and send us your story you are trying. to understand this new culture. you are nothing visited. you want to become a citizen. migrants your platform for reliable information. so must go on has been the macsyma berlin's cultural scene since the start of the covered $900.00 pandemic over a year ago and as a result certain industries are booming we'll see how that works and also coming up . a sober birthday for her royal highness prince about the 2nd on wednesday as the monarch turns 95 just 4 days after prince philip's funeral. and german artist jesse structure is work may look like casually misplaced clothes

and undergarments but on closer inspection they're all made of solid wood. welcome to arts and culture cinemas theaters and concert halls may still be closed but one thing can be said of berlin the cameras are rolling as a film location the german capital is positively booming the historic production studios in babble's back are books out booked out months in advance and that despite the otherwise chaotic handling of the 2nd and 3rd waves of the pandemic in germany. the backlog. looks quiet but behind the scenes where we're not allowed to shoot things are as busy as ever production is in full swing a year after colvin 1000 shut down everything at berlin's biggest film studio. a year ago we were stunned. every production was suspended the international.

filmmakers who were here fled the country. and we were full literally every square centimeter of the studio was filled and suddenly there was nobody there and of course no one knew how things could continue. but while the berlin government stumbled from lock down to lock down albert was able to press restart and finish production on big blockbusters including the 4th matrix film starring can you read. your letters or. read this. and. if you can find that i have him we have at least 3 big films this year and 2 big series or streaming services which are great for the workload because they stay a lot longer that's pretty awesome toys and reza feel they have. there's no escape for me and kiana reeves is coming back to berlin the summer promising to shoot up the german capital in the 4th film in the john wick action franchise. is

a need there's never been so much in production as there is right now we can't find crews this year because there's never been as much filming in germany as there is right now the moment. you can't walk 2 blocks in berlin these days but stumbling over a film set like this one for german t.v. epic battle on berlin. the show's producers had 3 series on the go one covert at. german romantic comedy i'm your man even managed to shoot a packed and maskell scene in both house berlin the city's 1920 s. dance club. ah ha he had 80 extras dancing with each other flirting kissing each other plus a crew of at least 30 people plus the actors but we did it under strict corona conditions. but in good times and.

producers think what's worked for film and television could work for the rest of the city's cultural sector if the government gives theaters cinemas and clubs the chance to reopen. politicians maybe they do not have the time to hear the card for the sector right now just because you know the cinemas the theaters everybody has a concept to go back to work right now. for the moment fans of berlin's legendary nightlife will have to make do with these small screen versions but for the city's film and television industry the party is just getting started. very impressive indeed and joining me to talk about this is our film guru scott roxboro great to see you scott and some incredible activity there how have film and t.v. industries in germany managed to get back to production levels that actually exceed

prepared to make standard. yeah well i mean i guess you could say the film industry probably enough got creative the film and t.v. industry in germany i mean they were the absolute 1st industry to really apply scientific coded safety measures across the board so we're talking about testing about the the latest the mit using the latest medical knowledge and applying it to sort of work protocols and then they did it in the way though that without restricting the type of stories that they wanted to tell so they didn't make any compromises on the narrative so if you take a sample that film we just saw i'm your man that opens with that amazing scene in boat house berlin with people dancing kissing and and flirting and that's without mass without social distancing and they were able to do that one of the creative things the producers did in order to do that under code it was they cast actual couples to be the dancers dancing extras so to restrict the number of total households they had and there are more we do see the infection rate describe for us

the logistics of how a production like bobbing on fred berlin for instance also with hundreds of extras actually operates. yet it all sort of comes down to sort of isolation and testing so everybody on set gets tested every day and then your big stars and the most important part of the crew like this in a photographer they're quarantined in a hotel for the entire shoot then what they do is they have sort of isolated groups for the crew and little bubbles that don't mix at all so if one person in the bubble gets infected they can isolate that bubble but the whole production keeps going on is a really incredibly effective way to keep producing but it's incredibly expensive i talked to one producer who said producing other code that adds another 10 to 15 percent of the budget ok one can imagine so germany is an industry has things more or less under control how does this compare with other film industries around the world scott. it's very different country to country so in countries where the

covert levels are really lower or nonexistent so new zealand australia china now they've got back to business as usual the picture in europe is quite mixed it's still very very difficult to produce shows that cross borders because of differences in different countries but some people do it it's still know who produced babylon berlin they just finished a t.v. crime show that they produced with a company in norway and they were able to safely if the show's called furia and they were able to safely go back and forth across borders between scandinavia and berlin with their past and crew and to do so successfully they did it right in the middle of the 2nd big cold wave in europe in last winter very very impressive holywood they've got safety measures in place but the problem in hollywood is the producers are finding it difficult to get into private insurance to cover them so they're coming to germany to get where here in germany they have health insurance the government's coming to support them thanks very much for that background hopefully other industries can learn from the success and facts for bringing us that back story scott ross perot in boston. well on

a saturn note the death of prince philip on april 9th has left a huge void in the life of britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd and after 73 years of marriage how could it not thoughts go to her on her 95th birthday barely 4 days after his funeral and still within the 2 week period of official mourning traditionally celebrations of her birthday are held in june but all public trust devotees seem to have also been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row. a life devoted to the crown bomb and 926 she is senator thrown in 952 since then she has ruled with a constant hand queen elizabeth the 2nd longest reigning monarch. time for the queen. seems to be a busy lot. of these days and prince.

