easily go through on aggregate and in the other game arsenal and villareal ended scoreless meeting the spanish signed in vance after winning the 1st leg you're watching the news live from berlin up next to w business with my colleague jenelle stick around she will be right back. to. people in trucks injured one trying to see the city center more and more refugees are being turned away or to. the task seems. to discourage misleading straight. people seem extreme.

to. the. more than 300000000 people who are seeking to. me that's. because no one should have to flee. make up their own mind. made for mines. and there again support for waving patent protection on colvin 19 vaccines elicit some mixed reaction in europe the e.u. says it's willing to explore a waiver but germany says it opposes the measure. also on the show small scottish firms like whiskey makers have been shaken and stirred in the aftermath of

brags that. the possibility of an independence referendum isn't going down any easier. this is the business i'm done now the law and so happy you can join us. the e.u. says it's willing to discuss a w t o proposal to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for a cove of 19 vaccines a day after the us said it supported the measure within the block however the picture is hardly unified germany for one says it rejects the move the proposal is meant to speed up the slow rate of global vaccinations by allowing especially developing countries to produce copies of the vaccine while much of the rich world continues to ramp up vaccination rates developing countries remain at the mercy of the virus in india thousands are dying each day from covert 19 the country desperately needs vaccines for its huge 1400000000 population. last october it

brought a proposal to the w t o along with south africa for patients rights to be temporarily suspended for pandemic related medical products such as vaccines this is a big so. it goes to show. influence we. as a country working together with others. the. voice and message is her weight president biden's backing gives the proposal a chance of becoming reality in theory it could lead to copycat versions of approved vaccines being in banned food supply boosting vaccination rates all over the world. the move has prompted anger from the pharmaceutical industry. i think we need all our focus should be on removing any barriers to collaboration that's important but that does need weight and i q right you need that licensing that technology transfer to ensure that you have. a free flow of materials the free flow of technology transfer and support those local supply chains that make vaccines

happen months of negotiations could lie ahead for the w t o to agree upon a specific waiver plan but the u.s. decision has already seen shares in vaccine makers such as play on tech and modernity fall sharply. now those falling shares aside when diana did announce its 1st ever quarterly profit in its company history our financial correspondent yes court that joins us now and i guess it was the vaccine that made the difference from what. it's all about the covert vaccine and earnings really have been impressive for profit off $1200000000.00 a year ago actually more durned i had a loss of about $124000000.00 and if you look at revenue more than i had a year ago in there in the 1st quarter they had a revenue of $8000000.00 now it's a revenue of $1900000000.00 so a basically all of it. of $1700000000.00 to be precise comes from the

covert vaccine and well the company clearly is hoping that there will be more to come in the next couple of quarters and how as modern art reacted to the us saying it would support waving intellectual property for a covert vaccines. yeah i don't have a photographic memory and therefore let me read you want to head off more during of the c.e.o. actually was saying at the earnings call he says this is a new to get knowledge you cannot go hire people who know how to make a those people don't exist then they will have to go run the clinical trials get the data get the product approved in scale manufacturing this doesn't happen in 6 or 12 or 18 months we have been working at this for years so that's actually what he said on the earnings call and t. also added that he doesn't believe that anything is going to change for modernity and that he did not even loose a minute of sleep that's at least what we did hear from the head off by the way for

2022 they were expecting to produce about 3000000 doses of the vaccine the stock by the way was down anyhow for a 2nd consecutive day even if as we all know it's out in the open what's going to happen and if the w t o really will fight a consensus on those pages. they're there for us thank you very much. now let's take a look at some other business stories making headlines the bank of england says 2021 will be a big year for the u.k. economy raising its growth estimate to just over 7 percent the fastest and more than 70 years but that big prediction should be taken with a grain of salt and 2020 the u.k. economy sides biggest contraction in more than 300 years. thousands of workers have blocked traffic in athens and other great cities today to mark

a rescheduled labor day the annual workers' day was moved to accommodate orthodox easter strikes destructed flights public transport and ferries a big issue for today's marches is a government plan to shake up labor laws. to car news now earned 4800000000 euros in the last quarter one of the best it's had in its history despite a global shortage of computer chips the top of the auto industry demand remains high for the company's premium brands sales of electric cars more than doubled in the quarter but still make up only 5 percent of the company's output i think w. like other german car makers is ramping up electric vehicle production the push to make more electric cars is set to hit jobs in the industry that's according to a new study by munich based. as president i'm going to say we are expecting a roughly one to 2030 roughly 220000 jobs will disappear.

