A kind of. Stay with us to hear from the artist himself. Also coming out its 20 years since eric was somebody from i can tell you ill give you amazed at the sydney olympics gaining a thing in the slowest olympic swimmer. I could you know your welcome to the program why are we facing so many natural disasters how auctions on the environment contributed to the questions difficult to answer but not for 7 seeds the old South African poet and sculptor. Hes using his extraordinary sculpture as makes with some spirituality to help protect the environment his artwork made from animal bones is meant to encourage the site. To fight against actions that damage nature and the environment. This is not unusual in art and it also has a message 78 year old South African sculpture professor and poet peter cantu really created 45. He called the exhibition in mississippi any in the local zulu language translated into english this means return to the source for the artist sings have never seemed more urgent. We have to prepare ourselves for more kind of a pandemic simply because with disrespect of nature we are surrounded nature with plastic only sleeps ever the carry so the whole is of greed the issues of. The other ones that are merely led us to where we are now and yet as an African People our poll reps and everybody else tells us about how we must. Cully. The atis has been working for more than 40 years of use material he scavengers fun scrape yet off with bare bones as he sent over the last 3 years by creating this sole coronavirus Restrictions Mean the public has not yet been able to see their artworks but every sculpture can be viewed virtually together with supplementary audio that to leave a record it is specially for each piece. What this exhibition has done its challenge what curating is because for a long time we all think with thought about creating has been traditional has been going to space and seen our 2 etc and particular by these brains had to challenge the art and the art industry even how we speak of art and how art speaks to us critic and tool is an expert on african indigenous knowledge systems. And throwing down the bones. In order to divine the stage of the nation in this state of the universe listed of our environment the state of our own Mental Health as to what exactly happens lets for every visitor to decide by himself whether looking at the sky plus were actually. Physically during a planned 2 of the exhibition through several cells african museums scheduled for 2021. The genius artist a pretty cotton to lead joins us from Johannesburg South africa and thanks for your time so your artwork is warning humans to return to the source or be faced with more pandemics now that sounds a bit scary what and how do you me and wanted me. To reach serious human beings to. Where we. Are with. New mothers d including them. So you know that we really can create really serious. Imbalance. You imagine yourself. Killing animals and use and you mainly use bones for your artwork how do you get hold of your bones. So what happens is that i meet every year have. Intimate restaurant owner. Images wind bones be eaten theres no flesh remaining then you can and go to the year in nature in asking or tell you which share of those goes. In was this yes then the next the what you have to do is to come up with imperial incense or for the ancestors in order to wear piece of gear the spirits are there any months that you near your taking and explain it to those spirits what you are going to use those. Bones for in order to present them again protect them against their. Gaze dear miss a fiery in a torah zeal in order to handle to attain that ideal that those particular animals themselves would have loved or wow thats sounds are quite deep but how exactly is your artwork helping people to take proper care of the environment. So what happened is that a little bit for bones had we sent didnt p. H. S. All the of them. That people will be a retrial and some of that is thinking a not the. Greasy. Land on it you. Are in also the land our lead in. The evil one child i shall ask in pew it you know. Is will look a model in all our musicians and think us and call it we give them each a a no these that pulls them out of the edge to them and they compose hormones and compose songs and if we can imagine then digitally in our sons and poems about forecasting on the environment from the people that the people are low in laugh you can look at it in a statement you know build it i think now you mention how africa has lost its way from ecological balance how did that happen. It what happened that i mean colonialism. Is all about day in the process you know gaining you know the resources they have converting people to think lay them so that people forget now in our cultures its better for them to be better for us to be you know you have to be controlled so what happens therefore is that. We give the forgotten who we are with becomes so much other peoples alethia where you have to go in a trade bomb you dont kind of will be caught you wait until rigor and beautiful quote drops and rate drops you plant a tree to lean to the child a delete the child with the environment where they are and then you pick up and told him and for a mr the master of the how you know and also the lumber in a snake so what is it with leadership with any mothers any relationship with a chair you know their balance. Is a certainty ok if my mate is there. Therefore i would have to protect the halo one its where do i take it. If yours is a sheep literally to protect the sheep so they are those