this circus performance is being held in a city in northern mongolia.shohow from a group know locally as the street kids circus. just over a decade ago, life for the performers looked very different. half of the circus were street children living in extreme poverty in the dark sewers below the city. the children were taken in by the owners of the circus, a pair with over 15 years' experience working in circuses around europe. they used f ed their savings to the children and began teaching them circus skills as a sort of physical training. >> this time on "asia insight," we meet the kids escaped the streets for the circus and the couple who stood behind them. about 200 kilometers north of april call ewe lulaanbaatar lie mongol mongolia's third-largest city, dahhan. home to around 120,000 people, dahhan is known for its industry. aid from the ussr in the 1960s helped build a host of iron and steel factories. a theater in the center of darhan is where the circus trains. the group's official name translates to "the good children's circus club." the group is

while in mongolia, the traditional herding lifestyle is threatened as drought forces a new generation to the capital in search of opportunities. [makelson derilus speaking spanish] [greetings exchanged in spanish] [man on podium speaking spanish] [man speaking spanish] [both speaking spanish] [derilus speaking] isabel rivera-collazo: we think of migrants and refugees as these people that are coming to take over our country. we don't see that these are the people that got to the point that it was so hard for them to survive that it was easier to face death than to stay. because that's what they are facing when they decide to get on a boat or they decide to c cross a border or ty decide to cross the desert, they're facing their own death, they're facing the death of their loved ones, theirir children,ndnd that is a better decision than staying behind. reporter: look at the size of this storm on satellite at this hour. tonight a direct hit in haiti slamming ashore at 145 mileles per hohour. [indistinct voices] [derilus speaking] [whistle blowing] [cesar palencia chavez speaking spanish]

who could possibly threaten mongolia with a ground war. you know it's not about threatening god threads but it's about you know if our neighbors if you talk about pragmatism i'm not sure if you do something you have a pragmatic reason for that exactly therefore we have our military doesn't matter how small it is but a state has to have its own military so that's one thing secondly if you have a military they'd better be trained and then they better be interoperable with their neighbors because for example due to our very longstanding relationship with saudi at union then and many of our military officers were treated in russia and then you know many of our officers were pretty comfortable that we know you know. you know russian maneuvers tactics that cetera but with time. we started you know if you do not keep cranium behind the minister i'm sorry for interjecting thread my point that i made earlier was that it's not just any other military drill which usually focus on improving in hansing the coordination and cooperation those maneuvers h

you sound time to arrive at that perspective because you said in one of the interviews that before mongolia used to view its landlocked status as a limitation what allows for that change of perspective and this new vision of being landlocked in having no access to the sea as something that you can actually gain from here you know two things again under do love the sea convention we have the right to access the sea and our neighbors due to a very good neighborly relationship which is of strategic nature we're having no problem with our access and that strength of a true national law we should be also using forward which means it is you know in dealing with our two very big neighbors still we're also using their goodwill plus a traditional law as well that's what the executive board of. these two markets themselves are very big markets for example china is one of the prime you know export markets of mongolian commodities russia is also a very big market but vets were buy more from russia than selling at that test we were outlining in our discussions with our russian friends we're telling them

hindrance being some which between russia and china are worlds apart but it's not a question to mongolia as minister of foreign affairs next. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy the infantry shouldn't let it be an arms race is often the spirit dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. going to want to. get. there so you'll. have any. showing us you know you're not. you know just i mean. i mean. if it up as well i might be. getting worse but those was. just. my body and we've. just got that already yes equestrian he. seem to. reflect there's someone else living inside of me controlling my body. the byproduct. the drug the the cause like severe depression. because they literally need him into a zombie it's crazy. you know we don't have to do anything it's not our fault the shoes plays easy and all that for. years traumatic because of. are a. lot of welcome to worlds apart situated between russia and china then when the goal is the world's most landlocked country and yet according

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crane and how it's being sandwiched between russia and the west lots of conflict mongolia also finds itself within two great powers russia and china and yet from what i understand it is a source of development rather than discord how do you explain that well. we're developing the. ballast relationship with our neighbors and it's our priority. was russia and china we have strategic partnership and really it is a trust confidence relationship the most important thing is really the fact that you give priority to this relationship you because you're the aleutian ship on your strengths of course we're different countries that means we have differences doesn't mean that we do not have differences.