some of that will be. fluctuation of workers because workers retire. something like 90000 workers. will retire so that jobs will disappear and they will need to be retrained or find other occupations so it's a major transformation scores of french of fishing vessels have headed home after a tense standoff near the british island of jersey they say they've made their point and that it's now down to politicians to find an agreement the boats have blocked the island spain harbor to protest host brags that fishing rules. up to 60 french fishing vessels such a blockade jersey's port of st house yea they aim to shock the channel island with a temporary cut off from food supplies they're angry arguing authorities take too long to grant fishing licenses some fisherman say their livelihoods are at stake.

we've come today because we've always fished in the waters there and then overnight they take away all of our fishing rights we've had these agreements for a very long time. in paris the minister for maritime affairs had previously threatened to cut off the islands electricity jersey gets 95 percent of its electricity via underwater cables from france which is just 25 kilometers away i don't ask you this up and regarding jersey i remind you of our delivery of electricity along underwater cables and so we have the means and even if it would be regrettable if we had to we would do it would fail the british prime minister has sent 2 warships to the channel island to patrol the area jersey isn't part of the u.k. but london's responsible for its foreign and defense policy france has also responded by sending 2 navy ships to the area as one of the 1st major post brags that disputes between france and britain over fishing rights continues to simmer. and

speaking of the u.k. scots are heading to the polls today and regional elections and the vote is not only about the country's government but about its future as a member of either the united kingdom or the european union rags that has proved a tough burden for scotland our correspondent they're going to must talk to whisky distiller to get his view. these barrels have to be thoroughly cleaned only then are they ready for the precious fire a spirit of barley and right and then stanley distillery in scotland. in palmer has always dreamed of producing his own whisky he worked in the industry for 40 years before founding in stanley in the country of 5 north of edinburgh. what worries you in palmer however as breck's it when he founded the company he didn't foresee the difficulties that many scottish business owners now have trading

with the european union. but assured of frictionless trade well if this is frictionless trade i would not like to be experiencing friction trued. the bureaucratic hurdles are multi-faceted previously only one form was enough but now whisky exporters have to fill out different paperwork for each individual e.u. member if scotland declares independence from the u.k. that could create another headache for smaller companies if the change was to come very quickly. or not will be a 3rd very significant change that we were told to be able to manage our small businesses like ourselves we will music dealer help to get us through that. the new whisky will find its way to the france and germany yukky export markets

instead the employees hope the logistical problems can be solved in time for their property. to be bottled. and finally countries worldwide are doing what they can to win over vaccines skeptics by giving free gifts to those getting the job well and servia the government is now offering vaccinated people discounts on their shopping serbia had started its vaccine campaign strong even offering jobs to foreigners but recently the push has stalled indian government officials to offer a voucher worth 25 euros to anyone who gets the shot by the end of may and expanding vaccine centers to malls like this one. and a reminder of the top story this hour. the u.s. says it will back up proposal before the w t o 2 temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for 19 vaccines that you says

it's ready to discuss the proposal the effort is bound to facts nations around the globe but it's angering the pharmaceutical industry. from the and the d.w. business team for more on these and other business stories visit us online i feel when you talk on flash there's just for also on social media thank you so much for watching. with him how to be done it goes on because when i asked if i had known to the boat i would be that small i never would have gone on a trip i would not have put myself and my parents in that danger to the bottom of the game in a beautifully it would. but that one little bit because i'm i have serious

problems on a personal level and i was unable to live there but much i'm going to. want to know their story and for my great stir fight against reliable information for more grants. and downloads. more people have to say matters to us. that's why listen to the stories reporter every weekend on d w. it's an ongoing quest for a bit if. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt trial lawyers and

a dictatorship. all these moments. have left deep box in my memory. they had hoped for more security more freedom more dignity. have their hopes been fulfilled. 10 years ago after the arab spring now a 1000000000 starts june 7th on d w. coming up. china's conflict with the west over the treatment of its we go muslim minority spreads to the cultural world we'll have analysis on how beijing is increasingly using the arts and media to dispel western criticism and also on the show. the sculptor who is also a speed change the profile of the british artist francis. welcome

to arts and culture now on wednesday the g 7 nations wrapped up their 1st in person summit in 2 years and they closed it by officially accusing china of human rights abuses against its minority we got a muslim population is the latest step to condemn what an increasing number of countries according not only marginalization and persecution but even genocide beijing refuse all western criticism its campaign against it recently turned it to cinema as seen in a film set in the northwest and jiang region the main home of the week people. critics call this chinese movie showcasing the life of muslims a whitewash. they say the chinese state sponsored music oh the wings of songs is designed to deflect criticism of the government's policies in shin jang province

