phoebe kong who is in hong kong. talk us through what practical difference these changes will make. beijing has taken the controversial powers to push that actually phone call home call by bypassing its locoed scrutiny so a new venting organization will be set up to screen the candidacy of all major local elections in hong kong in the future and beijing's proposal will also give greater power to electoral commentary was just last step to. take is that even the past day it was originally responsible for taking the chief executive but in the fish further we're also being charged for deciding the candidates and some of the weakness in the low. and that means that they will have the power to decide who can run for the action and although the size and the composition of the actual committee and legislature will be expanded you were effectively except michele

hotshot threshold for the opposition camp to be some kind of this and not to mention to win the election in the future but this term patriots is an interesting one who will decide who is or isn't a patriot and one of the criteria. well that is indeed the crusts off the plough patriarch to some under the current context in hong kong that beijing is unclear and fake concepts without specific legal definition but i thought he stressed that so-called patriotic politicians must not endanger national security but i gamed the meaning could be obviously or brought the interpreted that over the past 2 days since the announcement of the reform we have her see me officials in home home and beijing the other kids claiming patient this whole lease that left to china is not only about the love to the motherland but also support for the ruling party the ruling communist party and no opposition to the incumbent's governments so does these effectively kill the opposition in

hong kong is democracy not done and dusted. well this is indeed the largest political earthquake since the imposition off a national security law in hong kong that over the past 2 decades even under the regs democracy the opposition came could stay you constantly secure 60 percent of the popular votes on the ground and after 2019 posthaste a game the increasing popularity and elections are now the few remaining legal ways available for activism but the latest may fall because spell the end of many political career some leaders already said it's no longer meaningful for them to run for election seen the future because they don't think there is any room for them to pass through the so-called patriotic test and also already on their hands coast certainly the summer and the say that this could also pose a challenge to the pope beijing came as they would have to compete with each other fiercely in the future in terms of loyalty to beijing so as

a whole they are political landscape in the home call is expected to be shaken up very soon thank you for that round up there phoebe phoebe called in hong kong. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.n. secretary general antonio the terraces describe syria as a living nightmare after 10 years of conflict he said syrians have enjoyed shocking atrocities can only collapse and soaring poverty fueled by corruption sanctions and the cove in 1000 pound to make of all taken their toll. u.s. secretary of state had to be blinken has described violence in ethiopia's to grow region as ethnic cleansing and call for the withdrawal of every trained troops washington's most senior diplomat call for a reconciliation process process to restore pace 50000 people have been killed since war broke out in november. at least 27 people died and 39 others were injured in a bus crash on indonesia's java island the bus was carrying

a group of junior high school students teachers and parents when it plunged down a steep ravine police are investigating the cause of japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster. a minute's silence was observed that 2 46 pm local time the moment when a magnitude 9 quake struck triggering that deadly wave naruhito prime minister your she he dose who got let a ceremony in tokyo to pay tribute to the 18000 people lost their lives. with displaced towns around the fukushima daiichi power plant are expected to remain uninhabitable for decades. your chief for the bashing he is a japanese journalist who's been investigating the fukushima disaster from day one

and he's just released a book that recounts what happens it's called a meltdown inside the fukushima nuclear disaster and he joins us live from tokyo welcome to t.w. in your book is very critical of the japanese government's response to this disaster i do you say that ideology and the political culture got in the way how. you know they have developed a unique. system. i would call absolute safety. nuclear safety is. that. racial. accident. in itself and always with the calls and the savvy among there is.

you know in the accident management such as station blackout. simply because. the necessary. animal. a man with. the deputy has had a strong sentiments over the past 70 years. much due to that. period. so in order to overcome those fear. we. actually really. actually found. in the truck.

