Awards. For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those. But their time is up. Oprah winfrey and gives the most rousing speech of the night harold keke the dawn of a new day in hollywood. Also coming up day two of exploratory Coalition Talks between Angela Merkels conservatives of the social democrats they have promised a new style of politics for germany but can they deliver. And going dry cape towns worst drought in decades coping with the harsh conditions is one thing but this also leading to a massive job cuts well tell you why. Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. Hollywood has made a powerful statement against Sexual Harassment and abuse at the seventy fifth Golden Globes the event kicks off the award season and comes after months of allegations against some of the most powerful men in the Entertainment Industry in a show of solidarity of most of the women attending the ceremony transformed to the red carpet by wearing black. And dressed in black women from the worlds of film t. V. And music that message sexism and Sexual Violence will no longer be tolerated they may be hollywoods elite but many here have their own heart wrenching stories of Sexual Harassment and assault. Where i was out there were drawing a big black law and the trees were yesterday and tomorrow the way things used to be the way business used to be done to be that way. And in a rousing speech Oprah Winfrey also vowed to change how to write. For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. It was also a big night for director fatty at kean his german drama in the faith won best Foreign Language film actress diane korea guest stars as a woman whose husband and son were killed in the bombing she suspects neo nazis were behind the last really. Fast that just in a t. V. Series went to Elisabeth Moss in the handmaids tale while gary oldman scooped best actor in a drama film for his role in the dock. Best drama film went to three billboards outside abbey missouri. And lets get more now on the Golden Globes rather meryl from our culture desk joins us now and robin you know you almost forgot that there were awards involved last night because of wow what a political message that was sent absolutely were experiencing an enormous sea change in the Entertainment Industry and its got a knock on effect as we are all saying now in other industries as well and thank goodness for people on oprah for meryl streep for Nicole Kidman and these big star names wreath Reese Witherspoon as well who are you know backing this me to campaign and times off as well you know thank goodness for them i think i dont want to diminish this in any way whatsoever but i think its also bring reflects his in the content of movies and films now i mean we can just give us an example Big Little Lies which stars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon to the leading lights as i say of the campaign that also produces a Big Little Lies and it revolves around three women who live in the suburbs and its all about infidelity about violence and frustration we also that yeah his pictures from. Now but we also want to mention three billboards outside of big missouri which we saw in the report a little earlier it was very out because its a movie about empowered woman taking the law into our own hands just as these women. Big little laws i mean theres so much subject matter that i mean. Three billboards outside having missouri is a mother whose daughter is rates and killed and the authorities dont really do a good job so she does the job self and i think one of the female ward said it really eloquently when she said we women here we are not here because of the food we are here because of the work i want to get to some of that work robin because. There was actually a big award from germany as well yeah that germany were all very pleased because in the fade one boss best best Foreign Language film this is directed by fred keene and he is the man of the moment here in germany when it comes to movies. And he got diane kruger the big Hollywood Star to star in it and of course this is actually her first movie that shes dubbed in her Mother Tongue which is. This is a again this is a film about a woman a strong woman whose family is murdered actually by right wing terrorists and again she takes the law into our own hands off to not getting proper justice there are very very many parallels with that and she did say actually when she was she was so pleased to finally make a movie and her mother tom yeah apparently the first one that she did as well which was quite was quite a shock as i was louis said fred shes sort of. Multitalented when it comes to language and who else made a splash ok well first of all we should mention the two best movie awards in particular in the Golden Globes weve heard about three billboards which won best movie in a drama now this is a best film for musical comedy the. Went to. Lady bird a coming of age movie that stars the wonderful. Sharon. And she won best actress in a musical comedy as well i have actually i have to admit i havent seen the very and i dont care how you say its. Funny to see a must say theres also lurid. And she got best supporting Nicole Kidman got best actress in the t. V. Series in Big Little Lies and best director we should mention game of ditto for the shape of water which was expects with much more but the big night Robin Merrill putting it all into context for us thank you so much. