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welcome to. it's good to have you with us japanese prime minister yoshida is set to be the 1st world leader to visit u.s. president joe biden on friday reports suggest an increasingly assertive china will be a key fim of the talks japan is also a security ally of the united states and both have defined the nation as a quote cornerstone of peace security and prosperity in the indo-pacific region i'll be discussing that further with an expert in a moment but 1st this report. and president and a prime minister new to their leadership roles but each with years of experience treading the fine line of tough diplomacy. increasingly the main tools of such diplomacy look like this. u.s. exercises with asian allies meant to deter aggression. aggression

especially from the chinese who have just this week sent fighter jets to skirt taiwanese airspace. taiwan itself proclaims its strength by showing off new naval hardware. all this as u.s. diplomats diplomatically told the people's republic of china the p.r.c. to back off our commitment to taiwan is rock solid we've of course taken note. with great concern the pattern of ongoing p.r.c. efforts in attempts to intimidate in the region including in the context of taiwan taiwan will likely be a major part of prime minister sukkos talks with president biden in addition to the topic of what to do about china's disputed and military backed claims over islands

that japan claims in the east china sea. with little under which no country can protect its peace and security by itself amid such a complicated environment. and cooperation among allies and friendly nations is essential. to doubting that just as japan needs assistance from the likes of the united states the u.s. needs to maintain japan as a strong ally. japan is course the world's 3rd largest economy the most powerful democracy in asia and a critical. knology partner with whom the united states are going to be looking to both you know deter china from threatening taiwan punish chinese aggression or human rights violations and prevent china from accessing some of the world's most advanced technologies that it could use to build additional military power the japan-u.s. summit follows hot on the heels of frosty high level talks between the u.s.

and china late last month in washington japan's sukkot will be pressed to firmly support the u.s. but he will have to return home to life as a neighbor to the americans global rival. and joining me from washington d.c. is she must refuse all thought of the book rearmed the politics of military power and a senior fellow for japan studies at the think tank the council on foreign relations welcome a smith is china and its activities in the indo-pacific going to be a focus of talks between prime minister so go on president biden well they can have any i'm delighted to be here yes of course china large in the region and looms large in u.s. thinking about the region and of course japan sits right next to our already as you now are going to sit in a meeting quad very rich japan in the united states attending to class to meeting

in tokyo the secretary of state linked in 2nd chance to fence so the alliance is already. charged if you will to have a fairly in-depth conversation about how to move forward on japan in the united states to have a security alliance but how exactly does washington see talk ules are all up in the region. well the interesting thing about the alliance to gays not it's not just how washington sees tokyo but also how to go sees washington that matters and i think that the japanese have been very astute and very active in the 4 years during president trump's tenure as president to build a coalition in the region to really make it necessary for the united states to step into a coalition approach the free and open indo-pacific approach as they call it so i think washington is looking to tokyo for ideas but tokyo is also looking to washington to be consistent and persistent in the way it addresses regional tensions how exactly are the stalker one progress made pretensions and then the

pacific well as you noted has rung a longstanding prohibition on the use of force so japan is not ready to have a very hard power response to china's rising military power nonetheless the alliance is the primary guarantee here guarantor of japanese security and so it hopes to send a message to china that while tokyo wants to have a dialogue across the region maybe cooperate on a variety of issues including building infrastructure investing in energy resources it also sees chinese activities especially maritime activities as being really counter to its interests and also to the interests of that. you spoke about lot of time concerns that it does that explain the dialogue that has existed between the u.s. and japan over taiwan. yes and so taiwan is an old issue

in the japan china relationship and the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship which am but not a military relationship surely there is no taiwan relations act which is what we have here in the united states that allows tokyo to be as a partner it's high winds in the security however if you look at the map taiwan is very very close to the southwestern islands of japan proximity makes taiwan a real consideration when japanese defense planners if china were to up the pressure or continued the pressure on taiwan and there was some sort of military confrontation then japan would be immediately affected because it would be and its in its maritime borders not very far away from territory and rather talk about japanese concern there is another japanese concern is there not reduced to balance its trade relationship with china as the biggest export market for japan how does

japan walk this line. well that's cheering for every country of the region and even for the united states the economic engine dependence of china is part of our strategic challenge at the moment i think japan has felt the brunt of beijing's ability to use that trade interdependent stint to its advantage and that was back in 2012 when the 2 countries had a dispute over the islands in the east china sea. islands and that point the chinese halted supplies rare earth material suggests you know a very important for manufacturing in japan but you see the increasing use by china of this economic engine dependence and other relationships as well so tokyo and washington in addition to canberra and new delhi have been talking a little bit about how to build resilience how to be a rising risk standard pressure may emanate from asia. or lots of talk more to have from the richer of the time being should us move from the council on foreign

