what's printed of us culture editor robin merrill who's with us robin what do you make of this b.d.s. movement while i'm in two minds about it really on the one side are believe asses should be able to reform whether they like however i'm aware of the fact that boycotts like this does help can help change things we just have to think of the boycott. south africa before the apartheid boom however with all the pros and cons i tend to go towards nick cave for instance and others like him indeed tom york of radiohead was pressurize not to perform in israel by b.b.'s but he did perform in israel and he did say recently and i quote music and art is about crossing borders not building them about open minds and not closed ones about shared humanity dialogue and freedom of expression i thought those were very good words from what about the stance of germany's public broadcaster a r d well this is of course a debate about press freedom some people think. what the he is doing is not adhering to that now on the other side. it's correct that public funds some people think it's correct that public

wow what a work of art and here to tell us a little more about it is robin merrill joining us from our culture desk as always good afternoon to you robin. the pictures in the round i mean they're becoming quite popular again is it can we call this an art form oh it is an elf omen it was started actually back in the nineteenth century mainly in europe the were a few in america as well but in those days the office would go out to where they want to paint that paint a picture this picture that paint a picture of this bit and then put them all together you know and i've seen one of these albums and they stand in the middle as it were and i saw one of the beach in between me in the picture there with that built some sort of incident a couple of chairs to make it realistic all the good assembling it bit by bit like that has you describe i mean that must be an old way of doing at now i mean i'm sure technology has a new play there in modern age that i think i.c.c. uses modern technology brilliantly and he's assembled these amazing panoramas together on such a huge scale but he doesn't she do

get we'll have to wait and see but definitely going to see this movie again and again all right robin merrill our culture editor thank you robin. you're watching news sarah kelly will have your latest news update in just a few minutes stay with. the beasts. we've . gotten. thanks. to. the to. shoot. the bigger and bigger ships more and more freight the german cargo shipping company homburg lloyd is a global player from when the company was founded in eighteen forty seven the competition was pretty tough subject to the congo a ship more quickly than ever before and setting the pace so old lloyd shipping company from hamburg out into the world. in fifteen minutes on d w. they live to surf. danger lurks in the water we were. surfing waste and. not only the witness but a thousand victims i mean we see the troubles all gastric troubles. basically this a sort of. couple feel i was on a shelf. is really decent it's sad to go somewhere every day and see more of them from the time sort of assumed gives me everything the waves the wind have to give something back to me and i can apply inch to me seem t

first female owner of a major newspaper in america in steven spielberg's latest movie the post's robin merrill here with us here in the studio from a call to desta tell us a little bit more about it you've already seen it we know robin it's based on a true story about the pentagon papers which you know there were leaked by the washington post back in one nine hundred seventy one the pentagon papers basically revealed that the u.s. government knew that the war in vietnam wasn't winnable if you like and these secret papers were leaked to the press it calls a scandal at the time this actually preceded the famous more famous if you like watergate scandal come for years later and of course he addresses the subject of freedom of the press it addresses the subject of politics or abuse of power if you like it the dress is maybe fake news it's all very current today absolutely and speaking about current it also has many of the current stars i mean it doesn't get bigger oh yes this is that this is star studded like no other isn't it in the steven spielberg's directing it and it stars possibly arguably t

robin merrill is here in the studio for more on this in ten years before of course we talk about this big anniversary here you have to give us a so to speak potted history yeah ok the grand duchy of finland was part of the russian empire until nine hundred seventeen the russian revolution of course and the head of state the grand duchy finance head of state had been that he was forced to abdicate so he's no longer the head to stay should mention at this point that finn him was the first european country to give adults the right to vote in one thousand nine hundred sixty so they all julie voted for an independent finland that's the very basics. and a very i mean a young country only one hundred years here what is so surprising culturally speaking about the country well let's get a couple of cliches out. way first of all vodka drinking the renowned for drinking of vodka but you see they sweat all the alcohol out in their solos because they have more saunas than any other country in the world per capita it's evidently the best place to live if you're a mother according to save the childr