were raised with this is what the queen. prince philip was her companion and supporter for more than 7 decades they had 4 children. recessions and devastating losses together. this is. did. before. i don't think she'd think of. losing her husband. the queen is expected to resume loci duties as early as this week ability to keep calm and carry on with the emotion she is most certainly feeling. well on a different note now shane saw is nothing that you usually associate with a piece of lace or even. with

a swath of leather but when jessie strikes north takes her machine to a block of oak or lime tree wood that's what you get or at least that's what you're led to believe. underwear and dejected. they all belong to jesse street so. he might look like wheaton deceptively realistic but in fact they're heavy and totally unaware of the items are inside me to food and the jefferson movie we still she lives close the point is the fish and main point is they are making extremely hard material. life and that makes me happy i just love to talk recurring illusion that it's about our past it's really not stuff that's worked for. the german artists i wouldn't garments not only committee the fabrics texture. the banal and routine to their simplicity. to complete this wrinkle. she starts with

a blocking fruit and some piece of paper. you can finish minute if you hold in the coach how can i convey object into this blanket what how will it end up hanging and how does the trick down every fabricates differently the raincoat is more jacob and only in its trade i can't just invent folds the viewer wouldn't stand there and think the folds are incorrect they would just look and say that something's not right. there mustn't. galleries are beginning to take notice of 29 year old jessie strict even if her with precision is still over civil and enthusiastic response from the public in particular her underwear. once i had a visitor who came into a gallery when i was present and she was just outraged saying what kind of an installation is this because she. i thought it was real underwear she was so

embarrassed that she even got to see it but i thought it was a fantastic it gives me satisfaction in my work that she thought it was real underwears i take that positively and not negatively. the streets knows wouldn't garments of new found in new purpose. the concrete sculptures by german artists. were dressed with her collection for an exhibition i wore as a gallery in amsterdam. and it's very hard to believe but april 21st marks 5 years since american music legend prince passed away after an accidental overdose of fenton il well the anniversary will be marked by a select group of fans at his paisley park estate in suburban minneapolis but will leave you now with some memories of the days when he was unstoppable all the best from us until we meet the next time and she's. i.

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what ideas do they have their future. dot com the 2nd largest city in the media. click tour. this week on read stories new waves of violence in colombia. transgender people in germany pursue careers in the armed forces. we begin with india where tens of thousands of people have fled military violence in the ring me and mark we remain in constant fear for the loved ones they left behind.

but the last 6 years any doll and how girls have felt safe you know in delhi. but it didn't come easy to get here they had to leave everything behind in the need of man much henning says her husband was thought jordan killed by the military. later they were forced to run for their lives after they were caught sheltering students protesting against the military now the situation in myanmar is bringing back painful reminders from home again last month when his brother was arrested for demonstrating against the coup he was released a few days ago but this still isn't good news. right now he's in the hospital because when the military arrested him they tortured him so much that we're told his face isn't even recognizable. protests broke out across non-modern right after the military coup in february this year. since

then hundreds have been killed or vested and he deemed for opposing the armed forces. and the numbers are likely to rise. india myanmar share a long border in times like these people have often fled across the border into india to escape the authorities but the indian government is not happy with the influx of refugees it has ramped up border security to stop them here in delhi where thousands have sought asylum since the late eighty's refugees are disappointed by india's lack of support be valuable friends and relatives back home as internet shut down slow regular updates to just a trickle. requests for information have been pouring into james. who heads a refugee support group here the group has written to indian prime minister narendra modi urging him to condemn the putsch as

a democratic country. they are shocked by his silence it is in their side how. the violent. human rights violation and all the where the military torture the people just sitting at them in the street and that body and all but india is doing nothing. any feels helpless in her safety because she can do nothing for those back home but she believes that the international community should speak up. please i beg other countries to help my unmarked citizens even before the cool henny knew me on my i would never be safe for again she why do you say that if things remain as bad as they are far too many people in her home country will end up feeling the same. even if they haven't fallen in the

virus young people in particular are struggling to cope with the severe constraints and the loss of human contact resulting from the coup the 1000 pandemic a hospital near brussels is looking to help them. long months of locked up and have been of battle for many young people. teenagers in acute mental distress come to them in hospital for psychiatric care often after traumatic events or suicide attempts among the residents is this 17 year old we're calling alexandra covert it was an extra thing that just made me kind of collapse it was the one thing too much to have in my high risk so i had to bring. kind of isolated from my from. most of. my parents alexandra is not alone in struggling to cope with