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world. The b. B. C. s long serving china editor Carrie Gracie has resigned because what she says is unlawful pages squirm a nation choose britains Public Service broadcaster of breaking the law on equal pay and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent Salary Structure the b. B. C. Said a review of the pay of on air presenters and correspondents will be published soon. A fire at u. S. President donald trump skyscraper in manhattan has left two people injured one is said to be in serious condition the City Fire Department said that it received a call early in the morning to attend to what it called a small electric fire on the top floor. In vietnam a trial has opened against a former Oil Executive who was allegedly kidnapped from germany and taken to have no i he is facing corruption charges that could carry the Death Penalty germany has accused vietnam of ordering the abduction of the executive from a park in berlin last year. Authorities have warned that an Iranian Oil Tanker burning off of chinas east coast is in danger of exploding and sinking one body has been found but the rest of the thirty two man crew has been missing since the tanker collided with a freighter there are fears that its cargo of life crude oil could cause an environmental disaster. Germanys main parties have been holding their second day of talks aimed at forming a new government angle americas conservatives on the social democrats have governed in a coalition for the last four years but both have been eager to promise of voters a fresh start thats after they scored historically poor results in septembers elections but today began with a bright spot for merkel as she received a group of children offering songs and blessings for the catholic feast of a picnic. In troubled political times a rare moment of distraction for chancellor merkel as she received germany star singers and the chancellor it today. What you have brought change today is gods blessing and for that id like to give you my heartfelt thanks. Gods blessing is what michael needed just conservatives hosted the social democrats for a second day of exploratory talks and the s. P. D. Hes pushing for concessions a far more ambitious vision of europes future for instance guns they shot us their guts course until youre a must be one of the new governments main topics no matter what the government might look like thats why i hope that angle america hosts the homefront i will be able to reach an agreement today that allows germany to once again be the motor of the European Union at least this is our common goal of mine so i must see you. Mindful of novembers failed Coalition Talks the two sides have agreed strict confidentiality so a few details are emerging there are small signs of progress however with reports slipping out that agreement has been reached on raising the threshold for the top rate of income tax in front of the cameras though officials have refused to comment. If we dont put in some effort and the mood remains as good as it has been in the past few days then maybe we can achieve something a lot of work still lies ahead of us good. The exploratory two weeks and on thursday to which the two sides will decide whether enough Common Ground has been found to launch a Coalition Talks. And covering the talks at the seaview headquarters in berlin is our Political CorrespondentCharles Potts who joins us now welcome to the charlotte we know that these exploratory talks that theyre set to continue until thursday and theres a lot at stake right now for Angela Merkel right everything is really at stake for chancellor merkel its a make of break moment these talks for her she has to convince her Party Leadership and also the social democrats thats another grand coalition a grand coalition two point zero and a continuation so of the last four years is a good idea and theres a lot of opposition against that in both parties more on the grassroots so she has a lot to do if these talks fail that would mean that there is there are two options left in minority government which tend to america has already said that she does not want to go into or new elections and if new elections are called and the big question is would she posed again as the leader of her party as the head of a party and could there be another term for a chance there so it might very well if these talks fail be the end of her chancellorship so the big question then is what is the atmosphere there this week do they have the potential to strike a deal in order to govern together what are you hearing about that. Well the atmosphere is generally good productive if they want to come to a conclusion by thursday they want to have a paper which clearly states what they want to accomplish in the next four years and that paper they want to take into both parties especially the social democrats they will have their grass roots and their delegates at a Party Convention vote on that and that is the tricky part because the leadership off the social democrats particularly has to convince the Party Membership that this is a good idea and again theres a lot of opposition in the Party Charlotte pots with the latest from berlin thank you. All twenty a team is expected to be a bumper here for stock market listing us in memphis alone has more on that story about a very long list of companies that plan to go public at twenty eighteen most to take related many a choosing hong kong over new york which is a new trend analysts say the market for initial Public Offerings could total true one hundred ninety billion dollars Everyone Wants a piece of the pie of course. If Saudi Arabian oil mammoth goes ahead with its plans to sell five percent of its shares on Global Financial markets it will be the largest i. P. O. In history worth up to one hundred billion dollars that could happen in the second half of the year what music streaming platform