an idea nothing much will happen. no more. your i don't think anything in the next year or 2 will have a positive impact on my life to resume the your manner or your father or because it was thinking when i'm tired. fuck a little. i think our president does not even interested in reaching an agreement when i drew honey wanted one, but didn't manager as well as i am. i mean the new government does not even close to any this. it won't work out to successfully a family marfisi on what their lives. the foreign ministry leading the nuclear negotiations is just across the street. no representative wanted to speak to us priorities have shifted since iran's new hard line government took over sanctions relieve remains oppressing objective, but official willingness to cooperate with the west. is that an all time low? this political analyst a t t ron university tells us over the realizes that the of are dealing with hunter, that's not reliable. it's called the united states at the,

our left the agreement. once it is this american saying that you hold me once, shame on you. if you fooled me twice, shame on me. so the racy admin assertion must surveys the other people around him or don't the normal to be full. twice. many ordinary iranians also feel duped, not only by the international community, but also by their own leaders. as ahmed, my telephone has to be the nuclear deal should be made when the basis of these la mic republic is corrected. but from the very foundation such as i wanted to listen, show us. when the people in charge them have gone where they belong on his article has as long as that doesn't happen and agreement will not be reached only to do right proficient has the people in charge think only about the benefits to themselves, lamb only not about the 85000000 people living in this country has the he's most

retina hot care. and so iranians are bracing for the worst. they know that no agreement is likely to mean more sanctions and even the possibility of a military confrontation. and that they'll be the ones paying the price, adamant about the bias and iran expert and co founder of the center for applied research in partnership with the orient, he joined us. he joins us now from diesel doff at non welcome to de w, bracing for the worst. we heard it there, just how crucial are these talks for iran? what's at stake for the iranian people? i guess clearly the prospects for a better economic livelihoods is what's at stake for the running people. and the prospects get, of course, a better if sanctions relief was on the horizon. and i think this is what matters to, to be wrong in population most. and one of the aim of today's talks is getting the

united states back into the agreement. why is the biden administration reluctant to do that? yeah, unfortunately there was some, some advice i would have to say in that with respect to not urging back into the deal. if we all recall the by the administration came into power. and there was still the previous iranian government that what, that was much more positive on the talks. it could have been an easy return. but there was this idea to use the from sanctions as leverage, so to speak, to gain more from iran. and i think this is where the problem is, right now, we have a new government in iran, which is obviously on its part also playing a bit harder than the previous one. all right, let's talk about i have a need for my men to ron's religious and military later. what role is he playing in this? this supreme leader clearly says in the this was also presented in your report that he doesn't want to be fooled again. he wants iran to,

to give some concessions on the nuclear file. but there are $22.00 parts of the bargain. iran there in the scope of its nuclear program in the u. s. and providing sanctions relief and this time around he asked for some sort of guarantees and that makes it a bit difficult because obviously the us side is not willing to to provide those guarantees. but i think this is the overall role he plays outlining or what has to be demanded from the other side. many in israel and say the nuclear deal as an existential threat to the jewish state. since iran, of course does not recognize israel is israel, right? to be worried and we hear different voices here. we hear people from the israeli security establishment that say having a j, c, p a or the nuclear agreement in place is better for these were in the security than not having it. because after all the runs, the program will be monitored by the international atomic energy agency. so the

talking points against the deal are obviously meant to, to put some further pressure on the, by the map in this situation. but having a nuclear deal in place in my view, would certainly have much better control over exert much better control over iran. clear program. all right, i'm about to buy. thank you very much for your time. thanks for having me. when germany started, it's a vaccination campaign against cove at 191 year ago. today, the 1st ever, caron of ours vaccine was developed in a german lab and the 1st shot given to 101 year old 8 is quite santa right after christmas. it was a big moment to the country, but german soon grew frustrated with the slow pace of the roll out. my residence had to wait for a month to get a fist shot and watch on as countries like the u. s. and the u. k. distributed there doses at

