Young people caught in conflict zones under attack you know stuff says twenty seventeen still in shocking level of violence targeting children. About whether in londons strands hundreds of passengers overnight authorities shut down airports to clear snow and ice from the long ways dozens of flights are canceled. And a portrait of an artist will take a look at an animated movie called Loving Vincent is the story of the great painter Vincent Van Gogh sixty thousand images like this one painted by hand and that goes distinctive style by more than one hundred artists from around the globe. Im sara harman welcome to the program well of moral no stories in a long. But first this breaking news italian president sergeant. Assigned to crew to dissolve Parliament Cabinet is meeting this evening to set a date for elections vote is expected to take place sometime early march current poll so i conservative bloc led by former Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi could claim victory lets go to philip will in now in iran hes following the story for us philip why does this happen now were you expecting us that yes the legislature was nearly at an end the bottom intuitive not to be dissolved by february at the latest and the decision has been made to dissolve a little bit early to preserve the government of Prime Minister politan tea leoni from the risk of parliamentary defeat that way. Remain in a strong position to act as caretaker particularly if theres a stalemate as a result of the new elections some bit of face saving going on here philip what happens next. Well there we can expect a fairly fiery Election Campaign to start immediately. The five Stone Movement is said the new kid on the block theyre the biggest party. At the moment their trouble is that theyre not prepared to form alliances with any other traditional butty so that could exclude them from forming the next government. Matej raincy the former Prime Minister has a lot of catching up to do is image is somewhat tainted so difficult for hes Democratic Party to recover lost voters and as you mentioned Silvio Berlusconi eighty one years old is a leading play area tony in politics once again. All right thats for reporting for us from rome on this breaking news that the Italian Parliament has been dissolved philip thanks for bringing us up to date. To kabul now where dozens have been killed in a Suicide Attack the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility multiple bomb struck a shia Cultural Center and a media outlet at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured security challenges continue to plague afghanistan recently theres been an uptick in only as attacks against shia targets in the country. They search through the rubble for signs of their loved ones. But after the force of the explosion little was left behind inside the shiite social and Cultural Center. The bomb went off inside this building that is also home to an afghan news agency. Thats what i love ok when the explosion went off we escaped from the unknown we were working and went to the rough. We saw the smoke and flames coming from a basement we went to help and see what was happening there when we got there the situation was very good advice that we felt our students had been marking the anniversary of the soviet invasion of sunni majority afghanistan when the blast tore through the building eyewitnesses describe several explosions on the compound. While we were moving the wounded to the hospital a second explosion went off i. Think if you minutes later. The injured were brought to nearby hospitals with several wounded taken in for surgery on. The fourth well. I was there for a book returning. To talk there was a huge bang so the rules from inside the hall as. My face was burning. Fell off my chair and i saw other colleagues around me on the ground although the smoke was everywhere. I dont know what happened next with. What the. Armed guards patrol the area where the explosions happened so called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack afghan president ashraf ghani called it an unpardonable crime against humanity he pledged to destroy terrorist groups. All along now from kabul is journalist talk dairy talk here we heard in that report that the president of afghanistan has condemned this attack but is the Afghan Government doing enough to fight terrorism. Hello and my greetings to all the and actually the Afghan People here in kabul they work up to another atrocity today which killed at least more than fifty plus because the Afghan Government always downplayed the number of people who get killed and to cite attacks a year in a year in afghanistan the Afghan Government unfortunately they have. Written a statement the only thing with changes is the number of people get killed and the nature of these Suicide Attacks here so that dont you think both the president and this. Doctor bill i think the only thing which it changing here is statement that but the reality on the ground is that if you are suffering here in the capital kabul that the unfortunate thing is that people who i talked to here in the capital they say that even though i mean they cannot ensure the security of the people in the capital but they are involved in politics across the country so thats quite unfortunate people are quite for us here in afghanistan but when you see a government label nothing else changed to be honest on that they are just only real events on the statements we deal with. I. S. F. Claim responsibility for this attack