drones have become really popular in the last 10 years due to technological advances which meant they were easier to control and at the same time federal aviation authorities began to give out commercial licenses soon you could be getting your post and certainly your possibles delivered by drug however i'm exhibition zeppelin museum in frederick solving in southern germany shows that drones in some form or a been around for centuries. the 1st drone in history launched a frenchman into the sky in 1783 of the landing in paris. was attacked by angry. they had no information whatsoever about this experiment voyage they thought the balloon was some sort of stall or something mysterious in any case something so the frenchman and his heart. to be dangerous and the balloon was destroyed nearly half a century later the 1st air raid austrian forces besieged venice in

849. and was triggered by the length of the fuse but also dependent on variables such as the wind pretty vanda but one bomb did reaches target so this was not only the 1st air raid in military history but also if you like the 1st combat mission of an unmanned drone and a. short film highlights the difficult experience of today's combat drone pilots. feed i mean. i can tell you what type of wire. from a mall where. i can tell you what type of person where you're like that appear. to work. with a terrible contrast. they go from their homes to an office somewhere sit down at

the company we operate a drone and if they received the other day in the shoot and then at the end of the day or send in a lot of people look like help from the p.t.s.d. if you work actively in a war zone while technically speaking every single day i was active in a war zone i mean i may not have been personally horrible those directly affected people's lives over there every single day. drones are not only present today as a means of surveillance but. in political resistance for the saami people fighting for their traditional nomadic way of life the drug just like a helpful spirit from the mythical world. documents the destruction of nature by dams power lines and mining. trying to frame the protest by providing compelling images.

the media has also fallen in love with the birds. of. the world can be so beautiful when seen from above. and drugs can also reveal the fragility of night shot for example here in bavaria where land is being eaten up by car production. the art world is also responding to the drug the 1st and she drone collection the specially fitted. can deceive thermal imaging cameras used to spy drones and artistic protest against total surveillance this silhouette of a us war drone sends a clear message beware of drones but the actual drones are kilometers up in the sky

where they can't be seen. in media. folk who plays in her work with the male gaze on women through the lens of. grown up always toys. and it seems like a dance between man and woman but on the other hand it also looks a bit like bullfighting it's threatening moving in. space between attack and defense this is the area this with functions and i'll buy it. for the 1st time a museum gets to grips with the way drones are changing many areas of life it's fascinating and scary. for now we still have the controls. now resident but one david leavitt's is taking his food german literary classics in our continuing series 100 german must reads

today a novel published just 5 years ago in english called why we took the car by involved hand-off 2 teenagers from very different backgrounds who are just disenchanted with life take a road trip and eventually find out about the world is pretty cool after all. if you were really my friend would you help me still a car. and . want to know what your friendship is read why we took the car by bus can hand off it's about an unlikely pair of 14 year olds mike as a rich coward who feels like a loser and chick is a drunk russian immigrant who's got nothing to say. it's the story of their getaway in a stolen car think mark twain but in 21st century eastern germany they decide to

drive to remain but they end up in the middle of nowhere on the way they meet a bunch of weirdos and they learn that life isn't as bad as everyone says it is ever since i was a little boy my father had told me that the world was a bad place and maybe it was true maybe 99 percent of people were bad but the strange thing was that on this trip chicken i had run into almost only people from the one percent who weren't bad. why we took the car is not a book for worsens but if you're up for the adventure it may restore your faith in humanity now if you were really my friend you'd read more books like this one. tells the story of a rather cold princess in china looking for a husband but potential suitors who don't make the grade all right secu did now in traditional chinese opera acrobatics a martial arts an old and

a new production into a. festival just south of munich combines western and eastern operatic stars and even recruited a martial arts expert to train the cost. italian opera meets try. nice martial arts unusual but fitting just come up with genius story of turin dot a princess living in china reimagined was. discouraged taught the choreography to over a 100 singers. jap song chan won several international conflict titles including the world championships born in hong kong she wanted to become stronger through martial art from an early age. so if you can feel has helped me a lot not just my health but also my concentration. and it has

a culture of its own to. this being it's a good sport and has given me a lot of feel when called well done it and that's why i just want to share it with other people. and so i take joy in that is because of his wealth with us. this is our 1st time working on an opera modifying the confluence of sizes to match the music was hard work and open. the music is the most important part of the opera so i had to study it 1st in order to use suitable movements i mean. singing is very important i need to plan in such a way that they can sing and also moved to italy and shown to be. the singers had one month for the training baritone markers nieminen really enjoyed the rehearsals . it was all. such a long choreographed scenes are quite rare and it's quite

a challenge and it's what i think it will turn out to be very nice. to be at. the performances part of the emailing fast of all and various it's been taking . place every summer since 1997 this year singers from 30 different countries are taking part. in the you know the was. the artistic director show trick bauman came up with the idea of combining the opera tour and darts with kung fu this piece is especially close to his heart. busy because you have a great affinity towards china you know so i've traveled there many times and i've seen quite a lot come after and you know when i stated

a beautiful shaolin monastery for 2 whole days it was unbelievable i was excited watching those people and what they do see their mom. jan tong chan hopes that elements from other cultures like kung fu will be incorporated into classical opera more often. called. chinese opera kung fu is a very important element. in western up or it's still quite new law and to me it's really interesting to be a part of all this and. over $20000.00 opera fans attend the festival every year. skin brilliant i am very impressed by it you know that one woman with the sword i really liked her i can't see that well anymore but what i could see was very impressive because you know really a great story of. her and darts with confidence a unique exchange between western and chinese culture. i.

i. that said today we leave you with a clip from a buzz one of the new german film that's winning prizes the band's festivals. and it's about a pin is to sit clips by the talent of his song it's directed by you or the gas to his 1st movie a coffee in such a big success. that someone tells you. step. this is screw. in account when you. say this is to move to stores. you just need.

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thanks. this is d.w. news live from berlin hong kong as leader carrier lam says the territories controversial extradition bill is dead to me ivan's chief executive had hoped the announcement would be enough to end the mass protests but activists are getting very to be turned to the streets also on the program the italian island of lampedusa has become the front line in europe standoff over migration and the role of rescue ships in the mediterranean d.w. has been to hear both sides of the argument. united states.