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a serge yet. and it's the great wall you've never heard of lead up lose on the train of one of the boxes on the greatest archaeological mysteries. the news i bid benji welcome to did up the news. a shot. glad you could join us. police in india are investigating twitter off the social media giant tag to post by a ruling party spokesman as manipulated media. on monday, police attempt to serve a notice to twitter in connection with the case. now a few days back, a ruling party spokesman shed a document, purportedly prepared by the opposition congress party. hi, and i think the government's failure is in its handling of the 2nd wave of india escrow. nobody's been demick. the congress said the document was fake following rich twitter, and that's the manipulated media label to the treat. police soon received

a complaint about that categorization. now it isn't the only instance of the government being sensitive to what's being posted on twitter. last month, the government off the platform to take down some 50 odd tweets, critical of prime minister, more these handling of the pandemic. and a few days, but it ordered all social media companies to remove references to the tom indian variant. when it came to describing the b 1617 corona virus variant prevalent in india, the government said the term was false and amounted to social media, mis information. and jeremy from delhi is a part of the executive director of the internet. freedom foundation and organization campaigning for digital rights in india. apart, not based on what happened in recent months. do you get a sense of the indian government wants to control the manager from social media and particularly twitter?

this is particularly area of concern, which is it isn't in recent months given certain regulations which are just coming into force for large social media platforms on the 5th of me. and secondly, also given view to the mishandling of the code on our spend demick, which is caused large amounts of debts in india and leading work done or public will been in. but many people are taking so to social media to criticize the central government as well. as prime minister, not in the case of the government is trying to manage is its image on social media . this has been quite often something which has been fenced by. social media users, as well as voiced by members of the media across all pages. in many, in the newspapers that this is

a government which is trying to manage the fall out of the public criticism and is in fact very invested in ensuring that online conversation is controlled and a narrative is that where they are not towards the extensive form of critique, this is also because one should remember is that the international press has been fairly objective and assessment of the short amount of debt as well as in judea, which is taken to be due to the lack of emergency health care and the near collapse on the healthcare system in india, how would you assess how proto, and for that better other social media platforms have responded to this pressure from the government to either take down tweets or to block tweets, or to remove certain tags on certain traits. so lads,

social media companies in india have come under pressure most recently on the 21st of may of 2 letters was sent across the 1st concerns of political controversy in which the government has objected to certain spokespersons will belong to the political party. the part of the agent up id from which this government has been formed, and we've been labeled as my new polluted media by twitter. so a letter has been sent on 21st of me to twitter, and twitter has also been called in for police investigation. so that is a substantial amount of pressure being exerted on the to them. however, it has not going to move this label of minute believe to do it. the 2nd is a letter dated or again on 20. first of all, social media platforms in which the government has objected to labeling all of the and of the over 19 stream as the indian b and, and has even stated that this kind of the norman native description needs to be

removed from all social media platforms. which would involve a large amount of censorship because they need to be key would be $33.00, which social media companies will not be able to implement without causing a large amount of big downs of even tweets and find different information. for instance, to advise that he's not a part of where does this leave the freedom of expression in india, the right of every social media use of mandatory to use? or if you're talking specifically about twitter to post what they feel to post their opinion online. the constitution of india provides photo very clear guarantee of upon dimensions to freedom, to speak, to white, and also to receive information which has been recognized routinely by the supreme court. often get extends to the internet and these 2 letters, which have been issued without which are not without any basis in law on stood is

what is illegal form of censorship. yet at the same point in time, that is an increase in government bar. we're just coming through another set of regulations which come into effect tonight on me 25th of all the intermediaries rules. so the government is looking to exert more and more authority, bobbo on social media platforms. it is leaving little room for users and is causing a chilling impact on people's ability to voice political opinions. pre look on social media, one needs to remember that a large number of users close to about 600000000 active connections for the internet exist in the b. i'm a lot of them are users of these platforms are good. we'll leave it there for the time being with thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much for having me. thailand is starting border controls of the country faces. it's was good to know

that it's outbreak around 80 percent of all cases. since the start, the pandemic have been reported that within the past 8 weeks, of particular concern to authorities is the arrival of barons believe to spread faster. the indian variance has been found at several migrant worker camps in bangkok, and the government has isolated 7 villages along its border with malaysia, where it's believe the south african variant has crossed over security forces control of road and thailand, southernmost region behind the barbed wire village under lockdown cases of the very interest discovered in south africa where detected hit after a person infected with a very and disbelief to cross the border from malaysia. get more bonding will look now knowing villages in the tucked by district, the district officials on how many cases we have in each village. this regional cluster is part of a nationwide rise in cases, infection rates and thailand,

imaging new peaks. less than 3 percent of the population have been vaccinated so far while getting his 2nd kind of a shot prime minister prior channel jack. so to elaine is what we have to assess the situation of the new sash with areas of high risk. moderate, and you have to adjust our vaccination plan, but i can assure you that everyone will be vaccinating. we've got a national vaccination campaign, won't kick off until the 7th of june. the government says 70 percent of the population will get vaccinated by the end of the year. meanwhile, bankcorp public transport workers have been queuing. so their shots at the cities, new railway hub. first in line at this new vaccination center that was open to the general public. ah,

