regions in the coming decades. an emphasis on indo pacific strategy. i appreciate the leaders with a quad in our allies in japan and australia last week in the partnerships that our friends and allies through the quad have focused on in terms of creating regional and also ipod secretary lincoln in austin for making an early visit to our allies in japan and korea this was antony blinken. and that relationship as we deal with what is still quite a bit of a challenge in north korea. we need to strengthen bilateral alliances that addresses issues i also appreciate secretary antony blinken specifically calling out to china to say that they have a response ability to help get to the ultimate goal of nuclear free on the greater peninsula. [inaudible]. and in addition the subcommittee will spend quite a bit of time looking at the increase in china of russian and certainly we are saying when anti- democratic beers that are taking place in hong kong with real concern and we see the human rights that are taking place in beiji

will need solid backing from its regional partners. and some of those partners are part of the quad grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory metcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the indoor pacific why china won't map the future professor mark gulf welcome they're given each of the quad nations is significant differences with china is this grouping mainly to ensure china want to map the future in the into pacific thanks for having me on the program the grouping the cord is not purely some kind of end he china club but what it basically is is rallying strength in numbers to ensure that china does not dominate the future of the indo-pacific but instead i hope to build a relationship of mutual respect with china but one way china respects the boundaries of others now this grouping is actually more than 13 years all and it's only last week that we have the 1st summit level conference between the lead

that ector in the west pacific region it would be very unfair from b. to answer those question into detail i have not been there that would be speculation so i am here working day and night with the 50 member states of the region and i think i really would like to stick to that mandate well i want to ask you if you're so keen to say that you do trust child when you've been working closely with china china is one of the most strictly censored countries in the world so to accept anything they tell you without supporting evidence would be extremely risky you'd have to agree to that wouldn't you but i think again this is not a question to meet him right to me but it is a question to you i am what i'd be telling you represent the world health organization in europe you have to haven't a clue how the most important thing that has hit the hit the w.h.o. in many years. sure but this is a federated organization right you have 3 levels over there i think it's off to have to acknowledge is quite unique in the united nations so we have a degree to headquarters in g

even the president of the united states in the powers of that office could pull troops out of that region so what is the strategic value of the middle east for the united states right now in 2021. it wasn't only the by trumpet ministration that wanted a call out of the forever wars obama also said it was good and the forever wars so we had 2 presidents who were trapped there and were unable to get out the us interests in the middle east going back for decades revolved around or oil well was crucial to power so the militaries to the economy the global. global economy ran. the united states got more deeply entrenched under the carter administration put troops in the area made a central to our strategic policies and doubled down increasingly over the next decades. under the obama administration when hillary clinton was secretary of state she wrote the article in november of $22011.00 when she said he called it america's pacific century and basically said the u.s. is going to be shifting its focus from the middle east to the pacific which was the future however the united states has still not

the 2 reporters agree that it will be up to the region's young people to preserve the region's fragile ecosystem. but will this generation stay here for move to the towns and cities. and what's the best strategy for preserving the natural environment. in this village school children learn about their environment and heritage or to get her started right now the children are making environmentally friendly necklaces. are. the teachers emphasized the importance of language instruction. levels and those see the almost we used to languages in class. and spanish yet we are the local language and we teach some topics like the natural sciences in spanish that is the meaning that way the students become familiar with 2 different cultures. over there. they're singing this song in kitsch walk her. the next morning the reporters set out again. canoes are usually the only way to travel long distances deep in the rain forest. it takes 2 days to travel from sajjan to the pastas a river on the border with. the destination is the remote village of washer pos. the government also wants to drill for oil

the 2 reporters agree that it will be up to the region's young people to preserve the region's fragile ecosystem. but will this generation stay here or move to the towns and cities. and what's the best strategy for preserving the natural environment. in this village school children learn about their environment and heritage. to get her started right now the children are making environmentally friendly necklaces. the teachers emphasized the importance of language instruction. levels of those c.d.o. must be used to languages in class. and spanish yet it is the local language and we teach some topics like the natural sciences in spanish that is the meaning that way the students become familiar with 2 different cultures . that. are there. they're singing this song in a kitchen or are you. the next morning the reporters set out again. canoes are usually the only way to travel long distances deep in the rain forest. it takes 2 days to travel from sajjad coup to the pastas a river on the border with. the destination is the remote village of washer pos. the government also wants to drill for o

