Stopping an assault on the United States. And German Foreign ministers ignore gabriele is out of a job after a bitter dispute within his party well look at why hes going to the man whos all but certain to replace him how could hike a mosque shape German Foreign policy. And also on the show traumatized by war and violence syrian children arriving in refugee camps in lebanon burdened with haunting memories a new initiative is turning their stories into works of art. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show is this a breakthrough in the Nuclear Standoff between north korea and the u. S. Us president from the north Korean Leader kim jong un are set to hold the first ever meeting of the two countries leaders on twitter President Trump confirmed the plan and said. Great progress was being made earlier perceived the south Korean NationalSecurity Director you young in the white house chung brief the president and other top american officials about a rare meeting with kim in the north korean capital on monday this is what he had to say. I put president president on that you know meeting north Korean Leader kim jong un that he is committed to do provide. That north korea we need to train from any photo to kill or be so pests he understands the routine joint military exercises it seems that he forward it will korea and the United States must continue that he expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible. For the very latest lets bring in our washington correspondent alexander phenomenon and Jason Strother in junk chang in south korea alexander if we could start with you this looks like a remarkable breakthrough. Well it could be a major step forward if the north korean offer its really serious and is not stalling tactic we dont know yet anything concrete can result from such a meeting but it is of course better than war which was realistic option just a few weeks ago the president trying once to need kim jong un because it would be historic president s trump wants to do things did no one else before him has done and he is craving for acknowledgment and praise for things that he believes he has achieved and interesting and they do it in this context just shortly before the announcement President Trump popped into the White House Briefing room were all of us reporters were sitting working and he told us that a major announcement is coming up and that it is a big issue and he seemed quite excited about that jason what have been the reactions where you are to this completely unexpected announcement. Well south koreas president s office or less than it was earlier in the week is our president president always were carrying look at. Their trip to washington for president moon this is certainly great news already he kim jong un have agreed to hold their own something later in april so now that south north korea the u. S. Are talking something that seoul has been pushing or. This is nothing but this is all the good news the south korean president. Lee sandra alluded to there is this a possible propaganda ploy by north korea or the First Step Towards a nuclear free korean peninsula. Well we have been down this road many times or i mean really ever since the early one nine hundred ninety s. The u. S. Has been trying to negotiate with north korea to end its Nuclear Weapons programs many promises were made and just as many were broken so what i have to see there you know we there still are substantial that need to be taken President Trump says that this peace talks fall asleep that they do well or a station right now north korea says its on board but it would be the first time they backed off from the pledge of. Xander considering what jason just said there this is a huge political gamble for the president well yes youre right and we have to say that its quiet on the usual death the president has agreed so quickly to end meeting normally it would take months or even years to negotiate a framework before such a meeting and the president has to be true currents to meet jungleland and we have to say that there is the u. S. Has no ambassador to south korea and that the u. S. As special envoy to north korea has announced that he is retiring the white house is in disarray after a number of high level resigned mans resignations so it will be interesting who is going to prepurchase donuts trump for this meeting ok many thanks to jesus voters xander stay with us if you could were staying in the u. S. And the President Trump is pushing forward with tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum of between ten and twenty five percent now the president says the penalties are needed to address unfair trade and to boost the American Economy u. S. Business leaders and some prominent members of his own Republican Party have though been warning his administration is courting Economic Disaster with a move. With the stroke of a pen donald trump shakes up International Trade the president signed the hefty new tariffs into law flanked by steel and aluminum watch because he said he was stopping what he calls an assault and the u. S. Today im defending americas National Security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum reducing the levies will take effect in two weeks but some countries will be spat due to the unique nature of our relationship with canada and mexico were negotiating right now nafta and were going to hold off the tariff for those two countries other countries can negotiate exemptions but trump accused Major Trading partners like germany of treating the us unfairly many of the countries that treat us the worst on trade and on military are our allies as they like to call them so we just want fairness. Pressed ahead with his plan that despite International Outrage stop criticism from within the Republican Party and the resignation of his economic adviser gary cohn. Not even Metal Workers can trump claims to be protecting our all in favor. I wish to drop this thing would work your support for. Your. Son for. Pennies even more trump offer to arm wrestle a steel waka. Lets arm wrestle camargue and now hes taking on the world in what could turn into a full blown trade war. Ok so were headed alexandra these tariffs were one of the