tire why did they target the spaniel. Well at the i as the socalled i is i think you have been now claiming responsibility saying the taliban let me bring an example in exploration in the past when an earthquake in earthquake happened in afghanistan the taliban used to take responsibility for that which is a joke but now the i. Doing the same thing because thats the kind of cover up for the taliban so i assume wherever it is behind either the isis or the taliban they are discriminately attacking the minorities here in afghanistan especially. Like today for example the fifty plus people who were killed you know at least thirty people based on my sources and sort of the last talk to have factual or most certainly now imagine you know in a country if it happened somewhere in europe im sure the. People would have signed but youre in kabul the normal life its annoying dog but people are of course the families of the victims are increasing all right a devastating loss there last time here kaderi reporting for us from kabul thank you all right some breaking news just coming in former International Soccer star george weah has won liberias president ial election over a new war on the story at the top of the hour. Children on the front lines of the worlds conflicts face shocking levels of violence as according to a statement by eunice then structure of emergency programs new york today Manuel Fontaine said combatants were blatantly disregarding International Laws to protect the vulnerable and in many cases attackers were being deliberately targeted or used as human shields. For its hardest on the most vulnerable those who survive are often marked for life. In syria death and violence are part of growing up. Unicef says snipers there even used children as human shields in many war zones there is no regard for children at all. Is in for years we have seen brutality and many wars and crisis regions but when the iraqi city of mosul was recaptured from the Islamic State children were being used as human shields in Northern Iraq children were recruited and then in order to carry out suicide bombings. And its children who suffer the most the result is often deep psychological scars in south sudan and yemen children face not just violence but severe shortages of food and medical attention. In that odd in. Ukraine in many conflicts you see the situation the way kids can see detents and you know weapons and munitions to be part of their lives so when the other kids would be drawing butterflies and did bears kids who grow in conflict their daily. Tents and they eat as long as peace is out of reach unicef says children in war zones have no future. Cure and wire is with unicef and joins us now from new york karen whats stunning about this is that it appears children have absolutely no protection in conflict zones has the International Community failed the children of the world. International community but also those parties that have already was off by the children of the world who are all these front lines because we have sighing the way that was it being fought with there hes known site place the children in these countries and that must change. How how do we change it. Well first of all there are bowls of war that that explain if peace fails if people go to war stop fighting in there are things they must do to protect civilians and children as you have seen and so you just probably are the most vulnerable of civilians have special protections under the rule some of these things a simple its completely outrageous to use a chop of a scene in a shield to turn a child it was soldier or to force them into being a suicide bomber its completely improper an outrageous to deny Children Food and water and medicine and use them as getting chips in some kind of a struggle and its completely wrong that the children and families for example of it rock in syria this year had the horrible choice of risk in being shot by snipers is that a sky i saw in cities or in court explosive. Mine minefields and a bombing this coming against isis so they call in the middle sometimes they targeted too often its complete disregard for protecting them in one thousand the way body is happening so if hes go to war they must do what they can or under their obligations to protect family sit ins and especially children thats carrying the wire whos with unicef joining us from new york thanks very much thank you. Bitterly cold weather has taken hold of much of the Northern United States as a suspected to continue in the coming days two cities in the state of minnesota have set a record low temperatures and some areas of pennsylvania are now digging out from more than a meter of snow burton meanwhile bad weather has snarled traffic and disrupted flights. In patient can feast and frustrated. These travelers didnt think theyd have to get through this right after christmas. Their flights where i did a late or canceled as extremely cold weather hits the u. K. Hundreds of them have been stranded at London Stansted airport since wednesday night but there is no solution in sight. But im going to go home we dont know how are they getting going to find another flight everything is too expensive now i think was three hours after my flight was supposed to leave that it was cancelled and there was no board to tell us when like that it was delayed or anything so its just literally like going backwards and forwards between the one personnel that was that kind of thing. While at troubles a disrupted heavy snowfall has also made some of the roads