attention from the protesters and the media to that moment of the media's coverage of issues many south asia begin to realize that they have the stake south it is the protests that have the stake in hong kong the protests have shaken many certain. they should ship with its minorities seems to be one of them. for more than 30 years east germany encouraged people from vietnam to move there to help deal with a labor shortage after german unification many vietnamese were sent home but some others were allowed to stay. home told her always dreamed of owning her own restaurant in 1976 the 62 year old came to the former east germany from vietnam. nor. my wide flower dress represented germany because it was given to me by german aid workers. so when i got the job training offer i immediately said yes i had no idea what i was getting myself into. it was the. release she liked life in the former east vietnamese people were considered to be very industrious but after her job training tool to her to return to vietnam that had been destroyed by war. then in 1987 she was offered the opportunity to return

and now we see increasingly in the sahara desert areas holland especially in south asia and now we see increasingly in the sahara desert region of northern africa areas where you have poor governance or a lack of region of no. within africa areas where you have poor governance or a lack of security and then you've got these types of terrorists animals who are willing to commit to work curity and then you've got these types of terrorists animals who are willing to commit the worst atrocities with ruthless brutality but if they bring about order say as the worst atrocities with ruthless brutality but if they bring about order say as they did in northern iraq against iranian backed shia militias the sunni arab did in northern iraq against iranian backed shia militias the sunni arabs who feel threatened by the shia militias will go to islam mixtape some feel threatened by the shia militias will go to islamic state for order and for security even though it comes at an atrocious cost of brutality for order and for security even though it comes i don't know the true cost of brutality t

congratulating the former defense chief at his home budget pacs it took more than half the voters in south asia and the south asian island nation which is still recovering from a series of bombings last easter that killed some 250 people to pax it has vowed to restore security and is calling for national unity. davies in the mission john's father has been covering the sri lankan election she sent him this analysis of the victor and the challenges he faces once he takes office. celebrations breaking out here on the street all for lambo in sri lanka it is official but that it out but so will be the next president of the country the elections was just yesterday but not results have already been announced this is where the lection commission is in the crowd behind me is the waiting for their new president to come out and greet them go dobby rajapaksa is expected to take office early tomorrow morning me taking over from president seriously and i will step out a few days ago now of course the voters were jubilant but critics have raised concerns about not all get out because today shows when it comes

minorities about 250001 chinese citizens live in the city most of them from britain's former colonies in south asia. at the center of the community the chongqing mansions a 5 block concrete jungle from the 1960 s. although quite far from his home because comes here quite often for basically there are many allow for riches i mean a building here for just like snacks and festive cooked meat and lots of 1 things available in here not quite in the elements in society but 2 weeks ago rumors suddenly spread that the protesters were planning to attack the trunking mentions the protest leader had been badly beaten the attackers were said to be south asians most probably hired cars seeing as how to shop with a 25 years that sunday the whole chunk you mentioned the 1st time in my 25 years living in a hong kong i see that you can mention florist nothing of the like happening but when the police water cannon house the nearby mosque that day it's prayed die on the entrance of the building although the police later apologized and the protesters saw it as a deliberate attack on the city's south asian population m

$250000.00 on chinese citizens live in the city most of them from britain's former colonies in south asia at the center of the community the chongqing mansions a 5 block concrete jungle from the 960 s. although quite far from his home because comes here quite a full basically there are many allow for which is available in here for just like snacks and fresh to cook to me and lots of things are billable in here that are not quite available in the elements in society but 2 weeks ago uma suddenly spread that the protesters were planning to attack the trunking mentions the protest leader had been badly beaten the attackers were said to be south asians most probably hired thugs singh has had a shop there for 25 years.

impressive which is expected in this island nation which records height on now is amongst the highest in south asia 16000000 people ought to legible toward in this election and they have their work cut out for them to $85.00 candidates are whining for their board the ballot people alone is 2 feet long but there are 2 keogh frontrunners on the one hand we have both of you dodge apart so the brother of my hindu. president himself who thought it out to quote so oversaw the defeat of the rebels at the end of 3 long crossed the civil war he's considered a strong military nationalistic peter who supports tightening national security in the country in the off to match of the deadly easter sunday of last the c.e.o. on the other hand we have sergeant being with us are considered a more liberal candidate who has spoken about improving the economy is advocating forward improving housing rights but premadasa is also a sin hell up with his 2 belongs to the majority of your the issues intrude on aren't just limited to national sick. even though that is a thought the economy is very sluggish debt is also very hig