i would say yes we have. gone through this whole deal and we've done many lessons one that this was that we need to establish much more independent and transparent and you could hear it at 340. we 'd do have that but at the same time they also may have created a similar kind of dismissed. absolute safety because they now dependent and much transparent and they argue any use is that their nuclear safety stand is that most. also raised and you could have plants actually do not have any. risk and that's also what would cause a sincere is similar challenge there was you know i think you have a you have an underlying culture which would seem to sort of get in the way so that

was bob we've made it much much better now which really fine except that the sites around fukushima still toxic the most votes of contaminated water being stored there and the land. toxic still has to be disposed so how do they do that safely. it's very tough because that you know the nuclear emergency declaration 'd at the site of the daiichi as it was today has still not been lifted and a lot of the averys and the news that nuclear reactor containment vessel and as you said that you have to do we have to do with that contaminated water. even though it's to eat it and that there are more than once haven't this tank speak turns to store those water so that the government is now planning to

discharge that water into that ocean but there has to have met a strong resistance from the fisherman and the others thank you for joining us. thank you thank you. now to mexico where the lower house of congress has voted in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use the legislation which still needs final approval by the upper house is partly at curbing drug related violence claims thousands of lives every year. mexico's marijuana smokers have every reason to be high their long running campaign to legalize the plant is almost a reality after lawmakers inside the lower house of congress approved a bill that permits recreational use and introduces farming licenses campaigners say the legislation is a step in the right direction. this law will allow cultivation

both self cultivation of a number of plants pear parish an unpaired property and also associates of cultivation community cultivation through cooperatives associations and finally the national production. last year mexican police seized more than 200000000 tons of the plant supporters hope the changes will alleviate the plague of violence wrought by the illegal drug trade though analysts are skeptical among those pushing for a change is a former president turned cannabis lobbyist and. i'm driving the group of the market to take it away from criminals and that is fundamental it will reduce violence. there is no doubt that while this plant produces benefits people patients and those who are

willing to buy these medicines. the bill is expected to sail through the upper house of congress before the end of april making mexico the largest legal pot market in the world. before we go here. some images of the world's largest religious gathering taking place in india hindu pilgrims from across the country taking a dip in the river got just which is held to be sacred to mark the most auspicious day off the camilla festival hundreds of thousands gathered at the riverbank. in how it was a dawn to take the plunge in one of several paving days over the next month. expecting to get a half 1000000 people to gather for the festival because of the pandemic which could tell the festivities next year for tests if that's i mean ferry compulsory.

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often leaving a humble telephone booth offers them on line to loved ones never to be seen again. i'm british manager welcome to beat up the news isha glad you could join us now these images behind me out of a tragedy 10 years old but one that remains fresh in the minds of thousands the afternoon of a cold march day in japan's northeast that began a chain of death displacement and damage the shadows of which continue to be cast to this day and afternoon that began at exactly 2 46 pm. march 11th 2011. japan's east coast is rocked by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country shortly afterwards i tsunami ripped through fukushima

prefecture taking everything with it. is an army the fukushima nuclear power plant leading to explosions and meltdowns at 3 reactors. radioactive clouds. over tens of kilometer around ready. thousands of people lost their lives as a result of the disaster tens of thousands were forced to evacuate their homes. at a press conference just 9 months later japan's prime minister at the time you she cannot maintain the situation was under control. but the battle wasn't over the fukushima meltdown would count as the most severe nuclear accident since the chernobyl disaster in 1906. to this day there is still only restricted access to 1600 square kilometers of land around the disabled

china able nuclear power plant at around 230 square kilometers from the contamination zone is much smaller but it will remain uninhabitable for decades to come. now we are. right of accident we have still 70 people. what back to the or so back to. the fukushima nuclear disaster continues to contaminate the air the underground water to this day bags a radioactive contaminated soil life scattered throughout the province it's still unclear where the waste should be stored in the long term the city of tokyo was saved by a stroke of luck wind pushed the radioactive cloud away from the city and out to sea previously released. jenny in the ocean and in the past. not at this level. shortly after the catastrophe radiation levels in

