welcome to. join us on monday a committee of the german parliament the bundestag how to petition calling for sanctions against chinese officials for violating human rights. a digital rights activist from hong kong now studying was one of the initiators of the petition also calls on germany to sue china in the international court of justice for its actions in hong kong correspondent thomas battle was. today is a big day for activists in berlin in a few hours german m.p.'s will be discussing a petition she started which has been signed by over 50000 people how are you feeling about today place here are you nervous yes i'm very nervous because i will be the 1st time i'm speaking in front of her members and it will be about hong kong that's why i'm very nervous about today quoting once germany to do more against human rights violations in hong kong what exactly are you calling for what are the actions that you're expecting we are calling for individual sanctions against human rights violations that happened and hong kong and china we're also asking for a life for hong kong areas that are in need and we are also asking the government to call up the investment deal with china because that would damage germany's commitment of values. says the german government's reaction has been weak early and has criticised china's policies but the activist wants more insight parliament gives a short speech and discusses the crises with m.p.'s from the uk to elicit to adsorb current situation in hong kong is dramatic and it's getting worse day by day basic freedoms rule of law human rights are being deliberately and systematically destroyed by beijing. in. the passing of the national security law has unfortunately confirmed all the fears that existed even the so-called loyal opposition is now under attack one cannot help feeling that beijing does not want any your position in hong kong. you know. a foreign ministry official is also there and defends the government's reaction. to this issue in a totally following of franco german initiative member states that have extradition treaties with hong kong including us have suspended these extradition treaties common to spend years. we need to place the ikhwan the game when the hearing is over. so no decision was expected today place here but how did it go i think a hearing genuine well went well i made all my point that i wanted to make it a fresh place and the members did most of them did express support towards hong kong but the government still gave very very official answers without promising concrete action. is aware that many of her demands may not be met but she says all change begins with recognition and discussion. and the definitive action on the petition is to the way to but let's get more on germany's position on china from reinhard to particular for he's been a german politician and is chairman of the european parliament's delegation for emissions with china welcome mr particular is it time for germany to impose sanctions on chinese officials for their actions in hong kong well. e.u. to all take julie action. and of course germany as one of the walk powerful capitals within the e.u. has to play a very proactive role in. that's why i'm happy that these issues are not just being raised by us in the year when we. should be you thought that it's also released from the public through so resistance. so these issues are definitely already been raised but to go back to the point that you made about germany being more proactive why do you think germany hasn't been so proactive thus far. well it would certainly be unfair to say that germany and hasn't done anything in the house for instance suspended its extradition agreements with. german foreign minister was also a lot of make several public statements but own germany just like other european countries as being reluctant to really move forward and to take on more war forceful steps and obviously whatever we've done so far i see not really impressed the hokum authorities know how to sit in rows beijing and if we want to make them understand that what they are doing that the oprah show and that they are pursuing you know comes with a price then obviously we have to watch and i think we have to do more on 2 fronts we need to. limited sanctions we know how the years global human rights sanctions they can ism and it should be invoked these are be a couple of figures a long including to atlanta and all the other 100 the e.u. should also and germany particularly should also work diligently to words a reason this issue is international or all around them for instance creating a contact group with a floor hong kong with the like minded countries to pay attention and to let's not let that topic not that issue in the international here talk about more action from the e.u. and from germany but then in december you have the e.u. that agreed on an investment to deal with china a deal that germany had been strongly backing i'm wondering what is the message that this sends to the chinese government well unfortunately. that's not the the message that i wouldn't want to see. after a terrible year with our long. dearie out and grace if policies not just in hong kong also we see john also these are the ostrich also in the south china sea also on the you know land border with india for instance after such a temple year of chinese aggressiveness we basically put a christmas present under sheets and things christmas tree. the child being couldn't have been more unfortunate. i i would i regret having to say that that my government in this case the german government. into sized trait over of geopolitical concerns and open human rights and i think that's our. priority that's a sequence of priorities right we should have rules soames we leave it there for the timing but thank you so much for joining us and i have because i'm chairman of the european parliament delegation for the nations we're trying to thank you sir and in hong kong and some of the new national security i know has already have an impact on free speech my colleague sara kelly spoke with a former hong kong legislator my contin he's a probating politician and he admitted to her that the new law had had a chilling effect on political debate. you have sometimes spoken out against the government do you personally have to