angela medical, though is not afraid to make a decision, was not afraid to lead kind person with a lovely soul. and that's a person i got to know. the clues of interview with george w bush july 14th at $1530.00 u t. c. on the w. this is the news asia coming up today, 5 years of illegal chinese actions in the south china sea. despite the court ruling, china is still preventing filipino fishermen from accessing time fishing grounds. why and can the philippines do anything about it? plus protecting the pollinators. the rescuers and militia doing all they can to ensure the creators, the fast foods don't die off. ah,

i'm finished energy. welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us some 20 to 33 percent of global trade by sea bosses through the south china sea. it is also home to rich fishing grounds. what if china controlled all of that? it's the core of international concern over china of actions in this body of water located in se asia, the south china sea is claimed almost in its entirety by china, through water called the 9 dash line. this includes started order claims by other countries in the region. china has overtime, militarized many low lying islands and coral reefs here. but 5 years ago today, an international court effectively ruled chinese claims were illegal, particularly over this part, scarborough shoal, a low lying rocky outcrop that falls within the philippines. this territory,

according to the court. the binding ruling by the hague based permanent code of arbitration was in response to the philippines taking china to court. but china refused to acknowledge the verdict. as a result, to this day, filipino fishermen preventive from accessing the coveted fishing areas there. based on that, and i've been catching fishes like this and discover a show has become increasingly difficult. internationally, these filipinos writes to fish here are recognized. but the fisherman, se chinese coast guards have been chasing, and harassing them in the past years, threatening their livelihood. probably monday, i mean it's really not. the problem here is that, you know, fishing territory. we are the ones who are pushed away. barbara b. c. s if we have the area because the chinese coast guard doesn't allow us here

in the non coming up with the commission. them on the semester guard. that's because paging never recognized a 2016 ruling by the have permanent code of arbitration brute that china had violated the philippines to rhetorical integrity. in parts of the south china sea. a significant ruling given that china claims almost all the waters and origin. la hardly islands in the south china sea have long been china's territory. they are the legacy of all emphasis and we can afford to lose a single inch of them. but the philippines also cleans part of the resource. reach area. soon as taiwan, brunei, militia, indonesia, and with non this decades long conflict has always been a flash point in the region. tension has increased a time since 2013, as china started building a militarized artificial islands in the south china sea fronting protests like this

one in manila. but the government's position has been less clear, alternating between rhetoric and restrained them all. so let us be friends, but do not touch a learn under their lives or their life things would be different. but the fishermen aren't convinced they say the country may truly to push back against paging while seeking investment opportunities there, which is very simple. take action. so they can fish freely in the show. again. let's get more on this. i'm joined now from manila by richard had daddy and he's an analyst, an author of numerous books. i'm, i say, including a shows new battlefield, us china, and the struggle for western pacific. richard,

welcome. the 2016 ruling went in the philippines, his favor. why has it not been able to exercise its sovereignty? was scarborough shoals well as far as international law is concerning, the problem always was enforcement. it's also a question of diplomacy. how do countries that when international arbitration against super powers, like china, how the, how did they leverage that legal victory or legal warfare to gain actually concessions on the ground? so i think the probably indicates that the philippines was that it legally was able to invalidate the bulk of trying to claim across up to 85 percent of the south china sea and international water. we're talking about trying to 9 the line and historic rights claims. but the problem was that, you know, the arbitration case was initiated by the former been ignored administration, which are the liberal american friend the reform he said ministration. but when the

result came out, we had a completely different person in charge in the philippines, which is present or the good, who by the way, try to people to china. so consciously, over the past 5 years, the tilting president has downplaying and sometimes even denigrated, the philippines own legal victory in order to keep it chummy and close and intimate with his chinese friends. and how is that gone down in the philippines? filipinos buying that? well 1st of all, it hasn't gone down well with the terri. this own a deputies on multiple occasions we have seen at the department of foreign affairs, the defense to serve the country, the foreign minister of the country. re treating that arbitration award. what final and binding by interest per international law, and no matter what anyone says including china. the fact is that this is already a part of the fabric of international law and the furnace to deter it this deputies all the time. and again, they tried to actually solidify the philippines position on the ground,

not much gains on the scar bar. so because of president a 3rd, this downplaying of the, for the legal victory, including over who should have access to precious resources in the scar marshall. but the philippines, in fairness, over the past few years, think that the efforts of defense minister started in donna and to feel been military, was able to fortify its position on the ground in other dispute, the areas including the theatre island and the strategy. so the picture is quite mixed. it's not an unmitigated disaster. but of course, the big question was, how could the philippines have done better in leveraging this legal victory to get more concessions on the ground including getting access for the fisherman there in the scar or so which is just over. busy 100 not to go away for the philippine coastline. correct. what could the philippines have done better? well, many things, right. i mean, they expect ation was if we had a different president or so on, closer in terms of india, logical outlook and strategic outlook to the previous president are the lead

