on the moral. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes these men. tell them to be on fire made for muslims. can you imagine a life. well i'd rather not but how will the world look after the pandemic alone welcome to the show i'm seeing beardsley in berlin that was sociologist richard sennett with whom we spoke on monday as part of our week long exercise of imagining life after the pandemic that is the aspects of society or even our daily lives that could be changed for the better and we've been asking researchers from around the world for their biggest lessons from the past year and a half here's what we've heard so far. has the pandemic changed how we live will

social distancing become the new norm the danger in this is you naturalised the extreme. to zoom or even working from home a nice solution full time. to do their. covert thinking showed our society isn't a shock proof or some believed a bitter pill especially for the western world some lessons we can learn obviously one is that it pays to build in a bit of slack in the system or resilience and also we shouldn't spend so much on supplies shades of the manufacturing so i think we've learnt that it's worthwhile to have resilience that maximum efficiency what we see is that and most countries also have. take that they have put the stocks for only a few days here very much dependent on other countries once the point is closed that that really pose this problem to. add to stock supermarkets. gerda's the

crisis taught us for future planning. you've learned the lesson that if you spend a dollar in advance to overt a crisis you will save millions of dollars when if the crisis hits the experience of the damage has excess rated the effects of inequalities which many of us think are far too great anyway and i hope we pressure to reduce them. what can the pandemic teach us about climate change. climate change does not however where does pfizer or burner or astra zeneca go or whatever they're going to come over the vaccine or build that you're going to be bought in climate change will be solved i hope the great messages that we have to live in coexistence with major that nature is a huge thing. or researchers there we've heard from over the past week and we're not

done yet and today we're exploring a final question what has the pandemic taught us about sustainable growth earlier i spoke with sundering dixon the clave she's co president of the club of rome that's an organization that for decades has warned about the perils of economic growth at all costs i asked centering if the race to grow economies in the years ahead will come at the costs of sustainability. well i'm hopeful not but i do think that we are starting to see that in some of the every farm recovery plans and the money that was supposed to be allocated to more green as social initiatives is not necessarily going in the direction that we would hope we are actually in the process and myself involved in the series of different conversations with european member states to try to convince them to definitely allocate that money into programs that will create the resilience that we need to face future crises so i would say that unfortunately short termism with

a political cycles and also thinking only an economic reboot which is predominantly linked to certain industries won't get us to where we need to go to build the recently and so that we actually need across europe and across the globe i get the sense from talking to people and personally for myself as well that everyone's looking for a sense of normality when this pandemic is over a core principle that the core founding principle of a club of rome has been that growth as normal is not sustainable is this pandemic a chance for politicians to signal a new direction or is it the wrong time to signal that given that the public maybe feels like it's already sacrificed a lot. i think the pandemic is absolutely the right time to demonstrate to people and tap into their consciousness they themselves have lived through this pandemic and understood what is most essential their lives their livelihoods access to food access to clean water access to public spaces where they can actually go in

feel revitalized so nature and forests etc but what we're seeing is that those people that are ready for that shift are not getting the signals actually from their governments you're right the governments are going back to business as usual and you know there is that have taught phrase for the moment that we need to build back better but many of us are indicating 1st of what you can't build back glaciers you can't build back some of the things that we've destroyed for the last 50 years the club of rome has indicated that actually we're not just going to have one crisis it's not just going to be a parent or a climate change crisis it's going to be a series of crises and my deep worry is that short termism within the public sphere is actually not allowing for leaders to seize this opportunity and work with citizens we have seen that actually colbert has transformed communities we should

be building on that transformation to balance florida differently to grow differently to bring in more equitable well distribution people who actually are ready to ensure and want to be ensured that they can have access to vaccines access to good healthcare access to to the most important essential in their lives and even though there's been a bonanza in lying of people buying i do think that if we can't back in fact citizens have said in countless surveys but they are ready to shift their lives to take into consideration already the health care and their way but also a future crisis. you would say the politicians are the ones who are signaling right now that they're ready to push that further along but are they hearing themselves from their citizens are their next on the line 1st of all is that always the great tension about that short term what people want now whether it's that trip to the maldives for example whether it is the ability to buy whatever they want whenever

they want versus their long term fears are those that often have both at the same time. again i'm not sure the politicians are listening really to people i think they listen to what they want to listen to they listen to special interests that we do know that corporations have a great deal power and the way in which our politicians think and also look at economic growth i guess all of the surveys that are coming back are indicating that people understand that we're facing a series of different crises and they do want to change change is difficult and it's complex and if we don't have brave leadership that understands the complexity that understand systems approaches in order to actually build the reselling ends that we need for future generations then we aren't going to get there so there needs to be an approach taken by leaders and what's interesting is that when we look at those economies they truly have made this shift so for the moment we have 5

khana means that have actually moved to well being economies that are looking at social economic and environmental indicators together and they're moving beyond that g.d.p. growth scenario those economies are finland iceland wales. abstract scotland. and new zealand and new zealand and all of those economies actually are very much shifting into this area and what's really interesting for me is to see that actually through coal but they're also the economies that have managed the pandemic the best because they've started to deal risk the system pendency on only production we have to remember that the huge chains and production has been totally disrupted by kogut and it is those economies and those companies by the way that truly take into consideration what that disruption is going to do that our big 8 becoming much more resilient. sandrine dixon the clave there co

