and context the, the corona virus updates because special monday to friday on d. w. in the africa mega. what's in store for the one i have for the future. the w dot com, african megacity to the multi insight. click enter. you're watching the w news asia coming up today. as the taliban chapters more territory, the international community found the alarm. but can anything be done to ensure the survival of the afghan government? we take a closer look plus is this prime minister modi's vanity project? india spend big on a revamp of its capital. not everyone is happy about it. the

news i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. the united nations top envoy and afghanistan is sounding the alarm. as taliban rebels keep gaining territory ahead of nato's planned withdraw. gabrielle lyons told the un security council, everything must be done to get the taliban and the afghan government back to the negotiate in table. on tuesday, the islamists rebels captured afghanistan's main border crossing with its northern neighbour tajikistan. here's more of what lions have to say. more than 50 about ghana stand, $370.00 districts have fallen since the beginning of may. most districts have been that have been taken. surround provincial capitals suggesting that the taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals. once foreign

forces are fully withdrawn, the withdrawal decision was expected. but its speed with the majority of troops now already withdrawn, was not all actors have had to adjust to this new reality. that is unfold. for more we have journalist alley le chief in cobbler joining us ali. this is not looking good, but is also not a surprise. there's plenty of critics who will say, i told you so the americans should not be withdrawing thoughts. i mean, i heard this argument before, but not really much when i came there because the decision has been made. and i think more than saying i told her the statement or the question to be what happened last 20 years? you know, why do i just paint and it's mission, you're actually conflict one year later we were still the resurgent

influenced people need them. you know, there's and just recently literally died for you those to the point where they would be willing to ball themselves. so i think rather than saying high school, you, so the question would be, well my rock, you know, what did they do wrong? what happened that we're still seeing the situation. it's only getting worse now in the comments from the un really can the international community do anything you can do a lot and they have been doing a lot. and so now you know, we know the government has so many times. thank you for saying that there isn't even been support and they say that there is support in the non countries can influence and pressure on countries that are influencing directly in the war and a lot of fun in their supply army. and you know, the know what the forces. oh,

there's a lot of, they have been doing a lot. i think it's still doing and, and it hasn't been an ocean. there's no reason that these countries are on the, on to a government to say you have to think seriously. and you've been, there's a 11. the government has been there for the last year. one of you have to start making some real look. you know, it's a lot for the same thing, but actually actually over the last 20 years, i think a lot of people are wondering how seriously we should consider the possibility of a complete collapse of the afghan government and the establishment of a taliban islamists state. why personally, i don't see it happening because i feel like i was supposed to have been doing all the last year and a half years have been going on the missions around the world, even going to neighboring country living with europe in american officials,

all statement thank you here, i really don't her eyes again like they were like i think they still want some call of support legitimacy for them to comment overriding all into killing people on you know, bring it back to enroll. i don't think that's gonna apply again and hopefully they'll realistic enough to know that you know, the only way through. i mean, right now they're trying to price everybody for the ward, but hopefully they accept. the reality is the only way forward in the la t p. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. ask dennis down has a long history of local militia switching sides and allegiances, depending on the type of politics, the same going militiamen and helman, province are currently fighting the taliban. the force count former insurgents

among their ranks. some say they've been trained by afghanistan spy agency as well as foreign forces. what certain is that for now? their resistance is stopping, though perhaps only delaying the capture of a strategic city. the gunfire at the gates of laska, the capital of him and province. as these defenders of the city far on television position, they get it from a wendy. this is the front line and the fighting is going on every day. the situation isn't good. and right now we have firing all around us. just days ago, i was injured in the battle. we're fighting the taliban here at extremely close quarters. the command i want to say about these other sand gordons, a fierce fighting force and hated by the insurgents. the militia were established in 2015, taking its name from

a turkey soap opera about undercover agents. many here were recruited from the taliban emission to infiltrate and disrupt the insurgency. but for some cent gordon's, the fight is personal. as well then as my youngest son, my brother and 3 of my cousins joined us, followed the revenue. i'm not but then i got down on the taliban retaking more and more of f kenneth then ahead of the us withdrawal the sand. gordon's face an enemy. that's better equipped and growing bolder by the day that has looked either live or so i should have been that i don't want to go have the television used modern weapons like sniper rifles, good night, vision, benign, and they come in very close photography. i was injured, but i survived. we can't even stand up in our out postage with that being shot. and

now we've got some people said that there's got to be a media fighting force numbering between 508000 militia is holding the line still for now. it didn't look like i did. i wonder if we send gordon's weren't here. let's go would for defending both entrances to the city of numbers. no. what local officials acknowledge the vital role of the sand gory ends in keeping the taliban at bay more pit them. i'm see, we do got to look at them and see what was done to me. the other, you know, that same gore into having a big impact on the security of health problems. we're asking the government and the ministry of defense and the national security director to recruit more fighters for the same dorians to defend hellman proven, well, we the develop but that help my never