countries that is. Everything is protected to a new heretical balance ok now youre almost 18 yes whats your motivation to keep going strong. Well i want to vision for clean air in a song is a festival was a lot of people i love beauty i love this at least. But i have political neatly that is when i was brought up there were older people who to me adopted me they mentored me and helped me to be who i am i am motivated because they are going to see me and mentor and number of other people who is think like they do even those that dont think that they do says or get handed to the lead they do so that theyre. Creative that you know work ok i think and to me scholars are from Johannesburg South africa many thanks for your time. Thank you. Now was of you may remember him cause he gave all he could on the public love him for that 20 years ago eric was somebody for material guinea swam the 100 meter freestyle during the sydney olympics after the competitors had been disqualified for a false start he had to swim the entire distance alone in the gigantic ball he really struggled to get to the last of tb test done but that sharing of the public spread him on he finally touched the end of the pool after one minute 52 seconds and 72. 00 hundreds of a 2nd thats more than twice the time of the Gold Medalist that and him the credit of being the slowest olympic swimmer on the nickname erik. While his style remains a little bit different to other professional swimmers and his training conditions arent any better where 20 years ago he still inspired by the limbic spirit. Was a money shot to world seem as a result of his achievement 20 years later hes been reflecting on his unlikely stardom in sydney. After finishing the swim on a personal level i really felt grateful i got to feel like i had at least represented my country and i had completed the 100 metres that was something i had never achieved before. I believe that in life when you have a goal to do something you have to keep pushing yourself to do it you have to keep going to keep fighting because sutcliffe i said effort this is how you get what you want. Moral of the story is to never give up and thats where we draw the curtains on this show thanks for sharing your time with us you can visit our website dot com slash africa stories. On twitter leave you with more extraordinary work from south africa. Images of the. Lead. With their respect it deserves. The right. One of the worlds most important contemporary artists 88 year old get a heart of a stone unveils what he calls his last major work that story coming up on arts and culture and later on the show London Fashion week edition designers take a step away from the traditional catwalk and. Whats the buzz on bees and electronic music. Welcome to arts and culture german artist says hes completed the last major project of his life and if thats true it is a pretty grand farewell the 88 year old whose works rank among the most valuable in contemporary art donated a new set of abstract stained glass windows to germanys oldest abbey. Its a monumental gift of in estimable value light shines through an original work by gary hart who wish to abstract art Gothic Church architecture but its not a biblical scene which is depicted. Lincolns incredibly important we dont give in to the temptation to depict god as an old man with a bushy beard and white hair. When gary hart was asked to create the windows he agreed immediately. The artist was not present at the opening but let it be known he is very happy with the result you know its work is based on an abstract painting from 1990 which richter processed digitally. Split it up on the computer and mirrored it then mirrored the image over and over again here in the middle we have the progression he used as a model for the towline being the. Log of. Turning into glass is a process of translation canvas into a very special material the windows were created here in the studios of the whole class or. Found 3 in munich various techniques were used details from the canvas version have. Very different effect. Because we have lights a canvas image isnt back with us you have a situation with different lighting conditions morning afternoon evening with the sun shining through. Had already designed a Church Window in 2007 he made one for the cologne cathedral now theres a counterpart in total despite the fact that richter actually left the church. As this promise of attorney being present for centuries in a church thats a different appeal than having pictures in a museum. Germanys oldest abbey in the small village of total is now also a place of pilgrimage for lovers. And from one of the best known names in art to an artist whose real name remains unknown and it looks like for once banksy is anonymity is working against him the European UnionsTrademark Office has thrown out banks his application to register this mural of a protester throwing flowers they said if the artist wants to stop merchandisers from copying his motif theyll have to use copyright law like other artists banksy is avoided copyright lawsuits because they would require him to reveal his identity is even said copyright is for losers. Because in 1000 pandemic and the economic crunch are forcing fashion houses to get even more creative burberry has already switched some of its production from trench coats to protective medical wear and now for the London Fashion week the british label took to the countryside trading in their traditional runway for Forest Trails and an online audience designer ricardo to shoot live streamed his street where heavy Spring