in bulgaria, there is no more dancing bear.cued in september 2007. it is a tradition from the middle ages. it no more exists and it will never come back again. dr amil khalil on rescuing dancing bears. remember, you can watch with us every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films along with more than 1,000 radio programmes in the online archive. just go to:. our next story is about an australian tragedy. the town of wittenoom in western australia grew around an asbestos mine in the 1940s but at the time, few people knew that asbestos was lethal and could cause lung cancer. bronwyn duke lived in wittenoom as a child and is one of the few members of her family that is still alive. people were warned but they didn't take it seriously until people started to die. i lost both parents, both grandparents, my brother, three uncles, about four cousins that i can think of and that's just the immediate family in my world. i was born in 1958 in the far north of western australia, in the pilbara, the little town of

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i should mention that when she served in bulgaria, i visited her country as peace corps director. her program was exceptional. that was partly because her director was a remarkable woman. she believed that women's empowerment was fundamental to development and to democracy. it inspired countless others throughout her life. i should note that looking around the audience, we have another former director of the peace corps, erin lambs. -- erin williams. aaron williams. that is what the peace corps has done. it has given a start to many of us who wanted to do something and contribute to u.s. foreign -- in and a fundamentally a fundamentally different way. couldas a way we contribute to the development at the same time. this event is taking place appropriately on the 70th anniversary of the universe declaration of human rights. the core values of peace corps relate directly to the bully and right of every human being to achieve his or her full potential regardless of race, religion or nationality. volunteers convey those values. during their service and hopefully during the rest of the

pullen was very different from bulgaria. and if you even go beyond that. it is also important to understand that yes it's easy to slip over to that. the similar move to the slavery we allow the history of the west to be dynamic and changing over time. we try to fix the history and one particular historical moment. i know that i will be attacked. i know that people will accuse me of being an apologist. i'm want to make clear that i'm not doing that. there are plenty of things that we should reject. trying to get people to understand that there was a baby in the bath water. in 1989 when state socialism collapsed and when a collapse in the soviet union in 1991. there was this kind of western triumphant rush into the region they call it the end of history in the idea that capitalism and liberal democracy was the end-all be-all of human existence in we would all happily be integrated into this global market economy that would make us all rich and happy with lots of toys. what we have seen particularly since the 2008 great recession is that that didn't happen. a

the city of love dave in bulgaria is kicked off it's the european capital of culture any fifty thousand people gathered on the main square to watch the opening festivities of divas ball gary's oldest city it boasts cultural landmarks dating back to ancient greek roman osman periods. now the saudi teenager fleeing alleged abuse by her family has now found safety in canada it's been a long odyssey for half mohammed out of canoe and she was plotting to seek asylum in australia but was stopped on route of the bangkok airport and threatened with deportation after days of uncertainty it was canadian officials who offered her a new her. own. right how all canoe and briefly appeared before the press at toronto airport but was too exhausted to take questions after a dramatic journey she's finally safe in her new home town it was glad that you were able to leave now and it's you want to read you say you read you keep the last of you and use your answer on the ring to the person he's laying low danger on january fifth the eighteen year old arrived. bangkok airport from kuwait she defied thai autho

the music video was filmed in bulgaria and it's hot stuff. just break. a. leg you. think you're.aching number one in the u.s. charts was something no german x. had managed in twenty seven years until felix james did it with his remakes of cheerleader in two thousand. fifteen conquered the charts of the world's biggest music market here's the story behind the song. of course. the remix of a song. is on the set list. of the song was commissioned in twenty fourteen. countries of course i was really pleased when the request came through i was amazed that such a large record company would get in touch with me. i really liked the song i thought it had a lot of potential a lot of people don't know the original it's a reggae pop tune from two thousand and twelve. pop tune was only a hit in jamaica at first. then i told them hey send me the acapella track just the vocals i sped it up quite a lot over twenty beats per minute faster and i built the new track the remix around that. there's no trumpet in the original but fix for his remix so he calls in. i was at the pool when my phone rang a

having to southern germany and austria has now reached the balkans and southeastern europe is in bulgaria say two snowboarders have died in an avalanche in the mountainous southwest and the rest of europe at least seventeen people have died in some of the heaviest snow falls for two decades and folk forecasters are warning of even more snow. if you still manage to enjoy the abundance of snow but for most it's girls only hard work and danger german soldiers clear roof tops and backs just garden to prevent the collapse were fresh snow fall expected over the weekend it is a race against time. in the back of this garden community alone around one hundred rooms that still need to be cleared of snow they're carrying a very heavy load we all know prioritize and obviously we're going to do that as quickly as possible so the snow is gone before any new snow arrives. before then. and this winter wonderland the snow covers hidden dangerous helicopter clears the snow from the treetops next to this german highway to avoid them collapsing onto the road. a rise in temperatures on saturday will not bring

the music video was filmed in bulgaria and it's hot stuff. for. me. yes. but. from.mud of the drinks. reaching number one in the u.s. charts with something no german accent madison twenty seven years. with his remakes of cheerleader in two thousand and fifteen conquered the charts of the world's biggest music market here's the story behind the song. of course. the remakes of. remakes of the song was commissioned. of course i was really pleased when the request came through i was amazed that such a large record company would get in touch with me. i really liked the song i thought it had a lot of potential a lot of people don't know the original it's a reggae pop tune from two thousand and twelve. at first. then i told them. just the vocals i sped it up quite a lot over twenty beats per minute faster and then i built the new track the remix around. but. so he calls in. i was at the pool when my phone rang and it was félix saying hey how about it and i'm like sure i'll be home soon anyway i'll see what i can do i sat down at home listen to the song played it through twi