president s Central Campaign promises how are they going down in the United States well when we talk about Blue Collar Workers that were invited to the white house by the president they were very happy at both they they hope that. Its going to be more domestic for the action and that they are going to be more jobs but then this is very telling to see how the republicans in congress react. More than one hundred republicans signed a letter to the president and posing a brode action against steel and aluminum imports House Speaker ryan sat that he fears the consequences of the president s decision however he wont come to the fact that canada and mexico were exempt from the tariffs and the over the sensors were very critical of president strums and thats a flake that strange words cannot be won and now for senator tweeted that this is a tax hike on the American Consumers and manufacturers so you may you might remember that the republicans were successful in passing what they called a major tax cuts reform and now they fear that the terrorists can undermine the benefits of this tax reform ok the announcement from the white house includes temporary exemptions for canada and mexico will they be able to renegotiate their trade deals in this short amount of time that theyve been given about two weeks. Well that of course remains to be seen thats what President Trump said that he is hoping that it will be possible but of course he is insisting insisting on a deal that would be good for the United States they always drove on all fours from washington thanks very much. Well home is here now and those tariffs that were talking about are raising the prospect of retaliation and the possible troubadour thats right bryan the economic fallout from these moves could potentially be very launch indeed and that is not going down well with american trade experts in the countrys allies a certainly angry will his why American Steel makers employ about one hundred forty thousand people but when it comes to steel consuming manufacturers well a lot more people are employed six point five Million People in fact in the new tariffs means that the much bigger producers will end are end up suffering for the benefit of what is a relatively small Steel Industry so the protective tariffs may be shot at chinas overcapacity but its americas biggest allies that could end up taking the most flack lets take a look canada for example is the biggest exporter of steel in the United States followed by the European Union you can see here brazil china for example its all the way down the bottom of this list at position eleven now the impact on allies will be big europe is the europe Steel Association rather your affair says that could slash american imports of european steel which was valued at a five billion euros last year so if that does happen the likes of big industrials like german car makers could be the first victims and still terrorists will hit partners but a global trade war is the ultimate nightmare scenario and among those German Companies which we are talking about is the industrial joint zeman is now is coming off the back of a turbulent week it shares lost three percent of the value off to trump tariffs were announced now the boss of siemens joe has slammed those proposed tires on steel that i mean in an interview with u. S. Media he says they sent a disturbing message that could hit Business Confidence but he also says they wouldnt have a big effect on even his business in the United States. So i went over a lot of questions that at this stage especially concerning whether the fallout will impact the e. U. Or rather whether the e. U. Will implement retaliate surely measures to talk more about that now lets go over to brian and his guests thats right going to talk about the right now with laura from daniels from the German Institute for interNational Security first good morning thanks for being with us helen has been mentioning this this word trade war were all talking about it right now what does that word actually mean and what of course would mean for consumers well what it means is that we could end up in the situation where unilateral action by the u. S. Trade is. What economists call to attack retaliation so each of the countries that is hurt by the u. S. Tariffs could now choose to impose their own tory tariffs and if we dont do this along the lines of the w t o the World Trade Organization you have this messy situation where you end up in the trade wall basically and we had that historically and with very bad outcomes so for consumers this basically means you have rising prices but you also have a trade diversion so thats bad for companies and what is worse you have a whole lot of volatility in markets and you already see that so it goes beyond the trade component it also has effects on Financial Markets stock markets and so on ok you mentioned that this is been done before with bad effects what are you talking about specifically well in the one nine hundred thirty s. The u. S. Already unposed a law that that led to tariffs on imports from europe as well as other regions of the word and that was basically a breeding ground for nationalist tendencies in europe and italy also in germany it created a whole lot of trade distortions and the outcome historically was very bad i mean the bad it can. Situation then let for the political problems but the situation is completely different right now is that we have seventy years of an international a global trade regime that didnt exist in the one nine hundred thirty s. When they were in post thats right just because nations were able to learn that lesson from history they decided to come up with the general agreement on the terrace and trades and that was followed by the w t o in one thousand nine hundred five and we have this whole set of rules and now its very important for every country also for the European Union the European Commission who is responsible for trade policy to stick to those roots and retaliate donald trump though its not important to stick to those rules might he have a point could we see a limited unraveling of the w t o agreement since one thousand nine hundred five well the thing you know without damage the Global