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incredible quite a few from venezuela and colombia but also the czech republic when of health from mongolia and it's sam said thanks see they're on top of the monks erudite the highest mountain in the science mountains of asia. we'll be sending you your very own euro max wrist watch i hope of finds you well thanks to everyone for taking part now onto a treat for the taste buds it's time for another installment of our series you're maxed out today we ventured to the southwest of germany to take a closer look at the storied swabian suckling pig we show you how the tradition is carried on today. cmon kind of his biggest secret is here on a farm in the southwestern german state. is known as this one is this famous or this and these are all paid their certified swabian whole pigs order it up in the horn low region this is for the breeders up there are responsible for the resurgence of this particular story which is. the quality of its knees made this way beyond the swabian region's most popular breed of pagan one thousand nine hundred fifty s. and later years people prefer. the breed had almost

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been kinshasa it is unknown especially given that there is a significant support to security but mongolia look like they have support in the northwestern part of the country as well. and there are concerns around these protests and just what might happen in the coming days. around the potential violent american union highlight it wanted to send a high level delegation to the d.r. sleep saying that he wanted to help the the r.c. what he considered to be a political crisis many people have made that no one outside of the capital in terms of intervening will. in the democratic. leap of the african union place that this is a political crisis a lot of concerns when we do about it about what might happen well again what many would consider the controversial constitutional court ruling the u.s. president has offered a concession to break the deadlock over the partial government shutdown donald trump says he'll give temporary protections to some immigrants in return for money for his border democrats have rejected his. this is a commonsense compromise both parties should embrace the radical left

according to my guest today this isn't a strategic weakness but rather a competitive advantage how has mongolia managed to overcome its geographical limitations and can infuse this experience to punch above its weight in the geopolitical agreeing to discuss that i'm now joined by them but tara and go.

to do mongolia in the hospital much russian doctor if you. are just some of the top stories for this hour here on r.t. international we're back with more. on when i was told small seemed wrong all but all were all just all. in the world to get to shape out this day become educated and in gains from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. an officer has been told to get up off the ground and the officer began to pet him down. and then prints on the sounds of kind of fighting into the grown man like wrestling essentially the officer who. drew his own. individual twisted away from the officer pulling the toilet out of his crib. the officer did they kind of lunge for the weapon ones missed and then what happened on three swung as i was just hands didn't hit him i never saw any contact between the two any kind went back to where they were so the officers back here there try again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the officer pulled out his gun and he did it on three. he's go

others say mongolia or perhaps here at the demilitarised zone kim jong—un met president moonjae—in, various made with a second summit and where is the current progress? some people will say we've gotten everywhere in the last year. kim jong—un has met with president moon, he's also met donald trump and president xi, he's stepped onto the global platform and is engaging with the international community, but it depends where you put that progress gauge. no nuclear weapons have changed hands, there is no indication that north korea is going to give up any of its nuclear weapons and it seems to be dictating the terms by which to negotiate. if you are looking at that site and the united states said they wanted a complete irreversible denuclearisation, that won't happen, but the meetings themselves could be seen as progress. i want to take it to live pictures just coming in from beijing, where we are expecting the arrival of kim jong—un for that fourth summit. china inviting kim jong—un jong—un for that fourth summit. china inviting kimjong—un to come to see president xi jinping. so china invitin

as you are saying, president trump said in not too distant future, there is talk of hanoi and mongoliaing traffic. that, as you can see, a motorcade. he travelled there on his special green and yellow bullet—proof train. his fourth visit to china in less than a year. we believe it is his 30th birthday. as soon as we can glean more on that. the actor kevin spacey has appeared in court in massachusetts charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man in a bar, in 2016. the 0scar—winner and star of house of cards said nothing in court and was granted bail. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports from nantucket. this was a journey kevin spacey didn't want to make. touching down on this jet—set island, before completing a televised drive to his first appearance in court. clear the sidewalk, please. clear the sidewalk, clear the sidewalk. his legal team argued he shouldn't have to appear in person because of the negative publicity that's already surrounded this case. but the actor who's spent so much of his life in front of the cameras found it impossible today to avoid them.

