forms and usa street moves in labs, bringing flooding and extreme winds. the european union has outlined a fresh package of sanctions against russia. they include sweeping new trade restrictions and a cap on the price of oil. the e is also targeting officials responsible for the sham referendums held eastern ukraine. well, that's all for now of next doc film looks at the dark side of futons dictatorship of happiness. i'm probably it's for me and the team here in britain. thanks for watching. take care ok. mm a

mm mm. a friday night in tim pu in the sleepy capital of this very religious country. no. vincent jury and his friends are about to perform a concert. but it's far from traditional the band plays thrash metal. a style of music rarely found in baton, even under ground. but these rockers are no rebels. here. the musicians are known for writing a song with a message that for a metal band is unusual of happiness. a linux will catch many people's attention that you know,

the way we can be happy with the very little we have. we have to be content with what we have in on and the group practices, what they preach in baton. it's difficult to find more musical instruments, let alone a record labels, but they managed to shoot a professional music video for their hit track happiness. ah ah, what i was wondering if we get a chance to rule europe or america to play love to do that. to explain and, you know, spend a message on happiness. this message does not come out of the blue. in 1972,

the boonies king introduced the idea of a happiness index and troubled by the problems he saw affecting other developing countries focused on economic growth. he decided to prioritize his country's gross national happiness over its gross domestic product. roughly the size of switzerland hooton's population is just 800000 people, nestled in the himalayas between india and china, the 2 most populous nations on earth. it's geography kept futon isolated from the rest of the world for years, largely rural and we have no major resources apart from hydro, electric power. baton is still one of the world's poorest countries but they believe they are on the right track. just over a decade ago, the government made gross national happiness, official policy, her visits ultimately without peace, security, and happiness. we have nothing. that is the essence of the philosophy of gross

national happiness. she visited in 2008. the king even wrote gross national happiness into towns constitution. emphasis was placed on the preservation of nature and organic farming. grace is a young entrepreneur. she recently opened an organic restaurant in the capitol. more important if you have a chance and you can have a happy life. indeed, very isolated country with its ancestral buddhist traditions. tv and internet only made their appearance in 1999 mobile phones became commonplace just a decade ago. even today, few images of futon exist to bring a camera into the country. you must 1st prove your intentions, are good. although baton is gradually opening up to tourism and western influence. it's traditional culture remains strong in front of my parents and families does this. but in my life, friends,

i feel more go home to relate where what i love people abound not only by tradition, but also by state wide bands in baton. the sale of tobacco is illegal. so cellos take a big risk. we have to pay the fire to take on mesa to show the sale of alcohol is also prohibited one day a week was it was a beer. why? see, here, happiness has its limits set by the state. and it's built on the backs of indian workers toiling on unsafe construction sites were poor if we work. we stock a profoundly buddhist country who turn posts 10000 temples and monasteries as well as places of prayer. they also serve as last chance schools for delinquents. if we go to an extent of that, it could be prison, it may be

a death also for monastery. futon is a country of contrasts and contradictions could gross national happiness. simply mask the nation structural poverty. maggie mil, what's gross national happiness umbrella. i've no idea we embark on an unusual journey through the self styled kingdom of happiness. 2 weeks before november concert in tim pooh! we met him at the airport in paro. the musician showed us around as part of his day job. them to put on it. oh, thank you, legacy ok. rocker by night to a guide by day. like any civil servant in baton. nov in is required to wear a go the traditional local costume equivalent to the scottish kilt. so we have to

follow the program the by. yes, lumina viagra changes. no, we can do some changes, but it needs to be informed her, like 2 days before. ah, i don't know to roseville, the welcome is warm, but the itinerary is set in baton. it's impossible to travel freely with them to the time. oh, the trip into the capitol tim pooh! takes an hour on route, we made keenly aware of whose running the country pictures of the king and queen grace every street corner alone or with their son, the royal couple or on the present, and truly revered by their subjects. the image of a living, demi god, carefully maintained by the government. one of the king's last filmed appearances, dates back to october, 2011. on that day jig make his saw introduced to the people their future queen his wife jetson pima. a 21 year old

