children safer, barcelona has been expanding its bike lanes network, but competing needs are taken into consideration by city officials, including those of pedestrians and motorists. gay, that garza, alice water from your home to school is already an option or that is no problem there. let me think and now cycling is being added for school children are kind of from we're working to improve the situation in school neighborhood when and we're adding by pan diligent. i'm just glad as you'll empty a feel they lost carol is with the idea is to build wider, more family friendly bike lanes. clearly separated from the other traffic sick as theater. ok, the plans are promising and the city council is working on them. let me stay on, but it's going to take a long time until there is actual change. yes, come yes, i'm willing to. until then children in barcelona will keep cycling to school on fridays with a beefy boost project. great stuff now in the

shrinking world in which we love those increasingly frenzied international competition for key resources, one of which is would and one place to find out how this market works is see free rolls in belgium's southern were lonia region where chinese buyers snap up local work that goes on sale at an annual market to then sell it back to europe and purchases with a significant markup focus a highly sought after natural resource, especially if it's one or 200 years old, like these logs to reap his own runs a sawmill in belgium, it's a 4th generation family business, but this year has left him worried about the future. oak is becoming increasingly expensive and hard to come by. elizabeth rocha wo wiggle. i still have some trees left over from last year and some from the year before the cuckoo crew are low, so we still have all it we can process now so but only for the next 7 months or so

. and then that's it said we warm up popish the planet base for his son to take over the saw mill. but now that future is uncertain. the economic situation in while lonia in general is difficult. unemployment is high here and following the decline of heavy industry wood was the only natural resource left. now that's also under pressure. we made cop into eileen go, blay. he says that although he has plenty of clients, his business is facing trouble. he's been trying to secure as much timber as possible, but pi it rachelle come on, our costs are rising. we're finishing orders where we are selling cheaper than we're buy it. it's going to shit. the price of wood is rising faster than we can whirl is going up. wilma festival. previously business here had been good in times of climate change. high grade would like, oak has become even more precious and even lower grade log sell very well.

the wood from local forests get sold once a year at an auction held by the municipalities. this has always generated considerable sums. but this year, the modest civically hawes auction had a surprise in store to trade has bought 95 percent of all the wood on offer for record some to be exported to china le duberry reject will of his t mailed. we earned twice as much as what we had estimated earlier in the year, which is huge as you 2nd thing comes up. the problem is that if this continues, there will be no more competition in a few years. because if record sums of money are pumped into the market, is that people and saw mills here will go bankrupt. there's no way they can compete with foreign buyers, who, especially from china, is also present italian, not a machine. china ships the logs back home to be processed, undercutting european so mills wood. is it desirable commodity in china? but the government also wants to protect its remaining nature. president she ging

ping has banned the looking of chinese forests for 99 years. ah, go minutes a sheila is tish jan dunn. the chinese state has a lot of funds and it subsidize as companies to buy wood abroad because they're not supposed to cut down chinese oaks in google at this creates unfair competition and could quickly destroy the european belgian french and german timber industry. are one o badge of wholesale, more global demand is thus taking over belgium's local timber markets. but china is buying of wood all over europe to protect its own native forests. so what should be done? should there be a fixed quote for the european market, or an export ban on unprocessed would. and should these measures only target china? off to roll demand for wood has spiked all over the world. emanuel

defeat is a forestry expert who often norco he cautions against any rash, ill considered actions live in for bah, who called on the lashing on block. we should not condemn china across the board. a ship. how much we need to recognize that for many years the china bought our low grade would and was our valuable ally, daughters. but this ally is also a threat you for if you did, we shouldn't offend china, don't you? you fool. in fact, we should maintain good business ties, oil, the cog so to speak, the myth, to further boost trailer on his on chronology it is a delicate matter to withhold wood from china. a resource that wants so much to do the much did he get? it's true that chinese demand hasn't caused european forests to disappear. align lamar shows us which trays will be exported, saucers, supper, hausten, or le people that are often sick or damaged trees are selected in the interest of

