so i assume you can go to bulgaria whenever you wanted to and run for president of bulgaria.not know if that is a better job than the one you currently have. have you ever thought of running for office, or are you happy where you are? kristalina: i always take the job i have as what takes my full concentration. i pour my heart in it. i never, ever think of what is next. so, as long as i am the head of the imf, it is the imf and the membership that has my complete dedication. ♪ >> it's 10:29 a.m. in hong kong and shanghai, 9:29 p.m. here in new york i'm karina mitchell with the first word headlines. the latest gauge of manufacturing in china shows activity moderate it that's moderated slightly this month. the official pmi reading delta 51.9 from 22.1, fractionally lower than the estimate from bloomberg survey. came in at 55.7. china remains the only major economy to show growth this year. surprisenews, a current account deficit, the shortfall the equivalent of $1.5 billion. economists had expected a surplus of about $800 million. overall indicators show continued recovery. a h

could it come from the same individual as the bulgaria find? >> containing the relic.ased in about the year 1400. >> what's really exciting about the kansas baptist relic is that, for the first time, we are going to be able to compare the carbon date of this particular relic with the one we already obtained from bulgaria. >> the bone has been identified as a human bone coming from a hand. >> what's interesting about the finger is it's part of medieval treasure, that has connections with the german lord, henry the lion. we know that he visited const t constantinople but it's possible much older than that. >> look at it now. >> sitting in an elaborate housing dating back to the 14th century, for researchers, the challenge will be how to remove the bone from its precious casing. and when they try to extract the bone from its mount, there is a problem. >> the mount does not come off of the bone. >> oh, you mean, i can't actually take the bone out? >> no. >> and that means tom will struggle to reach the central part of the finger containing collagen. the most reliable mater

true or not but we're coming to the courts in a minute but how helpful is it to the stability of bulgaria with the prime minister and the president at each other's throat both of them calling for the other one to resign the answer has to be that's not very good for the stability of your country is it. definitely this war between the institutions is not good for the stability but i want to again to to draw your attention to the facts and the facts are very clear 1st of all we have the country at the moment which has very low degrees of the g.d.p. due to the corporate crisis it's 8.2 in comparison with other countries when it's at double figures we also have we have the in top 5 the number 7 employment and i can also point to that the race of the g.d.p. in the last 5 years is nearly double this is not possible in a country which is there with and any corruption it's not possible to see such figures if everything is so rooted and corrupt if you are trying now the conversation well i'm not the only one saying that because you know both pug area and the government you serve in have become by w

back in bulgaria a strong bridge. that's showing up for the challenge that is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incompetence the number of people they're relying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid's working class district off by your cash some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for years but others are near. the been damaged has brought them here. people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks of spain's economy has been left shattered people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most media work as a had reza for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic as she her hus

once again in my mind but the protest after by a person who is now trying to escape justice from bulgariabecause of not bathe. in the country for more than 700000000 you know you keep telling me about what you've done on the subject of corruption but last year the center for the study of democracy in your own capital in sofia so that at least 35 percent of public procurement contracts involve corrupt practices that's 35 percent more than a 3rd this is the kind of country that you turn bug area into and you still think you should stay on in government transparency international rates your country as the most corrupt in the european union and has done for the last 7 years consecutively. why don't we call it then you know what i meant that in this respect then the statistic which they have they have announced that for example 58 percent of the respondents in the area say that in the everyday life they didn't met that option and that actually according to europe or with that our country yes with 3 percent lower corruption rate then in comparison with the $1070.00 well i don't know which you'r

in neighboring bulgaria joining the 1980 s. the communist authorities embarked on a brutal policy of force assimilation including giving ethnic turks slavic names. to some of the impetus for the because of the so did that it's because their names were changed through christian mass which for a muslim to have a christian name used in france. and in the 100-9000 think way 350000 troops left for the u.k. . it's unsurprising that so many left people would be eaten and fined just for speaking turkish thousands were jailed across the country places like better than a an infamous to attention center where 500 turks were imprisoned without trial for resisting the forcible changing of the names. but that was bulgaria a communist dictatorship in greece. the birthplace of democracy in the heart of the e.u. things were supposed to be different but athens has always been a world away from west and thrice and not just geographically as we soon find for ourselves from the moment we arrived in the region to make this film we were followed by u

