the preservation of our planet. is not just an issue apart trees and certain kind is anymore. it's us that's just danger of surat. passion for china starts november 6th to w. you're watching news asia coming up today the world's strongest typhoon this year hits the philippines when people have barely recovered from the big storm last week we take a closer look at typhoon go in his path of destruction. plus protest in bangladesh pakistan and other muslim majority countries continue why so many governments have spoken out against france.

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us at least 16 people are dead and thousands of homes destroyed as of monday evening local time in the philippines officials continue to assess the damage typhoon goni is one of the strongest storms to make landfall there in years bringing winds of up to 200 kilometers an hour to parts of the country it mostly missed the capital of manila but still hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate not just from the storm but from subsequent mudslides and floods. for a country hit on average 20 times each year by typhoon dhoni was the most powerful to strike the philippines this year. rooftops were torn away debris flying everywhere as water rushed in one from the sea or downhill from mountainsides. wind gusts reached above 300

kilometers per hour and in some towns the red cross said up to 80 percent of the homes were destroyed. goni rivaled typhoon haiyan which in 2013 killed more than 6000 people. but this time there were warnings and preparation. and mass evacuations. of the anyway then you know evacuated because it's better to be safe since i can't walk i'd have to crawl to get out but if i could walk i prefer to stay in our place . even my i'm afraid because my mother's house is already weak and was about to get crushed. the early warnings and preparations put coast guard and other emergency rescuers in position to help residents stranded by rising floodwaters. the storm at one point was one of the most powerful ever recorded but its strength dissipated as

it moved across the island of luzon home to more than 2000000 people accounting for 2 thirds of the filipino economy $50000.00 homes here were without power as goni moved out to the south china sea. direction vietnam still packing heavy rains. head of going has landfall the country was still reeling from typhoon which killed $22.00 people next up though filipinos already know another storm that sunny is gaining strength in the pacific ocean as it approaches their country. those who are put into shelters to keep them safe from the last storm wonder if there is even cause to return home before the next. this is election week in the united states indeed only news asia will be taking a closer look at the impact of developments there and how it be changed relations in the asia region sticking with the philippines president has praised philippine

president rod rico to territories controversial drug war in the past a fight that human rights activists say include extra judicial killings now to territory has not always responded in kind and has often plagued the u.s. against china for example he's opted not to challenge beijing's encroachments in the south china sea i spoke to aries i rew guy from the university of the philippines and i asked him how differently a biden administration might respond to the characters drug war and whether it matters if america speaks out about human rights. it would matter i think for the turkey administration because it has somehow been protected from a lot of the criticisms about its war on drugs i do think that there will be some. crunch that the administration of the tear it will feel i think that some of the

opposition. it's senators for example would would get more an audience from a by the an administration. would be trump administration and that would in a way undermine. that the tear gas ministrations existing legitimacy as far as the war and drugs is concerned. now deterrent he has walked this interesting line between the u.s. and china why do you think that is well the this supposed edging approach of the the thera the administration is in order to benefit from both superpowers as they intensify competition in the region and with the philippines as a key state in this ongoing rivalry between the 2 major powers however the terror the administration doesn't seem to be consistent in its hedging approach as it has not only skew would be leaning off the country towards more of china

but in fact has made certain measures or certain moves that has completely undermined one of the longest standing alliances of the united states in the asia pacific. yeah it is a very important alliance the philippines is the only u.s. treaty ally in the southeast asia that means they would support each other in war and but earlier this year even considered withdrawing permission for the u.s. to hold war games in the philippines and conduct joint exercises how much has this military relationship then weekend. the the military relationship between the philippines in the us have not been i would say radically affected however the deterrent administration did initiate the process of the abrogation of the visiting forces agreement but that was before depend demick we we now know that the this process is being suspended and i do think that.

the prospects of it pushing through are very little given the recognition of the terror that mr ation on the importance of the us and its all in response in dealing with the pandemic. last question how closely are filipinos watching the u.s. election. there's always a a fascination cold war say the former colonizer of the philippines stay united states terms of the elections this is also something to do with the big filipino community in the united states with a lot of their relatives still in the filipino hold but we do know that a lot of filipinos who registered to vote and i do think that they've they've voted traditionally as republican. ever just like other asian

migrant groups but i do think there might be a change in this particular election cycle. thank you. at least 50000 people have rallied in bangladesh's capital of dhaka against french president emanuel micron's defense of freedom of speech in his country including the right to criticize islam a list of demands from protesters included calling for a boycott of french products is the latest in a series of anti france demonstrations across the muslim world over the past 2 weeks ever since the beheading of a french teacher in paris for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed in a lesson about freedom of expression rallies have also taken place in lebannon turkey and over the weekend in pakistan here are some opinions from the streets of karachi but we're here today to protest the slum a full day for a march by the president by the predators their friends. is absolutely unacceptable

