andrea. but all of this comes straight from the heart looks. from his 1st move to their final resting place the russians d.w. documentary. this is the wus a show coming up today a historic nomination in the united states with its roots in india. to be proud of our indian heritage. thanks her late mother for guiding the course of her life and how this is indeed a connection make a difference to india u.s. ties where washington.

british welcome to. glad you could join us. has accepted the democratic party's nomination for the post of vice president of the united states it is the 1st time a woman of black and indeed american heritage has been nominated for such a position by any major u.s. political party besides the u.s. is also generating excitement in the country of those above india a mission where common law still has family ties but the question really is if and how that will impact relations between the u.s. and india. banus of kaamelott harris not in the united states but in india the possibility of an indian american becoming the next u.s. vice president is stoking national pride. especially in her grandparents' native

chennai in the south of the country what if they give me immense pride as a woman to learn that the woman with roots in this city is all set for the u.s. vice presidential election you see the thing that came to an issue. and. i want to finish your thought was yes i'm really ready to get to do it lawful but great if you want to come on the harris invoke the indian heritage while accepting her nomination for the u.s. vice presidency and there's another woman whose name isn't known whose story isn't shared another woman whose shoulders i stand on and that's my mother shallow gopalan harris. she came here from india at age 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer. many indians won the want to winning biden harris ticket in november would mean for relations with the united

states i love of the day to. come in the harris is of indian decent she should win the election and she should also be in favor of india the more she does for us than the hollywood america coming. in all your. life that doesn't matter. a sentiment many in india will see as the true test of kamel harris's indian heritage . let's get more on this divide josh our good is director of the u.s. initiative of the indian think tank the orbs overside foundation and he joins me now from washington d.c. observer great to have you on the program just straight off the bat what if make any difference to us india ties if kaamelott harris were to be elected vice president of the united states. i mean i think the short answer is actually no that

she's running for vice president of united states not of india she will be you know i think as a u.s. leader and she's shown this as a senator and other positions during her political career that you know she would be it's natural to be looking out for the best interests of the united states in its foreign relations. and so it's i mean i think that that's really at the key in some ways her story i mean it's quite it's quite natural that people in india will see in her story sort of a story of inspiration and be proud of what she and her family have achieved in. the middle east will have as much of an impact on us in their relations as barack obama's presidency had for us kenya relations which is not very much but that's an interesting a manager then why does come how does keep bringing up. for example in her speech was. well it is a remarkable story of her mother coming as

a very young student to the united states by herself and meeting you know. some of her mother. raising 2 children as a single mother being becoming you know getting a ph d.'s it is quite a remarkable life story so it's interesting you know it is it makes sense for her to go to hearken upon back of upon it but the other thing is i think there is definitely an attempt to appeal to indian american voters and people you know for women people who you know will find inspiration in come to harris's heritage and background so i think that a big reason why even in her speech last night where she. used the term a word. in the language word for 4 on something like that will resonate very positively with a lot of indian american voters and speaking of the didn't american border is it important only to get kind of gets elected or does it also somehow impact

traditions between india and the u.s. . there is some relation of course i mean for a lot of indian american voters the relation in good relation to be in the united states and india does matter it is one of the issues on their policy agenda that they would like to see. to see materialized and so so i that sense we did see for example on saturday on aug 15th which is india's independence table joe joe biden and coming to harris. making a statement about the indian american community on india's independence day so there is that connection but ultimately i think this is this is really about a minority community in the in the united states and they have a set of issues one of only one of which is relations with india that resonate and that matter quite a lot for them i'd like to talk to the indian government surely there would be a preference potentially in the car and didn't government dealing either with

a biden wire towers on a trump white house which do you think they prefer it and why. well you know i don't think there's a strong preference either way i think each candidacy and each platform offers certain advantages from an indian point of view and certain disadvantages as well so for example with you know trump has taken a competition with china quite seriously and sometimes to the benefit of the u.s. industry relationship it's always india has been a major beneficiary of terms free and open into pacific policies at the same time i think they are deep in abiding concerns about trump's approach to trade his approach to immigration and those 2 things in particular and expect if it should he be reelected that he would take a much stronger position especially on immigration which will have some negative impact for india on the other hand you know abided ministration i think will be much much more open to partnering with india on issues like trade and climate

change particularly the latter being something that has been off the agenda and you know will offer some relief from an indian point of view on immigration but there are concerns about how seriously they will take the geo political approach to china and to pakistan and to 2 issues that india has serious concerns about so so i think each candidacy office certain upsides and downsides from it and it was back to relieve it there for the time being but thank you so much for joining us through mergers are speaking to us from washington d.c. . the fridays for future protests brought young people all over the world out onto the streets to demand political action on climate change going on about as destructions put 2 years of school strikes on hold but student activists are now eager to deactivate the figured out of fighters for future great october was a bear lead to bear to meet with german chancellor angela merkel a high powered meeting from a 17 year old with the powerful global movement behind her. but in

china the world's biggest polluter it's annoying about it for climate activists bucking a system that takes a harsh view of criticism but one girl has found the cottage. every friday away over stands alone on the street protesting she's china's only fridays for future activist passers by show some interest teenagers especially want to know what she's up to. demonstrations are a rarity in china and are generally frowned upon every street is patrolled by a neighborhood watch after half an hour she's asked to leave. at her next door she's once again told to go elsewhere but only has grown used to it. or she does we need to. find. a missing.

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completely flooded. in the last 3 decades floods have become much more frequent in china many people lose their livelihoods like this farming family whose house was completely washed away he always is deeply concerned about their feet yeah i feel. this responsibility for a car like to. let people where they have already suffered this loss of all the public crisis but most people in china are not very interested in environmental issues or we holds regular film screenings on the topic we ask if she's ever gotten into trouble because of her activities my parents were caught by the police like we were interrogated also why. my school currently they don't want me to continue to do some she adds that climate

activists are targeted all over the world a statement possibly for her own protection she has to be careful to avoid criticizing her own government for climate activists in china it's a dangerous risk. that's often obvious to all the stories on the dump a dog gone for slashed a shell on facebook and twitter now the fukushima nuclear disaster in 20 neven forced many people from their homes and many still haven't returned this year for my evacuees started planting sunflowers on the farmland to bring color and life back to the countryside we leave you with those flowers came a full blown we're back tomorrow at the same time consumed by.

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filmmakers and musicians created this immersive tribute to the ryan. welcome to arts and culture for about a century now some people have promoted the theory that the fun beethoven had black ancestors the rumor is largely based on portraits of beethoven showing a somewhat broader nose and darker complection than many northern europeans now this year marks 2 and a half centuries since beethoven's birth and in time for the occasion the rumor is back but it's not just about beethoven it's about an overdue conversation about racism in the world of classical music. beethoven really black the.