sustainability. but occasionally, a healthy tree is felt to be sold and that hurts are moved to sell them killer. so fern would soon look, this oak is thriving again, it's going nowhere. i don't want any one cutting it down like a ship. which trees a fell than which is sped, that still decided by the people of safari. hans? oh, something else value of these chips. why? well, because there is an inspiring story behind them. and because they can make all the difference to people living on the streets of the city of bristol, in southwest england, giving them a hot drink or something decent to eat. the skin behind the chips was the idea of megan r. bethany hope who wanted to do something to support the spiraling number of homeless people in her home town, while at the same time paying tribute to someone very dear to her. ah, one thing megan abernathy hope learned from her brother billy was to not just walk

by people in need. that's why she regularly sets off to bristol city center to hand out billy chips to people like laura. the chips can be used to paper food or beverages when you get a big code late. levey going within days, get yourself drink and trying king. it's a kind gesture and an opportunity to talk. i think you need a bit of courage and a bit of humanity because it's just like having a chat with anybody out. and i think that fair and worry of approaching people is what stops that love and natural jackson and i have for megan and her father, john, it's also a way for them to pass on the love they had for billy who died 3 years ago in a motorcycle accident, he was only 20 years old and had just completed his training to be an ambulance driver. even as a child, billy was deeply troubled by the hardships faced by homeless people and once asked his father why he didn't distribute all of his change and billy said,

why don't they just invent a token that you could buy and then exchange for food and drink and i think he saw that that would reduce the barriers because people would know it was a safe, secure thing to do. and then people would also, you know, communicate more with homeless people because that was something that vinny really struggled with was that people just ignored homeless people and they thought become invisible after billy's death, his father and sister decided to realize that idea they developed chips that people can purchase which homeless people can then exchange for food and drinks and cafe. i all right, well yeah, good, thanks. good. just thought we come in today and chat you about the ne billy chip star to pack. we've had some are currently 52 cafes and bristol, and the surrounding area participate in the program and sell so called billy chips for homeless people place for them to come in. our feeling is that some people are

very happy to give money, but others might be a little bit conscious about, you know, how the money's being used, and knowing that it's going to towards something that will seed all know kind of sustain kind. the person that i gifting it to somebody came in that's pretend to give away presumably as part of their christmas giftings. so yeah, it's really popular. we have regulars who come back again and again to to by, by chips to hand out to people. one chip costs to pounds and can be traded for at least one hot drink that often have changes mostly and, and, and i think it bears something about the reassurance of how we spend, which is good as well. aid organizations estimate the number of homeless people in england has doubled in the past few years. in bristol, many people are now familiar with megan, her father, and the billing chip. right. both of you the so anyway. yeah, the really good news absolutely for you to have

a warm drink through the cold night. if you want a visa one phenom void, you need another con money and megan and her father say one reason for the chips is that they show homeless people. they are part of the community to and that they are welcome in cafes. we poured our love that was our grief. we could no longer poor into billions, and we put it into the billy chip. we created a legacy, we've in a way, immortalized a key values that billy had as a human being that we loved to buy him and that we feel everybody should kind of hopefully take a leaf out of his that with megan and her father. think that if billy were still alive, this project would never have come to be, but they're certain that if he knew about the work they're doing, he'd be proud. real inspiration,

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a threat to what's all opaque worlds starts january 5th on d, w. i with ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a white ex cob guilty in a black man's killing. can potter said she meant to use her taser and not her gun when she shot and killed 20 year old dante right. the case has re ignited racial tensions in the us also coming up germany reports. it's 1st i'm a chron related death. one of 3000 confirmed cases of the new variant in this

country announcement comes as britain post another record number of daily crone of ours cases. and russian president vladimir putin uses his national press conference to point the blame back at nato for escalating tensions over ukraine. he wants a promise that ukraine wont join the western military alliance. ah, i'm ami a niece of welcome to the program. a white former police officer has been found guilty and the shooting death of a black motorist in the u. s. city of minneapolis. can potter claim she missed? hook her gun for a taser when she shot dante wright, the case has reopened racial divisions in the same city where george floyd was killed. the mother of dante wright wanted accountability for her son's death. when a jury returned a guilty verdict on 2 charges of manslaughter, katy bryant experience all kinds of emotions. oh, my gosh,

