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in style. and handyman patrick campbell is a sport stacking the world champions. we start today show with the largest art event this year in the u.k. the great exhibition of the north now over the next eighty days the northern english cities of newcastle and gateshead will host exhibitions and live performances highlights include a special eighty meter water sculpture while we checked out some of the attractions that await visitors. damien hirst's shop preserved in four mile high and john lennon's last piano objects associated with two artists who stand for the north of england in the city of newcastle and its neighboring town of gateshead the art of culture from the region is being celebrated in the great

exhibition of the north it's a culmination of concept and street festival. the idea is to hold an eighty day celebration really showcasing the very best of more than design and innovation to actually show the world the punch be shown that the north and northerners has made in terms of some fantastic work yes in the past more important what's going on today and into the future. connected by seven bridges across the river time in newcastle and gateshead also share a common history as an industrial location this was the birthplace of stevenson's rockets the world's fastest steam locomotive in eighteen twenty nine another british icon connected with newcastle is charles old gray former prime minister also gave his name two. one more of the region's famous songs is pop star sting. indie band the maximo park also held from newcastle they composed this song which

acts as the soundtrack for a water sculpture especially for the festival. ah . ah i think it's fantastic for newcastle i really we do it we to me get think that side of it. the towers being dead and now with electric and the people want to come with you know it's our chance to show a new castle up to the to the world i think the north east identity especially kind of gets a bit of a reputation for levy ness and maybe a little bit wild but actually that's a subject deep scene about music around here that i think maybe doesn't get praised as much as. the great exhibition of the north is also a festival that invites visitors to take an active top ten professional dancers dispersed around the city help get people up and moving on up the main station folks can get in the back. chris sharkey has formed

a group specifically for the occasion many members had never performed before some don't even plan instruments the. locals also become part of the alt it's a good idea of getting together a bunch of people around the idea i know over the course of the quite a short period of time building something completely unique that has good spirit and labor people in the area you know also something that's gone like this it's intrinsically walled it. another way to experience out in the city is to embark on a sound journey called feelings participants pick up headphones and listen to music while walking along the banks of the time census recognize them ok. and the music reflects their surroundings monson green composed before the piece.

if you want to hear this piece of music you have to put on the headphones and you have to walk past all the ports to see only what you call a day a record so that makes it different make a call and a lot of experience. altogether some eighty exhibitions of the installations spread around the region trying to convey an idea of what the north of england is like and most of free of charge. in the northeast is the launch area is a very diverse area and what we try to capture through the exhibition is actually some of those questions what does it mean to be an old way just north star as. she lets you know the meaning of it all we're not here to answer that question we're here to ask but question and see how people respond to it. to formulate your own

response just follow the festival slogan and get nor be full the end of the song. and staying on the subject of our british graffiti artist banksy seems to be making his mark on the french capital several works attributed to him keep popping up in unexpected places more on that at the top of today's express. a piece of graffiti discovered in paris on monday is thought to be the work of the serious british street artist banksy it depicts a white hooded figure at the emergency exit of the product line that in two thousand and fifteen became a target of a series of terrorist attacks in paris. it's not yet been confirmed as a banksy but experts say it's like. the work is one of six. pieces that emerged in paris over the weekend and have been attributed to the artist.

actress diane kruger filmmaker. composer hauschka could soon be helping to the song to windsor coveted oscar the three germans are among nine hundred twenty eight people invited to join the academy of motion picture arts and sciences this year is a move to improve diversity on the voting power the new invitees come from fifty nine countries and around call for of them women including british actress daisy ridley and harry potter created j.k. wrote. clean the planet is the theme of the twentieth porto cartoon world festival cartoonists from all over the world creatively highlight the negative human impact on nature and the environment. this year the festival's top prize goes to croatian caricaturist. for his drawing of fisherman cleaning their catch in a washing machine because of the polluted sea water the festival runs until july

twenty first. singer solaire has established himself in the pop scene in recent years and can now compete with such greats like a real. fun state now with his summer hit sofia so lehrer stormed the charts in several european countries his current single last into also has the potential to reach the charts while we met up with him at his recording studio here in berlin to hear about his successful career so far. he's still. busking is something of that arsenal there can no longer do in switzerland spain or italy without being recognized but he can in berlin. now i know i. don't know me than all the and i don't know my lamb though this is.

