and send us your story chain only understand this new culture. so you are not a visitor, not against you, want to become a citizen, into migrants, your platform for reliable information. i did up the news a show coming up today, building up to an important antenna re celebrations, begin as the chinese communist party profess tomorrow it's hundreds anniversary. in today's time, we look at beatings efforts to send the message of confidence to the world and how its own citizens feel about the old football team. and the tragedy of drug addiction, enough gum is done and why one woman campaign to help the victims could be at risk?

the me i been energy welcome to did up the news asia. glad you could join us. chinese president, she g being has called a communist party members to follow marxist principles and lead the drive to make china and international power. his comments come 2 days ahead of celebrations of the 100 year anniversary of the communist party celebrations are already taken place, including a gala performance at aging famous national stadium, also called the bud fist. exhibitions about the communist bodies. history are open and other preparations are under way in central beijing. security is tight in beijing in the run up to this week's celebrations, traffic has been shut down. surveillance and security personnel numbers have been ramped up,

but the streets decked out in touch real sick flower arrangements and national flags. people are being encouraged to capture the event on cameras. flocking to a temporary $100.00 anniversary propaganda exhibition. it all seems to be having the desired effect. where do you want the communist party to stay in power for the next 100 years? yes, of course. why? i think the party is very good. it's enabled us ordinary people to achieve happiness in our lives. so a cons, attend to july, celebration events and shannon square in person. i still feel very honored when i think about it. i went to gentlemen square a few days ago and it was spectacular. it really made me feel excited to know if you don't gentlemen square the scene of a deadly government crackdown in 1809 is close to businesses this week. it set to host the centenary celebrations main events on july 1st. but celebrations already

started with a bang on monday evening. a lavish event, beijing's olympic stadium emphasize china's rise to economic and political prominence. and it was watched by thousands of spectators, all waving chinese national flag. on the same evening, several chinese cities stage light shows to mark the communist party history. and on tuesday, chinese president asian paying awarded loyal party members with metal g loaded them to the self with sacrifices in helping to achieve national independence and prosperity. and he called on all for a continued adherence to marxism. i get more of this from corresponding with his building, which i've been now from beijing, but is, it's very important milestone for the communist party,

no doubt. but is it the same for chinese citizens as well? it's very hard to say how much chinese citizens really participate with interest in these celebrations. on the other hand, there's also no way to evade the whole city is under a special regime. during the celebration, metro lines or stations have been closed and the roads are close to carry. the delegates who participate in the celebration from one place to another. in the past here, i would say that the communist party might have made some gains in public opinion due to their response to coven people have at least seen that many things are not as bright outside of china, as they used to seem. but most of the time, people keep their opinions to themselves. people have used to live with

a party that does not allow descend and they have found their ways to deal with it . or they give us a sense of the place to the communist party has in ordinary chinese life. for instance, if you want to have career growth in your chosen profession, does it help to be a party member? if you choose a public korea, if you are work in state or enterprises, it definitely helps on this. and kennedy anniversary mathias, what is the message that the communist party is trying to send out to citizens and to the world in general, confidence, confidence, and confidence. that is what the communist party uses as a slogan often. and this is what they show this celebration is of course,

massive. it is pompous that is to show that the communist party is in control to show of achievement. this is one of the things that sees him thing has driven forward since he has come to power to make the communist party more visible, his predecessors have chosen to make the party more of an organization that is very powerful in the backseat. but that does not show itself that visibly to the outside world. we can see this, for example, some examples the, the heads of the states in pink official title is chairman, which is a very communist to him. in english, it's translated as president, and there are many examples, like the c jumping has reversed a lot of this trend and it makes the party more visible, more assertive inside and outside china. now there is no denying, of course that the china has made great progress in the last 100 years mathias. but

is there any public discussion of the costs associated with it, such as tightening of government control and pushing of descent and human rights violations against minorities. for instance, it is increasingly difficult in china to criticize the communist party. a lot of the discussions that were possible just 10 years ago, for example, on social media that was also monitored at the time. but the so hot a little bit of leeway, a lot of this is not possible anymore. and just the had of this anniversary. the communist party has tightened its grip on well known dissidence. many of them have had visits from the police, have been invited to the police and have been prevented to speaking. for example, to foreign media. there is of course, reason for suspicion that the communist party is not as confident as it seems to be,

but it is a building engaging thank you very much for that insights. and on thursday we'll be looking in detail of the 100 and inversely of the chinese communist party. so do join us for that on the w. use a sham turning to of contest on now where continued conflict, political instability and a lack of economic opportunities have contributed to a growing drugs. problem. latest figures show, well over 10 percent of the population use drugs and that the numbers of female and child drug addict is increasing. i've gone less than la had already has been fighting to help drug addicts in the capital for 10 years without government or international funding. now that international troops, i'm leaving land, i had already fears for the future of a rehabilitation facility earrings and because on and linda hi diary is on her way to mother camp. it is one of the few privately run addiction