and our culture editor robin merrill joins us as always for more so robin do tell us what's going on here well the european film awards this whole the great the good of european cinema perhaps in the just staying as well i don't know i will be here this weekend. these awards they're the european equivalent of the oscars they don't have such a reputation as the oscars but they are all very important for the industry and indeed hollywood moguls will be in the audience watching the european film scene i'm quite sure it's quite interesting that next week the nominations for best foreign film will be revealed for the oscars i should say and it's often the one that wins you know the european film awards anyway let's open our minds let's see a bit more of the square and a few other of the hot favorites of the european film awards this year. what are the biggest challenges. for. contemporary art so in its present swedish director. the square follows a respected museum curator and the publicist he's surrounding the venue's latest installation the squares in the music marsalis take down the le

as hear more from our culture editor robin merrill welcome robbery what do you think of b.d.s. well i'm in two minds about it really on the one side i believe asa should be able to perform where they want however i'm aware of the fact that sometimes boycotts like these do help change i mean we can think of the the artists. boycott in south africa during the apartheid regime however with all the pros and cons i have to come down on the side of nick cave and the like actually because i believe you should be able to perform anywhere and indeed tom york of radiohead is another one who believes that and who indeed performed in tel aviv in july and actually said and i quote music and art is about crossing borders not building them about open minds and not close ones about shared humanity dialogue and freedom of expression and i agree with them. what you make of the german public broadcasters taking this is a very difficult one. in a way it's a debate about press freedom and some people think what the dea is doing is not adhering to press freedom on the other hand a lot of people thin

all right and our one of robin merrill is here to tell us more about this so what's this best old up well this is the if you like the european phone wards of the european equivalent of the oscars now they don't have the reputation of the oscars with the public but in the industry it is indeed very important and you will find that on saturday night not only the great good of european cinema will be have at the be some hollywood moguls as well checking out the european film scene in fact next week nominees fold the oscars for foreign language film will be made and you bet that one of two of these films at least will be in the nominees were there when we'll have to have to wait till next year anyway open your minds now let's see a bit more of the square and a few other of the likely contenders this year in the european film awards. what are the biggest challenges. from your concept real so in its present swedish director who as the square follows a respected museum curator and the publicist he's surrounding the venues latest installation the squares in the music marsalis take down the l

dot com slash culture of course robin merrill from our culture desk thank you so much for telling us a little bit more about his life and his legacy. you're up to date now on d.w. news i'm sorry kelly and berlin we have to go but we will leave you now with some of johnny holiday is classic french rock here he is in concert enjoy well seal against. mexico april twenty ten. murders for supporting the rights of the indigenous people. his mother embarks on a campaign for justice determined to bring the killers to court and still trying to . this day a mexican murder story in fifteen minutes w. . much of it i forgot. your link to news from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions for more news and visit our website deputed com slash africa join us on facebook at g.w. africa. i'm a mother like two billion other mothers around the world i have one wish the best for my child. but in this is so easy in which breastfeeding is often frowned upon and adds will for me to abound with profits is more important than my baby's well being how do i know how to make the righ

anybody's going to come out and i intend to go there must say i would really like to see that robin merrill thank you. just time to remind you of our top stories at this hour. trying has collided with a school bus killing at least four children seven people were seriously injured francis prime minister eduardo from increased traffic to the crash site. and european union leaders meeting in brussels are heading for a showdown over the issue of migration president has described the refugee quota system favored by germany as defies if an ineffective german chancellor angela merkel responded by saying the e.u. countries cannot show selective solidarity. go up to the other top of the hour with the press have a good day. for . flourishing. tile fields in the right hands baron high atlas mountain range. over the centuries local farmers have developed irrigation methods but now climate change is threatening their way of life. so they are using ingenuity and know how and that perennial class full of ten. to fifteen minutes. it's all happening. of a. good. story linked to news from africa and the worl