And the artist and hammering painting with sad to keep memories and. Hello im christine one to its good to have your company as marty bradys for the inauguration off an interim needa off an interim government on friday the ball call for west african nations known as appear ready to lift tough economic sanctions on body as soon as they try to. Us is the Economic Community of West African States it imposed sanctions just off the last months military coup that pushed aside a democratically effects his president. Could this be the flight that brings mali relief from the painful economic sanctions imposed by ecowas former nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan is the front man for ecowas as it negotiates with malis military junta over the countrys transition back to democracy jonathan signaled his approval of the interim president announced early this week. We have seen that in some move in. That action that would be the best for my lens as for echo of your. Quite a change from the talk one month ago back then street protests against the government sparked some in the mali and military to force our elected president abraham boubacar creator in a coup. That the watch quickly slapped down sanctions. But now mollys democratic neighbors have approved the former defense minister and army colonel as interim president alongside one of the military hunta leaders who will be interim vice president. And the sanctions that give ecowas leverage. Lifting the sanctions not to prove their course to want an assumption and the parts of the new mali in leadership has about 18 months to help the country face a mountainous economic and political challenges before nationwide elections are to take place to move mali back to a democracy. Lets take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent top officials at kenyas medical supplies or she face prosecution. Millions of intended to purchase culvert 19 supplies the countrys Antigraft Agency announced the 1st batch of names for prosecution a 2nd phase of investigations will target companies that illegally benefited from government. In nigeria at least 25 people have been killed off to a petrol tank exploded although in a collision with other vehicles Authorities Say its at least 80. Children died in the accident in central corgis stage the blast and subsequent fire also destroyed many other vehicles and options. A schoolteacher from the democratic republic of congo has won and u. N. A. C. R. Refugee award for africa as a boony francois should go into now lives in uganda was honored with the regional nansen refugee award for. Helping survivors of rape and sexual abuse. On cape towns famed long streets say they are intimidated by gangster bosses into pain so called protection money now its been a long standing issue in the city now off to one i recently. Saw africas Police Minister appointed as special committee to crack down on the record. Correspondent krishna met the man believed to be their kingpin of organized crime in. Cape towns long street is the citys main nightlife district full of bars and restaurants its been tough here since the coronavirus pandemic hit many businesses have had to close customers are staying away. Businesses here in cape town are suffering because of the economic consequences of the lockdown theres a night curfew ablaze every day from Midnight International troops who only be allowed back in the country 1st of october and this is not the only problem some Business Owners are complaining that despite the Economic Hardship they still have to Pay Protection money. The beer house on long street has since reopened but the bars owner randolph your bird is currently stuck in germany mostly because south africas borders are closed but also because hes afraid hes refused to Pay Protection money and as chairman of the long Street AssociationBusiness Owners are sending in more and more pictures of visits from gangsters demanding money its clear their traditional protection racket for night clubs isnt working the way it used to some world wide shouldered visibly gentleman are paying you a visit and offering you protection for a danger that they cant really describe. Ask you for monthly payment. You only its getting increased levels of intimidation if you decide not to take up their offer your burke and his employees have received a. Animist Death Threats to beer houses see what happens when people dont pay for protection on the front door theres a picture of a former pouncer called joe he was stabbed to death 4 years ago i wouldnt speak if i was in cape town right now i do enjoy the fact that i am out of the country he. Says giving me the freedom to speak out on behalf of big Business Community in cape town for years the police appear to have done little but that could be changing the countrys Police Minister has contacted your birth directly he visited longstreet last week and announced a task force to deal with the protection racket problem there is a visit. Here. Maybe. Just one day later the man who your for exams he believes is behind a protection racket organized free Food Distribution for the homeless directly in front of the beer house bar. On his Facebook Page businessman fees modocs posted pictures of infamous gangsters like al capone his line of business apparently includes Debt Collection the sale of luxury automobiles