. a we go back and a hand chinese man come together to fulfill the musical dream the film is big on spectacle but has no room for the human rights abuses by shooting has been accused of. the reality for weaker muslims looks rather different more than a 1000000 have been detained in camps across the province a recent schuman rights watch report says that the oppression of the majority muslim population inching jank has reached unprecedented levels and has included the destruction of mosques and harsh prison sentences for simply sharing islamic religious material. china 1st denied the existence of the camps but later defended them as training programs and part of its counterterrorism program. in. april china's state owned c g t and released

a documentary about life and she enjoying presenting prosperity freedom of choice and opportunities for muslims. activists have condemned it as a crucial distortion of reality. so not to unpack there and to help me do that d.w. reporter william yang joins me now from taipei welcome to arts and culture we have now let's start by talking about the musical film we saw in that report the wings of songs it seems to be putting out the message will equal who the same but it's that portrait of sameness that's part of the problem right. right exactly the chinese government's attempt to really push back against the i.q. stations and the portrayal and the recognition of what has been going on in chin johnson's 2017 they wanted the world to believe the unity of the ethnic groups are

as tight as. that is according to china's own official media but in this movie and musical what we're seeing actually is a very strange reality which is all that we man are actually not having any appear and they are drinking beer and at the same time all the women are dressing in their a modern style dresses and we don't seem to be you know like traditional muslim headscarves so all the elements of youth one has basically been wiped out in this film and this is the reality china wants to the world to know which is. the islamic influence is just not like something. people need right now and there's a fine line isn't there between not acknowledging differences and punishing it and this is not the 1st time beijing has used cultural proper form as a propaganda tool. right so last year actually

a photo exhibition outside the human rights council in geneva to showcase again their version of this which is the unity and people happy dancing in scene there is no trace at all any kind of of the depiction that have been going on in the western media and western research reports over the last few years and they repeated again in beijing to help to try to strengthen the message that they're trying to say which is that the western media and the western countries have. you know creating lies and smearing them with smear campaigns but rather this is the version of the show that they want the world to know which is unity happiness and people being lifted out of poverty and flying modernization ok as you say beijing has denied accusations of human rights abuses against the weaker people including the latest one made at the g. 7 summit i mean they've more or less told the g 7 countries to mind their own

business and one of the main tools beijing has used to dispatch this criticism is social media even looked into this extensively william tell us about the mechanism that. so this all started with chinese government diplomats and their spokespersons and other government officials using their personal twitter account which ironically this twitter social media platform is being blocked in china but they used it as a way to reach out to the world and to really spread their propaganda and when they realize that these attempts are not really working and resonating with the western world and western social media users they then go to french media outlets in the western world that has a similar narrative and ideology with them and use those reports which oftentimes are discrediting or deep bunking the so-called research is by several leading journalists or researchers as a way to justify and claim to see there are people in the western world that are

telling same story as we do so that is a way for them to try to justify and legitimize the you know that their version of the scene john and then when that also did not work they then use a state media company to hire a marketing firm to create all these like short videos that is presenting singing and happy we are people or we are people thanking the government thanking the communist party as a way to spread that message and how they do that is creating all of these i fake accounts on you tube and also on twitter but. you know like these videos as far as they come afraid we're going to have to leave it there thank you so much for your analysis we'll keep an eye on we see on those developments we man from taipei office thank you so much. as pandemic lock downs continue to ease in britain london's victorian albert museum is

preparing to reopen by unveiling a new look for its raphael caught the gallery is home to the rough. paintings the renaissance artists created in the 16th century as designs for tapestries commissioned by pope leo the 10th and the 7 of 10 original designs survived they were loaned to the museum by queen victoria in 865 the renovations to the gallery included a darker wall color and improved lighting. now what to footballer billy bremner back to derek jack ruby and the queen have in common they've all been immortalized in bronze by francis siegelman and they didn't have to wait long because the british sculptor doesn't hang about famously her sittings lasts just 2 hours in a career spanning 3 decades siegelman has made dozens of works the accolades keep pouring in as do the commissions. violin maverick nigel