relations thank you so much for a time thinking rationally or it could be. just as india thought it was easing its way out of the pandemic the country has been hit by a 2nd wave with a record high rate of infections controversy has erupted over the vaccination drive with the hardest hit states saying the government is not giving them enough vaccines as the issue threatens to get politicized fears grow that india may be running out of jobs a 4 day vaccination festival the cup in proclaimed earlier this week appears to be more of a drop in the bucket. at this mall private hospital people are struggling to register against 19. is one of them almost 70 he has.

told us. and. even if they become women are. getting prepared or at least i want to. do. with the crowd here today is larger than usual. one staff member called it. this hospital and one point people because they had. many hospitals in this area including the one right behind me in 1000 vaccine shortage some of. the number of people who were vaccinated every other had to stop the vaccination process entirely for a few days. several states in the country. including at the moment. the hospital did receive its stock today after having

gone for nearly a week without. they can get the job. well there was some hesitancy to get vaccinated earlier the past few weeks have seen demand increased rapidly. we didn't have the rock scene available for a short while i don't know why we weren't getting supply. started more people have started coming poor execution of. their wars and. india is recording and alarming number of new coronavirus cases every day and infections are now spreading much faster another hospital in the area which also feeds a vaccine crunch has its hands full with a spike in cases because of those signs of infection we have included what about capacity to events of course we are further increasing it to $122.00 bands we are also working on our human resources manpower nursing but on medical staff to deal

with our present situation as hospital scramble to increase capacity there are clear signs the indian health care sector is again coming under severe strain. is dr should judge who founded a chain of hospitals offering affordable care costs the 2nd the tsunami the numbers are mind boggling the medical infrastructure is completely overwhelmed struggling to get medicine struggling to find oxygen patients are struggling to find birds. 24 hours 7 job for us to birds and i mean so they could when needed and that means the doctors needed to provide the facilities that are to be necessary to combat this pandemic but josh says he is disappointed that the lessons from the past year have not been learned adequately. for the people waiting here there is some truly at least for now. they are getting their shot. hoping that will give them some

protection against a corona. and that's it for today you can of course find more information on our website the death of dot com forward slash asia and you can check us out on facebook and twitter as well we're back to moral at the same time went to bat for. more than a 1000 years ago europe witnesses a huge construction of. christianity firmly established itself. as religious and secular leaders want to display their power. to trace speaking. and create the tallest biggest most beautiful structures. stone masons builders and architects compete with each

other. this is how massive churches create a. contest of the. stars. on t.w. . on this show a film that's making a splash understand all of its needs we'll take a closer look at one of the contenders for this year's best film also coming up there was a ship that see the name it takes on old traditions turned a postman living in a backwater town into an internet sensation. and how a photographer is capturing everyday life in germany during the. coronavirus

pandemic. welcome to arts and culture it's award season and in 10 days time is the biggest of them all the oscars sound of metal is nominated in 6 categories including best actor and film is inventive use of sound design gives hearing audiences an insight into what it might be like to go deaf the film's main character is a musician who like beethoven loses his hearing in the prime of his career. heavy metal drama ruben studdard is in the middle of a talk when it happens suddenly he can't hear anything anymore. frustrated then he panics. and then comes the diagnosis. your hearing is

deteriorating rapidly. the film by darrius model lets the audience hear exactly what that means. proving it disregards his doctor's advice. or come back to learn the we just keep going can't all the. see what it's like ok i'm going to be like a quick tracking completing me. it was quite an intensive process you know just on an emotional level was very war scripts very small and. wrote something really really heart rending and so just going to that place on an emotional level was was quite involving then of course there were these technical elements to the role as well. riz ahmed says he 1st had

to learn to play drums for the role but this isn't really the story of a musician it's a very sensitive film about people with hearing loss. trying to save one life. through those people who are no can be cruel place. overseas movements are still some of the biggest lessons for me on a personal level i guess learning about. community understanding that deafness isn't a disability for people it's a culture so a way of being in the world. that we can learn a lot from you know i always say deaf people have best listeners other than listening isn't just about you is about your attention focus your energy. the charge of sound of metal takes on a new and surprising meaning in the film's final act this is a remarkable movie in every way riz ahmed has won several acting awards he could

