A bill she hopes will save lives in the country. Needs africa its good to have your Company Rising water levels in lakes and kenyas Great Rift Valley have forced thousands of people from their homes now one of the lakes filled with unhealthy salty and alkaline walsh who is sweating so much it threatens to contaminate a fresh water lake nearby lake by ringle and lake bell gloria used to be 20 kilometers a pot but now they are so close they could mooch posing any further risks to wildlife or residents of a local businesses and farming communities the rising water levels have been devastating once a thriving holiday destination this hotel is now submerged under water. Memories are over to left for talia james a war whose business has been all but destroyed the end of the day this is all gone so. We dont have to lament so much but actually i have to say it is painful to see the properties going its not just the buildings suffering from the rising water levels thousands of people have been displaced families are being forced off their land and losing their livelihoods. One out of one of the way when the rain started we did not expect the water to rise this much and get to our phones ive lost my grass farm which was my main source of income and ive lost my homestead too i now have to start all over again at new grounds for now i live with my son close by but even that we think the water will get to us conservationists a heavy rains have caused the lakes in the area to swell but theyre also filling up with soil washing into the water from the nearby hills where deforestation has caused the roshan. Lake bell ring go provides Drinking Water and irrigates land for tens of thousands of people its expanded by 60 percent in the last 7 years and now it could be contaminated by the alkaline waters of nearby lake but korea its a particular threat for the wide variety of wildlife with birds fish and crocodiles living here. But local Charity Workers believe they could have an answer we do have a solution because to the north of us there is a low point in the. Geographic structure which could easily. Be covered cannot come through and really some of the 3rd quarter which would in fact be a very good thing for the people down. Downstream as it were because they have no water. Its not clear if theres the time money or will to make that work in the meantime the water continues to rise. Its well Suicide Prevention day to day and were putting a spotlight on kenya where on average 4 people take their lives every day now as is the case in many countries a large number of Mental Health problems remain and diagnosed and consequently unmanaged in kenya ill be talking to my guest about if its being undertaken by the government in this regard but 1st a suicide survive in kenya now on who has set up a studio and a safe space for young people going through mental illness. Nearly 3 years ago jason brooke not yet to be moving to prospect life but in reality he was battling some even a dim ones i fell into a pretty serious addiction alcohol addiction posttraumatic stress disorder so the depression and the anxiety that followed from that was real. And i felt like you know my ideal life and the life that i was living with were 2 completely still different different things. I knew who wanted to be i knew the life that i wanted to made but i felt that i had no way of getting that. And the feeling that almost laid him to do that and thinkable its so tempted to take my own life you know there was a feeling of hopelessness of feeling alone if i did reach out to anybody that would be a good and. So i really saw my way out. Liking me jason changed his mind in the end but it has made his life mission to help others he has created hes very on organization in kenya that not only supports artists and creatives but Mental Health issues but also provides the seahawks space for them. When you find your way out of a burning building. Its human nature to want to help other people out of that out of the building as well so thats why i set up that space to fight for as a way to show other people and that its not hopeless. To debbie the choice to mates more than 800000. 00 people die from sioux city every year in kenya its roughly 4 people taking their legs each day. Dr corinne dio dean who is a clinical psychologist and a psychotherapist says there can be more factors behind sue said than traditional depression so these issues of genetics issues that are cultural fact that weve gone out. So short fact youve got other risk social situation. Particularly now in the pandemic because you know what that does is its really been very detrimental to our mental. Still Mental Health remains a sensitive issue enough we can Society People dont come forward the families will not come and tell it is taboo to talk about it it is something that within our religious spaces within our cultural spaces and now also within the law and the policy its a sentiment just. Having lived in kenya for 2 decades. Theres nothing to be ashamed of nothing to feel guilty over its normal and the more we put out of the movie normalize the narrative of mental illness. And talk more about Mental Health. The sooner that stigma will break down. Something jason and many others hope will has lives not only can. Im now joined by sylvia she is a senator in kenya overseeing a proposed bill on Mental Health welcome to news Africa Centers a tell us about what you are doing to tackle the Mental Health challenge in kenya. Thank you so much and thank you for having me is really really an honor and a pleasure to be able to show the world what kenya is doing and what we are doing