jeremy clark and his wife have adopted four special needs kids from bulgaria. >> two, three.ov him another bed. >> the high five was so cute. >> he just joined the family in 2018. and people were asking, how is he adjusting? i think he's adjusting well. look. he also likes to help feed his brother. >> i think so. >> one for you, two for me. >> dad says he got up, unasked, thought i'll help him out. you know even if you're the little brother, you are your brother's keeper. >> your family's instagram channel, bucket of bulgarians, is aptly named that because jeremy says the adoption process was easy with the first one. they decided to keep doing it. >> two of the brothers were in an orphanage together. they're not related. but they really are now. and forever. >> love comes in so many different ways and you can't restrain kids from being themselves because, look, may be special needs, but he knows that his brother needs his help. he's helping out. >> special needs but pretty special parents as well. >> it is tough to look after kids with special needs. but at the same time, the

host: today's global teen comes from bulgaria. ivea: i'm m ivea simeonova. i'm 15 and i come from sofia. yes, i like going to school, but i don't really know why. my mother workrks at the natiol polytechnic museum. i don't know what my father does. my parents are divorced. in my free time i go to a workshop where we learn to sing, act, and dance. i would like to get a good education, and live near my family. i'd like to be a pediatricicin because i love children. my favorite subjects at school are chemistry and biology. and you need them if you want to become a doctor. i'm afraid of being away from my mother. i'm closer to her than to anyone else, and i love her very much. the biggest problem is environmental pollutution and d air.r. yes, definitely. today we have so much technology that makes our lives easier. host: : who cares about the flor industry's desestructive impmp? >> i do. host: who cacares about glalal lgbt right >> i do. host: who cares about homeless people livg on thehetreets of l.a.? >>>> i do. host: who supports sustainable farming g in the

bulgaria, romania, albania, serbia, samoa, croatia, to name a few. one other thing about this list.you don't really see any latin american countries on this list. you will see and if you look at our index and i assume you have all picked up copies of our index now, that we have sections focusing on each region of the world individually, and i invite you to take a look particularly closely at the section dealing with latin america because i think there is some interesting conclusions that can be drawn by the relative stagnation in that region. a final shout out to the importance of trade, and i think my colleague jack spencer who will follow me they want to talk about this a little bit as well. the declining economic freedom was driven by two categories. one was judicial effectiveness, and that is a category that uses a lot of survey data and the major declines in that category showed up in eastern europe countries like poland, hungary, czechoslovakia, which showed declines in judicial effectiveness, and the opinion of their citizens about the judicial effectiveness in those countrie

the eu commission has told eu states to tighten checks on non—eu malta, cyprus and bulgaria are the onlyassports in return for investments. after implementing a crackdown on tax evasion, china's tax authority has collected more than 11 billion yuan, that's $1.62 billion, in unpaid taxes from film and television industry professionals. the programme began after chinese actress fan bingbing was ordered the military government promised a quick return to civilian rule after it seized power in 2014, but it has repeatedly postponed the election date until now. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head, in bangkok, says it's difficult to determine the outcome, but citizens are more motivated than ever to be heard. it'll be the first elections since 2011. we will have a very different electorate, a lot of young people who have not voted before, and that makes it quite difficult i think for people, particularly after this almost five years of political deep—freeze under the military, to know exactly how people's loyalties will work out during the election. the military, as you say, did prom

s wheels when it was keen to invite nations like romania and bulgaria into the club so the e.u. irish government invested in a big yes campaign and a year later the vote was rerun. the majority of votes against the proposal. was the irish decision on the use defacto constitution the lisbon treaty suffered the same fate majority in favor of the proposal. that i see dear sloth as a sign of confidence by the irish people and european union as a sign of their desire to be all hearted members of the european union. the for the british shambles it was the greek debt crisis keeping e.u. officials are currently. in twenty fifteen the new greek prime minister staged a referendum in which greek citizens overwhelmingly rejected the evening's austerity policies but brussels imposed them anyway those living in the birthplace of democracy well pleased with what they saw as an undemocratic process. and this one may not be related to the e.u. but it is related to britain in twenty twelve voters in the city of manchester rejected having elected mayor but a couple of years later david cameron's w

bulgaria, which made an early decision after the fall of the soviet union and the lifting of the iron curtain, to adopt a mond monetary board to make the decisions about currency independent of political considerations, tops the world in monetary freedom. finally, open markets. this is one of the most interesting categories. it's also one of the categories where we have the absolutely best data. it's always a challenge to find worldwide data for the index. hong kong, with essentially zero tariffs, no tariffs at all, imagine what that looks like, no tariffs, leads the world in trade freedom. and luxembourg, which has probably the highest per capita income of any country in the world, leads the world in investment freedom. i think there's a clear relationship there. their per capita engine is well over $100,000. think about the level of prosperity that those citizens enjoy. and then for financial freedom, it's led by australia, hong kong, and switzerland. that means all those countries have very high levels of competition in the banking sector, and competition breeds efficiency and help