And dozens feared dead after torrential rainfall those floods in afghanistan thousands of homes destroyed trapping people to meet the rubble. Im told me a lot of well welcome to the show authorities in the u. S. Have arrested a 17 year old for allegedly gunning down 2 people during a 3rd night of unrest in the city of wisconsin the gunman was caught on video running through the streets of Commission Opening fire on protesters who were chasing after him the violence kept a 3rd straight night of protests unleashed by the shooting and wounding of jacob blake on sunday the 29 year old blake was shot several times by police as he attempted to enter vs juvie where his children was 30 family says he is now paralyzed. Correspondent stuff is an osha stuff and whats the latest. Yeah the latest on the shooting is that the 17 year old suspect is still in that intention juvenile Detention Center in illinois or wisconsin can osha has sent an extradition request to illinois to have the 17 year old brought over here and he is charged as you said with a 1st degree intentional homicide charge thats how they phrase murder here in wisconsin however let me also fill you in very quickly where we are here this is the in my background you see this you this is the park adjacent to the Court Building and that is also the scene way yesterday law enforcement. Officers try to enforce and enforce the curfew which started yesterday at local time 8 oclock now its the its an hour earlier and in about an hour well have this curfew as you can see the protesters behind me here. Everything is very peaceful is very quiet actually and theyre going to wait out the remaining hour before the curfew and then things are going to get a little bit more interesting if you will because then there is a curfew and i will be darkness following about can or show here and then we will see how the night number 4 will develop in all of this. The police and also on social media there has been this talk of militia groups who are these militia groups being talked about. Local groups so you have a quite a bit of this year in wisconsin in other states to actually that you have private loosely organized somewhat loosely organized vigilante militia type groups most of them white people we have seen yesterday and constant uptick in influx of white. Females women and men in camouflage in fatigues and. On to the teeth with numerous handguns as well as automatic semiautomatic rifles long guns air 15. 16 kalashnikovs even is that true so they are loosely organized and they are selfproclaimed protectors of Public Places shops stores is it or is that right now. This is very different from people who are really trying to protect their property they are some Business Owners who take through the guns who sit in front of their stores and make sure that protesters who ever wants to get into their into their store is not going to have an easy time to do this and now the protests have stretched to basketball. Games explain what happened. You know that is actually a very very big deal here for america and if youre a basketball fan and even if youre not this is an n. B. A. Team the Milwaukee Bucks who have to side today that they will not play in a playoff game because expresses verbless as their management says they just had enough and there are just a few more things there are more important than playing basketball the n. B. A. Management overall has kind of supported that action now by canceling or postponing i should say postponing 3 other playoff games in the next to 2 other players games for the next 3 days so those games will be held at a different time. The point here is that not only the athletes made a point by refusing to come out of their locker rooms today but also the management of their team saying look we want real change real change in you know show here as well as in the entire country and this is what they are contributing to do this or to you know ever try so that ok stephens on and in commercial thanks for bringing us up to speed. The disturbances in kenosha unfolding against the backdrop of the Republican National convention where in a few hours Vice President mike pence will take center stage not tuesday nights lineup featured a speech by 1st lady milat here trump who sought to strike a note of unity and offer a softer picture of her husband. One was about the pending apocalypse of a democrat from washington d. C. To the 2021 1000000 national convention. Of the 2 was to soften the image of americas most unpopular president in almost 40 years now id like to add very johns wife jamie to join us great john im not sure you know theres a full pardon. Pardon so im not one of his friends but for a former bank robber. The theme of redemption set the tone for a night which casts trump as americas savior. His family drafted in to sing his praises this is a fight that were in right now and it is a fight that only my father can win as a recent graduate i can relate to so many m. P. s who might be looking for a job my father built the riding economy once and believe me he will do it again my problem there im speaking to you from beautiful jerusalem looking out at the oars the appearance of the secretary of state a figure normally kept out of Party Politics that rankled diplomats. This was the convention the group with Convention Trump delivered her headline speech from the white house in a breach of ethical norms offering a message of unity that gerard was the 1st nights warnings about democratic demons. I dont want to use this precious time attacking the other side because we saw last week that kind of talk only serves to divide the country for a day a farce lady then touched on her husbands controversial relationship with the truth. We all know donald trump makes no secret about how he feels about things. Total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president whether you like it or not we always know what hes thinking. Her remarks to the republican partys appeal to undecided voters ignore trumps flaws and give him a 2nd chance. Still in the u. S. Hurricane laura is rapidly gaining strength as it barrels towards the states of texas and louisiana just say it will continue to grow before it makes landfall in the coming hours officials are