arrive with government forces on the back foot and soon to lose american support the st. gordon's no, they're fighting with nothing to lose. ah, the central vista redevelopment project is a massive state effort in the heart of india capital to construct new government buildings including a new parliament, a residence and office for the prime minister and museums. modi's, hindu nationalist administration has ambition to build this fast and just 5 years. critics worry about the cost, they worry about builders working through the pandemic. and they say this has more to do with modi's desire to emulate the washington mall or kremlin from the iconic inner gate to the presidential palace. this historic area of india, the capital, is being transformed. it is part of an ambitious project by the national government

to redevelop india, the power cord to it aims to create a joint complex of ministries and a new parliament building among other structures. but this process has met with controversy and criticism most recently around the work being undertaken during the devastating 2nd quarter on about a week since last year. they have been multiple petitions in court against the project on various grounds, including home to the environment, headed to structures and land you believe this petition demanded an immediate quote to the project on the found to be ongoing forward 900 fund to make the deli hi core will dismiss the petition, calling the project a work of national importance. and mil watched by a historian is part of a group trying to draw attention towards the concerns conservationists and why mentalist and historians have with the project, which we'll see historic buildings like the national museum. don't don't. last question, why the project has been designated an essential service at

a time when india is facing a national health emergency. she also says the government began this monumental undertaking without any public or expert consultation. what actually happened was that you have the biggest public health emergency that the world seen and certainly that india has seen. it's not safe to have hundreds of thousands of workers or know open construction site. oh, you know, in the most contagious disease you've ever had to watch play as that the resources being spent on what she calls a vanity project could have been allocated to public health and disaster management . speak 80 number a political analyst. on the other hand, consider the essential with the project both finally understand show. we are the world's largest democracy, be one of the largest military powers and globally in favor economize. so

a country like oz should have a great parliament building and a super central vista. very number stresses that all the necessary precautions are being taken at the construction site. yet critically, the project could not have been more ill timed. recent reports in the local media have reveals that laborers working on the site have complained of cramps, living conditions. and that sample with 1900 chief of have been confirmed amongst them as the country is still recovering from the after effects of the deadly 2nd wave. and preparing for an anticipated todd, we questions about the governments allergies in this hour of need are getting louder. that's it for today. you can get more on our website, the w dot com, forward slash asia and follow us on social media. will leave you with more pictures of deli future government district and parliament building as prime minister moody

government. envision it? thanks for watching and see tomorrow. goodbye the news . the pain and above all, highly feels jewish life in europe. what film producer and journalists, goodman, are exploring,

delving into history and the presence i would never have thought that could be live . so open. i closely remind myself because i grew up in a completely different way. it's broad explorer listed the jewish in europe. the 2 part documentary starts july 5th on d, w. ah, the scene from a midsummer night's dream, the shakespeare class tech adapted from by lay by american choreographer john

malloy meyer performed here by his very own hamburg valet, which had been under his directions in the early 19 seventies. and here the performance actually hit the screen. well, it's a film that's a direct result of germany. second covered lockdown, a creative upside. you might say, kicking off today's edition of arts and culture. so a warm welcome. because very few artists were quite as productive during lockdown as the 82 year old john neu, maya his midsummer night's dream set to music by manders on by tale. and george legacy has been part of hamburg repertoire since $977.00 performed by the world's leading companies, including the opera, the party. and moscow was bullshit. a lockdown was the chance to finally realize his vision unfilled and prepared on midsummer night. as if by magic, the preparations for

a wedding at an aristocrat, a home in athens, hip holiday, the amazon queen mary theses, after it's just one of the interconnecting plots in a midsummer night's dream. the film version of this ballet based on the play by william shakespeare was shot in february under locked down conditions after the premier had been rescheduled several times. so it was important to, to use this time in a good way and not to do a streaming, which for me, it is always a kind of compromise because we just sort of, you know, do a documentary of what happened on that night. but to actually do a real film. so it was, it was a very important moment for the company to rehearse, to have a goal. and actually to, to be able to do this film. the result is

a compelling belly film shadow for 3 days and using 7 cameras. the lavish film production gives the realm of fairies and elves and especially magical feel. that's underscored by the contemporary music by george, really getting the idea was to go away from the 900 century idea of a fairy world as something that's kind of twitter re and literary. and that it is something of pure energy, very strong. a very physical, a very fast dynamic. the, the choreography is as complex and varied as the plot. the dancers draw from a limitless repertoire movement, even heading into slapstick territory. ah,

ah, all of that makes this so much more than simply a ballet documentary. the touching intimacy of the lovers is made almost tangible to the viewer shooting, took place under strict, covet 19 precautions in, in constant testing. but the joy of making the film clearly outweigh the inconveniences. yeah, it's really such experience to go through, you know, everybody was trying to teach time d technically the same, but at the same time find something new in the acting and relationship that we had each each day to try and do it a bit different and find something between ourselves, it was returned to live performances of the ballet won't take away any of the magic of this film. what i really liked was the different camera position and the editing