a large number of marine animals measured much higher than a limit values considered safe in japan today those levels are down significantly but the fishing industry in japan is only recovering slowly. in order to keep you cool the reactors from melting tons of pollution eased each day to coolant and the 1000000 tons of contaminated water from the cooling pipes is stored in hundreds of tanks not a power plant but because storage space is limited and the tanks will soon reach capacity the japanese government is considering discharging the contaminated water into the sea in 2022. we do not expect. that. i would say it's friend it's a problem of. that so many. residents fishermen and environmentalist say that plan offers no solution to an ongoing disaster. shows

archy's a lawyer was part of a think tank independent investigation into the folks who run your disaster he joins me now from tokyo mr shoes are you welcome thousands can't return bigger homes there's fears of nuclear contamination this is very much an ongoing disaster when does this end absolutely right even 10 years now there are deep scars of the accident still alive everybody is live at our light to now that is the chairman of the japanese parliament's investigation into the fukushima disaster called it a disaster made in japan what lessons have been learned from it. i think 2 key lessons that were uncovered through the investigation were one the absolute safety myth which was a p.r.

campaign that. downplayed any risk that was related to nuclear energy which was a necessary logic to persuade a lot of the communities to accept building a nuclear plant but later hunted them to it to create an atmosphere to even be hesitant to talk about risk thereby denying a lot of the known risks that were later uncovered another problem was a conflict of interest in terms of the regulatory organizations which made it difficult for the regulatory agencies to effectively regulate and introduce strict safety standards not given the sun safety breath as reported around nuclear power in japan what are people's attitudes now to nuclear power.

people additives to ord nuclear power is still next according to a say every cent survey 30 percent of people believe that nuclear energy may continue as is but more than 50 percent of people are hoping that the company the country will become less reliant less dependent on nuclear energy in the future but yet the government continues ahead with an energy plan that involves a nuclear power doesn't. that is true according to some future energy policy proposals the government is looking towards a energy mix policy where they would be using various types of energy sources including nuclear energy so one projection shows that in 2030 japan will still be using 20 percent of their energy sources coming from nuclear

energy i'd like to just talk about the psychological impact on people from this massive disaster you had more than 18000 people who lost their lives and about 70000 people contract on to their homes how does japan cope with this collective trauma. i think it is something that we will long remember and need to relive the lessons every day it is not a disaster of the past but even as of today we are facing issues of what to do with polluted water how we can reestablish neighborhoods in these areas and it will be a long battle will be we cannot forget and should not forget the lessons from fukushima now in 2 weeks the summer olympics torch run begins from fukushima. prime minister has said the olympics when showcase japan's recovery from the

disaster i wonder if that is a very optimistic statement to make given whatever you have said. i think in terms of scientific safety there has been tremendous development in terms of ensuring that the pollution that happened 10 years ago is not affecting people's life as of today i think the impact is more of a psychological one and motional peace that we will still continue to struggle with . to he shares our care a pleasure talking to you both and thank you so much for joining us today thank you more than 18000 people die from the earthquake and tsunami that hits milk used in japan the southern mess of the events deprived many a final goodbyes with loved ones no telephone line is have been survive

a scope. can do you know she says hockey is about to cool his wife's new walk itself and. he wants to tell her what happened the night she died. and it's in this phone booth known as a wind phone that he can speak to her. like thousands of others in japan's devastated coastal communities saki lost many loved ones in the disaster. this is where he comes to work through his grief but also to tell his wife about their children they'll soon be moving in with their youngest son and that a recent medical checkup showed he's lost weight. this phone booth embraces all of. this is a place that embraces not only the people who are alive but also all those who have passed away that's how i feel so look i do not i mean. the phone booth owner says

it attracts thousands of visitors now from all over japan. they were suddenly not able to see their loved ones after they left that morning to go to work or to school so there are many feelings left behind these people would have wanted to say something for the last time had they known they were not going to see them anymore but they can do that. this isn't only a place of solace for the older generation such equal has been bringing home ground sons here since her husband was swept away in the tsunami. like graham more well as grandma said it's been 10 years since the earthquake i'll be a junior high school student next year is already in his 2nd year in junior high so he'll be in his 3rd year and he'll be doing high school entrance exams yeah and there's this new virus that's killing lots of people just like the earthquake and

tsunami that's why we're wearing masks but we're all doing well. again they must be off. the boys and they grandma feel like he can hear them and later when she's alone in the booth. the husband to keep the mall safe from the current virus. they lost 10 years ago to the deadly tsunami.