others say mongolia or perhaps here at the demilitarised zone that kim jong—un met president moonjae—inbe what progress can be made with a second summit and where is the current progress? some people will say we've gotten everywhere in the last year. kim jong—un has met with moonjae—in and donald trump and president xi, he stepped onto the global platform and engaging with the international community but it depends where you put that progress gauge. no nuclear weapons have changed hands, there is know that north korea is going to give up any of its nuclear weapons and it seems to be dictating the terms by which to negotiate. if you are looking at that site —— that site in the united states said they wa nted site in the united states said they wanted a complete irreversible bald —— irreversible denuclearisation, that won't happen, but the meeting itself could be seen as progress. actor kevin spacey appeared in court on the island of nantucket today — charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man in a bar there in 2016. the oscar—winner and house of cards star said nothing — but was

and it has gone to brazil, italy, mongolia, it is worth reading.es under six months. yes, this is an idea being put forward by the prisons minister and i think it makes a lot of sense. his quote is that these short—term sentences, for things like burglary, et cetera. burglary and shoplifting. long enough to do damage, not long enough to actually heal you. his argument is, and i think it holds a lot of water, you put people in prison for six months, they met bad people inside prisons, they get bad habits, maybe they lose theirjobs, maybe their marriage gets into difficulty, they come out and they reoffend and they reoffend more quickly than people serving long—term prison sentences. he says what is the point of sending them to jail? rehabilitate them in the community, train them in the community, train them in the community to change their ways, ease up community to change their ways, ease up the tension and the overcrowding in prisons, which is a massive, massive problem. anthony is a a no—brainer. massive problem. anthony is a a no-brainer. stuart

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china announced plans for a six giga watt wind farm on the border with mongolia which once completed would become the largest in the world. china continues its pursuit of a vast space-based communications network that will cover every inch of the earth. if we're not careful, if we're not careful they're going to deploy 5g a lot more quickly than we will. that's what the rest of the world is doing while we are shut down. and in my-- mr. president, my view of this is that we don't need to wait for the president on this. that's what the majority leader keeps saying, mr. president, he keeps saying, well, i can't pass something that the president will veto, that-- because it won't become law. i don't understand the logic of that, speaking of math. we passed a bill in this senate, this republican-controlled senate, i think it was unanimously, to keep the government open. and the house of representatives, so my math isn't that great, virtually unanimously, the house of representatives passed a very similar bill to keep the government open. and in the middle of all of this, in the midst of a

private or development needs and we worked in such a variety of countries we stretch of morocco to mongolia from a stone year to egypt these are very very different countries and also let's not forget if we were in sub-saharan africa it's not a homogenous place it's a very different countries different needs so what we do is we study each country in depth we have country stretches which are tailored to the country we have stuff in the country as well as our headquarters in london and we try to bring all that together we don't say as one size fits all we actually really really trying to tailor what we do to each country's needs here at the world economic forum this year particularly international institutions have been on the spotlight in general the models for international cooperation even the german chancellor has called for reform in many international institutions that are perhaps similar to yours do you consider your bank one of those institutions that needs reforms in order to fulfill the goals in the future it's absolutely critical that each institutional ask itself what can we do be

this quote that american democracy is like a box teetering over the edge of a cliff on a highway in mongolia. very well known. it's the passengers decision about what to do next that determines their survival. so what should we be doing, malcolm, to address this threat that we've known about, that we know is there, investigation will continue and they will provide as more information but we know plenty now. do you see any indication that the federal government is coming together in a court needed way to address this? and delete the whole of nation approach? >> guest: no, there's no evidence that the government is coming together. i would love hope of nation approach. i called for for the in my previous book, plot to hacked america, where i said we need a massive dhs, nsa, department of defense, public-private partnership which will blitz election security and will close all the holes and then be prepared for the next wave of attacks can which may not be russia. right now at the windows were foldable. it might be chinese, you know, you never know what people come from. >> host: and not just t

eight are in serious trouble including djibouti character stan laos the maldives mongolia montenegro pakistan and could you stand. those are the direct concerns. there are separate set of concerns that are not inherent to the b.r.i. but that are being merged with and amplified the knees are concerned about the way china does this is about the rise in assertiveness and nationalism and the changes to chinese foreign policy at we have seen since largely 2008. the outgrowth of chinese shark power. the intolerance for dissent the arrest, crackdown on academic freedom by most accounts, most china experts will say there has been a shift over the past decades in china's not just foreign policy but domestic policy toward more assertive nations in some ways a more repressive nation at home. the b.r.i. as a extension of chinese influence has amplified some of these concerns and sort of served to serve as a proxy for some of these concerns. this out growth of shark power, i think china's global times had an very interesting article on shark power last year. this is what the op-ed said december 2