championing the Mental Health campaign here in kenya and Mental Health reforms we are working on a bill as item and which i sponsor and the Mental HealthAmendment Bill that is supposed to see and all into the Mental Health. Space here in kenya right what does the bill do in terms of actual action what it what will it translate to if it is pasta. First is aligning all Mental Health interventions into the primary health care that is the biggest intervention possible because the old bill and vision a stagnant only kind is in of tackling Mental Health which really creases the stigma so you can find only a Mental Health institution standards where people dont even have fear going to seek for medical help there so what we want in the 1st instance is to integrate mental in all all levels of all hospitals all primary health care so that we can have practitioners are in you know level one level 2 or 3 and how their fire a system not actually working for Mental Health the way it works for 4 primary health care it also envisions as attrition where access access to health care for Mental Health is possible so integrated into it into insurance systems so that you know you can actually get treatment treatment for Mental Health especially this is beyond is very expensive and access to drugs is almost impossible one of the canyons so the 1000000000 visions where you know its part of all insurance schemes especially the universal Health Care System that the government case and is currently ripping out. So it is a youve said before that that Mental Health issues have never been given a priority in the country and partly due to the lack of legislation do you think that things are going to change Going Forward now. Yes im happy that a lot of vocus in what i was shouting about Mental Health has been you know they go to that you know the president to the point where the you know e he does it at a task force or Mental Health that where around the country now receiving you know comments and details from canyons and you know unfortunately because of course were seeing escalated cases going up now to ensure from where i sit and the ministry of health actually has you know they have a committee that is dealing specifically looking into the issue is the Mental Health and how to help kenyans especially now with the corbett and all the other stresses that are related to it yes the senator said today the emphasis is on suicide and as i understand it attempting suicide is considered a crime in tenure. You could be jailed for up to 2 years or find do you think that coordinates to be reviewed. Absolutely i have to in the Mental HealthAmendment Bill we try to do it but were told that is not the place to do it and were happy that the task force that was doing the Mental Health report actually gave a very strong recommendation that that section needs to be repealed and removed because the criminalizing suicide is not to tackling the problem of anything now you have you have been more cases because you know the youre going to prison pushes you know pushes the victims not to actually do it so we have agreed this is a society that is one of the key things that must be done in the short term in the shortest time possible is to repeal that section remove it altogether such that exists in such cases what they do is seek help as opposed to being taken to jail ok thats. Joining us from nairobi thank you say this and all the best to you on that bill thank you so much. Before we end the show a tribute to one of south africas antiapartheid icon george bizos who died on wednesday night at the age of 92. 00 was a renowned human rights roy who famously represented also mandela jaring the rivonia trial women didnt save another agency activists were charged with treason and later sentenced to life in prison that was in 1064. 00 also the africas prison was announced his death on national t. V. George bizos this name was a family name well known name and he had an inside a sieve legal mind and was also one of the architects. Of our constitution contributed immensely and he was sorely missed and we dip our heads in. The contribution that george bizos as made to our democracy we were ever to remember his contribution. As a proper name say dont forget to check out our stories on our website and Facebook Page for all scientists had today we want to leave you with easy shots from the apes and king is great but fatty makes time back. Into. The countrys economy growth because people violent when there are do hers look at the Bigger Picture india a country that faces many challenges. As people are striving to create a Sustainable Future clever projects from europe and india. And on demand. Language courses. Video and audio. W. Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture Venice Film Festival at the top of the show again today and also coming up. We get a glimpse into the world of him gary an american war photographer robert. At a new exhibition here in berlin. And the painstaking restoration of not told them to party is progressing with crucial work on the roof to reestablish the buildings delicate architectural balance well so far so good as the 77th Venice Film Festival keeps on moving the 1st major festival to do so in the corona era competition films are generating lots of discussion and as the viewings are drawing to a close on friday theres certainly no shortage of noteworthy titles. Almost good ties into cultural drama like in haifa the film follows 18 diverse characters as their paths cross one night into trendy bar in the port city. And the last. Time i saw. You to go through. The many facts of this to you the earth is. Rushing to fill my car andre cancian of skis furious india comrades is a gripping recreate sion of a 962 workers strike and the massacre that followed it you do i need to feel like a boy i. Just read. One night in miami by regina king the film set at a box a celebration riata party and 964. 