commoner for the occasion, 50000 boot and ease gathered in the hope of getting close to the royal couple. disconnected. if you can please remain seated. how are you old? i'm really glad you're here today. i'm very happy to see you today. i mean, the sovereign presents himself as a man of the people, but rarely speaks to the press. the following exchange is one of the few he's had with journalists since he came to power. are you married? no, i. well, it's worth i used. yes, i think yes, definitely. but within the country we're going to drive to all the districts to get to meet the people and i must thank the people for all their good mission life. thank you with his subjects, say they appreciate their kings,

warmth and kindliness. being dead, meals majesty in the clanging helps and advises his telephone. he even let them discover thing. they didn't know he's truly benevolently an extraordinary chasm. play you, you met with the people's enthusiasm can also be seen in the photoshop surround. tim who along with representations of the buddha's lamas and other spiritual leaders, photos of the glamorous couple are abundant. photos of the smiling monarchs mask a less rosy reality, especially for the press. local media is almost nonexistent, and no criticism of the government is tolerated. as for foreign journalists like us, there are restrictions. it took us 2 months to get a visa. our presence is tolerated, but there is no question of filming anything that could harm the country's image.

our activities here are closely controlled and monitored. after leaving the capital, we must stop at a checkpoint. no, vincent jury, our rocca guide needs to get how visa stamped upon arrival in each major city. if you want us better, 7 for one, our pre set schedule must be followed to the letter in baton. improvisation is not allowed. a few kilometers on there's another checkpoint yet another stamp survey roll is for the safety of the guest. actually it's for the safety of the guest and the people here to have the record of the vehicle. so on whichever route they are. so that in, if they have to so she'd to have the location. okay. it's a well rehearsed explanation, these constant supervision and non optional to a guide, a part of the travel as package $250.00 per day,

including hotel and meals, included in the price is a 65 dollar tax, which finances brittany's health and education services during our guided tour, the government plan to visit to a primary school. oh oh he the children learn about happiness from a very young age. the schools had mistress jokey dooper consistently applies the concept of gross national happiness. okay. say good morning. ah good. so, you know, the lou to sim go monica, you lots of what they give me. kayla said, no. yeah, no i oh, this is the dad. well, i tried getting me logged daddy looked at the good, you know, do go look on the tag. you got me logged on the look. i did

a new car. oh, made door to stacy trees. flowers. i said i babble. well actually, i thought the rezoning a delegated i babble golf aguilar. oh, okay, michael, don't go. ah, hello chad warm jordan lou. she died mid to this is olga. the school for beads picking flowers, but encourages the children to plant seeds, especially for the fruits and vegetables that will end up on their plates at school . each shell has to plant a vegetable and must identify what vegetable had planted and then did the plant. and he need to observe. people may say we are in the town, we don't, we leave in the flat. we don't have god in. there is no space, but then this is then example for a does that no matter where you live? there is a, if there is a place that is of the pupils also learn not to simply throw things away.

everything that can be recycled is collected behind the school and sold to specialized companies. this is how we are trying to dig, dismisses who are asking to learn to manage their own lease. so this must be an empty beer bottle that they have seen on the way to school. so they pick up that and their deposit tier and easter like if they have ways at home, they can bring and be deposited this waste will be recycled in india. the money earned is used to buy school supplies and water filters for the school return is one of the few developing countries where education and health care a free for all. something made possible thanks to wealthy tourists who spend their earnings in baton.

tourists weren't allowed to visit newton until 1974 to day just under 300000 of them are allowed to come each year and admire the country's rich cultural heritage . among the must see sights is the great buddha door, denmark on a hill overlooking the capital. the buddha is over 50 meters, tall and flanked by dozens of gilded statues. but brutal names to develop more than cultural tourism. during our journey well off the beaten path, our guides take us to admire the countries in credible nature, lush forests as far as the i can see on inhabited mountain regions and rivers untouched by pollution, for hundreds of kilometers. the boot and the state is setting its sites on controlled green tourism

we're in one of the countries, 10 national parks that lie on the border with india ever ever. funny thing that movie captain sit up is a ranger at the royal manor, national park. he and his subordinate shakuma are the only men in uniform we meet during our stay. who town has few soldiers and relies on neighboring india for its defense. the ranges role is to protect the local flora and fauna. it's a crucial mission as be tons, constitution states that at least 60 percent of its territory must be covered with forest. and baton has exceeded that target for several years now. as a result, it's the only country that produces more oxygen than carbon dioxide. in other words, it's the greenest country on the planet.