watch what you say how worried are you my honest opinion. is that yes there's been a tightening of freedom to express views particularly when it comes to hong kong. gaining some kind of a greater control over its own destiny. civic nomination anybody can nominate to run for chief executive. against basic law so all i'm saying is that anybody comes up with any kind of claim that goes against the basic law yes the freedom to express such views is much less today than before because of the international security bill and you can see the full interview on conflicts on here on did at 1930 u.t.c. or online or did a blue dot com forward slash conflicts on the hong kong politicians who openly or polls beijing have been targeted in mass arrests not only do they face disqualification from upcoming elections but possibly life imprisonment added directions now meaningless. kong talk to one of those arrested. every day when cyrus loud returns from his job as in there as he recalls the shocking moments of his 1st arrest. only 3 car it was 5 yemen the morning i was sleeping and suddenly a group of people banged on the door 6 police officers were here to arrest me i was very shocked that they knew where i live he must have been following me for quite a while. to serve as a serial nurse has been living in the hotel for months to afford to bring the coronavirus home from the hospital cyrus lau was among the 55 hong kong politicians arrested for subversion by running in that unofficial primaries last july 30th cleped they sought to paralyze the government by feeding its budget and bills. police seized many of his campaign materials posed as this and then seen this potential criminal evidence so i'm trying back i know it's like a double whammy my work during the pun demick is already been intense and overwhelming and i can't even let my guard down when i'm off duty this arrest is absurd because ditching gives lawmakers the power to scrutinize and veto the government's proposals there most are. the authorities are rounding up dissidents saying forcing them to. disclose has deterred and new law and pandemic restrictions that primary was the biggest movement in recent months over 600000 people voted to take the opposition candidates for the now postponed election is still unclear whether the government will call an election this year. the march the rest have effectively silenced many of the most outspoken and influential political progress in tao though they haven't been prosecuted many are now staying low profile visitors saying themselves for an interview and public appearance cyrus and other leaders curley and i'm not allowed to leave home cause they think the opposition movement will evolve into a leaderless one justice to protest it. we cannot only count on leaders our parties anymore i believe hong kong people are smart and adoptive enough to come up with a new form of activism it's not likely to go public as before but people will keep their strength for the next opportunity. but that doesn't mean that he would just sit and do nothing right now he's working as an advocate for his missing journey and slowness he has to free to do so. by phoebe kong that's it for you there's of course more our website did oprah dot com forward slash share with you tomorrow. happiness fears for everyone schuman penises are very different from primates we have a totally ridiculous sized view of nature. and this is climate change brags that sex is how finance improves books you get smarter for free you know where you books are new to. try something new and i'm game did you know that 17 trillion 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thoughtful laid back music that latest album reflects a lot of what is happening in our society today. these images are only about a year old yet they seem on life time away travelling with other people making music with them that's how no twists in our markets one whose life looked until recently until the pen demick changed everything. gets your. back your. views us in the studio we were in the studio and we had the feeling that all around us the whole world was collapsing it was a very strange time that reminded me of that feeling when you wake up really early and then fall back asleep and dream very realistically with things getting all mixed up together. with vertical days the no twist have made the perfect soundtrack for the pandemic taking the listener on a road trip in a poetically surreal alternative world much as they did in their early days using music to break out of the mental lockdown of small town very far from the beginning making music was also the desire to get out of there and go somewhere else so people couldn't pin us down to a certain place we never wanted to be known as a bavarian band or whatever and. yet in 2002 following the international success of their album neon golden many in the music press tried to attribute to them what they called the vile heim sound that no longer refers to the bavarian town where the indie band started but to their uncompromising artistic approach clearly demonstrated on vertigo days 6 years and 2 pandemic lockdowns have passed. tween this new studio album and the previous one years in which the band members explored side projects and networked with musicians from around the world some of those they met like the japanese singer saya appear on vertigo days. if he wanted to bring in guests so that we weren't just doing in our own juices the whole time because it's a reaction to the political situation which seems to be all about isolationism and closing the borders and not allowing anyone in and somehow everything is getting more and more conservative and nationalistic everywhere. helped by its musical guests vertical days opens up artistic borders and takes a musical journey around the world. it's a complex and poetic album melancholy yet finding comfort and positivity in these uncertain times. with 70 shops close we are being encouraged to repair things all recycle a good thing for the environment of course and it's something that british artists i'm counting on his based her work on for decades she's part magpie part alchemy just creating works out of everyday objects often ones you wouldn't imagine could be often also things that otherwise might be thrown out the results are