i'm the moment that we heard guilty on the man's letter. one emotions every single motion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was the calm when, while we were waiting for the last few days. police officer kim potter pleaded not guilty and the fatal shooting of rice in brooklyn center, a suburb of minneapolis, minnesota. in april. in emotional testimony, she claimed she mistakenly to her gone instead of a taser and killed a 20 year old during a routine traffic stop and slider in the 2nd degree. now we've been able to process it and we want to thank the entire prosecution team. we wanna thank community support, everybody has been out there that has supported us and this, this long fight for accountability. supporters of rights,

families celebrated outside the hennepin county. cortez after the verdict was announced. potter $49.00 faces about 7 years in prison under the state sentencing guidelines, but prosecutors said they would seek a longer term. earlier we asked our washington correspondent, all over salad, whether this verdict was part of a part of a larger shift. now the u. s. justice system deals with police shootings. perhaps not because of this verdict alone, but we have to look at the bigger picture and there has been police reform that happening on the local level also on the state level. but it's a slow process and verdict like this. of course, the more verdict like this come, the more a difficult it gets, of course, for similar killings to be repeated in the future. that that was impossible, essentially before george floyd or just a few years ago. so again, it's a slow process, but it's raising the question, is this the, the beginning of the new trends that we're seeing here?

and it really raises hopes among many supporters of the black lives matter movement across united states that we're seeing change to the justice system. and it's also for sure a signal to the police that their officers will be held accountable. t w's oliver salad reporting from washington there. let's bring you some more stories making headlines around the world. south korean president, moon g n, has pardoned his disgrace, predecessor park gun have for the sake of national harmony. park has been in prison since 2017, after receiving a 22 year sentence for crimes, including taking bribes from samsung and other conglomerates. she will be released from jail next week, and hundreds of women have protested in sudan, falling allegations, that security forces had sexually attacked, at least a dozen women and girls. several western countries have condemned the troops use of what they called sexual violence as a weapon. and demanded an independent investigation. the american author joan

did ian has died at the age of 87. from complications from parkinson's disease. the novelist played right and s e. s. was best known for descriptions of american culture during the tumultuous 1960. she was one of the pioneers of the new journalism movement, which combined reporting with a literary voice. germany has reported its 1st death related to the am a kron variant of the corona virus. that's as cases of the highly contagious variant rise at an alarming rate. here, so far, germany has confirmed more than $3000.00 almost wrong cases of 25 percent in a single day. meanwhile, the united kingdom has reported a record of 100 and 200041 of our cases last 24 hours. but a study shows that the new variant may result in 50 to 70 percent fewer hospitalizations than delta. earlier on we asked biologist mohammed minear from the

university of lancaster and the u. k. he gave us this study at this take on that study. so far we all have a modeling data, and these are one of the few studies that we have information from real life, which mean the people who have been infected with me, crohn they've been compared with what has been the situation with the delta various and based on that, it was concluded that the solidity of the disease is very low, and particularly for the hospitalized ation and for the emergency. but there are certainly copy it in this data collection is that most of the data being collected from people who are very young, 40 years old because that is on the chrome has been pretty prevalent. and also, there is no cohort under vaccinated people because most of the time the micron has been vaccinated or previously exposed people. but all in all, the overall trend is that it is miter compared to the delta variant. vladimir putin has welcome to dialogue with the u. s as fears mount in the west of russia's

military build up near ukraine, but couldn't says meetings alone won't be enough to cool things down. russian president, use his annual press conference to repeat his claim that its nato, that's raising tensions by encroaching on russia's borders. tensions between the kremlin and the west are stretched almost to breaking points, but there was little sign of strain on russian president vladimir putin's face. elegant as he opened his annual press conference earlier, if you will, with russian troops still massing on ukraine's border. he blamed the situation on what he sees as ukrainian hostilities and reiterated his support for pro russian separatists is good at right now. we're told war the ukrainian government is preparing another military operation against a separate us and warning us beforehand is the do not get involved. do not defend those people. who are you. he also blasted nato. did you say in the military alliance was forcing his hand by encroaching on russia's borders, which,