and protection for peace but in front of the beer house only a man calling himself a friend of modocs could be found he also apparently runs a Security Firm your future by the allegations of Business People here that mr modi is behind the protection money issue what does he saying to them look i can only say well. I havent heard anything about it. But i did in the newspaper business but its an allegation thats not affect i havent seen it myself havent been involved in it so i dont know anything about it moments later there is suddenly a lot of movement in long street 1st of all of porsche pulls up carrying one of the most decks business associates. Right now various causes showed up you know with a lot of strong people obviously his bodyguards and im with the motive also showed up. There seems reminiscent of a hollywood film surrounded by his entourage not fees modocs briefly observateur Food Distribution. Then he asked the beer house staff whether its ok for them to distribute food at the door. But. We attempt to make contact. Why did this i. C. U. Get put out or is it. Be full of bone and few months where it will be but right rather going to be when we were at the front of the i had we did he was on im going to go for moving he said we need to go but i believe the. Moda and his entourage move on. A few minutes later the police turn out. After these events the beer house manager applied for a court order to stop odac from entering the bar again but no doubt him self is probably not concerned in february a court cleared him of extortion charges due to a lack of evidence all witnesses. Are now an artist and cameron is using sand to keep memories alive hes using the medium to help remember those killed in camerons conflicts all those who fought for justice and at the parts of the world. Could be really as deliberately uses santa cruz portraits every muzzles he sees of the fragility of life and that nothing lasts forever the cameroonian ologies often uses some pain since to have a key. What you did caught up in the conscious conflicts. He was. In the village in the old west come in february that. Just but didnt. d have nothin to do with a particular struggle to find him. And enjoyed and that in. Many major social injustice and because. Of the crisis. In the i just saw unfold for the. Soul pretty glad because i know my artist speaking in a in a certain level and people. Beyond the shores of come route. To do with him is due to portraits of. Bridges with the 1st African American beauty in an all white school in the u. S. State of louisiana. Black empowerment is another topic we them especially the power. Of. The black the blacks only human race that didnt look into an identity in the war and that one makes us a particle of compared to the other races were still looking for an identity were still looking for a name were still looking to be respected and that is what is practical our bodies like race and what we what im doing is to tell the story in them in a monitor. With in people the blocks around the world that we have dentity we we have been always searching for. Mediums also because we chop scritching many famous people including english football and you said you know when you start coming to. The arches a study a bus in down his knowledge to all the young people. Is physics at a university where he lost out. Davis is really a week. Young i knew about the artist Coby Williams through his work that he posts in social media here with his works are always exceptional and beautifully done i wanted to learn from him and so i reached out to him and he agreed for me to come over. He thinks we have around 2 os to quit a single sun tinting he doesnt make believe youre from his ought but he says the most important thing is to get his missile important across to his walk. And thats a see you next time. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. T. W. World heritage 36. 00 to get the maps now. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language the 1st word in the book. Hes in germany to sunshine. Why not im with him. Its simple online on your mobile and free. T. W. Z. Learning course. German maybe see. What happens to an east german spy when communism collapses but deutschland series about cold war espionage comes to a head and dutch land 89 coming up on arts and culture and later on our show artist miriam asked if that tells us what it was like painting the official portrait of the worlds most famous royal. Welcome to arts and culture an agent from communist east germany crosses the iron curtain to spy on the west that was dark slant 83. 00 michaud was deemed a flop here in germany where it was made but around the world it was a hit now amazon is launching before 3rd and final season of the dark trilogy and 89 the cold war is entering its final phase but for the characters things are just heating up. Nov 9th 1909. The berlin wall full of. The end of communist east germany big changes for citizens. But what about those working for Foreign Espionage the 2 is turned upside down. Former top spy in martin rock alias calipari has just joined a Computer Company as a sales person and is hoping for a quiet life. To mannys condiment. But he could handle. K g b c i a m i 6 calipari is courted by them all and starts a dangerous games 20000. 