their flight could be fatal, but going back is not an option. i'm on and nobody are stuck in the spanish border area. there. they're waiting for a chance that will probably never comes. shattered, dreams starts june 18th on d. w. i did have a show coming up today. china launches the 1st crew to it, space station along my truck and successfully blocked it off with 3 astronauts on board. it's a giant leap, engaging space program, but what's driving it? altruism or strategic objectives? and with the 2nd wave of virus infection declining when the vaccine hesitancy hinder india efforts to keep a 3rd wave and bait the

news. i'm british bennett, you're welcome to beat up a news, a sure glad you could join us. china has sent 3 us off into space as the 1st step towards activating it's a space station. yeah. the yes and lots of don't put off a long march rocket only on thursday. it will be the longest ever chinese man mission. and the 1st in the early 5, the proven spent 3 months in china down her module, which will be expanded in the coming years into a space station. the launch represents shauna growing ambitions in space that have only accelerated in the past few years. john hughes, or how many of the heavens is supposed to consolidate china's power and space? it's the name given to the 17 meter long co module,

which will supply the new space station with energy. keep it on cos and provides a 3 astronauts with room to live and carry out research. the crew will examine whether the solar cells deliver electricity reliably or try out improve space suits, which should allow them to stay in space twice as long. the at, you know, they're what they call module was transported into orbit with china's heavy lift launch vehicle the long march 5 at the end of april. the mission took place later than planned due to mechanical problem. it's john who is similar to the module that russia bill for the international space station, a legacy. you close cooperation in space that china and russia now aim to strengthen further a cargo spacecraft, carrying important supplies,

including feel clothing and provisions for the crude doctor with the space station at the end of may it will take 11 more emissions before the space station is complete to further research modules will duck with the station in 2022. when it will begin operations. it's an bishop schedule, but china is fast advancing to the top league of space travel. the country 1st sends an astronaut into space in 2003. well, behind russia and the united states in 2019 china celebrated a spectacular 1st by landing and the dock side of the moon in a scientifically interesting region and the satellites, south pole china also has month and science. since last may, the home research spacecraft has been exploring the red planets and even sending selfies back to earth.

i bay ging is offering every nation the opportunity to conduct research on it space station. but getting there will remain firmly in chinese hands. europe has already accepted the offer european space agency astronauts have already undertaken training in china. the i s . s. era is coming to an end. the united states is critical of the project. it said, cooperating in this way, would put international security at risk. and joining me enough lawyers, dr. glen bow and he's a lecturer in special relations and a space policy expert at the university of dr. bohn welcomed. why does china want to space station? so the chinese space station, it is very much a marker of the chinese technological i'm, scientific and engineering capability. it's very much an aspect of soft power for

the chinese government and both for domestic and international audiences. so it's a real marker of, of china as em technological mission and actual capability. now that it has achieved what had set out to do about 30 years ago, which was to build a crude space station. but the space program added to the knowledge, knowledge about space for humanity, if i can put that very so in some ways, yes, we can, we can expect that. and we have to break down china space program between a small military and commercial and economic aspects. this is the scientific ma'am . the exploration aspects of the space station is very much a scientific project. so m chinese university, then industries will be conducting all sorts of experiments and on the space station and also inviting international participants as well. so so, and space scientists will be able to provide lots of ambitions and ideas in terms

of what's experiments they'd like the chinese space station to run for them. and i believe the p and space agency. i'm from some signaled an interest in possibly pursuing some experiments on the chinese space station. but still as opposed to call question, we're trying to space program is what is driving it if it's altruism or other deeper strategic objectives. so like every state and that as space, policy and space activities, there are concrete interests behind what they do and in terms of space, exploration and science, which is what the space station is about. there are a range of interest when is the political science. so the prestige, the soft power demonstrates in china as a major technological power. and the 2nd only, maybe to the united states in many aspects of space capability. there's also the larger investments in science and technology in china as a whole of which this is part training more stem graduate. so scientists and

engineers and stimulate things certain parts of the high technology economy as well . so there are many different interest practical interests that are behind such a large project out of this. now the united states and other countries have various concerns on this essentially, how china space program is closely tied to its military. is this a cause of worry you think? so every, almost every major space power has a military dimension or elements or interest in what it does in space. but there are many different activities that go on in space. and there are some activities in space that are more threatening than others. the chinese space station has very little military relevance in the same way that the international space station poses no actual military threat to anyone so, so neither does the chinese space station. however, china does have a large military space program as well that is separate to this. and so there's

a lot of activity to be concerned about to china in space in terms of a military standpoint. but this space station is not one of those activities been fairly benign projects and other chinese undertaken with the space station. dr. glen bowen from the university of lester, was a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much. thank you for having me. ah, louis india, the 2nd wave, of course, no virus infections appears to be waning. the focus now is on vaccinating as many people as possible to prevent a 3rd. the government wants to vaccinate all adults by the end of the year. however, there may not be enough vaccines for some 900000000 people. and if that weren't challenging enough, vaccine hesitancy among parts of the population, i'm making matters difficult. the w nameesha just fall reports from the northern state of hardy are now it's their turn to get back to needed.

