Inspector it. Cant be coaching change at dortmund pays off right away the for i dont win this week that contenders start what they hope is a pretty. Narrow. Im Claire Richardson welcome to the show germany is beginning a new lockdown as corona virus infections here continue to search coated in 1000 deaths are at record highs schools and nonessential businesses and services are closed from wednesday and thats left shoppers scrambling to buy last minute Christmas Presents but if youre wishing for a covert vaccine this Holiday Season there is good news on the horizon the European Medicines Agency has brought forward a meeting which is expected to approve the vaccine developed by bio on tech and pfizer theres always a surge of people at christmas time hunting for last minute gifts but this year the crush has come earlier than usual in germany. Shoppers rush to make last minute purchases ahead of the countrys tough lockdown but right people seem pretty stressed about the whole thing you can feel it is going up but were finished we got a done. Of hes on time for Health Reasons all i can say is that its the right thing to do we cant wait until it all falls to pieces. But while some may not find what theyre looking for a welcome Christmas Present may be coming soon germany is waiting for the 1st corona virus vaccines to be approved the problem is so far not even the Health Minister knows when that will happen. And so not Saddam International authorities are supporting the european authorities to the best of their ability the goal is to secure approval before christmas. Germans have watched patiently as a vaccine invented in the country has been rolled out already in the u. K. And the u. S. Mass Immunization Centers are currently being equipped millions of doses of vaccine are on order those with heightened risk of infection will be invited 1st the elderly as well as front line medical workers establishing priority is key in distributing the vaccine many people wanted as quickly as possible but that isnt enough at least in the beginning so thats why we need clear and transparent priorities the vaccine is being kept under kit under lock and its very highly protected the vaccine is coming to germany but unlike with father christmas himself nobody can get be sure when to expect it. And you may remember that during the 1st wave of the pandemic germany was praised for keeping infection numbers relatively low but as youve seen at that all change that this fall and there have been some exceptions southern a german a city of a tuning in has stuck to a simple formula when it comes to protecting societys most vulnerable members and it seems to have worked to have these terrorists a trumpet has this report. Just under 100 Senior Citizens live at this care home into being in southern germany and theyre all highly vulnerable to the coronavirus to keep infection out visitors including reporters like me must follow strict rules on hygiene and in recent weeks visitors have also been able to take advantage of a free on site coronavirus test especially trained carer takes the swap in just a few seconds. At the moment they carry out 30 to 40 tests a day but that number is growing a few minutes later you get the result and can go ahead with your visit. The town council pays for the Testing Programme and despite the overall increase no one was tested positive for weeks thats a big relief for the managers and residents alike. It means we can say that after a negative test visiting can go ahead. Its crucial for the wellbeing of the residents to keep up a social context we know that it could psychological stress on many of them when visiting had to stop earlier in the year. And its not just in care homes but also in the rest of the town that extra measures are being taken to protect the elderly segregated shopping times help Senior Citizens to avoid contact with others subsidized taxis and free masks are also available for those in high risk groups thats a deliberate strategy they may have came in for criticism at the start of the pandemic for speaking out in a way that many saw as a just the town has since spent how often 1000000 euros protecting its elderly people. As a mathematician i looked at the figures and even in april it was clear that people over 70 were most at risk of dying so we had to take action to protect them and that would also stop the intensive care units from becoming overloaded. The strategy seems to be working so far and older people say they appreciate this preferential treatment. Think a minute im with of course everyone has to take responsibility for themselves but in general i think that the measures that have been taken absolutely right she didnt cry line for good and. To my mind its all being done very well i use the transport service when i need to. More. Targets is in my spirit and im wearing this mask that mr palmer sent me in the post and i keep it in the car so that i dont forget it and its a good president that the sec even to older people. A few hours later a couple of Senior Citizens to get tested positive one of them in the care home we was that it earlier so going into the strick National Lockdown is something both this it is residents and its mayor except its necessary because we arent perfect into being and we didnt manage to improve our Contact Tracing either so if theres got to be a lock down its got to be the same everywhere otherwise everyone would just come here to do their shopping its got to be a lockdown that applies to everyone is to. The town has also come up with its own Christmas Plans instead of having festive market stalls theyre setting up a testing station where everyone can get a free test before they go and visit their family over the holidays. Lets take a look now at some of the other developments in that the pandemic a study in spain has found that one in 10 people has been infected with the coronavirus the 4th round of a National Survey on the presence of antibodies showed 4700000. 