yes, i'd like to sing along to come from super interactive exercises. everything is online, mobile interactive gym. and so with the with the news, a show coming up today. the east my vision of education in park is that's the charge being leveled at the government as it makes starting the holy court on compulsory across schools in the country and noted education. this tells me it's because of the country's leadership is a fundamentalist basis. absolutely, no doubt about that. and he says that he wants regular schools and sized to have the same curriculum and india as migrant workers returning to cities are facing of

jobs shortage. economy backed by the us panoramic. ah, i'm british energy. welcome to the other news. a sure glad you could join us schools across most of focused on our set to make the teaching of the holy koran compulsory from later this year, students will be expected to read the entire port on width translation, learn islamic pres, and memorize the number of things of the prophet mohammed, the move comes just months off the country senate made out a big language teaching mandatory in schools in the capital. some of the critics accused the government of cow towing stomach parties with these plans. studying already keeps zenith and her friends busy the whole day, but very soon there is mom about school will add another subject arabic, venus wants to study art in the future. she's not interested in

a new required language at all. already in a corporate situation is really hard for us to study and go over to our subject and adding at epic as a come both 3 subjects. it's really hard. the government argues that the new curriculum will help students understand the koran better and provide future job opportunities in the middle east. but many students in the capital region already have to learn 2 languages or do an english. they say adding a 3rd and a pandemic is just too much. educational reformers are also raising concerns. the actual reason that we see is that during this government, there has been plenty islam was ation of education. and in august, another government mandate goes into effect making islamic education, compulsory in nearly all schools. it's part of

a new single national curriculum. a move liberal reformers also born will increase the influence of religious clerics and fuel intolerance vehicles passing booth a good day. this is to power that now the clergy actually free use that it has said it can dig up this name and do this would be boss. so for example, all the blasphemy laws in the sun but fast, just like that. a human rights group has challenged. the curriculum changes and the nation's highest court over concern for religious minorities come august, pocket sunny youth, no matter their beliefs, could potentially have no choice in the matter. joining me for more now it's part of a's who by he's a nuclear physicist and a noted educational st. john's different pockets on the capital. some of welcome

mister hu bye. how fair is the claim that these recent moves by the government points to an eastern migration of education in the country? well, it's not just it's law migration, it's the slot is ation at a frantic base. it's fodder, speedier now than it was in the days of general our lot who started this trend towards infusing religion into every level of education. so that now is faster than ever before. and it's at several different levels at the school level. the primary level, the middle high school, and then it goes all the way up to university at the university level. you cannot get a degree whether that be a bachelor's, a master's, or a ph. d. without studying the and without taking an exam on the court. now

that was a unanimous decision of the job assembly last lie. that is in 2020, at the school level. the changes are absolutely frightening for someone who believes that children should be able to think for themselves here, or they're being propagandized at a, at a pace never seen before. right. so what you're saying that the government of primary, ron khan, is trying to appease islamic parties with these rules. i suppose that is a major reason, but it is also that the american heart is a fundamentalist. there's absolutely no doubt about that. he says he's proud to be of the med list. he says that he wants to make pakistan the state of medina and asset them. medina. and he said this is opening speech is repeated at about a dozen times so far. and he says that he was

a regular schools and moderate size to have the same curriculum. he says they should not be a difference between them. and so, well you are right that he wants to appease the extreme right. but he's so pretty the right himself. i mean, it's quite a thing say don't mind me pointing this out, that the prime minister of focus on is fundamental is. but then to go back to the point about the teaching of the holy koran in schools by design is at the end of the day and it's climate republic. what is wrong with the holy koran being taught in schools? oh if it's stored at home, there's no problem. but if, if, if you in, if you make the education and public schools and private schools back of the mother size, then you don't have all hope of being with the modern world. if you're not expected to. and this is, i'm being very factual about it. they are,

children are being expected to remember not just the, or i'm in our a big but the translation in or do they be required to learn how this is an arabic with translations. i am a bar from it all a sudden them of a prayers, like what prayer to say while climbing up of light stairs. what to say. when you walk down, what should you say at the beginning of a meal? what if you but these, it's become absurd. the amount of religion that is being thrust into our children is incredible. and what is this going to lead to a nation, which is which is anchored in the 7th century. so what

you're also saying is that the government of party fun is ruining the future of pockets on through the children. this is what i have been saying, and my colleagues have been saying now for the 3 years that there's government asbury manpower and these govern government is adamant. it says that only by making the education of the mother of size, which is slamming seminaries, the same as that of the regular schools, in fact removing different differences between them. and this is what is called the single national curriculum. only in this way can we hope to get to any slamming republic with all the good things about it and so forth. there is no, this sort of education is simply going to take us back into the dark ages prevents, we will have to leave it there for the time. but thank you so much for joining us, sir. ah,