but later on in the late 18th century, you also see rum going as far afield as south asia and even australia. rum is always on these ships. part of rations for sailors, but also sometimes as a trade item. >> what impact does this new industry have on the colonies? prof. smith: it becomes one of the largest industries in north america. are about 140ere rum distilleries throughout the georgiacolonies, from to present-day new hampshire, even some in canada. ofse are a particular type industrial production, i argue, slavery, which resembles plantation slavery from the caribbean more than other forms of northern slavery, to places like boston and philadelphia, where we are today. >> what do you mean by that? prof. smith: the way the distilleries work in the northern cities, they often have as many as eight or 10 enslaved people working in them, and usually supervised by a hired distiller. that's a little different from what happened in other industries in the north, like shipbuilding or making iron, where the workers worked alongside each other. so it is more hierarchical. of the larger uses of i

extraordinary costs and i think that we can never forget the costs but you know mark we i mean in south asia where cricket playing countries indian bison we had in february of 2019 tensions between these 2 countries in their nuclear armed nation so when you have tensions between 2 nuclear nations that's i mean possible annihilation and one of the things that was really disturbing to see is how entertainment figures and sports figures rallied for war we have athletes who are wearing military camouflage hats to play a game a lot of bollywood actors tweeting for war pretty ringback horrific stuff like cheerleading attacks jingoistic statements in the states that's the norm right yeah temple exists kneeling against the backdrop of air force and army commercials the entire sport which is all about war i'm in the trenches i'm blitzing i'm goin along bombs he's the outlier there is any outliers where you are no no it's all pretty it's pretty depressing because we've done a lot of ultra hyper nationalism and i think i'm not sure it's ever been that bad i guess that's why again your book for me is so

our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanatha has more.o our pollution meter has a reading of around 300 right now. now, that is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly high, way above what is considered safe according to the world health organization. now, as delhi continues to be in a state of public health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the higher levels of pollution. it introduced on monday what is known as its odd—even scheme. now, that means that cars with an even license plate can only drive on even dates, and the same for odd license plates on odd days. the aim of that is to reduce the number of private vehicles on the roads, and therefore the emissions. now, it isn'tjust vehicle emissions that contribute to these extraordinary levels of pollution. it's also unchecked pollution from industries and factories, but also crucially right now, farmers in nearby states burning crop stubble, which is contributing to those overall emissions. just to put this all into conte

well before we leave you tonight we want to take you to south asia and the story of a national hero in india am most stuff fighter pilot was shot down in pakistan in february during a standoff over the kashmir region the pakistani air force has just opened an exhibition featuring a wax figure of the indian wing commander and i tunes from his captured plane pakistanis they are flocking to the gallery. if he joined the air force for glory and undoubtedly got what he wanted a national hero in his native india the wing commander now also has a whole gallery devoted to him in pakistan they clearly for different reasons the indian pilot made international headlines after he was shot down in a dogfight and captured by the pakistani military during a major standoff with india earlier this year. now the pilot's uniform as well as others say his personal belongings are on show at the pakistan air force museum in karachi. it's an unashamed tribute to what curators and visitors serious proof of pakistani military might and it's leaving school children and students with their eyes the glow. that ev

surely given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue with the us china has never let me review china's never rejected the so-called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the us has made the so much noise about having the strand natural negotiations but let me make it clear so far until now the us has never told us what exactly they want to talk about in the straddle dialogue today's gathering here in moscow is a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more productive and more effective. with some of the global headlines for you know a hospital run by doctors without borders that partially destroyed in yemen casualties have been reported but all medical activities have been suspended the charity claims it was hit by the aerial attack the coalition has already blamed the rebels claiming they fired 4 ballistic missiles we have has been orchestrating air strikes against the militants in yemen since 2015. this where a chilean police officer has been arrested over the shooting of 2 students through protests in th

feel trusted and then they can trust multilateral diplomacy in terms of diplomacy let's head to south asia because the impasse between india and pakistan 2 nuclear powered countries and certainly with large stockpiles of nuclear material had a long running animosity that is perhaps a as long as the end of the 2nd world war really they were also on either side of the cold war pakistan's supported the usa india in directly the us former u.s.s.r. this past year has been very difficult for. both countries over territorial claims and there is a thought that their nuclear arsenal will increase. significantly by 2025 how much of a concern is that for you if if i take india and pakistan with regard to the treaty that i'm dealing with the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty i would say pakistan as sean has been forthcoming because they're now an observer to the city bt. they've opened up the possibility of a regional agreement with india still awaiting india's response to this they've said clearly that they are for a world free of nuclear weapon as long as all parties come to the table and then t