00 imagines what can happen when for us icons put their Heads Together on mar goodness. Thats for sure. Are my song pretty far out there and joining me one more time from the lido in venice is my colleague scott roxboro scotty so many interesting films out there in the suspense is mounting were there any surprises or new discoveries for you in this years lineup. Yes quite a few surprise i mean this is a very different year in venice because of the court of owls cut crisis and not so many big hollywood films here but a lot of interesting smaller films to discover and for me one of the great pleasures of coming to festivals like this is finding new talent and particularly new interesting actors this year is a bit different it was finding actors that i thought i knew doing completely different things. For example alec a british actor who you might know from the Netflix SeriesStranger Things where he plays sort of a russian scientist he was here at the festival with his 1st ever film where he plays a leading role and its in polish drama called never going to snow again in that. Plays a ukrainian must or who tends to the needs of the rich and shallow in a polish gated community is a very sort of strange and beautiful but also really really funny movie and alec is just hypnotic in the role i mean this is a really mainstream actor but he shows here that he has real art house chops and it was a real revelation for me yeah it looked fantastic but i thought the clip who would be your tip to win if i can dare to ask that question. Yeah well i mean the jury never listens to be so dont put any money on it but the absolute favorite film of my at this festival was was a mexican movie its called new order from the director Michael Franco and it is a violent revolution against mexicos privileged elite now this isnt history this is set in modern day fictional but very realistic mexico and this is the sort of slow burn of a movie 1st we see sort of the the the privileged pampered one percent and the completely oblivious to whats going on outside and whats coming for them but when the revolution happens its brutal and its bloody and the film really hits you like a punch to the gut i mean the combination of this credibly relevant topic and just the visceral style of Michael Francos film makes it my pick for the golden lion i have another question i want to squeeze in here scott before we get to our last one to film with picked at the festival darling its still coming up you havent even seen it weve been waiting all week tell us about. Yes no matter. How directed you know its a film that everybodys been talking about ive been talking about nobodys seen yet it starts Frances Mcdormand as a woman who loses everything in the 2008 recession and becomes a modern day nomad traveling across america in a camper van at the same credibly a look huge amount of buzz around this film people are already talking about it as a potential oscar candidate i just cant wait to see it i know ok well well hear from you soon enough i guess so venice has pulled this off a Film Festival in times of a pandemic what impact do you think that this will have in terms of restarting the Film Industry. The i. Q. To huge impact i mean you have to remember what amazing risk venice took and even having this festival but they have pulled it off i mean theyve shown the world really that you can hold a Film Festival safely that it is safe to go back into cinemas and sit next to strangers and watch movies together and thats thats thats thats thats huge basically the Film Industry will be leaving venice with the hope and i think also the expectation that the cinema business can can and will a bounce back from this krone virus crisis its a huge sense of optimism that we come out after that on Film Festival well thats very encouraging and exciting stuff as we wait to see who takes hold the golden lions this year enjoy the rest of the festival and that last key films got him thanks so much for joining us from the lido invent it. Well the name robert kapper with a fiction created to rid himself of a jewish surname and under its guys hand garion born Andre Freedman and his 1st love and soulmate. Forged their paths as war photographers until her early death in 1937 well today robert capa singular is widely considered to be the greatest combat photographer in history having covered countless conflicts from the spanish civil war to world war 2 the end of which gives its name to this new exhibition. 0 in the summer of 945. 