back in bulgaria the storm brings. its short thanks for the ocean. cienega is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. there's one cafe that i would like to visit one day it's in uganda and it's the 1st of its kind because all off it stops. now the company says it wants to see the death and also create jobs for this marginalized group the sign language coffee was launched in august and as you're about to see its clientele is growing. roy has a customer. rose that is dave so he uses sign language to communicate he's worked as a barista at this coffee shop in compiler for 2 months now when i make good coffee and i serve the customers order perfectly and i get a positive feedback that makes me really happy especially if it comes from different customers. russo graduated from university 3 years ago but since then he's had real difficulty finding a job uganda has one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates resources that being dave makes it even worse. i would

like bulgaria so swollen from rising water levels that the shoreline changes every day. we see this early on in our trip when the access road unexpectedly becomes part of the lake. nearby we find. who's just arrived to open her bond restaurant but there's been a dramatic change. this is what this water just came in with in one day i said came slowly and slowly until it got to this level so without any notice you have to demolish within just a few seconds chela gets has already been forced to move her business once it's inevitable that she will have to move again and she's not the only one the extent of the flooding can be seen clearly from neighboring leclaire ingo the freshwater lake has expanded by 60 percent in the last 7 years this year has been by far the worst. folks our tour guide grew up on the shores of the sleek work has been scarce as most of the hotels are now underwater. he leads us to one of many flooded schools in the area so even in years he's seen all these decaying buildings . but our last is the most significant for folks i grew up here my foster inter

commission dunja many out of age noted last year the continual deterioration of media freedom in bulgariashe cited nontransparent media ownership heris mint of journalists including the use of defamation suits against them why do you allow this to go on more than 60 percent of the media coverage in bulgaria is critical against the government they wouldn't say that this is this is like a freedom of press freedom house reported when a pro-government journalist and politician and milk look of was appointed last year to head bulger in national t.v. all the critical voices were silenced same with the nova broadcasting group new owners came in investigative journalists were fired you clearly have no interest in a press that holds your politicians to account to you. i wouldn't agree with just as well because in one of the most popular shows on the get a national television distracted for example was one of the main leaders of the opposition and one of the main leaders of the protests and actually every single day that a protest on the whole get a national television and people can free to expres

back in bulgaria the strong brink's that's short for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land . many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incomes the number of people there were lying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid working class district of my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for here's what others are new. the been demick has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. hit by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks is spain's economy has been left chanted people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most maria work as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until they've been damaged now she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock

back in bulgaria the storm breaks its short term for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land . and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incomes the number of people there were lying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid's working class district oh my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at the church for his but others are near. the been demick has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. hit by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreak suspends economy has been left chanted people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most. worked as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic now she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bottom up alm

commission dunja many out of age noted last year the continued deterioration of media freedom in bulgariashe cited nontransparent media ownership heris mint of journalists including the use of defamation suits against them why do you allow this to go on more than 60 percent of the media coverage in the area is critical against the government they wouldn't say that this is this is like a freedom of press freedom house reported that when a pro-government journalist and politician and milk look of was appointed last year to head bulger in national t.v. all the critical voices were silenced same with the nova broadcasting group new owners came in investigative journalists were fired you clearly have no interest in a press that holds your politicians to account to you. i wouldn't agree with this as well because in one of the most popular shows of getting national television distracted for example was one of the main leaders of the opposition and one of the main leaders of the protests and actually every single day that a protester on the whole get a national television and people can free to e