fabulous and have even impressed the british monarchy. all strands of pearls approach is. using these and other costume jewelry this artist has constructed a sparkling galley and arduous and painstaking detail. in other artworks discarded hangers become the feathers of a head dress. but are transformed into postage stamps on canvas. cans and bottle caps formed busts modeled in the classical tradition and carrington turns junk into art i like using materials that other people don't notice and bring bring them to their attention something that might be able to look like a notebook and top is actually quite beautiful thing think it's nice to shine a light on my thought jacks and for people to see them in a different light. this bouquet of flowers is also made of scrap metal. the british artist spends hammers on sutter's old knives forks and spoons into the petals on stems and flowers. thanks. she turns the cast off silverware into a magnificent arrangement of flowers. the inspiration for the sculpture came from old master painting. this was inspired by. that i saw in painting in the rights museum in amsterdam. and i decided that i wanted to make a sculpture inspired by is still a life painting one of caring tense extravagant bouquets is even part of the permanent collection of the victoria and albert museum in london these elaborate pieces cost up 210-0000 euros many celebrities already have a carrington at home there are also appeals to british royalty. 2012 for the sixty's jubilee of queen elizabeth the 2nd and carrington constructing an opulent banner from about half a 1000000 people but. the design was developed in close consultation with prince charles the banner was draped over the stern of the ship in which the royal family embarked on a parade cruise if i may think and of course for years i've been making patient mcquade from buttons and to be actually making a painting her foul with wonderful. currington finds the material for her art in junk shops like this one of her adopted hometown of margate in southeast england a specific object often captures her attention becoming the foundation for a new piece of work. i use a lot of similar materials to make my artwork lots of multiples and i when i come somewhere lot this i'm going to find multiples and if i don't have enough hair sometimes i'll go on a buy or i might go to scrap. an option. carrington began working with found everyday objects were in the dark school more than 30 years ago she's used a wide variety of materials over the years and plans to start branching out into glassware. but no matter what material she gets her hands on him carrington has a special talent for turning other people's trash into beautiful treasures. now a couple of stories from the fashion world beginning at the passion paris couture week which because of current travel restrictions is all online and not necessarily in the french capital. indeed giorgio armani show took place in a beautiful villa in italy without a catwalk and dorian's very elegant couture from him this year with colorful designs and it's good to see a little bit of sparkle in these troubled times. to roam the magnificent 14th century so is the background for valentino is more off the wall. but again thankfully with lots of color it's bright nowadays valentino a big favorite of hollywood stars so maybe we'll see some of these creations on a virtual red carpet this year. and staying with fashion your remember this stunning yellow coated red headband worn by the american poet amanda goldman of the american presidential inauguration both were made by the design label prada that goldman has been signed up by a top modeling agency i m g it's been seen as a shrewd move by the agency with young people finding the fashion industry is out of touch with what he's going on in the world today. and now to a new movie that comes out on netflix this weekend the dig based on a book by john preston recounts the 939 sutton who archaeological find in england that revolutionized our understanding of history carey mulligan stars as a widowed landowner who employs an amateur archaeologist played by ray fines to excavate mounds on her property that they both believe may be viking burial grounds . or you want to dig miss is pretty. tales of buried treasure. my interest in archaeology began like yours and i was left to hold a trial. my childhood home was built on a the thrashin convent help my father excavate yeah this. speaks to. the past. the did was shot in suffolk has near the original sutton who site but it's not just the documentation of the famous archaeological discovery. i didn't know much about someone who but i was very taken with the story that the excavation i was particularly moved by causal relationship repeated pretty played by carey mulligan. the 1st human handprints on a kind. of silly to continue. one excavation stunt terrified actress carey mulligan during filming and ensuring costar ray find safety in a scene where he was buried in mud island he also kara. yeah i mean there will be a few breaks in once he's a stunt mom which i totally get but it just it leaves me with a terrible task of trying to you know stop him from such a casing which is pretty i think you'd better come and say. thankfully they find survived being buried alive and the film couple can go on to make an archeological history. everyone's going to want a piece on this issue from. finally today the sad news that hollywood actress cloris leachman has passed away at the age of 94 she won multiple emmy awards for her television work especially playing the delightfully neurotic phyllis lynn strong in the mary tyler moore show back in the 1970 s. of the same time she won an oscar playing on them best housewife in the last picture show she had a long career. in showbiz and only stopped working a few years ago. more on the web sites of course at the w dot com slash culture lots of other arts and culture stories to be found there as well that's it for this edition thanks for watching above i found out. in mexico many forces home loans are certain out in the world right now climate change me to finish off a story. this is my friends the way from just one week. how much work can really get. we still have time to act i'm going. to 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