Summer collection and a show choreographed by acclaimed performance artist i met him. And another designer at London Fashion week isnt doing any kind of runway at all not even a hike through the woods but gareth pugh is showing his new collection at christies auction house its a multimedia exhibition combining fashion music and film she has been called an architect and sculptor of fashion even before we meet a fashion here he is in his own words. Youd like to see challenge that with things that dont we dont necessarily like to see downs be it some of it is so to speak so its kind of like. Doing something in a in a in the thought process than just astounded fashion show which i sometimes equate to a tennis match to open and its you know we need to evolve from nothing basically with the collection weve weve done a very small collection its 13 looks that weve had with 13 different tracks its kind of like a visual album. So so yeah i mean it was it was super nice to be back at the studio after the down. I realized you know working from home doesnt quite cut it so being back at the studio and happens in the folk. On this really important im a little model and a star mechanism model in the studio just before because the studio down after the lockdown. When it was stuck. It was stuck to a mirror tile for that its not all anymore you know the the genesis of the idea was to create something slaughtered on a point you know we will look in bach at the mystics all we have made and im not just talking about one thing in particular brought think the time of reckoning for everybody where youre looking bach to walk has gone before and youre looking forwards to a time when those wrongs can be made right. This is being so incredibly to motorists theres been so many things going on whether its a protest in hong kong whether its been monuments been torn down whether its a pandemic its an Election Year in america it is it feels like the plates of the earth are kind of shifting and nobody really knows where its going to end so yeah this project i guess is a reaction to having enough going on around us and its hope so they are going to leave people with a sense of hope and optimism. Because we all need to bed. Now if insects can be fashionable then be user totally on trend theyve been featured in a gucci collection the venom is a hit in high end cosmetics and new studies show that honey actually does have some Medicinal Properties some musicians are also turning to be used for inspiration welcome to the world of d. J. And beekeeper be only samp. Keeping bees and working as a d. J. Arent normally activities that most people would say is related in any way but not for be any said his music comes from the buzzing of bees produces cool beats with it and has a message for his listeners as being harassed of loss he said during the time i was trying to make a Performance Audio piece a state you get these suspects and sells people connect today through 3 sounds. The only senator studied art and design and began his experimental music while he was still a student he calls it insect tech just. C c uses a special software to isolate the different frequencies of the bees a minute. There are 3 types of being a high this is the queen. Who is the draw and the charge of their own frequency right. So the crave has a high pitch piping sound homeworkers economy midrange sound drunk by all be a piece bangs so. He uses a scanner to record the sounds made by the police the frame he built is fitted with microphone use and a digital recorder which can capture hours of buzzing in libby hartley. Being nice always tinkering with new instruments for his music once hes filled the recorders memory and the london fog beyond he sent takes it home to his studio he analyzes the bee sounds and arranges them through various synthesizers to create a track and when you put sounds all of this they become kind of the last. Dick so the community. Interface for this synthesizer is to be flowing into the flower. Its hers i moved. In the next the sound would. Be any samples taken his sound installations all over the world for example to the awful lek tronic a festival in vince austria and the media ought to be an ally in fatfat poland. Always takes to the stage in a beekeeper suit he wants to remain anonymous he wants the listeners to concentrate solely on the music. But this year his performance as a concert. During a lot of locally being able to come appear to my beings in just meditates and you know regardless of the pandemic in lockdown i receive the bees just carry on as normal and that she theyre happy that theres not as much pollution. This year. Defense bees are happy to give any semblance to his sounds are a hit especially with Young Audiences at the same time they raise awareness of the worldwide decline of the populations. The author of the novel forrest gump has died at age 77 when stan groom wrote several books but hes best known for his story turned into a film by robertson backus. My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre going to get the 1994 movie forrest gump 16 oscars with tom hanks and the title role as a slow thinking optimist or becomes a star athlete. Well thats it for this edition of arts and culture all leave you now with some jimi hendrix on this 50th anniversary of his death the music world is remembering has short but brilliant career thanks for watching. Can inspire change. People make mistakes go for fantastic right. Join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and Work Together for a Better Future for. Many concerts you all but using it for good. 90 minutes on the. W. How does the virus spread. Why do we panic and when will all this. 