warning of an unsolvable 7 high storm surge that could see large sections of new jersey anna and texas flooded and urging locals to obey evacuation orders but fears about the spread of culvert 19 may be driving some to put their lives at risk by sheltering in place. As hurricane laura barrels towards the texas and louisiana coast meteorologists arent mincing their words if you do not have back you wait your wife will be in immediate danger beginning this afternoon this evening i cannot state that any more plainly or clearly or unequivocally many like these homeowners in louisiana are heeding those warnings securing their property as they prepare to join the more than half a 1000000 people who have already evacuated wind speeds have already topped 180 Kilometers Per Hour right in the center and the storm is expected to continue to strengthen as it approaches the u. S. Coast. Thousands of locals are making their way to crowded evacuation centers. But fears of a different kind of disaster may be causing some to ignore official warnings. Over not for the people live there theyre working here with a good job search that everybody ready to go anywhere. As the eye of the storm continues its march to the shore officials are imploring residents to heed evacuation orders seeing their lives could very well depend on the coming hours. But its not take a look at some of the stories making news around the world. Police in belarus have detained dozens of protesters rallying in central minsk as part of a widening government crackdown on demonstrations in the aftermath of the countrys disputed president ial election the august 9th poll saw president Alexander Lukashenko win a 6th term in Office Protesters say the result was raked. E. U. Trade commissioner phil holden is resigning amid allegations he breached lockdown restrictions in ireland a week ago hogan attended a golf dinner with over 80 people sparking a National Outcry the Irish Government says his actions undermined public confidence. Rescue teams are searching for survivors and bodies after flooding in northern afghanistan torrential rain caused flash floods in power one province washing away thousands of homes local Officials Say at least 100 people are confirmed dead but the final death toll is likely to be much higher. They say it could take weeks to determine the number of casualties. Time was of the essence for many families in power one province getting the injured to hospital with their highest priority vehicles this case and a few and elance is in high demand and desperation people carried loved ones and now. Those able to get treatment fraught with worry about their families i cut through bad wire to get to the roof of my neighbor. House i want to get my family on to the roof top as the water approach to save their lives but suddenly the floodwaters swept everything away 7 members of my family a missing. Torrents of water and deborah rushed through the city of sharon destroying homes burying people in the rubble many were asleep when the deluge struck. The rule collapsed and water poured into the house i managed to rescue 7 members of my family but i couldnt save my mother. Rescue teams are using heavy machinery to dig through the mud searching for bodies hoping against hope to find survivors floods and no rarity in northern and eastern afghanistan they leave hundreds dead every year. When the covert lockdown hit him back in march mexican conductor along. So many musicians needed a way to combat the silence she decided to make a covert video with mexican music breast maya on virtual so sara willis and many more came on board to be part of the impossible orchestra. I was at home. And i suddenly couldnt conduct so what could i do. I was imagining what it would be an orchestra to have an artist to help the worlds best seller list. Called my friends 1st i called all the people that i had their phone numbers and have i had worked with. Its a coroner project obviously it would have never happened if it wasnt for the situation. Its impossible orchestra because in a normal situation if i had called them up they wouldve said that sounds great but i have this concert and that concert and we can plan it for 2024 and so on that would have not been possible without a doubt but suddenly everyone was free. For all. The impossible orchestra aims to raise awareness and raise funds to help foundations in mexico help women and children in many aspects. It had to be a mexican piece for this project of course. My last player to marcus well because its an amazing piece of music that moves people. Youre watching news and thats it for now. To the terrorists. Yourself aboard. The u m x you tube channel. Dont miss out. Beethoven it is for me to play tolson it is for you. Is for helen. Beethoven is for her. Is for the. Beethoven is for us plato for is for play. Beethoven 2020 to 250th anniversary here on w. This is d. W. News africa on the program today how the coronavirus found their make is forcing people to migrate out of the city. Cynthia is back in her village after losing her job in johannesburg its a tough adjustment but shes thinking about sitting there all strong. And the story of 2 women who form in doubt that struggle in a country that criminalizes same sex relationships of all nigerians get to see this film. Hello im to see one to welcome to africa its good to have your Company South africas economy has had some 3000000 jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic as a result many people whove lost their income have had to leave the cities and move back to their villages. Travel to the Limpopo Province to meet one woman who was forced to make the move but as it turns out it could prove as an opportunity to start something off her own. When Cynthia Tom Donohue needs water she can no longer open the tab on dramas quite a few weeks ago she lost her office drop in the city and moved back to her village down to collect water from and they bursting. For stress im hoping to get more on training so that i can connect my water straight because everything in the city do it inside the house so theres not sort of outside. Except going maybe jogging oakum to wake. Her daughters remains in the village while their mother spent 80 years in the city working to