intelligence the middle east south asia and sub-saharan africa other regions with the most terrorist incidents attacks in the sahara region alone doubled last year at the same time the state department is worried about attacks inspired by white supremacy and racist ideology we saw an alarming rise in racially or ethnically motivated terrorism including here in the united states with the pittsburgh synagogue shooting similar to islamist terrorism this breed of terrorism is inspired by a hateful supremacist and it's all idiology make no mistake we will confront all forms of terrorism no matter what inspires it it's 2000 eighties the administration's national counterterrorism strategy specifically highlighted racially and ethnically motivated terrorism as a top national security priority this was the 1st such strategy to ever address this threat. well let's bring in all our guests who are all joining us via skype in beijing we have a wherry who is director of the gulf studies center at castle university usually in doha and washington d.c. is allison pieces who's the deputy director of t

riot police responded with teargas canisters and water cannon. 0ur south asia correspondent, robin brantded. it has been a week where the protesters have changed their tactics, some have been demonstrating on a daily bases on their lunch hours, others have been more aggressive. it has been protesters, some students, who have taken over university campuses. it began at chinese university. it has been repeated here for the last 48 hours at polytecnic university. for the last eight hours or so, we have had a confrontation between police and protesters, there has been to and fro, there have been tear gas and petrol bombs. now, the police are surrounding the police on perhaps five different fronts. let's look at how it unfolded about eight hours ago. the police are now trying to move in on two fronts, the tear gas is coming from there, another group there. and here there is a last holdout of the students, throwing bricks and petrol bombs. at the moment, its remains a stand—off but it feels like the police are definitely going to try and move in soon and try to reclaim this area. this is how t

we speak about global security especially given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue with the u.s. here's his answer. has never let me repeat china has never. rejected the so called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the us has made this so much noise about having the stand natural negotiations but let me make it clear so far until now the u.s. says never told us what exactly they want to talk about in this trial. in our view this is no more than a pretext so that the us can withdraw from the important international treaty. it's important to say that today's gathering here in moscow happens just months before the 2020 n.p.t. review conference in america they say is a very important event aimed at reconfirm in principles of nonproliferation treaty a landmark design moment agreement that came into force almost 50 years ago that one global security in the last half a century has been basically based on and many say that today's gathering here in moscow is a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more product

we speak about global security especially given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue with the us china has never let me review china's never rejected the so-called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the u.s. has made this so much noise about having the strength natural negotiations but let me make it clear so far and known the u.s. has never told us what exactly they want to talk about in the strand that today's gathering here in moscow is a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more productive and more effective. well that's your update for now i'm rosana locoed now will be back with more news from around the world in about 30 minutes time see if. oh. yes i'll look at all that stuff i've. done. in my iphone i have a 1000 times the capability of the of the computers we had on board the spacecraft at that time i mean it's ridiculous that in my back pocket i have much much more capability than we had in the one in the entire apollo program. today and there are good tennis and bad debt is the bad news in ye

one lung specialist saying growing up in the capital delhi is like being a lifelong smoker. 0ur south asian reports. one of the biggest threats to these young lives is all around them. as they play. as they eat. because they breathe. here, the air is toxic. coughing. and it's the youngest and poorest most at risk in one of the world's most polluted cities. within minutes of visiting this slum in north delhi, we meet shabarna with her three—month—old twins. she tells me both have pneumonia and blames the pollution. three times a day, she uses a nebuliser, rented from a local shop, to get medicine to their lungs. "they've been sick since they were born. they have fever, they're coughing, and they struggle to breathe", sha barna tells me. "the medicines aren't working and we're desperate. " we've just done a pollution reading and even inside, the levels here are incredibly high, way above what is considered safe by the world health organization. a study by the who said that every year, some 600,000 children under the age of 15 die across the world because of exposure to toxic air. so this ima

