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w. hello and welcome to our deep dive into the worlds of arts and culture i'm karen house debt and here's a quick teaser of what's in store on today's program. from a musical dynasty and. a star in his own right a violin virtuoso and sometime after soloist with a big year ahead we'll talk to him in the studio. and roll out a little to the show with a visit to the annual lemon festival in malta all it's one of the most popular events on the french riviera and this year's theme is fantastic new worlds all in citrus of course. but first a musician's brain is a thing to behold consider the technical mastery of an instrument the mathematical precision of the music and then they have that incredible balance of discipline and emotion that come together to express something sublime violinist michelle bottom one not only achieves that balancing act but he makes it look effortless and he does it with a repertoire of puts him in a class of his own. less than music speak for itself michel barenboim's performances have been described as stunning compelling and breathtaking the violinist is hailed as o

w. hello and welcome to a new week of arts and culture i'm robin merrill is a quick look at what's coming up today. on the fortieth anniversary of the iranian revolution we're joined by filmmaker marion's already born in iran's most infamous political prison a documentary born in. international film festival. she was a love addict and a serial cheater and wasn't afraid to write about it as part of our series on classic german books we look at the poet as alaska's shooter and her nine hundred twelve confessional my hols. thoughts we begin with a bollywood film with a difference golly boy had its world premiere international film festival over the weekend yes so love story like all bollywood movies but that's where the similarity ends it's about a poverty stricken indian family whose son writes angry hip hop lyrics and smokes marijuana and he got standing ovations at the premiere. boys about rap loud and freedom from society's expectations for what it would have been. many guide even a group. that he now. maybe going to visit with a guy.

w. hello and welcome to the world of arts and culture i'm david leavitt's on this edition of the show we will have you screaming and whispering well show you the libraries of the future how innovative architects are getting people checking out books and a whole lot more. and what books should you be checking out we've got a hot tip from our series of one hundred mustering thoughts. but first i promise to screaming and they're going to get it hard rock has gone global and south asia in particular is putting the pedal to the metal with deafening bands from all over the indian sub continent going head to head and head banging bangalore. tango roll. these are the kinds of images we are used to seeing from india's not just city but just outside city limits its head banging and all the bangalore festival is an annual paradise for mexico lovers it's the country's elite heavy metal festival. the back of the bands here who will get to go to the world's largest heavy metal festival in fact can be germany trainwreck from bangladesh in contention.

w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture arm robert merrill we're looking at the following topics today. along with altering films the but also highlights often comic acting talent with its european shooting stars awards will meet two of this year's faces to watch. will also meet up and coming young soprano as a prize it comes making a name for herself and starts. but we begin with the american photographer cindy sherman she's this year's winner of the prestigious max spectrum prize which recognizes outstanding performances in the artistic field sherman is considered one of the most important and influential artists of her generation throughout her career she has explored identity and the nature of representation in society especially of women. cindy sherman has been photographing herself since the one nine hundred seventy. but her works are not self portraits in the classic sense of an artist taking a look at their authentic self instead sherman takes on different personas in her own imagine scenarios critiquing gender and identity. in this series for.

w. hello and a very warm welcome to news from the world of culture merrill and here is what's coming up today. we have a round up of music documentaries screening at the berlin international film festival including one featuring the late great queen of soul aretha franklin. and we meet american comic book artist jason lutes the author of a popular graphic novel set in the bayou. but i'm going to begin with a quotation from the wall street journal from al jolson and mae west to princeton share the annals of popular entertainment are filled with inimitable figures into their ranks we aren't the german singer. i'm quote he and his probably. big stars here in europe and i'm making waves in america and elsewhere max rob is my guest in just a minute but first his music. because i'm. ready . to be. another saddam and the past record classic tunes of the one nine hundred twenty s. and thirty's as well as their own compositions which sound convincingly as if they came from that era from the news. you are going to.