this nature preserve posts, an incredible diversity of foreigner. hundreds of species of butterflies, water, buffalo, and antelope even endangered species like lizards and elephants. now the country is developing high end tourist packages in the hills of tim poo. a luxury hotel has just opened with room starting at $1200.00 euros per night. that's a small fortune in a country where the average wage is less than 7 euros a day. panoramic terraces, exotic wood decor and furniture, sweet, so villas from 70 to 300 square meters and heated indoor pools. this is a far cry from mass tourism. the hotels numerous employees are busy all day long, yet there are few guests on this day. only one

wealthy russian couple is vacationing in this spectacular place. and we've been expressly asked not to disturb them. some entrepreneurs have discovered how to profit from this tourist heaven. under our event and this other more grace is just 26 years old, but she's already a successful business woman. she's also a pioneer in this very conservative society, despite encountering obstacles, as a woman, she managed to open her own restaurant 2 years ago. she serves up exclusively organic food to meet the demands of both the locals and foreign tourists. actually, nowadays, people really care about their health. so it's more important if you have a rich health, then you can have a happy life. graces, life hasn't always been happy or easy. now a single mother of 2, she was married to

a violent man for years. grace had the courage to divorce him despite the fact that this is heavily frowned upon in baton. now she presents her story on the walls of her restaurant 3 years ago while working as a to a guide, she met a rich couple from singapore who took her under their wing. they paid for her training in singapore and helped her fulfill her dream. after returning home, she opened her own restaurant and then let's get her mid disguise as i like. what in my life? yes, i like that. to day she supports her entire family. the 2 waitresses in her restaurant or her sister's corner cup on the bottle. and listen, kaiser, since it's a success story, she's proud to tell to run a business to get a handle. a case to be ahead on the family is an example for someone else.

philanthropy, especially for young generation where we can show them like you can do editing, being a young and her pin and being a single mom. so i think i backed up to show an example for everyone else. an inspiring story, but still a rare one here. yet, oh danny. okay, this is the right thing. when it comes to sourcing fresh produce great, mainly relies on her mother. she lives a few kilometers away from the capital in the mountains. ah 60 year old sharing plants, rice, fruit, and vegetables. and leads in this small traditional house on the hillside. here time seems to have stood still. all the work is done by hand all with the help of animals wasn't on much one

minute. i knew it was her grace regularly comes here for supplies. for her. the lack of machinery isn't a problem. quite the contrary. we prefer animals because you with the missions, you know, like, uh, it makes people more lazy. lee, i knew i was gonna have to hang on to i think like we can used and i didn't, didn't do a minimum. it takes a lot of energy and a good dose of patience. unlike machines, oxen, sometimes moody, especially on camera is oh oh, oh, oh. 6 yeah, i'm gonna need you to a denny. i know it's very difficult

because you have to know how to lay go. they have to listen to you. so you have some technique. how do all the cows and all so it's better, like if you don't know, then it's very dangerous because how can kill you? once plowed, the land is cultivated on terraces, the work is demanding and the yield is small. grace and her mother weed. these rice fields by hand for grace, it's a small price to pay for quality. it's all organic because we don't use the chemical fertilizers like that. but since we use on the account dunc, know that we, we have like, lot of how over here 20 years ago baton was still extremely isolated. people had neither tv nor telephones back then grace's way of life would have been unthinkable . i took of it on my day, we received no education and had to do manual labor. there are more opportunities for your generation. thanks to education and languages. i guess you can do whatever

