The place and with home grown here. I. And you are welcome to the program. Is best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine see the huge one oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil need close to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. On the beaches already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. Locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution stuff in sugar cayleys into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isnt enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. The government has declared an environmental emergency. Were appealing to france and help the United Nations and other countries. We dont have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. Francis promised aid and the sending experts and the naval vessel
A long slog but after almost 2 and a half years of construction and delays due to the pandemic berlins Jewish Museum has a new core exhibition. Germanys culture minister has high hopes for the opening. The opening of a new permanent exhibition marks the beginning of a new era in this place which is so important for us all. As space has been created where jewish people can recognize their own lived experience and when non jewish visitors can also read and learn about the richness of jewish culture and German Jewish relations. There are also high hopes for the museums new director hetty beg she took over in april and has an exciting and challenging road ahead. The Jewish Museum striking design for summit zigzag shape resembles the shattered star of david fathers a bolt of lightning. Bug attacked done your labor skinned won the commission in 1988 the year before the fall of the berlin wall. This consort not to simply design a museum but also Say Something about jewish history people aroun
Billion went toe m of their surg spouses received checks they cannot cash. Anna warmer has more. Tough couple of years. Ian davis lost his wife, a 32yearold mom and singer. She died in surgery related to kidney problems in february. I miss everything about her. Not a day, not a moment goes by that i dont think about her. Her laugh, her joy for life. Now davis, who had been caring for his wife full time is struggling to find work. Hes staying with family along with his 5yearold son. Inform may he thought he caught a break when a stimulus check arrived for he and his wife. When he went to the bank. What did they say to you . Cant do anything. Even with a death certificate, they said they cooperate do anything to cash it. Jenny faced a similar problem. Her husband died march 21st, possibly of covid19. She also got this joint check for herself and her husband that she, too, had trouble cashing at ou hused. W s dont. Jane oversees at the Government Accountability office. Irs maybe the initi
Albion, im a curator historian here at the International Spy museum in washington d. C. We have the largest collection of espionage and intelligence related artifacts in the world. Today, we are going to be looking at cold war berlin. After world war ii ended, germany was divided between the victors. That is the united states, france, the United Kingdom and this soviet union. The soviet union occupied the east and the other three countries occupied the west. That included the capital city of berlin which was also divided into four sectors. One for each of the victors. The soviets occupied the eastern zone of berlin and the three western powers occupying the western zone of berlin. This was the start of the division of germany and the division of berlin after the war. That division became concrete with the erection of the berlin wall in 1961. The wall was put up by the east germans ostensibly to keep people out. In the years after world war ii and with the occupation of east germany and
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