a much faster pace. now one year on virtually every one who wants it has had a chance to get it. the w has been reporting on germany's vaccination campaign through its ups and downs. my colleague william blue croft is here with the details and hey, rebecca. yeah, let's have a look at why there was that frustration going on at the beginning. we can put up here on the wall, the timeline of this one year. it feels like so much has happened and yet also so much to go from december 27th of last year. we can have a look. we started out quite slow here in germany, with just a few hot tens of thousands at the very beginning that 1st quarter, just 10000000 adult is about 70000000 adults here in germany. got that shot things really though, picked up after a lot of frustration, a lot of political pressure, more supply coming into germany and in that 2nd quarter, that's when so many germans got their shots, but it's still not enough. and that's why the german government has been having his goal in place since november 18th to get more shots into more people's arms. and

that's looking to the years. and so how are we to the year end of the 30000000 big number ended the year, while since november 18th, till yesterday we've got 2800000 shots, at least one and 24.7 more booster shots at that 3rd shot. so we're not quite there at 30000000, although depending how you count and of course the german government is counting a little bit differently. rebecca, they're saying they've already reached that 30000000 gall. it all depends when you count from exactly what shots you're looking at. we're looking at from an array, teeth not quite there yet, but probably by years and will be there. all right, let him. thank you. let's have so now as a pandemic, phil da draws to a close. we want to take a look at some of the lasting images of 2021 in india, a huge 2nd wave of cove at 19 swept through the country. thousands, there died crematorium to burn the dead were overwhelmed by the numbers they held mass cremation. sometimes that wasn't even available for many people and they had

to burn their relatives bodies wherever they could see w. namisha joyce walmack, one health worker who experienced much of it 1st hand georgia july is done with his hospital shift for the day. working in patient care is demanding but manager, but he says it is a far cry. from the 18 months he spent working in the maturity to the worst of the pandemic. you was. allah has only worked 2 years in healthcare in another life. he was a performance arteries or darla says he took the stage at the age of 10 and loved every bit of it as an organizer, makeup, artist, and answer. all of this came to a standstill when the pandemic hit and dollar needed woke. when a friend refused to walk in the more silly of days biggest go now i'd as hospital

dollar stepped in what he had any during the 2nd to be renewing. he recounts losing track of the number of bodies coming in, piled into ambulances. darla worked frantically to provide dignity to the victims, families in the gales. there was no end to his ship of you. he in a space for a 100 bodies who there were 2 or 300 wild one on top of the other. your play again i, my job was to sort through, identify and mark up in that it was the worst day of my life. tiger and then which it got was somebody else who dollars younger brother took any. did you own, or jalap pleaded for a bed and the oval bell and hospital he worked at him. but it was too late, while his brother fought for life for 5 days. days in which allah wasn't given the time off to with the $101.00. okay. go to the completion dollars model is divided

endlessly when he started working in the crematorium, losing her youngest, compounded her fears towards you beneath. i never imagined this what happened to me? the 2nd corona virus. we that will haunt me until the day i die. i'm terrified, i have only 2 children left. i just want them to be safe. but i just want to spend my last years with experts say that the 2nd be, however, may be the reason why cases are currently low in india. tests showed that corona aisles. antibodies have been found in large sections of the indian population, essentially acting like an additional vaccine. those. this could blanket eyes and gifts as expected with omicron here, hybrid immunity, which essentially means her mental infection followed by explanation, provides as good a protection i 3 short. so it seems, and that is really enough to believe that though in, in population is right now,

protected in the future. it might require maxine booster or july's already seen while much on cases rise in his hospital letter and doesn't get to return to the stage any time soon. his hopes for 2022 are far simpler for him to move. he wants to come home on giant only, and sit without a mask with his family. he suspects that even this door may be too ambitious. your watching data is, has a reminder of the top story. we're following foyer. negotiate has a meeting in vienna again to try and save the iran nuclear do. the current u. s. administration says it wants to return to the deal is accused the current iranian government of making you demands in exchange for abandoning it's enrichment of uranium. get you can always get d w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as