support them trips home where it wasnt making sense anyway because i had to pay rent home and at the same time i took some money to my kids home and also with the consent of us looking after my kids so it wasnt balancing at all so i thought i might as well just come back home and be with my kids and do something here. For me and i think. Now the 38 year old is turning a pastime into a profession and her small house she bakes breads and this gets. She receives up to 7 orders a week and has already made enough to invest in an oven her daughters cell powered they are happy to have their mom back home. We did you must remember that most places. When her friend to talk to. And after living in the city since the scheme to offer advice many of us its on the boat d being married having kids didnt get its not so many young men that are uplifted or independent but getting to see women. In their lives it encourages me it helped me go on it helped me move and it helped me if you can become. Cultivating fruit for export is just one of the Business Opportunities she could explore here in the village. Since she has full of ideas and optimism for her new life in her home village but also here in the rural areas people are feeling the. Crisis and the economic consequences of the lock down. Since he has determined to persevere in her backyard shes already working on her next project. I want to return create a small place this small place is like ill be sending. People. So the people do not have to go to to get pizza so they can only get it locally the getting from baking is one thing im trying to save so that i can be able to do that Cynthia Tom Bonnie is happy to let her daughters moved to the city to continue their education but shes certain her own future lies here in the countryside. We go to not only would mix the home of nigerias bustling movie industry away the producer of a film focused on a lesbian love affair plans to evade census by premiering the work online and not. Outside of a legos court house a lineup of alleged lawbreakers gay men heading for their day in court 47. 00 charged with public displays of affection in a country that criminalizes same sex relationships elsewhere in that same city filmmakers prepare for an intimate scene between same sex lovers discussing relationships. While. The films director the actors all face prosecution if censors decide their work if they promotes homosexuality in the past nollywood has depicted queer characters as mentally ill or deeply troubled but the crew of the movie see their work per training normal life for a sizable percentage of nigeria i feel like for a very long time weve been told one sided story and the story is not complete if it doesnt represent all of the groups in a society so what i wanted to tell the full story by representing l. G. B. The people in one to. The face trailer was released online last month it advertises a film that touches on a shared theme and some nigerian families being forced to choose between family and happiness i understand where theyre coming from in that in nigeria its not accepted and so doing Something Like that puts you where you feel like its not its not the norm but but but i dont feel that its bold i feel that its ordinary i feel that its my life just being shown on screen but its been beautiful beyond family and stigma same sex relationships in nigeria are in theory punishable by up to 14 years in prison and depicting such relationships on the Silver Screen or on you tube or netflix may be considered just as unlawful. And im now joined by the producer of the film if they have am an adult is joining me from lagos have a good to see you it is the 1st film of its kind tell us about why you made the film and what you hope to accomplish with it. So thank you for having me christine indeed if there is one of its kind its the 1st film coming out of nigeria that centers the love story of 2 women. Women and we really wanted to make this film to add to the narrative. About people and a bunch of beauty rights because when you look at most of the narratives that come out of the major. Film industry nollywood. Pretty people including. Us are usually portrayed as people. People sort of mentally ill and people of the interest of children all of which are quite. Right and i am one of 2 sort of get from the perspective too to the whole story. That if youre going to have to be releasing the film online because the National Film and video censors boards wont allow it in cinemas in the country. Do you think that nigerians want to see films like you say. First of all there hasnt been any fear in light released in the major airlines. Want to see a major landscape i knew least a Major Incident so it will be really difficult to tell whether or not millions want to see it so in many ways this is going to be a test to see the kind of content the nigerians are ready to to see. If it goes right panning out one of the things that this film is said to do is to show the lives of these big women in nigeria and youve already alluded to fact that a lot of people as a country the way people in your community have been portrayed are people to be fear that cetera but there are a lot of people who believe that homosexuality or lifestyle is a corrupting western import what do you have to say to people like that. Well 1st of all the thing about it is homosexuality is not a lifestyle it is a persons Sexual Orientation just like being straight in their sexual being you know or whatever its not a lifestyle so i guess where they say theyre for us. Ok in terms of how its been how weve been portrayed i mean you know i dont im im not really sure what what they have informed the negative portrayal. But what i do know is that such portrayals have been on have contributed to the way that people can see homosexual people in dear and its affected it in they can see like solo things i really hope to do with this film is also to help to change perceptions to help to give people. Lips into into the lives of of lesbians in nigeria and what it means to be in a same sex relationship in the jury and the struggles and the challenges but also to show people the beauty of it all and whos to say that you know were not people that should be feared we are just like