spotify is doing is somewhat less than an i. P. O. Its a direct listing avoiding raising capital and diluting already existing shads spotify has already raised more than a billion dollars from private financing. In fact Many Companies are flush with private financing and dont need stock market cash right sharing company lyft just got a billion dollar injection from google parent out for that but its expected to go public at the end of the year its rival may wait until two thousand and nineteen. Cloud storage heavyweight dropbox just secured at six hundred Million Dollar line of credit but expected to make its initial Public Offering in march or april. Timesharing giant b. M. D. Says it will be ready for an i. P. O. This year but its likely to hold off. Another notable i. P. O. May be extremely profitable self and make me wish just booked a billion dollars in profit for two thousand and seventeen not to be left out theres at least one big german i. P. O. On the horizon siemens medical Technology Unit health than is which hopes to raise at least five billion year is one of the biggest for taishan xin germanys history. Is there on the initial Public Offerings as a way for companies to raise funds there are also initial offerings or. A new cryptocurrency trend especially among startups. Slash business and read all about the opportunities and the pitfalls. The cryptocurrency big coin is taking a big dive after its story took a new twist its shared around twelve and a half percent today two hundred fourteen thousand u. S. Dollars a drop came off to south koreas financial watchdog said its investigating several banks that offer online big coin exchanges regulators want to be sure the lenders are applying and he Money Laundering measures as reports emerge that north korea may be using the critter currency to invade sanctions. Lets bring in daniel corbell financial correspondent standing by in frankfurt daniel why the big drop the bitcoin when these inspectors say there is no suspicion that this is just a regular review. Well one thing is very certain ben you really need strong nervous at the moment when you are invested in the cryptocurrency after the booze that we saw on friday as dropping i was just taking it a few seconds ago after it was recovering again its now dropping again why what is happening at the moment is why in many investors and also big Financial Institutions are really still warning mostly private investors to invest their money in bitcoin calling it again a fake currency because one of the most important character correct touristic off a currency is that its stable and reliable but frankly speaking this is not the first time that we are seeing Something Like that we have also seen already in the past sometimes the bitcoin dropping by thirty or forty percent. Huge drops but what about twenty eighteen is it going to be the year of the big crash my producer all of krieger reckons it is my colleague. Says no. Or now you are asking me what is a really tough one i can tell you ben some weeks ago investors were saying that they are seeing the bitcoin at the level of about fifty thousand dollars it really seems that the bitcoin now is struggling with this twenty thousand dollar mark i personally dont think that there is going to be a crash this year but i also dont think that it will be growing as fast as some weeks ago many investors were predicting but yeah its a tough one what do you think. Were all just speculating you know because im not allowed to invest in it i would mind seeing pressure but im allowed to say things like that daniel thanks for joining us. Well because turning into autonomous entertainment vehicles sit back relax and enjoy the right if you know keen on letting go of the wheel and emissions free trip could give you more ease of mind is whats new with the Consumer Electronics show in las vegas. Its Opening Night for the challenger and electric s. U. V. From china its still just the prototype seeing light for the first time at the c. E. s its built by a new carmaker called by can they were even former b. M. W. Employees in management positions like c. E. O. Costin bright fit the technology which is available in two years its very well known right now so its more about getting good cost conditions and you know the range of this car will be you have to pay this is a small a better repackage well give you four hundred kilometers the big one five hundred twenty and five hundred twenty kilometers of range is more than enough. If you have access to charging infrastructure and if you can bring the charging speed of. The electro s. U. V. Well have a Sticker Price of around forty five thousand dollars to defining features will be the touch screen in the cockpit and the speech assistance from amazon and twenty nineteen by wants to sell its first vehicle in china and then move on to the u. S. In europe in twenty twenty but getting there may not be that easy. These companies are finding that even though in theory designing electric car is relatively simple getting them to production in the mass market is actually a really really difficult thing so i think that this will definitely be a little bit of a struggle going to market i think twenty twenty may actually be optimistic to get all this technology at that price but again if they can do it a good definitely make a big impact on the market. But quite a few chinese carmakers have had bad luck producing electric cars some even presented vehicles here that never went into production but among bidens backers are two chinese investors with lots of capital the internet giant tencent as well as foxconn a manufacturer of apple products. Now if you thought h. T. Was the macs in t. V. Or