a woman i can keep to myself it's as if nothing had ever happened and i'm still just me so. what has happened is this song for example. in twenty sixteen sofia one of those eleven twelve platinum just and cemented his breakthrough. he's been living in berlin since twenty fifteen right now his brother is visiting. going to a german father and a spanish mother he had always been captivated by his grandmother's piano he started playing when he was ten. when his family moved from barcelona to tokyo that also had a huge impact on his music. but i don't know i think i was able to overcome my fear of singing on topic because

karaoke is so commonplace that i count on in europe sixteen year olds might go to clubs there they go and sing karaoke for five by phone and call. from karaoke to international stardom the twenty seven year old also gathers inspiration on his frequent travels. but in mexico i was in mexico. many. wherever i go i'm a big fan of bringing back an instrumental something local in colombia i boarded easier kind of flew i've always liked visiting places and bringing home instruments i've never seen before and it's going to be like i just can't. get his songs he also talks about himself. or the waste is the first single off his second upcoming album. the lyrics relate however or just can't do the one thing you'd expect of any self

respecting spaniard dance that. he does this is why can't we talk about insecurities because so many people have so many insecurities you know we need a reality check and i thought it was good to joke about myself and say hey everybody i can't move my head. and everybody expects me to because i make spanish music budget with my but i can. sing the video over dances just fine but it took a lot of practice. became another hit in various countries around europe but alberto solaire hasn't let it go to his head. and food is often spent time with make something big difference it's easy to get into unfamiliar

situations where you wouldn't even realize you're acting weird then you need somebody else to say that wasn't cool that's not like you or why did you do. that simple you know. this is fun to have to feel like i want to. get over those earlier. can't play for us on brylin streets more often. in our series this week all aboard we're exploring europe by train and today our journey takes us on part of the trans siberian route from yucca tandberg to moscow now for those who like to combine culture with current events the route it takes passengers to the locations where some of the world cup soccer matches are currently being played so there is yet another reason to hop on board while the sars gold is a throwback to the soviet era but even after all these years a ride on that is still quite an adventure.

catherine book is russia's fourth largest city it's near the birthplace of former president boris yeltsin and where the imperial romanov family was murdered in one thousand nine hundred eighteen the passengers aboard the sars gold train celebrate their arrival in europe be countering book lies right on the border between europe and asia. over ten days and nights they've traveled all the way from beijing through the mongolian manchurian grassland and the city of tours past lake baikal and the siberian cities of your quotes and noble superiors until they arrived here in your country. they're not big the compartments are certainly plush a leftover from the soviet era when only high ranking party officials were allowed to travel on it. now patron and talk from hamburg get to enjoy this modest luxury they've already seen

a lot on their journey and are happy to call the train home for now but past. you get your wish to the small town of even though i'm going to told i'm going to sleep in one position i don't begin a train doesn't for a five star luxury in your should to expect a journey like the. it's comfortable enough i guess five times after two days you're used to it and you sleep well you joke about how when you're headed down the hallway to the restaurant car the whole train sways but it's funny. there are many different nationalities aboard the train. and this is my first. i heard a lot about. these. kind of. my dreams. the translight derian fascinates people the world over with perhaps one exception was look we traveled through russia most of the route but there aren't a lot of russians here to try and siberian railway has

a different meaning for them it's called siberia's lifeline but more in the sense that it's simply a form of transportation. the trance iberian train links moscow to vladivostok in russia's far east it was constructed in the late nineteenth century to transport wood or and other resources from industrially underdeveloped siberia in the west it was built bit by bit and completed in one thousand nine hundred sixteen. the route stretches over many different time zones often to a guy ditmar a but has to remind passengers to adjust their watches and clocks to get over. these verses it will be passing through two time zones tonight so please remember to turn back your clocks by two hours. british time by travelling west on the trans siberian train games passengers five hours that doesn't sound like much but jet lag is inevitable. there's certainly lots of time to enjoy the journey but why travel

all this distance by train when flying would be much faster. he miss so much when you're on a plane and you don't get to interact with the culture quite as mightest the train seems that way where you can view it as close to the culture as. those are the people one if the place and still see is relaxed as possible. this is the capital of the autonomy republic of tatarstan for centuries muslims christians and jews tartars and russians have lived here peacefully side by side as the city's impressive architecture shows. in the afternoon young students from cousins music school give a surprise concert for the passengers. the

school is famous throughout russia and has produced some world class talents high culture meets down to earth russian food the trains three restaurants serve a lot of fish but also meat potatoes and vegetables the atmosphere is very laid back. i know it's great you don't have to worry about a thing everything runs smoothly it's so well organized yes. i think it will take many beautiful memories with us and we've met some great people it was worth it because. the last leg of the journey is across central russia after covering some eight thousand kilometers the train reaches its final destination here passengers get to take in the sights of the russian capital moscow. the annual meeting of the nest goes the world heritage committee has opened and back again and in addition to natural heritage and cultural sites there's also