00 and i just dont want to work with us here. And you to come with me so this is Unfinished Business with him. Everything seems possible in this phase of transition characters take on new identities to reinvent themselves not the 1st time germans have adapted to survive. The country were now on today for stability and security has gone within a 100 years from more likely to fail democracy fascist dictatorship communist states to a united 1st a successful western democracy then a united and successful democracy this has hardly happened anywhere else in the world in quite this way and one could almost say the germans are world champions of reinventing themselves. Of the. United view. Of the one of the top echelon of the g. D. R. Secret service flees to italy and works together with the mafia sleeveless capital. Others person to more legitimate Business Opportunities computer. Providers and. Various important. Direct solian you serve came to germany from iraq in 1996 she knew german history only from movies and books. Through doing germany 89 all became much more vivid i filmed in the places where this all took place where this history was lived and i had discussions with team members some who fled some who stayed so i heard 1st hand stories. And i have the feeling that i actually really lived that time. Together with fellow director around our childhood she has staged the final series as an extended road movie with some striking visual sequences our hero on a psychedelic trip. Learned 89. 00 at breakneck trip through german history the wait is over. The weight of the. Over and my colleague Michael Krueger is here now and speaking of the wait being over for someone who wants to watch 89 maybe hasnt seen 83 and 86 can you watch the new series without having seen the last 2 of course each season can be watched without the other and because the basic story is nearly always the same you have this guy who really wants to have a quiet life and he constantly is untangle in great historical events in the eightys this starts in the 1st serious with 83 we can have a look at it much in the gulf there is a simple socha believing in the coming of the system of east germany and against his will he smuggled into the west as a spy and preventing in the end and Nuclear World while just by accident we see him here in this. Completely overwhelmed. And then afterwards in 86. He is used for us in angola to fill east germanys and to cuff us this all sounds very very serious but it isnt is really big fun and not because of that crazy story also because of the music of the eightys of course speaking of music of course the main actor on the show your last night is also a musician how does he combine these 2 passions well that wasnt is not not so much time for his band put it on her translated its Something Like could overlay you here. And so he managed to produce a video for us latest song securely see during the filming on and i think weve got a clip of that lets just check that out securely to. So this is a marching route that. Is just starting to the music dance so ive got. Ive got his case. Hes actually on the way to his job and this was a sequence that didnt get into the series but it did get into the clip. Very. Regularly its been 5 years. Started since the demand globally for german series has grown exponentially how do you explain that well for a very long time german t. V. Series had an awful reputation and thats. Because German Network is didnt like experience and without any experience its getting really boring so i have to say that everything is a little absolutely today everything is a little bit different because of the competition with the international serving streaming services and their huge budget and the german filmmakers now things wait a minute why should we produce for an International Audience and here we are doc is one example for that its produced by in that flicks they are really not afraid to take a risk with something new and now there is really no way back everyone has to follow and then its serious like. Is possible. There is. No other german series has cost so much money but it was worth it and the latest example is now coming out its. Told office 900 beer and blood type its a bit of a family feud set in the early days of the october office here in blood and theres rumors that maybe on netflix sirin will have to see how much beer and blood we can get if miley we want to be of that blah. Now the face of Queen Elizabeth is more than 2 eyes a nose and a mouth its a symbol of power printed on banknotes from bermuda to britain to new zealand i was a bit sad for her 1st portrait as queen almost 7 decades ago and her latest official portrait painter miriam aska fred shows a 94 year old monarch and what the artist calls an aura of. This is how Queen Elizabeth the 2nd now greets diplomats and gets in the foyer of the British Foreign office. The oil painting is the work of artist neary miska fit she met the monarch in person twice once at Buckingham Palace in the heart of the british capital. For the queen in particular i think whats fascinating about painting hows that youre possibly painting. The best known face in the world and actually thats not an easy thing to do you. Spent an hour all together with the queen and it was a special honor for the various mothers british had found a spanish painter shes quite a powerful person really about that