affects the track what we're also hearing is that here in lower saxony there is a warning. on the roads meaning that roads very slippery. out in force across central and northern germany to clear roads and to help people if you get stuck germans will be waking up with one question which is how long are the disruptions likely to last how long do we have put up with this. well where the authorities expect that it will snow throughout the day and continue into monday but i expect. the particularly bad batch of where the will be by monday though it is expected to remain very cold throughout the week. read in hanover. bottom side have suffered yet another heavy defeat losing 3 nil at home to rb leipzig the visitors needed a win to stop by in munich from running clear at the top of the table and they had little trouble against that looks an increasingly safe bet for relegation from the german top flight. it was a bundesliga debut for school dr mustafa who had been in quarantine all week after joining from austin ill but when the lead on the stroke of half time through. it was new

for years to get so has worked with the traditional enamelware since 70 saxony. it has old furnace is modern lasers for cutting the metal sheets. as does will to the bone clog this is the crown of thorns and this as you see is the fish. the image is drawn on metal sheen. this unusual commission makes a pleasant change for the workers. as a trusted client is also given access to the works when no one else is. on quite the crown of thorns. when they've been cut out the metal sheets must be transported 160 kilometers to ban pork to fit them on the on even bowls. then all the way back to. painted in fire to. be a mammal works has put a small studio at the artist's disposal where i can give free rein to his imagination. to do that with i think oh it doesn't when. i don't work in rectangles i can sail the shapes that way i create something like a silhouette with a lot of open spaces my decorative elements my foliage is all cut out and. that gives the hard enamel and steel a very soft fragile quality the. top of. it . apart from the laser cutter the heart of the animal

unsettled and learning to adapt germany under the coronavirus from a variance of bellin from hamburg to saxony in a photo diary that began on march 15th 2020. 5 never seen anything like it i photographed difficult situations in russia in yugoslavia but i've never seen anything like this in germany. this is daniel biskup the renowned photographer has been on the road for almost a year posting a new picture on instagram every day at the start join the 1st lockdown there were scenes such as this cheerful cashier in. a thank you to doctors and nurses. masks being sold on the streets and school classes move to the gym. much from town all of a sudden nothing works anymore i can take pictures but people who play music they can only post on twitter or live stream but i don't think that's very satisfying. when summer came things changed again with more or less distancing being observed a new normal. punk band we drink and keyboard a measure encountered by chance on the road in eastern germany increasingly photographs frustrated angry people protests and conspiracy theories abound. the voters as a rule

affects the track what we're also hearing is that here in lower saxony there is a warning. on the roads meaning that roads very slippery. certainly out in force across central and northern germany to clear roads and to help people if you get stuck germans will be waking up with one question which is how long are the disruptions likely to last how long do we have put up with this. well weather also already expect that it will snow throughout the day and continue into monday but that he expects that this particularly bad batch of where the will be over by monday though it is expected to remain very cold throughout the week. interviews jerry reed in hanover thank you jerry. reports from here in moore say thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets for 2nd day in the country's largest city young going to show their resistance to last week's military coup they did so in spite of blocked internet access and a heavy security presence many of the protesters wore red in support of the elected leader aung sun suu kyi who is in detention. for testers up back on the streets of

a pond in lowest saxony could easily become the world's most costly want the cleanup comes with an estimated $15000000.00 euro price tag. in only 2020 work began on 3 exploratory shafts the 1st chemical shells turned up just to meet a below the surface. is part of the team recovering the deadly weapons in this job he's away anything can happen for use on the wonderful things you're because there are things where you can't gauge the risk is what uncovering munitions that leak and so forth so as to when it was the day my biggest concern is coming across an exposed chemical warfare agent down in the hole in the that would mean getting out carefully evaluating the situation and taking further measures like a mofo. stefan bishop has been confronted with such situations down in the shaft he risks his own life on the job to save others when he too will be carving the munitions are a problem especially when they're somewhere buried in the earth disintegrating and hazardous gases are leaking into the water will eventually that affects the whole population on the other heavy metals that get into the w