and these young residents of wrote up in the not in the institute of her yana, have been eagerly waiting for it. after the month of low vaccine availability, supply is finally catching up with the demand. you should see online slots in the small city booked quickly. and allowing or claim that distributions in june has improved access to the jap, even further. doctors believe in the us massive 2nd wave. good have it is 2 racks been hesitancy. people are more of there and they could also be driven by feel as they have closely seen the heart of the corona off to the 2nd be scrambling to get vaccinated. they say he's vaccinate us, we definitely want protection from that's why i think that i believe vaccine hesitancy is negligible in a village 20 kilometers from the hospital. these men being very different picture.

only 2 of them have been vaccinated because they volunteered in the vaccine tires and even be don't feel confident about the benefits of the vaccine. in the last 2 months, more than 50 people have died in this village. these men see it wasn't a good one of us that get them, but feel good on several suffered fevers, but you're covered at home. you might be believe only door to go to hospital die. and without a real threat, b. c, a vaccine that doesn't even guarantee protection doesn't make sense out of the month. there is a new vaccine. government needs to tell us why we should get into that. what are the benefits they are feeling to give us information? because those cable don't do have died off the vaccinations, the vaccine, the record. i think the now they're saying plasma had to be isn't useful. they just

keep changing this. stan had the people on the frame long as clean here the problems in the cities because of the felling trees. it's a city problem. it doesn't go many to the villages local health center. where's the deserted look? all your only 600 people have been back to the neighbor. supplies are limited and there isn't a rush anywhere. and it's all the more reason that the few who do show up, stand out. so need hard watch traveled here from a nearby village to get his father, the 2nd dog he himself laptop is supposed to as soon as it became available. he is now looking out to book a slot for his life. he says there is no need to fear the jap. about so many people . what are you about? he was off to the vaccine, but my father had one to pick him and i got it as well. and i had no side effects at all. it's in the vaccine, it's very important to everyone must get into the ones i thought was maybe

a little while you're right now, but he's in fabric heat as everyone around him said, the backseat can save lives. india is slowly solving its supply crisis. but to me, face an uphill battle against skepticism, to prevent the crisis of demand as well. and that's it for today, there's more updates on our website that did up a dot com forward slash issue. and you can follow us on facebook and twitter pages as well. we'll leave you now with more spectacular pictures of china's rocket launch rebecca, the same time tomorrow with the,

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as the rate of infection and developing what measures are being taken? what does the latest research say? information and context, ah, i recently updated the special monday to friday on dw, the, the drama and gowns and a film festival for the public. but that's not all the berlin that has never shown laid away from the big issues that affect our world. films with heart hitting political content have always been main protagonists. on this red carpet, magnet was welcome to arts and culture. it's always been

known as your most political film festival hollywood starz, welcome, but it burnings international film festival. they've never been the main attraction over the years. we've got used to welcoming filmmakers who are also dissidence, or his work has been banned in the own countries. this year, the addition again, spotlights real life injustices and in particular, tells the stories of confident, influential women whose courageous actions will go down in history. and even depending on just for you, push back away from the table, getting there as quick as we can. 100 obey detention camp in cuba, our magic hollander, this is fine. i so see it wish to represent you from laura pena is arrested on suspicion of having helped organize the 911 terrorist attacks. he's held at one time without being charged and he confesses a lawyer, discoveries. his confession was pained under direct. the film is based on

a true story. jodie foster played the real life lawyer. nancy hollander has been interrogated. he has been held against his will for 6 years without a single charged weight against nancy hollander came to berlin for the films premier. i'm really thankful that this film is premier in here because it's the most appropriate film festival that we could have imagined. and i want an audience to know what happened to, to do, and to bring alive the torture and the terrors of tunnel. so that people don't forget to call this number to my wife and more attain, we know not to trust that i believe that the united states of america, what do you fear and terror to control? no matter how dramatic this is, the reality was more dramatic than this. because this is beyond anything you could

imagine. you need to tell me what happens. well, how do was detained in us prison for 14 years without ever being charged with a crime. he kept diaries documenting his time in prison. the film is based on those diaries, that's a fly. he would you please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i also want to the german audience. to know that mohammed who has a child born in germany and his wife lives here, kitty and he should be able to travel here. another film, screening at the daily, not as i want, is also about the violence and the long shadow cast by the the the, you win by the pay testing for the 1st time against male power. so protest was sparked by the mass rapes on to here square doing the air spring demonstrations in 2011. the women held up knives,

symbols of the violence used against this is the only thing that change in the mentality of women the way how they start to realize just trends and their rights. and they are not scared anymore. they're not ashamed to talk about it anymore. and this is what we used to be afraid of saying now we don't. and i think this is i hope it will lead us for a change. so my hair quality and the sexual assaults during the rebellion with her own story and the memories of her pregnancy in me as a child, she was also taught the girls were worthless. i never ending chain of disempowered . when did i do any that has been

me the list the scene. mean what happen in the square? it's just open up. every thing thing thing thing that happened to me 20 years ago is all name was my then to job. oh no, i don't know. i'm to meet while i didn't go there tomorrow to manage the arab spring men, different things to men, women but egyptian women are now rising up and driving far reaching changes in their country. powerful stuff. and someone who has seen both those films is scott rock spar.