yes. corona, about us loc towns and health situation. have been particularly unsettling for some 100000000 indians. it's migrant workers. those who leave rural areas for cities in such a work as masons, retail workers, delivery drivers in the last year, many have been forced back to their villages. however, some are beginning to return. looking for jobs, but in the us capital delhi, for instance, there aren't enough available nearly we laborers gather here every morning to find work. do you all usually is one of them. he's an unskilled migrant labeler who has been working in the informal sector in the capital for almost 6 years. but times are tough for him. he was left without any work when delhi went into lockdown after the city was hit by the 2nd week of school

with 19 we're barely getting any work. there is so much unemployment. many of a labors also come back from the villages. the wait for a job every day, but there just isn't enough work. your guest says he finds casual work only one or 2 days a week. hardly enough to make a living. other than i had better luck kitchen, john sandy is a migrant worker who skills as a nice and have landed him a job at a construction site. we're facing a very difficult time, but it work is not like a regular white collar jump, which is hard to find. as things open up in construction starts, we will get some small jobs because we know the work boundary says that if there is another major disruption from a could we, he would have to take loans to survive. as the city begins to open up again with some economic activities resuming, many also my workers have made their way back into the city in hopes of finding

work. but so not much is coming. and according to a new study, it's not being fall, especially with the suffering yet. again, millions of people in the country have lost their job, and the all been unemployment rate have shot. the economist from hawkers thing says the problem is much bigger. he says that many migrant workers are choosing not to come back at all and are dropping out of the workforce because this a few days of finding employment. and he thinks any recovery will take time. it's not so why this cycle determines the economic type of it is basically the, the larger effect of the 1st we've still lingering on. and it will compound with this 2nd 3rd, and determine possibly get into a bigger effect. it will take on longer time for the economy to, for the labor market to, for the employment needs to come to the nominal or non gauge. the unskilled worker

remembers how last the millions were left job left during the national lockdown. some of them never work again. he feels that the same, the happened to him at all. i'm thinking that if i don't get work soon, i'll go back to my village and it looks like i might have to just seems to be no work right now. it was another day with no job for jo gauge. he will be back again at the same spot tomorrow morning waiting for work. but he doesn't know how much longer he can hold out. and he has a few more updates from india on the nevada situation. on thursday, the country reported more than 6000 debts, the world's highest every single day. death told from the crow nevada's this was often an official recount in the state of be hard. the w t o has agreed to intensify talks over a proposed fatal waiver on over $900.00 vaccines. india and south africa have led gold for the rivers to increase vaccine supplies in the world. and is of

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home. understand this new culture. so you are not to visit, turn out again. you want to become a citizen, into migrants, your platform for reliable information. ah, the, the berlin international film festival is back with outdoor cinemas, around the german capital. an exciting moment after months of lock downs. and we'll have more on this year's berlin film festival or belly knowledge coming up in a moment. and later on, arts and culture. searching for the essence of beauty, why one photographer says non traditional models or where it's that. but 1st the belly nala is one of the world's biggest film symbols,

but in the movie industry, it's known as one of the coldest. normally in february, when the city pads can be covered in ice, but this year with the corona, virus, things have changed. the main competition was online and the public screenings are also very different reporter adrian kennedy. burning gramma movies tracing off in minus temperatures. but this time, i'm ready for it. but what's lis skies and blazing sunshine? this is all rather strange. what's gone wrong? or should we say, right? the answer is the phone and i'm a special which opened on wednesday with a girl screaming at an outdoor movie csr setup right next to the outer national

gallery on berlin's museum island with covey rates, falling early, known as organizers, gamble paid off. but what to film professionals think of 30 now in summer, i'm looking forward to and to have an audience you know, in a different modem the different i don't know yet what to expect, but it's wonderful to be open air wideman so used to freezing any day not in february, and that's part of the way through so many of those lucky enough to get to tickets. it's their 1st time back in a cinema. since the corona virus locked down i'm, i'm looking forward to go to the cinema again. i told my friends tonight i grew into cinema and just to test it from testing. and this is my 1st time this year that it can go and the cinema. the big questions was should the

burning on a summer edition be a more permanent thing? the next year or 2 in no, and be february. and also it's and you know, when everybody's breathing they always looking for a warm place to go. we should have to bug so who knows perhaps till next summer. the areas back from the berlin international film festival. summer edition, adrian kennedy. adrian, the berlin film festival was originally in the summer 70 years ago when it started, before they switched to winter back in the seventy's. is there any chance of bringing it back to summer? this is not very likely, and there are many reasons for this. most of them have to do with film industry

requirements and the movie awards calendar. but also the city of berlin quite likes it this way because it helps attract visitors to the city. when otherwise, hotels would be rather empty, but there is quite a lot of support for the idea of having a mini open edition of the festival in some, in order to let people have a 2nd chance to see some of the great film, some of the prize winning films. ok. speaking of those, what are your favorite movies this year? okay, well one that stuck in my mind was petite. my mom, that's new film phone celine fioma who made the wonderful portrait of a lady on fire, won many awards back in 2019, including the queer poem in this one is actually quite different. it's a sort of a ghost story and utterly charming, very gentle, quiet say, oh, of