was my 1st impression and also very quickly cause a sense of something was very grounded very natural and that she was a very very sharp sense of humor very close to the surface all the time which is we need lovely. The artist works and look here in her studio in south london it took a total 2nd months to complete from the 1st sketch to the finished painting she painted the face last the biggest challenge and the biggest worries guessing guessing how right and getting the face right and getting a sense the person and off the pose so the face of the queen and. Yes and then that feature of the light from the gold which i loved behind her i thought that was stuff that was just picked totally a lovely thing but it also serves that purpose of creating that sensible. Around. Details and symbolism are an important aspect of her work and the painting by a german a source artist inspired her to not use several surreal elements like an entity cup when i was working on the portrait of the queen hogans ambassadors coming into my mind i suddenly resolved that the teacup was going to be the place where i was going to put this sort of play for kind of symbolism in the painting. Take out and many other details also can be weighed into this portrait of her mother. During a skiff it won the National Portrait gallery is b. P. Portrait award in 2018 with an angel at my table and found new films in government is the reason effectively why was crucial to paint a portrait of the queen but i think also the fact that its a portrait of of an elderly woman painted we sort of dignity and respect i think made him feel comfortable and safe that i was the right person the 94 year old monarch inspires artists around the world numerous portraits of the queen have been made since she was crowned in 953. 00 and they traditionally divide peoples opinions in july 2020 1000000 is if its work was officially presented to the queen by a video call with your majestys commission miriam. On a picture of you there just. As it is. Just an absolute pleasure i missed it in just a moment that a chance to see it and see it in a i connect she looks very happy she seemed to be smiling from ear to ear and she looked very relaxed and i think the general consensus was that she really liked the portrayed so so you know that was lovely. Graham esque if it will never forget his very special commission all the moments she spent with the queen. Her. Music fans in france and around the world are remember. Singers you get keiko whos died at her home aged 93 keiko is iconic for her raspy voice her signature black dresses and for putting the writings of existentialist authors to music leave you with the music now that made her famous thanks for watching. Why. Do they not you know you need. To keep. The fun. To the point as a strong opinion clear position on the International Perspective such. A massive new leak of financial documents shows there internationally renowned banks are continuing to aid and abet illegal Money Laundering local wrapped are the banks thats our topic on to the point. To the point. That the teacher and the minister on the d. W. In the us of climate change. The terms of the surface come. Much use to. Cut one deals today the further future of cut cut cut cut. The only dot com for coming closer to the meeting to give us a clue cutter. And you hear me now yes yes we can hear you and how last years german chancellor women bring you an angle out madoff and you never. Hard to have a full surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves and want also about who talk to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaping huddle if you join us from eccles last stop saying. Im not laughing at the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up in the winter that means the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotype quiet but interesting to see the country that im. Needed to take to this grandmother. To me its all that. New im rachel join me to meet the gem from d. W. Post. Above. The law but. This says you dont really use life for berlin dirty business in brazil german car giant volkswagen admits colaba related with the military dictatorship there some 40 years ago folks were going to greece to pay millions in compensation to employees who were spied on at the companys factories some of them were tortured also coming up once a proud a Trainee Police officer he turned his back on the force after hearing the views of some of his colleagues just how widespread is far right and greece is to opinion in germanys Police Forces and the spanish capital madrid request urges extra help to combat a resurgent over. In a virus the European Union warns that the situation is now worse in some Member States than it was at the height of the endemic. Thank you so much for your Company Everyone we begin with a historic reckoning for the german car giant folks thought and it has long been accused of collaborating with the military dictatorship that ruled brazil from 1964 to 985 well the claims are that the company spied on some of its employees and then supply it that information to the dictatorships Security Services leading to that arrest and torture of someone awful slog and has agreed to pay out the equivalent of 5500000. 