dance project out of that spontaneous idea around to do it in record time. it was a little idea i had in the beginning but now it's become much bigger with a lot of work for a lot of artists. quickly got 16 choreographers from around the world involved each of whom contributed a solo number one for every member of the company. yet

. one of them was nicky lister who also leads a dance company inched up god the music was composed especially for the pieces thanks to the gods to the outer house and sponsorship from diamond. well i will ask the composer to cover the beginning and appearing virtually from goatees hometown of montreal was usually people ned who developed her version of the classic tale of the dying swan choreographing a piece can be done remotely if need be. in the direction. they are by working with visioneer is simply a gift you can express yourself very well and evolve and play with feelings. and.

tossed in funk is barbara miller free areas filmmaker he's one of a further 16 creatives involved in the project. a wounded swan gasping for breath on the pavement behind the rehearsal room. is this how dancers feel these days. they've been a food new i miss the stage i think we all do it's really very magical to be on stage and to feel that energy coming from the audience to the dancers the piece in the key for. making videos is some comfort especially since putting them on line means a much larger audience than usual and who says the dying swans won't end up on stage at some point certainly not if they go to read so the show must go on and the

company members of go to a dance are putting all they have into it this one is are still very much alive. and you can see the results of all that preparation on their take out to house stuttgart you cheap channel and go to dances instagram from this friday i'm joined now by my colleague adrian kennedy could see your idea and now go to a dance innovating that in order to continue despite the lockdown and they're not the only ones out there now we're seeing quite a lot of creative solutions that allow for most to engage with audiences at home another good example of this is the new production of romeo and juliet from the national theatre in britain it was originally envisaged as a stage production but in 2020 it became one of. first victims of the coronavirus crisis a crisis as we know is the mother of invention and they decided to revamp it as

a film for t.v. stars josh o'connor. be familiar to many because he was prince charles in the most recent series of the crown and jesse buckley plays juliet it was shot in just 17 days at the national theatre in littleton stay ok and we have the director simon godwin here talking a little bit about how it was made. the camera doesn't come at the end of the process it comes at the beginning every morning great director of photography would come in and essentially put me through film school so we'd talk each morning about this is a close up this is a long shot this is a medium close up because we're going to start the process now of nothing and sometimes knowing nothing is quite liberating and the film itself in a way mirrors the journey from theater to film because we start as. we start on this stage just with the acts where simple everyday clothes simple everyday

props the spaces very much like this and then as the story gains momentum and the imagination of the actors takes over we move from a very rough theater context into a much more refined cinematic landscape. well it's exciting adrian has it been well received has had glowing reviews that it's a romeo and juliet for the coronavirus. by all these online and t.v. productions all great for the time being but of course will it change to get back into theaters properly lived one of the chances well in britain the vaccination is quite advanced indeed monday was a milestone day because many shops and open pops really opened some very unusual scenes in britain theatres to

making plans to reopen some have already announced dates the national theatre for example. life is on june 16th and as you can say something of a carnival atmosphere in and around britain so wonderful for them but here in germany things are not looking quite so rosy now here the vaccination rollout has been a little bit more problematic and we're looking more at extended lockdown and tightening of which. fiction's some big festivals have already been cancelled rock am ring welcome pock others the vacuum heavy metal festival or at the other end of the scale the famous spy hoyt's a volcano festival are hoping to go ahead on a smaller scale but with audiences. and the. don'ts is hoping support on its production of the dying swans project for audiences in late may and to take that on internationally in the autumn but of course we'll just have

to wait and see how that turns out and where can we see romeo and juliet it's already showing in the u.k. on sky and now t.v. and it premieres in the us on p.b.s. on april 26 the 23rd story my colleague adrian kennedy as usual great chatting with the parting is such a great song it is indeed. now to an artist whose work is more in demand than ever and not despite but because of the pandemic swedish design and state is a master of geometry and it appears psychology his 3 dimensional art works of being called hypnotic meditative and relaxing the stop homebase design is playful symmetry in motion has won him a claim and half a 1000000 followers on instagram. geometric shapes move and roll as objects combine effortlessly in endless sequences of movement friction and the laws of