in the region they're interacting with each other some of them are adversaries some of them are newly formed allies so roy let me go to you i mean why don't we just leave the region to itself i mean all these players are active i mean they and it's their turf i mean nobody can give me in people in power can give me a reasonable answer why we are still there go ahead. inside interesting that you asked that question this week. or the you know this this year and see here is yours mario evers for your money. and honestly i think that's the real reason there. is right to vote we initially pitch was ok or oil and you were 30 years ago question and one of i don't know i'm going to say well i only thought of the play that isn't relevant now because the fact that we've got our own independent sources well i'm also. well i don't have. so why are we there. i would argue that the real reason is in fact a concern about terrorists. friends or associates immigrate make the argument and i think it's a very strong argument that continued presence there only gives oxygen to these terrorist groups i mea

that ector in the west pacific region it would be very unfair from b. to answer those question into detail i have not been there that would be speculation so i am here working day and night with the 50 member states of the region and i think i really would like to stick to that mandate well i want to ask you if you're so keen to say that you do trust china and you've been working closely with china china is one of the most strictly censored countries in the world so to accept anything they tell you without supporting evidence would be extremely risky you'd have to agree to that wouldn't you but i think again this is not a question to meet him right to me but it is a question to you i am what i'd be telling you represent the world health organization in europe you have to have and i think the most important thing that has hit the hit the w.h.o. in many years. sure but if you're federated organization right you have 3 levels over there i think this offer i have to acknowledge is quite unique in the united nations so we have a director headquartered in gen

follow it in the areas that i mentioned and also we see the potential to address regional security and also the protection of the members interest as well as the interest. of the existing countries in the region of india pacific so i see this is a giant step forward to reconfigure it international order into a pacific region more or less in the same direction but it has gained bipartisan support in the united states ok here you go back you know we stand right so china right ok and we're going to get into china in a moment but 1st on the issue of the final communique of failing you mentioned some of the issues that were outlined and i'll just add on to those looking at the final statement they also said that they'll battle issues such as cyberspace critical technologies counterterrorism infrastructure investments in a some would say this is a really broadly defined statements is that would you agree with that and what do you think the message is that the quote is sending out yet the message i think is rather clear even though you said deliberately to be broad because now the quad now se

that ector in the west pacific region it would be very unfair from b. to answer those question into detail i have not been there that would be speculation so i am here working day and night with the 50 member states of the region and i think i really would like to stick to that mandate well i want to ask you if you're so keen to say that you do trust child when you've been working closely with china china is one of the most strictly censored countries in the world so to accept anything they tell you without supporting evidence would be extremely risky you'd have to agree to that wouldn't you but i think again this is not a question to meet him right to me but it is a question to you i am what i'd be telling you represent the world health organization in europe you have to have and i think the most important thing that has hit the hit the w.h.o. in many years. sure but this is a federated organization right you have 3 levels over there i think it's also have to acknowledge is quite unique in the united nations so we have a director headquarter in geneva

we need to strengthen deterrence in the region. that obviously involves our military presence, cooperation with groupings such as the quad. more than anything else we must increase our ability to deter and prepare for and respond to any chinese coercion against taiwan. the stakes are enormous. not to act with the idling a strategic error of the first order. i do believe we should move from strategic ambiguity to strategic clarity in terms of the means of our policy but then it is essential we complement with this move to strategic clarity with strategic capability we cannot allow a gap to persist between our commitments and our capabilities to act on them. last, i would say china policy begins not in the region but it begins at home. we need to become more competitive with china and this involves everything from increasing federal support for research and development for basic research, that china companies cannot expect to others. for a for a wise immigratioy that tax the most talented in the world to come stay here, to build infr