across the u. K. Undriveable. Around four thousand homes and now without electricity. Across the atlantic heavy snow fall has also taken hold of the north and part of the United States record low temperatures have been set in two cities in the state of minnesota. Us to distasteful for months harsh conditions are giving a hard time for working on the streets. Really heavy boots on today. You know layered up zero five layers. In pennsylvania record snowfall has covered much of the state and such wintery scenes seen across north america are expected to linger on for days. As a Business News now for many of us it seems technology is changing the world at such a frantic pace its hard to keep up and falling behind can leave companies and individuals vulnerable to attack and thats why you should be paying particular attention to the chaos computer clubs annual conference in like six its a gathering of europes top Cyber Security minds and theyre highlighting vulnerabilities an every day tech to help us live more secure lives. Electric cars have been told to does the next big thing for transportation because they are considered better for the environment but experts are already warning that some of the Technological Infrastructure for the cars is vulnerable to being hacked in germany customers of public charging stations are exposed to fraud because tons action data isnt encrypted researchers say thats because companies are placing other priorities ahead of security. These companies are growing very quickly simply because they want to have the best location for their charging infrastructure and they are trying to. Build the infrastructure right now and have the profits later so they are for growing more quickly instead of focusing on the Security Side of things but charging stations are one topic but of course the Chaos Communication Congress is about Online SecurityInternet Security and Data Protection in general and the question of course is always is enough being done by the regulators and that is something that definitely needs to be looked at because a lot of the criticism is that governments in europe are not doing enough to protect consumers Experts Say Companies dont have a major incentive to protect their customers data they want corporations that suffer Customer Data breaches to face heftier fines. Its not expensive enough for companies if they fail security wise when you look at the internet of things the socalled i like this many that your camera us oldsters network that was to smart smart told an application that comes with like zero security. Measures just because it would companies those companies would think its too important its too costly its too expensive to have. To install security measures and some experts suggest that the solution would be hefty fines for firms that do not keep Customer Data see. All this week were taking a look at the new silk road chinas attempt to revive a one thousand year old trade route to do that theyre investing hundreds of billions of dollars in poults railways roads and bridges across asia africa and europe. Today were at the greek port of caracas last year chinas state owned shipping and logistics from costco spent over two hundred eighty Million Euros on a majority stake in the port that due to pour another three hundred fifty million into the ports infrastructure and the next decade for the greeks Chinese Investment is paying off telecoms giants like zed t. E. And huawei from china as well as americas Hewlett Packard are using pariahs as a european gateway for their products ports traffic volumes twenty percent up year on year this is the port of parathas since chinese shipping giant costco took over the port has been an operation twenty four hours a day freight volumes are four times what they used to be and one of the two container piers is being extended costcos plan to turn pariahs into a gateway to europe is well underway its local executives are upbeat so far pereiras is the only large private sector project making headway in greece but is will be the first at that on an up. And very big distribution center. And we hope to be our share of this the center of this if you think of us from. Companies like sony and Hewlett Packard ship their products from paris to eastern europe. Costco has invested a billion euros in the container terminal. The Passenger Terminal is next on the agenda already the largest in europe its going to get even bigger along with a massive facelift. Old warehouses are also being converted. Our target is to be below four in five star hotels that we did not cover maybe it is easy but he had to go by do it he said he said he sees we thought there i muse meant baryons areas like restaurant cafeterias costco also wants to attract Cruise Ship Passengers primarily from china and paramus would be more than just a flying visit costco wants to become home base for the luxury liners big plans but the unions are skeptical they fear costco is farming out contracts to subcontractors and working conditions will be undermined even if you mean off the wall with the its an important question is that and if necessary well go on strike here we want a collective agreement and long term secure jobs thats what we demand from costco and also from our government. As part of the deal with the greek government costco has to invest three hundred fifty Million Euros in paramus harbor over the next ten years its hoped the district around the harbor will also benefit and greece certainly needs the kind of economic stimulus the chinese