the state of lower saxony continued using the 60 meter wide peat as a munitions dump after the war no records were kept on what was thrown in to debt in a pond up until the 1950 s. bomb diving was a popular weekend activity. post world war 2 there was economic hardship so some people from one star would go dive for non-ferrous metals in the pond that's why the authorities decided to fill it in for food. that was in 1952 the weapons experts estimate around 20000 chemical weapons and bombs could still be buried here. for decades the area remained hidden in the forest and accessible to everyone. brought him round of maybe we were just lucky that no one came here in the past few decades and started digging and there were times when we were shocked by how many shells there were and very close to the surface. in september 29000 local authorities began to excavate the filter in p. it showed the water quality readings had been wrong for decades during all that time arsenic and other toxins were seeping into the groundwater. no one knows how many chemical weapons were dumped in germany after t

the state of lower saxony continued using the 60 meter wide peat as a munitions dump after the war no records were kept on what was thrown in to a pond until the 1950 s. bomb diving was a popular weekend activity. coast world war 2 there was economic hardship so some people from one star would go dive for non-ferrous metals in the pond that's what the authorities decided to fill it in for food. that was in 1952 the weapons experts estimate around 20000 chemical weapons and bombs could still be buried here. for decades the area remained hidden in the forest and accessible to everyone. like number of a maybe we were just lucky that no one came here in the past few decades and started digging and there were times when we were shocked by how many shells there were and are very close to the surface. in september 29000 local authorities began to excavate the field in peat tests showed the water quality readings had been wrong for decades during all that time arsenic and other toxins was seeping into the groundwater. no one knows how many chemical weapons were dumped in germany after the end

for years to get so has worked with the traditional enamelware and saxony. it has old furnace is modern lasers for cutting the metal sheets. as this will to the bone can this is the crown of thorns and this as you see is the fish. the image is drawn on metal sheet. this unusual commission makes a pleasant change for the workers. as a trusted client is also given access to the works when no one else is. dead woman caught the crown of thorns. when they've been cut out the metal sheets must be transported 160 kilometers to ben bullock to fit them on the on even holes. then all the way back to be painted in fiat. the enamel work has put a small studio at the artist's disposal where i can give free rein to his imagination to. do that with if i want it doesn't if i don't work in rectangles i cast out the shapes that way i create something like a silhouette with a lot of open spaces my decorative elements my foliage is all cut out and. that gives the hard a normal in steel a very soft fragile quality the. top of quite. apart from the laser cutter the heart of the e

what authorities have told motorists here in lower saxony is to prepare for black ice on the roads roads will be very slippery they're telling people to stay at home if they can essentially emergency services have their work cut out for them this weekend more staying at home and so what are the predictions how long are the disruptions likely to last. well the weather or stories. about of weather will continue into monday but that it should stop then but they are warning people that it is going to remain very very cold across much of northern germany for the rest of the week on day delis dara grade staying out there in the cold for some glad to be talking to from the warm studio. stay warm. support now in american football super bowl 55 kicks off on sunday in florida between the tampa bay buccaneers and the kansas city chiefs and fans are determined not to let the color that 19 pandemic overshadow the biggest spectacle in the u.s. for its. kovi 19 has in can't these football fans from getting their taste of super bowl 55 in various fan zones in tampa with not enough tickets to go around d

piled up furnace is operating at the limit staff working around the clock in 3 shifts the town in saxony has become a covert 9000 hotspot despite the titan 2 stricture. this is a great tragedy hundreds of people who died here in the last few days waiting for their last journey into an african. daniel biscuit keeps working but how much longer is it hyperbole that we know day 1000 could only get lost no one will miss you the message on a shuttered in cinema but when will that day come. indeed normally this city berlin is fully full off sorry. sorry sorry. ok yet. normally sorry indeed normally this city berlin is full of hollywood stars right now for the bell in berlin film festival the 1st moment but the man who ran it for nearly 2 decades due to cost flick has written a book about his experiences conflict made it the world's biggest public festival for film goes but also brought the hollywood stars here in abundance making the berlin other truly international we met up with him to talk about the book but also about the future of cinema and its chances of survival in this age of streaming