gravity seem to be suspended here. these creations are the brainchild of swedish motion graphics artist under us vanished 8 he uses a special computer program to get his fascination for shapes free rein. the good things with 3 d. software is nowadays is that they make it very easy to mimic physics this is behaviors like like a camera you can capture lights in a way that almost look photo realistic believe. that the would. be animations are only a few seconds long. yet they seem endless the trick is to edit them into a seamlessly. the swedish artist has already programmed more than 150 digital works of art drawing on 20 years of experience as

a graphic designer and 3 d. artist. he sketches out his ideas over the course of several days or sometimes even weeks. i try to base my work on. simple objects and simple shapes and try to keep my scenes minimalistic as possible and to focus on the movements and on the the feeling of the movements and the pattern the motion patterns once the concept is finished vanished it means less than a day to program his digital creations using cinema 4 d. soft where it's important to him to share his art online and receive feedback about what users like and dislike. the funniest thing about this is a lot of people think that i'm actually building physical models of physical sculptures and everything i create is digital. everything i do this is done in my free to software but i still get emails pretty much every day from people who wants

to buy them or and the things that are actually building this. he posted his 1st animation on instagram in 2016 since then he's gained more than 650000 followers and players vanished its works are hugely popular. one day i received 50000 followers in one day only and there are. many people say his animations have a soothing effect and can reduce stress levels. german psychiatry stress researcher actually explains why. it's common for us to immerse ourselves in rhythms like the ones we see in this complex animation but in the complex and up it is satisfying for us to see something function smoothly now as we can see demonstrated here and all its

complexity are by the one that is soothing for us. and that's exactly what andreas vanished it is out to do he's glad it has perfectly smooth animations bring some calm to social media with this the 3 d. artist has created something new in the digital world hypnotic 3 dimensional animations that are a balm for the soul. i think we could all use a bit more of that until next time keep safe and keep well.

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are investigating if 6 cases of blood clotting are linked to the new one shot taxi and pushed to the limits more than 3000000 infections in some hospitals a capacity as for the names in texas for interrupting the government says new measures urgently needed to bring the crisis under control. very warm welcome u.s. president joe biden has urged his russian counterpart vladimir putin to ease mounting tensions with ukraine and is proposing a summit between the 2 leaders ukraine accuses moscow of sending thousands of troops to its eastern border and the crimean peninsula ukrainian troops have fought pro russian separatists is 2014 and there are now fears the unresolved conflict between the 2 sides could flare up again. russian warships on their way to the

black sea parts of the military buildup around ukraine that's been stoking tensions in recent weeks. military camps like this one have sprung up and witnesses have reported seeing rows of tanks in the area now the west is condemning russia's buildup and reiterating support for ukraine. united states stands firmly behind the sovereignty of turkey for turkey for ukraine that's. where. we're seeing unfortunately. russia taking a very provocative act i want to thank you very renowned. for its concentration. of russian forces on ukraine's border since $24.00 team. that was when fighting between pro russian separatists and ukrainian troops 1st erupted in ukraine's east more than 14000 people have since died in that conflict which has yet to be

resolved. in response to russia's latest moves nato secretary general yen stultified said the military alliance would stand by ukraine. we are also increased presence in the black sea region in the black sea with more naval presence and more ships more puerto visits and we are constantly looking into how we can continue to step up and provide more practical support to to ukraine to help them defend themselves ukraine's foreign minister said the offer of help was urgently needed we need measures which will deter you can russia and which will contain its aggressive intentions. this could be as secretary general mentioned. a new round of sanctions which would raise the price of russian aggression. later on tuesday must go hit back saying its