hope their vision for brass will deliver. As if your business and in the great kona that sings boxing isnt just for the young south well thats because boxing is a high impacts for a matter what level youre competing at there acquires a robust physique and that is why boxers are really on the younger side but a group of pensioners in south africa are proving age is no obstacle once youve made the commitment to step into the ring. Seventy nine year old constant and seventy seven year old gladys arent just best friends and neighbors theyre also boxing partners. Twice a week they come to the a. T. M. Gym in johannesburg to hit the punching bags and keep fit constant used to suffer from high Blood Pressure but has already noticed improvements in a health almost i look i enjoy boxing because it makes me fit and when i go to the clinic the doctors say i no longer have high Blood Pressure i feel stronger since i started coming to the gym because. The development of obesity and noncommunicable diseases like high Blood Pressure high cholesterol and type two diabetes is on a critical rise in south africa which is why nutritionist cloud welcomes the pensioners combined cardiovascular and resistance training routine when you combine those two kind of ascertaining things like crunching runnings swimming i walking this is resistance training it is body weight exercises circuit training issue Training Exercise like that not any votes muscle mass but also cruising this abolish race which means you can control that developing American City theres no disputing the importance of exercise but it would be ill advised for pensioners to receive inland punches to the head or body especially as preexisting conditions like aneurisms or high cholesterol could lead to faith tallaght he or strokes according to dr Sally Scott Santa a medical supervise a boxing matches in south africa extreme force being applied to that to the head or to any part of the board. Would be to some for eternity. Bearing in mind that these people have not been chaired by dr. Scotts son advises a full check up before anyone can books in the meantime these grandmothers are fighting their way to fitness. When Vincent Van Gogh died at the age of thirty seven he was largely unknown to the art world since then though his paintings and the story i was unhappy life have fascinated art lovers now an animated film like no other is bringing the tortured artist to life we have this report now on how the movie Loving Vincent was made. For as he hits my unspent i wouldnt say its bad now its later today i wish you a good night and good luck and it will with a handshake and love the years vincent didnt. Remember the story of vincent fungus life told with the help of his own pictures this polish english coproduction is one of the kind. Of movie painted in oil with real actors the true challenge of them is just since we worked with the blue screen most of the time mark i had to know what the space around looked like in the painting it was and how i should move in is to put a few in so it has become. A crime story that seeks to shine a light on the mysterious circumstances of fungus death and to explain his character with the help of his work. I mean theres a bit about as he was very lonely as a humans and as an artist of it of course despise him having a very good friend in his younger brother who understood him well. But he was still lonely and that made him very sad enough that he felt underappreciated. Immersing oneself into the world of the great painter with the help of high end Computer Software and cameras with the real vincent have appreciated this. The production took four years and consists of more than sixty thousand oral paintings twelve individual paintings for each second lluvia. And this is where they were made more than one hundred painters from all over the world later recreated every scene that was shot on canvas. Right now im painting the scene with the policeman i use a projector to put the outlines of the scene on my canvas then i compare it with my painting. Over so i also have a tool to track my hand movements. Working on thousands of paintings for months takes its toll. Send up a lot list seems they dont have a lot of movement it would basically draw the same picture over and over again sometimes while doing this i had to go out for fresh air or to screen and release my emotions or snow. By the way some of these Oil Paintings are going to be auctioned off. But the complete artwork can only be seen in cinema. A reminder for you now of some breaking news the former soccer star george weah has won liberias president ial runoff nearly all of the ballots have now been counted and rio has Vice President joseph on taking some sixty one percent of the vote will sixteen Nobel LaureateEllen Johnson sirleaf as president next month this is expected to be liberias slowest democratic transfer of power in more than seven years again george weah has won liberias president ial runoff he is expected to take power next month in the countrys first democratic transition of power since nineteen forty four. A more on that story and plenty of other news for you coming up at the top of the hour for now thats it from us here in berlin we appreciate you joining us and if youd like more news or information you can always check out our web site that address is dot com im sara harmon at the news desk from our whole team here in berlin thanks for watching well see you very soon bye bye. We showed. 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