covert but she's one of those fortunate enough to access this hospital's help director sophie marceau says new admission requests for troubled teens have skyrocketed since january mass thinks that's due to exhaustion exam stress and dashed hopes for a return to normality. although makeshift rooms were added there are no places left and know even the waiting list is closed. can you choose between a societal 15 year old and a suicidal 16 year old it's impossible with a doctor must believe the authorities could save lives by prioritising teens as society reopens the best and prove we need to create spaces for play for joy and for conversation and so all young people can once again be part of the social fabric of life something so crucial for teenagers. if not there's a real risk their mental health will keep deteriorating and i'm truly afraid to see suicide rates increase what it feels like we're at the edge of that tsunami and

urgently need to build flood defenses in difficult. as the young people living here a build up their emotional defenses to reenter the outside world alexandra hopes sharing her story will give strength to other teens who are suffering. we're all struggling with this situation. the fact that we're also hearing we're all fighting against is something very positive and something that will make us grow and will be able to look after and say wow i once through these tough times i made a. her priority is getting better as soon as she can which could open the door for another young person who needs help. despite the signing of

a peace agreement in 2016 intended to end the colombia civil war violence eruptions to tell you to please the country but no one knows who is behind the racist attacks was. her sign and this store for their kids now only robert remains but a car bomb exploded in front of their shop they were both moroccan those leonhard what's that piece of columbia was shot there to attach it to to be put out by far this event has set off a new label following this insurgency what they find 30 years of commercial struggle for years until everything turned towards in the 2nd draft token but we'll get arenas you know they've given me as i don't know what they are bought in the fall a little bit because some do one thing and others to another on the way the people in the middle of the worst part identity are still going to be in there and the

actual target is probably these buildings the mayor's office of the municipality of kherington in the south of departmental a week after the incident the mayor herself cannot understand how such a lot richer could hop hop and we are waiting for a clear response from the public forces as to how the car came into the municipality we think. that's the violence in colombia it goes much farther it's some unwelcome iow coordinator of human rights in some icy cold air with hundreds of threats to get ready for a military sense although you know regular groups have made against the region's indigenous people were the best for you so why not get impulses what it was. you must longer sign it in peace process but it doesn't mean that it is faulty it doesn't mean that it isn't forced cuts it's closer to that but it's a process for individuals who gives a lesson for years just pop songs and they don't so you just get the what was it

coming to know how so that makes. the colombian government maintains that security forces carry out such roles to uphold peace in the region. it is easy public force has always been here at the delta command it has 8000 men which all up to this point now in the vision of 2000 men and my travel the region to dismantle. the message today either they submit to me or they will be brought before the public yourselves that will. but it will take more than threats to go where yes are still out there signs indicate which group controls the territory. despite what the minister says he did not see a single soldier on the roads in the daytime the bats look like no man's land on the night in plain sight the non-thinking leader with the lights of one of his farms seems to recall in the darkest days of colombia's civil war.

for a long time the buddhist fear was a strictly militant me to me but even the military has to keep up with the times and i stand before is leading the way is germany's 1st equally transgender army commanders. putting on make up has become a part of her every day routine and a study of the following is a lieutenant colonel in the german army and a transgender woman. i am transgender and i decided it will 42 actually leave my male life behind that doesn't mean a 40 i realize that i was a woman it's just that was the point of my life or decided to actually move into that direction walk concept. coming out as a transgender woman came after 20 years of military service to anastasio zone surprise it wasn't a stumbling block in her career shortly after her sex change surgery she became a commander in charge of 700 soldiers sergeant major dietmar shared

a met anastasio be falling after her gender reassignment for him honest as he is just another fellow soldier. which are the people i just accept that people are the way they are and that goes beyond transgenderism i feel the same way about other more mundane things like what party they vote for what make of car they like you just have to accept people the way they are the reason. that would be fun lived as a man she led a seemingly ordinary life but says she felt tremendous emotional pain because she didn't feel comfortable in her body as a male. look for flight into a typical male role the military probably helped. to perform to male standards my inner self was always. crying after that almost 20 years. i was at a point in my life where my emotional stability my emotional wellbeing and wellbeing had

a point where i said i don't want to live this way anymore after 3 years as a commander honest as his career has taken off she is now the head of a division in the bundeswehr is cyber and information domain service. she is also making it her mission to stand up for transgender people in the german armed forces promoting diversity and tolerance. what i know from my experience is what is definitely. if you are true to yourself and live the way you are open you will have a better life i think my mom once said she seems to be finally happy.

finally learning to meet 60. her entire life cast me in there has invested everything into education for her 10 children. she herself is a little mixed michael many older women in turkey but has lived in by now knows that learning always pays off. focus on europe. 90 minutes on t.w. . slate. still. to be.

discovered. 26. because i want to see the many the last few years have been quite over. i'm going to love them but when it comes to. something new all the blood i'm going. to be in the present never comes when you. realize it's called just another way of living they. haven't enjoyed me. i mean that. you feel more into the kind of. cliche of.

a meal i was talking on the green. and to me it's clear remains true. solutions are all to. join me for a deep dive into the green transformation for me to move forward. this is you the news and these are our top stories hundreds of people have been arrested for protesting in russia in support of jailed opposition figure alexina valmy it comes on the day that president vladimir putin used his state of the nation address to warn foreign policy against provoking moscow the u.s. has warned wasco will face consequences if the volley dies. east of the japanese parliament has passed on you know want to allow emergency brake locked down.