reliable. distant 4th closest. automotive history. this is a show coming up in the program a free ride in india that he's been proposes making for a while and bus rides for the reason. transport free. thailand's national treasure we need the law enforcers trying to keep drugs from pouring across its border. and. north korea

was a gift from north to south korea. this time to. national treasure. british predator well. it's good to have you with us. a city of nearly 20000000 so primarily by buses and metro rail in india's capital delhi taking public transport is a challenge and it's one that's particularly hard for women with safety and increasing concern then his government has proposed making travel by buses and the metro free for women the proposal has come in for criticism from some quarters but for the city's working class women it's come as good news for. getting ready

for a day of work ronnie dunn owns a living as a cook and eat in a private home in central. she has to ensure she leaves home on time every morning. her commute involves a 10 minute walk. navigating traffic. in order to catch a bus she only just makes it today. it's not an easy right. the bus is absolutely packed there's no air conditioning despite the blistering summer heat. granny is lucky today she actually gets a seat she spends the equivalent of about $15.00 to $17.00 u.s. dollars a month on the tickets it's a hefty sum for her. but he says the worst part of a daily 45 minute commute is facing rampant had a cement and believe. me. here there you face so much sexual

harassment men deliberately press up against you the shameless often you don't get a seat male passengers occupied the seats reserved for women they refused to budge you have to fight to get it then there are pickpockets there are just so many hassles but i have no choice i have to get to work. but there may actually be a choice for women like rani in future. the delhi government says it plans to make all publicly funded buses as well as the metro free for women. delis metro network is often hailed as a game changer in the city's bid to expand public transport. it's a far cry from the bumpy buses on the city's streets. there's even a dedicated compartment for women. it's widely considered the safest mode of transport. but tickets on cheap following fare hikes last year authorities

say women now make up just 30 percent of metro commuters that could change if the free rides become a reality that the only government says it's proposal to make public transport free for women would go a long way towards improving their safety in the city the argument is that accessible modes of transport will encourage more women to join the workforce and also allow them access to public spaces dominated by men. but on the streets of. opinions a shop be divided over the move. though you may like it i think it's a good move for women right now so many working women have to pay so much i'm just commuting down on an hourly hate i don't believe this is a great decision this is totally arise this is you shouldn't go on c.c.t.v. cameras and self like doc if it feeling please a woman safety nor does making transport feel forced. think it's unfair for men

because. they will have to pay more because they're women having free for women like rani who with a free public transport could be empowering the 40 year old has never written on the metro but she says she would consider joy right when i'm going to visit free of course i'd love to try it it would certainly be the just thing on the bus. ronnie's convinced that free rights will definitely get more women like her out of the home adding to an enhanced sense of safety in numbers they have a correspondent joins me now from delhi for more on this story so not good to see you just simply making something free make it safe. well gration of course it doesn't but i think this initiative really has to be understood in the context of daily i mean let's remember this is

a city that reports some of the highest number of rapes in the country it has a skewed sex ratio which means that a momentum that women in the city and the city also has a female labor participation ratio that is substantially lower than the national average which means that there are far fewer women than men in public spaces as less women head to work each day so i think proponents of this initiative say you know this scheme is not going to directly make section had a spend disappear from public spaces but what it will do is encourage more women into the public room and so this will they say this will be a game changer for women's mobility and opportunities in a city that is in famous for crimes against women but is this policy really about or are there some of the motives hidden behind. well there are many critics here who have dismissed the spa the sea as you know a kind of expensive populist gimmick some of corn to prepare make and that's

because the ruling party in delhi the aam aadmi party or the comments party now this party suffered heavy losses in recent general elections in india that are also crucial elections and local elections in delhi next year where the party would really be fighting to retain its grip on power in the city something this is a cynical ploy to really appeal to a substantial chunk of voters on the other hand there are others who say you know the party is a bit of an anti-establishment party it has experimented with the radical schemes in the past for example to cope emissions it's tinkered with a unique health care model in the city so something this will go a long way towards and seeing safety for women in the long run what. really briefly is that this will be implemented in the future. well i think there is there is a good chance that it might and that's the cause the delhi government says it has enough money to implement the scheme be they say that they don't require the

