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using their moves to find new meaning in life after the pandemic. i'm british welcome to. glad you could join us north korean dictator kim jong un has given himself the title of general secretary of the country's ruling party now we are not much for titles but in north korea they mean quite a lot for kim taking on a title last used by his father kim jong il is a way to consolidate his authority in the one party state this at a time when the economy is suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic and continuing u.s. led sanctions sanctions that the country. would want to see the back of but not at

the cost of its nuclear weapons and australia's kim jong un has pledged to expand white again taking aim at the united states during an ongoing party conference this is what he have to say what. i caught our foreign political activities should be focused and redirected on subduing the us our biggest enemy and main obstacle to our innovated development on court and for more on what this means i'm joined by a german came correspondent at n.p.r. news incirlik south korea and can use a website focus only on reporting and lazing news from north korea germany welcome north korean antagonism towards the united states is well known so should we be reading anything into kim jong un calling it the biggest enemy. use the term biggest main enemy but it's not the 1st time that north korea called

united states like. it returned this time after a while they didn't use that term during that period to town to the starting in 2018 singapore summit between john and and u.s. president on the trump obviously after donald trump walked out on to john and during the hanoi summit in 2019 it seems that north korea is thinking that if in a waste of time and now they are not going to try to much energy into improving relations with the united states and close future i think that's why we have reverted back to their old phrase and seeing united states as the biggest mean enemy what does that mean for the incoming biden administration what will the biden administration do now and how will they be dealing with kim jong un moving forward . until now u.s.

arsenal like biden did not share and much hints about what the policy direction will be we do not know yet if he will indeed see much has changed between us and north korea after they started the year 2 year discussion mchugh. but from north korean side it seems that for example they said the only only only method for the us keep relations to improve is for united states to drop its aka a hostile policy which is also very poorly defined it's also something not new it's very old and it seems that for biden administration this means conjunction won't the offering any opportunity for dialogue 1st it means a buy in an administration probably has to reach out 1st. but for now it seems pretty unclear where we are headed from now on with north korea.

going back to becoming this hostile to the united states but john when the all of the problem still remains on the one hand you have north korea that confuses to give up its nuclear weapons and on the other hand you have the united states and the rest of the international community that says unless you give up those nuclear weapons you will not receive sanctions relief so we have this deadlock situation is what you're saying is it looks like this will continue. yes i'm pretty sure this is going to continue for a while. if you see the readout from the party congress from friday records reported on saturday north korea not only discussed the direction towards the united policy direction towards united states but it also focused a lot of calm length on about their military capacity how they aren't going to be felt their capability even more and they have

a very long list of wish list that they want it in the next coming years like tactical nuclear weapons more nuclear warheads longer range i.c.b.m. and solid fuel i.c.b.m. these all can count on for as provocation for the biden administration and about stations they are saying if you look at that economic policy that they shared during carty congress they are focusing very much on building of a self-reliant economy about this not falter or regardless of what happens in the external relations that she means which probably means sanctions they it seems that they are thinking biden the administration won't be budging that much about sanctions relief that's why they are saying they are just going to hold onto this leverage of military capacity john mccain we leave it there for the timing but thank you so much for joining us.

now across india it is fairly common to see street vendors i think lords using these very heavy and all and. the clothes come out crisp and warm believe me but it's of the cost of palm for fumes and the environment that's because these items run on charcoal but $1.00 teenage girl decided there was a more environmentally friendly way to smooth and out the wrinkles. when she's not studying this 14 year old is a potted inventor. suncoast in high school. to state but her true passion is green technology her latest innovation a solar powered on and enter the international children's climate prize i know that if you look at the phone no not. sure i mean steal something called this. you know. on the phone system is that. a modern solution for a trade still tethered to the past all over india street vendors used on boxes

packed with charcoal fuel that destroys trees and creates a pollution but finishes solar solution came with its own set of problems. i don't have the materials to build an out to a prototype i know that i was going to replace charcoal whatsoever but i couldn't. test it. but she soon won support for her fledgling project the national innovation foundation funded and tested a full scale working model his father says education and common sense a key to her success. books science books. books. reading. thinking. cancer. you know version i think that's where the ideas come from. and the ideas keep flowing rhenish air is constantly working on new projects

testing the theory with the practice. i would describe myself as a curious person and general i also like thinking out of the books. according to me is a must quality for any innovator. and an innovator is exactly what she plans to do in life she also believes that humankind is not just herself should share the benefits of her inventions. apart from sinful cold i also continue to innovate crowded that will help prevent climate change because i know i'm part of a generation who embraces in the consequences of our actions today. she has high goals for a high school student but she's one he's motivated to make a difference. and china says that experts from the world health organization are due in the country later this week to investigate the