add an oscar as best actor in a leading role that would make this actor with pakistani parents the 1st muslim to win in that category. and good luck to him and life in lockdown has been a challenge for all of us but as they say every cloud has a silver lining some people have discovered new talent or no existing ones the subject of our next report was a postman living far from the bright lights before his time he takes on traditional music made him a star. but see there. was a simple rhythm and a centuries old melody has changed nathan evans live forever. well a man is

a sea shanty evans rendition of this maritime work song has earned the scotsman a spot at the top of europe's pop charts. and just we hope. that's because until recently nathan evans was a postman in the town of airdrie new glasgow in his free time he'd uploaded videos of himself performing pop or folk songs to tick talk at his followers request he started covering sea shanties like we've heard johnny. in the. late last year evans landed a surprise hit when his version of the new zealand wailing song soon made the wellman come went viral. that i expect it would go great and. a song that would bend the charts and all all into. this song made a big splash and soon the internet was flooded with people singing well

a man in the corona pandemic the sea shanty clearly touched a nerve as it tells of the minus at sea one of those what is. called all in the digital age the internet community has taken the place of abode quit using tick tocks duet function virtual sailors' courses have sprung up all across the globe. even prominent musicians like us violinist lindsey stirling and british guitarist brian may have gotten. dop in the shanty craze. i was speechless when i phoned but i made joined and. 'd joined. in. like seeing all these people to see shanice and join in and it's just incredible it's. me i would never imagine that this was going on. with

a recording contract in his pocket nathan evans quit delivering mail to concentrate on his musical career he's currently working on his 1st album and eventually hopes to go into are now. in march. and in the studio with me is my colleague adrian kennedy quite remarkable success story they adrian arctics talk an instagram wheels creating a new generation of music stars yes indeed perhaps the most famous example of the power of the short form video platforms came about a few months back you possibly remember fleet foot max in 1000 seventy's hit dreams really entered the pop charts after after nathan after dark was

a video of himself writing his long board while lip sync into the song went viral. think word of the band joined in the fun he said it was 6600000 followers on tick talk ok so he's an internet celebrity but how 7 often does an online singing star break out and transfer that success to the music charts not so often the short form video platforms are more something that can give a song old or new uses lip sync to it they share the videos they invite other people to make videos using that same. saul for launching a career perhaps the best option is you choose to stay or making a cover version is a very good way of getting attention on chariot based sisters callahan and cassandra starr armstrong uploaded a version of hallelujah just a month ago. and

hallelujah they've got $5000000.00 hits they've got the attention of the industry you can now buy a song on i tunes and spotify the rest is up so very much for us and i think that might be the hardest part but it's not just people who can become stars right no talented animals can apply to meet chico the parrot from the you tube channel frank mario chico and the man that she was version of ac d.c.'s whole lot of love has not stopped 2000000 fewer speculation. whole lots of school and exactly what the internet was possibly made for magri with the idea where it does look as if the parent has found their vocation great chatting to you as ever adrian thank you. now we've all had our own responses to

how the world has changed over the past year german photographer nolting saw it as a call to action he just finished his studies when the 1st knockdown hit undaunted he took up his camera and journeyed 9000 kilometers across germany capturing the transform ation of daily life as it happened. a man dressed up for carnival alone injured. musicians playing in a few. a church service and a drive in cinema. dog i was interested in seeing what way society would find to cope with the situation. since march 2020 talk referred in manila to his travel some 1000 kilometers to document life in a country under state of emergency trying to cope with the coronavirus through a measured approach. his title to his project measure and middle.

daughter mum's museum of art and cultural history has now bought some of his photos for its permanent collection. and said she would be in favor of proceeding in a measured moderate way and that's a good description of the german political style in recent years and maybe also feeling that god has successfully through the 1st wave 25 year old somewhat reserved photographic style is perfectly suited to capturing the atmosphere in a country keeping its distance. he set out right after completing his photography degree capturing moments and capsulated the crisis. empty makeshift hospitals during the 1st lockdown in germany. beaches during the year far it summer a few streets trick shots intensive care units at full capacity photographing with low contrast. and in high definition high tends to documentary style scenes making

farm workers and right wing protesters seem like figures than oil paintings nolting also photographed artists such as we're going to cameron carpenter seen here at one of his 1st streamed audience less concerts and berlin's concept house. in their bus club's music think it was a pretty tense situation for him because it was a very different way of performing about this i really enjoyed it because i know just how much i missed going to concerts and being able to enjoy life music. and the thought of. his musical life who. no matter how long to condemn it continues in managing ones to keep taking photos until the coronavirus no longer a place of role in society that's likely to be a long term project. it's so important to document the times we're living 3 let's hope one day those photos

will serve as a reminder of what we collectively overcame don't forget to check out our website. thanks for watching and coach up.