w. hello and a very warm welcome to our news from arts and culture i'm karen helm stad and here's what's in the pipeline for today's show. no shortage of surprises on sunday night at the ninety first academy awards in los angeles green book took on best picture with a best supporting actor not former hershel alley and we'll talk more about the story behind that film. a classic in our series one hundred german must reads and why you should put the tin drum by nobel prize winner. on your reading list. and we catch up with berlin based illustrator can't mention crews worked with some of literature's real heavyweights. but first the oscars are the really big deal today and a lot happening there i'm joined by our film expert scott ross perot who's looking none the worse for wear for the long night. is amazing that's how it goes and you know how surprised were you at this win for green book yeah i mean if you're going to design an oscar winning film green book would take a lot of the boxes because it's out of the store it's a fuel good story about overcoming racism through the power of friends

w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and here's a quick look at what's coming up today film fans have already started lining up for tickets the birdland international film festival is about to kick off we'll take a look what's coming up over the next week and a home. and series baking bread with d.w. whose own view of matters who's breaking his way around the european union. the sixty ninth burned in film festival about it is about to get underway and it will be the last fall festival directed dita costly he's been in charge for nearly two decades and in that time he's raised its profile to make it one of the major film festivals in the world talks by colleague melissa holroyd about what's in store this year but first a look back cos licks tenure. we caught up with to talk us look at butlins film and television museum. part. of the current photo exhibition there on the history of the bally nala also tells his story as festival director. he took over the helm in two thousand and one. for me got dizzy it was exciting because it's such a huge fest

w. hello and welcome to news for the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and here's a quick look at what's coming up today film fans have already started lining up for tickets the birdland international film festival is about to kick off we'll take a look what's coming up over the next week and the heart. and series baking bread with. the all that matters who's making his way around the european union. the sixty ninth burned in film festival about it is about to get underway and it will be the last one for a festival directed teach a cost flick he's been in charge for nearly two decades and in that time he's raised its profile to make it one of the major film festivals in the world i'll be talking to my colleague melissa holroyd about what's in store this year but first a look back cos liks tenure. we caught up with to talk us look at butlins film and television museum. the current photo exhibition there on the history of the bally nala also tells his story as festival director. he took over the helm in two thousand and one. for me to act as you see it was exciting because it's s

groups every week w. . hello and welcome to a new week of arts and culture robin merrill is a quick look at what's coming up today. on the fortieth anniversary of the a rainy and revolution we're joined by filmmaker marion's already born in iran's most infamous political prison a documentary born in. international film festival. she was a love addict and a serial cheater and wasn't afraid to write about it as part of our series on classic german books we look at the poetry as alaska and one thousand nine hundred twelve confessional my hols. thoughts we begin with a bollywood film with a difference golly boy had its world premiere international film festival over the weekend yes so a love story like old bollywood movies but that's where the similarity ends it's about a poverty stricken indian family whose son writes angry hip hop lyrics and smokes marijuana and he got standing ovations at the premiere. which got me boys about rap and freedom from society's expectations for everyone of that. group.

w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robert merrill we're looking at the following topics today. along with altering films the but also highlights often comic acting talent with its european shooting stars awards will meet two of this year's faces to watch. will also meet up and coming young soprano as a prize who comes making a name for herself in stop soap opera. botts we begin with the american photographer cindy sherman she's this year's winner of the prestigious max spectrum prize which recognizes outstanding performances in the artistic field sherman is considered one of the most important and influential artists of her generation throughout her career she has explored identity and the nature of representation in society especially of women. cindy sherman has been photographing herself since the one nine hundred seventy s. but her works are not self portraits in the classic sense of an artist taking a look at their authentic self instead sherman takes on different personas in her own imagine scenarios critiquing gender and identity.

w. . hello and a very warm welcome to news from the world of arts and culture today we have a mixture of film and food for your. film. for is back with the boy who harnessed the wind an inspiring true story of a young man who saves a village. and that movie comes in the middle of a heated debate in the film world about the role of streaming platform netflix i'll fill next ways in. breaking bad all breaking bread this low from ireland could get you hooked. to us all edge of four is best known for his oscar nominated role to solomon northup in twelve years a slave now he's directed his first feature the boy who harnessed the wind is a true story from malawi and the film was actually shot in the exact place where it happened and culture met with the cost at the berlin international film festival i'll be talking to film expert scott rocks for in just a minute but first more about the film the rains came late this year and now the trees are gone. he's being sleep and. this is. going to do some good a

w. hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm liable we begin our program in europe's poorest country moldova high unemployment has caused a mass exodus of people struggle to feed their families all the poverty is most evident in the rural areas where many villages are usually empty around half the population has left to find work in other european countries those who stay make ends meet by selling their possessions and smuggled goods well at the heart of the problem is corruption frustration with the government in case she now has caused many to give up on a future in moldova and upcoming elections have failed to spark hope for change but some moldovans have opted to stay and fight for its future. most of the roads in moldova are pretty bad driving is a real challenge the infrastructure has been neglected and poverty is widespread. marianna took on works for a program that encourages young people to stay here. instead of moving to other countries the immigration rate is unusually high. there's no one left to do the work my parents live in a village and they're really sad about that all the r

w. hello and welcome to drive with a b w motor magazine today we see how see at creech should have lights that are big on safety. go for a spinning key is all electric crossover. and check out the w.'s go g.t. i t.c.r. . doesn't justify no guys an over is trying out b. w. slate is a version of the golf that cittie i.t.c. are t.c.r. stands for touring car racing and it's meant to pick up on the fascination with nice or grand jury small injection and numbers that translates to two hundred ninety horsepower three hundred eighty newton metres of torque and it's perhaps made of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour or two hundred sixty with the limiter removed it makes the spread from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in just five point six seconds but how does it handle. music. at the portimao racetrack we get a first glimpse of the hot new street version adapted from the g.t.a. t.c.r. the race car of the same name from the international t.c.r. racing series. more power and better performance there's never been a g.t. i was so much motor sport and it. that day and i know teams revving a

w. hello welcome this is eco india a sustainability magazine that helps you make an informed choice about your way of life while producing one of the stories and to be as episode i came across an interview where the changemaker said the race. is going to be here forever she meant to see that is no landfill or recycling humint in a fatherly galaxy that would help us get you to fall the reste. think about that. coming to you from mumbai. over the next thirty minutes how a woman in poor me changing how we look at dried leaves. is making sure we have access to cost effective and clean when. and how youngsters in a move. are using. the community. first let's take a look at a simple yet fascinating story dried leaves especially during the fall season a common all around the world and could pose a problem if not properly recycled a pony resident has found a solution to disposal of these leaves sustainably what's while she's creating an army of. volunteers to help tackle the city's waste problem. it is the dry season in india months away from the monsoon rains which give new life to its. dried fa

w. hello and welcome to tomorrow today you'll science show on t w coming up this week . we take a trip to south america to meet the only native member of the best family found their. food preferences just a question of taste they are we explain why and how they do better. and how the u. n. is trying to get more girls and women involved in the sciences. but first let's look at something we all take for granted in industrialized countries a steady power supply so everywhere it still relies heavily on fossil fuels currently only around sixteen percent of the energy we generate comes from sustainable sources suggesting he wants to stop burning coal completely by twenty thirty eight and many other countries are also investing heavily in renewables but how big a listing is the quick large scale transition a space research is working hard to make it happen ok good morning everyone let's get started that i guess the times. to ask me i think of the book and my name is gabby hook i'm thirty eight and the associate professor at e.t.h. zurich the aim of my research is to create a re

starts want you want to be w. . hello and welcome this is eco india a sustainability magazine but trains the spotlight on solutions that could future proof the earth for generations to come gallery take notes from these individual ideas and apply it to another context for a cleaner greener and a more sustainable planet let's take a closer look. coming to you from an unusually chilly robots over the next thirty minutes how the game the frisbee is giving hope to the fishing community in chennai . what it takes to run the world's largest school lunch program. and how a wage in the south of decided to go off the grid for the. first story about renewed hope for some you know traditional fishing communities across india are having to grapple with a difficult question how can they sustain their livelihood when the future points to a depletion in marine life and an advent of large mechanized strollers surprisingly for the fishing community like the game of ultimate frisbee see. to have beyond so . ultimate frisbee is wildly popul