push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of a new story, you can also use the d w app to send us your photos and videos of what's happening way yula. that's your update this our coming up next is a doc fil riding the rails across mongolia that's coming up after a short break. stay tuned. i'll be back next hour with more headlines on rebecca griffith. thanks very much watching. ah take your time for an experiment about time. ah, it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time. the dimension and

illusion about time storage december 31st on d w i ah, they call me al tundra. with open my ancestors when nomads waiting for 20 years, i have lived with my own family in the staff, hurting our capital and attend ah, ought to be. it would be 3, especially our music is about mongolian history and our customs. so these are our never ending sauces in the phone with mr. o. school on that,

aren't they? at the fatis. my sharman name is latrice g. about addison's i was a child. i've had visionary abilities day and could sense the spirits have nature. ah ah journey through mongolia and it's capital it will on but i will start in the mountainous north of the country will follow the tracks of the trans mongolian railway self crossed, the vastness of the step, and after about 800 kilometers, reach the gobi desert and the buddhist hum our monastery.

ah, a dozen station, 1st stop art from a communist pass merges with contemporary advertisement. planned economy once held sway here to day. it's the free market. dark hon is the 3rd largest city in mongolia. it was built in 1961 with massive support from the former soviet union and its name. as no coincidence, darkhan means blacksmith and reflects the importance of the city for metal and heavy industry. tourists are rarely seen in this big cities train station. the no frills building

was designed for commuters and traveling merchants in the metropolis with its hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. dar hun is a transport hub that connects regional routes with a trance mongolian railway towards alon barter. and further on to the chinese border. anyone taking this train to the capital however, should allow plenty of time. the train takes over 7 hours to cover the almost 250 kilometers because of the many stops along the way. moreover, the railway infrastructure is not up to european standards. oh, the train attendance where crisp uniforms, they are responsible for checking the tickets directly at the carriage door and they take their jobs extremely seriously. a mongolia, respect and authority are important principles that must be observed.

meanwhile, it's announced over loudspeaker that it is strictly forbidden to take any moments including dead ones on the journey. because the fur of the mongolian delicacy usually harbours flea's, which are regarded as carriers of the plague. only about 3000000 people live in mongolia, a country more than 4 times the size of germany. it's huge distances and vastness can be sent through the train window. you also physically notice mongolia is altitude. a quarter of the country is between 2003000 meters above sea level. travelers should therefore allow themselves a little time for acclimatization. halfway between done hon and lon bottom. the foothills of the hen t mountains begin. the mountain range is considered the birthplace of the greatest

mongolian of old times, genghis khan. abroad . the name genghis khan is mostly associated with conquests, brutality and virility. but here in mongolia, it mainly stands for political savvy. the founder of the mongolian empire is considered to have been a patron of trade, education, art and culture free him of religion is one of his most important legacies. even to day christians, buddhists, muslims, and adherence to mongolian shamanism practice. their religions peacefully side by side by shamanism as the oldest religion in mongolia.

ancient symbols such as the swastika or sun, we'll ornament are supposed to pay the way for the sharmen to reach the spirits. this religious decoration, which was hijacked by germany as a symbol of the nazis, can be found in its original sense as a spiritual symbol of luck. everywhere in mongolia that that the meaning day of dela, down through my transfers. i made contact with the spirits of the mountains and the water till it took their found my ways to be good. i'm just out of their heart who's have to get their husband up. therefore, they do me the honor of showing me the right path. ludwig isn't out there, go quicker. jackson butter. mongolian shamanism combines medicine and the worship of nature and ancestors. as

