that's one of the reasons why some residents don't understand the importance of being vaccinated. and her team have gotten used to the skepticism and to the climbing they do before every home visit. they are convinced that their mission is important for another. people in the villages lives close together if there is an infection here it will spread very quickly and many don't like coming to the hospitals in nearby towns so we have to come to them. or are. getting his 2nd dose today when the doctors 1st came here a few weeks ago he almost kicked them out. i was afraid at 1st here in the village a set the doctors were coming to kill the old people. i heard the elderly die from

the vaccination and that scared us and not just. they need is familiar with these kinds of reservations that's why she often tells her patients that she and her team have been vaccinated as well as their grandparents. that doesn't convince everyone but it did convince. your you know your jr i hardly felt anything it didn't hurt at all less painful than a bee sting of your. the n b a family is next on the rain at least the journey there is perilous to brooklyn. during my studies i always dreamt of a doctor's position in the east but i never thought that i would climb mountains in the snow and ice to get to people's homes. but that's the way it is in

a pandemic everyone has to do their part. on the. vaccination visits are a lot of fun for the villages children although there are. a few not so much. the 74 year old is next in line his wife has ina talked him into it she has already been vaccinated while her husband is receiving the injection she tells us that she even went to the hospital to get it how much somebody tell absolutely it it scared us when we heard about the virus on t.v. but thank god nothing bad happened to us we live our lives the same way we did she for the disease we do our jobs it made our animals and take care of our houses. the doctors administered to more vaccinations that day more isn't really possible

under these conditions. but even if it takes time they know of arab is proud of her work. which ensures that the pandemic is under control at least it is here. in russia some rural areas lack even basic infrastructure that's the case in sawyer a small village in the taiga cut off from the rest of the country it's difficult for locals to get daily supplies like food or medicine luckily there is the tiger express drive. gives the people of saigon a chance to escape them again lives once in awhile. boris petrovitch school is on his way to pick up passengers. he

brings life to the taiga i do because i feel sorry for the old ladies their villages are dying you know. his route takes him from the village of new gear to the village of soy in northern russia near our fungus. or to be more precise what used to be a village. the narrow couch railway line is 31 kilometers long the train consists of one passenger car and a diesel locomotive in the seemingly endless rush a tiger. morris petrovich school was affectionately known as petrovitch does the round trip twice a week on mondays and fridays. in winter he gets the stove going well before the 1st passengers get on the journey can last between one and 3 hours depending on how much snow there is on the track. it's not going to be clear i probably have a road and so's in passengers and they didn't get him to do. today he arrives on

time it's 8 in the morning. the villagers are glad to see him. all our hope rests on this train if it breaks down we'll be stuck here forever. this train is all we have. otherwise we'd have to walk 40 kilometers only old people live here. there used to be a lot of life here not just ramshackle buildings during the soviet era so hugo was an important hub for the lumber industry millions of cubic meters of forests were cut down and transported from here or remains is a lot of broken equipment which petrovich used to set up a functioning passenger service. one as reliable and punctual as himself

a fact the villagers appreciate. though a train trip through the taiga might sound romantic to some it's not without risk despite the train driver skills. sometimes the train tips over less often you know but a couple of years ago when i started it was almost every day once i was here and all of sudden the wheels were facing upwards from the 1st the passenger car overturned and then it pulled the look of with it i was just wondering if we were going to derail and then we were saved our good. when the lumber mill closed most people here lost their jobs some took to the bottle. big drinking lying about you were right now you know we're going to look. at what else is theirs into apart from drink and drive cars.

petrovich doesn't drink and drive he always takes a long food prepared by his wife fallon tina. hears the chan what's taking so long. there is also picking cucumber and fruit preserves. the 2 have been together for 40 years living in harmony. he's always full of energy. and he's always on duty hi alina. the phone rings day and night no worries lena and picking brett up tonight. the villagers depend on him many can imagine their lives without petrovich know their death. you could get one recently. used to driving the train she said oh yeah you please don't stop till i'm dead but you are so i said to her are you crazy that you have

to move and you can't is it a month later she was dead. so i carried out her last wish you i took her to the cemetery. petrovich plans to carry on driving his train for 10 more years until the last villager has left so i go. there you know that people in france can get very old like really really old a french woman reached 122 years compared to that colette may seem like a young lady after all she is only 106 years old but that's not stopping her from her passion for music. colette's months has been playing the piano for over a century she was born into an upper middle class family in 1914 and what my mother

was a hard woman she was quite masculine and even went hunting that music was my consolation my tenderness. especially loves the romantic works by robert schumann she began playing the piano at the tender age of 5 it became her life's passion. she studied as a music conservatory in paris where she also learned fitness techniques like yoga that help keep her limber to this day. it keeps her body erect less to play things must be very loose here cope with the butt talk here at the back. of it the piano when you play you need to sit like this. and not like this.