, with one doctor saying growing up in the capital, delhi, is like being a lifelong smoker. 0ur south asiaidya nathan reports. one of the biggest threats to these young lives is all around them, as they play, as they eat, because they breathe. here, the air is toxic. and it is the youngest and poorest most at risk. in one of the world's most polluted cities. within minutes of visiting this slum in north delhi, we meet shabarna, with her three—month—old twins. she tells me both have pneumonia, and blames the pollution. three times a day, she uses a nebuliser rented from a local shop to get medicine to their lungs. they've been sick since they were born. they have fever, they're coughing, and they struggle to breathe, she tells me. the medicines aren't working, and we're desperate. we've just done a pollution reading, and even inside, the levels here are incredibly high, way above what is considered safe by the world health organization. a study by the who said that every year, some 600,000 children under the age of 15 die across the world because of exposure to toxic air. so this image of a

we speak about global security especially given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue with the us china has never let me review china's never rejected the so-called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the us has made this so much noise about having the strength natural negotiations but let me make it clear so fine until known the u.s. has never told us what exactly they want to talk about in the strand that today's gathering here in moscow is a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more productive and more effective. well that's your news update for now i'm or is on a lot quit and i'll be back here with a roundup of the headlines in about 30 minutes time see them. 30 years ago the berlin wall fell the cold war had essentially come to an end the fall of this cold war symbol was heralded as a new spring of nations and the end of communism decades on what is the legacy of this historic event the promises of 1909 been fulfilled. today. and. those in yemen the united states. and the u.s. military were engaged i

here's our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan.s a reading of around 300 right now. now, that is way lower than it was in the last 2a hours or so, but it is still staggeringly high, way above what is considered safe according to the world health organization. now, as delhi continues to be in a state of public health emergency, the government here is trying to mitigate some of the high levels of pollution. it introduced on monday what is known as its odd—even scheme. now, that means that cars with an even licence plate can only drive on even dates, and the same for odd licence plates on odd days. the aim of that is to reduce the number of private vehicles on the roads, and therefore the emissions. now, it isn'tjust vehicle emissions that contribute to these extraordinary levels of pollution. it is also unchecked pollution from industries and factories, but also crucially right now, farmers in nearby states burning crop stubble, which is contributing to those overall emissions. just to put this all into context, i was talking to a do

our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, explains how improved preparedness has helped save lives.reds of thousands of people have been killed in cyclones in bangladesh but we have developed a radio system and are working with the un and other agencies and have enlisted thousands of volunteers. one of the first things they will do is send text messages to mobile phones, to various fishermen and villages across southern bangladesh. and then they sent to different villages using loudspeakers to tell people that they now need to go to safety. otherwise they will also use army and security forces, physically putting people into shelters. so these are some of the methods they use and they also use television and radio, warning people about the danger. they have realised that, unless they moved to some safety, that their lives will be in danger and that was one of the reasons why people think they can tied over and sit on the top of the roof and, if we spend another few hours we will be fine but bangladesh has learned its lesson and disaster management for the last few years has been goo

to south asia now where all schools are being closed in new delhi after a health emergency was declared in the indian capital i think a he says shrouded the city for the past week caused by a farmer fires that have made been made worse by construction now all building work has been banned and there were plans to restrict the use of cars also next week pollution particles in the air have reached 9 times the safety level. with me so rob and a reminder of our top stories donald trump fired back at attempts to impeach him as a rally in mississippi the impeachment investigation is about to go public after the house approved a resolutions that in the rules for the hearing told a supporters thursday's vote is an attack on democracy itself the american people are fed up with democrat lies hope says that extremism the democrats outrageous. has created a majority that will vote many do nothing democrats out of there's. protests against economic inequality continue in chile with thousands of people marching in the capital some tiago be addressed across the country has hit the tourism industry hard

in south asia and onion shortage is not something to be down played. twenty years ago prime minister narendra modi's party the b. j. p. mismanaged such a crisis caususing it to lolose itsts may in parliament. ass bangladesh waits for n new delelhi to recee its s own unique sports. injury has sought to deal with the most urgent needs. emergency imports of comeme from burma tii china and egypt. onions and are being subsidized by the states. and ththat's it f for the bususs use onon the bachelolor all rigt dodonna thank youou very m much indedeed not a decision that was taking show right when using headlines. coming up right after this don't go away 11/18/19 11/18/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! please, we ask for help from the international community. amy: in bolivia, at least 23 have died amid escalating violence since the military forced out bolivia's first indigenous president evo morales.

surely given that one of the biggest threats is coming from south asia rejects the dialogue we think us china has never let me repeat china has never rejected the so-called meaningful dialogue with anybody in the us has made this so much noise about having this financial negotiations but let me make it clear so far until now the u.s. has never told does what exactly they want to talk about in this trilateral today's gathering here in most ways a very good chance for participants to prepare for next year is meeting to make it more productive and more effective. that's our rob up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media pop forms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. 30 years ago the burl and walt felt the cold war had essentially come to an end the fall of this cold war symbol was heralded as a new spring of nations and the end of communism decades on what is the legacy of this historic event of the promise of $989.00 been fulfilled. imagine being 635 and you have a career and unclear involves using y