i. didn't 300 people are sick and. that's. because no one should have to. make up your own mind. w. . made for mines. 2 years off to fire ravaged not saddam cathedral we find out why efforts to restore one of europe's architectural treasures are shrouded in control of the sea. we live in a new drama filming in france as director no brings the fight full night to the big screen. and we meet

a caution designing are catching outfits are constructed not to plaster but to make something. welcome to us in culture april 29th tain the world watched incredulous as not saddam cathedral in paris burned the city's mediæval masterpiece and the price napoleon was crowned it was hard to believe it could be on fire. 2 years on restoration work is underway but efforts to save one of europe's cultural treasures has involved sacrificing some of its natural ones. workers from the national forests office have cut down $1000.00 oak trees there were around 200 years old almost as old as the not to dam tower itself which collapsed in the fire and will be rebuilt with these very tree. they get a 2nd life and no $2.01 of the beams will last for 20300 years so these trees have

a very noble purpose we're very touched by the support of the book with him with her it's a monumental task scaffolding has been erected so that the spire and roof can be rebuilt and further damage prevented. and then there are the windows in the name of which have been removed germany has offered to finance the restoration of 8 windows. to the poor some windows will be sent to germany for restoration and the other part of the money raised in germany will secure the restoration of other windows. so franco german cooperation is also taking shape president among call had set an ambitious timetable for the whole project it's to be completed by 2024 by the time of the un picking the trees mark an important intermediate step towards the school

their failing is the symbolic start of the reconstruction of note. and i'm joined now by my colleague adrian kennedy welcome idea now these trees are hundreds of years old being fails to rebuild not too dumb not everyone is happy about this now they know 40000 conservationists signed a petition trying to stop the chopping down of these oaks for the restoration but the forestry department says that the trees involved only represent 0 point one percent of an annual harvest that is necessary anyway to provide room for younger trees they say sourcing the wood in france gives them total control over the process the critics though counter that this ward and lead construction is outs modood that it's a proven fire risk that it's a toxic chris in case of fire and other reconstructions have been done with

concrete they really but the decision on how not to dom is to be rebuilt has long been made right that's why it all went very quickly and i think we should go back and remember the shock of the fire which came at time when france was reeling after a series of terror attacks there was an order collective guard from. when the iconic spire collapsed. president macron was very quick to make the restoration a priority on the 1st anniversary he played that not down would be restored within 5 years by 2024 there was a period. when more exciting innovative ideas were. considered but it was very quickly decided to restore the cathedral faithfully and quite conservative why around a 1000000000 euros was raised for the reconstruction much of it came from super

rich donors and some people believe that they had an influence on this conservative decision and approach high c i don't remember the pledge is flooding in. but is the target date for completion realistic well the rector if not to dam himself says 15 to 20 years most of the work that's been done so far has been securing the science it's been stopping for the crap says it's being with taking out toxic lead and other substances far from the cutting down of the oaks the physical reconstruction is not really started so critics still feel there is time to sway public opinion and take a different course of action right that's good in the past months i do believe there have been some events inside the cathedral that's right in december there was a very moving concert it was the 1st event. of the since the fire

it was lifestream there was no public of course not just because of current virus and the performance or how to work protective here it's a good thing too when a glimmer of hope that adrian and thanks very much for coming in and bringing us up to date on that thank you but we stay with that story because the not saddam fire is also the subject of a documentary series for netflix and a big budget drama from oscar winning director john jacques who brought us the name of the rose it tells the story of the 24 desperate hours during which the disaster unfolded. a group of tourists rushing out of a cathedral the scene is not in the french camp. but in sun's north central france some 120 kilometers from paris. french filmmaker jacques annoy is making a new feature film about the fire at notre dame in paris using the cathedral of saws as one of the sets the film 2 for release and 2022 will combine file footage

with acted scenes from history do you see this i said to myself it's incredible it's incredibly spectacular touching the depths of the soul and then there is this beauty there is the symbol that's disappearing with the whole world crying 3 days later i was right and you. will be does it only could you. inside the cathedral $120.00 extras and actors wait for instructions. be careful the cameras will be close to your faces no one is smiling we are not in for anything funny. they're recreating the last moments at the cathedral 2 years ago before the fire started and the alarms went off. as for the filming location the cathedral in sol's built in 1130 was largely inspired by noted down. the fire is being reacted in a studio near paris. fashion

design of the narrow. house construction projects of how she builds her creations using objects you wouldn't normally associate with clothing she sees fashion as arts and says hutch ois is all symbolic designs not to make people look good but to make the beholder think twice. and raw fish be a fashion accessory. that's how russian armenian artist veneer of her sorrow the state just for a model at a photo shoot in moscow. the fashion designers unusual combinations have garnered her international acclaim. i have no humans with the materials and. i can combine the paper with flour with the shift because. i want to write the diary but for me it's for making a mask. to her masks are works of art and