president of the club of rome i spoke with her earlier and we go now to our science correspondent derek williams who is this week with his own vision for a post endemic future. b.c. if you don't have your health you don't have anything what more can we do to keep as many people as possible as healthy as possible. this week is about visions for a post covert world so i want to talk for a 2nd about a fundamental change in perception that i personally view as as a long overdue now a minimum standard of health for all is in shrine and in several international agreements including the 948 universal declaration of human rights but over 70 years later this pandemic has once again focused

a glaring spotlight on how very very far away we still are from actually providing equitable medical care to everyone at the same time it's highlighted that none of us are safe until all of us are protected even those who can't afford it it's in everyone's best interest to provide comprehensive movie care and vaccines to everyone but the 1st question everyone asks is always who's going to pay for it and for me that's the crux of this very fundamental problem health is still way too closely tied to making money we've monetized medicine and and that needs to change don't get me wrong there's no question that a model treating medicine as as just another way to pursue. profit that it also

helps to drive innovation whether it's at a pharmaceutical giant or or a doctor's practice or or at the insurance companies that finance at all but but i personally don't think that we'll ever be able to provide decent health care to all as long as we continue to treat health care as a product something to be bought and sold like a like a car or or a smart phone i believe we've reached a point in human history where high quality universal medical care shouldn't be seen as as a utopian dream but as an achievable goal and who knows maybe the pandemic will help push us in the right direction and this week was about visions so so that's my hope for wish for a post coded future. right

that's it for our team here and our weeklong look at life after the pandemic we thank you for joining us and we hope to see you again soon. the amount of coffee is increasing at a premium comma fucking on election. day destinations and drowning in cost of my sleep. and the constant. effort here in europe to explode so one tons of plastic waste. to still another one the faster all environmental isn't recyclable.

to make up your own mind. w. made for minds. more than 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction boom. with christianity firmly established there is a greater demand for houses of worship. and both religious and secular leaders are eager to display their power so churches become palaces. the race begins who can create the tallest biggest most beautiful structures. stone masons builders in the heart attacks compete with each other. even going to college x. . this is how massive churches it's

towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are created. contest of the cathedrals starts people 12th on t.w. . welcome to arts and culture britain's prince philip has died at the age of 99 a staunch fighter for the preservation of the monarchy philip was a member of the greek and danish royal families until 1947 when he married elizabeth later queen elizabeth the 2nd always at her side or a few steps behind that was royal protocol for the prince concert philip was married to elizabeth for more than 70 years he was known for his witty quips and

for off color comments that often veered off script he was also credited with helping bring the royal family into the age of television. death was confirmed by windsor castle. earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent charlotte pale in london. he has been with that married to the queen as a 17 years remains at the site by has signed for countless appearances often through very difficult times for the monarchy what springs to mind of course is the death of princess diana in 1907 that posed a huge challenge for the boyle family and that the public support the image then on to the death of princess diana was with a face to this very serious challenge she remains throughout he's known of course for his his hema for his no nonsense attitude at times and indeed for his

gaffes as well on international engagement he had been known in the pasta makes him some controversial comments which are remembered widely but he is as the longest serving consulate has attended some $22000.00 so as solo a bents many more with the queen as well he who that will be remembered as a figure of stability and i think as well is an icon here in the u.k. the public service regardless of whether you all chrome on a key here he has been a constant a steadying figure it here for decades the british royal family tweeted it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen has announced the death of her beloved husband the royal family joined with people around the world and mourning his loss and words of support are pouring in from around the world canadian prime minister

justin trudeau said prince philip was a man of great purpose and conviction motivated by a sense of duty to others and india's prime minister narendra modi tweeted may his soul rest in peace. now to russia where a documentary film festival is fighting for freedom of expression the arts dog fest shows documentaries that often aren't what the kremlin would call patriotic films with critical political viewpoints or films that tell the stories of oppressed gays and lesbians authorities in st petersburg already shut down the festival bear before it began they say because of coronavirus rich actions. it was though at the moscow edition where most of the films made it on screen. desperation surely. in more than $100.00 films the art talk fest in moscow offers a broad spectrum of emotions and thoughts that includes thoughts about today's

russia that few people there dare to voice out loud fearing government reprisals. the thing about the current leadership in russia is that they do not allow any open dialogue at all about topics that are disagreeable to them. sure. it's not just class. in the film cutler van for instance the protagonists confess their concerns to their cell phones and they don't shy away from strong language when describing our country right now 30 you know through. the film called the van had its premiere last year at the berlin film festival and since then not a single russian festival has dared to show it the authorities do everything to destroy the films that tell about the crimes those in power committed against their own people. or they just banned the entire festival that's what

happened with the regional edition of the art talk fest in st petersburg when police sealed the cinema due to alleged violations of coronavirus regulations. in moscow. ortiz withdrew a film about gays in chechnya saying threats had been issued. and russian ultranationalists tried to disrupt the screening of a film about crimea just some of the problems of provocations the art doc fast has to contend with each year but along with the domestic russian perspective it also offers an outside view of the world as with productions by to achieve. in his film about german reunification. general manager peter limburg relates his personal experiences they include memories of former german chancellor helmut kohl historical speech and dressed in. a film about beethoven's 9th symphony takes viewers on a journey around the world to highlight the iconic works global influence.