Economy right so were in a little bit of a quandary right now and terms of what the e. U. Supposed to do in reaction to these National Interest on the u. S. Side and the difficulty is now to find appropriate and proportional response rather than just losing ones had and just retaliatory action that needs to further escalation of the conflict so bad that is possible we have the w. T. All we have rules on how to impose counter tariffs and the e. U. Has already come up with a list of products that it wants to to to put tariffs on and so we have all these options that they would leave us to within the roots this side of fruits that countries all agreed on ok briefly if you could do you expect to tell you from the u. S. From the e. U. Yes i mean i think the commission. And also the president of the commission made that pretty clear that theyre willing to retaliate but now its a matter of when to do it when to impose tariffs and in what height and on what specific specific products we would impose those tariffs yes ok thank you so very much laura from daniel so the German Institute for interNational Security affairs for being with us this morning. Well here in germany Foreign Ministers ignore gabriele has announced that he will not be part of john saw them ackles new Coalition Government now thats after rumors of a bitter dispute with leaders of his own social democrats coveralls replacement of the foreign minister is reportedly heiko moss the outgoing Justice Minister now the news made for a slightly uncomfortable p. R. Inspired gabriele at a scheduled press conference with his counterpart from bosniaherzegovina. It was a routine appointment for a German Foreign minister but first things are anything but routine right now minute the meeting with his bosnian counterpart igor sir not out on thursday was his last official international engagement. And gum real has been germanys foreign minister for just over a year during that time he became the countrys most popular politician even beating chancellor merkel and future economics minister paid to in opinion polls here and much respect for his work for example his handling of strange german turkish relations god will often met his turkish counterpart medlock shovel so new and invited him to his home as he worked to get german journalists and human rights activists released and he succeeded and part some of the prisoners were freed. But there is another sign to seek knock on trail he is notoriously independent and volatile for example on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference he broke ranks and appealed for sanctions against russia to be lifted following a cease fire in Eastern Ukraine and. I am convinced that if we succeed in this then we must begin to gradually lift the sanctions i know that the official position on this is different and i know it is more importantly irritated members of his own party the s. K. T. He even attacked them party leader Martine Schultz personally which many and his party found unforgettable above all his relationship with future party leader on three analysis has viewed as dysfunctional. Now media reports say his successor will be heikal mosse the previous Justice Minister. Is playing down the loss of his position when asked how he feels about leaving in a positive words he will then theres just been through that high school mass will be the new foreign minister then i have a really good feeling hell do an excellent job im also fine. Take care. Ok what a development joining us for more on this is Political Correspondent dina has a you know why good morning first of all why this incredible shakeup in the s. B. These top leadership well these Interesting Times on they. Devaneys oldest policy lets not forget the s. P. D. Is struggling i think it is fighting for survival to be quite honest so it is willing to do everything and to do bold moves and to get rid of people who have had a prominent name in german politics for the past few months or years but they have seen that there is a very very strong desire within the rank and file that there is that there are signs that the Party Leadership doesnt stick to their positions and that theyre willing to rejuvenating and help reshape the s. P. D. Profile ok its very unusual though isnt it for a foreign minister to then go back to being a simple if you call that member of parliament exactly but many people just felt that gabriele had taken it a bit too far and that he. Is the designated new leader of the party the first woman in that office if shes elected and they proceed said quite clearly we need team players in the new cabinet and many people just didnt feel as a team player anymore ok the foreign minister in germany sets the tone for so many things especially for friends partners and adversaries abroad as well. As the man who looks set to to get that room who is i call most interestingly he was brought into the cabinet by my god. My god will support that hike a must when he was a pretty unsuccessful regional politician in a small region in germany and he has served as germanys Justice Minister so hes very well aware of the ins and outs of the grand coalition as its called between the conservatives and the social democrats he is not an alpha male. In media sometimes he is cold. The anti alpha politician hes known for first skills of negotiating but hes not as direct and not as powerful probably as my god we are however he has challenge the very strong and influential form of finance minister of all of gunk choice on several occasions so he does manage to get his message across ok theres also a controversial side to him he brought in the hate speech laws d. J. And thats been criticized even from members of his own party is clamping down on free speech for example exactly and that is something you could see that hike a mosque is somebody who will listen to what the s. P. D. Leaders tell him to do because he was as he personal his personal stance on the masses were different but then the s. P. D. Leadership decided to go down that line and so as a Justice Minister the need he have to implement measures that he was personally against but he added to the discipline ok so were looking at the announcement of the cabinet post today