you want to little the to day. thanks to the kings, generosity every one civilised and delilah to which i am proud of you. grace says she's happy, a happiness she attributes partly to the king. so i think our king, this is like the concert with the happiness, what not with the products. so i think this is also the happiness that with what we get from that as a to i to do in the school in the boonies way of life is far removed from that of western style. consumerism avalanche a store. it's a system without fears, competition them in that ideally both buyers and sellers always get a good deal when it comes store like mcdonald gave c i thing like it's not let go. do you know, like it's not that hide in it because our i heard something i will, i, gar gave sir like the indian a chicken, you know, to make it a bigger safe, so that it's more effective in our health. so i think that thing is not good for

other health. in baton 80 percent of farmers have never used pesticides. their crops are organic and they produce enough fruit and vegetables that the country is now almost self sufficient. however, the farmer's standard of living remains quite low, it's cheering doesn't receive a pension, and most of her crops of her, her own personal consumption. so the money she gets from her daughter supplements her income and she don't, i don't know if i buy in a city then it's more than that. it will be more expensive. but since she is using on her energy and it's a love, you know, like, this is giving you a love, you know, with a vegetable, fuller basket. and i give her money. this is what i on, in a city money. and what this is to see on in the village of history. so this is a axis, but the system between mom and her daughter. so i think like i give it like that because i, i have a responsive a do you know like being a mom,

i have to get her with her. and oh, so that this is what we do usually here. this isn't him home. thank you. good. in chestler, more than other player, the sound young angela did that on an end of it. yes. yeah, nathan, beth darma helping one. another simplicity, connection to nature. it's the very definition of happiness put forward by the authorities in their g n. h concept. however, some formulated this theory of happiness long before the buddha needs government. namely, the monks perfect happiness, all nirvana is what the country's roughly 100000 monks seek to achieve. in baton, one out of every 7 residence retreats to a monastery at least once in their life for a few months or even years. many monasteries also serve as detox or rehab centers

for delinquents. it's 4 30 in the morning and the day is already beginning at the low drag car to monastery in central baton. 3 3 3 3 3 3 0, each morning, one of the monks is responsible for making sure that no one is sleeping in in wyoming yet up. it's a rigid approach that some have trouble adjusting to at 1st and then who drove it to do with a lieutenant some of those who joined us, a former drug addicts to alcoholics and troubled soldier williams. julian and i, they have changed a lot out a lot of bonding. they suffer a lot in the 1st few months because of their addictions and bad habit running to

renew mozilla, but then they change and become ordinary monks. it don't initiative bullshit. you to some, even after that, who's on their body as they used to be gang members and others who you got to do. ross and thomas museum in this was the case for 28 year old senior. he arrived here a little over a year ago and had to quickly get accustomed to the rhythm of the monastery monday to sunday. if i'm at 430 during the day for the to fight, we have professional the said, the to sell yourself. before he began studying theology, cynthia was inter girls, alcohol drugs and st fights is improving my family dismay. and josie from a family members this, i got one to smuggle, give mark on that. a percentage of written ma, ha, carla de protected day as he is supposed to ward off bad luck. cynthia isn't the

only monk with a checkered past. he and no vin, our rocca guide have a shared history. here. no been visit cynthia to talk about it. there was another argument with who is it really the 2 young men have only kept a few photos of their former lives. back then senior and nerve in spent their days hanging out in the streets of the capital with their friends. at an hour, 2000 per didn't. keith let him only hold i used to smoke regional. i miss morgan ball. to buy drugs and go binge drinking singer would often rob people in his neighbourhood. where are you fighting this truth also there, sometime sometime it happens is my collision nice to have collision correction of what sorts and after becoming monkeys totally, i is like

a new life. no i at a wrong national. i did many bad things. so now because mom is kind of a beauty tradition now, because they're all sins the wrong, but i do and in a one which is a good thing because i did, and i was good. so i want to change. so because of them, i would change mean no, no vin could have taken the wrong path to. yeah. if we go to an extent of that, it could be a prison. it may be a death also, or a monastery or monastery to become a monk. if someone realizes to this, but this is a very, very no rare case that someone realizes and really gets committed to become a monk. i just, it is util balaban to another. do fastly that i had agile. yo mental, your life was under some all calm enlightenment capricious, ah, in baton monasteries offer an alternative to prison,