estimate to be the physical movements were amazing. that was no longer people in those costumes. that was pure fascination. the dvd of the film is being released this summer and then anyone in the world can enjoy this classic ballet in for k quality as often as they like. me 2021 mark 1700 years of jewish life in germany. that's an anniversary that's being marked with a year of celebration and special events, one of which was the premier, this monks in cologne of the musical farce model of a rock. in the starring role is dalia shesta and israeli meta soprano, who's been with the cologne opera for 25 years, a real crew for this production because alongside her classical career, ms. chester has a real soft spot for often forgotten yiddish songs. dolly especially, grew up on

a kibbutz, but nowadays she feels like a cologne native. here she's on her way to the final rehearsals for the yiddish musical muscle tough mouth tough can be translated as congratulations, but that doesn't quite capture it. then i am glad of if the glass falls on the floor, you say muscle tone. when someone gets married, you say muscles. and if there's an argument and someone slammed the door in a rage, you also say muzzle cove. you can say it and almost any situation. goggan is like, went out. my little cousin, agnes. you must act back stage. the soprano was transformed into an eccentric cabaret singer from 1900 century odette. she's just one of the many over the top characters in the musical. ah, these aren't the system. it's a pretty wild evening of theater. there's a woman sitting in her alone apartment trying to celebrate pass over. and over the

course of the evening, several of her ancestors from various generations appeared to hurl this up and then things got crazy on him else, so she can get her to on and on. down the civic, i say he wants to get in with munched i phones are perform. didn't need much dahlia and 1st had to learn this. oh, he's going to have people in israel kersin yiddish, or people said to me, for instance, a shane and made a la or a michelle going to call me. and i was always fascinated as a child, even though i didn't understand any of it. 46 plus tonton hobbit me shuster, whose ancestors were from eastern europe, has recently recorded an album of songs by crack o poet motor high could be

a tech who was murdered by the nazis singing his songs, means keeping them alive. we can even make, i think it's high and i, i think this thing, this music because it's important to me because it is a need for me to mention that he does know people what it does to them. thus we meet in a man. oh man, i hope to open hearts with her music and she would like audiences for muscle tone to be open to just enjoying themselves away from religion and historical memories. you shop midland point that we will get a walk and i talk to my friend about it and he said do a piece about living jews, not dead due to the thought to you or the jews in this piece are very much alive to

since in the last 4 liberties the in all summer in europe can have its upsides and its downsides. like here in the shots of an italian beach, on the adrian. this is how german photographer bound had lung prefers to look at the world from way up in the air because it allows him to capture the myriad patterns that we humans make on the surface of the earth and the obvious impact of our activities on the environment. whether good or bad is certainly worth a double take. so right boy, going out now to do that is images unique photographer ban hotline puts his head outside the bubble. far outside. he shoots pictures straight down from about 1000 meters up. this time his subject is an open page link. nice mind. eastern germans,

video, combo textures and patterns revealed from here. i think they're very interesting. 50 year old ben hotline had been shooting pictures of the asked is far and wide since 2010 is photo project aerial views present some very unaccustomed perspectives of fish farms off the coast of greece. julian fields in the netherlands and crew ships at sea. ah, the advertising for talkers, i got the idea. i use aerial photos while looking out the window of an airplane. if you have any, what struck me was that pretty much the whole world, at least in our civilized regions. and especially in germany has been shaped by human hands. get started on, you know, these are i include in this intervention is so radical. and so interesting to me and i want to capture it in my own image. man hotline has won numerous

awards for his aerial views, such as the renown sony whelmed photography, a war for his images of the ranks and files of parasols on the overcrowded beaches of italy's adrian coast. mass tourism is abstracted and color coded mister mid them opened inside. i don't want to work my finger at any one with the same for i just want to show these view builder and i want to make the pictures interesting. anesthetic in terms of the sign is pictures times banks, beverage crates into a kind of bond chart, plastic fields of greenhouses into abstract designs and phosphate minds into fantasy landscapes. the one tools for them hotline subjects is like photos on the internet. but often they turn out to be outdated. this is done to make up a device that's just

a stimulus for me to see what it looks like now in reality, from a helicopter for photography. oh, short months, you know, some things can't be there anymore. so it gives me an extra motivation to see what i can actually get to the bus. my bus is to the doors being removed from his side at the helicopter, so he can get just the wrong tangles. all that keeps ban hotline on board is a single scrap, but all he's worried about is holding onto the expensive lenses. while he changes them, he gives the pilot exact directions. now let's turn along this access that way and then slow down please. the open pit mining east in germany turns out to be a richly diverse location and a productive subject with its many patterns and structures. after an hour in the he gets push on, he was and then hotline released the camera shot to over $700.00 times in that one hour. the beef are the results of today's photo shoot.

now the aerial view to come to the attention of the renowned national geographic magazine. cool. the publishing book of ban hotline is bedside views in 2021. and we'll look forward to that much food for thought in those images from above. certainly an invitation for us to consider our effect on the planet. well, that's all for this time on our culture until we meet again. go, well, thank safe and all the best number line the the me the

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