that there are simply too many coffins too many bodies arriving at the dubai owned crematorium in saxony. some days there are more bodies than we can actually cremate on a single day and this is a friend us for our employees also because there's no end in sight. we are standing in the morning hall of our crematorium. it usually commentates 90 people for the funeral services. unfortunately we had to convert the hall into a storage space because we could no longer keep up with the deaths victims the elephant. it's a difficult situation for us. because relatives can usually say goodbye to their loved ones here. but at the moment that's not possible because this move leaves. no room for a funeral service not all of the confidence represent deaths from the coronavirus but many of them are marked so. these people have to end their lives without a final hug from their loved ones luke spanish cares for the bereaved he is a pastor and do about. family sometimes only realize how dangerous the coronavirus can be once they've lost a loved one to it. when these you are liberal me and i have contact w

piled up furnace is operating at the limit staff working around the clock in 3 shifts the town in saxony has become a covert 9 hotspot despite the titan. this is a great tragedy hundreds of people who died here in the last few days waiting for their last journey into. daniel biscuit keeps working but how much longer is it really that we know day 1000 corona get lost no one will misuse the message on a shuttered in cinema but when will that day come. indeed normally this city berlin is fully full. sorry. sorry sorry. ok yet. normally sorry indeed normally this city berlin is full of hollywood stars right now for the belly null of the berlin film festival the 1st of august perspire owned at the moment but the man who ran it for nearly 2 decades due to conflict has written a book about his experiences conflict made it the world's biggest public festival for film goes but also brought the hollywood stars here in abundance making the berlin other truly international we met up with him to talk about the book but also about the future of cinema and its chances of survival in this age of streami

piled up furnace is operating at the limits staff working around the clock in 3 shifts the town in saxonyhas become a covert 9 hotspot despite the titan tristrem actions this is this is a great tragedy hundreds of people who died here in the last few days weren't. seeing for the last journey into. daniel biscuit keeps working but how much longer is it really that we know day 1000 corona get lost no one will miss you the message on a shouted in cinema but when will that day come. indeed normally this city berlin is fully would fall off sorry. sorry sorry. ok yeah it's. normally sorry indeed normally this city berlin is full of hollywood stars right now for the belly not of the berlin film festival the festival is despond at the moment but the man who ran it for nearly 2 decades due to cost flick has written a book about his experiences because it made it the world's biggest public festival for film goes but also brought the hollywood stars here in abundance making the berlin other truly international we met up with him to talk about the book but also about the future of cinema and its chan

do this as well they've had to cancel buses or what authorities have told motorists here in lower saxony to prepare for black on the roads roads will be very slippery they're telling people to stay at home if they can and sensually emergency services have their work cut out for them this weekend more staying at home and so one of the predictions how long are the disruptions likely to last. well weather or. battle of weather will continue into monday but that it should stop then but day are warning people that it is going to remain very very cold across much of northern germany for the rest of the week on dave. staying out there in the gulf shores i'm glad to be talking from the warm studio jaryd to stay warm. watching data from next series reporter so that makes possible bring the headlines at the top of the hour until then you can always get the latest information on our web site that's dot com i'm rebecca racist. it's just so. the idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make 6 screen how can we protect our tests we can make a difference. the ideas are a mental seri

but the minister doesn't want lower saxony to have to pay the costs on its own he wants the federal government to share the burden as well as we will notice there will be a little friction with the federal government over who pays but under the in my eyes the government is responsible or to put it differently shite residents here should know this won't not happen because of money it has to be done the government has to realise i'm not ready to carry their share it has to be fairly divided. the monster neighborhood of earl is just a stone's throw away from diddling a pond if anything goes wrong with the excavation site this will be the 1st place affected wants to make christina fleckenstein spoke with residents. that's you have kind of a huge amount was going up on no one thought about how dangerous it was for the environment and for the people here. in madison. vick. talking flares you know point being scared if they wouldn't try to stop a cleanup because it has to be done with a noise me is that they took so long to act like. that. in the end the government agreed to help fund the cleanup pai

