to everyone everywhere otherwise we're not going to be into cars we're not going to see the end to the shutdowns in our economies. through all obey and singing and praying to cheer up covert 19 patients at a hospital in cape town you. hello i'm to see one but it's good to have your company south africa's president. and world health organization chief to. have lashed out at vaccine nationalism as the gap vaccine supplies between rich and poor countries widens africa is experiencing. an aggressive 2nd wave of the virus recording some 32000 new cases every day now while other countries have long begun vaccinating their populations only a small number of countries in africa have have actually begun at ministering vaccines now in a moment i'll be talking to the u.n. deputy secretary general but 1st here is so what i'm up or so who as the current chair of the african union has been leading efforts to secure sufficient vaccine doses for africa's 1300000000 people he is accused rich countries of hoarding vaccines making them inaccessible to poorer nations and some countries even gone beyond and acquired up to 4 times were your population. and was hoarding these books. and now this is being done to the exclusion of countries of other countries in the world most need and i'm pleased to welcome to the program the u.n. security secretary general i mean ajay mohamed welcome to news africa africa is trading behind when it comes to the cove in 1000 vaccine rollout basically only a handful of people have been vaccinated in sub-saharan africa as we speak today we heard from the w h o's envoy to africa he say that the continent cannot count on having doses of vaccine soon now this is happening. as the continent is facing a very aggressive 2nd wave of the pandemic what is your message to wealthier countries who are said to be buying up all the vaccines struck engaging in what some are calling vaccine nationalism. well thank you very much for having me well i think the message has been very clear from the secretary general all along that when we come to the vaccine that it's got to be the people's backs and it's got to be available to everyone everywhere otherwise we're not going to see the end to cope with we're not going to see the end to the shutdowns in our economies and we all know that. health pandemic is much more than a health crisis is a social economic one currently the kovacs facility which is part of the act accelerator has been signed onto by many countries as co chaired by the president of south africa but it hasn't yielded the results that we expect and it certainly hasn't been able to provide vaccines at least for the frontline workers across the world so what is to be dad let your say of yourself that the initiative hasn't been as effective at people are dying in huge numbers growing numbers the 2nd wave has been a process what is. well the 1st is to make the resources available and for surpluses to be shared immediately for frontline workers around the world in vulnerable countries the 2nd is to realize that the production the production of the vaccine is not sufficient and so even if you have the money today you would not be able to get the vaccines and that is to now look to those places of production to get the quality assurance and to get production rush it out so that we can get these vaccines out to everyone from where things stand what is a realistic picture as to when the people in africa will be vaccinated we some countries are announcing that vaccinations you mentioned south africa just starting slavery for example but what is the real picture from the information that you're getting from organizations like the just in terms of when we can get a reasonable amount of the population africa vaccinated. well i think like the rest of the world is not going to see much before the 2nd half of this year we will begin to start vaccinating and i hopefully our front line workers the health workers will be the 1st and we'll see that coming in in april the efforts of the be made by the african union envoy considerable with the support of a number of heads of state and government in africa so i would say the 2nd half of the year we will begin to see it but it will go into next year before we say the cohort that we require to be vaccinated would be it's not just about the vaccinations it's important that we look at all other aspects of making sure that we are safe we must and that the health systems that we have reinforced with investments that are needed right now in the stimulus packages to help us cope with the uptick in people getting into the hospitals with coated right i do want to pivot to climate change now because that's something that you have been addressing the world economic forum about on a spokes a day on that you know we are always being reminded that you know africa contributes the least when it comes to c o 2 emissions but the reality on the ground is that millions of people on the continent ah being forced to flee from their homes because off sivia with a passion changes storms droughts displacing people in huge numbers we're talking solutions now it's one thing to be signed up to a global pact set by the way many people say and as effective enough anyway even in their ambitious targets i'm sitting in germany and a part of it is debated the idea of giving asylum and refugee status really to people fleeing the effects and the adverse effects of climate change from their countries what do you make of a proposal like that and would you like to see perhaps countries in the developed world who maybe attribute the blame for where we are in terms of the kind of crisis to be taking solid and concrete action. i think it's very welcoming to say that germany is doing that and that's what many other countries have done many have signed up to taking on climate refugees but what is more important is that we need the investments to make our societies and countries in africa much more resilient and able to deal with adapt to action and the climate change that is happening which you rightly say is of no fault of africa less than 2 percent i think of the missions coming out of africa africa needs to grow there's an opportunity for africa to leapfrog cope it is not an excuse it is an opportunity for investments that come into green transitions what does that mean on stimulus packages there are fiscal gaps that need to be attended to that needs to be a global response the g 20 needs to take responsibility and make that happen the private sector needs to come in and we need to see that energy transitions that will create green jobs happening in our countries the food systems becoming much more adaptable to what we're seeing in climate change and they were investing in the skills of reducing closing the digital gap so that we can have our young people which we have the largest cohort ever up front and center in the investments that we make famous mom and i want to chill full of sound what some are calling the shrinking democratic space in africa elections are not fully free and fair rights groups describe passons off government a violent and deadly repression against peaceful process and general dissent government shut down the internet when it's convenient for them young people in africa feel left down by the elite as and that they have no recourse what is your message to me it does in africa who are undermining democracy in their countries. i think it's very important for leaders to remember that social contract between themselves and the people and it is really shaky right now and it is at risk and we cannot afford that if we intend to deepen democracy and to have young people believe in those values and so i think a lot of responsibility for leaders to take up and to demonstrate and to work at. bringing back that social contract and including young people including the voice of people and their aspirations and their rights and one of the ways to show that is of course are elections and they should be free they should be fair you should be free from fear that you go to put your vote and we have to work on that that's another reality deputy secretary general that's not the reality and it of course it's of course it's not there of course it's not the reality christine this world is about a reality in the aspirations and there is a gap and every day we work to close that gap so what happens