will be among them and three of the partys top contenders for ministerial posts and for leadership positions rather are women lets take a look at this. These women represent a beacon of hope for Germanys Social Democratic Party leading the pack as party chair under the knowledge is followed by two women likely to become ministers Catalina Bali and francisco the message is clear the party wants more women in leadership positions. Does your own im pretty sure that we women dont do everything better but this is about having a different perspective a different take on the world its about womens interests that should be mentioned as well we dont have to be better than men but i do think we can do a few things better. There is wide speculation that. He could be named the new labor minister and francisco a relatively unknown district mayor from berlin could be named family minister she would be the only cabinet member from former east germany besides chancellor angela merkel. I think francisco if i is doing a really good job shes really close to the partys base. Im glad to see so many women coming together spirits are high and weve heard a lot of good things and for the first time i got the feeling that theres hope that i might have. A ministerial im happy to see that the new cabinet will have a lot more women than the last one this is a good way forward you wouldnt want to start. With more women leading the s. P. D. Party members hope that this is proof of the Party Renewal that so many are calling for. Are these women proof of a party or a new or a beacon of hope for the s. P. D. Certainly francisco good fight was surprising candid but many people say that shes the person who. Had been hoping to get into the cabinet not not just specifically francisco but the five but definitely a woman from east germany east german voice has been something that has been missing from previous discussions about the cabinet and so if they can get her into the ministry that would be an extremely important signal to voters also in east germany that their voices are being heard. Got you know bali was even tipped as the potential foreign minister. There are some voices that are saying that they are knowledges whose then the s. P. D. Leader doesnt really want to have a strong competitor in the Foreign Office knowing fully well that Foreign Ministers in germany are usually the most popular politicians. For looking forward to this these announcements later today officially will be talking again about them oh sure thanks so much for now though now for some of the other stories making news at this hour women in spain joined rallies amidst a twenty four hour walk out to demand an end to on the wages and gender violence organizers claim more than five million women across spain participated in that walkout as well as in shorter strikes to Mark International womens day. An aid convoy bound for the besieged Syrian Region of eastern due to has been postponed as fighting in that area intensifies Syrian Government forces have now retaken half of the territory held by rebels in the damascus suburb about four hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped there. Police in britain say a total of twenty one people had to receive medical treatment following the nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter earlier this week investigators are treating it as attempted murder lawmakers in the media have speculated that moscows behind the attack sparking a bitter dispute between britain and russia. We have some sports now Europa League football London Club Arsenal ended their four game losing streak in style with the two no shock wave victory over ac milan henrik were tarion opening the scoring with his first goal for arsenal on aaron ramsey sealed the victory with a goal on the stroke of half time to nil was the final score ac milans thirteen game unbeaten streak ended with a thud. This is d. W. News still to come on the show a generation with dreams broken by war a refugee camp in lebanon seeks to help syrian children deal with their trauma by turning their stories into art. 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While some one million Syrian Refugees have fled to lebanon since the war in syria broke out seven years ago many of them are children aid groups are helping them deal with their trauma through creativity and now a beirut exhibit is featuring artwork inspired by their poems and their stories the dub you want to have a look. While those who really fled the war in syria forty years ago after her home in homes was bombed she and her family now live in this lebanese refugee camp my time. Even when she first got to live a long while worked back in boxes earning just four dollars a day then an engineer or called beyond rescued her from that job and got her into a school near the camp. Today the sixteen year old is about to head out to her poetry class. A lot more. When i of michaels. After years of trauma and uncertainty while it is beginning to find her voice and shes learning to write a verse for the first time in her life. Because. The nella nation as the generation whose life is lost his dreams have been broken by war we are the generation that has grown old but too soon this point recounts the challenges bob faces as a refugee. Tiffany has never always attacking us with words the lebanese always ask who are you where did you come from why did you come here. A two hours drive from the camp the u. N. Childrens organization unicef has organized an exhibition about art and refugees at beiruts civil war memorial. This meeting is inspired by the words of what thoughts and feelings of dozens of syrian children on display in this exhibition and been told by the horns and let us sit on a level these artists have come together and are using their creativity to describe the experiences of the students of war. Yvonne depps is one of the artists hes tried to capture warred sentiment on canvas. This is not sadness this is this is anger and. And though i didnt want to show the children as victims. The organizers deliberately chose the memorial as the site for the event levanon itself suffered two decades of civil war that nearly tore the country apart. Civilians have