what's known as a great wall of sin stretches over 35 kilometers in the hills of rural pockets on why it was built and what it was meant to protect remains lost to history and on the gold has long attracted the attention of archaeologists trying to decipher the mystery of its origin. now renewed efforts are underway to restore the site and perhaps done this enigma into a tourist destination. the baron hills of district young children, infant problems hide a mystery dating back centuries, only from the sky. can you see the scale of the fortification walls of the record for the walls follow the natural contours of the holy area? there are no roads here. traces to get from one end of the forward to another. you have to travel in a 4 by 4, g locally referred to as the great wall of thinned the site houses,

a number of photos within it. sensibly added over time. the walls of this great fort stretch over 35 kilometers. it's a huge mystery to scholars in this part of the world why this fort was created when was created. and what was the purpose? scholars are divided over its origins. some have linked it to the ancient sonia and dennis d based in present day iran. others believe it was actually built only a few centuries ago. the main idea was to keep the invading armies out. archeologist say the core of the wall structure was built a long time ago with mud and 1st later it was reinforced with lime plaster. and then finally, with stone work, the walls were falling apart when the provincial authorities stepped in to take up the restoration work. over the last 4 years, dolman fun trust has undertaken

a huge repair and preservation effort. is important for everybody to take care of these places. but we have not been able to calculate this feeling amongst the people that there are other custodians of these sites due to the financial constraints and the political constraints. it has been difficult to develop these areas. the hills of runny code are home to the global and ancient below the tribe. about 50 families currently live here without electricity school or a hospital for generations. they have known nothing but farming and livestock. so good, sustainable eco tourism help bring prosperity. and at the same time preserved cultural heritage. mcgonagall about the result. good ball said the local people would love to see more visitors. i would like to see better roads and more development. they're open to seeing more tourist, about the push or dizzy. really code is not yet on the us world. heritage left. but

a sight of such cultural significance experts see have a lot of potential as an attraction for local, as well as international visitors. a wall that hopefully won't keep the tourist out for today. there's more stories on our website, w dot com, forward slash asia, and on social media as well back tomorrow. at the same time, we see that by the old you feel worried about the furnace to meal host of the agreement protocol. and to me, we need to change the solutions or out, but join me for a deep green transformation to me for the

in the change the africa mega. what's in store, what do you have for their future? w dot com, african megacity, the multimedia insight, click and enter the long to after months of locked down, shutdowns and travel restrictions. europe cultural summer is cautiously gathering momentum for a reboot with venice. pleasing a trail with its architecture be another also coming up. we'll meet israeli, or his ro, we've victoria hyphen, who's expressive, large format drawings,

or both the science hall critique and introspective exploration of what it means to be a woman. welcome to arts and culture. well, just a few weeks ago, at the height of a vicious 3rd wave of the novel corona virus here in europe, it seemed almost impossible. but this past weekend venice held its course to open its famous architecture. b, a knowledge, symbolic in a way for the reopening of italy as a whole, and its thing conceived, of course, well before the pandemic is more relevant now than ever. ah, venice city is fighting for survival as it slowly sinks into a rising sea. now just out of lock down, venice is hosting its 17th architecture, be a knowledge appropriately titled, how well we live together. the world's most renowned architecture show is looking for the answers ah, the world is one space one. and many of the problems we're facing today do require

that we think as one but there's a very big challenge that politically, we're not organized as one behaviorally. we think in our own could, in life and the media space this years be and i'll aims to see the whole world as one big mega city where everything is interconnected. curator hashim circus has invited anthropologist sociologists, artists, and biologists to come present their ideas on a future that's livable. climate change, as of course, in the foreground installation, the alps point, melting glaciers. the city of dust is about venice itself. visitors walk across these tiles, destroying them in the process, a criticism of the over tourism threatening the city survive. there are also new ideas like biotech architecture. imagine growing algae in your own living room as

a source of protein. this year in venice, architects are interested in more than new buildings. they're exploring the big questions for future. many of these problems have grown and science. that doesn't mean that the architecture delegate them to someone else are broad, is naturally to deal with this complexity. by synthesizing orchestrating convening, and then pulling all of that together into the project. the 61 countries have pavilions here showing their view of humanity is biggest challenges. the british pavilion pays homage to the public realm. upon standing in opposition to increasing privatization of land worldwide. germany's pavilion isn't as big on fun, 3 empty walls and a q r code that takes the visitor into the year 2038. when humanity's problems are solved, we can only help after the pandemic forced organizers to reschedule

twice and nearly cancel this year's b and it takes on a lot. let's face it. the future questions are pushing us the compelling us to think other options than the ones we have today. we're clearly not happy with the answers we have today. so we're compelled to think the future. we have no other option. 5 architects built this laboratory as a playground without rules for children and adults. how will we play together? one thing here. creativity is needed now more than ever. there are no clear answers this time in venice. that would be too much to ask, but at least this architecture be knowledge is posing the right questions. some big questions indeed, and here to talk about them and possibly answer them as my colleague,