00 spaniards have contracted the virus so far and while the World Health Organization says it is in talks with pfizer and montana about including in their coronavirus vaccines among early shots for poor countries at affordable prices the w. H. O. Backed kovacs Initiative Aims to ensure equitable access to covert 1000. 00 vaccines around the world and a top u. S. A Public Health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has called for president elect joe biden to be vaccinated as soon as possible in the interests of National Security he said Vice President elect harris should also get the shot huge staying in the u. S. And Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has congratulated joe biden on his victory in a novembers president ial election mcconnell was among the many Congressional Republicans who had refused to acknowledge bidens defeat of President Donald Trump who has continued to make unfounded claims of widespread fraud is comes after the Electoral College officially confirmed with the results of the election. I can said he had spoken to mcconnell and expressed hope that they can Work Together to pass laws. Common bank of america let. Alone well we can learn a lot of things that we can Work Together on. Board and turn around on one another. We agree to get together. Later and im looking forward to work. Lets bring in our Washington Bureau chief you know as a poll for more you know as a so Mitch Mcconnell now finally saying anough is enough even as President Trump can feel refuses to concede how significant is it really to have this senior republican leader finally acknowledging bidens victory of the president prudent fly in the kong right or let it biden senior Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell indeed also acknowledged fighting of the of the outcome of the election as well well for him its actually simply political he sees the reality in front of him which is that joe biden will be president and he will have to work with them because you know the majority for either party will be razor thin. And we do still have more than a month to go until joe bidens inauguration on a january 20th what you think we can expect to see from donald trump in his final weeks in office. Well we learned over the course of the last full fuzzy is that this is really really hard to predict but what he will keep doing he will keep feeding the narrative that the election was stolen off him simply to keep his supporters angry and on his side legally dont know for the options to fight the outcome i think at this point rather it is nothing but air are really to prepare his come pain running again for president in 2024 and i think we could be seeing more of trump in the future looking ahead what can we expect from diehard Trump Supporters now that it seems the republican establishment establishment is beginning to come to terms with the idea that trump may no longer be useful to them. Right claire but you have to keep in mind donald trump got more than 73000000 votes and lets say at least a 3rd or so of them are die hards Trump Supporters which the party needs to have to have a chance to win the white house again i was attending the trump rally just last weekend here in washington and it was actually quite amazing how many of his supporters told me that they would start their own party if the Republican Leaders dont listen to donald trump so we have to keep in mind donald trump has no loyalty towards the Republican Party whatsoever after all he was a his whole life democrats so its not about america 1st its about charm 1st and he knows that this child said they will create a new party gives him a lot of power and this is something he will use to keep his influence. Thank you very much a Washington Bureau chief in us. Sports now and a rare mid week a slate of matches in the bundesliga and was hoping to get back to winning form after a coaching change new interim boss aiden it terrets it took his club including the youngest player ever to start i know on the road to it for a man. Dortmund 16 year old yusuf mukoko who became the but his think his youngest debutant in november started his 1st league match at braman but another historic moment for the teenager its also the 1st turn of the season for assistant coach turn his 18th hits each do it minute get their new head coach fired up early in the 12th minute jaden santo shot was blocked when Raphael Guerrero found the rebound to dig the ball over a year in public for the league. To do it in lead didnt last long only about 15 minutes graeme innis next egleston put it on a t. For a candid move who smashed it into the net to level the affair. After the break the youngster mukoko got his chance but the 16 year old put too much peperoni. Brainy and aggressive defense cost them the match. Publica brought down money well a congo to set up the decisive goal of. The days to have lanka did his best to prevent marco rices winner but to no avail publicly managed to get a hand on the ball but royce was there to clean it up. Dortmund with 1810 seats at the helm get back to