00. Robert kapper roamed the streets documenting destruction and new beginnings. These images can now be seen for the 1st time at the new synagogue in. This city was of course in ruins and how over 2000000 people had to start a new life. You really get an impression of that when you look at these photos. Does the mind is a ford a seat. Tapper fled the german capital to escape the nazis in 1033 he became a us citizen and the most famous war photographer of his time and life magazine sent camper back to berlin to get the photographers impression of the end of the war. This is about him and distance its still a distance to view because kapil was jewish and the people he observed were not necessarily resistance fighters or anti fascists. Is it but his gaze is not one of malice nor is it one of a victor. Deceived us people who have lost everything searching for the missing for work and for food on the black market. Some also looking through skin. In a bar allied soldiers celebrate with german frauleins here cappa can also be saying. You can see him here hes very dark and his cheeks are filled with cognac or whiskey hes standing at the bar or. As i asked it and there and there are these other types of discoveries we made when going through the 600 photos 6 and have guns and. Here are a few survivors of the Jewish Community celebrating the new. Dark matter and here we see that catherine has a different relationship with these people than with those he has seen on the street that theres actually no more distance there thank you. And that makes these pictures all the sadder that it was actually the end of the bird in Jewish Community of berlins jewish history and of German Jewish history in general hope that you. Can gaze of war photographer robert kapper imperfect fleeting and haunting. Well these images equally unforgettable as not keyed roll in paris was in gulf in flames in april of last year fire had broken out under the roof of the 850 year old monument and by the time it was extinguished its spire had collapsed and most of the roof was completely destroyed the restoration work is underway and its archaeological crypt has just reopened but the work has been tricky as the mangled scaffolding put in place the renovation prior to the fire is painstakingly removed. Restoration work on the roof is to die at dizzying heights climbers saw through the 200. 00 tons of melted scaffolding piece by piece for months they feared the walls of the cathedral would collapse under its own weight with a huge crane the parts a carefully lifted out and lowered to the ground its precision work. When we have a wind speed of 20 to 30 Kilometers Per Hour then you can see that the containers sways 5 meters in both directions so we have to be careful not to hit the scaffolding. The fire broke out almost a year and a half ago when i pull 152019. Not only discomforting but also toxic lead dust has posed a constant threat to the cleanup crew with the entire structure in danger of collapsing and precious artifacts needing to be salvaged countless sculptures and stones were removed. And taken outside of paris to geologist john d. M. s because the stones are still contaminated with lead he needs to wear protective clothing these angel heads fill 33 may shoes to the ground when the vault dome collapsed only their wings are broken the stones are in Critical Condition badly damaged by the into. Since heat of the fire sun are as fragile as glass and ultrasound scan determines how porous they are and whether or not they can be used again in the restoration at the same time researchers want to know more about the cathedrals construction the research is making the best of the situation. Similar to yours we would never have been able to take these kinds of samples had the fire never happened or we never could have isolated such big pieces it would have been impossible to see back at the building site the workers are forging ahead the scaffolding needs to be removed by the end of september because it will be reconstructed exactly as it was before the fire and that hopefully before 2024. A big job there indeed in paris visit our website for more from arts and culture and in the meantime to stay safe all the best im going to. Move. To the point strong opinions clear position im supposed International Perspectives on. This information is going viral to make has given a boost to conspiracy theories like those of you are not counting our conspiracy theories thats our topic on to the point joining us. To the point im. Going to be up soon on d w. N b r a climate change. Summit soon. Come. To some. Odd. Years today the future of. G. W. Dot com there goes the making. Clear the term. Im not thinking out of the general well i guess sometimes i am but i found nothing which is that the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotype the question here think the future of the country. But i dont blame. You you did seem ridiculous grandmother day oh do you know its cold out there no im rachel joined me from the german from d. W. Post. How does a virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all of us. Just through the topics covered and we couldnt read your show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science. Class. This is deja vu news live from europe scrambles to help the displaced migrants boria thousands are homeless and hungry after the fire destroyed 3 says largest refugee camp the greek government is sending help but what about the rest of the engine is. Also coming up to beirut support to iraqs in flames i get a month after a massive explosion leveled much of the area a huge new fire triggers tragic and prompts a fresh questions about government negligence. Im sumi so much condits going to have you with us european governments are racing to find shelter and safety for thousands. Of displaced migrants from greeces morea camp thats after a massive fire tore through the facility leaving some 12000 people homeless greece is sending 3 ships to house thousands of refugees temporarily the leaders of france and germany have also agreed on a plan to resettle hundreds of children from the camp to the European Union. And 500 wins a 2nd night of fires burn the morning a refugee camp beyond all recognition. Leaving behind a human catastrophe which is now unfolding on the streets of lesbos. Among the homeless thousands of exhausted men women and children. Some of whom were born in the now destroyed morea camp we do it every 3. Im definitely