commission dunja many out of age noted last year the continued deterioration of media freedom in bulgariashe cited nontransparent media ownership heris mint of journalists including the use of defamation suits against them why do you allow this to go on more than 60 percent of the media coverage in the area is critical against the government they wouldn't say that this is this is like a freedom of press freedom house reported that when a pro-government journalist and politician and milk look of was appointed last year to head bulger in national t.v. all the critical voices were silenced so with the nova broadcasting group new owners came in investigative journalists were fired you clearly have no interest in a press that holds your politicians to account to you. i wouldn't agree with just as well because in one of the most popular shows on the get a national television distracted for example was one of the main leaders of the opposition and one of the main leaders of the protests and actually every single day that a protester on the book at a national television and people can free to exp

the city has hosted three visits from bulgaria's rhythmic gymnastics team since 2017. local officials see it as a chance to revitalize the economy. like many other communities in japan, the population is aging. now covid-19 is posing a challenge to the project. >> translator: we had planned to visit bulgaria in april during the rhythmic gymnastics world cup to meet with officials, but we were forced to cancel that trip. >> the central government has been encouraging cities and towns nationwide to host training camps for teams from around the world. one aim is to boost the spirit of international solidarity embodied by the olympic and paralympic movement. more than 500 cities and towns have registered for the program. but they have to figure out how to minimize the risk of infection as they weigh the assets. earlier this month, officials from the central government and the games organizing committee came up with antivirus guidelines. they include using dedicated buses to transport athletes and ensuring that each has their own accommodations. instead of rooming together.

very very critical about that minister what's of particular concern is your human rights record in bulgaria and the impression that fundamental neagle safeguards for citizens appear to be missing at the end of 2017 the un committee against torture reported that the or thirty's often fail to inform arrested people of their rights in criminal proceedings that actively discouraged by manipulation threats and ill treatment from accessing those rights what's more in excess of 70 percent of detainees don't have access to a lawyer when those criminal trials begin and some don't even have a lawyer at any stage in those criminal proceedings to say any of that strike you as fair and what kind of state are you running where you permit things like that to go on. ministry of justice in the area and also the other institutions that are supposed to be thought what about these problems they are working very hard on this as the minister of labor the minister of social policy and in charge for people with disabilities people with mental get and also elderly people and for example in the public $1000.00 crisi

bulgaria questions macedonia's identity and language. how can the biden-harris administration work with our allies in brussels to ensure the e.u. hopefuls of the western balkans are not being held in the waiting room by its neighbors? secretary albright: i think we have to make that very clear that that's part of it i find this, having spent so much time in terms of a name issue for what is now northern macedonia, when i was at the u.n. we called it the former yugoslav republic of macedonia. nobody ever knew what we were talking about. and the fact that the greeks were able to come to an agreement, this has been worked on so hard, i think it is a tragedy in so many ways that the bulgarians for their domestic reasons have taken this up and they need to be -- that needs to be raised if they really are -- how they fulfill their membership duties. i think it's a very important issue that undermines what we are trying to do generally in the balkans is to get cooperation in terms of economic and political issues. mr. meeks: thank you. i believ

back in bulgaria a strong brink's that's short for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain there in comics the number of people they're relying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless cues from food in madrid's working class district of my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for years but others are new. the been damaged has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. that people who apply for a furlough in march and still haven't been paid. hit by one of europe's worst corona virus outbreak suspends economy has been left chanted people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most maria worked as a hairdresser for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic as she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bott

back in bulgaria the storm breaks its shores for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon however fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incomes the number of people there are lying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid working class district off by your cash some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for years but others are near. the pandemic has brought them here. people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and the people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. hit by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks of spain's economy has been left chanted people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most media work as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until they've been damaged now she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bott

back in bulgaria the strong breaks it's short for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incomes the number of people they're relying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid's working class district oh my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at the church for years but others are near. the been damaged has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreaks of spain's economy has been left chanted people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most maria worked as a hairdresser for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic as she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bo