her son for priests helps manage her career. that's you there when you were 17 or 18 we're. here this is your diploma from 134. move along. what grade did i get it doesn't say that it must just have been so so. well. but really were to put an end to her dream of becoming a professional pianist collette maas worked as a nurse during the german occupation. but after the war she became a piano teacher. it was only decades later that she recorded her 1st album by then she was already over 80. now she has 6 c.d.'s to her credit. that each is all in your head at least i think so. you must live life with

energy that's it. and we wish her much more energy and many more years thankful i think.

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warn hospitals are filling up will people soon be asked to accept new limits on their freedoms to stop the virus. and rebuilding a landmark 2 years after a devastating fire ripped through notre dame cathedral president a man you want back home visits to the site and praises the progress being made to restore the iconic monument to its former glory. i'm all meanies if it's good to have you with us us secretary of state antony blinken has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan just hours after president biden biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th lincoln said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan president. that their partnership was changing but in during his

respects he respects the decision and he expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. as the u.s. and other nato troops prepare to exit afghanistan there is concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taliban many afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next. parvana some learning is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that is. today they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't exist. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have changed but is people

digest the news that u.s. and other nato troops will finally leave afghanistan there is growing concern. that the worrying situation and people believe that if the foreign troops leave the country there will be a civil war. much of the anger here is directed at the taliban which nato forces had hoped to beat into submission. instead the islamist group now controls large areas of the country. and in our demand to the taliban is to come and make peace with the afghans and government. but many here are also pointing the finger at nato troops who have been on afghan soil for almost 20 years. before troops came here we didn't have any problems for their lives if the u.s.

military pulls out people will be able to unite again and see peace restored. peace though looks alone way off afghanistan's security situation is dire many like teacher parvana as a money now fear things will only get worse. i'm joined now by shafiq come dom a former advisor to nato who has also served as an advisor to the president of afghanistan thanks for joining us so as we heard in the report there are some afghans are afraid that once the consequences of the u.s. troops u.s. troops withdrawing from afghanistan that it might be a civil war what do you think i think it's a condition based on what i mean by conditions peace is depends on the peace negotiations and peace deal hopefully there is a settlement before the troops leave afghanistan but if there is no settlement if there is not peace. before september 11th before the u.s. . and germany or other major troops leave afghanistan i think unfortunately not

only afghanistan will involve in a severe water but it will also affect the neighboring region and it can affect you know global security as well we have been witness 911 it was attacked it was you know originated it was planned in afghanistan in pakistan an assault weapon that was killed in pakistan so i think other than insecurity and i understand if there is no peace deal sadly the migration the waves of migration will come to europe the mass drug trafficking in international criminal group will be turned back to afghanistan besides the $22.00 terrorist groups that are activated right now across the border between afghanistan and pakistan and that will create a big yes. now according to a survey last year on the other hand almost half of afghans want foreign troops to leave the country and a larger number of them said that they want a political solution rather than rather than a military solution was this part of biden's calculation. i think

president biden did not do any kind of coalition he's following with so trump steps and that's really. his desire because based on the calculation if you look at the conclusion as well as assistant he has to see this intelligence assessments and military assessments which does not recommend immediate withdrawal unconditioned the drug and if it is that you have referred to 50 percent once they used to be out it's based on a condition they don't want them to go out immediately they want them to be out only if it's you know aiding to peace and walk which will benefit not only have common sense but it will benefit all of nato allies u.s. allies and now the united states because as i mentioned before at least $22.00 tourists groups they were not there before 911 but now they have one up and from south central asia from middle east from africa from you know like a son and from other countries there are so many to this moves it's not only al