appointments with you tonight his actions. in response to the alliance's military activities that threaten russia we took appropriate measures with must go sending more troops and equipment to expressed in both is ukraine and its allies that also pushing for a diplomatic solution that accusations of blame on both sides look set to continue . or if a more outlets across over now to brussels or to the nato h.q. or d.w. were teri schultz is reporting on this story terry we understand that the nato secretary general and the ukrainian foreign minister have published or issued a joint statement so what do you tell us about that. that's right the nato ukraine commission met in emergency session earlier today convened by ukraine to discuss the situation and after that secretary-general stoltenberg said that the build up

on the ukrainian border was unexplained and justifiable and deeply concerning for his part the ukrainian foreign minister said that if the kremlin dared to push this into open conflict it would be the one to lose and he warned nato allies that his country needed more backup to make sure that's the case more military equipment more more training and more political support now says then later nato has announced that it will hold a joint foreign and defense ministers meeting by video tomorrow to discuss the situation so foreign minister cleaver should feel like he's getting more support from nato allies including the united states secretary of state blinken met personally with him this afternoon here in brussels so the foreign minister of ukraine should get the feeling that he's getting more support of nato but just how much support. are there really fears that an invasion by russian troops is imminent and what is nato prepared to do about that. well most assessments i read

don't actually believe that russia is planning to invade right now they read everything from the exact military forces that are deployed to this the state of the ground it's too mushy right now for for tanks to get in all of these signs point to there not being an immediate invasion but what we're sure wants to do is to keep ukraine destabilized and it's doing a good job of that let's remember that while nit while ukraine wants to be a nato member it isn't and so nato does not have to go to its defense should russia invade again we should also remember that in 2014 nobody expected russia to invade either and it did seize a part of ukraine crimea and it does support these separatists in the eastern part of ukraine so russia has already invaded and nobody wants to allow that to happen again and very briefly on another top of this very important for us here in germany we understand that u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin announced that the u.s.

will not be pulling out troops from germany as the previous administration had threatened welcome news that nato definitely will be welcome news that nato remember this was such a surprising announcement trump made it without any consultation with nato or the german government or the governments where he said he was going to send those 12000 troops he was going to pull out of germany so after that i know from follow up reporting there was no move made on the military's part to actually prepare for this transfer out of germany so it won't be so surprising that the biden ministration has called that off but it will definitely be welcome along with the largely symbolic but still important deployment of 500 more troops to germany. reporting as ever thank you. and u.s. officials say president joe biden plans to withdraw all american troops from afghanistan by september 11th of this year president biden is due to officially announce to plants tomorrow the decision will keep thousands of u.s.

troops in the country beyond the me for the 1st it would draw a deadline set by the trumpets ministration there are currently about $3000.00 american soldiers in afghanistan serving alongside some $7000.00 additional nato forces the taliban has threatened to renew attacks if foreign forces aren't out by may 1st. and now to a developing story that we're tracking the drug maker johnson and johnson says it will delay the rollout of its covert $900.00 vaccine in europe well that's after health authorities in the u.s. move to suspend the use of the shot due to health concerns more than 6800000 doses of the j.n.j. vaccine have already been administered in the u.s. most with no or very mild side effects but u.s. health bodies are now investigating unusual blood clots that occurred in 6 women under the age of 50 while the cases appear similar to a rare clotting disorder european authorities say could be linked to the astra

zeneca vaccine. and earlier i spoke to eric fay golding he is an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists in washington d.c. and i began by asking him what he made of this decision i think this decision and i want to emphasize a very brief temporary cause the f.d.a. says you know it might be just a few days on the investigator out of abundance of caution you know there's 6 cases but there's 6 cases out of almost 7000000 americans nations who are to prove that perspective that's one in a 1000000 that is 10 times lower than what you observed in germany in 4 times more than what you observed in the u.k. so this is a very very low risk thing so far and johnson and johnson is not major vaccine it's only 5 percent of all that seems currently delivered in to eat into the arms in the