approval of the federal government that they can really you know the daily cabinet can really possible for that so i think this that there is a chance that they might hold it out in a few months so in a follicle joining us from delhi thank you very much for that. it may not match the headlines nor the medals of gang violence of the drug cartels of latin america but it remains of biggest mess production hop in the wall of southeast asia is notorious golden triangle that's the region between thailand they're also i mean drugs manufactured in myanmar used to be smuggled along the quickest drug routes headed for the markets of southeast asia and australia but the time military crackdown in thailand nor the jungles has blocked the road now drug gangs are turning to on top of the route while else it crosses the mekong river which acts as the border would be laos and thailand. it's being called a national threat and so time may be units are out scouring the mekong river for

illegal meth transports on their way from my own mom via laos. at the border here is a long one and hard to police often the drugs smuggled across by poor fisherman keen to make ends meet and drug gangs are resorting to new ways of evading be in court. they could be use drones to inspect the area for the advancement of technology means drug sellers could inspect the border area to see whether there are soldiers or security forces so they can bring in the drugs. on the land border to last a major security operation is in place. checkpoints where fisher is trying to hinder the trade in meth destined not only for the club the southeast asia's tourist centers but also much closer to home. cheap drugs are destroying lives in many rural communities here this man in a remote village near the border says his addiction to pills cost him his money his

friends and his health so we have people here. i use drugs for around 10 years. and i wanted to quit because i felt so exhausted and tired that is so why did you live. and despite intense international anti drug efforts tons of highly addictive crystal meth and millions of methamphetamine pills is still making it beyond thailand to other foreign markets. australian officials seized the nation's largest school of methamphetamine and this 1.8 tons of drugs hidden in stereo speakers and chinese team has shipped from bangkok. back on the banks of the mekong between thailand and laos ranges head out on patrol again in another effort to stem the flow of my own mass meth supply through the golden triangle. lots of dog breed that's come to symbolize pre-supposed have been

north and south korea the poor came into prominence in 2018 after 2 of them were gifts of the south korean president. after peace talks in pyongyang the breed is treated as a national treasure in north korea a designation not could remember kim jong un gave to the dog breed. meat the poem sat on a special breed of dog in north korea. it's not just owners of this competition who are keen to show off their companions last year north korean leader kim jong un sent to prison san dogs across the border as gifts in a sign of improving relations with south korea. but it's here much further north near the chinese border the dogs call home in the sense boiled to mountainous terrain. they used to hunt while.

this hand. son is brave and clever and very obedient in the mountains if the dog comes across a wild boar little trap it and even bite its legs until its master arrives and if there's a whole group of wild bull the dog will run around them to protect its master and attack the boers. you can. they might look cute and cuddly but here breeding sans is big business. no doubt about that without much farming of livestock they help their owners put food and income on the table. takes the dogs out with his horses. gives him something to the mountains around here are hunting grounds and last year was really good the biggest bore we got was about 150 kilograms of others 1705030 kilos altogether we got 20 to 30 of them. small engineering and tough the pap's embodying all the

qualities north korea wants to portray to the wilds. of the today river now with pictures of a band exhibit from a child not in trying to hide the stress for a new station was deemed disrespectful and has now been shut down since your next time away. so it's you have to get through the biggest make it break without a simple thanks. again. to keep the clips close cuts at least 6 segments. not so.

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a new wheat kilo. and c o 2 friendly fuel made from fin air scientists in switzerland are working on a way to keep people flying while reducing their carbon footprint to near 0. have to do business i want to get jones and berlin good to have you with us so the heads of the shanghai cooperation organization countries are meeting in kyrgyzstan for the group's 19th leaders' summit and a joint declaration they pledged to provide security stability neighborliness friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation in the region chinese president xi jinping indian prime minister narendra modi and russian leader vladimir putin also discussed their concerns about u.s. presidents on the trans protectionist trade regime china hopes to get india and russia on board to build a new multilateral trade framework the belts underwrote initiative was also on the table china wants to get india and fused about the project given beijing has just

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