facilities and caboodle. her diary founded another camp on her way. she passes by poly suck to bridge, where many drug addicts live in a row that i'm up with. but other, and we'll talk when i saw the bridge for the 1st time, it was like looking straight into hell. the wrench that i thought, this is what hell looks like. i remember people were lying on the ground like animals were dying and they could have had promising life because it was maybe the fact that was that was another shock and still also had already she hadn't seen her brother for a long time and found out that he was living under the bridge. high diary decided to take action. she wanted to help her brother and many of the addicts and caboodle almost everyone in the city of 4 and a half 1000000. know someone whose life has been destroyed by drugs

for rehabilitation center is located in western could boil, is dead. her son was once an addict himself. for 30 years he suffered from harry and tendency, but with high diaries help, he managed to kick the habit. now he manages dissenter in her absence, for meat is not an addict. he has been here ever since. hi, diary found him as a young child in a garbage can on the side of the street, most likely abandoned by his family and who should have patience. stay here for about 4 weeks. there is a lack of costly medicines to their withdrawal symptoms. so patients usually have to make do with cold showers. they also have a lot of talks and music sessions. the high diary also has in mind to 10 after the rehab. she also runs the restaurant, taj, big room. all employees are recovered addicts, the work helps them lead drug free lives and brings new perspectives. mohammad

hussain is one of those who manage to turn his life around. so this is a special place for dennis done so we can feel pretty safe here. i'm very happy to work in this place because here in the restaurant is just different, almost like a family. there was a strong on it on that some take of 10 to the venue. the restaurant received threats from extremists also because it is run by women. hi, diary has managed to build what she said out to build, but the situation in afghanistan is unstable. it was scrawl of international troops is underway and should be complete within the next few weeks. the 3rd, but when her phone i've got on her, i'm pretty pessimistic. about just gone to some future muslim, they seemed totally really co cheeky as my the only one candidate to wants the

future of the taliban that are, that are radical muslims. and the devil, no, not the women was and they is the mommy lane and the future is uncertain, but at least for now layla hi diary knows what she is going to do. so part those with the drug addiction and kaboodle for as long as possible. and that's it. and others, of course, um, on our website dot com forward slash aisha. believing today the visuals from cambodia of a pet lion that was rescued from its owner by authorities off the lines, images went viral on pick talk. the 18 month old dominion had been defined and declared, so he could be kept as a pet in the capital pen. he was trying to admit taken to an animal shelter in c tomorrow. the

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you know, on this panel, we're not afraid to ask young people clearly have the solutions, the future the 77 percent. now, every weekend on the w, the, the latest chapter in the ongoing debate over restitution of lucia art africa centers around a sacred drum that's currently in storage in london's british museum. well, that's coming up on today's arts and culture along with the stories. the french city of both the brand new cultural campus with a tower spectacular tower by canadian american architect frank geary. as it's centerpiece. and for the 1st time since the pandemic, the verona,

rena amphitheater in northern italy, has returned to staging full offers, albeit with an innovative re imagining due to continuing virus restriction. well, in a historic move, in april, germany agreed to return priceless artifacts to nigeria that were stolen by colonial forces. back in the 1900 century repatriation of the famous been in bronze as will start next year. but the u. k. holder of the world's largest collection of lucid art is far more reticent of the sacred and god g drum of the become a community in kenya of which there are unfortunately no current pictures available is just one of thousands of artifacts. now, gathering dust in its museum volts, and it's an object of deep spiritual significance that the community wants to reclaim the manually as them returned every so often to the grooves in shallow on the banks of kenya's center river. he belongs to the common

community. the group once, how's the comb with secret and got the drum which was stolen by british colonial officers 100 years ago. in the possible eldest, who had been kaji in a police like vc, it was a secret placing the forest in height, but not even small children could find their way. the drum or gadget was once reveal, does it become with center of sovereign power? it determined their way of life. i am in without in the grove is no longer secret and become a governing council to reach manuel, he belong, has lost most of his authority. after taking the gods from the pl como it was shipped abroad and kept her in storage in london, british museum liberal comb with king macaroni among garza, the 7th, and the elders and kingdom of the drum will never return. i think i'd like i knew

my gin if i had the miss west minister the parliament in england if i had met laying some way here and they musing it as i stood, what the british needs yes to them. it's this isn't drum on savages, but it is which is not all, but it has amused some function. why should you deny an object? it's functions like the many communities across the african continent have been demanding for the return of plunder, cultural cal minor, a digital heavy paid specialist was shocked by how much of the restitution debate and even the actual return of august takes place behind closed doors. she co

founded open restitution africa, an online platform that puts together data on restitution and bring african physicians to the forefront of the debate. especially when you look at technology by say we are saying that more people can access this information. more people who are not in expert cycles, let's say i couldn't weeks, or even in museums, and people who are on twitter and instagram and have nothing to do with museums or hated can actually access this information. and i think that's powerful in, in creating awareness that yes, there is material that has been taken to macaroni comb with king recently got communication from the british museums that they would like to talk a huge step forward from when he 1st last initial request years ago his community, which numbers roughly 200000 live in one of the poorest regions of kenya. many no longer here to the old traditions and question the relevance of the drum today.

