and that's about 37 percent of the workforce and that's actually the highest rate in south asia. he said to me basically more and more women are no longer willing to be unfairly dominated. and what is a patriarchal society, the term patriot through? what does that actually mean for women? india to be life more and more or most women, i would say in south asia, are expected to be submissive to the men in their households. whether that's their fathers, their husbands, their brothers, and they're expected to put their will behind. that of those men, even if a night might not be what they want or might be damaging to their mental health. and they're expected to be vessels of virtue for their family. so the taint of divorce can go beyond just the women into their families reputation. i have known of women who oppose their families, that i'm not happy in my marriage. i want to morrison, their family said no, you might win the chances of your sister's to get married. so there's a lot of pressure on women in south asia in bangladesh to get married and stay married. so women would choose

it's also known as south asia water tower. the glaciers in northern pakistan's disputed kashmir region, a part of the largest ice sheet existing anywhere in the world outside the 2 poles . but these glaciers retreating at previously unknown speeds in gomez, a village in northern pakistan, the effects are already showing. and according to a 2019 study, 36 percent of the regions glaciers could have melted away by the end of this century. clay c, ologist cetera, puffin researches the sheets of ice surrounding the himalayas. this was once the idea we cared. plenty of water frandisco flesh it because the glacier was much higher and you went up to their level of dis, marines. you can see here this moraine, it shows that they are lowell was much higher so that what it was or that he charging these are edition. jen is the glacier that where he's sensitive to climate, the ex, according to the template, yet in the precipitation, when it's the heart, it melts salat. since 1988, the snow line in northern pakistan has receded by 1 point, o

that he says south asia correspondent oliver meyer. many, many fact ukrainian officials said at least 6 people were killed and more injured in a rush, an air strike on an apartment building in the eastern daniel region. the blast destroyed the building, leaving residents trapped in the rubble russian forces, or keeping up attacks as a push westwards in an attempt to take all of done yet. a warning. our next report contains graphic image or ukrainian service men returns home to find russian shells killed his grandmother. oh, i have nothing to say. hooton's already. why should go in queue putin myself? russia's offensive on the dynette region is terrorizing ukrainians who stayed behind. retirees. caught in the crossfire please. oh my grandchildren are due to me. one of them is 13 years old. and another one has 3 mansfield. i asked him to leave, so they don't see it at all. they asked me to leave to leave the house and go. i say no, i grew up here and i will die here. that is my motherland. this is my town that is mine. i will not leave a

and let's bring in dw south asia bureau chief. i'm right that cima, who is joining me from the sri lankan capital, colombo, i'm marita. what powers does this emergency declaration given the sri lankan authorities? extraordinary cause that which was passed by the interior of acting president, enhanced by ours to all the security forces. and this being the police as well as the army. the police said what wants to be and i present for just once have been deployed. if you look behind me knocking in the shadows, not if ami, so would just be an israeli avoid what happened last week if you remember. if i missed this ugly scene, stuff was broke out. the gas was fired and i bet, let me become a single, the active prejudice should go to stop elements taking over these. by that he bench strange element, the radical fringe elements who are trying to keeping hijacked, what is essentially a project. and i'm, or it's a, we understand security as tight as parliament chooses a new president. how high meantime is the risk of fresh protest that was

the is a south asia senior associate at the wilson center. he says, internal faxes are to blame for should anchors, economic chaos. that's interesting. that's like a number of country in south asia that are sort of in the middle of this strategic tug of war between china and india. both competing for influence and 3 walker to really doesn't want that. it wants to have good relations with both china and india, but here and benefit from this competition because both china and india are trying to outdo each other to provide assistance to just re locker and india had provide a significant package chide and they provide some assistance as well, but it's quite remarkable. if you look at the competition a few months ago, china got into an argument with bangladesh over having to pay for fertilizer shipments that had gone bad. and right when that was happening, that was playing out. india swooped in incentives own shipment of new fresh fertilizer, just re like a few see just how sharp that competition between india and china is in playing out in 3 lon