president bidding god, you know, the philippines had many options. one option was to take this issue, this legal victory out of the unit you in general assembly, take it to the parliament to get to all the different for, to put pressure and trying to comply with it. of course, china will always say, we don't recognize the jurisdiction of this body, but china also wants to be a respected leader. doesn't want to be seen as an outlaw or bully. so a true multilateral pressure. the philippines could have got some concessions from the philippines, not to mention bilaterally. the philippines could have said, ok, maybe we'll not put that much pressure on you. multilaterally will not try to embark you. but in exchange, maybe you can give our fisherman more access to resources in the scar bar. so maybe you can stop harassing them. so there were many scenarios that we could think about how to leverage these awards. but none of that happened because you have a present like that. there is a who priority is i prioritize is good relations. we china, her up above, you know, the interest of the philippines, the times of the us progression of the south china sea has also been seen as

crucial to this ongoing dispute. and just over the weekend, your secretary of state, anthony blink, and reiterate us support for the philippines. if it comes on the attack in the south, china say, i'm wondering, based on what everything that you've said. if that is a boost that the philippines needed to press home its legal advantage. right, i mean this is the synchronicity problem, right? all when president keno was pushing ahead with this arbitration where the philippines was not getting as much support from then president bark obama was very cautious, was very reticent to take due to, to the chinese. right. and if i went arbitration of working out in 2016 to 5 years ago, president obama immediately sent these top national security advisors is and right to china in order to bring down tensions that have not been the position of his successors. donald trump and biden are taking very tough stands and standing by the philippines. the problem is that they cannot be holier than the pope. the film itself has to stand for itself before our lives can stand for it. and this is the

problem we're facing today, which i had that in thank you so much for joining us today. from geo political issues to issues of our food supply imaginable. without coffee, apples automate toes. according to the un, this isn't entirely unthinkable, given the steady decline in b populations the wild over. what's the connection? well, bees actors, pollinators, for many of our favorite troops, less of these means less of foods. it's what prompted a new breed of b. rescuers and militia, whose main job is to save rather than destroy bees. it's not a job for the faint of heart when he's not working his day job as a software developer. oil and shares often hands deep in a swarm of bees. or without a protective suit. he's just one of the volunteers that might be savior. a group of

environmental activists rescuing hides from destruction. the volunteers handle up to 10 relocations a day, acting on people from the public or local officials. in malaysia, those calls usually go to the fire brigade who often taught the entire nist might be savior provides no tentative to killing the insects, but changing attitudes remains a major challenge. so yeah, perception, me read dangerous. so the moment if they see me immediately try to find some way to to remove the b b 's of vital to s 3 systems as pollinators of major crops. but the un is warning of rapidly declining numbers to, to habitat loss, pollution and pesticides that here's crisis in us and europe where they are having

a problem. we'll be going almost like thing. so before that happens here, i think it's important that we continue to, to piece of the b and make sure that doesn't happen here. and yes, these volunteers do get stung, but it's a price they're willing to pay to save the small but vital creatures. one swarm at a time. you buy and that's it for today. of course more no website dot com forward slash asia will leave you today. with these pictures of one families, eve preparations in pakistan. there is cattle on the rooftop of their cut out your home to be slaughtered on either which is in a week's time. but what goes up must also come down and it's quite an operation. we leave you with those images and you, tomorrow by the,

the who's willing to go on field trip. we're all in. as we take on the we're all about the story that matter to the policeman following the fire made some lines. imagine so many push to turn out in the world climate

change the stores. this is more or less the way from just one week. how much was can really get we still have time to act. i'm doing all the time now for 13 minutes of arts and culture coming up, the oscar winning musician composer john bad teeth talks about black lives matter and how he help inspire. pixar is 1st black leading character is, this is me, i was, i was in here. it was a very and also coming up at the london textile designer tricia guild started her business small. now, half of century later,

he's an icon of colorful living that's coming up. but 1st we're off to venice, where architects from around the world come together every 2 years to dream up the future of architecture. and this is architecture be an i'll, a really is about the challenges of the future and a world of turmoil, climate change, and pandemic, se dennis architecture be, and how we live together, ah, to the question ported from participating countries, including some africa, latin america, and asia ah, before the finale is used to be about western europe coming together to show off what is new and then the rest of the world will come and copy or follow or be influenced over the past few be analysis, this has changed. it's not bringing the whole world examples and ideas

and innovations from the rest of the world and putting them in front of western europe and america to look like this. design. phoning from the philippines called structures mutual support. the core of the project is not the construction itself, but the collaborative way was created, especially how we live together is also a lot about how we build together, how we base something together. this product is made through a tradition that's called by in the, in the philippines and we called the non in all right. and these are forms of mutual support that exist in most countries around the world. this position is important because their way of coping in every day. there's a way of coping in the face of natural disasters, or close calamities, or even there and found them a norwegian architect, alexander ericsson food, and his filipino colleague can come work together with the local community here in