kennedy prime minister boris johnson and other members of british society when sculptor francis single mum enters her studio in east london she always has silent observers here she's working on a private commission the 72 year old has always been at home in art it actually started as a hobby and all my life i was an artist because i come from a very very artistic background i took up a little class where my hug my 2 little children and then from that minute always i was completely obsessed with sculpture i'd never wanted to stop work and they want to stop doing it and only in about 5 years ago 32 years ago i started doing it as a career. her special talent is working quickly she can sculpt a bust in about. 2 hours siegelman often works in front of an audience for charity such as with these pieces british film diva joan collins russian ballet dancer

sergei pollution and british actress joanna lumley. love working in an audience. i'm not very keen on being my own studio which quite strange but i have to have positive thinking all the way through the 2 hours otherwise the sculpture doesn't work. in the year 2000 francis siegelman was commissioned to sculpt prince philip the queen herself followed in 2007 since then officially a royal sculptor she has also immortalized prince charles and princess then in bronze. working with the queen was the absolute most amazing thing i've ever done it was incredible. she is such a lovely woman and obviously it was very nerve wracking because like i measure all the time and calipers and i had to get to hair and her face to get the measurements

and i was very very. over the course of the year france a single mom had 3 sessions with the queen at buckingham palace the bust was unveiled personally by her majesty in 2008. but she not only betrays nobility and celebrities she is also working on a series that means a lot to her since 2017 she's been sculpting the heads of holocaust survivors thereby creating lasting memorials to them. that i wouldn't be able to cope with the feelings you know when i was sculpting i were he said to me can i call you mother he said because i feel as if you give me a new life you know that my life hasn't finished and it will go. and i'm that was all i needed i was completely hooked and i just felt like these people are dying i'm going to do as many as i can. at this live event by the thames the audience is

only virtually present francis siegelman will sculpt a portrait of mahler tribute born in 1930 commissioned by the holocaust memorial center yard vashem. something i would normally have so. i took well to have to say now probably find it interesting watching. this because it's very skillful and she's obviously got to be so quick within 2 hours she more to lies is the face of the holocaust survivor and clay. the resemblance is impressive. but i think it's a very good likeness and i'm usually quite fussy about it was he put the no i.

think that probably looks much much of the. later and it'll be cast in bronze so knowledge rich and other holocaust survivors will live on for a future generations through the work of francis siegel my. what an impressive body of work if you want to find out about any of our stories you check out our website that steve w dot com slash culture thanks for watching and please join us again next time. every day. for us and for our play. the ideas is on its way to try. more conservation. how do we make cities screen or how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with

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do feel lympics for athletes in countless disciplines the ultimate dream. to have to put it yes i was 10 when i 1st watched the olympics on t.v. it was fascinating and i've been fascinated ever since the olympic torch relay to tokyo is already underway with the games set to open on july 23rd despite rising kovac rights when you look at the olympics and the movement it's what makes the top 3 legs so special for me to keep 3 german athletes offense a javelin for a high jump and very rocky road to tokyo ok so i'm jealous and i said that he want to be there as well that it is a bit scary maybe this person has it it can infect others so there is a risk and consent on this and i don't. tomas limbering up at

a training camp in turkey for him it's been an extraordinary year after the postponement of the olympics he took a break to concentrate fully on physical preparation as opposed to competition over the winter that meant training indoors but now he's finally back outside. and suddenly picking up the javelin again feels just amazing like a child having that bicycle taken away and then being allowed to get on it again has something you never forget how to do and it's exciting to you pick up the javelin and it's immediately gratifying to have that feeling back which is important to us as athletes and technique is crucial it's a really special feeling if you haven't done it in 6 months you're so hungry that you can't wait to launch a long and powerful fro again from a power it's a very. powerful in this case means 90 meters plus something he's managed time

and again in recent years his goal now is to repeat that feat this year. alexander has already competed in a major me this year. she entered the qualification tournament in russia determined to secure a ticket to the olympics as were $204.00 rival fellow fences. dolo attacked and fainted but failed to make the great poetry means of making her 1st olympics could now be dashed. fishkin of the fia lympics are my big goals now especially. as i think with this huge sporting festival with so many disciplines and the same. the highest level. and it's the biggest event out there for months sports and i want to be part of it on time and

there's one final chance for alexander via a tournament in madrid in april that's what she's focusing on now but only the winner will qualify for tokyo. will 4 years of high intensity training for the big gold prove to have been in vain. it's been a complicated past 12 months the high jump of flights the pandemic turned her plans upside down the olympics postponed training under difficult conditions and no tournament the resulting lack of security about her future also compromised her motivation covert 19 is still impacting on her daily life her boyfriend has been a pillar of support helping her make it through these challenging times.