according to, well, chinese own language, the region is called xinjiang uyghur autonomous region.uyghurs. well, from the name. and i don't see anything wrong with this sentence. second of all, the chinese government has been accusing my father of being a separatist, someone who is an extremist, and someone who is advocating for violence — and that's all false accusations. what my father has been trying to do for the past decades, and throughout his research and his work, was to try to help. he was trying to promote peaceful dialogue between the han chinese and the uyghurs. if i may, jewher. you're a young woman, obviously, now in your mid—20s — but you left china when you were, i believe, 18. yes. but the truth is that the chinese government says that from the turn of the century there was an increasing problem in xinjiang, a problem of separatism, which involved people committed to violence to create a separatist uyghur muslim nation. they call them terrorists. they cited particular instances — rioting in 2009 which left many han chinese dead. they referred to other violent attac

well let me remind you that i'm the region's record for the region which covers the 53 european member states right in china doesn't belong to that one but if i speak from let's say a genetic point of view did a poor is being written up as if we are speaking no will be made available and if we take it to the issue of transparency accountability and reinforcement of the international health regulations that's globally speaking certainly one of the main points that the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and review is looking at right now well you don't see that independent because you know you're pushing the notion the virus may have circulated elsewhere outside china before it was identified in woodland and that is one of beijing's favorite scenarios at the moment this idea was even included in your missions terms of reference document and this had to agreed be agreed by the chinese government before you were actually allowed into the country so you were towing china's line right from the start weren't you well. please allow me to remind you i am the region director for the 53

well let me remind you that i'm directed for the degree to repin region which covers the 53 european member states right in china doesn't belong to that one but if i speak from let's say a generic point of view did a poor thing is being written up as if we are speaking no will be made available and if we take to the issue of transparency accountability and reinforcement of the international regulations that's globally speaking certainly one of the main points that the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and review is looking at right now well you don't seem that independent because you know you're pushing the notion the virus may have circulated elsewhere outside china before it was identified in wu han and that is one of beijing's favorite scenarios at the moment this idea was even included in your mission's terms of reference document and this had to agreed be agreed by the chinese government before you were actually allowed into the country so you were towing china's line right from the start weren't you well. please allow me to remind you i am the region director for the

under control. == russia and china wants to keep the region under control.— region under control. --hina — region under control. -- neither power. china and _ region under control. -- neither power. china and myanmar, - region under control. -- neither| power. china and myanmar, first region under control. -- neither. power. china and myanmar, first of all it is a straight _ power. china and myanmar, first of all it is a straight way _ power. china and myanmar, first of all it is a straight way of— all it is a straight way of logistics from china to the ocean. for russia, it is a base of military supply and co—operation. in this case, russia and china's interests coincide with each other. we appreciate — coincide with each other. we appreciate your expertise, thank you. the headlines on bbc news. an operation is under way in mozambique to rescue foreign workers stranded in a town overrun by islamist insurgents. more than 30 million people in the uk have now received their first covid vaccine dose, according to the latest to the latest government figures. sport and for a full round up

but circles on the region and now we've been in the american so if i can just point out to a few of these attacks in the latest violence that occurred and started in march 19th the last in almost a week we all know liberation army made their way all the way to the our region the north shore we. were no shows all of our region and began to indiscriminately shoot at civilians which lasted almost a week 100 were killed i was wounded not of loss of damages. to property. the ethiopian military had to come in to respond to this violence because we are regional forces were overwhelmed earlier this month on what 6 your liberation army raided a village where we are mass we have a church service they tried the priest they abducted very a mass to the bush's killed 24 this was followed up again a march 9th when the obama liberation army killed 25 a mass in the same area and better 13 a dozen were killed and so this has been growing and i believe there is no serious attempt by the federal government and the army or regional government i'll be mentionable good government to help this attack again