a means of self-expression. the new yorker's sorrow that has been working on her mask series since 2009 she's already made around 100 fanciful face coverings ever since she finished her degree in fashion design and moscow masks have played an important role in her creations by mask i cover my. real face and it gives me a well protection maybe and a feeling of safety and the mask is kind of her refuge for me because i wanted to show my real emotions. on the face marmar phrase but i show my emotions through the textures the technique and the material things of. the new yorker saw her over designs costumes and props for theater productions like this one in the russian city of perm in 2020. 2. years before she worked on the fish project at

moscow's gorky park. and in 2018 she contributed to the moscow staging of book land. time and again the designer mixes materials that don't seem to go together her current series fish and flowers is no exception because sorrow is inspired by fairy tales and surrealism fish are recurring symbols in her work ones that are meant to cause people to stop and reflect people. in. this dress with and always thought of beautiful clothes if combined with flowers and. white paper it's actually a very beautiful but and it's kind of ok but not. to live in water. and. it's kind of.

wild and evil. is on her way to nikolai gogol house a museum in the russian capital she was invited to take part in a group exhibition here entitled the islands each participant was given a room and free reign to show off their creativity. installation features paper flowers printed with images of meat here too she makes a connection between pretty plants and dead animals. paper is one of her favorite materials to work with. the transmission paper it's very. white sheet of paper. paper also plays an important role in her latest photo shoots .

i mean there are a set of quieter ways wide events and that makes me do it and do it again i'm always looking for perfection of a country to. the new yorkers sorrow those stages the real dream worlds that unmasked her passion for the absurd. a very different take on fashion now are you fed up with being keeps up indoors meeting people just. for you in good company because mick jagger feels exactly the same way he's teamed up with sci fi just guitarist dave grohl virtually of course to set his complaints to meis that they've released the track to celebrate the easing up down in england happy listening and see you next time.

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frustrated with the consequences of the pandemic. the bergdorf family in berlin a year after the coronavirus pandemic began and everyone is at home everyone is busy at their computer well almost everyone. leandra was struggling with his math homework the 14 year old spends up to 9 hours a day at his laptop 1st for his lessons then for homework sometimes lander has to force himself to keep up with his tasks. and look at. what you just get sad you don't have any energy you almost get a little depressed that's a heavy duty word depressed but it's true. you just don't feel like doing anything anymore and about and then you. his mother paula also spends her days homeschooling she's a teacher and looks forward to the day when she can finally teach inside the school

again 1000 back summations could make that happen it's hard to guess that i got a message from my school yesterday that invitations for all teachers to get vaccinations are in the mail. that's very good news. and now i know i will have a vaccination appointment. that i mean germany's vaccination rollout is taking a long time so far only 10 percent of the population has been vaccinated the 1st to get the job were people over 80 and staff in hospitals and nursing homes paula bergdorf isn't allowed to just go stand in line at the vaccination center without an invitation right now she's looking forward to having rapid testing introduced at her workplace self tests that people take at home will make the school a little safer but in germany these are still not available everywhere paula worries about losing connection to her students one is

a mix you don't hear anything from them not a no don't feel like it or yes just silence. and then of course you wonder where are they. the father of the family mark has set up his home office in their bedroom he'd rather work here than take the bus and subway to work during a pandemic he considers that too risky in a europe wide comparison germany only comes in as average when it comes to working at home instead of remaining at the workplace less than 40 percent of german employees work from home mark is finding it quite a challenge to work in this environment as god's will for me it's hard for me to combine my working world and the atmosphere that normally surrounds me with working at home with my child my dog my wife it's quite challenging at times months motorsport was exam. mark is trying to imagine what the future will be like after

the pandemic is over he's in charge of a startup that's developing ideas for a new kind of tourism after coke at 19 all in all the bergdorf are very grateful that they've made it through the pandemic healthy so far. after the terror attack 5 years ago and bacon belgium became known as a terrorism hotspot. a young tech entrepreneur wants to show that the brussels neighborhood has more to offer. molen back 5 years ago after terrorist attacks in paris and brussels the whole world knew that word and this place this district became infamous as the home base of a handful of bad guys the rest of my index almost 100000 residents felt unfairly stigmatised i was really frustrated insides. i also wanted to explain to people guys more than big it's nice with people with quality.