the word the sentiments of millions of muslims across the world in the name of freedom of speech especially when you don't grant the same leniency on discussions on other topics like the whole of us and other despicable things. we ask our government to move ahead with the expulsion of the french ambassador and to announce a boycott of all french products. france will realize and regret after all this what it has done and what it has achieved we will not tolerate the bashing of the prophet muhammad peace be upon him. this is the message of the entire muslim nation which asks the french prime minister to apologize for his insolence. and to take firm action against those who denigrate our prophet muhammad. peace be upon him to shun it. for more we have t.w. shannon all sham sham all you've weighed in on this with an opinion piece on our website tell us more. well melissa there is

a sensitive bush is a sensitive issue or a majority of muslims around the world in france and else so i argue that the french government needs to be very careful and the same guy i said i wrote that leaders like the one and by the stance current. it sounds great in the lecture not crawl over secularism because the rights of the minorities in their own countries are. pretty bad. that the minorities are persecuted on a regular basis so when they're due on a higher lecture mocker are on secularism it's ridiculous it's our creators and it's absurd so that was my argument that it becomes a political issue for leaders like go on and on and other people politicians and leaders in the muslim majority countries that was the crux of the argument in my

opinion piece where. it looks as if pakistan sees this as an opportunity to score political points what's in my kind's call. well in iran what happened what is happening at the moment is there's a mass movement against its government opposition rallies that are big across the country so what can ascribe to do here is divert attention from the domestic issues do with the issue of islamophobia and the rest all additions in pakistan and here is this and use this time and again. but what is important here to understand karl needs to focus on focus and delineate what has been happening in pakistan against the minorities just recently a christian girl the 30 year old girl who was kidnapped of course legal what you do slum and then matter of 45 you know what. the government does anything about so

much argument is that you know when the conduct about islamophobia and the rescue needs to look at it internally he has no right to god about islamophobia in the west because muslims in europe are leery are having a much better situation in europe in pakistan minorities are persecuted on a regular basis so one has no right to talk about this issue 2nd he's trying to divert attention from the opposition movement which is at the moment in place against government channel shands thank you. that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on d.w. dot com forward slash asia or on facebook and twitter we leave you with pictures of more of the devastation from the philippines we'll see you next time thanks for watching.

where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one of the shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the strength of many characters and their problems are all the same for doing the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. who can afford to stay silent when it comes to

the fans of the humans on the scene or why the fools who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work at the. europe's culture scene braces itself once again as countries go back into lockdown . abra houses in germany squeezed in new premieres just hours before the curtains came down that story coming out plus how designers are making urban spaces safe for women and decades of cultural exchange between u.s. troops and germans set to end in some places that is if donald trump has his way.

welcome to arts and culture a lot of culture makers here in germany are angry at the country's new coronavirus rules as of this week museums cinemas and feeders like dresden famous opera house are shut by government to create meanwhile passenger trains are full and car dealerships are still open to waiting cultural figures have called it unfair over the weekend the show did go on right until the lockdown came. for me at the same. but this magic flute will be silenced for at least 4 weeks was going ahead a gesture of defiance. really is defiance we just did it i would say we will play when we can and i infuse my colleagues we are an active and vibrant company. the fight against the virus is not

only being waged with artistic mains technology helps out by exchanging 35000 cubic meters of our enough to keep exactly 331 spectators safe. rises from the packs of the seats the the audience briefs is thrown out before it can spread in the whole. of all places you have to operate the systems with a degree of sensitivity because of course you don't want draft of a new band very important in a theater no noises that just the music of. the pieces being cut to 2 hours the artists keep their distance somewhere mosques and sing past each other in chouette says. we know the topic you know public in a 2 x.

. break with a unit we hug each other and here they stretch out their hands like in the viennese punch and judy show where the play comes from and walks past each other. and off we go so that you can do it with his humor we shouldn't lose our sense of humor under any circumstances or. keeping in could humor despite all the compromises doing everything technically possible but still facing shutdown the decision is not easy to digest not only for the director. of the pond. take the hind demick seriously we have implemented heightening concepts that's why there's so much in comprehension in the fears abroad it's important to stress that this is not the result of an reflected range but i also consider this closure to be the correct political symbol in an unhealthy moment there's no holding hands as performers take their vows but the message is clear is the basis of society a simple part will be silent for

a while but rehearsals are continuing for premieres in the not too distant future. germany's culture minister says she's pushing for fast financial aid for a 1000000 and a half culture section workers affected by the new shutdown now urban design isn't just about how cities look it also impacts on safety and equality and more and more designers are working out how to make cities that work better for women would you feel safe walking here alone at night. you get a full hard every woman gets nervous when a place is poorly lit and she doesn't have a good overview of her surroundings or when she sees a group of people that she can't gauge very well. how do women and girls feel when