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Israel imposes a 2nd nationwide lockdown on the jewish new year public spaces and people ordered home as coronavirus cases soar but critics call the move a catastrophe for the economy also on the program. The u. S. Bans downloads of talk and the trumpet ministration warns that the chinese owned apps could be used to spy on american citizens. And fire raging through. The biggest on earth but president also plays down the danger even as climate scientists. Are. A micro local its nice to have you with us israel is re imposing a full nationwide lockdown with authorities there saying its the only way to slow soaring corona virus infections the measures will severely restrict movement for 3 weeks they come into effect israel march the jewish new year and several other religious holiday but critics fear the lock down will hit men in economy already battered by the closures the 1st time around. Our correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer says there is some uneasiness israel where the governments handling of the situation and with the sobering reality of having to face a 2nd National Lockdown well on the one hand people do understand that. Infection rights guy erotically rocketing in the last wreaks or month or so that something needs to be done but this lockdown this nationwide. Deeply unpopular people are seeing more the failure in the government and a lot of people are unhappy about the handling of this crisis by the government not of the. Zigzagging Decision Making a lot of different interests coming into play the coalition not working well but there are concerns by different groups here its basically the religious communities are very concerned about restriction when it comes to pray as not of the jewish high holidays or you know in gatherings of people conquer other together at the same time Business Owners you know theyre hard to recovered from the last lockdown theyre very worried but also ordinary people i mean parents you know schools are closed they have to take care of their children they cant then go to work i mean people can relate to this i think all over the world at the same time people are very much reminded also that this is almost like the 1st looked on it was also over a jewish holiday of passover at the time and the main question here people have is that what kind of exit strategy will there be this time because people know it might last 3 weeks it might be even extended but what will come afterwards thats the main question of people do. Correspondent in jerusalem lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour officials in california. Fire in Los Angeles CountyEmergency Services say the blaze is only partially contained at least 34 people have been killed. In the western United States in recent weeks. Moved into a new camp on the greek island. Thousands more are still sleeping out in the open after. More. Most are refusing to move into the new. Faces an impeachment. Short of the 2 thirds majority required to remove him from office the timing of the vote has been criticized among the countries hit hardest by the. Synagogue has opened in time for the traditional jewish new year. The open air worship facility allows the community. The u. S. Has announced plans to ban the use of the chinese own mobile apps to talk and we chat citing National Security concerns downloading the apps in the u. S. Will be blocked from sunday a full ban on the use of tectonic is due to come into effect mid november some experts are concerned that talks owner could gain access to the information of the apps users in the u. S. However the band might be cancelled if the trumpet ministration agrees to a deal between chinese owners and u. S. Investors for more on this im joined now by dean. Fully ileus public its nice to see you here why has the us decided to ban downloads of tech talk and we remind us well this goes back to august in fact when President Trump through executive order gave to talk until september 20th to find essentially a u. S. Company that would be in charge of its domestic operations now here we are at mid september and true to word this has been announced that its and she downloads are going to be banned as of sunday unless of course in the next couple of days and we know that this would not be a surprise and the trumpet ministration that as some sort of dramatic turn of events takes place in a u. S. Company strikes a deal to purchase. The u. S. Operations of tech talk is approved by President Trump and has some Big Companies in the mix there it appears that are a call along with that walmart who would have a smaller part in this could in fact actually at the companies theyre going to be in charge of say of tick tock in the United States i ask this next question with my daughter in mind because she cannot keep her hands off of what does this essentially mean for the users of the world thats where its a little big gray at the moment obviously this is affecting us users of. Moment there are 100000000 u. S. Users. At the moment and well have to wait and see until november 12th when the way they put it is that internet traffic or how it will be illegal to host or transfer internet traffic with take talk will come into effect and whats also interesting is what the commerce secretary in the u. S. Has said he said at the president s direction weve taken significant action to chinas malicious collection of americans personal data so theyre