u.s. so i think it's out abundance of caution and the risk is much lower than what you seem regressions on this so what does this mean for the mass vaccination plan underway in the u.s. i mean will the impact be minimal. you know i think the impact will be very minimal our 1st was only for a few days we believe and advisement during our we were rolling out $25000000.00 doses in the united states a week of parliament during our going again johnson and johnson's only a small 5 percent of all those diligente jars so the very minimal of the possibly very short the risk is much lower than where we've seen and it's of abundance of caution the main reason i think he said he did this is because it's a very unique type of clotting there is very rarely seen beating it's an arm you perhaps and the drug heparin that normally treat clots doesn't help this so you want to just point this out as a warning ok as we might see this you will not affect us about the rollout in any way now obviously we are trying to keep this in perspective and you're doing that

as well for us but this is not going to help with vaccine confidence how worried are you that the pause of yet another vaccine could stoke global skepticism about 1000 occupations. right i think in certain ways obviously it's very frustrating freshens going to go out in johnson and johnson you know some say it's maybe a cost approach because it's the same and no virus some class different type rhinovirus but i don't think you should affect. them are in a vaccine the other graphic scenes novak's group they're completely different cars and different worlds in terms of how they were built. but i think this is again extremely low risk and jones and johnson they're actually testing another booster shots they haven't caused the trial yet to my knowledge so i personally think this will be a temporary azam once we clear it out that it's not related or that it is perhaps incredibly incredibly low compared to the actual known benefits of 1st rock scene

against a very few endemic i think overall we're not me that much attention as events and that was dr eric fake holding an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists speaking to me earlier from washington d.c. well meanwhile charles i'm going to leave behind what has been a fragmented and largely unsuccessful pandemic response divided along state lines in the midst of what is now a full blown covert 1000 crisis the german chancellor has won political control of the situation and has revealed the details of a strict nation wide response to the pend attic should the situation continue to escalate. she wants more clarity and a more uniform approach to coronavirus measures in germany frustration had been mounting over the last few weeks as it became increasingly difficult for the federal government and germany's 16 states to agree on common shared rules to

tackle the growing 1000 cases. the order to improve the situation and to slow down the 3rd wave to break it and turn it around the measures implemented thus far by the federal government and the states don't go far enough our response of a pandemic must be more stringent than consequential. the response includes changing germany's infection protection act in order to grant the federal government more power to enforce coronavirus restrictions health matters are normally under the jurisdiction of the states but this has led to a patchwork of sometimes contradictory rules the new law would force any state with a high incidence of covert 1000 cases to implement the same regulations including limiting gatherings introducing a nighttime curfew and shutting down non-essential shops leisure activities and restaurants people in berlin think stricter measures should have come sooner.

i don't think they are the right measures but it's basically too late for the right measures as. they should have been introduced in the year ago. i think there are too many people involved and it is very difficult to reach an agreement it would be more efficient if fewer people were making decisions if more power lay with the chancellor. health experts have been warning that the situation in germany is serious the number of covert 1000 patients currently being treated in intensive care units is rising and risks reaching higher occupancy levels than at the peak of the 2nd wave of the pandemic if you don't take strict measures this number goes higher and therefore really concerned and actually we have to act as soon as possible to prevent people from going on

because they are not treated in the right way the new legislation still needs to be approved by the german parliament angela merkel has said she hopes the buddhists will implement the changes swiftly. you're watching news from brawl and up next is business with was so don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on demand by adding to our website the studio dot com i'm playing our rock n roll and on behalf of the entire to thank you so much for spreading this part of your day for this see them. my 1st vice i was a sewing machine. icon for all women are owned by this oceans will remember something as simple as learning how to write them by psychos isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my home and it took me years to been there. finally the game often