winning ways with a 21 victory over brain. Also on tuesday night gladbach visit to frankfurt offered high drama right to the very last moments and friends andre silva had a good. In all of france for its own he broke the deadlock in the 1st half when he sprinted to the ball and fired in at this all past. But the visiting side had their own hero in a lars who netted a hat trick including the equalizer in the 95th minute that ended 33 and 38 drop in 12 games. And thats all from me for now coming up next is a news africa with my colleague christina who will bring you up to date with the latest developments from nigeria where hundreds of schoolchildren have been abducted stay tuned for that update dont forget you can always get the latest information around the clock on our web sites test of news dot com or on social media x. News and play richardson in berlin from the whole team here in the flesh watching. To see if the you do need to keep. People for over rich and home the 4th time for the most news in the. Valleys at the last dragon this word. To use. The term children to come to. One giant problem and to get. Even invited to be a needle began to do a really concrete. How will Climate Change affect us and our children. Dot com slash water. This is due to every news africa on the program today the agony of the parents desperately waiting for news of their children who were abducted from their school in nigeria. And these governments. Then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do so on this road to take action because its not their children who are being taken. For days off to the kidnapping feeling is growing in the country over the governments apparent failure to protect the children and to secure their release. Glass will meet the people planting mangroves and trees and sinegal the country is on the brink of losing heart its arable land. And im christine one to its good to have your company and the jury is boko haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys in the north of the country the islamist extremist groups of. Col sand an audio message to a local newspaper saying the students were kidnapped because western education is against the tenets of islam more than 330 boys from a government secretary school in the north wales state of katsina a missing all say bandits all responsible and that theyre negotiating the release of the boys with the attackers well hear from nigerias former Education Minister and the leader of the bring back all Girls Campaign off to this report. Waiting for news of her child her son one of the boys snatched from a school on friday. If this government is just then we want them to rescue our children because they have the power to do sorry this slow to take action because its not their children who have been taken theyve put us in the situation where parents and grandparents are in absolute confusion theyve stopped us from having peace of mind were totally devastated. By. The missing pupils were boarders at this school in kids who know they were taken in a balanced attack by dozens of gunmen with assault rifles while they were asleep in their dormitories osama is one of the lucky ones he managed to escape the kidnappers. Up i have i was about to slape when i started hearing sporadic gunshots and before i could even get outside there were many people there were already outside and so we were asked to go back into a hostel then they said the gunmen are already in the school we even climbed the school fence but then these men asked us to go back and we thought these men were soldiers and they were trying to protect us but unfortunately they werent soldiers. As he was he with. Many details of the ride in the school and its aftermath a still unclear. That at school and other than as i said and is one of the boys that has been abducted we heard the Security Forces saw our boys surrounded by the gunmen on top of a hill we want the government to help Security Forces rescue our children we just want to see our boys in whatever condition so that we can have peace of mind at this stage its still unsure how long parents like her will have to wait. As we heard the Jihadist Terrorist Group boko haram came to kidnap the boys i aussies have a correspondent for in lagos how unlikely that was given the authorities in katsina say the local bandits were responsible and that they now appeared to be negotiating with those bandits well it depends on who you ask the book arm has come out i released. An audio saying claiming that they actually did the kidnapping however we spoke to a t w correspondent who is on the ground who actually said that local people they do not believe that these kidnap was was done by rob they believe it was he was done by bandits in the local area the reason being that this band they claim talking operating in the area fall back 10 years and theyve tried to attack this school about 3 times what ive failed on those 3 times and even before i. Came out check out the lead out before he came out and said unto christ possibility for the kidnap the bandits may already 2 asking for ransom which is something before im never had those they dont ask for ransom so this is why a lot of people out really saying that book our army is only claiming on take us for stability for this just to seek for Global Recognition or just to you know see chop up you know i would see so i could eat people on ground dont believe that you want to go and live. For us to quote one thing in nigerias former Education Minister olby as if he said he meant