hammering home the fact that you know users need to be reminded of this that even though theres a 100000000 users and many of them would be quite young users who perhaps dont care as much as perhaps older users with regards to their personal data or whatever so lets wait and see 1st step by step and itll be november 12th before it will say the full time comes i believe we have about half a minute here whats the president s role in all those thats President Trump the 1st one president you know often takes unusual steps with regards his role and this is no different hes playing the kingmaker in some ways he wants to sign off on whoever whatever company decides to become the will say controller of domestic operations for take talk in the u. S. And also lets not forget this is about u. S. China relations and thats also not forget what have we got coming up in november elections so this could have a very significant role in u. S. China relations as well as public fully aaliyahs for us thank you so much will. The United Nations is warning that conflict and covered 19 have left millions facing starvation dozens of countries are blighted by famine among those suffering most or yemen which is dealing with the worlds worst humanitarian disaster after 5 years of civil war every day doctors watch helplessly as children die of malnutrition. Is all they have left in this hospital ward. Machines and medicine arent enough to replace what the children so desperately need food. Its an agony some mothers know all too well. Given that im very scared im going to lose her just like i lost my other daughter. The u. N. Says 3 quarters of yemens population relies on food aid and gaps in funding have made them even more vulnerable war has ravaged the country and the pandemic has compound at the crisis. The u. N. Says that despite these challenges there is still hope. But history proves that even in the midst of conflict famine had need prevention in order to prevent it we must act. And we have to act in time to make a difference on fortunately in too many places time is now running out. Time has run out for her daughter. Another victim of malnutrition. On the face of the. Something that we found that can fight on legal. Fees. But medical staff here can only give comfort as yemen slides towards famine was. From the middle east to latin america brazils president dr also now has played down the wildfires now raging through vast stretches of rain forests and wetlands critics say his probusiness stand says embolden those who destroyed the forest for mining and Land Clearing federal Police Suspect farmers ignited a major fire now burning through the punter not the planets largest wetland. For the past several weeks catastrophic forest fires have ravaged the nature reserve destroying a unique ecosystem in the process the director of the reserve has watched helplessly as more of the protected landscape burns each day. Last year alone 10000. 00 hectares of forests burnt to the ground this year its been 3 times that much its a huge loss. This area is one of the most biodiverse places in the world tourists flock here to see endangered animals in the wild. Like the jarvis stork. And jaguars. These are the worst fires the area has seen in over a decade for their north fires are also raging in the amazon rain forest many of them were started illegally to clear forest for farming the smoke from those fires has spread to cities with devastating consequences for the health of locals but farmers know there are a few consequences who are illegally starting the fires brazils president consistently undermines protections. N. G. O. S get money from abroad and they dont have a chance of fighting me i will continue to fight and kill this cancerous tumor that is the Environmental Protection agency. Narrow dispatched the military to the amazon to help battle the fires the same military that carved roads through it and erected settlements during the military dictatorship from 1964 to 1905. Critics fear brazils military could create a permanent presence in the rain forest. No no there will be no militarization of the rain forest were just here in a logistical capacity for example our helicopters there used to battle the fires. Its likely after the fires agriculture here will expand including more fields for products like soybeans and meat bound for the European Market thats why environmentalists are calling for e. U. Laws that would protect brazil against further deforestation every day the flames reach further the area is in dire need of rain but none is expected for at least several weeks. Football now and the start of the buddhas league or season here in germany is less than an hour away champions buy in munich. There will be no fans to cheer them on after a last minute decision to keep the stadium empty because of rising corona infections. Ah its no secret fire in munich dominate the bundesliga it was written all over their shirts at the end of last season after theyd made it a record 8 titles in a row 30 overall. The last time a team other than byron won the bundesliga was years back wait for it 2012 that was dortmund but last season was exceptional after biron signed the league title they sealed the german cup and delivered the Champions League for their 2nd trouble in 7 years repeating the trouble especially the Champions League part comes with uncertainty but that cant be said of the bundesliga. Few experts can see a champion this season that doesnt start with fire and end in munich. A side note in months of the although i think it certainly distinguishes the team