through the. do something with friends again over that relatives without a guilty conscience i also want to work with my coach again without any issues. one and a half or 2 metres distance just isn't normal. she has the experience and almost fatherly support of her coach. she's in charge of the german national high jumper team having worked with young flies for over a decade now provide some much needed confidence. recognised my weaknesses and helped me to improve. between us that's extremely important it's been official for work together and for our goals. the 2 of them have already been to the canary islands for the training this year. has been using without competition. affecting those. steps is

crucial to take the clear. very tough to the effect you have to spend ages find and even then years later it's not ideal. she just wants to be proving her talents on the big stage and it could happen in many if the pandemic doesn't. get in the way again it's tough to assess her current level of performance. no idea when you're jumping against competitors at a similar level then you also massively jump a bit higher because of the pressure. of the 2016 games in rio de janeiro she finished 7th after clearing one meet in 93 while in fleischer's case it's all about focusing on her body. also has a silent partner to consider. some

of them partner is pretty accurate i don't have any extremely emotional bonds to my javelins that's because they get broken too frequently for me to connect with them like you do with pets. there's a whole range of them of those and they vary not just in terms of color there are different materials to. carbon carbon fiber metal. steel minion with carbon fiber on the surface they're all the same rules wise to the same length same weight same thickness and that's really important the only difference is in the tape you choose your particular javelin according to the wind feeling and personal technique and the vibration is also important javelins that silent after all there's a particular noise when you fro them. it is a global issue. that involves absorbing one ton weight javelin throwing might

look straight forward but it puts the body under enormous strain that 2 means specific training. uses a subtle and perhaps unexpected. he's been practicing his stance and stability on a slight climb. pretty specter. but it's basically about having an uneven surface that helps me to train even the smallest muscles. of the key words here injury prevention for us it's not about growing as far as possible regardless but about ensuring a healthy career in sports something we also try to teach up and coming talent practice won't enable me to immediately fro further but it will help to maintain a high level of performance over an extended period of time. you're

building of a type of or license 5 to. build that high level come august 7th when his biggest event of the year takes place at the tokyo olympics. far from feeling nervous he's looking forward to tackling the new outdoor season with less stress and more confidence. in the phase where things are getting a gradually more intensity for the weather's getting warmer in germany we're doing more targeted training and gradually doing more javelin froze then we'll be the focus on competing more specifically on the olympics. madrid at the end of april alexander the tournament in the spanish capital is her last chance to get to tokyo. there's no room for error only the winner will stamp their ticket to the

olympics the press will have to watch from home. has high hopes and she gets off to a very promising start comfortably beating an opponent from lithuania and then from hungary. but the 70s. final presents her with a rival of a different caliber. cap setting up a shot may have are from bella ruse the 2 had never faced each other before and maintains her focus throughout the bounds. and ends up as the 15 points to 9 when she's now in the final. standing in the way of her path to tokyo is all a knock reviewed score from ukraine

a 2 time bronze medal winner of the world championships she's the favorite and complete takes the lead. alexander down goal though tries to recover repeatedly landing hits on a conan's body but not often enough. emerges victorious and is headed but to go. for alexander the olympic dream is over. high jump the money lost young flies it will now also be. the olympic countdown has begun with less than a 100 days to go the focus is also on finding the bright cold. feet. it's often the case that this i'll jump at a level i'm happy with what's going to and will be able to day to the games with a clear conscience you can hopefully i'll jump over 1000. maybe even clear to me

somalia the feeling. is also feeling the exertion of these very special conditions a prerequisite for all of them pick hopefuls a coronavirus job and once in tokyo there will be no olympic village and a limited number of fans in the stadium when remember to go and get his or her that's not limping champion albion are determined to go for it of course there's always a gamble by i don't want to have peaked too early there's no help this season i want to hit my peak in late july early august but that's crucial on top performance by some dot com soft i know. one thing is for sure almost any more time in the coming weeks for his hobby fishing. and off the recharging his batteries he'll be out to defend his crown in tokyo.

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