but one that requires sacrifice. cynthia is starting his 2nd year here in his cell, he spends most of his time reading sacred texts up to 10 hours a day. this life of self discipline is far removed from his old, wild ways. still he seems fulfilled. happiness means to peace of mind. you can have nothing and you can be next to be happy because everything dental here . if you have the, in the early or the are happy really if prayers, blessings, but also in a contemplation filled the days in the monastery. sometimes in quite surprising ways. every week, cynthia and the others compete in a unique form of debating his reason is missouri. yes. you know it's nature. i miss, you know, i know the minds nature, but it's metaphysical noodle. how about same can in the same. what do you,

my mother, with the more experienced monks begin the debates, the objective to win over the others with convincing arguments. when among thinks he's found an irrefutable argument, he slaps his hands together. the subject doesn't really matter. the most important thing is the discussion itself and having some fun. oh, is a white horse really white? oh, good guy. yes. yes. you know, a white horse isn't white, it's a living being good. did i want to ha, white or his horse or for a white glove? the do you wanna get well known to prove that either the horse is the white one you might look on the white horse with another of the monks recreational activities in the weekly outing. every sunday the monasteries residents go into

town, though there is no question of cynthia and his friends succumbing to the temptations of the streets. with the money they collected the previous day, the monks can treat themselves to a meal a strictly vegetarian one. i thought, oh, your soul, i some signal less glucose, the assumption is legal punch. if you eat meat, no a we don't, don't don't know which every these are they are our parents. there haven't been a even single b who haven't been on betters. so in a way we, we are eating our balance mid so it's is a mixing actually. and then the problem is that up at the prison, we cannot remember them being of being our bands. and you really believe in reincarnation. of course of ours, everybody is in got it. you are you, you're good me. my father mother was for you the best seem to be reincarnated for

the next life again as a monk, if it's possible, a return in a country, it doesn't matter what it is done is far the monastery is not a j. no, no it's. it's actually is a paradise is i don't a very we say i don't very result a very does because we are full of since we are looking on this seeing this business as normal this but actually some to pay yeah, we're going to look at a little nerve in our guide accompany cynthia on his way back to the monastery. the reunion of the 2 former troublemakers is over and they'll return to their every day lives. i love you isn't very little. no to day sylvia seems to have found the pathway to happiness bo, he'll need to train for 9 more years to become an ordained monk. back in to

improve, we visit grace the entrepreneur. she lives in a small 3 room apartment with her 2 children and 2 sisters. oh, oh. oh oh oh yeah. north cooking underneath the las b. halima when you have to really tired. so in a month we used to go out with a friends and with the siblings that we can enjoy a moment. so he not like, not exactly party, but it's a place where we can relax and enjoy some music. ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, okay. i'm on the home this evening. grace takes her 2 sisters with her as the head of a company and head of the family. grace is one of the few car owners in baton. it's a privilege here. so ladies, let's have fun tonight. yeah, i,

so i'm gonna look somewhere else here. baton has just a handful of bars where young people can meet grace his favorite is the tim poo club, a party spot for the capitols, affluent youth. here they let loose to pope and rat bates a far cry from traditional culture. what brings ah with one we have right now. so this is only the names that all right. i can go home and enjoy it. but i'm not lazy, it's nothing like that. will make you the normal like very hey, like the golden christmas. i think we have one with gender father

here, men and especially women, a free to enjoy themselves without fearing the censure of a society that still quite conservative. here there the most. i because when it happening a z and when the a knocking me didn't again and from the and i you my like give you some these and like you want to have a new one tonight. what wonder what happened? i saw this isn't one ah, modern thing, lemming and commonly i really enjoy a moment yet who turns society and laws are changing in december 2020 parliament decriminalized homosexuality. and at these club young people smoke and drink alcohol. oh, in public spaces, it's another story. to combat the high level of alcoholism in the country, the government banned the sale of alcohol one day

a week. now every tuesday is known as dry day. i. hello. it was it was a beer. why? i lose? no. see you on the lower is strictly and he had to oh dear. just died in baton tuesday is alcohol free day when i can buy there. these are still it's tracy. ah dr. b, what is there either? no. l. no, no, no. ah. and also country. yeah, i way it's like it so ah, another ban smoking in public places in 2004 baton was ahead of its time