the campaign to free the chip buckles kidnapped by boko haram in 2014 i also if she thought was responsible for the f. Duction of the schoolboys i dont speculate i dont speculate at all so what i know is what i think of events the government says that the School Children have been abducted. There are. Thats all we know and so as far as where can send the most important thing is to ask the government that should have prevented it repeat 8 of this kind of tragedy to just that the 2 went back the United States and saudi to have to retreat and recover just one citizen that was thinking whats the right there always wish to be able to look for the out necessary to bring back 300 amp that you treat schoolchildren this repeat is a problem in people. And should not be something that the government should be associated with at all and just to that point nigerians are frustrated we can see it on social media we see it in the reactions and the question is the president mohammed to bahrain came to power in 20151 of the commitments he made to nigerians was that he was going to defeat boko haram at terrorists as as yet as he is calling it why has the government failed in this aspect what do you attribute that failure to. Its a combination of. Well the competency and the you know i think the last part of it is the indifference of 5 government especially our president to the fact that the country has been degenerated. I mean its its normalized base idea that life is shipped amounts to several theres no dignity of human life as we see it over and over again in the people slaughtered and it is not print it is not something that you want your Younger Generation to grow up with unfortunately we have to call it what it is it is a profession dope case of what governments of my country and our ruling class has to own up to the fact that if theres any banditry going on at all. It is the. Well that we have as many jews and. The government says its doing everything that its can in fact as we speak its coming into the headlines that the governor is in talks. It in concedes it all in talks with the kidnappers just going back to. I think a lot of analysts to make the concession that this is a group that has lost significant amount of territory theyre not as as as as violent as as they have been in the past so in many ways the government has made some ground at least by its version of accounts just should we also not take that into account well you know i dont think that if. Everyone were and even the most is stop this country or do not west of this country if one has been losing family members as we have seen in this country. Musicians i dont reply to him you know something jr it looks like a lost cause so please be careful in the way you put in irish or whats going on there. All right that is form an educated minister and the campaign he did to the free chibok girls talking to us from a boot will be as a christie thank you. Its not too cynical when one of the Worlds Largest Reforestation Projects is underway with the help of locals the countrys former environment minister. Has already planted get this 125000000 mangrove beds since they began doing so in 2009 now the goal is to read green not just cynical but the whole soho region. Senegal needs more trees im tired her alley who heads a large scale reforestation project is busy getting them planted Scientists Say that without major reforestation senegal will lose half its are a blend within the next 5 years. Here on the coast of the region farmland has become unusable nation among groves that once protected the shoreline were cut down for firewood and Building Materials like the farmers were sold into their rights fields which were no longer producing rice and it was difficult for the. Rich ecosystem they held back floodwaters to turn to act as a natural salt barrier they also store up to 5 times as much Carbon Dioxide as other trees once it became clear just how beneficial the mangroves are to farmers things began to change. They were concerned about their rice fields and they became heavily involved in planting mangroves because of their rice fields. D. M. Was one of them for 4 years villagers and pack noble have been working to save their parties the initiative is organized and financed by the ngo oceania hider its former president started the project. Our rice fields no longer produce good harvests because salt water is invading the more and more we now know the reason its because the mangroves have disappeared we need to replant them locally oceania provides us with mangrove pods. Further north in the extremely arid my tom region close to the Sahara Desert came up with a more unconventional method during the wet season nomads herds graze here the animals have been recruited to help plant a forest it will be part of the great greenwald that aims to curtail dessert if they cation of the sun hell region. The herd is fed the fruits of the person its a fast growing tree that needs a little water the animals spread the seeds in their dong. Young men from the village of also help that use slings to scatter seeds of the african mahogany the intention is to introduce more diversity. With that of the animals it was necessary to think of an alternative way to disseminate the seeds i dont wait for things to solve themselves im a man of action. The man groves are especially dear to lifelong ecologist hider alys heart due to his after its over 150000000 birds have already been planted and in a few years time. Rice paddies should be sold free. Thats it for