will need solid backing from its regional partners. and some of those partners are part of the quote grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory metcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the in depressive fix why china won't map the future progress on that gulf welcome now given each of the quote nations is significant differences with china is this grouping mainly to ensure china want to map the future in the into pacific thanks for having me on the program the grouping the quartet is not purely some kind of and he china club but what it basically is is rallying strength in numbers to ensure that china does not dominate the future of the indo-pacific but instead i hope to build a relationship of mutual respect with china but one which i respect the boundaries of others now this grouping is actually more than 13 years all and it's only last week that we have the 1st summit level conference between the l

directly accusing china of aggressive behavior in the region but the u.s. and south korea also confirmed beijing's importance in the denuclearization of north korea but china has a real interest in helping to deal with this house has an obligation under the u.n. security council resolutions the u.s. and try to open a dialogue with north korea ahead of this trip but without success north korea has officially confirmed it had received those requests but didn't respond it's 1st vice foreign minister and he saying there can be no dialogue until the u.s. stops what she called its hostile behavior making it clear pyongyang is waiting to see what the new policy of the biden and ministration to war date will look like this mission is intended to help formulate that strategy it's also a restoring and repairing relations between the u.s. and its traditional allies in northeast asia i mean i'm going to partners a bit as the u.s. has repeatedly said the trilateral security cooperation between seoul tokyo and washington is crucial considering the international situation

covid-19 cases continue to search in the region -- surge in the region. the ftse is down by more than half a percent. others closing in positive territory. many of us will have seen photos of the enormous cargo ship stuck in the suez canal. rescuers have warned it could remain blocked for weeks. that could have a significant impact on global trade. it is hard to overemphasize just how important this waterway is for trade. about till percent of the world's seaborne trade goes through there. -- around 12% of the world's seaborne trade goes through their. -- there. normally, more than 50 ships pass through the suez canal everyday. when it is blocked, this is the alternative. a route that goes all the way around the african continent, adding 6000 commenters to the journey. -- kilometers to the journey. what does that mean for the shoes he ordered online? it could make the supply chain even longer. on top of strains and supply chains already caused by covid 19. it could create further delivery delays. there's one market that is set to make a profit from the fi

see you are not at home, tell us what _ region.u are not at home, tell us what happened to - region. see you are not at home, tell us what happened to your - region. see you are not at home, i tell us what happened to your home and how quickly you had to leave it. ok. on the first day it was raining, early thursday morning really through the day. i kept checking the river heights which are about 150 metres through my home and it looked 0k metres through my home and it looked ok by thursday night, and then we got hammered. we got 190 ml of rain and the house was completely surrounded with water. an hour later it started coming in the house that had literally an hour to start trying to pack things up and it was too late and i can only grab a laptop, a backpack and two dogs and we had to swim out of their back to the main road which was about 400 metres, and we went through about a metres, and we went through about a metre or a metre and a half of water. it had my backpack above my head carrying the two dogs. ? you sound as anyone wou

so certainly maintaining regional security and order is a public good is a lot of ugly good and let's also not i mean it's not the cave that china is not driving this particular group inc but it's up to china then to actually respond to this remember also that each of these countries out there about latrell agenda which i know bilateral channels of communication which as you just mentioned as everybody just mentioned the u.s. and chinese officials are meeting in anchorage assume india had his own channel with china on the brics summit they're rushing to china trilateral organizations all of these i don't know when with the train out in order to reassure the country in the quite ok the problem has been china has not been able to reassure and therefore you cannot really. escape the conclusion that the country also see dealing with china as the common course ok let's cross over to beijing and they mark what is the real point of all of. china the elephant in the room why i think this is a very good question if he statement pat thanks valerie i think this is certainly a. dialogue but certa

the quote is concerned about china's growing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and the world the united states certainly sees this alliance to stop the growing influence of china if not contain china it is not dissimilar to the nato organization which was started $947.00 to stop the increasing influence of military threat that was coming from the soviet union as the world battles the covert 19 pandemic that originated in china the group also announcing on friday a new initiative to manufacture and produce u.s. vaccines in india financed by japan and the united states and supported by australia the quad committed to delivering up to 1000000000 doses to i.c. on the indo-pacific and beyond by the end of 2022 climate change is the other big challenge the group must confront how to push global nations to live up to the commitments made in the paris climate agreement overall china emits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not ta