been the main victims of the conflict in syria which is especially targeted the countrys young. Many of the children that have written poems and text have lived their war very intensively they have rules their homes their school sometimes their parents back at the camp while those who he is on the way to a get together with some friends shes now taking up singing is ben and says shed like to be a journalist or a single when she grows up. Has lost nearly everything but she refuses to give up hope. Ok lets bring in now did a correspondent who filmed at the refugee camps and the exhibit in beirut good morning to you that shes joining us from exhibit right now and show you talked with a number of childrens whose whose poems have been turned into artwork can you can you tell something about the process. Good morning to you as well sure as far as the process goes you know these children were also they were tired lives as they were rescued by hands and you know beyond which has a lot of these childrens lives and yours open not only to center which also all its as a school for many of these kids and in this is a mix of school the engine was helping these kids to express their voice to share their from our shared their experiences so they had an outlet for it and they dont live with it all their lives some of these kids have decided to make spencers two words their prison essays or quit and so short stories these are then shared by the insurance unicef which are quite just like unicef decided to bring together never knees and sit in artists to sit in an enemys artist to fix the decks that most moved then and then decided to depict it in either from a sculpture or an installation or in the form of them painting in by this case weve seen. Its a painting of the painter saying to do many of these being just not met the children that is because they decided that they wanted a certain distance and they wanted to just read the text and depict that thoughts ok now these children have lived through incredible unimaginable for us trauma from what you youve been seeing and talking with them does this initiative really help them get to that deep trauma to to work through it. Well you know of course it does last achievement here is that theyve managed to get it out of this system and then minister to a lot of girls and she didnt speak much but she wanted to write more she she felt that she could shadowline a story in blood spatter lawns be protected in this letter as she started writing as she started going to the well into class she started expressing their emotions move freely so even that process the children are finding a way to tell their stories too if theyre sometimes conscious of their parents they can perhaps at the other children the shitter activists on the generous and bring the journalists not this see somebody did an interest in this story it certainly helps them and it is it is an achievement for them that there was a been expressed as as as arwa ok now youve been. Going to six additional ok that does sound like certainly a success now youve also been at the bekaa valley refugee camps can you tell us something about how things are going there. Well thats a had question is is the situation is pretty bad going to needs to be pretty that the families that are living in very hostile nations this year and the fact of the International Organizations like you would have said they did not receive top the police you dont know im pleased there is no whole families of the mill kloofs office at this hes a sponsor Living ConditionsSchool Children learned that leases that might explain we see on the night when its snowing in the snow amounts like this and when it is hard to summarize then it feels like we bunnies these are the conditions that these families think you live in by the regime from other recently built families incident. Did have you correspondent on shelves or a thank you so very much for checking into the story for us for bringing that report and for your time for this interview today thank you very much one other news today is the latest Court Hearing for seventeen turkish journalists who been charged with supporting terrorism their employees of some herriot thats an opposition newspaper thats a very big seller in that country this comes and its a widespread crackdown on press freedom in turkey more than one hundred writers and reporters have been put in jail did have you correspondent delia han has more. An editorial meeting at drumcree at one of the few newspapers in turkey not controlled by the government. Is journalists here are discussing stories for the next edition many have been in trouble with the authorities because of their reporting but they are determined to keep on writing that. We cant get any information from government officials or state institutions are not allowed into any of the president s press conferences they continuously try to criminalize a newspaper to the point that even carrying a copy of it is risky for readers that despite these circumstances were trying to do our best in this. War. The newspaper often covers court cases against its own staff and ongoing trial involves seventeen employees charged with supporting terrorist organisations all have been released on bail except for three who have been behind bars for over a year now in a show of solidarity jim harriet publishes their photos on its front page every single day. Editor in chief uk an ultralight the publisher. A well known investigative reporter. Ship is using the trial as a platform to get a message across i am not defending myself i am accusing you he said in one hearing in december twenty seventh seen the trial was suspended and sheik removed from the courtroom when he criticised the government his supporters supported him. Ive. Only gets to see her husband in court and during this city i was in jail its been like that for over a year she is prepared for every out and. We didnt make anything wrong or off. Not make anything wrong and he is right thats why of course i have hope because i believe in ahmed and i believe in myself expectations i have no expectations from the judiciary part or anything from the state. She says the terrorism charges leveled against her husband