now be sure to check out all of the stories on deja dot com forward slash africa from reforestation in singles a fashion today will leave you with pictures of the models who grace the runway at the deck off fashion week will see you next time. Or not too well. What about a sherman economist it. Could change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. Economics magazine maybe in germany. In 60 minutes w. Y d yes it is on this way to bring you more conservation. How do we make see the screen or how can we protect habitats we can make a difference googling genius fundamental series again Google Search goes on to do good and online. Time for a crackdown comes out guns blazing with huge drama fines for tech giants that dont play fair on advertising and failed to stop the fake news and hate speech. And look out deja vu for german retailers up to just one day of last minute. Christmas shopping its time to shut her up and deal with very unseasonal december losses. The bed was all in place to business watch out facebook and co the European Commission is threatening tech giants with fines of up to 10 percent of worldwide turnover that is if they dont bring order to chaos on digital platforms Mark Zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of dr and platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on his Competition Commission market vestavia on the u. Digital services and markets act now we have such an increase in the online traffic that we need to make rules that would order into chaos all businesses operating in europe that can be big ones that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly competes online just the same do offline because this is one worked. Brussel sees the power of the tech giants as a threat to competition and democracy is more of the proposed rules for doing business in the blocks 27. 00 countries from. The European Commission in advance callender announced its updated digital whos a long awaited chocolate treat for many people some say this new legislation could change the internet as we know it and limits at least in some parts the enormous power of tech giants that influence so much of our daily lives we search with Google Online we buy Christmas Presents on amazon we share our latest holiday snaps with our friends on facebook or instagram or whatsapp that both belong to social media giant facebook a few tech giants dominate the internet and dictate its rules that is so for example that googles Online Shopping Search Engine is still disadvantaged singh rivals just spider regulatory crackdown 3 years ago our lets take a look at you tube by Google Companies like you tube collect data from users this information then feeds augury thems that decides which ads and which content we see online it is not transparent how it works the Legal Framework for the internet is 20 years old when the World Wide Web was completely different it is time for an update but it could take years to be implemented as different e. U. Institutions have to agree on a common law and. I asked member of the european parliament. If the proposals will change the internet so at the moment their routes are not clear so platforms did not have the certainty. Of one of my fundamental rights of users for not guaranteed. We now have the chance to set a very clear route book with the route proposed today by the commission and i think that they will have the potential to change the internet yes and this punishment of 10 percent or up to 10 percent of world wide turnover i mean it sounds huge but will it be enough to to change the way these guys do business and make sure that hate speech and fake news isnt it continued to be spread. So i think it doesnt only sound huge but it is really huge so if you compared to the. General are they to protect troops g p r which answered a divorce a few years ago. We see that there is a fine 5 percent of the turnover so this 10 percent find his way more and we see that companies are of course d out of hearing so theyre following the rules in the g. D. P. Are so i think that this fine really is no huge and can yet really change the behavior of the platforms checking in with our new yorkers one against cota of facebook and co shaking in their boots. Well i mean the European Union did not directly point fingers sent specific companies but there is no doubt that they are targeted to talk getting Companies Like apple Google Facebook an amazon and so companies that almost created monopolies what wall street was rather calm and what ive seen so far actually it might take years before we will see specific changes situ the loss and the regulations therefore no big changes at least when you look at the stock prices of those companies there was any ill comment out from. From some representative some here in the United States from the chamber of commerce are complaining that the European Union is targeting successful u. S. Companies that all told brought in innovation and jumps to you were up and thats at least the comments from those guys well thats an interesting point you make because the e. U. Is talking about a european approach is this crosses borders really digital platform wouldnt it make more sense for them to go global or at least. Partner up with the u. S. These companies. It it to definitely would to make sense in general the question is if the European Union and the United States will really Work Together and similar as to europe also here in the United States if you look at those laws and regulations i mean theyre ancient some