origins of covert 19 the w.s.j. has long pressed for the mission beijing has faced international criticism over its lack of transparency in the initial stages of the outbreak many scientists suspect the disease was copied by bats before being passed to humans the w 2 team are expected to visit the central city of whether corona virus was 1st detected just over a year ago the harsh destructions of the height of the pandemic along and today the city is pretty much back to normal but the experience has given some a new outlook on life. they're back on the floor together a dance teacher and his students dykey is one's only teacher of vogue the style that came out of new york in the 1980 s. brings them a sense of freedom and exhilaration. tuns and then you can be yourself in the moment when dancing vote no matter how you dress up others will not discriminate

against you and i think this is very good it lets me enjoy being myself very much. for dykey and his students that's gained a new importance since last year when will han endured a grueling 76 day lockdown and experienced china's heaviest death toll from coded 19. it's insane. during the pandemic a few of my friends and i would practice with each other online in our beds we would start doing vogue in bed we could only practice from a distance because during that time everyone was at home and could not go out. to ikea and his crew shot a promotional video for vogue to popularize in china the dance that's become a part of their identity. they say the experience of the pandemic has taught them

some valuable lessons in was just eating. just now after the pandemic i feel vogue dancing has given me a lot of emotional support because it made me realize that we need to seize every minute every 2nd to be who we are true to you that we have to cherish ourselves and live a more fulfilling life here whole ya'll resource and. only when you dance like this will you truly feel that your soul belongs to you. there's a feeling of letting yourself go and just being yourself i like this feeling very much. and you're going to. that's it for today though of course more on. even now it seems from northern japan we're just seen some record snowfall in greece and.

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subscribe to documentary. why subscribe to d.w. books you meet your favorite writer sometimes. calls me. to respond to the book's. greetings from berlin and welcome to arts and culture where we'll look at how inclusive casting is challenging along traditional white washing period cinema adaptations and sparking some debate also coming up. german photographer documents what he sees as germany's greatest feat of structural engineering its iconic network of motorways the autobahn. and our series 100 german must features a winner of the german book prize the blind side of the heart. tunnel.

well everyone's talking about bridges and streaming as it did over a lock down christmas it was a definitive coup for netflix based on the romance novel series by american author julia quinn the 8 part series billed as a glitzy period piece with a difference which means it's a regency romance infused with 21st century sensibilities and we'll look into its colorblind casting right after this. his stuff. lush costumes spirit sets pomp and circumstance britain isn't much different from the historical dramas that came before it follows daphne britain high society last thrust onto the marriage market of 19th century britain where money and reputation matter more than true love always amused me miss britain ever since i was a schoolboy and you were but. what sets the show apart is it's

costing me. bridget sorry your old friends as this is my sister. bridget jones a love interest is a brecht jews sound this england is ruled by a black queen and people of color are often a re-used from historical fiction front and center in britain writes however is not the focus of the series nor is historical accuracy so with this adaptation of julia quinn's best selling novels t.v. pioneer shonda rhimes uses colorblind casting to let viewers see themselves in this story. and get lost in the soapy romance scandals intrigue and here students that are at the heart of any good period drama.

are preached. and scott ross was here to talk to us a bit more about bridget in high school out and obviously this phenomenon that we're calling colorblind casting now president just came out on netflix tell us 1st of all what's the response been of response been amazing to be netflix user doesn't really stop unless they do really really well they did this time so they did really really well they said more than 63000000 people already watched series which makes it on the most successful shows ever on their flights but obviously there's perhaps expectedly also been a bit of a backlash from some. quarters about the decision the did in this series to have this colorblind casting to be such sort of person or to help case of their all these terms that we're throwing around inclusive or color conscious casting about them colorblind casting just tell us what's the difference yeah it's a bit complicated but basically inclusive casting is very simple it's basically saying the world is diverse when you cast a film or series try to make is that versus possible reflects the world very very

simple colorblind casting is a little bit goes a little bit further that's saying. even if a character on the page is written with a certain ethnicity you take an actor from wherever doesn't matter and the new cast them so you could have a white queen on the page but if you have a great black actress you cast her for the role that's colorblind casting so obviously some people are disagreeing with this because they say that it isn't historically accurate what do you say to that argument yeah i think that's wrong on a couple points but. we just look at britain you have queen charlotte who's who's played by a black actress there is some historical debate that the actual queen charlotte in fact could have been mixed race but even no matter what that argument is made there is no or. no question that there were a lot of and i have been a lot of nonwhite people in england throughout the centuries and you see that sometimes in a few films there's a recent film belle from