they move through their environments that's the question mike abruptly and her colleagues from planned international germany asked across 4 major german cities online and with anonymity the details of those bad experiences were turned into a map here from the city of hamburg even if a crime doesn't take place on every dark corner every night of the week the fear that it might is a problem for many women. i did this before or this feeling that no one will hear me that even if i do call out for help no one brookie me that's the 1st thing that comes to mind for example when i see a group of young men or a dark park i think ok how can i avoid them and if i can't is there going to be someone who can help me and then if they wish i was wise and can have your mug shot down or urban planning in general and traffic planning in particular was always seen as a man's job. is proof that it doesn't have to be that way she's

planning a quarter for all for the city of vienna without dark corners and unsafe spaces but what does a city look like when no one has to be afraid roman plats in vienna was once a dodgy bottleneck. for the english but i don't buy it for the redesign in this limited space there were lots of pas that crossed. board will dance feed levy it was badly laid out. there were people hanging out and pedestrians couldn't avoid them. the combination was bad. there were hidden entrances. there were high bush is one way. to plan a space for old men they had to get everyone on board and they did business people ordinary people from the street and homeless people all of them voiced their wishes

in concerns and voted for the changes they wanted to see happen a lot of work was put in so that women and girls could feel comfortable. taking the lead when it comes to gender planning creating a city that everyone can enjoy because it takes everyone's needs into account. my colleague melissa holroyd has more on their. ideas about how to make. cities safe they're not just benefiting women are they doesn't everyone what safer cities yeah i'm sure men don't want to like walk to the train station in complete darkness with lots of bushes around them that they might just be able to jump out of but there are definite differences and trends that are taken into account by these so called gender planets that's called them so men drive cars a lot more than women do and women are a lot more likely to take the train or take a tram or take a bus and so a good public transport system is something that benefits a lot of women women are much more likely to push prime's so wide pathways are

quite good for women so they can cross each other the plan is also take into account places for women to breastfeed and take care of their children but why do you think that these issues haven't been addressed more already in the past well according to the world bank only one in 10 of top architects are women so yeah i mean i would imagine that a good plan or a good architect is somebody who takes into account all people perhaps that's not always the case and it's not just about safety there is it now there's a lot of talk about visibility so in the neighborhood of aspen in vienna all street names and places are named after women and that's something that's also happened here in parts of berlin so in the 1990 s. only 2.4 percent of all signs when bang and after women so they decided they wanted to change that and name a lot more after women until there was parity it might seem like a banal difference but actually when you walk through these new suburbs you do get

it is a nice feeling that the street names in named after women 2 percent that's nothing and now this move to bring more visibility to the streets is not just happening here in europe no recently in mumbai india their traffic lights their pedestrian traffic lights underwent a sex change so instead of having like the little men the symbol of the man we now have the symbol of women and sometimes have these funny sort of hats and all. fashion of the race is. quite interesting if any 240 of them have changed across the city and there's a small and but significant changes given that there aren't a lot of women on the streets of the big cities across india and that has something to do with safety as well melissa thanks so much for coming on the show. now people here in germany are keeping a close watch on this week's u.s. presidential election and one reason as president donald trump's plan to withdraw 12000 american troops stationed in germany

a plan to punish germany for its lower military spending terms rival joe biden says if he's elected he will review the plan well whether the troops stay or go the impact won't just be on defense but also be cultural. in the open region americans have been living together in harmony for a long time but now the american soldiers may be set to leave the economic losses would be painful but the cultural exchanges between german and american friends and families would be the biggest loss. thanksgiving it's very common that german families did buy american friends to enjoy a turkey dinner together. when the g.i.'s came 75 years ago they brought democracy and a new way of life after the years of nazi dictatorship hi-fi cola chewing

gum and. using. the american troops own radio station played music that wasn't being played on german stations the station was almost a lifestyle choice for young people in the fifty's and sixty's pop music and d.j.'s . there's a morning report here in the morning. presented on a.f.n. wood burning with passion you felt like lakes simply could not live without the music these music on the leaves are to. take note began his own radio career at a.f.n. . americans book club culture to bavaria and a new do. rink because they considered the very end. they came up with good stuff. and cognac. i'm no stranger.

here. johnny cash found his 1st band in the area the landsburg barbarians and composed some of his hits that. the king. elvis 1st week of his only concert as a g.i. in europe. to use explored across the country via a.f.n. in munich. they have been offered an incredible range of musical genres because they had to serve the various ethnic groups that were in the army so they had everything from country to jazz blues jazz area and america a match made in heaven the withdrawal of u.s. troops is not yet set in stone many here hope the decision may be reversed after the u.s. election and that this unique cultural exchange can continue. and

maybe we'll know more later this week that's it for this edition of arts and culture for more culture stories check out our website any time day or night at d.s.w. dot com slash from. thanks for watching. it

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