the fight against the corona virus. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research. information and contacts. w. . germany with the last

few years have been quite override. i've heard it on my home but when it comes to be as also in the us for a. new hobby of mine i'm going on the approved i look to be in the news there are pros and there are a comfort when you feel the getting to realize it because of the novel way of living a are you ready to meet them very me right. covert 19 is causing a spike in relationship breakdowns with divorce rates are soaring they were double the normal rate in during the 1st lockdown. in the us they've surged by a 3rd. the pandemic has shrunk our world into our homes. playing childcare alongside work. being on top of each other $24.00 seventh's it's

all proven too much for many couples. but some say it's actually made their bones stronger. how can we make pressure cooker relationships work in these tough times. i'll be talking to a psychology researcher about that in a few minutes 1st crisis aside every 3rd married couple in germany gets divorced separation to be prevented by asking professionals for advice you've got to be open to it. when discontinuities doesn't stop at cast. podcast hosts with a difference. they've been married for 10 years and have 3 children together jamila and tino's show is all about their relationship during the pandemic the highs and lows.

and it's really tight for everyone right now for the couples in the home life now more than ever we're dependent on the communication as a couple in especially as parents to organize everything so we can work and get through this in good shape. coronavirus lockdowns have good pressure on couples working from home and home schooling have left partners with very little free time constantly living on top of each other can create conflict and even worse an existing relationship problems when couples are at their wit's end professionals can help. they can commercialize it strangely we tend to assume relationships are something we're simply able to do and if we can't then we say the other person is to blame and we separate or we're not a good fit i don't believe that relationships always have to be easy i believe that it's possible to get to the stage where you can have

a clear relationship with each other and it's no longer difficult to talk about problematic topics. for some couples going to a therapist is a big step a 1st aid kit for home life this box contains cards of questions for couples to ask each other developed by a professional therapist. many relationships suffer from a breakdown in communication this method offers a playful way for partners to get back into conversation with each other. have been part of couples come to therapy feeling under appreciated or a lack of recognition often they're fighting more and more getting stuck in repeated thought patterns so they come to discuss their everyday lives how they're bearing the burdens of life and equally and now during the coronavirus you also get boredom lack of sexuality or simply that they are just getting on each other's nerves. demand for their beauty has grown but it's not exactly cheap

a session can cost between $80.15 euros. there's no guarantee of success. galavis movements and i think we choose our partners ourselves and this offers great growth potential with each other we grow when we overcome conflicts not when everything is easy. and on the fly. but couples therapy can give both partners the support they need to get through the pandemic. psychology researcher raquel peel joins us from astray here now the reporter raquel said that we grow when we overcome conflicts know when everything's easy but for a lot of us the question is what to do in the 1st place when the challenge facing us is just too overwhelming you know that's right been for couples it can be a really difficult time spending a lot more time together and having to face issues that you have already in your

relationship and now they face they are something that you have front what happens though when those issues have become too big when there's been a communication breakdown obviously all the relationships gone toxic how can couples normalize the situation or reestablish some sort of link. absolutely to measure the basics we have to remember why we are together in the 1st place so it could be little things like learning how to communicate learning that at times when there's conflict initiative to express yourself it's about how you are feeling as opposed to using your language which can put the other person at the fence of marriage what about something like sex how the real stuff or something is intimate is that when you're both fighting and basically hate each other at the end of the day. yes i know you're absolutely right sex is really important and we are intrinsically motivated to seek intimacy and sex is how we are intimate but what i