sharman is responsible for the welfare of their tribe through contacting the spirits and speaking with the voice of the deceased while in trans they try to show their community the right path for the future. ah. okay, let me, let me, let me, let me go through where the ancestors really speak through the chairman remains the question of faith with mike with every religion so that the bus home. but on a far as for we're not every one can be a sharman, out of antique. if you do not appoint yourself as a sharman and just do something for all this would send people on a wrong path and detach the soul from the body. all, all false shamanism is therefore even harmful americans, alto are wrong, but unfortunately it happens quite often. you know, they will be july genius. they said him to him that the sacred

sacrificial rituals such as the milk sacrifice, are men to appease the gods for shamanism balance. between man and nature must be preserved and the growing economic interests in mongolia are a dangerous aberrations. mad at poor harm, that they at present people are digging in the earth all over at the shallow, but they don't even care about sacrificial mounds. borderline. they're not respected, and they're not even being rebuilt, warranting days, and people are drilling, digging, and destroying things. it's very difficult everywhere. a while ago i traveled through western mongolia and saw that many creeks and rivers there have disappeared . like dried up the hill. this is because people do not respect the earth that which is probably why we shermans are also there to save nature. so sudden at least that's my belief that thou got fastest soon. but thorny hood came. he didn't want

the tin bob ah, we followed the line further towards lon batter. the train is usually the faster and more comfortable choice and mongolia. roads here are not comparable with asphalt streets and europe. vast areas of the country have not yet been developed at all. on the other hand, there is a very good chance of meeting herds of free range cattle. over distances of several kilometers, the animals often alone, without their nomadic owners search for the best grazing grounds in the barren landscape,

they have to build up their body weight as much as possible during the few summer months. the hard mongolian winter often begins in august already when the 1st snow frequently falls. ah, travel times the mongolia are very long, even on the train. the railway infrastructure and many of the vehicles are decades old. despite the beautiful landscape, after a good 7 hours ride from dark han to the capitol land batter, passengers tend to be pleased to finally arrive the big city, lackluster concrete buildings. welcome the guests. even locals say you can't help but love mongolia, but you can only endure will on bus r o will. and barto central station is the

largest railway station in the country and was opened in 1938 to this day. it remains an important hub for national and international traffic in the heart of mongolia. the train is the most important means of transport in the country. not only for tourists and commuters. local retail is also used, the affordable rel connections to neighboring countries, such as russia and china. i just got with them after very long shopping trips. hundreds of them arrive with new goods in the line, but are every day from here, they transport their purchases to the shops and kiosks in the capitol, where they will sell them. almost half mongolian population,

about 1500000 people lives in alon barto. the economic center of this land rich and natural resources is currently experiencing an enormous boom. the metropolis is considered as symbol of a wealthy growth oriented mongolia. with in recent years, hundreds of thousands of people have come here to try their luck. few have become successful. and yet, mongolia is experiencing the greatest rural exodus it has ever seen. young people in particular don't want to be inferior to the west,

but they also don't want to be inferior to their asian neighbors. here consider traditional nomadic life as a viable future food to her own. this started a big nintendo, new john, good. that we have a song that deals with rapid technological progress. and in particular, reflects the moment when too much technological optimization has occurred. it today, it her bathroom pitch in that group at this point. what that humans look for a place to slow down and return to nature and the origins of life. mr. chic. this is an important message that we want to give to the people he says, and especially to the mongolian youth in nasa. but this, or talk to joe bellanca, most of cemetery in the middle of lombardo, for the band, down on it's a backdrop that symbolizes an entire generations fears for the future.