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but. this is due to reviews liar for a brawl ends a surprise stop the u.s. secretary of state makes an unannounced visit to afghanistan anthony blinken arrives in kabul to brief often officials on plans to withdraw all u.s. troops by september just hours after the us president announced he will end america's longest war also on the program out of control the doctors say brazil is facing a humanitarian catastrophe would record breaking. over it 19 death rates of the hardest hit are now worried about sickness and starvation and thousands of

photographs tell the story of the pandemic but this image wraps up a dramatic year to close out of the winner of the world press photo contest. the at. a mile high thank you very much for your company u.s. secretary of state and city of lincoln has made an unannounced visit to afghanistan after president biden confirmed that all american troops will leave by september 11th mr blinken said his visit was to demonstrate america's ongoing commitment to the country he told the afghan presence are so funny that their partnership was changing but and during mr romney said he respects the situation and expressed gratitude for the sacrifices of u.s. troops. well as the u.s.

and other nato troops prepare to exit afghanistan there's concern about a possible security breakdown and a resurgence of the taleban by the afghan women are especially worried about what could happen next the parvana someone is a teacher at a private school in the afghan capital kabul this is her dream job but now she fears her career and indeed her entire life are under threat. that he. said the whole today they told us not to go too far from our homes what will happen when the foreign troops leave our country it will be especially hard for women we won't be safe even within our own 4 walls. i don't think those are. from the outside nothing much about life in kabul appears to have changed. but is people digest the news that u.s. and other nato troops will finally leave afghanistan there is growing concern.

that after worrying situation and people believe that if the foreign troops leave the country there will be a civil war that's on the side of. the mob. for much of the anger here is directed at the taliban which nato forces had hoped to beat into submission. instead the islamist group now controls large areas of the country. i don't mind in our demand to the taliban is to come and make peace with the afghans and government absolutely. but many here are also pointing the finger at nato troops who've been on afghan soil for almost 20 years. before troops came here we didn't have any problems for their lives if the u.s. military pulls out people will be able to unite again and see peace restored you know with. peace though looks alone way off afghanistan's security situation is

dire many like teacher parvana as a money now fear things will only get worse. at the crossroads if we can speak now to mariam sawfish she is an international relations advisor an expert on afghanistan thank you for your time at miss sofie and you've had some time to digest the news what does that would draw of international troops before peace settlement has been reached with taliban me for the afghan people as specifically the afghan women. the what role of u.s. troops. surprisingly without any conditions is one that has instilled a great fear amongst the people of afghanistan because it would draw without a peace deal or even a comprehensive moving a forward on these talks would likely lead to increased violent it's unprecedented levels across the country higher civilian casualties casualties

amongst afghan national security forces which are already and are very alarming rate further erosion of the kabul government and political and ethnic back mentation across the country is what are some of the the scenarios that the that the people of afghanistan are fearing could emulate from this withdrawal without a deal and without any conditions with no strings attached now we understand secretary say to antony blinken is in afghanistan today trying almost to reassure the leadership and the people of afghanistan that the relationship is just changing what did she make of what he had to say were you reassured. well the relationship is certainly going to change however the reassurances from secretary of state. at the present moment doesn't come with any sort of concrete measures or concrete guarantees we've already seen aid multibillion aid and financial support

for the afghan national security forces which have declined over the last few years and they've already declined compared to last year and the national security forces which are on the front lines of the of not only the the fight against the insurgency but also on the front lines of the global war on terrorism really require the support and so we're not seeing anything concretely be to show us or give us a sure and that this new chapter is going to bring about. more positive or proved scenarios for the country as it stands now with the americans and the international community exiting afghanistan would you advocate for engaging with the tala by i think that the people of ghana stand something that we have been able to note and our various consultations with civil society organizations is the only path that they deem require to resolve these 4 decades of conflict so

a political settlement sitting down continuing to talk is something that the people of afghanistan would like to see happen however when when this happens without any pressure and you can do any leverage is they dealt whether. those talks could lead to a sustainable peace civil society organizations has continuously stated that they will only accept a peace process in afghanistan that reflects their aspirations one that reflects the dumb and if that doesn't happen then the peace process and the of intervention full agreement would not likely be accepted and then of course not sustainable. ram safiya international relations advisor and an expert on afghan policy thank you very much greatly appreciate it. let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world. demonstrators have paid tribute to the hundreds of people killed during unrest following me in mars' military takeover in