of them were made to me even before those companies were founded but if they come up with a common plan remains to be seen and then also looking at the new administration i mean joe biden he was Vice President under barack obama and facebook for instance bought them instagram and whats up hes a moderate the same is true for Camilla Harris well have to wait and see what the priorities of the new administration will be and if they will still speed up the regulations in respect to those tech giants the. New services markets. Thank you very much. Now to some of the other business stories breaking news apple shares rose to a 3 month high in choose day session after the Company Announced plans to ramp up i phone production by 30 percent in the 1st half of next year Japanese Business daily nikkei as apple expects to make 230000000 i phones in the coming year. Or as of london and fin tech firm parcel teaming up to ensure that same deliveries in poor countries back scenes have to be distributed at extremely cold temperatures without adequate cooling they could become ineffective. In switzerland is more expensive than anywhere in europe the countries that its office is a basket of goods that cost an average of 100. 00 euros in the e. U. Costs 155. 00 euros in switzerland housing a meat twice the e. U. Level swiss prices even iceland and norway. Back into proper lockdown here in germany it is wednesday its going to be a very different christmas singing is bad in churches Holiday Shopping is now off the cards even getting your hair cut is a crime i got mine on the weekend just in time but i wasnt the only 1. 100 on rondo hairdressers shop everyone is working to a grueling shirt youll toss and wozniak wasted no time after news of the lockdown came Opening Sunday from early to late even santa got an appointment to trim his girls for the big day but now the master barber will lose most of his 1st of season customers if you dont get close to all of us not only myself we can all hardly wait for the 1st of season business you can pick up an extra 25 to 30 percent oh get your january costs covered what kind of quest. To feel thats all gone with this that its like. 2 blocks away at berlins return card of a Department Store hundreds line or. For their last chance to buy Christmas Presents. We started right on time at 10 oclock this morning and were done now good timing because its not as full as youd think. The scope of your certain your sense of pressure to buy things fast but stressful i went shopping yesterday as well but i couldnt decide so i thought ok i get it all today. Its a very unusual situation you have to wait in line for hours and you have to be really careful pay attention. Social distancing for the apple store as well who knows when it will open again the Retail Sector expects to lose 10000000000. 00 euros in december alone because of the measures normally the most profitable month of the year retail associations are calling desperately for financial support. Its a few believe it wont be as many businesses afterwards it will alter the inner city d. N. A. In the inner cities with their retail selection of textiles clothing shoes toys theyre in extreme danger will be huge changes to commerce structures that much we know already. One of the retailers worry about survival their customers seem to be adapting most things can be bought online and not all shops have to shut either bookshops for one deemed an essential service who knows shoppers might find the perfect Christmas Gift on their shelves. And finally from a german bakery to the queen of englands personal christmas celebrations. Sending a german holiday fruitcake known as stalin to Queen Elizabeth Windsor Castle or goodbye is friends with one of the chefs there who takes the delicacy. Along to the queen herself like so much of her windsor stuff is now serving the cake to the queen and members of the royal family with tea on christmas day. Its good enough for the. Business with. Please. I am at the so. Ill. See. You at. 66. December 25th. Ill. New year hears us we knew you and how last years german chancellor will bring you im going to back off and you never know. Have a surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves her and want. To talk to people who followed her along the way of my runs and critics alike now as the worlds most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles law stops. Why did this person. There are. The result that can be done to. Make up your. Dog. What a year it has been for beirut with a devastating explosion in august and the coronavirus pandemic to complicate any efforts to restore its heritage well talk about those efforts in just a moment and also coming up. A new exhibition at londons victoria and Albert Museum is all about bags their function design and symbolism through the ages. And the independent artists collective female photographers is trying to gender the way we look at human bodies. Welcome to arts and culture after the shock of the explosion last august in the lebanese capital beirut reconstruction efforts are halting at best thousands of buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed including many from the era of ottoman rule and the french mandate colonial period and with the added strain of the pandemic residents are struggling many fear the cultural soul of their city once known as the paris of the middle east may never truly recover. Following the explosion in beirut in many of the citys Historic Buildings in ruins. Is an engineer working for the citys Cultural Heritage the banners hanging from badly damaged buildings messages of hope. To raise again so. You know heres a key. To to to to hope so too. The extent of the devastation around the ports is overwhelming heads a volunteer crisis group which assesses the damage collect donations and coordinate reconstruction efforts 8000. 