that ran into the early hours of the morning chancellor i'm going to the heads of the country 16 regional states agree to extend restrictions already in force until april 18th a strict 5 day national shutdown will also apply over the easter holiday. americal says the credit virus crisis in germany has taken a dangerous turn. we basically have a new time to make the mutation from great a person has taken over which means we have a new virus. of course of the same kind but with very different properties it is clearly more lethal more contagious and contagious for longer. spring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow told us germany is tightening restrictions in the face of what chancellor merkel is calling a new pandemic what are we looking at. it was a very long very controversial meeting which had its main announcement in the middle of the night terry and that's that extension of germany's lockdown until mid april basically what that means is that what was already closed like cultural venues and leisure facilities will remain closed but in addition to that and specifically referrin

that ector in the west pacific region it would be very unfair from b.to answer those question into detail i have not been there that would be speculation so i am here working day and night with the 50 member states of the dilatory region and i think i really would like to stick to that mandate well i want to ask you if you're so keen to say that you do trust china and you've been working closely with china china is one of the most strictly censored countries in the world so to accept anything they tell you without supporting evidence would be extremely risky you'd have to agree to that wouldn't you but i think again this is not a question to meet him right to me but it is a question to you i am what i keep telling you you represent the world health organization in europe you have to have a good message is important thing that has hit the hit the w.h.o. in many years. sure but this is a federated organization right you have 3 levels over there i think it's off to have to acknowledge is quite unique in the united nations so we have a director headquartere

rules based future for the region. well i hope so at least when it comes to the climate change issue because there was kind of a wake up call wake up call for russia last year and in the summer of last year when there was a huge and these will spill from their facilities of narrow squeak out there at russia's biggest nickel producer in siberia and a lot of fuel got into just had their own rivers and these russia doesn't want to speak about that openly apparently by these happened because of the selling permafrost. because this reservoir where they feel was contained was standing on the permafrost. so these is kind of a wake up call for russia i hope they know will turn their eyes a bit more to their climate change and we'll talk about that more and vote will be rated to cooperate in this direction more. you know the mystic of the americans could influence the russians in this way that they can see dialogue and create dialogue while i make no political judgments as a natural scientist. michelle you said at the beginning

will need solid backing from its regional partners. and some of those partners are part of the quad grouping of nations which i would like to focus on 1st for more joining me from canberra is rory medcalf he's head of the national security college of the australian national university and author of the book contest for the indoor pacific why china want the future professor metcalf welcome they're given each of the quad nations is significant differences with china is this grouping mainly to ensure china are want to map the future in the into pacific thanks for having me on the program the grouping the cord is not purely some kind of end he china club but what it basically is is rallying strength in numbers to ensure that china does not dominate the future of the indo-pacific but instead i hope to build a relationship of mutual respect with china but one which respects the boundaries of others now this grouping is actually more than 13 years all and it's only last week that we have the 1st summit level conference between the leaders wha

rules based future for the region. well i hope so at least when it comes to 2 the climate change issue because there was kind of a wake up wake up call for russia last year and in the summer of last year when there was a huge these are spill from the facilities of narrow squeak out there at russia's biggest nickel producer in siberia and a lot of fuel got into to siberia and rivers and these russia doesn't want to speak about that openly apparently about these happened because of the thawing permafrost . because this reservoir where they feel was contained was standing on the permafrost. so these is kind of a wake up call for russia i hope they now will turn their eyes a bit more to their climate change issue will talk about that more will be rated to cooperate in this direction more north to mystic of the americans could influence the russians in this way they can see the dialogue and create durable well i make no political judgments that for scientists. michel you said at the beginning of the show we need military di