this as well they've had to cancel buses what what authorities have told motorists here in lower saxony is to prepare for black ice on the roads or roads will be very slippery they're telling people to stay at home if they can essentially emergency services have their work cut out for them this weekend more staying at home and so one of the predictions how long are the disruptions likely to last. well weather or stories. about of weather will continue into monday but that it should stop then but day are warning people that it is going to remain very very cold across much of northern germany for the rest of the week on day delis dara grade staying out there in the cold fours i'm glad to be talking to you from the warm studio jarret stay warm. in american football super bowl 65 kicks off on sunday in florida the train the tampa bay buccaneers and the kansas city chiefs and fans are determined not to let the cause of 900 pandemic overshadow the biggest spectacle in us. kovi 19 hasn't hit these football fans from giving their taste of super bowl 55 and various fan zones in tampa with not en

like that continuing to continue into monday the northwestern state of lower saxony has already seen heavy snow but so soft highways have not been severely affected as road cleaning crews on managing to keep up but some train services have been cancelled the german weather service says some cars of the country could see anything consisting to sortie centimeters of snow. correspondent joe drape is braving that weather for us in central germany chair of the looking pretty cold out there the snow has just started coming down here in berlin how's it looking way you are. very cold here there's a lot of snow that fall and there's still a lot more snow to come it's a tell of really extreme weather across germany this weekend because here in the north we're seeing very cold temperatures being brought down by an arctic front being sent down from the arctic while in southern germany a warm warm front is bringing so warmer weather so we have a situation where there is an extreme difference in temperatures between northern and southern germany experts say this is quite unusual and kind of where

with disruption to public transport likely to continue into monday the northwestern state of lower saxony had already seen heavy snow but transport police reported that the freeway had not been severely affected as road cleaning crews had kept a drivable but some to. parts of the country anything. you can say that again michael it's very cold here. a lot more to come and really a tale of extreme weather in germany because while we have very cold temperatures here in the north being brought down by a polar vortex being sent from the same time. is sending warm away. 3. of these. is predicted up to 40 or even 50 centimeters of snow predicted over the course of the day. apparently. the warnings through central and many people are being told to prepare for. black. lots of things happening here. so we. will kind of all the normal things you would expect in an extreme weather event like this. people in. highways. should all be by. a smart. thank you. take into the streets in the country's largest city. they did block. heavy security presence many of the war. who is in detention. protesters are b

for that there are simply too many coffins too many bodies arriving at the dubai own crematorium in saxony. some days there are more bodies than we can actually cremate on a single day and this is the new us for our employees also because there's no end in sight. we are standing in the morning hall of our crematorium. it usually accommodates 90 people for the funeral services. unfortunately we had to convert the hall into a storage space because we could no longer keep up with the death. of an. it's a difficult situation for us. because relatives can usually say goodbye to their loved ones here. but at the moment that's not possible because as you move leaves. no room for a funeral service not all of the coffins represent deaths from the coronavirus but many of them are marked so. these people had to end their lives without a final hug from their loved ones luke spanish cares for the bereaved he is a pastor and. family sometimes only realize how dangerous the coronavirus can be once they've lost a loved one to it. when does your liberal i mean i have contact with families who have lost a r

with disruption to public transport likely to continue into monday the northwestern state of lower saxony had already seen heavy snow but transport police reported that the freeway had not been surveyed affected as road cleaning crews had kept it drivable but some train services have been. canceled the german weather service says some parts of the country could see anything from 15 to 40 centimeters of snow . our correspondent jared reed is in hand over in central germany jared almost 40 centimeters of snow possible how's it looking where you are. well michael it's very cold very windy there's a lot of snow and there's a lot more snow on the way and that's because of a cold front being pushed down from the octagon at the same time a low front is pushing the warm way into southern germany and so we have a situation where in the north it's very cold and in the south of germany it's warm and temperate temperature different in some cases of up to 20 degrees and where these 2 systems meet is kind of where i am right now it's it's very cold very snowy predictions of up to 40 or 50 centimeters o