everybody else we have our lives we love our families we have fears we have dreams and you know and were just living it every day every day and we hope that people see this film. Level to see that as well all right thats the premise of the movie and an adult talking to us from a cost thank you panel. Now the National Film video incenses board already has the film on its radar i had he added thomas is the executive director of the nigerian census board he joins me now from bush welcome to day to be his africa mr thomas why will you not allow this film to be screened to the nigerian public we need to look at the content and if the content negates the costs of the contrie then we go ahead on classified since one plus for it if the negates so we wont give up over principle on what ive read about. L g b t v. Its not allowed so if you look at. The courts of law. Not by me its. Very necessary for all smoking pot myths or Charles Wilson dust will join us to be a city if you quite rightly say that the film is about portraying the l. G. B. Community but let us consider the argument that film is about portraying reality so not necessarily about what is right and what is wrong and the reality is mr thomas that they are gay people in nigeria however one feels about that. For every society every society is based also cited. On eves depreciate who has been accepted by the coast by the people themselves which just finished training because he was shocked what you call comes on if hes not come on if one goes to. The point to be frank with me what. A strong gusting like you are content we have the right to obvious sense so why we classified on the get in that gets. Us to be persecuted. And diatom is the executive director of the nigerians census board who was talking to us from the airport you know what that is it for now be sure to check out i want this story something to get off on for its cash africa were also on facebook and i predict the next time. To. Enter the conflict zone fronting the powerful 4 months to go to the president ial elections in america so no trump is sinking in the polls another former National Security advisor says he isnt fit to be president anymore john bolton is my guest this week from washington how much damage trump has also done to america and the rest of. The last. 6. 160 minutes. In the light of climate change. For good. Whats in store. For the future. For the major cities to get insight could turn. Its among chinas most popular messaging and Payment Services and American Companies are about to lose access to it the cost of a planned u. S. Bed if we chat are starting to emerge. Also coming up will hit the road with a romanian truck driver whose work could be shaken up by a new e. U. Rule. And its the wedding guests that no one wants the coronavirus has made tying the knot more difficult and put a crimp on chinas lucrative wedding industry. Pool and welcome to the show im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us cocacola starbucks walmart just a few American Companies that could be hurt by us then if we chat the chinese payments and messaging service thats according to a new survey from the American Chamber of commerce in shanghai 9 out of 10 firms they have banned would her communications with staff and customers for out of 10 fear for their bottom lines u. S. President donald trump has given us companies until september 20th to end all transactions which we chat citing security concerns the companies owned by tencent one of chinas biggest firms. And lets go now to our financial correspondent in new york younes korda the ins we are hearing more feedback from Companies Regarding this decision to ban this very popular app will it have an effect on the decision makers. Well it might get tricky because its election time and u. S. President donald trump tries to make sure the show that joe biden saw his competitor is the big friend of china and 50 years tough on the country and then if you look what happened in the past couple of months a lot of companies were also not happy for example with certain travel bans in place and the president did not really listen or react to it does that have in the having that said if you look at it theres still a couple of issues that we do not know about it is theoretically possible that we should only get spent internationally but not in china so that would also be crucial and thats what u. S. Companies are pointing at that it would be crucial for them that they could use a wheelchair in china otherwise they might have a competitive disadvantage. In critical questions still out there you just touched on this but theres talk of decoupling the American Economy from the chinese economy is this just election banter and how much damage could be done in the coming 2 well let me say. Sure but i mean if youre talking about decoupling you could also call it a full blown divorce and make chili and the whole a decoupling lets put it that way it did not start under u. S. President donald trump even if it intensified already barack obama actually try to isolate china for example with is Pacific Trade Alliance that he was looking and aiming at even if that did not happen and its not just the u. S. Decoupling from china also if you look at the europe there are also tendencies to bring some of the production back to europe for instance when it comes to the pharmaceutical market so it doesnt really matter that much what happens in the next 2 months this decoupling or even full blown a divorce is underway either way but clearly if u. S. President donald trump wins the election the attentions might be a bit tougher than if joe biden wins on november 3rd. Quarter with the latest from new york thank you. Staying on the subject of china the coronavirus has made tying the nazi even not here drastically curbing weddings and their sizes the consequences have been profound profound rather for the wedding industry including chinas socalled wedding gown city. The day has finally arrived away when in a few hours shell begin her new life with her new husband coronavirus already delayed their wedding in shanghai by 6 months and still wont be the day they dreamed elf. Well we had this thing and i think that we are worried about the health of our guests many of when