w. hello and welcome to another episode of tomorrow today the science show on d w coming up this week. sensors that fly walk and crawl getting animals to collect big data on our planet. the smart swarm exploring new pathways in the creation of artificial intelligence. and dropping pounds weight loss with a new generation of natural sugar substitutes. since the beginning of the space age we've launched nearly seven thousand satellites into orbit whether g.p.s. internet search weather forecasting or navigation many aspects of modern life now rely on data sent back from above but the data can flow in both directions a program being tested on the eye and says is now opening up new horizons in research on disaster prediction by tapping into living sensors all over the planet . in february twenty eighth seen this soyuz launcher took off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan carrying a quip meant for these german scientists to the international space station and then ten o'clock for their a chorus. project. for ornithologist martin because it was a dream come true. and this is the start

w. hello welcome to eco india sustainability magazine that brings you ingenious solutions from india and europe to some of the most pressing problems affecting the environment today. coming to you from mumbai in india the real issue let's look at how an organization in the state of failing gaza is ensuring the sustainable livelihood for farmers how amid bybee is retired police officer is making sure the city's poor don't go hungry and how the family in germany is nearing the groundwork for all of us to go carbon neutral. but forced one of the most urgent problems affecting india a gradient destress is steadily rising in the state of telangana other dejan of the country a staggering eighty nine percent of the state's rural households that depend on agriculture as their primary source of income are in dict one organization in the made up district is working to change this with the help of by empowering communities to use natural alternatives instead of conventional chemical practices . more than the. when we need to how they were fired things like that one function multiple been protests w

w. . hello and welcome to the latest edition of the environment magazine eco africa like every week we will be presenting reports and sustainability and best practices in action from africa and europe. here in the faucet in the vibrant lagos nigeria and joining me as always is my colleague from the show and is the injured hotties hey andy nice to see you again and greetings to all your africa of us out there as n.t. said we have a lot in store for you on the program here's a quick peek at what's coming up. thousand members one goal and all the nation and told go is doing on it cats get communities interested in climate protection. after being driven out well over a century ago wolves are making a comeback in germany but not everyone is thrilled about its. hundred meter man in uganda who is building bikes from a sturdy fostering and earth friendly plants. we begin the show right here in south africa a country with a long and varied history a site known as the cradle of humankind is less than a hu

w. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe with me lar about the lola we've heard a lot about people leaving britain ahead of bragg's it but there are others willing to risk their lives to get to the u.k. before its scheduled departure from the e.u. at the end of march some are crossing the waters at night on inflatable dinghies they see it as their last chance for a better life but as the crossing is heavily patrolled by the coast guard most don't make it and are brought back to the narrowest part of the english channel lies between cali and the port of dover a route popular with asylum seekers for people like hamas britain offers familiarity many can speak english and have relatives already settled there but their chances of being granted asylum have dwindled as both the french and british governments take a hard line on immigration but that doesn't stop refugees from taking risks as our correspondent susanna door haga found out at the northern coast of france. thirty kilometers from here lies hummus destination the twenty five year old has been trying to get across the channel for

w. . hello and welcome to the sneered at and of. our environmental magazines are brought to you by day sveta channel t.v. and say my name is felice n.z. and i'm here in johannesburg and as always i'm joined by my colleague nothing in nigeria. i fairly sure i know one welcome to all of you our viewers out there we do have some new and exciting environmental stories from africa and europe to share with you today such as how people in rwanda are dealing with recycling since the country banned single use plastic bags but that's not all. we also visited a company in cook it was that easy producing what it's called environmentally friendly. with discover how fruits and vegetables are being grown in the middle of the gippsland desert. and plastic green living we see how some european supermarkets are trying to do away with plastic packaging. inclined to walk more than half of the population makes a living from agriculture the country is the world's biggest cocoa producer and also grows coffee and fruit most farmers use chemical fertilizers

w. hello and good evening i'm very happy that you're tuned in tonight today we have two very special guests at all so the first one he wrote hundreds of songs for other artists before he decided to become famous artist himself so we're really happy to have him here nico santos and we're happy to welcome his staff who influenced the history of international pop music she's been part of the spice girls and you know as the spice. from the results of music and talk. to me. well. thank you. thank. the to. her. now. let's go out to take a seat i like your tracksuit on a little bit jabba kept me with this horse i wonder how it's wonderful weather trying to say. to the lady who are still in the dark yes so part of this big lie to be sure and it gets a violent chapter holds and also merchandising i think of them long. long to go yeah that sort of get have to must be exhausting for me because i was here i won't interrupt because at first glance it was on that let me ask it says i him or not i got stars were shining he says i just want ancestor to a long time doesn't think you're the. nickel for my di