back in bulgaria the storm brings. its shore thanks for the ocean. china is visibly worried and soon her worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. there's one cafe that i would like to visit one day it's in uganda and it's the 1st of its kind because all of its stocks are. now the company says it wants to see the deaf and also create jobs for this marginalized group the sign language coffee was launched in august and last year about this year's clientele is growing. roy has a customer. mr is dave so he uses same language to communicate he's worked as a barista at this coffee shop in compiler for 2 months now. when i make good coffee and i serve the customers or not perfectly and i get a positive feedback that makes me really happy as specially if it comes from different customers. russo graduated from university 3 years ago but since then he's had real difficulty finding a good job uganda has one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates resources that being dave makes it even worse. i w

in neighboring bulgaria joining the 1980 s. the communist authorities embarked on a brutal policy of force assimilation including giving ethnic turks slavic names. this was the impetus for the because of the so the because their names were changed through christian mass which for a muslim to have a christian name used in france. and in the 100-9000 think way 350000 troops left for the u.k. . it's unsurprising that so many left people would be eaten and fined just for speaking turkish thousands were jailed across the country at places like better than a an infamous to attention center where $500.00 turks were imprisoned without trial for resisting the forcible changing of the names. but that was bulgaria a communist dictatorship in greece. the birthplace of democracy in the heart of the e.u. things were supposed to be different but athens has always been a world away from west and thrice and most just geographically as we soon find for ourselves from the moment we arrived in the region to make this film we were followed by unmar

back in bulgaria the storm breaks its short term for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain their incomes the number of people they're lying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid's working class district of my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at a church for his but others are near. the been damaged has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. that people who apply for a furlough in march and still haven't been paid. by one of europe's worst coronavirus outbreak suspends economy has been left chanted people no incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most. worked as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic has she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bottom about almost as

the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years we have gone from beating greece to 2 now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations we are competing against now also so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while under a olson's b 36 tall shopping made it to the 3rd qualifying round to talk clubs of benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for various football. than the german kid just watching germany play when an english kid. it's watching them play you all this get this this feeling guy and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the famous players would be playing for the danish a national team it's quite this this is the told me another story and with football we have

the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years they have gone from beating greece to 2 now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations of the we are competing against now also so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while under a olson's b 36 top shop made it to the 3rd qualifying round talk clubs of benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for families football. than the german kid just watching germany play when. it's watching england play you all this get this this feeling guy and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the players will be playing for the danish a national team it's quite this this is not told me another story and with football we have gone from the fron

pulev is fighting to fulfil his late father's wish, for his son to become bulgaria's first heavyweightson fury, the bout boxing fans are desperate to see. they are going to make to so much noise that if you close your eyes, you will think that 10,000 people are in there cheering ajay oi'i. people are in there cheering ajay on. i'm getting goose bumpsjust thinking about it. commentary of that is on radio 5 live from 10 o'clock. before we go, just to give you the latest from old trafford. it is still goalless. 56 minutes gone. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available to view in cinemas and in the home. back in 2016, denzel washington produced, directed, and starred in a screen adaptation of august wilson's stage play fences, earning a supporting actress oscar for violet davis,

bulgaria and lithuania also won't be straight forward matches, and all this as they perhaps use this as their star players approach retirement. they've had a disappointing 2020. and all the home nations know they can't make a slow start in this campaign. you can see just like the international breaks at the start of this season, there'll be three qualifying games in a week for each side in march and september. that means in a fortnight‘s worth of international football, we'll be halfway through the campaign. and for those teams in pot three, they may well be looking at a route to the finals via the play—offs — if they finish as runners—up in their qualifying group they'll get that chance in march 2022, when 12 teams will be split into three play—off paths — that knockout style format will give three nations a world cup place in the same way scotland got their spot at the euros. that's still more than a year off, if we look even further ahead to november 2022, the world cup in qatar kicks off. we've had the first virtual draw today but by then, football like humanity sarah will hope t

