are actually inside a casemate. a casemate is nothing more than a vault inside a fort wall. so you are actually inside the fort wall, kind of unique for museums at this point in time. we will walk you through the casemate museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. some of our stories will deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the american civil war. thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. they migrated as far west as mexico and the mississippi river valley. they migrated as far south as south america and central america. they migrated all the way here to point comfort, where fort monroe is located today. they were hunters, they were gatherers, and they lived a very successful and prosperous life here. in 1607, the english had come here, and by that time the virginians had learned and mastered the art of cultivation. the english would struggle the fi
outgoing director close to tell a man will look at his final year in office and his impressive career limiting the last cultural diplomat starts nov 16th on d w with news that a vaccine might be around the corner, you ethical questions are on the horizon. who will get it 1st? how much will it cost? will the ritual pole be 1st in line? for the most vulnerable, like this woman here, she s living in a bomb shelter because of the armenian azerbaijani conflict. it is running rampant in these tight corners. says go to frontline workers who put their lives on the line. like here at a testing station in frankfurt. questions remain, especially on the news that brazil has suspended its trial of a chinese candidate vaccine. there are no easy answers. welcome to the show all this week with talking vaccines and code 19 on monday hughes broke that there could be a vaccine by the end of the year. and america s pfizer. germany s biotech were 1st to announce successful data from a large scale
hello and welcome to the show. i m stephen beardsley in berlin. it s good to have you with us. the shares of alibaba and 10 cent fell sharply on wednesday. hit by concerns of a new anti trust legislation by the chinese government. beijing has published a 1st draft of the monopolistic rules aimed at the country s tech giants. well, they are not accused of any wrongdoing. investors fear that new rules could impact their growth in the future. alibaba shares were down more than 8 percent on the day . that on the same date announced record turnover from its singles day sales promotion. beijing s actions come on the heels of growing regulatory action elsewhere against tech. the u.s. justice department suing google for antitrust violations last month and european commission filing antitrust charges against amazon. on monday. let s go now to our financial correspondent in frankfurt, chelsey de laney. i do not believe that is jealousy. maybe we can get chelsea up. there s jealousy. go
i m melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as coburn 1000 cases climbed around the world once again we take a closer look at the government that has most successfully tackled the pandemic in asia taiwan just 7 people have died of the corona virus there with a total of 570 cases ever recorded as of this tuesday some people have pointed out it s island geography as one explanation but take one look at the u.k. and that should dispel any myth about an island advantage in fact taiwan was especially vulnerable in the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of flights going to china every week making its success in the fight against cove it all the more remarkable. massive. joyful faces this year taiwan s private rate was more than a showcase for the island s liberties but also its achievement in containing coronavirus it seems to relate to many others around well as do severing from the outbreak but here has never been any kind of lock down people have gone th
for eyes or by john but it has led outraged armenians just stormed their own parliament. coffins good to have you with us we begin tonight with security and terrorism here in europe leaders in the european union held a video conference today to discuss their shared security it comes after a recent spate of terror attacks in france in austria german chancellor angela merkel in berlin joined the virtual summit with the leaders of austria and france in paris and other heads of government for its president emanuel is calling for a swift and coordinated response and he denounced what he described as the misuse of europe s asylum laws by people seeking entry for sinister reasons he said the fight against islamist extremism must be a joint effort. all our capitals all of us who are here together have been affected and terrorism from paris to brussels berlin vienna utrecht london madrid barcelona copenhagen stopped home nice vienna now and so many of this is a european reality to whi