a few years ago which was about a true story of a mixed race woman in 1000 century england who was raised by aristocratic family the director of the film he said she was tired of seeing black people written out white washed out of british films and so she want to put them back in i think that's interesting and significant but i think this whole argument about historical accuracy when it comes to the period dramas it misses the point because we're not talking about history we're talking about movie conventions i mean nobody argues nobody gets upset about dr shove aagot. one of the great period movies of all time starring an egyptian man or sharif an english woman julie christie playing 2 russians in a moscow where everyone speaks english and it's so interesting because obviously this is been done in theatre for years but it seems particularly sensitive cinema do you think obviously that there's this is making movies more relevant for a modern audience yeah i think it can i mean there was a recent film adaptation of david copperfield that just came out last year starring

a death patel owes a british indian actor in the lead role i think it's actually a very truthful and boil adaptation of dickens' but it makes a very it creates a very diverse cast in front of the camera make it reflect more closely the diverse britain that exists today and i think doing that allows a maybe a broader audience to sort of see themselves in the story being told i really love this type of colorblind casting because i think we shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking we can never have a black english queen or i don't know a black james bond just because we haven't seen them before school i'm sure is not far off in the future the black james bond thank you very much scott ross for coming in and giving us those insights. well there are a few other landmarks that represent the essence of modern germany more than its system of motorways 413000 kilometers it crisscrosses the nation and over the decades. has morphed from a piece of national infrastructure into

a cultural icon and with our concept of personal mobility poised to change drastically with the advent of electric and autonomy cars an exhibition in one haim captures its heyday. starting so innocently people wanted mobility and travel to far places the through of driving their own car down the autobahn. type of monument for me this is the most monumental german construction egypt has its pyramids we have. it's an integral part of our identity and culture. and there's plenty to see to the left and right of german autobahns. for the man has delved deep into the german soul as witnessed along the motorist speedways and made some wondrous discoveries what could be nicer than sunbathing with a view of the 84. parts official likes are great places

to unwind to the accompaniment of a traffic concerto. i have strong childhood memories of the. we would go on holiday to austria and the landscapes would drive by behind the crush barriers strong images and actually positive images and also i'm interested in showing these places with ambivalence. in front of me for a length of time. your book a man has been around the world taking photographs but there are plenty of stories . this is more or less a childhood memory i grew up close to the a $43.00 and we really did play on the wasteland behind the noise barriers dispute . from the a warning to the

a $111.00 in the tailwind of the poetic still lifes can be found. after appreciating a certain beauty in the shapes and colors here you are maybe left with a lump in the fruit because you draw your own conclusions about what happened here how are these colors and shapes created from. the brain of every motorist like the traffic jam 2019 jam stretched for 1400000 kilometers along german roads. i hope very much that these go to stick petrol consuming motors which are produced largely in germany. of the past and that new mobility concepts that are more socially and environmentally friendly are developed and implemented it's a good question how much longer. and that's the name of this exhibition how much longer but the photographic evidence suggests the nation of germany will

continue to head towards climate catastrophe 1st time. such prospects well if our new dominated climate dominated reality is getting you down literature can serve as a reminder that things could always be worse think of our grandparents who experienced one or even 2 world wars events that shattered many a promising young life and that's part of the fabric of the blind side of the hearts today's pick of german books in english translation what would drive a mother to abandon her only child what would it take for a joy for woman. to go so numb that she can't feel anything. and. the blind side of the heart by you is about her lena and the chaos that follows world war 2 she leaves her 7 year old

son pay into a loan at a crowded train station to fend for himself. but why does she do it as a child herself i mean a peer is to have a carefree future ahead of her she grows up in a picturesque town in a well off family but then world war one breaks out her father is drafted her jewish mother falls into a depression and the family business goes broke her lena decides to try her luck in berlin where she meets the love of her life and then loses her. while him in a does manage to survive the nazis using a fake identity she winds up married to an abusive monster by the time she has her son peter she has no feelings left for her child or for herself. perhaps her heart was a stone cold icy hard as iron she didn't cry because she had nothing to cry about

her feet hurt her back hurt she had been running around all day she knew she had only 5 hours of sleep before she got up to the ironing walk to the kitchen made breakfast for peter woke him and sent him to school before she herself went to work the blind side of the heart is the story of a woman with no chance at creating her own destiny her spirit is crushed by the time she lives in and the people have. and will finish with the news that sex and the city will get a reboot in 2021 the successful comedy drama series ran for 6 seasons and followed the lives of romantic. and downs of 4 new york women in the city the movie and its sequel in 2010 were panned by the critics but had commercial success and the new show will be called and just like dots and will feature the original stars with the exception of kim cattrall played of course in front of

a. wax. and that's all for this edition of arts and culture is a hope you'll join us next time and until then stay safe.

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