00 euros in damages to the victims to avoid the case going to court heres more. What happened in brazil was a doc chapter volkswagens history its a story that was uncovered by german public broadcasters and the newspaper in an investigation in the 19 sixties and seventies opponents of the military dictatorship were handed over to the Security Services at the company site in sao paulo workers were then tortured by the military. Now volkswagen has accepted what happened back then was wrong and it will pay damages of 5500000. 00 euros human Rights Groups welcomed its decision to wash d. C. Is silly of vodka c 40 volkswagen pays damages now than other employees in brazil my fellows so it sets a positive example. Of the release of the. And its an example that comes at a time when the current president i have both in our has made no secret of his fondness for the military dictatorship and its late is. Futile to shoot so this many of the president s supporters share his. Including his white washing of the pasta during the military dictatorship thats why i think its hugely important to show what happens in no news site. For the victims this is a victory in the long battle theyve been seeking damages from volkswagen and an apology. Well correspond a mighty a saber to is covering that story for us and spoken to victims and their relatives i asked whether the thought the 5500000 payout was enough. Yes theyre generally happy they are meeting now behind me in this red building on the 3rd floor around 50 more than 50 victims off the fogs of again during the dictatorship era and they are happy to receive the money its a late recognition of the suffering they had bought on the other hand some victims already died for example one of the leaders and one of the victims of torture. He died last year so for. The widow of him of lucio its ok to receive the help now as a relative but its for her too late exactly i mean probably this comes a little too late im wondering the accusations obviously are not new why did it take folks logon 4 decades to reach this conclusion and to come out this way. Thats really difficult to understand and read difficult for me to answer because i cant understand it at all fact is that Forbes Magazine did not really progress did not head had a really shown really progressive attitude towards this problem and their role during the dictatorship but in 2016 they published a 1st time a study including. Abstract of an independent historian so they began to to spotlight on these issues and now they pay this amount which is better than nothing for the victims but they really really are late on this but on the other hand its also part of the truth here in brazil for its mark is the 1st company to really look on the history look on the dark side of the history and to pay such an amount of money to the victims other Brazilian Companies didnt do so so far lets talk about the brazilian president to terrible sonar has he reacted to what has been decided so far he didnt comment on this issue i think dont think he would do so but its for sure that he isnt one of the admirers of the dictatorship era he thinks this was a time during the cold war of security and order he praises regularly one of the most important torturers of brazil so we dont expect from also naro a new a new way of seeing these issues seeing the past of brazil. Is a positive sign of fox vying for the society of brazil. Thank you so much for t. S. A. 1st that reporting from brazil. Well the automaker is also still dealing with the fallout from the companys diesel emissions scandal a court here in germany has now ruled that volkswagens former c. E. O. Must stand trial on a 2nd set of charges relating to that scandal all this time Martin Winterkorn is accused of market manipulation and follows a decision earlier this month that he must stand trial on fraud charges no date has been set for either set of proceedings went to court and resigned from folks going after diesel emissions cheating was revealed in 2015 the scandal has cost the german carmaker tens of billions of euros. And staying here in germany investigators say they have discovered more evidence of alleged right wing extremism among Police Officers on the State Government in north rhinewestphalia says its found 16 new instances of xenophobia or extremist language well thats in addition to the already 100 Police Officers in the state who have faced accusations of spreading racist or extreme right wing views since 2017 accusations of such behavior among Police Officers is not just confined to one state this network next report comes from the eastern state of saxony. Always wanted to be a police man he was idealistic and wanted to stand up for whats right. But things did not go to plan during his Police Training in leipzig he was exposed to racist and fog right language. If we had lunch together and talk turned to politics a colleague would say id rather vote for the nazis than the greens my jaw dropped i was shocked but for a lot of the others it was as if we were just talking about the weather. And this type of talk was not confined to z. Months fellow recruits he also heard it from his police instructors. And western trainer said we need to learn to shoot straight because there are so many refugees coming to germany of course i find that blatantly racist and completely inappropriate coming from a police officer. And there was more shocking language in the trainees social Media Chatter im. Not excusing the use an example of whats happened with from cop does not and we hate all africans but design a phobic racist statement that i absolutely reject. Decided to pull out of his Police Training we contacted the Police Authority in saxony they sent an email dismissing the allegations. No evidence has been established of unprofessional behavior relating to these Police Officers no indications of continuing racist or anti semitic beliefs have come to light in Disciplinary Proceedings or other internal appraisals. Recent incidents in north rhinewestphalia do however point to the existence of far right attitudes within the police 29. 