even three d. Is something new for you from the c s south koreas l. G. Is rolling out the worlds first roll of all t. V. s. Screen its a sixty five inch screen that can be rolled into a box once youve hit the off switch you can find all in there because it happens inside the box but its said to be new and the coolest thing in t. V. Tonight does have its way. In the South African city of cape town water levels and reservoirs a dangerously low the area is struggling with the worst drought in living memory the citys imposed level six restrictions that means no watering gardens no refilling swimming pools and no washing of cars but the whole region home to four Million People could still run dry. The city of cape town has the ocean at its doorstep but freshwater is in desperately short supply and the drought is threatening the survival of many area businesses an estimated fifty thousand jobs in the western cape region could be lost mainly Agricultural Workers but also gardeners and Hotel Cleaning staff could face unemployment water rationing is affecting everyone even the five million tourists who arrive annually have been asked to keep showers to two minutes and under current restrictions water can no longer be used in gardens. In march twenty seventeen the mayor declared the city a disaster area reminders are everywhere about the importance of saving water he was the one. Who still want water to drink if you still want to make your cup of tea your cup of coffee i think we need to encourage our neighbors encourage off friends and family not to misuse water city officials keep a close eye on supply they look for leaks and other sources of waste households have to limit consumption or face defiance. Cultural and commercial usage is restricted to the authorities are preparing for a day zero april twenty ninth the latest date when city taps are expected to run dry in that event there will be water point stations across the city which will distribute twenty five liters per person per day rain would help but in the heat of south africa summer thats not very likely. Now to a little guy who destroys lives and livelihoods by spreading disease the mosquito absolutely on the World Health Organization actually has come up with some information on that mosquito saying that basically malaria which is of course transported by the mosquitoes that alone killed nearly half a Million People last year and the problem isnt restricted to places with poor sanitation one of the worlds wealthiest countries has declared the insects a major threat to Public Health and its trying so. Unusual methods to get people to help stop them from spreading have a look you can use. A catchy song with a serious message its part of an Awareness Campaign in singapore. This is a typical scene in the city state playgrounds walkways and pulls in a fog of pesticides the spraying happens once a week in a bid to wipe out mosquitoes which can transmit diseases such as malaria dengue and yellow fever. You die or they die it says on this poster lets fight them till the end. People fear these chemicals are harmful not this pest controller he says theyre very effective in the fight against mozzies. Jessica cham is part of this fight shes a volunteer going door to door to raise awareness on how to prevent fever for example by getting rid of stagnant water where mosquitoes like to breed this. Challenge says many singaporeans are still too careless. Then people. Can so this is what we had to we had. This is chine be following an official inspector she goes beyond the doorstep and she hands out one hundred twenty five euro fines to homes where mosquitoes are breeding. She even inspects the bathroom but ms levy who lives here doesnt mind the breach of privacy. You once said because you see if they come. To. Him against you dont be. Singapore spends several Million Dollars a year on the campaign. But can this hot and humid city really win the fight against mosquitoes i asked in a c. M. Id from the National Environment agency. If you talk about doing the. New york to the. How do we. Become you know i think it has been around in singapore too i think weve been. To the muslims. And so the most the wipeout must go on. Now to some other news because the man accused of orchestrating a bomb attack on the Dortmund Team bus in april last year has confessed his guilt in court three devices were detonated in the incident which injured defender marc bartra suspect sergei vi is charged with twenty eight counts of attempted murder he has admitted responsibility for the explosions but denies that he intended to harm anyone it is believed that he had speculated on a fall in the clubs share price from which he stood to gain half a Million Euros in profit. Occurred a Soccer Player in germany has narrowly avoided being killed after an unknown assailant shot at his car whilst on a motorway near cologne denise not a former bundesliga player for a son polly told german media that his windscreen was shot at the bullet nearly struck him authorities have yet to comment on the Ongoing Investigation but not he believes that the attack was politically motivated last may Turkish Court handed the footballer an eighteen month suspended sentence for spreading terrorist propaganda. A quick reminder now of the top stories that we have been following for you here at c w Hollywood Stars have held a new era in the Entertainment Industry at the seventy fifth Golden Globe Awards it is the first major awards gala in the us following a tide of sexual abuse allegations stars donned black dresses to show support for the victims of the need to movement. Youre up to date now on d. W. 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