give no ive no doing nothing really and they do the will of the your people. Your. No money put up that lets a little know we will sleep on the street what can we do that we dont have food and if we dont have anything what can we do. Meanwhile officials point the finger of blame for the fire at residents angry over strict coronavirus quarantine measures. Im not modis all these conditions that i recognized the difficult conditions that however nothing can become an excuse for violent reactions to Health Checks and even more so for such extensive on race this is not a has. Amid the ruins of what was mores notoriously crowded camp aid workers say the tragedy has been a long time coming. We are shocked about. The situation in the world and its time in groups that can do it one way or the other. Night or. 5 years of progress or find it a good thing when the party seems run by local government as much as you know what youre. Going to hear during story has mores displaced is under way 400 unaccompanied children boarded a flight to mainland greece on wednesday the miners were placed in quarantine facilities in the city to saloniki for the families left behind the wait continues their fate in the hands of leaders their futures uncertain. Earlier german chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the situation at moria she says europe is still struggling to speak with one voice on migration policy on this is. We have known for a long time that people there were living in inch human conditions and not only that the fire has shown us like a magnifying glass what the problem is that. Has taken this point we can only solve this problem together if the 1st step is the offer to grace for the underwriter refugees. And most steps must follow a full connective responsibility. Germany is committed to this responsibility but we cannot be satisfied with europes migration policy there isnt one at the moment. Lets get more on this story now with our Political Correspondent hans front good evening hans you know several states and regions here in germany have openly publicly expressed willingness to take it far more migrants what is the federal government doing about that. And fact is not only regional regions in germany and municipalities in germany there are thought theres also been an initiative from members of parliament of uncle americal to party in other words of conservative members of parliament who have been saying that thousands of ridgeview refugees should immediately be brought to germany the government at the moment is responding by saying that what needs to be done is to find a european on so to those that germany on its own should not respond that germany should not take in refugees simply on its own initiative that the european governments together within the European Union should find a way of addressing this crisis so that the foot at the moment those demands from German Society are being blocked and thats not something that is necessarily representative for all of germany but that is something that is very well represented in all of germany but they are dissenting voices as well i spoke earlier to the deputy leader of the alternative for Germany Party that is the right thing populist party her name is beatrix from the start thats try and see lets hear what she had to say. Yes i think this is a severe human crisis and we have to help we have to very rapidly have to reconstruct the refugee camp i think this is important but theres also a very strong message we have to send is we cannot get those migrants now into our country because this would mean to worry wart what we have seen setting the the refugee camp on fire by purpose at least they have been attacking the player men who are going in trying to extinguish the fire they have been there been attacked by the refugee so rewarding this would set a very wrong signal some people who work with the refugees say that they are so frustrated after 5 years in this camp that nothing has happened there has not been refuted policy from the European Union they have no perspective that is why they have taken this kind of step if youve got any understanding for this kind of frustrations no i dont have any kind of respect or we cannot we cannot reward it as i just said but setting up the refugee camp on fire puts innocent lives in danger some will die and then claiming to be a political Asylum Seeker means to abuse political asylum and we will set a very strong signal we would set a very strong signal that this abuse of political asylum is not accepted for no one they have to know if they burned down the refugee camp they will have to stay and they will not improve their situation if they can improve their situation if they if they succeed and what they are looking for their right for exile and the right of immigrating to germany they will set the next refugee camps in fire and we have to prevent this we have to stop it and this is what is would be our very Strong Political signal there are several german politicians even conservative politicians from americas Christian Democratic Party who are saying we should immediately bring a 1000 or maybe. Given 2000 of these refugees to germany in order to help them what do you feel about that i think if we give in and if we take those migrants now to germany this would create create incentives for the next arsons for the net next refugee camp set on fire and i think this this will be very bad this will put dramatic new lives to danger and we should not do that. Ok hon so we heard there the perspective from germanys far right party in parliament but how representative is that perspective