the 2 reporters agree that it will be up to the region's young people to preserve the region's fragile ecosystem. but will this generation stay here or move to the towns and cities. and what's. best strategy for preserving the natural environment. in this village school children learn about their environment and heritage. right now the children are making environmentally friendly necklaces. are. the teachers emphasize the importance of language instruction. numbers and those c.d.o. must be used to languages in class. and spanish yes it is the local language and we teach some topics like the natural sciences in spanish than is the means that way the students become familiar with 2 different cultures of. their singing this song in kitsch walk her. the next morning the reporters set out again. canoes are usually the only way to travel long distances deep in the rain forest. it takes 2 days to travel from sajjad coup to the pastas a river on the border with. the destination as the remote village of washer pos. the government also wants to drill for oil here. the region is home to the peopl

normally those meetings are very contentious between regional leaders who obviously have regional local priorities and the german chancellor who has sort of the big picture of all this and this is something that we expect will take a lot of time those meetings are normally not very quick meetings so they could go into the night they could last several hours and the reason behind that is also because they understand that this has real direct quick impact on the lives of many people here in germany on many businesses here in germany as well in fact the wus visited one of those businesses that has been particularly affected by the coronavirus in recent months to hear what the people working there actually had to say about the current situation here in germany. this homemade chocolate cherry cake is a favorite with customers at the moment they can only serve it to go. but that doesn't cover her costs at all. by now she's accumulated a debt of around $35000.00 euros if germany were to tighten restrictions again she'd be forced to close them up about a loss of. cuts if this debt if the 3rd lo

s africa coming up on the program the cost of war in ethiopia steve groene region months of the fighting begun in 2 bright back continued concerns about human rights abuses mosques this peace plan so people until when shortage of food also coming up. tanzania is that some yasuda hassan has been sworn in as the country's best female president i will have policies be any different from at previous s.s. . i met in my junior welcome to the program they have been repeated reports of fighting a structure to show killings and rape from ethiopia steve groene region will be speaking to the country's ambassador to germany for a closer look but before that we take you to mecca the troubled regions capital where at 1st sight they view life appears to have returned to normal but the conflict that began in early november has left its deep box many residents on the number of displaced people who have sought for a future in the city continued reports of the war still raging on. hundreds of civilians are being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the region's capital mckillop they come from all ove

idb is the lender of choice of the region.n of members of congress asking for a capital increase. at that is never been done before. we recognize we can make a difference in the region. it is a great value for u.s. taxpayers. once i of every one dollar, we can do we can do well. we have presence and all 26 barring nations, and therefore if we do not do it someone else is going to do it and that is now a convincing argument. haidi: what about the economic diplomacy from china? we have seen chinese loans flowing at a truly astonishing rate. some of that as come down now in light of the pandemic and economic slowdown. what are the concerns there? >> we have seen that across the board in different countries around the world. china is a member of the bank and i speak without prejudice in that regard. what the region once his natural partners, greater volume from the united states and they want u.s. companies to have a greater presence in the region. the reality is that over the last 20, 30 years u.s. companies were looking toward a

to opposing china coersion and destabilizing behavior towards countries in the in depressive big region the commitment comes after a joint meeting between u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin with their japanese counterparts in tokyo lincoln and austin other 1st members of president joe biden's cabinet to travel up to to shore up alliances in the region at a time of growing chinese assertiveness. the decades long friendship between the u.s. and japan was rattled by donald trump's turbulent america 1st policy but now after a high level visit by america's top diplomats and its defense chief things are back on track sectarian austin and i are the 1st members of president biden's cabinet to make an overseas trip and for that trip we come to japan because for more than 60 years our lives has been a cornerstone of peace security and prosperity not only for our 2 countries but for the region and indeed for the world president biden's decision to send key ministers to tokyo as their 1st overseas visit means a lot for japan which sees its alliance with the u.