johns classmates are in beijing and they wont be able to come its a pity. The wedding ceremony means less to me because so many of my friends cant make it. Delayed weddings are one of the reasons why dresses are having to be stuffed on to the rails in chinas bridal gown capital suit joe brides to be normally come here in their thousands but restrictions in recent months have meant many dresses going unsold wholesaler judy one says sales are down as much as 90 percent. Had that feed and that has had a huge effect. Weve basically had no clients coming since the epidemic began because everyone has been closed in this country weve been staying in touch with our clients online but most of them have closed down. With us this have the while. Garment makers to the period has been a disaster the city is one of the worlds biggest exporters of handstitched dresses but a truly Global Pandemic has turned that strength into a weakness. Now there are much fewer overseas orders not even 10 percent of the epidemic abroad can get under control and allow Wedding Dress studios to reopen that will help drive consumption again. Happy couple wage are when pan when john are among the 1st to take advantage of chinas loosened restrictions on weddings the day may not be exactly as they hoped but at least they can see out the rest of the coronavirus pandemic together. Right now to some of the other Global Business stories making headlines. Cinema goers in london are turning out for Christopher Nolans new film tenet the 1st blockbuster release since the pandemic london movie theaters up to 200000000. 00 film one ties audiences back after months of closure to the corona virus outbreak. Japans shinkansen high speed trains are making up for low pandemic passenger numbers by using empty seats to transport fresh seafood the 1st 140 kilograms are being served up in tokyo station only 2 hours after leaving the yagi thats 24 hours fresher than by truck. All right just when you believe youve mastered the art of mask wearing here comes the latest innovation out of japan the handheld mask diners and gave them a test run this week holding the masts in their free hands and covering their mouths when not taking a bite of food just the idea comes from here otoh soggy university of arts and the prototypes are made of paper or non woven fabric with handles attached students we use input from a test run to further refine the prototypes. Right and now to the roads of europe where a new e. U. Rule will require truckers to return home every 4 weeks sounds good its an effort to improve working conditions for the close to 3000000 Truck Drivers moving freight across the block but many hauling companies arent happy especially in romania and that could come back to hurt their Truck Drivers. In the 3rd wills dont get any easier with time. But if im down means family came to send him off from the rumanian town potentially the truck driver is heading out on a journey through western europe Long Distance driving has been defined amins life now for nearly 6 years. I did enjoy doing it even though there are moments when i would like to be home. But every job requires sacrifices or will last about Truck Drivers like him now worry that the. New trucking laws could mean even more sacrifices starting now drivers have to return home after 3 to 4 weeks on the road and their weekend rest will have to be spent in hotel people by the company no longer in the cabins of their trucks these measures are intended to improve working conditions in an industry where drivers often spend months on the road but many of the roughly 60000 remaining Truck Drivers working in western europe feel discriminated against not only does distance separate them from the western markets tonight the hungarian Border Crossing illustrates another disadvantage. The mania is part of the e. U. But still not a member of the schengen zone which allows freedom of Movement Without border controls across most of the block each time romanian Truck Drivers leave their home country they find themselves here waiting in line for hours and hours on end with mandatory return to their home country now being imposed this line is likely to become a lot longer in the future at the transport ministry in bucharest worries are great that these laws could change not only the face of the industry but of the entire remaining economy. Of him what do you think we are facing a major risk that these companies will relocate their trucks and families and taxes from romania to the west. Stefan is not going to make the crossing in time and prepares for the night asked about what his future might look like he becomes thoughtful if i work shorter time then obviously the money i earn more be much less if not have to live so im really thinking if this whole effort still makes any sense theyre going to fizz vos is already looking into packing up and branching out into spain steffen might have to follow foote for now its lights out hes got a long journey in the morning. All right its optioned off sneakers and handbags in recent years and now southern bees in new york is featuring 120 lots of hip hop artifacts jory fashion and fine arts to look at this center piece of gold colored plastic crown worn by the notorious b. I. G. On his last ever photo shoot it could fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars in the sale is the 1st ever by a measure auction house devoted entirely to hip hop the artifacts traced the growth of the genre from the late 1970 s. Through to the mid 1990 s. 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The 1st of 3 medal laureates for 2020. And curator of indigenous art in the nationals. And in our series new the germans Rachel Stewart to get the lowdown on germanys special relationship with books. When the covert lockdown hit in earnest back in march mexican conductor. Like so many musicians needed a way to combat the silence and to commune online with her colleagues and imagine the network that she could reach out to when she decided to make a covert video with mexican music oboist violinist maxime venga hoff horn virtuoso sarah willis and many more came on board to be part of what she called the impossible orchestra and with d. W. As media partner the result is a thing to behold