qaeda anymore but some would argue that those groups developed during america's presence there the u.s. troops presence there so doesn't that speak against the argument that the troops should stay even after 20 years of trying to make the situation better in afghanistan. i love that when we talk about 20 years of the troops presence in a harness and it's kind of shocking numbers for so many people but for me you know i lived in germany in europe and in the u.s. and i have traveled around the word u.s. it has been in germany for decades after world war 2 they are in asia you know they're in south korea there in japan they're in middle east of course their presence in afghanistan is now not involved in a counterinsurgency mission it's an afghan war afghans are fighting there were so used presence is required to maintain and contain and fight these terrorists we haven't witnessed i mean 911 attack since 2001 it's mainly because of the u.s. and nato presence in afghanistan otherwise the situation would be would have been

different and i'm afraid if there's not a peace settlement which i'm optimistic and i hope it will happen then you know the situation not only in afghanistan but in the west in general would not remain as it should become don thank you thank you for having. of take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world the united nations is warning that conditions are worsening as a result of the conflict in the northern ethiopia region a gripe un says people have begun to die of hunger and sexual violence is still being used as a weapon of war. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to a legit interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agencies russia's foreign ministry has commented on the sanctions saying

a response is quote inevitable. japan's prime minister yoshihiko has arrived in the united states for talks with president biden you'll be the 1st foreign leader to visit the biden white house and person japanese foreign policy commentators say china will be the main topic under discussion now germany's coronavirus vaccination program is picking up pace on thursday the country saw a record number of daily vaccinations but it's also seeing its visit biggest rise in new infections and january new national controls have been approved by the country's cabinet but could take another week to pass through the parliament now with hospitals filling up fast doctors are warning time is running out. phone germany's intensive care ward this is what the 3rd wave looks like more than 29000 new coded 19 cases were reported on thursday the highest number since early january

doctors a warning that in parts of the country only 10 percent of intensive care bans around failed the head of germany's public health institute is a long. list the reason. is clear that we need to act now on all levels above all the decision makers need to take action we need to reduce contacts now break the infection chain now and save lives in the health of many people. but not all decision makers share that sense of urgency in particular some regional leaders have been reluctant to implement tough restrictions now chancellor merkel is introducing a change in the law to grant the central government temporary powers to enforce lockdowns in areas with high infections. but even for the health minister this could be too little too late. i already said a week ago that we needed extra measures and that we needed to take firm action

time is not on our side and everyone already has the option to be taking measures they need not wait for the law to be finalized but. the new nationwide regime mandates school closures and contact restrictions when infection rates hit defined levels much of the public support staff action but critics say the focus is too much on limiting personal freedoms for instance with the proposed introduction of night turn curfews. a lot of people of my age will just meet at home in secret curfews won't get this under control people will meet privately. that's my guess and i don't like it you can't do that with people marking that's you know it's. all i also like to be outside and meet people but i think we just need to shut things down for 4 weeks and. those who didn't follow the rules

before won't listen to these new laws but those who did a very feel they're being treated like foals restrictions in some parts of germany have been light for much of the pandemic but as laws are tightened people here having to face the fact that coronavirus not only costs lives it corrodes liberty as well. spent 2 years since a fire ripped through the most famous cathedral in paris and shocked the world many are wondering when notre dame will open again french president emmanuel back home visited the building site to offer some hope and show that french heritage has not been forgotten and made the coronavirus crisis. moments from april 15th 2019 etched forever in the minds of persians. of all the french. of anyone who has visited the city of light or wants to someday. but from the

dramatic scenes turning the beautiful monument ugly to the dramatic felling of an enormous oak tree in western france the 1st of a 1000 hand selected to rebuild the spire and roof of the cathedral. and make it beautiful again. the wood from the trees is being dried some of it on site part of a 5 year reconstruction plan that has 3 years and many miles to go. in fact the work so far has mostly been to secure what was left after the fire not quite i mean . still there we are all gather and. through to restock at it all then to give the. french architect of god the gothic their back to the wall. the french president toured parts of the restoration

site on this anniversary of the fire telling workers. each and every one of us remembers where we were 2 years ago. the emotion that was the motivation of all the catholics watching and of all of us in paris and all of france the people in it if i did and i believe that we can see here the immensity of the work he accomplished in 2 years and. 2 years of work on a massive stunningly detailed paris institution dating to the 12th century with 3 years to go to resurrect the french national treasure. zookeepers in havana cuba are celebrating the birth of 4 bengal tiger cubs including a rare white tiger the new arrivals are the result of 2 decades spent trying to breed the endangered animals at the zoo white tigers are a genetic variation of bengal tigers which are usually orange numbers in the wild have to wimbledon recent years due to poaching deforestation and excessive hunting

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