which looked fillum, my reading book, yet no, we're doing. we're not one inch to the east is what we were told in the 19 ninety's . and what happened? we were duped. we were brazenly duty brought the mag ala money. there were 5 waves of nato expansion, or should in another, you have to understand. it's not us who are threatening them who graham wish to live briefly to the we didn't come to the borders of the u. s. o d u k. a miracle you came to us canal, but actually met with talks as when russia and the us plan for early next year. you russia said the ball is now in washington's court, taking you earlier. we spoke to cadre league. she is a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. we asked her whether president putin really believes the west is willing to go so far as open conflict with russia. i think he understands that there are no evil intentions vis. i'll be russia, but i think his theories,

but russia is who will the way ukraine is a robot thing. and while ukraine might not become nato member, western military help will actually still be available to ukraine. and that is, of course, something that defense planners in russia would pay attention. so hence the escalation and, and hence he has made about the nice to. and now when president, by them has also put in to discuss res, things he has dramatically widened the agenda to include everything. his bitter about including nathan enlargement and all the things he mentioned today that was called relief of the european council on foreign relations authorities. in hong kong have removed a statue commemorating protesters who were killed by the chinese military. back in 1989 during the tenement square protests. the sculptor who created the peace described as a sad day for democracy. critics say it's part of

a larger effort by begging to erase the memory of that massacre. 33 years ago, it was known as a pillar of shame, understood on the campus of hong kong university for over 2 decades. but this chilling memorial to those who died in t animal square has been removed by the authorities. as many as 10000 people were killed in the bloody crackdown on democracy protests on june 4th 1989. it's an event that has been white from china's history on the mainland and is beijing discharge the symbol of remembrance. many think hong kong is also being forced to raise a dock chapters of china's history. i do think people will expect this thing happen

in the university so called with the most freedom of expression or freedom of speech. and they tried to become the 1st one to remove every history or parts of history inside campus. the memorials designer was clear about what he thinks it means fall democracy. this is a symbol of democracy movement. and hong kong as a symbol of pilots, is what happened inside china and gentlemen. so and i think this is the last man standing nearly as so this is a sad day for me and for democracy in hunger. the removal change days after hong kong supposed election since the introduction of a sweeping national security law. $89.00 out of 90 seats were warned by pro establishment candidates in a system where only those loyal to beijing permitted to run. the university said

that not removing the stopped you would pose legal risk. but it's an art to many simply view as the latest move by begging to silence descent and, and the freedom so long enjoyed by those in hong kong and staying in china. the organizers of the winter olympics and beijing said they're prepared for a quote, small scale of coven 19 cases at the upcoming games in china. they acknowledged that the probability of transmission is high with the influx of foreigners, but don't expect it to affect the schedule unless there is a large outbreak. winter games will take place in february. no overseas fans will be allowed, and athletes will live in a closed bubble to contain the spread of a groan of ours. the final days before christmas are busy time for many not least delivery people are rushing around, trying to get christmas presents and to impatient customers before the big deadline

. but there's still some places on earth that move at a much slower pace, like this remote canyon in the north west of the us. take a look. this isn't a sightseeing tour. it's the weekly postal run through health things coming in the mail. they're waiting for our or veterinary supplies or groceries. if we have medications we're delivering these time christmas presents. there are 52 houses in the canyon wages between oregon, idaho, and washington, and hardly any roads. much of the wilderness is only accessible by whole spackle boat. so it's up to jill to spread the festive chip. and then this came up from michael. all right, today is very special because it is the, the last meal boat delivery before the holidays. and you can see i have a gold mine here. i struck it rich, a good chance for a chance, just as important as the delivery after a 6 hour shift. the years last postal run is done. time for the

pair to take the scenic route home to celebrate christmas. while santa claus has visited rio's villa cordero for villa to greet children and distribute food sent arrived by helicopter for the event posted by an end geo called cooper, a grass roots organization created by young for valid dwellers to promote development. cooper has been working in brazil's cavellas for over 20 years and wanted to present a more socially representative santa. this year is played by a black man. food distribution drive takes place throughout brazil and the final days before christmas. nearly 400000 food aid packages are being handed out to families in need. you're watching the news coming up are covered special, looking at why vaccines aren't universally available. don't forget, you need the latest on our website. that's d w dot com. thanks for joining us.

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