would say is if you're at a conflict with your pal and you're not going to be able to go straight to sex especially if that is it might be the reason why one conflicts in the 1st place so you might have to start was more just as suggested in together on the couch holding hands sitting closer turchin each other so you might have to again go back to basics and start with gentle touches to then be able to go all the way to sex again so it's the little things the counsellor i guess a lot of patience. a lot of patients and learning to walk again in your relationship i've also just like to add sexual health has a direct impact on our general health doesn't absolutely again because we are seeking to be intimate sex is how we do it so it does have a huge impact in how we understand ourselves in how we pray tell selves were any of our patmos so feeling sexy or feeling wanted is

a huge part of our relationships and it is something that we actually have to talk to our patents about so if for some reason you're not having sex in a relationship and it's making you feel down about you so it is something that you have to bring out because it is part of who we are it is terrible so staying. why is sex and private time with a partner or loved one so important in a pandemic but again in a pin demi becomes more obvious because he's spending a lot more time together so old his claim flicks all does little kinks in our relationships become part of us in we have to address it so if that is conflict and you're not able to have sex then it becomes obvious that you have to talk about it in a lot of us actually find it difficult to address the issue it's i want to talk about raquel tell me though how can we avoid getting into this situation in the 1st place within a relationship looking just goes back to communication and finking that even though

we think we know you are passionate think we know how it is to be in a relationship it doesn't hurt to stop and i don't know how we could do it better to communicate in take it step by step sometimes going back to the door important say how can i do things differently and listen if you are going to your partner with a question how can i be better how can i do things differently what are you expecting to change is actually being able to listen as well very interesting stuff or tell it a lot for me to definitely listen to and take on board thank you very much for joining us for help people there from ipswich in australia thank you for having me and then great solutions there from rico now it's your chance to ask the questions keep sending them into our you tube channel and our science correspondent there williams will do his best to answer them. how likely you to catch paving 1000 outside for example from someone running by. for me one of the most striking aspects of

this pandemic is the amount of research that's gone into trying to answer seemingly simple questions like this which turn out to actually be pretty incredibly complex i mean who would have guessed even a year ago that we'd have gotten so obsessed with the highly abstract world of terrorists all distribution physics both in enclosed rooms and outside back to the question though we we now know that while it certainly might be possible to catch tobit 19 outdoors it's much much less likely than it is indoors in poorly ventilated spaces where people spend extended periods of time that's because unlike outdoors the air missiles accumulate in enclosed spaces and increase the chance that you might inhale enough of what an infected person has exhaled to catch the

disease so though that's an amount i'd like to know by the way that we still don't know with any certainty in general the consensus seems to be that in addition to the indoors outdoors aspect of the equation the other factors that play major roles in infection are how long exposure lasts how close an infected person comes to you and the amount of time that you're around them the w.h.o. only recommends man asks an outdoor settings where physical distancing can't be maintained like croutons and not for people doing intense physical activity that's because pretty much all the indicators. point to the conclusion that the jogger panting by you in the park just doesn't really present that big of

a wrist. there good advice as well i would like going for job after work briefly in other corona related you so most countries this is spending their rollout of the astra zeneca vaccine following the example of norway and denmark on thursday denmark made the call after reports of some be a blood clot some of the patients received the shot no definitive link between the japanese and the cloths have yet been proven the danish health and medicines authority says it's issuing a 2 week halt of precaution as it investigates. the european medicines agency has approved johnson and johnson's vaccine for use in the european union the single dose shot is the 4th to be licensed across the 2070 united's authorities hope that a one dose vaccine will help speed up the stalled rollout of covert jobs here in europe. and fancy a texas state after knocking off work at its. texas has lifted its mosques mandate

and capacity restrictions on restaurants and other businesses that's despite experts warning a 100 percent relaxation of carbs will exacerbate the spread of wiring variants the pandemic has hit the united states the hardest the infection rate has fallen dramatically since january remains high in absolute chops. thank you for watching stay safe and see you again soon.

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