a go who meets her mother as a child in the woods, great performances from 2 girls who are in real life twins. and i love this one. and the twins are apparently a theme this year at the valley dollar. so there's another film that i liked, the, the go and the spine. and this is written and directed by twin brothers mon, and silver and 0 show another pretty low key, but quite mesmerizing film about a splintering relationship between 2 young women and a spider who lives in the apartment they show and nothing film but one that really caught my attention because of the images and the atmosphere and kind of a very strange sort of manager twice. looks like. okay, you've got time for a 3rd pick. adrian, what is it that it has to be? tina? there's nothing low key about this one. it's

a blistering documentary about the sing tina turner from the cotton feels of tennessee and abusive relationship with husband and fellow musician ike turner, to professional success as one of the world's biggest rock stars. and ultimately, she finds personal contentment. i defy anybody not to be moved by her story. well, strong words, adrian. okay. some really strong films as well. screening out doors tell us a little bit more about that. there's some pretty cool locations, right? and that's why and the locations really do add to something this time around and the weather has been perfect. so far. we've seen the museum island location. there's also silent, green, un spend new house in the former cremmit tore him in the vending neighborhood screenings that will take place in the picturesque courts. now the very scenic bank

for the bell and some especial landmark shall not be a rock palace built in the late 17th century. there screening episodes from new tv series and last night it was the turn of issue. and when the under me and the other starting tom shutting looks like a lovely evening, it's hard to believe the belly, not a could take place without long underwear and war codes. but there it is. adrian kennedy, thanks for bringing us that. thank you. well, as world leaders head to the g 7 summit in england, they'll be stared down by a giant sculpture of themselves. it's called mount recycle more and it's made out of youth, computers, telephones, and other electronic waste. just a small fraction of the 50 tons of waste that people produce. each year artist joe rush says he hope so. sculpture will inspire leaders, including german chancellor,

uncle, medical and us president joe biden, to tackle the global trash problem as they meet for talks across the bed. the key messages to each other, each other. and so dismiss out in greece, debate is raging almost as hot as the athens sun over a new pathway on the acropolis to make the site accessible to people with disabilities. and by the way, to cut down on the number of visitors who trip and injure themselves each year. now that sounds good to many, but some politicians and scholars say the path ruins the ancient sites. classical aesthetic. greek opposition leader alexis, to us even accused the government of abusing greece's cultural heritage photographer christina vaccine says the growing up in russia, she saw women valued more for their physical beauty than for their character. and

it was always the same ideal of beauty. now the london based artist focuses on women's beauty that doesn't meet one narrow standard and not just beauty, but resilience and self discovery. people with disabilities with different skin colors, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds. diversity in front of the camera, staged by a photo. the me a photo shoot in london with mandy from a tumble. and jill in deal was born without binding hands with milly, ellis brown, a person who identifies as neither male nor female. they are oem users of russian photographer, christina vaccine. okay, very good. i started working with just women, but then i realize that this, this whole topic is actually much broader and non binary and transgender people who

experience very similar issues and their voice system. i've been hired there how we see ourselves and the values that we approach ourselves with can be very different from what the society wants us to, to, to see, and to be a sense of beauty is the name of this photo project seen as aim as to highlight people who are often under represented and she wants to establish a concept of beauty that goes beyond the current standard rate a bit closer to so many voices are suppressed and to be given opportunity to share your story. things really empowering the models that i have today. shan, very important to me is that in a strength that they've been able to understand themselves and find

their place in the world and believe in themself and love themselves except their own money. their own uniqueness. roxanne has earned internationally claimed for her photographs which are exhibited in galleries from new york to moscow. before moving to london and 2019, she worked in the us for 10 years, photographing people like artist marcia. with the lockdown self portrait shave head, she won the dutch lens culture critics choice prize in 2020 that same year she became the silver winner at the british association of photographers awards with the photo cat green. ah, ah, there. as soon as photos studio is open to, she finds her photographic subjects through social media, acquaintances, and agencies, both and, and the from the tumble,

and jo ann dion have worked as models before. i think it's imperative that we have different types of beauty and different beauty standards, acknowledged because we live in a world for the different diverse people. so it's important to have that at the moment as a massive discussion about females and pastors being a woman and needs to change the office 2021 time for change and direction and wants to support that change with her photographic works and a little more with that being able to understand people can be different. they can feel different about themselves. we need only the reminder of that. so i think just having that has some diversity is really, really important. christina roxanne plans portray a total of 30 people for her project. the essence of beauty,

the me for more stories head over to d, w dot com slash culture. now from me and the crew here in berlin, it's been great having you with us, take care and see you next time for more i think culture. ah, ah me the news, the news ah,

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the the news this is data of any news line from the lin, reviving the special relationship. us president joe biden take a stroll with u. k. late of bars, johnson. ahead of the g 7 summit. the pair are expected to discuss breakfast and its effects on the north and on and paste process in their 1st face to face meeting . also coming out of him, parliament returns to strasburg. after a long delay that puts decidedly fewer lawmakers will look at why more than half of them say they wanted to travel to the french city.