are observed years ago he was jailed for writing this book criticizing the muslim cleric fit to live goodland today glenn is public enemy number one in turkey but ahmed ship is now accused of supporting him. The pictures. I met in finns twenty eight years of journalist and especially. Focusing concentrating on right right why elations thats why its not the first time that he has trouble with the state if you look in the indictment all the proofs are just journalistic activities reports iraq interviews he may. Yes he was just doing his job. About one hundred twenty journalists are currently in jail here in turkey according to Reporters Without Borders more than in any other country Rights Groups say trials like the one against the delivery of newspaper a politically motivated they have called turkish president rides of tired arab one quote an enemy of press freedom. After countless threats and even several attempted attacks security at djibouti is tight the office now resembles a high security prison itself. The news room has already lost many reporters but the rest are undeterred they want to report independently and critically for as long as they can even if that means writing about trials against their own colleagues. Well seven years ago on the eleventh of march two thousand and eleven a magnitude nine earthquake off the coast of japan triggered a tsunami the lead to widespread disaster and the Worst Nuclear Disaster since chere noble we all remember these images that you can see behind me surging waters flooding the nearby Fukushima Nuclear power plant leading to explosions and a meltdown in the reactors there some eighteen thousand people are thought to have perished in the tsunami tens of thousands had to be evacuated from the region amidst the Nuclear Disaster that followed the tsunami. But the government wants to move on now people of course want to get back to their homes we caught up with a family going back to their village. Grandpa always comes by on fridays to pick up the boys spending the night at their grandparents house marks the start of the weekend yes she lives in a city that was covered by a radioactive cloud seven years ago twelve months ago he returned to his village his children and grandchildren will follow in april. First we were worried about radiation but now the levels have dropped significantly and im glad that soon we will live together like we used to. Need to today is located about fifty kilometers from the Fukushima Nuclear power plant the village was in the restricted zone and had to be cleared in twenty eleven but as of a year ago people have been allowed to return fears about radiation are pushed aside locals try to ignore the tarps that cover piles on contaminated soil no one knows how long itll be stored here. As a device that measures radiation levels but no one looks at it very often no matter what it shows. And what about food where there mushrooms come from a little bit from not going no which is far away a safe region the family doesnt eat mushrooms from the forest behind the house. To my hero the boys father who is relaxed he has stopped reading the radiation levels printed in the newspaper next to the weather. And you already are among the first children to return to the former restricted zone. With no we dont talk to the kids about it. Mom can back then right after the earthquake they probably overheard something but now we dont talk about it anymore. In the end this is for the best as their father the family is together again the grandparents are not alone the commute is shorter. Before the earthquake six thousand people lived in each only five hundred have returned to. Japan has spent billions graping away the contaminated earth but who really wants to live next to tons of Nuclear Waste on the edge of the red zone authorities and environmentalist say radiation levels in the village have decreased but the hills in forests are still heavily polluted the radiation can easily flow back into the village through rain or condensation. Knows that too and yet he still wants to take his fifty cows back each seven years ago he had to flee along with his life before the earthquake he fed his cows with grass from his own farm today the feed comes from the United States. Who gets a radiation is the problem. The grass here in the region is regularly it. Will only be able to use it as feed when the figures are back to normal either going to go to the mother so its a bit on. The farmer is looking forward to returning home the evacuation here was abrupt when spring comes construction work will begin back here and he touches. To new will be paid for by the state considerable funds into. Only those who come back will receive these subsidies. Its important that the first people who come back turn on the lights he got us will encourage the others and none of us on. The outlook is not exactly motivating says mr yada yet he still wants to try. One question troubles him though who will be willing to buy fukushima beef. Thats something local politicians understand here in the town hall they keep track of radiation levels the figures are one thing says the mayor but the feelings of insecurity and anxiety are just as important the government. Course im with him the opinions of these radiation experts differ greatly because of this its hard for us ordinary citizens not to question their results. And yet theyve invested so much money in the new school for example which will open in april ninety two children are registered among them. Hes already working any touch here again and soon his family will return to hes determined to believe that radiation levels are falling and hes sure his sons will stay away from the radioactive hills behind the school. But once you know i think the school will tell them what to look out for and my kids prefer being inside anyway. But. His older son still attends this School Fifteen kilometers away its a temporary Building Made of sheet metal ice is up in the winter. This school was built for children from the evacuation zone. She doesnt know much about what happened in the Fukushima Nuclear power plant seven years ago its only been briefly discussed at school. They do explain the radiation and the accident