push part of kind of the process of loving art so you want to give something back you want to share and i think that's part of what we do in the heart of our culture you know being from a tropical african art as and kind of an art movement is under represented in kind of the article which is something we thought we should give them kind of a platform nigerian artist. describes himself as a folk artist this one is called son of the soil and the cape feels really the idea is really had this slightly uncomfortable feeling that something has been stolen its values have been stolen people's rights have been stolen in many communities there's so much that seeing that we thought was in place has been stolen so many pieces of this fair deal with the issue of identity like this one by alexis pesky and he's covered his portraits in an armor of nails a technique that he calls akki painting type of acupuncture to help heal the trauma of age old discrimination. the market for this is strong and there's only one way

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for a single reason there is no alternative to this we tried for years to enter into negotiations with the state no once you're in a positive manner repression was the only answer and despite this the people went to vote freely the market in peacefully and that is what the parliament of catalonia needs to acknowledge we have two projects here one is democracy the other one is repression or violence which one the people is charging turkey's president wretched type as a major operation against al qaeda linked fighters has been launched in a province. isn't sending its own forces into but is backing syrian rebel troops from the turkish side of the border much of it libya is controlled by terror al sharma an alliance of factions led by former al-qaeda affiliates british police say they're not ruling out terrorism as being behind

a collision outside of museum in west london one person is being detained after a car mounted a pavement outside a popular museum injuring several people. russian police have detained more than one hundred opposition activists as anti-government protests take place across the country. allies of the opposition into alexina. down as the president marks his birthday. it is the final day of campaigning for liberia's presidential election twenty candidates competing to replace annan who is standing down after two terms in office tuesday's will be the first since the country's fourteen year civil war and its. president when elected back in two thousand and five. people in power is coming up by.

one of the world's few remaining calm in the states. one of asia's poorest countries heavily reliant on foreign investment especially from adjacent china. professionally and with a helping hand which just by. the it .

the golden triangle yes. for many is a popular destination for western tourists. but they are no longer the only visitors here. the chinese are the most recent foreigners to fall in love with the lazy golden waters of the me home river. in less than a year a brand new city has sprung up on its shores. a chinese enclave in boston territory. it's a city without a mayor but it does have a casino. he poses tourists and high up a local guide and. we're only one way out of.

many people come to play. loose money nobody being. everything here. yeah we do anything by superman you know maybe nine years we have. lots of space or sort maybe all our dice and document we do everything ourselves we have security we have i mean you have to be difficult for me to control and not control me but which i mean chinese on what going through now is just going to chinese country but in laos. already by. that's i mean beef. in this all to official town with pleasure and gambling ruled the king romans casino and hotel pays tribute to employers from

a bald eagle and arrow. people visit from china and some from thailand both countries would. family is mostly illegal. it's an adult theme park point during the day with a fake historical district and even the suv. down the stairs so right now to make that big sue and not spin it just so you get to keep them. right here. with us from town. like best to one side tigers on the other. these two endangered species a coveted by chinese cool maize and smugglers. and animal rights activists claim this suit is in fact a thinly veiled meat supply working to provide delicacies for the chinese pilot. what your role would you go. forward even if you pulled out there

oh yeah. oh. oh oh they're going ok i see nothing. but you know not a few issues a low go go go as we were we going to do not only go to. college she was going to get. the flu look over your shoulder to the position you're not going to. the restaurant owner will do anything for his customers and he doesn't have to fear the rule of law to achieve your goal. or told what. to look or. a place to look or look to the ins are going to be one of the only one of the things we don't you weigh. so. the golden triangle special economic zone is

special indeed. in twenty fourteen china became the main investor in laos spending five billion dollars that conned of money with plenty of leverage with the old dorothy's. illegal wildlife trafficking is rampant and there's little incentive for anyone involved here to cover all tracks but it's not just wildlife and tourism the chinese are also involved in transport station real estate energy generation and even agriculture. the northern nonstate is slowly being reshaped. with the support of the government chinese businesses of farming tens of thousands of hectares. they've even converted rice paddies into open on the plantations. two years ago and his wife and children crossed off the country to seek his fortune here in