while the far right has been basing its policy on an anti migrant policy ever since it came into existence and in fact it represents a very small fraction of German Society as we say he said and saw earlier there is a Huge Movement of sympathy and of an intention to help the refugees in this camp in this dire situation that they find themselves in our Political Correspondent reporting for us thank you very much. Now to some other stories making headlines around the world the w w f says the average size of wildlife populations has tumbled by 2 thirds since 1972 to forests being raised for food groups living planet report warns that continued natural habitat loss increases the risk of more pandemics as humans expand their presence closer to wild animals. At least 7 people are dead and hundreds injured after violent protests erupted in the colombian capital but the unrest follows the death of a man in Police Custody a video of Officers Holding down and tasing a man went viral on social media. In the u. S. At least 6 people have died in wildfires in california oregon and washington hundreds of homes in oregon have been destroyed the governor is warning it could be the biggest loss of life and property the state has ever seen. Fire has broken out and beiruts ports weeks after the devastating explosion that killed nearly 200 people in the lebanese capital and left hundreds of thousands homeless flames and smoke rose from the destroyed port the red cross that the fire hit a warehouse containing its food aid which could disrupt the organizations humanitarian operations the cause of the place is still unclear lebanons president said it could have been an intentional act of sabotage or an accident. Earlier i spoke to do have used samana in beirut and asked her to tell us more about the new place. To be im the standing facing the beirut ports and as you see behind me there is small this small queue can see it and in any area you stand in beirut. The cause of the needs was not here yet but the fire erupted from warehouse to bring oil and storing tires in the beirut boards. Witnesses told us that they saw that means its where it was going on before the fire erupted the fire didnt you know theyre dead zone which is central to that they looked for to investigate it up today in an area that was that separates you with a precision after that they would point to. Rest and it is still the 2nd fire at the port complex this week and this is just weeks after that massive explosion how are people reacting seeing these flames. When you. The captain isnt talking plates of panic. Witnesses that told us that when they were driving they sold cars that were reversing near the highway near the border because they were scared they were panicking because the memories of the oldest were explosion came back to their minds and people who told us that they are through with the government and the leaders and they think that they are unable to manage to become sheep and that that is right here as. They see that they could lose theirs to prison and they couldnt preserve the security of the competent and on social media for youngest of the people is a break here and what are authorities doing rather than to make sure that the port is actually security. You can hear. The monkey they live in easier for. Trying. To put down the blaze and there are fire trucks that are trying to pull down the days as well and. The governor of they with my when i was asked to evacuate the fort and all of the area surrounding the ports and yes citizens to stay in their homes and close their windows because the small black smoke behind me maybe talks to our correspondent reza on some reporting for us from beirut thank you so much. The 1st case of african swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in germany the disease is not dangerous to humans but is fatal to pigs authorities have prepared containment measures to protect the Meat Industry this electric fence was unable to keep african swine flu from crossing into germany from poland to get wild boar found near the border tested positive for the virus that prompted the state to take quick action. Yes since einstein 1st of all limits on foot and vehicle traffic inside the specified area where african swine fever has been found 2nd blocking off the restricted area. 3rd limitations on or an outright ban on hunting forth limitations or a ban on agriculture in the area. The virus spreads by direct contact between animals via animal blood and through improperly disposed of contaminated food it can survive for months or even years and meet. The economic consequences are that producers in the affected areas will be cut off from the market and put under strict restrictions and germany as a whole wouldnt be able to export pork to countries outside the e. U. In. An export ban could only be lifted after 6 months from now the highest priority is to contain the virus. So often that means were prepared to support farming operations that have been affected School Districts and because he isnt the Farmers Association has demanded a call of wild boars. Lets get a recap of our top story here and the leaders of france and germany have agreed on a plan to take in 400 refugee children from greeces morea migrant camp a massive fire has destroyed the facility leaving 12000 people homeless. Coming up next is china clamping down on europeans doing business there Stephen Beardsley has more ended up your business. Every day. For us and for our planet. The idea is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make cities screamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over do for station