and how a reactor is constructed questions that. These children will be faced with higher radiation levels for decades to come is returning dont want to think about that right now theyre trying their best to look on the bright side. Is there a bright side in where. Is it for more were joined by correspondence of you jacqueline from kyoto news in tokyo good day to sophie thanks for being with us as we heard that report the area around fukushima is still radioactive and yet in spite of safety concerns people are returning to their homes is there the perception that some areas are less contaminated and less dangerous than others well the government has said its radiation targets its been decontaminating those areas he says that its safe but theres still debate about those where the action levels and also about the timelines the government say it will making the series safe to live in over a long period of time theres also going to tentative testing for example by greenpeace recently that found that even decontaminated areas had higher levels of radiation than the government attack so the worry is still. Ok we saw the report the governments doing a lot to to rebuild their communities destroyed by the disaster apparently can you fill us in some more on what the governments doing. Its its pumping money into Building Infrastructure again obviously demolishing buildings that need to be demolished and that decontamination which you mentioned earlier the focus really needs to go the government says almost a suitcase that can get young families back in those towns like the school that you saw japan in general and this area of japan has a problem with an aging population and if that infrastructure is not there to support a latch multigenerational population then they wont come back so it will become a bit of a vicious circle the government had been providing emergency housing also. Theres been a bit of controversy about how quickly some of those programs have been cut off particularly of note is the fact the treatment of people who are living in the mandatory evacuation zones is quite different from those who were living in those zones but decided to evacuate on their own because they felt it was and say ok now theres also controversy about the wall to contain the contamination at fukushima radiation there are still leaking out briefly if you are there plans in store to to reinforce the wall and to keep that secret radiation to an acceptable level. Absolutely there are plans of the operators of the Nuclear Power plant trying everything at the moment but in the wake of what happened at the time of the disaster they were criticized for not being transparent enough about conditions at the plant and theyre now quite forthcoming about the issues theyre having with the ice will they really just trying all they can but even during this year theyve identified high levels of radiation and weaknesses within the walls so it may be time for a change of methodology how they make that work so for jackman from. Thanks for that thank you susan. Were turning to colombia now or that country is going to the polls this coming sunday to vote for a new parliament now these elections will be the very first to see the demobilized fark rebel group putting up candidates now they were granted granted status as a Political Party last year many colombians have mixed feelings about the former rebels participation correspondent ofelia harms a rooty has more. The first time theyre participating in climbing how to take the demobilized fark rebel group now a Political Party but with the same in famous acronym its guaranteed five seats in each of the two chambers of parliament. But im sure through as he is its not about whether weve got a guaranteed ten seats five in the senate five in the house of representatives you know this electoral debut is important because its our first chance to participate openly in the political debate. We have to meet that if they want the political will you know really hard to do or are they going to you know youre known by the nickname the much angel had hoped to run for president so hes now closed out of the race due to that help. Guard the polling you are angry that others can run for Office Without serve in prison time. No sort of what we have most is against these criminals being involved in politics they should be in jail they can get reduced sentences if they tell the truth show repentance ask for forgiveness and reconcile with the victims. Like all colombians that were going to feel very offended having to share seats with them in congress who are the criminals who should not be rewarded with free seats in congress. Said but he has got these companies for another point. The political and economic crisis in neighboring venezuela are also having an effect hundreds of thousands have fled to colombia from the socialist country. Conservative parties exploiting their presence warning that the left will turn colombia into another when he says that. Left in the president ial candidate has. Even come under attack as he visited publicity of course. Zero. Zero your venezuela supported the Peace Process and not only diplomatically hugo chavez and later maduro were always on. Logically close to the fog guerrillas. Are the same time foxys in venezuela a role model a regime to be supported. Yet many of those colombians who suffered most are the ones fighting hardest to move the country forward this is close and they get out he lost his father during the war but instead of friends he wants peace. In the end of it i mean they came for me the best argument for supporting the peace deal is a pain that weve had to suffer in colombia. This pain is not an argument for opposing the agreement its the best argument for us to fight for it but i will if you will die with emotions across the political spectrum running high the parliamentary and president ial elections are a major test for colombian democracy and also its peace agreement. This is being with us to get to the be. The best. The be. The be. The be. The be. The be. The be. The bar some i am above the broken seat in argentina all eyes are mine and you know missing messiah. 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