normally those meetings are very contentious between regional leaders who obviously have regional local priorities and the german chancellor who has sort of the big picture of all this and this is something that we expect will take a lot of time those meetings are normally not very quick meetings so they could go into the night they could last several hours and the reason behind that is also because they understand that this has real direct quick impact on the lives of many people here in germany on many businesses here in germany as well in fact you wus visited one of those businesses that has been particularly affected by the coronavirus in recent months to hear what the people working there actually had to say about the current situation here in germany. about this homemade chocolate cherry cake is a favorite with customers at the moment if you go limp it can only serve it to go. that doesn't cover her costs at all. by now she's accumulated a debt of around $35000.00 euros if germany were to tighten restrictions again she'd be forced to close. up about a loss of. 10 taps if this did

s conflict region seek help after the ordeal so. i was left inside in my home then they were people. 3 soldiers raped me. i'm told me a lot of both thank you for joining us it's been just over 4 months since the conflict in ethiopia has teague rye region began yet details of events on the ground have been limited that's because the government restricted access to the area for humanitarian workers and the media still there have been reports of abuses by government backed forces against civilians among these are accounts of rape involving soldiers causing great physical and mental damage to their victims. she's just 20 years old and she's a rape survivor now she's found refuge in the safe house integrates capital mccully here more than 20 women are trying to deal with their trauma they were raped by soldiers so was she assaulted in her home village before she fled none other than much that night came to every house and force the men to leave the house i was left inside in my home then they were people you know mothers resolder is rape

cookeries into a regional national cuisine.e of my favorite things in the world. bar barbara asioli is an artisanal cooker in the museum. happily, barbara has invited me to her place to try artusi's version of the first recorded recipe of the famous meat sauce. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's beautiful. for italians, artusi's book, science in the kitchen and the art of eating well, is their second bible. [ speaking foreign language ] >> that's fantastic, yeah, yeah. small? >> small. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i think the thing that's interesting about the recipe is so many chefs have so many different versions. some say use tomato, don't use tomato. use milk, don't use milk, use nutmeg. i don't know if it's too tomatoey. >> the recipe only butter. >> only butter? [ speaking foreign language ] >> in artusi's recipe, delicate meat is cooked at the same time as the chopped vegetables. everything all together? you put big pieces of bacon, you never cook that first? >> no. >> i've never done that. maybe that's why mine i

they have to stay within the region and nobody can travel between regions.t has been in place in the country for some time now. what that means is that people cannot travel over easter. but they can travel aoad because even if they have advised against foreign travel, it is not banned altogether. some have been sharing this as a loophole around the restrictions. now they have put in place this quarantine hoping that that will deter people from taking the easter vacation or short legal break over ththe ds that have been put in place and over the time as a whole. the hope is that if they limit travel and limit movement, that will contain the spread of covid-19 in italy. >> world leaders for more than 20 nations are calling for an international plan on how to respond to future pandemics. the call for a global treaty was published in newspapers around the world aimed at preventing the pitfalls during the covert outbreak. the statement is short on details on how such a plan would work. >> from european leaders like oris johnson, angela merkel and emmanuel macron

so organizing regional and to regional trade was one of his greatest accomplishments as a result and may even have provided the foundations for the mali empire fall into is quite good enough for the bottom up to the point. of. timbuktu's importance stemmed from its geographical location. on the banks of the niger river its port became a center for transferring luggage and goods to and from the north. this natural crossroads occupied a strategic position in the transparent trade. the mali empire which the baggers traded with enjoyed abundant wealth thanks to the bamboo and bray mines it possessed the world's largest gold reserves more than half of the precious metal circulating in the mediterranean originated from these deposits. throughout the history of. trade between north and south for the. slaves were. there. and gold was always in the soft one feeds the other made it love i do know of no necessity of the good gold mining in african societies was mainly done by captives the gold trade and slavery were closely linked. while i believe that gold may have predated slavery up with the

rules based future for the region. well i hope so at least when it comes to 2 the climate change issue because there was kind of a wake up wake up call for russia last year in in the summer of last year when there was a huge and these will spill from the facility itself nor ask me go there at russia's biggest producer in siberia and a lot of fuel got into it just had their own rivers and these russia doesn't want to speak about that openly apparently about these happened because of the thawing permafrost. because this reservoir where they feel was contained it was standing on the permafrost. so these is kind of a wake up call for russia holding now will turn their eyes a bit more to their climate change issue or talk about that more will be rated to cooperate in this direction more not a mistake of the americans could influence the russians in this way they can see the dialogue and create donald well i make no political judgments as a natural scientist. michel you said at the beginning of the show we need military dial