the german states of bavaria and saxony could issue new guidelines by tuesday exempting some sectors from the travel ban. well top lawmakers from both of the main parties in the united states have voiced support for an independent to commission to make sure that january is assault on the u.s. capitol never happens again now this comes a day after the senate acquitted former president donald trump of inciting a mob that stormed the building g.w. correspondent stefan c. months is in washington where he asks if people in the u.s. can come together again after the trump years. the walkways and streets around the u.s. capitol are covered with a thin layer of ice things are still frosty in washington one day after the historical impeachment trial and acquittal of former president dumbell jean trump. the past week of drama and excitement in the capital right here is finally behind us. the 2nd impeachment and acquittal of donald j. trump now former president donald trump is also behind us is it time to move on democrats managed to get 7 republicans to vote with them to vote for a conviction

train services and public transport have been disrupted especially in the northern state of lower saxony the german weather service says some parts of the country could see anything from 15 to 40 centimeters of snow. voting is underway in ecuador's presidential elections officials decided to go ahead with the vote despite the pandemic leftist candidate andre iowa's has pledged to put ecuador back on the path to socialism all conservative says will create 1000000 jobs in one year. many poorer countries face the same problem when it comes to fighting covert a lack of oxygen for patients who are struggling to bring due to the illness in mexico where many hospitals are at capacity people have to stand in line to refill canisters of the potentially life saving gas. they've been standing here outside this health center in mexico city since 5 am to get a hold of oxygen luis de leon is anxious his wife has 19 and a struggling to breathe. and i never thought i would have to experience this desperate you know searching for more than a week before i even got this oxygen tank this is. nothing is in

no entrepreneur thomas maynard cannot go back to work his company is in the german state of saxony but he lives across the border here in the czech republic and the bridge he usually takes to cross into germany is now shut. thousands of commuters like him are facing the same struggle sex and he only makes few exceptions for medical personnel and critical infrastructure workers. families divided by the border closure come to the bridge to meet german police tolerate this but don't allow any crossing. the crime to the day before yesterday a friend brought me my medicines from a german pharmacy this is my cousin was there a day before then. the border closure is putting many of his check neighbors under financial strain freedom of movement has ground to a halt. my brother and many of my friends here work in germany right now all of them are at home and don't know what's going to happen. what should we do with our work it's very difficult and i don't think it's fair. the czech government has not really criticizing the border closure last spring prague itself shut the czech borders relative

with disruption to public transport likely to continue into monday the northwestern state of lower saxony had already seen heavy snow but transport police reported that the freeway had not been severely affected as road cleaning crews had kept it drivable but some train services have been cancelled the german weather service says some parts of the country could see anything from 15 to 40 centimeters of snow. read over in central germany. shall we say how's it looking where you are this morning. you can say that again michael it's very cold here. and a lot more snow to come and that's really a tale of extreme weather in germany this weekend because while we have very cold temperatures here in the north being brought down by a polar vortex being sent from the octagon at the very same time a low front is sending warm away. 3 southern germany and. kind of where i am at the moment where all of the snow is predicted up to 40 or even 50 centimeters of snow predicted over the course of the day. apparently and that's led to weather warnings through central and northern germany people are being tol

with disruptions to public transport likely to continue into monday the northwestern state of lower saxony had already seen heavy snow authorities are urging people to stay at home now road crews are working hard to keep the highways safe but there have already been multiple accidents some train services have been cancelled the german weather service says parts of the country could get up to 40 centimeters of snow. and our correspondent jared really has been braving the cold to cover this for us in central germany in the city and over germany getting pretty used to being told to stay home by now because of the pandemic and now because of the weather large parts of central and northern germany are being blanketed we hit me snow anything between 15 to 50 centimeters along with that very cold temperatures and high winds the snowstorms are causing transport chaos they've been reports of hundreds of car accidents and in some areas train and bus services have had to be completely cancelled in the south of germany it's a bit of a different picture a low front is coming up there bringing with it w