that when they have Great Success they want to prove themselves 1st and no matter what the squad looks like ultimately its always a duty for byron munich in the end to become champions oh my sense of. The player and squad will look different in the new season. Gone are midfielder phil leave. And forward even in paris its both played back up rules however what will really hurt the loss of midfielder tiago to liverpool but former Manchester City forward le roy sunday is now on board so that should ease the pain of bit. Its another season another reason for the rest of the bundesliga to try to break byrons dominance but based on last season not to mention the 74 fire in munich will pick up just about where they left off. Youre watching news a lot from berlin ginnell deland is here next with Business News im like a local in berlin for all of us here thank you so much for watching. Us the tries. To give you some say one thing in the footsteps of the great. Things are. The fleet street. 3 times i wanted. To marry my fellow. Good guy. In germany. Recognizing where exactly. Was. The most current cultural history of. Travel. Extremely worth a visit. To top on the chopping block the white house is restricting take talk and reach out starting sunday paving the way for an absolute bounty. Also on the show we take you to gone now where the economy has shrunk for the 1st time in 37 years. And pig farmers in germany brace for the worst as swine fever spreads in the countrys borders and export markets close 3rd doors. This is the w. Business im joined on in berlin thank you very much for joining us the u. S. Has announced plans to ban the use of the chinese owned mobile apps take talk and we chat citing National Security concerns downloading the apps in the u. S. Will be blocked from sunday a full ban on use of tick talk is due to come into effect mid november some experts are concerned that tick tocks owner could gain access to the information of the apps users in the u. S. However the battle might be cancelled if the Trump Administration agrees to a deal between tick tocks chinese owners and u. S. Investors. Our financial correspondent chelsea the lady has more on the implications for a tick talk and we chat users. U. S. President clearly wasnt bluffing when he had threatened to ban these apps the United States very popular payments and social media will be unusable starting on sunday ticktock will be allowed to operate in the u. S. And until at least november 12 new versions of be able to download it will be still usable for it for users this really ups the pressure on tick tocks owners by danson and china to strike a deal to sell the Us Operations have to talk these have been ongoing but theyve really had some roadblocks in recent days as both the United States and china want to maintain control over talk and its algorithm but now the trumpets its following through on these threats it clearly raises the pressure on by dance to reach a deal. The economy of gonna shrank over 3 percent year on year in the 2nd quarter according to a new day top released this week its the 1st Economic Contraction in ghana in 37 years due to the ongoing pandemic the country started gradually to. In may but many businesses remain shocked the industrial sector was the most affected while hotels and restaurants have lost almost 80 percent of their revenue. Courage Kingsley Marty joins us now from across hes a senior economist at the Data Bank Group now courage gonna was seen as a bastion of stability in a turbulent region whats the government doing to soften the blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Well thank her for having me and so far what theyre going with is to save more just like. During the lockdown what we did was to some of the. People who may have lost their jobs as well and then. As for the 1st 3 months we have hundreds of those who know what the bill and electricity bills and doing the media budget speech you there was an extension to social oh come the best thing to do for life for humans of electricity as well as what im doing for everybody in addition to the superstar oscar you to give us the. Credit guarantees to be as these were pretty cool when you cue a life to business is all. A resumption no theyre full of courage if i may just jump in the pandemic as a force highlighted how much public spending is going to servicing debt really in gone out Something Like 5 times the amount spent on health care is the time to talk about Debt Forgiveness on the continent for yes the 5th time and i believe the discussion has already started at the peak of the pardon me where. Is our cause the cause yet has already started on how to engage with violence right credit this. Big forgiveness package for this year who does his faction. And i believe does seem to come out of it hes going to lose Income Countries before you even leave their loved ones to leave your middle Income Countries right thank you very much for your insights that was courage kingsley martinis a senior economist at the Data Bank Group now to some of the other business stories making news. South africa has pledged 650000000. 