their sons deal with environmental protection, unemployment, and also the dangers of runaway technologies ation. however they find their musical muse and the old legends traditions and characteristic sounds of a mongolian culture. ah some noodle, the name john on his closely connected with a history of the horse, had fiddle our mongolian national instrument, and he told me this with the fine metal. the mongolians have always said that there was a very kind hearted man who owned a black horse named chow, not 13,

and was hey, listen, it loading it when he died one day when they wanted to honor it with murder and built of asked horsehead fiddle. and its image was sing, yes, a thoughts old sl used its bones the tale and main 3. he made the theoretical motor, boston that it, whenever the longing seized him to the gold, but he played on it metal and he remembered his black horse down on hard money madness it isn't in common with. the musicians represent a young and confident mongolia internationally, as well as members of a young generation who went in search of their own cultural identity and found that place in the world with

it. it was a mom, the one, the university of china. we hope that in the future people will remember our band, chow known it for successfully having passed traditional mongolian music on to younger generations in a profound way how to do it. was des, with diesel been negative with which to because that is our wish to women. that is what we hope our musical achievement will be. totally, totally. and with these to get into the 2nd leg of our to any takes us from the capital on boss har. along the transmit galion railway to the city of chair, 250 kilometers away in the heart of the mongolian step

bullen batter central station 7 am. a real hero is waiting for the train to chair. good at char jig, dead demi dean is the only mon goal so far. who has traveled into space since his space flies in 1981. he has been treated like a superstar in his country. the retired air force major general was also the country's minister of defense until 2004. however, most mongol see him 1st and foremost as a heroic cosmonaut concert in this liberal and sing for the 1st space learnt. byron mongolian was a significant moment for our people and it will stay a part of mongolian history is an important event all these days. young people

learn about it from newspapers and magazines from radio and television, from their parents, relatives, and siblings. with israel, as a result, mongolians have edged it firmly under the ramirez was an hon. looks good thing, he quoted on sir, ah, even in retirement, the major general still has very little free time. he regularly speaks at events on military history about his experiences as a research cosmo, not on the soviet. so use 39 space mission and about his 8 day stay on the so you to 6 space station. good actor jig dead them. dean was awarded the title, cosmic hero of mongolia to honor his career. he is the only living mongolian to hold it. that'll be oh don't what done it will you go? we've got the 3. no, well i try not to get myself so much important when i go to see what have i done so

far, which one of my achievements mainly about the job to him? but i don't really think about myself that way or ask those types of questions. sounds like it's, it's both of them think it's not the sex, but matters to me is that i want to remain the same person i was before i went to space off of the said did hit to g back there in my spaceship, commander and friend, bloody murat exam grove, it's johnny beck of said to me, after space trouble, you will have many new friends, but please don't forget your old ones. again, i still think about his words to this day by sonata, which is why i want the public to see me as i really am about. i had thought of the wonder how to get to some relief. sadly, through the cosmonaut is the role model for his fellow countrymen, some one they respect even there, they recognize that his feats were idealized in soviet propaganda. his ride on the train has been announced. the entire train crew and even the cook know,

the famous space traveler will be on board. the cook is actually a style chef who was assigned just for this journey. it will be up to him to make a top quality meal in the few square me to kitchen on the wobbling train. i knew the summer will be serving delicious dumplings and potato salad to the cosmic era. monica dumplings filled with beef and tasty mutton towel. this should make fantastic dumplings the shift does not pass up the opportunity to serve his hero, the food in the dining car. personally.

the potato salad served as actually made according to a german recipe. it's a culinary left over from the times of international friendship between mongolia and east germany. the trans mongolian express takes a good 3 hours to get a chair in the province of gov, his number deep in the mongolian step. mm. good. at judging dead them, athene is no stranger to the city until the early 19 ninety's, both soviets and mongolian air force base as were located in the region around. sure. so the station was strategically important above them, the retired cosmonaut knows that, well, i remember from all this is why the station stove in by to their celebrity guest, to join them. they proudly recall this historic moment. hello to he did it