king michael rodney and manually as opposed to when i return to the old days. we're not sitting here under the lush mangle trees by the river. they're hopeful, but they're society, distinct identity will one day be resurrected an era to become a one. me s. and let's hope that that pride can be restored for a younger generation. and i'm joined now by my colleague adrian kennedy. welcome, adrian. it's great to see you and we heard about one initiative there in the report, but there are really many voices across africa that are now being heard on this topic. yes, for example, kenya's national museum in nairobi has an exhibition called invisible inventories examining the skulls and consequences caused by the absence of so many cultural artifacts. the symbolism of the m. t showcases

cannot be overlooked. missing objects include mosques, shields, smoking, pipes, cones, grave markers, drums, and even stuffed lions all in all the international inventories group has a recorded over 32000 objects. wow, which is a huge number. so the plan, i guess, is to create a database of canyon objects that are held bicultural institutions across the world . and that's why i want to talk to artist, an activist jim chu, chu. he says this is absolutely necessary because kenyans very often don't know where these are the facts and even what they got, what they are. and here he is explaining the scope of this problem, just in kenya, plan was to create a database of canyon objects that are spread out across the cultural institutions across the world. because because kind of in no way it's object sign what they are

. we decided to visualize every object as a shipping label, because for us, every object that left kenya was shipped outright. and honestly, we've covered all the walls, but this is only like 2000. well, that does indeed make you think of obviously a lot of work to be done. what's the latest on the drum? well, france and germany has done quite a lot. so moving the direction of returning stolen artifacts. but the british museum is holding onto this idea that it is a cause, dodie and all the world heritage for the world is making sure that these pieces remain safe and can be seen by thousands of people. but the still, the british museum, and the one problem with this is, of course, the people in africa can't hop on a plane to london every time they want to see the national treasures. now the per

como king put in this request 8 years ago, the museum is prepared to talk, but probably only about a loan. but the good news in office is that the many proliferating african initiative is putting more pressure on institutions to revise the perspective on homeless. so this is a developing story or stories, i guess we could say that we'll have to definitely keep tabs on the thanks very much for bringing us that backs from background story on the godaddy drum. adrian kennedy. thanks want. thank you. well, the southern friends, city of aqua has a spectacular new cultural venue designed by none other than frank geary in attribute to the town the most famous past residents. the romans, on the one hand and dutch painter vincent van gogh, the canadian american architect, has created a sculptural steel tower as the heart of a brand new $27.00 acre creative campus called luma. the new building by architect frank gehry is a monster of steel, glass and concrete region,

56 meters in height. no 2 sides are the same in architectural challenge, that the trademark of gary's designs. the facade features more than 11000 stainless steel bricks specially designed to reflect the particular quality of the light in prevalence. gary has described it as a painterly building. the building will be blue. sometimes it will be pink, it will be yellow, orange silver. obviously, the fact that they're set it angles makes each of the panels in different color has the capacity of being a different color to the building will be an exhibition space for the personal collection of the owner, swiss billionaire my a huffman the site will also include a library archive rooms and restaurants. the round base was inspired by us woman amphitheater. the tower echoed the craggy opium, mountains and steel reflecting the light of accidents and vanguard, paintings. and speaking of fun golf shoppers and aren't lovers,

in the united arab emirates will soon be able to step into his post impression of masterpieces. projected onto walls and floors in a due by shopping center of immersive digital experience will showcase displays of some of fun golf most famous works. it opens july 1st and will run until mid the middle of next year. and finally, exciting news from northern italy where the verona rena amphitheater has returned to staging full opera for the 1st time since the pandemic signaling a cultural returned to life for the town of romeo and juliet fame. the o in feathery, now, where we lay unseen. italy's most fabulous opera as a back to entertain audiences. off to the pandemic force. many theaters to go dark . it's

a kind of magical because in this period have this situation then come back to the normal things stage and pretty much together. not too much distance. i mean, slowly, we can back to normal and we take out the, the extinction that we had for a long time. behind the scenes of the verona arena, professor, plenty of work has been going into adapting the world famous sets to news social distancing standards. the new rules meant that they couldn't have as many stage hands cramped together to move sets around. ah, that solution? 3 deep background projections, including seen from the operates inspirations such as felina movies. what i'm thinking that all of your materials we understood already last year in november that we needed to have another plan in the event to ality that we couldn't use the traditional big sets by frank,

defer eliot cetera. because we wouldn't have been able to maintain the proper social distance of the workers. and so we came up with many ideas to fund the level to what we, what day and night. and we decided to use technology to transmit beautiful images instead of the big set. and i think and i posted the good news to me and trust me to the magic matter. you know, the performers seen here performing poly out. she has to get used the new technology. ah, but some of the thing is are impressed by it. you nancy took 2 more to comb or the 1st of all, it's very convenient because for the voice it becomes a war that gives you acoustic help. and in the arena, that's really important because we thing outdoors that i mean a band that the audience also impressed no technology at the new technology. well, even being used to the big sets of the arena. it's still very beautiful. most of

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