00 u. S. Dollars to its ailing National Airline the planned visit just scaling back south African Airways fleet and cutting jobs the administrators took control of as a in december after almost a decade of financial losses. That used plans to expand future emissions cuts could double costs for European Business is this decade poland and other countries have warned a higher carbon costs would burden businesses already struggling due to the pandemic and particularly airlines and manufacturers that use new plans theyll need approval by all you member states. Our next story is right here is from right here in germany where thousands of police and Customs Officials launched a nationwide check on couriers and delivery drivers the aim was to assess their Employment Conditions against germanys strict labor laws our reporter in new york dr sorts found out the results left a lot to be desired. At 8 oclock in the morning the a bomb in western Germany Police and customs officers carry out checks on package deliveries and couriers dozens of officers of being deployed you are asking effective drivers who their employers are what kinds of conditions they work on working hours wages i was driven we checked all of that. They also inspect if goods are properly secured where thats not the case line here the officers hand out fines the penalty is higher if theyre caught being negligent with dangerous cargo such as flammable liquids. All delivery drivers are under enormous time pressure most work exclusively for a single contractor german labor laws require employers to hire them instead most are actually self employed many drivers come from eastern and southeastern europe. And the driver behind us comes from bulgaria and wanted to evade the checkpoint he was waved and then tried to get past us by making a sharp turn but he was caught by us and checked accordingly. And could pull you up. He can expect a criminal charge also because hes apparently made in correct entries in the log book this driver has attracted the most attention he has no papers and is pretending to be romanian but doesnt speak romanian just broken russian he says hes not working here just helping a friend the police dont believe him and arrest him and the end it turns out hes from to take a stand and doesnt have a work permit as a part of the guy here illegally doesnt automatically lead to a prison sentence but in cooperation with the immigration or thora teens hell certainly have to leave germany and under certain circumstances hell also be banned from entering the country the authorities will continue to verify the information provided by the drivers if they are incorrect their employers will be subject to criminal proceedings. The German Government is considering aid to pig farmers as pork prices fall that comes amid new cases of swine fever and wild boar in eastern germany the disease is not dangerous to humans but its fatal to pigs and its highly infectious. At the moment there are 2000 pigs on this farm in the german state of lower saxony. Only the farmer youre an ill or someone worker have access to the livestock the double entry system is designed to protect them from pathogens in particular the african swine fever virus until now illinois has made good money raising pigs but ever since a dead wild boar was discovered with the disease far away in the state of brandenburg the price of pork has dropped by 0. 20 per kilogram for the company you know you can calculate what it means for an average pig farmer here in the region with around 700 to 800 animals it can easily be a loss in value of 15220000 euros from one day to the next on the 1400 kilometers to the east the older river had been considered a natural boundary that would prevent african swine fever from spreading additionally an electrified fence was set up to keep infected wild boar out of germany back in lower saxony more and more corn is being planted on a large scale which provides food and cover for the wild boar hunters are trying to keep the population down but its a time consuming process after 3 hours of stalking this hunter hasnt shot a single one of those there should be plenty around. If its somebody whos been on some of them are back in 1980 for example with bags of 50 wild boar a year in foregone last year we shot 540 which were more than 10 times as many eyes on the footsie and probably the outbreak of african swine fever has already had a drastic effect on pork exports Asian Countries have closed their markets to german pour up to now 10 percent of german exports have gone to china alone. For farming is its unfair for all of germany to be included in the export ban the dead wild boar were found in the forest far away from his stall. He doesnt want to see all germanys pig farmers being lumped together. Number youre going to do a voice and we should be looking at farms close to the center of this epidemic it would make sense to restrict exports there but it doesnt make sense to apply these restrictions to all the farmers who are 400 to 500 kilometers away on. All the streets. In those cant imagine the virus spreading from wild boar to the pigs on his farm for that he says the Safety Measures in his stalls are far too good. Eastern libyan commander holy father has announced on friday he would lift his blockade on oil output for a month he added he had agreed with a rival tripoli government on a fairer distribution of Energy Revenue resuming oil exports after the 8 month blockade would relieve mounting financial pressure for both sides in the libyan conflict and could remove a major obstacle towards a political settlement its not yet clear if the declared agreement has wider support. And the reminder of our top story this hour. The u. S. Has announced plans to ban the use of the chinese owned more bottle apps take talk and we chat citing National Security concerns downloading the outs in the u. S. Will be blocked from sunday a full ban on the use of tick tock is due to come into effect mid november. 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