00 offices that were suspended after they circulated hate speech against foreigners on social media. The Police Trade Union rejects any suggestion that far right believes something become institutional. Now has an important. I dont think its a problem for the German Police as a whole Police Officers by their nature are conservative that doesnt make them right wing my colleagues and i stand up for order in justice i dont believe there is any problem of structural extremism even if there are isolated instances. Of not bad tomorrow also denies that the exposure of far right groups within the police erodes Public Confidence in officialdom. I dont think public trust has fundamentally declined confidence may have cracked a little but it will recover of the next few months. No my ad doesnt see it that way he believes the biggest problem within the police is the failure to recognize that change is required. I think there is no culture of learning from previous mistakes its a basic problem not when mistakes are made everyone agrees to sweep things under the carpet rather than making so the same mistakes are not repeated because. Done so are but nothing if you dont. Call this former Police Recruit the overriding obstacle to institutional reform is a misguided collective spirit. Where as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. To Police Officers have been shot and injured during unrest in louisville kentucky demonstrations erupted across the u. S. After a grand jury decided that police would face no criminal charges for shooting a black woman Brianna Taylor in louis felt the killing became a rallying cry for the black lives and. Us President Donald Trump as fate is respects to the Late Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg who was greeted by a small group of hecklers outside the court where her body is lying oppose President Trump is set to house his candidate to replace ginsburg on saturday. They are Opinions Health commissioners has warned that the coronavirus situation is no worse in some Member States that it was at the height of the pandemic back in march all spain is especially hard hit and authorities in the capital 100 are urgently seeking more doctors troops and police to help combat the surge but many residents of the capital are not happy with the latest restrictions they see unfairly target the poor. Madrid is now a city divided by invisible borders. Bridge police are checking cars driving in and out of vijay because the district is in lockdown because of the high number of current virus infections residents can only leave to go to work school or to the doctors this resident says she cant make sense of the measures. Its unfair nobody knows exactly who can go in or out or what is still allowed. By yet because is a poor neighborhood where many live in overcrowded conditions that resulted in one of the highest infection rates in the city 6 times higher than more prosperous districts in the north many residents in by yank us have to travel to madrid to return neighborhoods for work often as cleaners or waiters many workers say the new rules are a reasonable. Effort another way its shameful so i have to take the metro to go to work i could infect myself or others whats the point of these measures. Its completely unjust other areas have also many cases only a lockdown in the whole of madrid would make sense. Many in the south of madrid feel discriminated against and neglected over the past. As my yeah because Health Centers suffered several cuts to its budget a sign on the door worries that the clinic is down 5 doctors a fatal lack of staff in the midst of a pandemic. We are without doctors nurses and money pretty much everything we are exhausted. The class conflict has also reached madrids opera house on sunday it hosted aaron dition a very decent must bowl while the cheaper upper tears were crammed down below in the most expensive seating areas there was plenty of space 1st social distancing. Protests and the operatives were so persistent that the performance had to be stopped. As targeted lockdowns divide the city the coronavirus is also beginning to split society. Now could specially trained sniffer dogs be deployed as pandemic busters well it may sound barking mad but our 4 legged friends are already tracking down covert cases at helsinki airport while its part of a Pilot Project running alongside the more familiar swap tests in the finnish capital researchers say the canines can detect infections 5 days before any clinical symptoms develop by sniffing human sweat. That does it for us thank you so much for spending at this part of your day with us i hope to see you again tomorrow stickler of the for example. The live