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on the larger portion of the u.k. special men and women voters the preps it now many are facing ruins the you advised the country trading rules to the full 19 years makes. this is the doing business on robots in vernon welcome to the program johnson and johnson says it's delaying the rollout of its coronavirus vaccine in europe the company announced the decision after u.s. regulators recommended a pause in administering a single dose vaccine that followed reports of potentially dangerous blood cult clocks 6 cases of suspected after almost $7000000.00 doses were administered johnson and johnson was planning to ship hundreds of thousands of doses to europe in coming weeks it was set to become the leading coronavirus vaccine supply to africa to the for the recent news. of johnson and johnson is expecting some 400000000 doses of his vaccine to african nations so let's speak to our reporter in

the towns in encounter dar es salaam charles come by thanks for being with us what's the reaction been there to this news from johnson and johnson. well of course the company announced that it's decision. u.s. and letters are commenting almost in a new story in their single does not sinful and they don't want change only dangerous not just cause but in many comments from social media but it is not on any official. website is about. this issue and this issue i mean you are expecting to see how i mean the government authorities are commenting on this issue in tanzania as we all know about. 5 it just you know different issues pending is a neighboring community but maybe under the new leadership. yeah expecting to see maybe how the government.

need a ship on our previous week. she's going you know from our candidate based on and on the issue in the way of handling the nixon gets me to see how she will be talking about the issue and as you know listen about really doesn't mean there is not such a. thanks for being with us actually i just want to talk a bit more about tanzania and the situation there because last month they did announce the death of former president jiang microphone and now there's a new push in the country to better understand the impact of the pandemic on tanzania is being led by the country's new president. she carries the hopes of many tanzanian women on her shoulders samir salue who has seen here at her an organization a few days ago has championed women's and girls' rights throughout her career and

she's battled hard against youth unemployment she's taking up the reins of power in difficult times her previous answer john mica food he was a coronavirus denier there were no lock downs no reliable data. economically tanzania has fared very well in recent years but the pandemic put a stop to that growth fell from 7 percent in 2018 to an estimated 1.9 percent last year tourism has been one of tanzania's main sources of foreign currency but that sector also collapsed during the pandemic as foreign visitors stayed away the tourist industry employs hundreds of thousands of people tanzania's new president faces the twin challenges of creating new jobs and steering the country's economy through the devastating pandemic. let's go back to our porter in dar es salaam chas is tanzania suffering as a result of the current denial of former president john mcafee

well you just went on the. only such. and. well experience in a very. this is a difficult time since our. president really was he used to handle it underneath. it was. many many. various international. media got in the way the late years and. yeah and. not downs and you know i was. this situation is not that much well because they go because it was seen as lot you know it's not good and go to the previous i just going to run was delayed charging what. we.

are going to underneath as well you don't meet. many countries in the world has and then. our charles calm day and doris alarm for us thanks a lot for bringing us up to date china's exports surged 30 percent in march compared with a year ago as global demand made a comeback it's all strong sales in facemasks and other medical supplies as well as chinese home electronics meanwhile the country's imports jumped almost 40 percent analysts say it's a sign of consumption in china picking up and foreign companies are profiting from that trend china's trade surplus shrank to almost $14000000000.00 in march last much narrower than analysts had predicted. the british chamber of commerce says u.k. exports plummeted 41 percent in the 1st months of this year due to the pandemic and

breck's it while brits are hopeful they've now seen the worst of the pandemic breck's it is here to stay tension threatening the livelihoods of those who originally supported it. even the sego seem distressed village of which to bill is all but dead for james green this time of year is normally high season harvest time is an oyster fisherman can do right now is keep an eye on things. these were bred for the e.u. market. has not sold a single one since the 1st of january gregg's that day. these bags if you go all of this area of the farm is now market so it's always referred to the bags up here to make space for them so this is where there is probably 100120 tons of market size horses ready for the continental market really i'm not entirely sure what to do with them you know. where can i sell 120 tons of voices in the u.k.