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starts feb eighteenth w. . hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin with a problem that's facing societies right across europe the fact that they are bradley aging and the question is who's going to look after the growing number of elderly men and women in the years that lie ahead and to take care of its seniors germany alone needs at least an additional thirty thousand specialist carers and gaps in the market are often filled by workers from outside the country but it's not enough and there are plans to create thousands of new jobs in the sector. now both nia is one country that has trained up many care workers and sent them to germany and elsewhere in the e.u. to earn a living but dedicated care is like a relative from sarajevo a concerned about their reputation this after it emerged that some of her colleagues have apparently purchased fake qualifications. mirela turley calls it her dream job for twelve years she's worked in a state run home for the aging in sarajev

w. hello and welcome to quadriga i'm brian thomas u.s. president has declared a national emergency to access funding that congress denied him for a border wall with mexico the move as a sign to halt what he calls the invasion of drugs and gangs and a humanitarian crisis on the southern border the declaration is facing a legal challenge from sixteen states led by california.

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w. hello and welcome to quadriga sexual predators and the catholic church have destroyed the lives of countless people around the globe and church authorities who knew about the abuse routinely denied it and sought to cover it up now after being forced to acknowledge sexual abuse of children pope francis has admitted that nuns were also victims of clerical sexual violence. the admission comes at a critical moment for the church next thursday at the vatican will host a conference on sexual abuse by clerics but francis will be meeting with bishops from around the world to discuss ways of preventing such abuse demands are growing louder for substantial reform. abuse of power a church in denial that's the topic this week. and here to help us break it down we have three well informed journalists philip is editor with the german religious affairs magazine type psych and he says the sexual abuse scandal in the catholic church is a wake up call for the institution to globally reform itself. also with my fellow anchor and. i'm rita grew up in india and attended convent schools run by catholic nuns she s

w. hello and welcome to quadriga art brian thomas u.s. president has declared a national emergency to access funding that congress denied him for a border wall with mexico the move as a sign to halt what he calls the invasion of drugs and get.

w. hello and welcome to quadriga during his state of the union speech this week u.s. president donald trump about his country's prepared to outspend and out innovate russia and china when it comes to intermediate range nuclear weapons reiterating his america first message the president confirmed that he is pulling out of the i.m.f. an arms control treaty with russia reclaiming it's no longer effective and russian president vladimir putin says his country will.

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w. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe with me lara babylonia we've heard a lot about people leaving britain ahead of bragg's it but there are others willing to risk their lives to get to the u.k. before its scheduled departure from the e.u. at the end of march some are crossing the waters at night on inflatable dinghies.

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w. hello and welcome to quadriga sexual predators and the catholic church have destroyed the lives of countless people around the globe and church authorities who knew about the abuse routinely denied it and sought to cover it up now after being forced to acknowledge sexual abuse of children pope francis has admitted that nuns were also victims of clerical sexual violence the admission comes at a.

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w. hello and welcome to quadriga venezuela is bracing for further potentially deadly protests as embattled president targets the young politician seen by many venezuelans as the only hope of breaking the grip of a corrupt elite that has plundered the country president nicolas maduro has presided over a dramatic economic collapse declaring that president illegitimate one why do leader of the democratically elected national assembly stood before tens of thousands of frustrated venezuelans last week and has himself sworn in as acting president tending to elections the police have fired on demonstrators killing dozens and they've carted off hundreds to jail for now the army's on the side of the regime the u.s. on the other hand was quick to recognize go i don't know and has not ruled out intervention. power struggle in venezuela who's winning that's our title this week and these are her guests it is a pleasure to welcome on a so these days stengel she is a research fellow at the university of the federal armed forces in hamburg and she says the democratic transition in venezuela house to conti