the north of the philippines to build a much needed public library. ah, the community has the knowledge of living in the beliefs where they are from and the context where the, where they're living, they're sharing that to us and we're sharing our are good material, knowledge with them. so together at the end of the day, we are working as one in the construction work 22 months in the results can only be seen at the finished architecture. b. and i concept, molly was embodied all these ideas that people who find in a beautiful space in a space which is a bright light. it's when ventilated and it's very open. so all of the terms are captured by the 3rd value on the sign of the building. how to incorporate that into every decision. so the story is rate. the doors are from the roof is at the slope so that you can also bring the air to the building. this became

a guiding principle. all the da signed decisions made. so that's what i'm really proud to be in the library to be returned to the philippines, to the people, people the giving back sharing joy during tough times. that's what it's all about for us. musician john baptist, despite the pandemic, petite, has been on a serious role, and he's put out his 8th studio album, been nominated for 2 grammys. he even won an academy award for co composing the soundtrack to sol, pixar, his 1st movie featuring a black lead character. but he's also taken his music to the streets, leading black lives matter protests against police brutality. i mean to communicate on the claim, anti, in some a 2020 john batista to, to the streets. review the way for people to connect without having

split 2nd, the lay of understanding language and is lexie base your gesture. it's even more than that because it sounds tabs in all of you. you don't have to have any sort of intellectual engagement with it at all. or you can have a lot of it, it gives you a feeling. you don't have a choice in how you interpret it. and that was powerful, not much else in the world. thousands heated his musical call to action. a teeth marched with the black lives matter movement through the city. he lives in. i think new york city is such a political hotspot that whatever's happening in politics impacts the move in the toner, the city in the last 4 years, with the pandemic in the protest,

and all of the political divisions. so i think as shifted, we're constantly in the space between struggle and compromise. watson, upside down. we don't want it to be an easy thing to do with beautiful about, even though it's never quite beautiful of the coffin, john. but he's turns the world on its head in the video for i need you. he brings pictures in a gallery turn life the the just pick all of the brain and go to our face and all of the other plan.

just to see if there was life out there. i will probably play something a dance to see if they got a group. the jombateeste grew up in a family of musicians in louisiana. he learned to 12 instruments. while his big sister was still making mix tapes, he was burning his favorite songs on to cds. ah, eddie murphy, to beverly hills cop actual f d. i used to play that one by ill and a piano blue foam puppy new for me. mean, you know that? yeah, that was for the soundtrack songs for the pixar movie. so he sat down at the piano, the filmmakers were so excited about his performance. they animated him for the

film. ah, but chief provided inspiration for the development of the main character. i was like, this is, this is me. i was, i was in tears. it was a very special experience because that's immortalized for all time. the soundtrack won him, an oscar and a golden globe. john by piece has arrived. what's next for the 1st, the 4 year old mans moved. we'll sing him. ah marie curie

it artistic expression isn't just people saying it's not just the music we listen to. it's also in the designs we surround ourselves with. and they're constantly changing with new trends every season. but for british designer and business woman tricia guild, the secret to success has been largely ignoring the trends. 51 years ago, she found the lifestyle brands designers guild. she started off small importing and reinterpreting fabrics from india. now she sells fabrics, wallpaper, and furniture in countries around the world. a color frenzy. tricia guild boldly combines patterns, colors, and materials creating brightly colored rooms that break with on convention. the

british artist has a flare for the right combination. ok, look at that. to me, it's just in my heart how i use color. if you want to see my passion for color, it's all over here. fabrics, accessories, wallpaper. i'm furniture tricia, guilds, collections have made her a european design icon from the design to the production. every step of the process is equally important to her. patricia gills wants not only to create beautiful products for world of colors, should be more than just decoration. when i 1st started this word, lifestyle didn't exist. i think it's really important to show people different ideas of how they can live so that we've kind of an interactions. and that is what creating lifestyle is all about. it's about creating a space that people will enjoy to be with. in 1970 guild

established the company designers guild, in a small store on king's road london. today the company is known worldwide. so this is where we started and i had 30 fabrics and now 6005, right? i want to show people that you could live with color and i'm constantly learning. i'm constantly trying to something new. and that's what i've always wanted to do. i suppose i like a risky life. patricia guild always swims against the current. she made floral wallpapers, socially acceptable when minimalism was in fashion. she likes to spend time in places that provide inspiration for her work. you've got to look at. i think that's what's important to me. i live enough to keep looking around me and not ignoring my surroundings were for that is the designer tries to

reinvent herself with every collections. repeating recipes for success is part of the question for her. and trends. she just ignores them. i have a lot of information about what piece of my liking, but you cannot design a collection like that you have in for me. i have to design it because i feel that it's the right thing. to me, it's all the same thing, you know, a lifestyle, the space, how it looks, how it functions, how we eat, how the world is going to survive. to me, it's all part of the same thing. she continues to draw inspiration from all over the world to make living spaces more colorful and lively tricia guild, the grand dumb of design. the

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