that just is not the market. the business is dying. it's not a mere teething problem or short term disruption the e.u. has banned the import of green zone easters it's a standard hygiene regulation applied to all 3rd country only on e.u. traders and that's what the u.k. is now it's a stunning blow to which the bill which voted to leave the e.u. hardly any britons are eating lobster oysters right now the pandemic has closed the country's restaurants including james as. he says at least will be an end to that but the import ban has permanently wiped out 50 percent of his business overnight without the slightest warning. that wasn't foreseeable from our point of view and the reason why it wasn't foreseeable from our point of view it was because we're constantly reassuring the industry that that trade would continue. london is acting innocent blames the e.u.

for the disaster not anyone in power here. in the e.u. had. a. continue their own laws provide for it to continue and actually refer to a significant that would enable it to continue though they have had a change of heart a policy change and although there is no legal impediment to this trade the european union told us a couple of weeks ago they were going to allow it to continue that's a downright lie if you believe the e.u. . let's be clear there regulation banning import of these shellfish into the european union was already under the table or just for the exits of the other sheen which is to blame east greeks itself delist officials are among the big losers of bragg's it a bitter reality they are just waking up to in with stifel. what a way from the seaside the pandemic has led to people in the u.k.

spending more time in their gardens creating a gardening boom in the country but as british garden centers import many plants from europe frank set is checking the supply of plant stock some 3000000 people in the u.k. have suddenly discovered a green thumb they never knew they had and that should be good news for the garden centers demand is 2 to 3 times higher than normal but supply has fallen by around half. and we buy an awful lot of plants from europe predominantly holland and belgium the main suppliers with italy and germany as well the main impact has been on the process of importing plants so the administration involved since january 1st is huge and that's causing costs and delays to the actual importers well red tape and added bureaucracy have left retailers and millions of lockdown gardeners with scant pickings in mainland europe garden plants are growing on a vast scale in warmer climates many varieties grow more energetically then they're

sent over to live out their lives in cold grey britain. this grows really grown in italy and it's coming from our italian each herb flower tree or shrub has its own european passport but these are no longer valid in the u.k. every plan before it crosses the water wherever it's coming from has to be given a fighter some interest to figure that has to come through the plants into the u.k. in addition we now have a plan registration process where we have to notify you the authorities over here of everything we bring in before it crosses the water and hits our shores until the process of moving plants across the border is refined the consumer will have to bear the extra cost. now to some of the other global business stories making the news the overall british economy is showing signs of improvement thanks to the u.k. successful vaccine rolled out in february the economy grew not to point 4 percent

according to the office for national statistics exports of goods to the european union jumped by almost 50 percent but failed to reverse january's record driven slump. a sharp rise in the cost of gasoline so u.s. consumer prices surged no point 6 percent in march that's the biggest increase since 2012 analysts say the jump is probably temporary march of last year marked the beginning of the lockdown in the world's biggest economy. twitter is recruiting 11 people in ghana's capital a crop the social media networks 1st hires in the african continent and twitter says it plans to open an office there later a number of tech majors have made moves into africa likely including facebook. and bit going climbed to a record high of $63.00 and a half $1000.00 on tuesday extending its 2021 rally the world's most valuable

crypto currency has more than doubled in price this year as major firms like master card and tesla gave their backing to the digital coin. so for me on the business team here in berlin if you don't most of us check out our website do we have com slash business you can also find us on facebook and twitter of course thanks for joining us the next time. you mean. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest. research say. information and context the coronavirus update coming 19th. on t.w. . are you ready for some great news i'm pristine wonderland on the i on the edge of

my country with a brand new deed of the muse africa the show that tackles the issues shaping the concert now with more time to off on to talk to all of the trends up to you what's making the hittites and what's behind the way on the streets to give you the end of reports on the inside. w. news africa every friday on g.w. . the u.s. is vaccine program is the envy of much of the world but there are 3000000 people getting the job every day. but the virus continues to spread quickly. states like michigan are especially hard hit causing some to call for tough medicine. the answer to that really is down to go back to our basics to go back to where we were

last spring last summer and try to shut things down with some.