and the highest single waves core of the event so far and the and 9 near perfect $9.00. you know watching david unis from berlin david levitz is off for a short break with some cuts in culture news thank you for that we'll have more headlines at the top of the hour i'm rebecca races thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and a few newspapers with official information as attorneys i have work all over the streets of many can trust and they have problems are always the same forward to the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption work on the floor to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the white 2 fools who have inside

put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i weren't. 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 while 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 her. when he quips and

for off color comments that often veered off script he was also credited with helping bring the royal family into the television. notes death was confirmed by windsor castle earlier we spoke to d.w. correspondent charlotte telson pel in london he has been with married to the queen as the 70 years he's 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 royal family and that the public support the image then alter 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 consul it has attended some 22000 so a 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 are chrome on a key here he has been a constant steadying figure 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 joins with people around the world in 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 there before it began they say because of coronavirus rich actions he was though at the moscow edition where most of the films made it on screen when you look. at the state of. 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. the pressure. in the recruits which was pretty cost. in the film cut levant for instance the protagonists confess their concerns to their cell phones and they don't shy away from strong language when describing our country life now 30 it also 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 a domestic russian perspective it also offers an outside view of the world as with productions by to achieve. in his film about german reunification w.'s 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 talk fest either functions the way we want to or not at all we won't compromise with those in power. 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. is often called europe's last dictator and still in power with backing from russia despite condemnation from the united nations and the european union last year hundreds of thousands of belorussians took to the streets against sham

elections and 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 ruse my guest vitaly alex a narc published a book about last summer's protests the white days of men sq our dream of a free bellerose that's out now and german and vitaly like say mark as are an orchestra conductor and artistic director of the aba coast symphony orchestra and munich germany who went back home to belarus last august to vote against lukas shankar and to participate in the protests. but tell your book describes a very unique time in your country that at least ben seems to be a turning point what was it like for you when you went back to belarus last august

and yet it was a hit it has hit me it's another contradict other people know this people who thought they talked a lot to be even more off we split 3 spirits it's creative and more beautiful than any of us put image and on the other hand we also experienced incredible violence many have called both the region deep in 2020 and continues to do to date get assigned to games its own people in full days alone between nights and 12 going to more than 7000 people there are races and there's people with tortured beaten held without food and water for many days and we all those who been not detained i was like i wasn't a danger but we didn't know if anything goes. to all that had no internet in those days the authorities hits cut off communications across the country but when they turned it back on and we saw what crimes hit taken place a huge base of city there it is true in hmong that the lucent people in

a way that no of us grew to see major and now the 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. and yet this was they so-called required as far as we had open air concerts outside the club want to close your leaks in august when there was a danger that we would be detained and we started to create more partisan actions and every day we deep secret place malts in different buildings in minsk with the same just different music and this music on the go to describe the because we didn't want to close 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 in the us to see and express the news in these when i tell you you were born in 1901 lucas shanker came to power when you were just 3 but at some point you did begin to question his authoritarian the government how did music play

a role in that. first when i was a child i had no doubt that all the things be saw around us by a quite normal day old a good thing the more i realized 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 we are not being destroyed as a person and for me that awareness of possible alternatives was music when i was 1516 the old i discovered it in the vault of classical music and i realized that you can at least differently you can choose and you can create another tell it just briefly if you could belarus is nobel prize winning author spent a lot. of it has said that she fears there could be a civil war and belarus do you share her fears. and listen to i think the this is it was a bt and i have been talking to cyclone

a lot lately and ended the suit by she says she say's that being in the exiles 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 it david can wean peacefully through easy so to say ben and personally i am convinced that we have to be no violence because we are about. to tell you thank you so much for telly alexei knox book the white days of men scour dream of a free belarus is 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 archaeologists say 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 life and ancient egypt's wealthiest period under ruler iman ho-tep the 3rd. and giant sculptures by 92 year old japanese artist your crew some and now filled the new york a platonic whole garden. as work is 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 and 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 a listen see you next time. well

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