legislating on the issue during our visit. there are no smokers on the streets. however, even though the government also ban cigarette sales, many small shopkeepers, still risk selling them under the counter if you will expire for these will scan that we have to be the find financing the do take on make sure you close issue. yeah. it's dangerous. i swear to dangerous terrorism. many people do like this far reaching legislation has been passed regarding food as well. though it may not always be followed to the letter as we see visiting the large markets in tim poo. 3 times a weight, small farmers from the surrounding area come here to sell their spices, fruit and vegetables, whole o,

gannet. of course. there's also plenty of meat for sale, even though officially it's strictly forbidden to kill animals and baton. oh, you mustn't cut in half of italy in their home. it was about about the fall and i thought that i didn't know whether you nearly him out of it along with meat who turns neighbor to the south supplies the country with fuel and cheap labor in the rapidly expanding capital to improve most of the construction is carried out by indian workers, almost everything is done by hand and safety standards are often lacks. but the most dangerous construction sites are located outside the city. at an altitude of almost 3000 meters, a colossal building project is changing the face of this mountain.

since 1961, thousands of indian workers have been coming every year to work on this road that's destined to cross the country from east to west. despite the magnitude of the task and its dangers, the men where know protected clothing, let alone helmets. they work with what little the company provides arjun is 18 years old, and this is his 1st time on the site visit. i don't you have other shoes? no. no, no other work shares young the company provides us with some but mine a wreck in this job that i lost while with toxic ta fumes mountain sickness. no protective gear and no accident insurance. this work poses many dangers, yet there is no shortage of applicants. my are on the phone with poor. if we don't work, we stop. that's why we come here to work and earn money in a very,

very price. otherwise, how else would we be able to leave that out? but i know that they work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, often for 2 months at a time with we're able to film a typical day on the site at their makeshift camp. the workers get up at 7 each morning. oh oh, i'll go wake up. you need to wake up. okay. i'm to get up really. i'm with i will own. this is our homes for 25 people right here. i believe all our gases. we don't have a problem sleeping here, like this last fell castillo. now we need to go and wash and get ready. we have to go to work with that to see what the work is. sleep fully dressed, high in the mountains without heating the temperature in the camp regularly drops

below freezing, like the others aren't and leaves on the plains during the rest of the year. so this terrain is also foreign to him. i grew up in, is there any the guy yet? we've never seen a place like this before. there are mountains everywhere. gorgeous and cliffs. hard, very dangerous. working environment is 0. it's cold here. it's snow. yeah. even the rain is freezing on. yeah. we've been working here for 2 months of, you know, we have 10 days left and yeah, and we return to our villages resume or some work as a counting the days more than others. symbol is 28 years old. this is the 3rd year he's been on the site. he's in charge of the barrels of tar. ah morgan has it read me name? this part of my job is very dangerous. it go that we have to melt the tar. and for

that, we have to heat it, move away. when you're near the back, you must be vigilant at all times that if, if they get cut out of all that you fall in, you'll die. right. i'm sorry, i know that despite the risks, sinbad cannot quit. this work allows him to support his wife and 2 children for 6 months of the year. as long as i have legs to walk, i'll keep working it national happiness built with the blood, sweat, and t is of foreign work. his happiness that has an ecological cost, but not for baton period in india that these barrels go back to india. banking with an al, very bad for the environment. so we have to count them, picked them up and send them back to india. we've got him a lot and the other is gross national happiness. he's no curable, but it has produced some tangible results. and is something the state continues to

promote to the world as seen with the construction of these conference center dedicated to happiness at a time when the country is opening up to the world. baton is trying to find a way to pursue economic and social progress without sacrificing its cultural and environmental achievement. all the happiness of its people ah, ah ah, this is dw news and these are our top stories. millions of florida residents have been advised to evacuate as hurricane ian made land full on the peninsulas west coast. people who have stayed are hunkering down in the face of extreme winds. heavy rain and powerful storm surges forecast her se ian is now a dangerous category for storm. just shy of the most powerful writing

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