and this is not artsy toftrees rist ybor he was a real also felt lost growing up like those. when black men who would become bombers he dropped out of school at 13 but where they turned to crime he taught himself to code and became a successful tech entrepreneur without the fancy diplomas from expensive schools that many top business people have the degree of i have. to say yeah. really nothing he did have something the desire to help others succeed in 2015 while nearby the terrorist cell was planning its attacks was a recreated a nonprofit tech incubator so moment that kids would have a place to go a chance to dream big what he calls a different ecosystem provides trainees everything for free the rest is up to them

this bliss it's not for to give to people you know it's just people come and take your opportunity. if they have no money it's free if they have no computer or we can lend a computer they have no time we are almost open 20 hours before you know every day from the single room where he started cerise ecosystem now takes up the whole building and had a turnover of $2000000.00 euros last year google c.e.o. soon to put child visited recently to make a donation in person the world is changing was a recess the big companies recruiting his students are less focused on traditional degrees 93 percent of graduates have tech jobs or have founded their own companies there are also spin offs in the netherlands and italy laura hebert a digital marketing student travels in an hour each way from ghent to be part of

the mall in geek community i think it's the birth training center in brussels because it's like recognize from big companies what outsiders used to deride as a no go zone is now the place to be. the chinese government is ramping up pressure on hong kong. more and more pro-democracy activists either flee the country or end up in court like li truck b.m. . a small flat in downtown hong kong weather woes only museum dedicated to the 18 i tell them in krakow is located the minatory repression in beijing 32 years ago changed the course of many people in china and hong kong including leach again i was there during the doing for the massacre and i was the pain propre days after my relieve pressure to hong kong i

clashed that i would spend my life time in 5 people would walk within china and follow that goal for 5 we're not being the very. least like jan is facing a difference fate critics see and i don't massive track now being carried out by the aging this time honest mostly liberal and democratic city hong kong in the wake of anti-government protest here an age others were charged for organizing and attending and authorizes and that's really it was over a 1000000 people took part was one of the few with that found and questions every one of the defendants a high profile figures apart from media tycoon jimmy i owe a former lawmaker and icons of the opposition movement like martin lee who is no this father after all this issue of the charges carries a maximum 5 year choto right but this case is just the tip of the iceberg with over $10000.00 audience arrested. is the 1st verdict among the 9 charges for

which he's on trial beijing's recently host reaping national security law and his overhaul of the city's electrodes system intensify the fear. all denies hong kong's tenement morning vision. every year calling for an end to china's one party rule for techies and that can make him a prime target and beijing security this year he will likely be absent for the very 1st time in this era in a way that going to jail is part of the struggle now i would come by saying that this is already. of a blessing for me that i would only have to go to jail after 40 years of activism in hong kong and but i'm ready to pay the price and ready to face it having witnessed hong kong's decades long struggle the 64 year old activist is not optimistic but he believes that his successors will continue to fight for democracy

until they finally reached. the niger delta is not only one about because most important oil producing regions it's also one of the most polluted places on earth instead of prosperity this black gold brings residents sickness and death. the niger delta once offered to reach spoilers for farmers and fishermen like mike to know it's a threat to humans and the ecosystem go all the spiels have braved people exposed to hate it was a call me at the time my career. most of them died before the age of 40. our lives. deep in their legacy on the sea. we depend on the sea i see. today almost all seafood

have gone you can't find them again because of the oil spill and this has led to. the level of poverty i. know if not find a word to describe. a study in 2012 estimated that 16000 babies died within the 1st month of their life they died because of oil producer sion in the niger delta state officials admit that the situation has become even worse since then how many people would do better where last week how many were buried this week . where die. because this is i don't want their. poverty. in time so food in town sell cars and even the necessities of life you know what i. bust areas of the states would always talk sick the u.n. says it could take 30 years to clear up the contamination. residents

and activists blame the multinational oil company for their plight they have petition their government to provide hospitals and schools to improve their living conditions. it's hopeless there's been a law school who says the you in the valley. develop the did the foam on the well as that does it clear up with cut outs on the margins to measure those i'm also on and pam i told the people that i've been reading data just place through this species. the region provides most of nigeria's revenues but the communities see they get nothing in the real time and their government has neglected them and did f. them to their fate.

this story of 2 sisters who were never actually used to playing next. the story of 2 women in search of their origin. the story of an adoption scandal that rocked the never limbs. but. the focus on europe's. minutes on w. . about this issue when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room as one thing. it was hard i was fair. i even got white hair is that.

benjamin language head telling us this kids need and they help us maybe to entrust the lives of say you want to know their story my friends her fighting and reliable information for migrants. more than 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. with christianity firmly established there is a greater demand for houses of worship. and both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their followers so churches become palaces. the race begins who can create the tallest biggest and most beautiful structures.

stone masons builders and of architects compete with each other to build even though projects. this is how massive churches with towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are created. contest of the cathedral starts april 12th on d. w. . this is news and these are top stories u.s. president joe biden has announced plans to withdraw all u.s. forces from afghanistan by september 11th ending america's longest war biden added that the withdrawal will not be tied to conditions on the ground is announcement was followed by the news that nato will also withdraw its own troops beginning next

month. the minnesota police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man dante wright has been arrested.