that joined by beethoven a performance of choirs from bosnia turkey bulgaria serbia cyprus and romania what does joy mean to them to family and love and unity and sydney it was the quiet civil the luxury of time is for us amazing because we are just so busy. the premiere at berlin's this dam could only take place digitally but next year they hope to go on tour. in june d.w. streamed live the program of the beethoven anniversary society from the beethoven house in vaughan. the centerpiece was the 6th symphony the pastoral which musically depicts the composer's love of nature and the premiere of the d.w. documentary about the pastoral the sound of nature a fitting tribute to the u.n. world environment day. beethoven turned on its head 2 years ago director of the hamburg ballet john noir but on his 1st beethoven project december 2020 was to feature the premiere of his new beethoven project but dance fans will have to wait a bit longer. there's also a brand new graphic novel out about beethoven the illustrations are a walk on the wild side a bit like the great musician and self of the hash

that joined by beethoven a performance of choirs from bosnia turkey bulgaria serbia cyprus and romania what does joy mean to them the family and love and unity and sydney it was the quiet civil the luxury of time is for us amazing because we had just so busy. the premier at berlin's his stand could only take place digitally but next year they hope to go on tour. in june d.w. streamed live the program of the beethoven anniversary society from the beethoven house and von. the centerpiece was the 6th symphony the pastoral which musically depicts the composer's love of nature and the premiere of the d.w. documentary about the pastoral the sound of nature a fitting tribute to the u.n. world environment day. beethoven turned on its head 2 years ago director of the hamburg ballet john noir but on his 1st beethoven project december 2020 was to feature the premiere of his new beethoven project but dance fans will have to wait a bit longer. there's also a brand new graphic novel out about beethoven the illustrations are a walk on the wild side a bit like the great musician and self of the hash t

that joined by beethoven a performance of choirs from bosnia turkey bulgaria serbia cyprus and romania what does joy mean to them the family and love and unity and sydney it was the quiet civil the luxury of time is for us amazing because we had just so busy. the premiere at berlin's this damn could only take place digitally but next year they hope to go on tour. in june d.w. streamed live the programme of the beethoven anniversary society from the beethoven house and vaughan. the centerpiece was the 6th symphony the pastoral which musically depicts the composer's love of nature then the premiere of the d.w. documentary about the pastoral the sound of nature a fitting tribute to the u.n. world environment day. beethoven turned on its head 2 years ago director of the hamburg ballet john noir but on his 1st beethoven project december 2020 was to feature the premiere of his new beethoven project but dance fans will have to wait a bit longer. there's also a brand new graphic novel out about beethoven the illustrations are a walk on the wild side a bit like the great musician and self of th

bulgaria is set to receive deliveries of natural gas from azerbaijan through january 1.er an agreement between two entities, one billion cubic meters of gas will be delivered annually. next october, it will be connected to the greek pipeline system. the food and drinks industry has been one of the worst affected during the pandemic. in germany, some 20% of restaurants are at risk of going under. in our next report, we will meet one owner whose business was devastated. since then, he has managed to bounce back by carving out an entirely new niche. >> there is nothing like a juicy steak with grilled vegetables. the chef and his son pamper guests where they live. he prepares the food outside in the yard and freezing december temperatures. >> we could not have imagined it would be so popular. that is nice, but it is a challenge. every customer is different. they have individual wishes. you can see how cold and windy it is. >> they use to take care of their guests here at small restaurant located at berlin city limits. outside, they had seating for 80, inside 50 more. 10 mont

back in bulgaria the storm breaks it's short for the ocean. is visibly worried and soon how worst fears are realized the water level has gone up again this could be her last day on this land. and many countries are relying on drastic measures and lockdowns to fight the corona pandemic but it's costing many people in spain there in comments the number of people there were lying on aid is on the rise. seemingly endless queues for food in madrid's working class district oh my gosh some people have been regulus at this food bank at the church for years but others are new. the been damaged has brought them here. that people here have been waiting to get minimum state subsidies for ages. and that people who apply for furlough in march and still haven't been paid. hit by one of europe's worst corona virus outbreak suspends economy has been left shattered people know incomes migrants and casual workers have suffered the most. worked as i had reza for the past 17 years that was until the pandemic as she her husband and their 5 children have hit rock bo