a distinction for intangible cultural heritage now for our high five we've put together a few german traditions that have made that list so here are. five german traditions you probably didn't know the long. onto our cultural heritage. then creators walk through the forest and little red riding hood so encounter with the big bad wolf german fairy tales are known the world over before the brothers grimm began writing them down in the nineteenth century were cast on by word of mouth or fifth place goes to fairy tales telling them is still a popular pastime and there are said to foster the imagination and not just in children. they help bring new life into the world and witness little miracles every day with three as important as not

only in germany of course but here it became part of our cultural heritage in twenty sixteen we give it fourth place this priceless knowledge has been passed on from one generation to the next in special schools making sure healthy babies will continue to come into the world. that love words each contestant has just a few minutes to make an impression with their texts before the audience votes although poetry slams originated in the united states they're very popular in germany as well and we give them third place on our list of a new changeable german cultural heritage. dismissed thanks guys after all poets and singers have engaged in verbal durrance here since the middle ages. the british aren't the only europeans with the tea culture in northern germany the east friesian are equally fond of the brew our

second place goes to east friesian tea culture the tea is always made with proper tea leaves then poor over a piece of rock candy. the final a cream is poured into the. to form a cloud. east region t. culture. germans have loved this card game for more than two hundred years you need three players thirty two cards and a thick skin because scott is taken extremely seriously and has very strict rules scott is said to have originated between eighteen ten and eighteen twenty in the town of. nowadays it's part of german pub culture and our number one in the high five. the man in our next report is a record holder when it comes to placing objects on top of each other patrick can

is a master stacker with razor sharp concentration and precipitation he's perfected the skill of stacking cubes or cups at lightning speed you can regularly take part in such tournaments and is also develop some new tricks so let's see how he does it. his hands are his capital. dexterity and precision are his biggest strengths. when patrick can get his hands on something your eyes can barely keep up with him. you might see just a minute show when i touch something or encounter something new no matter what the score i'm really ambitious and have to try it out. and then i have to be the best that. one of his favorite disciplines is solving rubik's cube with fifty four

squares in six colors the rubik's cube has countless possible configurations but karen can solve the puzzle in just thirteen seconds even blindfolded he can do it in two and a half minutes. in twenty seventeen he broke the world record for underwater speed cubing solving six rubik's cubes in just two minutes. i do it are building up the rubik's cube led by lead with the first the lower left . then the middle left and then the up of wall for you every step is a sequence of you move or switch you can memorize or look up on the internet you can learn to do this within an hour without. as if winning a speed cubing world record weren't enough karen is also a four time world champion in sports stacking stacking cuffs on top of one another top of it four time world champion it still. can trains with a sports tagging team in his hometown of quit for near home book these cup stackers

won thirty four medals at this year's world championship to be a top sports stocker requires good coordination and speed. that the skills you just can't stop training you always want to top your own time fight off. the training improves concentration when you haul in. as germany's fastest female speed stacker and one of the world's best she says the sport has also improved her performance in school. twenty seven in sport stacking helps me concentrate better grades in german in math improved greatly. helps i know if. they make it look easy but it's extremely tiring i think it's called stacking is exhausting both mentally and physically mentally because you have to concentrate on one thing for minutes or hours that starry and you really work up a sweat karen is an expert at knowing how things stack up he stacks dice as well as

cups he says dice stacking is no magic trick it's a question of physics. all of these are for him to get these dice into the cups and swing them up here you need to create a centrifugal force with a cockade had that angle i move over the dice when i do it with the second third and fourth dice they fall in the tower then i just have to put it down well and i've got a talent. patrick karen keeps developing new tricks and that's hard work here he balances a stack of sixteen dice separated by three playing cards though when he tries to flick the cards away thanks fall apart. but practice makes perfect.

i can do that or that we've come to the end of the show before we go i want to let you in on this week's draw for an exclusive goodie bag of euro max souvenirs now euro max is turning fifteen and for this occasion we would like to know how you watch the program on t.v. or on your mobile device just go to our website and let us know and by doing so you qualify to win that bag of euro max goodies so now we're out of time for me and the rest of the crew here as always thanks for tuning in on c.n.n. tomorrow. next time on your own max. saunas iceland's first professional. must of the country's fierce waives volcanic island as a whole suffers today with no emphasis on halt and we all saw him come fairly feel his feet in these icy waters but that doesn't deter suffering in iceland next time

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