producing coronavirus vaccines at a 2nd site in germany in may it's already manufacturing in the state of saxony and halt on behalf of buy on tech pfizer 2nd site near how board could help meet demand across the e.u. and 2nd quarter. will group of more than 70 amazon investors has demanded in a letter that the company stop interfering in a union drive at an alabama warehouse together the investors account for more than $20000000000.00 in amazon's shares and they're asking that the country i'm sorry that the company remain neutral mail in voting for the union effort began today. how many items does a warehouse worker scan persephone too few and the worker receives a warning too many warnings and the worker gets fired the same applies have too few boxes are packed the pressure is huge union supporters at the bessemer warehouse outside birmingham alabama say they feel they're being treated like machines not human beings if the majority of the $5800.00 workers here both for the union bessemer would be the 1st of amazon's 110 fulfillment centers in the u.s. to have employee representation and that co

the german state suppose varia and saxony could issue new guidelines by tuesday exempting some sectors from the travel ban. well for more on the story correspondent barbara vessel joins us now from sharon day which is a small bavarian town on the border with the czech republic good evening to you barbara so describe for us the situation today where you are with all of these new border controls. at this conspicuous route here mariana is in fact one of the made crossing points between the check reaching here behind us a lot of workers that work in all the supply industry on the other side on the german side are actually busy and they cross here every day for the whole region has about 90000 checked workers that's a substantial number today it was a sunday so it was of course relatively calm but people were crossing over here and trying to figure out what was happening there was a distinct lack of information would to a company who bakes bread for instance the lady who tried to cross the border be counted as an essential worker or not all this is still very unclear and so people are confu

i'm 20 that hails from light sake and she's currently holed up in eastern germany in the state of saxony on putting the fish it finishing touches on a unique masterpiece of a mural the altar of as she calls it is an incredible cumulative work that covers about 100 square meters and even more remarkable the whole thing is done in pencil . in a palace in the eastern german town of massive book the artist onto a net puts the finishing touches on her monumental creation made with just color to lead pencils her drawings cover $100.00 square metres. of flesh and can meet a lot of pencils for these big homogenous surfaces this panel alone took 36 blue pencils. i didn't draft any sketches or plans beforehand what the work on the scale you wouldn't get much of an overview from small designs anyway. she's gone through $1500.00 pencils in 3 years for the work she calls the altar of europa in mass a book she created only the last 4 of 13 panels in total she drew the others further east in gurlitz and the european capitals of vienna and prague. europe has been the focus of my work for 30 nearly 40 ye

for years to get so has worked with the traditional enamelware since 70 saxony. it has old furnace is modern lasers for cutting the metal sheath. as does well to the bone this is the crown of thorns and this as you see is the fish. the image is drawn on metal sheet. this unusual commission makes a pleasant change for the workers. as a trusted client is also given access to the works when no one else this. one caught the crown of thorns. when they've been cut out the metal sheets must be transported 160 kilometers to ban pork to fit them on the on even bowls. then all the way back to be painted in fire at. the animal works has put a small studio at the artist's disposal where i can give free rein to his imagination to. do that but with a fellow it doesn't hurt if i don't work in rectangles i cast out the shapes that way i create something like a silhouette with a lot of open spaces on my decorative elements my foliage is all cut out and the hopper that gives the hard anomaly and steel a very soft fragile quality i made up with with guns top of quite. apart from th