lake bulgaria so swollen from rising water levels of the shoreline changes every day. we see this early on in our trip when the access road unexpectedly becomes part of the leak. nearby we find. who's just arrived to open her bar and restaurant but there's been a dramatic change. there's water this water just came in with an one day i cloud came slowly and slowly until it got to this level so without any notice you know you have to demolish within just a few seconds. china got has already been forced to move a business once it's inevitable that she will have to move again and she's not the only one the structure we're looking at is an entry point that was erected by the kenya wildlife service after their original gates was submerged by water 800 took 3 months before the lake eventually caught up with this one and we can clearly see that this water is unrelenting what we can't see but we can certainly smell is the similar rage that's also being brought to be this because obviously people here use trains and all their contents are now under water and the water is clearly

the that joined by beethoven a performance of choirs from bosnia turkey bulgaria serbia cyprus and romania what does joy mean to them the family and love and unity and sydney it was the quiet civil the luxury of time is for us amazing because we are just so busy. the premier at berlin's. they could only take place digitally but next year they hope to go on tour. in june d.w. streamed live the program of the beethoven anniversary society from the beethoven house and. the centerpiece was the 6th symphony the pastoral which musically depicts the composer's love of nature then the premiere of the d w documentary about the pastoral the sound of nature a fitting tribute to the u.n. world environment day. beethoven turned on its head 2 years ago director of the hamburg ballet john noir but on his 1st beethoven project december 2020 was to feature the premiere of his new beethoven project but dance fans will have to wait a bit longer. there's also a brand new graphic novel out about beethoven the illustrations are a walk on the wild side a bit like the great musician and self the hash tag beethove

the fact that joined by beethoven a performance of choirs from bosnia turkey bulgaria serbia cyprus and romania what does joy mean to them the family and love and unity and sydney it was the quiet civil the luxury of time is for us amazing because we are just so busy. the premiere at berlin's ideologist and could only take place digitally but next year they hope to go on tour. in june d.w. streamed live the program of the beethoven anniversary society from the beethoven house and beyond. the centerpiece was the 6th symphony the pastoral which musically depicts the composer's love of nature and the premiere of the d.w. documentary about the pastoral the sound of nature a fitting tribute to the u.n. world environment day. beethoven turned on its head 2 years ago director of the hamburg ballet john noir put on his 1st beethoven project december 2020 was to feature the premiere of his new beethoven project but dance fans will have to wait a bit longer. there's also a brand new graphic novel out about beethoven the illustrations are a walk on the wild side a bit like the great musician and s

lake bulgaria so swollen from rising water levels that the shoreline changes every day. we see this early on in our trip when the access road unexpectedly becomes part of the leak. nearby we find. who's just arrived to open her bar and restaurant but there's been a dramatic change. there's water this water just came in within one day so it came slowly and slowly until it got to this level so without any notice you have to demolish within just a few seconds china gas has already been forced to move her business once it's inevitable that she will have to move again and she's not the only one the structure we're looking at is an entry point that was erected by the kenya wildlife service after their original gates were submerged by what i wanted took 3 months before the lake eventually caught up with this one and we can clearly see that this water is unrelenting what we can't see but we can certainly smell is the sewerage that's also being brought to be this because obviously people here use pit latrines and all their contents are now under water and the water is clearly unr