welcome scott. now the martini and presents a totally different take on the 911 narrative that we see where the muslim characters are with the bodies. it's been nominated for a host of woods. jodie foster, one a golden globe. what did you make of it? you're completely right. i mean, in this film, the villains are the u. s. government and the, the victim is the muslim man wanted the law. he who was falsely imprisoned in in guantanamo bay, but the story of a prickly nancy hollander is struggle. her fight to get him released from guantanamo bay is, is really sort of a hollywood heroic struggle. and so it's great to getting the sort of proper hollywood treatment and if it's a phenomenal moving great, a former president, brock obama famously promised to close guantanamo bay over a decade ago. it still open with dozens of inmates, some of whom have never been charged. do you think this feel might be the one to really make a difference to those people or will it? i mean,

i think guantanamo bay is sort of fallen off the agenda for many people worldwide. we haven't seen it news recently. and when i spoke to nancy hollander on the red carpet of the premier of this film here in berlin, she said she hopes the movie draws attention back to the fact that guantanamo bay is still open and maybe puts pressure on the u. s. government to come through on its promises to finally close that prison. okay, now let's talk about as i want. we got a taster in the reporter, 2nd, cairo during the our spring. the director has called it an examination into the agenda. inequality arab societies suffers form. yeah. this is a really interesting documentary because it looks at the air, sprinkling completely different angle than most of the used to seeing. and i think a lot of us remember the news reports from the time. but the fact that there was such a large group of female activists protesting mailed violence with something that i think got lost in this film. really puts these female activists back in the center and shows how much, how vital they are to any process of democracy in the middle east. it's really past

the documentary. i will look forward to that now least the one the this is in our documentary award for new set in the suburbs of paris, where she herself grew up. tell us a bit about this interesting because it's a similar time to documented. it takes a look at something that we think we know and gives a whole different angle for it. so this, this takes place in the suburbs of paris. this of the phone you, which in the news media are often portrayed as sort of hot spots for violence extremism. but the up grew up in these areas and the way she looked that is completely different. she, it takes really sort of humanistic, empathetic look at the people who live there and also finds real beauty in areas that are superficially seem like dire. it's a fastening very personal documentary, and i think after you've seen it, you'll never look at paris the same way again, really. ok. got rocks for as always, quite chatting with you now it dates back to ancient egypt where it was set to be a favorite of queen cleopatra in india, middle east and africa. it's been used for thousands of years for cultural reasons

. and with cooling properties, i'm talking about decorating the skin using hannah is long been popular in the south asian communities. but one hand, an artist in london, is on a mission to bring hannah to a wider audience. not tasked with a modern twit. the art of painting bodies with hannah paced, goes back to antiquity. today it's become a veritable fashion trend. poverty dom job runs london pena bar where anyone can get their body painted can attach use are created using a paste made from a certain plant. typical head up patterns and designs are painted onto the skin with this dye, which stains the skin and slowly fades after about 10 days. so the design means a lot for me because growing up we used it's hannah designs,

especially on weddings for us in house to significance for a spacious occasion. for me, while i was growing up, i thought wouldn't it be amazing to share this with everyone and not just have it for wedding? so my aim has always been to make it accessible for everybody. but not everyone welcomes some se westerners wearing henna tattoos are engaging in cultural appropriation, knowing little to nothing about the roof of this art. for me, i feel like if someone's wearing our hannah and they're wearing it with sincerity and they really enjoying wearing it. then there's absolutely nothing wrong. i feel like if someone was going to wear it just to ridicule it, they wouldn't go through the hassle when on the skin for 10 days. so that obviously appreciated, obviously love it. and that makes me feel good. henna tattoos originated in north africa, the era in indo asian world. so using centuries ago, used to be used to called the skin. so they used to crush up the leaves,

make it seem to the pace, add with water, and put it on the hands on the palms of the feet, and he's to call you down. then over the years, it became decorative, when it became decorative for wedding, just because it's color. so a form of make up pop stars like liana, and us icon madonna helped popularized tattoos since the 1990 s. many celebrities have hired poverty dangelo to get similarly unique tattoos done. the 36 year old who's bars based in london salvages department door is revolutionizing this art form. she experiments with new colors offers, do it yourself when assess for home use and even makes me on hand design even though this fancy effect wears off after 24 hours.

so i think the tradition what, why is be that always we are considered a modern brand, but my roots lie with the tradition. that's where it came from. and we will always, all of that, whether traditional or more modern hannah designs, this glorious art is definitely an expression of cultural diversity. mm. such intricate patterns. it must have a really steady hand to do that. well. well, we've come to the end again, but you can find more stories on our website. that's d, w dot com slash culture. and we'll give the last word to diana ross. the u. s. senior and former supreme has a new single out. is the title track from her 1st studio album in 15 years recorded in her home. and it simply called find you enjoy

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