by. and in a production by the w.'s moscow bureau russian viewers can experience their country through the perspective of a german russian t.v. team and meet 6 generations of their compatriots from 6 regions of russia. the art dot fest either functions the way we want to or not at all we won't compromise with those in power poles you all so the art talk fest remains the only film festival in russia that dares to be confrontational and challenging and it calls on its audience to cover their mouths and noses but not their eyes. and staying in eastern europe belarus as leader alexander lukashenko is often called europe's last dictator he's still in power with backing from russia despite condemnation from the united nations and the european union last year hundreds of thousands about took to the streets against sham elections in their country. responded with

violent crackdowns since then reports are still emerging from belarus of censorship political arrests and torture. so what remains of that time and what's next for bella roost my guest vitaly aleksei mark published a book about last summer's protests the white days of ments our dream of a free bellerose that's out now and german and vitaly aleksei mark as i mean orchestra conductor and artistic director of the symphony orchestra and munich germany who went back home to bowers last august to vote against lucas franco and so participate in the protests. but tell your book describes a very unique time in your country that at least then seems to be a turning point what was it like for you when you went back to belarus last august

and yet it was as if they have made enough to contradict other people and on this people who thought they don't owe it to be even more free spirit that's creative and more beautiful than any of us put his image and on the other hand we also experienced incredible violence many have called quote the region deep in 2020 and continues to do to date get assigned to gains its own people in full days alone between nights and 12 going to more than 7000 people that are a city and this people with tortured beaten dealt with those food and water for many days and we all those who been though detained i was not there wasn't a danger but we didn't know if anything go. to all the get no internet in those days the authorities hit cut off communications across the country but when they turned it back on and we saw what crimes hit taken place a huge base city there it's a true i'm on the loose and people in

a way that no of us grew to see major and now they tell you right in your book about how you helped conduct a protest choir you write about the power of traditional valorous and songs what was special about that experience. yes this was they so-called required as far as we had open air concerts outside the club want to close a few weeks in august when there was a danger that we would be detained we started to create more partisan actions and every day deep secret place malts in different buildings in minsk with the same just different music and these music on the go to protest current to because we didn't want to claw it's own mouth and to keep doing something singing something in the school spirit inspiring to people and continues to be so actually now people meet in other cities and villages to see and express the news in these when. you were born in 1901 look at shankar came to power when you were just 3 but at some point you did begin to question his authoritarian the government how did music

player role in that. first when i was a child i had no doubt that all the things be saw around us but quite normal day all day books and the more they realised that it was probably possible to lease differently it should be possible to travel to other countries to speak other languages and it should be also possible to have a different political system not being destroyed as a person and for me they awareness of possible alternatives was music when i was $1516.00 the old i discovered it's in the vault of classical music and i realised that you can at least differently you can choose and you can create another tell it just briefly if you could belarus as nobel prize winning author spent a lot. of it has the chief errors there could be a civil war and belarus do you share her fears. and listen to i think the this is it was a beat and i have been talking to cyclone

a lot lately and ended the suit by she says she says that being in the exile she sees already. behave and at the same time she regularly meets people who are not prepared to put up with this and i know she's constantly thinking about the way we can wean peacefully through easy so to say and it's a person that i am convinced that we have to be without violence because we are about. to tell you thank you so much for talia aleksei next book the white days of men scour dream of a free belarus as out now and the german edition vitaly thanks for coming on arts and culture and some more cultural news now archaeologists are hailing one of the biggest discoveries in egypt in a century a lost city dating back more than 3000 years near the city of luxor archaeologist said they have already discovered several neighborhoods of the golden city making it the biggest ancient egyptian city ever found they say the ruins will provide

deep insight into a life an ancient egypt wealthiest period under ruler a man ho-tep the 3rd. and giant sculptures by 92 year old japanese artist your crew some and now phillip in new york a potential garden because some of his work has influenced by her own bouts with hallucinations but also by growing up around her grandfather's nursery and japan after years of preparation the exhibition was supposed to open last year in march now finally visitors can see it from this weekend. that's almost it for this edition of arts and culture i'll leave you though now with the legendary late musician prince who was so prolific during his life that there are still new albums coming out with music from his archives 5 years after his death the latest welcome to america is due out this july and there's already a preview have

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this is d.w. news live from britain's prince philip dies at the age of 95 husband to queen elizabeth the 2nd he's served as royal consulate for over 17 years we look at how a nation where most people have never known life without him at the queenside is grieving amid endemic restrictions also on the program germany's chancellor takes control of but says it will override state leaders and impose tough on national corrupt virus restrictions. advocate.