for years to get so has worked with a traditional enamelware since 70 saxony. it has old furnace is modern lasers for cutting the metal sheet. as this will tear the bone this is the crown of thorns and this as you see is the fish. the image is drawn on metal sheet. this unusual commission makes a pleasant change for the workers. as a trusted client is also given access to the works when no one else this. one caught the crown of thorns. when they've been cut out the metal sheets must be transported 160 kilometers to ban pork to fit them on the on even in holes. then all the way back to be painted in fire at. the animal works has put a small studio at the artist's disposal where i can give free rein to his imagination. to do that with us if i were him doesn't it. i don't work in rectangles by car sales the shapes that way i create something like a silhouette with a lot of open spaces my decorative elements my foliage is all cut out and. that gives the hard enamel and steel a very soft fragile quality i made up with with guns top of. apart from the laser cutter th

piled up furnace is operating at the limit staff working around the clock in 3 shifts the town in saxony has become a covert 9 hotspot despite the titan 2 stricture. this is a great tragedy hundreds of people who died here in the last few days waiting for their last journey into. daniel biscuit keeps working but how much longer is it really that we know day 1000 corona get lost no one will miss you the message on a shuttered cinema but when will that day come. indeed normally this city berlin is fully full. sorry. sorry sorry. ok yet. normally sorry indeed normally this city berlin is full of hollywood stars right now for the barely knowledge the berlin film festival the festival is a moment but the man who ran it for nearly 2 decades due to caustic has written a book about his experiences conflict made it the world's biggest public festival for film goes but also brought the hollywood stars here in abundance making the berlin other truly international we met up with him to talk about the book but also about the future of cinema and its chances of survival in this age of streaming and so

the german states of bavaria and saxony could issue new guidelines by tuesday exempting some sectors from the travel ban well top lawmakers from both of the main parties in the united states have voiced their support for an independent commission to make sure that january's assault on the u.s. capital never happens again this comes a day after the senate acquitted former president donald trump of inciting the mob that stormed the building d.w. correspondent stephan see months is in washington way he asks if people in the u.s. can come together again after the trump years the walkways and streets around the u.s. capitol are covered with a thin layer of ice things are still frosty in washington one day after the historical impeachment trial and acquittal of former president daniel jean trump. the past week of drama and excitement in the capital right here is finally behind us. the 2nd impeachment and acquittal of donald trump now former president donald trump is also behind us is it time to move on the democrats managed to get 7 republicans to vote with them to vote for a conviction of

the german states of the very a and saxony could issue new guidelines by tuesday exempting some sectors from the travel ban. well for more on the story correspondent barbara joins us now from sharon day which is a small bavarian town on the border with the czech republic good evening to you barbara so describe for us the situation today where you are with all of these new border controls. to get this in conspicuous roots here mariana is in fact one of the made crossing points between the check reaching here behind us a lot of workers that work in all the supply industry on the other side on the german side are actually busy and they cross here every day for the whole region has about 90000 checked workers that's a substantial number today it was a sunday so it was of course relatively calm but people were crossing over here and trying to figure out what was happening there was a distinct lack of information. to the company who bakes bread for instance the lady who tried to cross the border be counted as an essential worker or not all this is still very unclear and so people are quitting

time for that there are simply too many coffins too many bodies arriving at the dubai crematorium in saxony. and some days there are more bodies than we can actually cremate on a single day. this is when us for our employees also because there is no end in sight. we are standing in the morning hall of our crematorium. it usually accommodates 90 people for the funeral services. unfortunately we had to convert the hall into a storage space because we could no longer keep up with the deaths strictly if there was an additional. it's a difficult situation for us. because relatives can usually say goodbye to their loved ones here. but at the moment that's not possible because there's no purely. no room for a funeral service not all of the coffins represent deaths from the coronavirus but many of them are marked so. these people had to end their lives without a final hug from their loved ones. lutes spanish cares for the bereaved he is a pastor and. family sometimes only realize how dangerous the coronavirus can be once they've lost a loved one to it. when does your liberal me and i have contact w