adrian kennedy adrian. that's really quite an achievement to have put on the as a physical event. yes, a terrific. after last year, the spokesman there will be mosque distancing and limited numbers, but organized as a very happy that it's finally under way. 5000 people turning up on the opening days for it's really 1st major public event since cobra 1900 hit. yes, it's incredible. now, i mean the show is posing, obviously very relevant and challenging question of how will we can we live together? but is there very much in the way of coherent or even helpful answers where it says it's a big question, especially in the context of covert to climate change, the refugee crisis and so on. most of the contributions here work on the level of all that was an installation at the irish pavilion about the vast amounts of energy from fossil fuels required to maintain data in the cloud. for example,

but concrete ideas for the future of fin on the ground. the spanish w actually features a piece course on certain see can see it here, sums it up a little bit, reviews of the piano. let's say it's great that it's own, but it's a little bit on focus. more about naming problems and providing concrete solutions . exactly, and i'm just looking here at these examples. they seem really more like sculptures almost aren't installations rather than what we would normally consider architecture. that's why of course, the absence of big name architects and big tried a big big buildings is part of the concept. now p, the old turkish american architect whose piece is acid, ocean and plastic ocean are included. she says, architecture is now developing empathy for other living things that it's actually good that the emphasis on building making profits with ever bigger buildings. we need, she says, an architecture of dissolving, that gives

a space for non human and other you know, that's an interest. that's an interesting point. so quite a radical way of looking at how architecture conjunction in a way, do you think you have anything that does look like a real building just to finish, or we would take a quick look at the work of the germans came mingus and clippers, a 2 story steel structure with fibers classified, spun around that exciting country fusion, showing off new technical, technological possibilities. and addresses the consumption of resources related to materials like concrete for example, and proposes buildings not with solid materials. transparent and very fibrous, not really something i'd recommend for november or december, even even even may in berlin. but thanks very much for bringing us that back story . and i catching pictures. adrian kennedy. thank you. in other culture, news,

marvel studios released the 1st footage of eternal which boasts and a list of cast, including angelina or lisa, my hired and richard madden, of body guard fame. all in a 2 minute trailer fans of the comic franchise. got a taste of what's to come in the film adaptation of the eternal comics about a team of humanoids. and that's directed by the oscar winning filmmaker chloe now and scheduled for release in november. and this week in london, the british museum opens the brand new exhibition devoted to nero. one of rome's most intimate rulers show questions the traditional narrative of nero as a roofless tyrants and excessive megalomaniac who murdered his own mother, revealing a different figure. trying to lead in a time of great change in roman society on berlin has long been a place where people find the freedom to be who or what they want to be. and long

before the current debates over gender identity, it was and continues to be a liberating environment for many artists like really, victoria heifetz and israeli artist who has exhibited across europe the u. s. and israel and for who drawing is an intimate act of self discovery. the really victoria hyphen isn't as really artist who lives and works in berlin. the 42 year old opposes pigeon holing people wants to put you in one box, and i can understand them. i think also in my brain, i wish to, you know, to wake up one morning and to say, yes, i am a woman. oh yes, i am a man. it never happened to me. the ro is art works often to pick the older women whose bodies and faces have been rendered invisible by society. pictures highlight a certain between the body and the soul.

the rowing he studied art in boston and jerusalem's nose. this tension, well, for a large part of her life, she's been mulling questions of self identity. i just felt the something is missing. i didn't know what to do. so i don't think that i have in my body. i just, i didn't know my body in some points in the age of thursday. i felt that i need to explore. i need to go into this journey of exploration. but she was hesitant to express her femininity until she moved to berlin in 2012. here are expressive, artworks finally received critical acclaim. and it was here to that where we, victoria, heifetz, began to show herself publicly as

a woman lane has the kind of history for gender, school entity. i knew this is pity that can make me feel more safe to try. and so it was a kind of intuition. so they knew that i be, i will be able to do it here. really began hormone transition therapy, but as chosen not to undergo surgery, adopting the middle name. victoria really identifies as gender fluid wearing dresses has made her the target of verbal and physical abuse of grim reality. many trans people know too well. while we are transitioning, we are very also very visible and it's not so easy to be visible and at the same time to transition. and so we all very much exp, violence on the stress also and really soon came to recognize the privileges she

once enjoyed. when she presented as male, as a gender fluid person, it's become more difficult where we are works are currently on display at berlin's spool is or gave museum. as part of the exhibition intimacy once founded to document the emancipatory struggle and art of gay men, the museum today focuses on the diversity of sexual identities and gender. railways, artworks, the envious ones, centers on her relationship with her own body. there will model that i have about the trans issues. it's with myself and with my body and the same team say i always try to reflect in my own

drawings or works, raise key questions relating to self identity in general. and that is what makes them so powerful. well that brings us to the end of this edition, but i do hope you'll join us again next time, same time, same place for more arts and culture. news until then all the best from uh, from berlin when she the, the, me the excuse

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