this year we want to make sure it doesn't happen next year and the year after until we have free and peaceful elections all over the world we don't give up on it we have knowledge and we put a spotlight on it and we try to do better and we speak to leaders about their responsibility to ensure that elections free fair and certainly free of violence all right that is the u.n. staff he's the secretary general i mean i. thank you for your time that. thank you so much christine. many of the thousands of people being treated in hospital for cover 19 have not been able to see their loved ones because of visitation restrictions of asphalt isolation with no contact to friends to family and the outside world now an interfaith prayer group in cape town has taken the initiative to bring some moral support to patients the group has from project a mission to bring some chair at all and a strict protocol. here. we are called to push into a frontline workers. to do touche should push us. we know disease to the people was saying on facebook in the book they were making these. mobs that they are alone so my friends and i was this for risk go to the hospitals and then we find those are. coming inside of the hospitals with. this stout outside but maybe thing to do with a window will we be able to hear and see us even those people found in the room patients who were able to appreciate you sounds coming these people thinking about being we've done 3 into hospitals already standing outside is the 1st time we're little loud but the people just somehow that we need to come in the saddle to see them appreciate really interact and. the the our movie will you asked some you know we have the spiritual thing within us to be knows some when someone is praying for us and i think the so. we've been up to mr fulton be able to pick up these things someone tells the most of these people pulling for you with the other little and it's people in africa we know. us do person in dignity being surrounded with many so this is very painful. this will ensure it is just for. patients keeping. the air. for all the fish. and that's it for today's program remember of a small on off website and facebook page will see you next time a. national competition driver marketing number atmosphere powered by attack intuition love hate money. sans trans fat spam and found. on you tube. funny thing that's like a bunch of the quick because i want to see it germany was the last few years have been quite a ride. and very little harm when it comes to german b.s. and of course. i have the biggest guns a new hobby of mine i'm good on the bridge i'd love to be a better person there are accounts that when you finish the getting there realize it comes just as the another way of never you ready to meet them very right just do it. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture let's see what's coming up in the next quarter of an hour. british artist carrying some creates fantastical works from everyday objects that might normally end up in a rubbish bin. refines and carey mulligan star in a new film about an extraordinary archaeological find in the middle of england a warrior or a case there is more. they are one of the most innovative and successful indie bands in germany and have turned a small town in bavaria called vile haim into a mecca of german pop music the no twist experimented with grunge metal and dark indie rock when they 1st started back in 1909 but their fame has come with more 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 pandemic changed everything. your. bags your. movies austin and 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 the very unfun 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 very in 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 sayah appear on vertigo days. before 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. now with so many shops close we are being encouraged to repair things all recycle a good thing for the environment of course something that british artist and carrington has based of work on for decades she's popped back up alchemy asked creating works out of everyday objects often ones you wouldn't imagine could be off and also things that otherwise might be thrown out the results are fabulous and of even impress the british public a. 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. buttons are transformed into postage stamps on canvas. cans and battle 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 either look like a button or a book on 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 pens hammers and some others old knives forks and spoons into the petals and stems and flowers. she turns the cast of silverware into a magnificent arrangement of flowers. the inspiration for this sculpture came from master plaintiffs. this was inspired by a that i saw in painting in the rights museum in amsterdam. and i decided that i wanted to make a sculpture inspired by his still life painting one of carrington's extravagant cases even part of the permanent collection of the victoria and albert museum in london please elaborate pieces cost up 210-0000 euros many celebrities already have a carrington at home there are also appeals to british royalty. and 2012 for the sixty's jubilee of queen elizabeth for 2nd and carrington constructed an opulent banner from about half a 1000000 gold but it's 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 in my youth and of course for years i've been making pay for the train mcquade from buttons and to be actually making a pretty foul with wonderful. carrington finds the material for her art in junk shops like this one in 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 so it's similar materials to my artwork lots of multiples and i when i come somewhere lot base i'm going to find multiples and if i don't have enough sometimes i'll go on e bay or i might go to a scrap yard. an option. carrington began working with found everyday objects while at art 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 and 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 milan italy without a catwalk and audience 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's more off the wall. but again thankfully with lots of color it's bright nala days tino 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 you'll remember this stunning yellow coated red headband worn by the american poet amanda gorman of the american presidential inauguration both were made by the design label prada that goldman has been signed up by a top modeling agency 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 the 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 it pretty. tiles of buried treasure. my interest in alky already began like you as an outcast male left to hold a trial. my childhood home was built on a thrashing convent help my father excavate yeah this. speaks to. 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 his relationship with the pretty played by carey mulligan. the 1st human hand print only because. of some continued. one excavation stunt terrified actress carey mulligan during filming and ensuring costar ray find safety in a scene where he was buried in mud and that he was a para. yeah i mean obviously right didn't want to use a stunt mom which i totally get but it just to me with the terrible talk of trying to you know stop him from the case saying this is pretty i think you'd better come and say. thankfully they find survives being buried alive and the film couple can go on to make an archeological history kate everyone's going to want to place on this issue phone. finally today the sad news that hollywood actress cloris leachman has passed away at the age of 94 she won multiple emmy awards for how 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 show biz and only stopped working a few years ago. on the websites of course at the w dot com slash culture lots of all the arts and culture stores to be found there as well that's it for this edition thanks for watching i'm often up. to the point strong opinions clear positions international perspective such. a real friend so bloody made putin down so commentary to see the kremlin so here's his critique alex i know found me so who is here courageous encourage magic opposition leader or an opportunist finding a personal 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