00 buildings in the area are in need of restoration from here. Last. Heated. In a very strong way we have more than 100. 00 unit in very critical situation and its a race against time when the seas no rains come the foundations of the buildings could be damaged beyond repair lebanon has been mired in deep economic and financial crisis the banks have imposed restrictions on how much people can withdraw from their accounts the aristocrats family suffered a terrible blow their historic palace also a Cultural Museum devastated the head of the family died of injuries received in the last are left with a daunting task. You dont have the financial means to be stored the entire house its going to take millions and tens of millions and we dont have those funds or not many of these days the only ray of hope is the solidarity among the people here volunteers to help and weve really seen the worst of the worst of what we have been on which is anything. Corrupt political system and nongovernment and weve got great lebanese that are volunteering to come and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. Beiruts Cultural Heritage is saved it will be thanks to grassroots efforts. A very difficult situation there in beirut in lebanon and joining me is my colleague Melissa Holroyd melissa give us a bit more of a visual idea of the of the real extent of the destruction on the ground well this was a massive massive blast the 2 price on the 4th of august some 300000 people were displaced half the city was affects is. Thousands and thousands of buildings were damaged were just looking at the images now. And they are its just they just awful 640. 00 Historic Buildings were also damaged. And many of those were built on the autumn and rule or during the french mandate colonial period. So that you have the damage across the sea was just immense so whats whats being done to save that i know this just looks almost where do you begin and what are the Major Concerns obviously in the in the immediate yes in the winter well in the piece where they talked a lot about the weather they concerned a lot about about the rainy as about the rain season coming but theres also another concern and that will and thats to do with developers coming in and buying up the damaged buildings people are very afraid people are concerned that people that they will use this damage as an excuse to demolish the buildings and then you know put up skyscrapers and this is not new this is been happening for decades across space routes where developers have come in and you know demolished these Historic Buildings and then put up whatever they want. So it sounds like its an incredibly complicated situation on the ground and that really much of the work is being left to volunteers as we as we saw in the film because theres just this huge mistrust towards the government yet theres lebanon is facing multiple crises at the moment theres the economic crisis theres a political crisis they also suffered a lot of the under the might of the migration crisis as well they were hit very hard by coated and now and now the blast and sort of what theyre going to do about that is you know is another problem there are demonstrations often across beirut. Yeah. I think you were you told me before you had some photos that you could show us about actually some of the building that was a babe ruth photographer his name Joseph Joseph who really and he together with gabrielle at cardozo they went around they took photos they documented for years the Historic Buildings across beirut and shortly after the blast what they did they went back to these buildings and they held up these photos that theyve taken these postcard type photos that theyve taken against the damaged buildings and theyre lovely photos of beautiful photos there its part of a project called the boy out of beirut projects and you get a really nice idea of what the buildings looks like very moving stuff beirut certainly has been rebuilt before and we wish all or all the best to the people of beirut for their for trying to in their efforts to preserve their Cultural Heritage thanks very much Melissa Holroyd for joining me. Well its certainly tough times also for exhibitions these days unlike many others londons victoria and albert is temporarily closed as the u. K. Applies tougher restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus all the more gratifying then that we can let its latest exhibition out of the bag so to speak because it is all about bags from rucksacks to berthas to birkin bags and how design function and style have made them the ultimate accessory banks that carry around a whole lot of history around 300. 00 exhibits ranging from british Prime Minister Winston Churchills dispatch box to hand backs from the private collections of models alexa chung and more banks inside found the Victorian Museum preaches on loan from some of the worlds top designers and a fraction of houses including friend de prada and. To be honest were all in this together its been affected by that mick and the lenders have been really amazing about giving us permission to continue displaying their object. 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