germany, france, spain, luxembourg, and bulgaria started giving shots to medical workers today.they will continue tomorrow. other countries are delaying vaccinations a few more days. >>> a new, free covid 19 testing site will open up on tuesday in palo alto. it will be available every tuesday between 10:00 amn 4:00 p.m. this is located in the parking lot at the mitchell park library on the 3700 block of middlefield road. both the insured and the uninsured are welcome here. documentation status is neither required or reported. >>> several new laws take effect this week. one of them will require businesses to tell employees when they have been exposed to covid 19 at their workplace. businesses also have to notify local health officials. companies have one day after finding out about the exposure to notify employees and health officials. the law will end in 2023 when health officials believe covid 19 will be under control. >>> another ban on selling flavored tobacco products. the goal is to prevent young people from starting to poke. possessing flavored tobacco products will not be

the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations we are competing against now so so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while andre olson's be 36 made it to the 3rd qualifying round talk clubs of benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for fairies football. than the german kid just watching germany play when an english kid. it's watching england play you all this get this this feeling guy and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the famous players will be playing for the danish a national team it's quite this this is not told me another story and with football we have gone from the ide

europe, more countries are easing their travel restrictions with the u.k., with the netherlands and bulgariag to allow travel from the u.k. with a negative covid test. but britain is very much so isolated from the rest of the world. just days before christmas, the list of countries with restrictions and bans is massive. more than 40 countries have vetaken action andmore following suit. the philippines, jan, south korea have become the latest countries to restrict british people from entering because of this new variant of coronavirus. onuesday, the eu's execueve branch, european commission, called on member states to lift their travel bans against the u.k. amid fears of a new covid strain. some countries have followed that advice, but most have not actualre changed their rictions. here is our respondent in brussels. >> 22 countries, member states, have still got restrictions or bans in place. interesting because the recommendations to be lifted were clear yesterday, that they should be lifted and they should test to prove people are negative for covid within 72 hours of arrival or have quara

the pharaoh's top their group ceiling promotion to league seat on a level with nations like turkey bulgaria and greece the last 5 to 6 years we have gone from beating greece to 2 now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries many of the middle nations we are competing against now also so we are. not satisfied but but but we are satisfied with the development we have been going through. in 2020 k. i collect speak with 90 minutes away from becoming the country's 1st team to qualify for the europa league while andriy olson's be 36 told made it to the 3rd qualifying round talk clubs of benefiting from the continental cash injections but the national team is still the main source of inspiration for families football. than the german kid just watching germany play when than english. it's watching england play you all this get this this feeling guy and you support them it's massive it's so important that we have our own how many of the famous players will be playing for the danish a national team it's quite this this is the told me another story and with football we have gone from t

and although many of those oidrivers, back to bulgaria, lithuania, romania, they have to go through franceance is going to take the view of its own public health requirements coming first. so that is why we have a solution between britain and france on french citizens returning to france, on british residents of frce going home, for example, but a more difficult decision on road haulage, on what exactly will be requed from truck drivers. that has not been announced yet, and that is becau of that very big difference. if you ask for what sort of pcr tests, that means a sample has to be taken and sent to a laboratory, and that can take 48 hours. that is immensely impractical for truck drivers waitingeh by theirles in theiddle of nowhere in kent, waiting to hear how they can go home. the british side wants much simpler o flow testing, whicht can' lateral flow testing, which can get results in 15, 20 minutes, but it is less accurate. you can seeat thee of the debate between britain and france, and you can see why it has been so difficult. ros: just to emphasize what you said towards the end of

the czech republic and bulgaria has suspended flights to and from the uk until the 31st of january.until the 31st of january. in restless and ever—growing list, turkey has, too. as well as banning flights from denmark and the netherlands and south africa. for the travel industry, this is devastating. european countries are looking at their own health systems and the potential threat to those health systems. uk government has to build confidence, with the travelling public and the travel industry. and there are even more countries likely to follow suit. italy's foreign minister says it is about to suspend flights from the uk. austria is planning a travel ban. the swedish government says it will introduce one as soon as possible. with estonia set to follow in lithuania. with norway considering restrictions on uk arrivals, to stop madrid says it is at strengthening tests at the airport since ports for uk arrivals. further afield, kuwait has banned flights arriving from the united kingdom, and officials and scientists in canada says they are considering what action to take. since the ne