provence. he now works on a plantation. taking their dad in to do a turn in miami. five to five divided by thought it. had been a new year. your money gone and they thought it was. short of him were dead are you an ideal arrangement on it. this you're not. good my left foot. my local head and yeah mommy delivery of batman on a human they don't want looking like you. get on idea and then you

and me end up on do you got. the whole you did it. live yeah i did it. several times a week one sprays the trees with mr swords. you know all. these party folks are supplied to him and the other works for chinese formula. one is given no instructions or protection as you. call can tell how that's how you dorma a photo not among them on the whole but also hard to john i did has i. don't i didn't mark. i want to tear mine off. the whole. road the whole. one knows he isn't danger in his health and on to his children. but in order to get

here he went into debt and can no longer afford to live. near by we meet one's neighbor kid on. his body was done it's much less the sides. of the months of spraying he fell ill now he's too weak and sick to work. instead he feels his days tending to his going. to. her lung cancer but this year where the turnout doesn't bother him we're going to turn him on and you know we're

going to hear what you're going online or words about. i'm alone and washing. down. dollars one hundred twenty. was so badly poisoned doctors had to remove part of his liver. thousands of other plantation workers equally poorly protected and come into contact with toxic products on a daily basis. products they say a found at every stage of the production process. it's hard to accurately estimate just how many workers a phone call from these pesticides. but it's a question if you are living a rural development consultant has been trying to launch. ok there could be a way around this way. and we get through this whole do you think. we join him in

his backyard on the banks of the meat river if we climb it down here. i think. really chinese bananas but. anyway he gives a backdrop of the mekong. he struggled to obtain solid information about the frequency of poison and. bananas as i said only just been something that's come up over the last five or six years and at this stage we we having a lot of information about you know how many people are dying in the really long term impacts we know there are some but it's very hard to quantify this amount firstly because. the use of the chemicals it doesn't kill people instantly they take you know it may be over two or three years they using these chemicals all the time and it builds up toxins in their body especially in their liver apparently ok and then after that they they get sick and of course maybe some of them die. although cases of poisoning on the rise notions continue to rent the chinese

companies tempted by general. renting a land to the chinese to grow bananas you are receiving the equivalent or around about twelve or thirteen hundred euros per day and you know that's a better income than you would get just from growing rice and you don't have to do anything so of course it's really a great opportunity for people to rent their land at the chinese to grow bananas of course the bananas also they need water so they often like a good mix to rivers like the make or other streams and so a lot of the runoff from the chemicals goes into the streams. in laos criticizing the chinese presence can land you in jail. to much of the pollution we can. so over to time with fisherman can speak freely. these locals. just opposite the button on a plantation. to

get a clearer picture we go fishing with mr somebody. will . come to fall out of. the middle of a. black. hole. a local association claims that of the ninety six species of fish found in this river thirteen are now in danger. by. the young.

today. empty as they often are. going to. the polluted mccomb is no long. a wild river but a great to threaten them pesticides is cool so doing a major network of dimes on the construction.

we return to laos. with thousands of kilometers of waterways has the potential to offer electricity to much of southeast asia. and levon dams are already being built and a further ninety one some of the projects are in the planning phase. once again chinese companies are in charge. we say the lawman them tar one of the wildest rivers in laos. in less than a year this valley will be a giant like. at first up both dry the seams optimistic about repeating the official line about the benefits of developing the.

plan. to cut him up to now. but after talking for a few minutes he begins to sound a more skeptical know. where we're heading what. good. it could. say. thank you but. we reach one of the few going to just that hasn't already been fully in fact i took. a traditional community where women work on the looms while the men fish and sail around the coast and. it's a peaceful place where the economy is entirely dependent on the river. but when we mention the concern flickers across everyone's face oh yeah.

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the people of. greece but it's too late to turn things around. it seems impossible to stand in the way. they come. everyone is leaving.