i'm 20 that hails from light sake and she's currently holed up in eastern germany in the state of saxony on putting the fish it finishing touches on a unique masterpiece of a mural the altar of as she calls it is an incredible cumulative work that covers about 100 square meters and even more remarkable the whole thing is done in pencil . in a palace in the eastern german town of man's a book the artist a man to annette puts the finishing touches on her monumental creation made with just colored lead pencils her drawings 'd cover $100.00 square metres. inflation gamete a lot of pencils for these big homogenous surfaces this panel alone took 36 blue pencils. i didn't draft any sketches or plans beforehand with the work on the scale you wouldn't get much of an overview from small designs anyway. she's gone through $1500.00 pencils in 3 years for the work she calls the altar of europa in mass a book she created only the last 4 of 13 panels in total she drew the others further east in gurlitz and the european capitals of vienna and prague. europe has been the focus of my work for 30 nearly 40

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will be opened again in bavaria from the 1st of march they have been for all along really in lower saxony and it's getting more and more sketchy and there's a lot of competition it appears now between individual states to declare a parcel reopening against the backdrop of those whole varying the figures here in germany which are hovering round about the 60 incidence rate and the target here in germany was 50 infections per 100000 people per week ideally 35 before a real lockdown next week angela merkel's meeting up with the states and i believe we will then see her do what she wanted to avoid all along which is announce opening while at the same time warning of what she already calls a 3rd wave if not a new pandemic here that sounds ominous chief political editor reporting thank you to israel now and an ecological disaster there a massive oil spill has it the mediterranean shoreline leaving black sticky tar it's causing extensive damage to wildlife and as did only you correspondent tanya creamer reports the cleanup could take up months or even years. it's a meticulous task clumps of tar l

just no entrepreneur thomas maynard cannot go back to work his company is in the german state of saxony but he lives across the border here in the czech republic and the bridge he usually takes to cross into germany is now shut. thousands of commuters like him are facing the same struggle. sex and he only makes few exceptions for medical personnel and critical infrastructure workers. families divided by the border closure come to the bridge to meet german police tolerate this but don't allow any crossing. before get some of my nerve because the day before yesterday a friend brought me my medicines from a german pharmacy will go and this is my cousin was there a day before then we can build in the border closure is putting many of his check neighbors under financial strain freedom of movement has ground to a halt. my brother and many of my friends here work in germany and it's right now all of them are at home and don't know what's going to happen. what should we do with our work it's very difficult and i don't think it's fair. to. the czech government has not really criticizing the bord

directly in the hands of the states in which those schools are what that means in some states like saxony. and hester the school could be back as soon as monday next week but there's also moves when it comes to hairdressers which is good news for the likes of myself we've started to look a little shaky during this lockdown from the 1st of march headdresses will be able to reopen with some caveats in place there will be certain hygiene requirements masks having to be worn these type of things and limit on the number of people in shops now what did come out as well is an all important figure this is $35.00 per 1. 100000 that's where it has to get 35 cases per 100000 of population if the week long indices the 7 day indices gets to that point then we could see museums galleries of the establishment opening up including non-essential retail what is not on that list is restaurants and bars for in-house dining they will remain closed certainly until the current lockdown as it set out on the 7th of march angle of merkel despite what she was accused of has conceded quite a bit of ground here the l

the state of lower saxony continued using the 60 meter wide peat as a munitions dump after the war 'd no records were kept on what was thrown in to debt in a pond up until the 1950 s. diving was a popular weekend activity. host world war 2 there was economic hardship so some people from one star would go dive for non-ferrous metals in the pond that's why the authorities decided to fill it in for food. that was in 1952 the weapons experts estimate around 20000 chemical weapons and bombs could still be buried here. for decades the area remained hidden in the forest and accessible to everyone. drag them around maybe we were just lucky that no one came here in the past few decades and started digging and there were times when we were shocked by how many shells there were and very close to the surface. in september 29th tain local authorities began to excavate the filton pit tests showed that the water quality readings had been wrong for decades during all that time arsenic and other toxins was seeping into the groundwater. no one knows how many chemical weapons were dumped in germany afte