nowadays the 72 year old increasingly looks back not only on his achievements, but also on his roots as a simple nomad. ah, the good not them of the dog vasa, the mongols have actually been watching the skies in space from very early on. and just some will. so if you, if here to our long history shows that we've used celestial bodies to navigate by for thousands of years about to sell to us. but moreover, to survive as a pastoral and nomadic people in their world, we have to be able to foresee the vagaries of the weather, the hotel. that's why the mongolians always directed their gaze and thoughts up toward the celestial bodies of think that he can so ordered out long she lives seemingly. ah,

oh. well the trans mongolian railway continues on its meandering course towards the chinese border. we stay a little longer in the wild blooming step around chair for centuries. no magic cancer breeding has been the mainstay of the entire region. camel hurts round their natural environment freely. as do horses, sheep o goods the step landscape around mount sender about 50 kilometers voucher is known for its fertile ground. this is where all tongue carol has settled. for most of the year, the nomads, horses live while they have to withstand winters with temperatures as low as minus

40 degrees celsius as well as wolves, which the horses can severely injured or even kill. with one kick, the cattle head, his family lives with their horses following the rhythm of nature. wearing a watch would be a superfluous luxury. or the lou louis allowed them to go get up early and were out all day until dark license. i knew we heard the capital and move them from here to there. since we are out all day long, we don't need to ask what time it is. good for us, there is morning, noon afternoon and the movement of the sun. now these are, these are your values, keep an eye on the sun laughter. all, it's the only thing you can keep in view here because it's the sun that is always determined whether it is day or night with the house. and i told you that your georgia sam. oh, where did the ancient

songs of the nomads tell of they longing for their beloved homeland? the endless expenses of the step and the deep blue mongolian sky. and oh, wow, wow, husband takes care of the horses add in his suit, turns the rich milk from their goats and sheep into quogue, yogurt and cheese. these are staple foods during the summer months. the youngest daughter still lives with her father and mother. her oldest siblings are already attending school and live with their grandparents in the city. a daily walk to school through the step would be much too arduous and too far

not to them silly, but at liberty to that we have never really thought about living in the city. if we have worked down the city, we take the train as it usually runs at night. why not out that way? we are there early in the morning before work states, so much and then you can get a lot done in a day stamps. itinerant herd is aunt interested in material wealth. they see possessions as additional ballast. but the number and conditions of their animals on the other hand, are extremely important to them. because they show their diligence and skill. they are more than other lowball on the well, we get over 200 kilograms of kashmir, will sometimes even 300 kilograms from the 700 goats. we're good. the and the money we earned from the world trade is enough to cover all the expenses that come up over the year to the hosting, the other school fees and autumn man to pay for the $2.00 or 3 workers who help us

go there. he pays for anything important that crops up in the year or later. and we also prepare the meat from our catalog of feed ourselves in winter, the iliad, but we also sell some of it. so we live from the immense productivity of our animals. oh, did you share tender her hair? oh, i love them all. her mining has dramatically increased and all of her, all sorts of things had been done to the soil which is having a negative effect on the bodies of water and pastureland doth, near north. we now get very little water from our wells. it didn't isn't says, and it hardly rains any more. hold on one is it still to when i look back on my childhood it often rained continuously for 3 or 4 days. oh, oh,

oh. a oh, mongolia sits on huge deposits of natural resources and around sure, one of the country's largest and most important centers of mining i and all copper, all and lig night, is growing. hello, the mongolian mining companies and profiting from the country's wealth of rural materials, nearly as much as big international investors and energy giants still the development is good for mongolia as railways. the network is growing and jobs are being created. i don't know. oh goodness,

cool. so me she knew multi economy has a major influence on the expansion and development of the real race and vice versa . so this is your stitch and the mongolian railway is currently expanding. our stock bothered at the locomotives and real cars are becoming more advanced. so judge a food with this with the real network and the entire real logistics are currently being revamped us was a little a freight traffic in particular is increasing chelisa. so the future of our railways looks really promising. so with most rural materials our exposure to neighboring countries, china however, uses the different gauge of track to mongolia where the network is based on the rush and broad gauge. that means all the wagons.