february this comes after security forces arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule and after the army opened fire on protesting health workers in mandalay. u.s. president biden's administration has announced a new round of sanctions against russia including the expulsion of 10 russian diplomats this is in response to allege interference in last year's presidential election and the hacking of u.s. government agencies russia's foreign ministry has condemned the actions the sanctions rather saying a response is inevitable. derek show from the former minneapolis police officer accused of the murder of george floyd will not testify at his trial mr chauvinist told the judge she was invoking his 5th amendment rights not to take the witness stand closing arguments in the case begin on monday. now

to some other developments in the pandemic of health workers have been protesting in turkey calling for stricter logged down amid a record number of daily infections turkey has now closed restaurants and events and imposed a nighttime curfew and a top japanese official said counseling this year's olympics in tokyo remains an option if the country's 4th wave of infections becomes too dire there are now $99.00 days to the opening ceremony and the mayor of rio de janeiro in brazil has tested positive for covert 19 for a 2nd time he 1st contract at the virus almost a year ago. and staying in brazil doctors without borders as a clear the country's response to the pandemic a humanitarian catastrophe made worse by political mismanagement brazil currently has the world's highest number of daily deaths from covert 900 the country's health care system is overwhelmed with many intensive care units nearly 4 and soaring

infection rates are being driven by the highly contagious p one virus variants the new strain is causing international concern earlier this week france suspended all flights to and from brazil in a bid to prevent a variance spread on millions of people in latin america's biggest country are struggling to put food on the table as the covert 1000 weeks havoc on the economy. fairly gomez starts her day early she gets up at around 4 am and worried about having enough food for her 4 children to have breakfast. i wake up with the feeling of being in agony i jump out of bed in the 1st thing i do is stand guard i'm alive i look at my children and think to myself today i'll bring home some food for them i leave the house early to fetch bread there are days when i can't imagine shipping them entering but they run out of the night. lives enough

for valor of around 100000 people in san paolo here and across brazil unemployment hit a record high last year this community association helps people living in marginalized areas to find work. we had an 84 percent increase in demand for employment after the government's imagine c. 8 ended and the number of people seeking our help tripled because so many people didn't have any support anymore and if. up. in december government aid of around $84.00 euros a month was cut making an already difficult situation for many much worse the number of people living on less than 36 years more than doubled many families stopped cooking with gas and started using firewood 27000000 brazilians live in extreme poverty renate tom daley has been researching the featherless for 20 years

. no outdoor he will pull the data shows that the poorer you are the higher the rates of infection. the more on the periphery the person finds themselves in the higher the death rate from coronavirus more brazil has added $2000000.00 more people to the marginalised areas in the past year it's not ethical that brazilians have to choose between going hungry will getting the virus it's an ethical. no way that you can use. for our dogs live in the home of sylvia de hayes us she's a cook and the only one still to have a job but it's just one day a week she used to cook in other people's homes but they let her go for fear of infection. that this pandemic is difficult that's going to leave all of us starving and that's apart from all the damage it does to your health look at this q we're

all in the same boat. back. with a shortage of vaccines and hospitals overwhelmed it's hard to see a way forward for people in the lowest social groups who are trapped by both poverty and disease well how can you capture the emotion and drama of a year like 2020 in a single photograph judges of the world press photo awards have selected the one image they say tells the story of an unforgettable year the one that you see right here behind me it was taken by a danish photographer and it portrays the power of the human touch. the many aspects of the corona virus pandemic top the tugger 1st around the world captured their impressions of exhausted caregivers people dying alone social distancing and loneliness. the winning photograph shows an 85 year old woman receiving her

1st hug after 5 months isolation and her son paolo nursing home through a plastic curtain which happens to resemble an angel's wings. and the jury viewed this photograph as one of the pandemics few positive images this picture suggests vulnerability loss grief and death but above all survival and. brazil has been especially hard hit by the pandemic 350000 people have already died their nursing homes were closed off for months to protect residents. and the split of a 2nd that we see the images we are feel. how it must be it's good that all the person got a sense of. what unites us the jury looks through nearly 75000 images. a disposable surgical mask even made its way into the winning photo

in the nature category. extraordinary photos of an extraordinary year thank you so much for watching next stop is our business of day to day with my colleague rob watson stay tuned for that only allow rock and roll i'm going to have all of us thank you so much for spending us predicating with us hope to see them on. devastated tolleson assault on our week in the lawsuits cars. trucks of climate change coming from.