but he won the backing of a large majority of lawmakers more let's bring in our south asia bureau, chief em rita cima. who joined us from colombo mesa, tell us more about this hastily arranged you know, terry, after all the political drama, which took place yesterday and the opposition tried to mount a huge challenge in the end, it was a decisive victory for running victrum, a thinker. he $134.00 of the votes and his nearness rival got only $82.00. now for parliament it was quite a historic vote for the 1st time. buyer limit was electing a president. the last time something similar happened was back in 1993. when that then president grandmother and he was the father of the current opposition leader was assassinated, and then parliament appointed a successor to him. but he wasn't elected. now, johnny became a singer, has been very clear about working within the constitutional framework. so his election is completely legal, but what he lacks, terry, is the public mandate. you see he lost his parliamentary seat in the last election . he was appointed on a national list to parliament and he

in southeast asia is still at an early stage. china's plan to help build nuclear power plants in south asia. phases, many uncertainties, political risks and fears, international competition, and other serious challenges. china is still working on setting long term strategic goals for nuclear power market development in southeast asia and properly handling relations with other nuclear power. exporting countries ready to be corresponded. so on hon. in taipei, thank you or broken down supply chains or putting some of the fundamental assumptions of globalization under scrutiny. as countries hold back, exports to protect themselves from growing scarcity on the markets. other nations is singapore. this dish is not just usually popular, but actually quite simple. singapore is highly nice, chicken rice. what's more complex is why vendors like one young tie are about to stop selling. the key supplier of life, chicken, neighboring malaysia, has suddenly suspended exports this month. singapore government is urging consumers to switch to frozen birds importers from brazil and the u. s. frozen chicken,

south asia bureau chief from rita cima in colombo, and she told me more about sri lanka, new president. he's been prime minister 6 times, but he's never completed his daniel. but now he did become the executive president, which makes them head of state, head of government. and head of the military, so that enormous power, that key the 1st one needs to recognize about him. he's a law and order. man. you know, we heard last week when they were protests and the court protest to an ugly. he to all the military restore law and order, whatever it takes. then this week he declared a national emergency and you know what? shortly after he was elected in parliament, he went outside the parliament and spoke to the security forces, the armed forces, the security forces, to thank them for what they were doing and said that they get the father been safe during this time. and he hoped they would continue to do so to those wanting. the 2nd thing about him, but he was not a base success and politician. many recognized that he's a good administrator, that he has the real, with all i had to set up a poli

our south asia correspondent, i'm outta chima. they're reporting from colombo and sri lanka. thank you. i'm retired now the sydney opera house is australia's most famous landmark on the unesco world heritage side and one of the world's most iconic buildings. but looks on everything, especially for decades of musicians and music critics complaint about the poor acoustics now after more than 2 years and millions of dollars in renovations. the concert hall has reopened with a whole new sound. it's roof has been compared to sales or even shark fins. the sydney opera houses unique design, attract visitors from around the world. but for musicians like concert master andrew have run the acoustics have been well frustrating. we were basically shouting, for the last 40 years old, who often the experience has fallen short of expectations and unmet expectations are really not something that we want at the offer. house. construction on the sydney opera house was completed in 1973 a decade. a late and tens of millions over budget. the final result was easy on the eyes, but hard on the ear

he w, south asia bureau chief, i'm right. a chima is on the soil for us. she joins us from sri lanka, capital, colombo, i'm rita at 6 time prime minister sworn in as the new president. hardly looks like the new beginning that so many sri lankan have protested for. what's the reaction been you're very right sir. this is not the new beginning that people share wanted. they were looking for a change, but as unbecoming as decisive victory. and that to, with the support of the ruling party here with that, that is the party of the asked if president roger parsha was you, she disappointing for people here, but there is something new in the swearing in of done it become a singer. he's the 1st person who was sworn in parliament, you requested that. he said, i've spent 45 years in parliament. the parliament is my life. but he also acknowledged a sara, that he's got the message that people do not want the old politics. i need, they are looking for something new and he says, people want to parliament to work together. and that's what he's going to try and do. where do

thank you very much. shar, south asia bureau chief, i'm retired, she, mother. well, there are, i'm a singer faces the challenge of leading sri lanka out of a political and economic crisis with inflation hitting a record high for the 9th consecutive months. the country's population is struggling to make ends meet. i live at milton pereira cannot afford enough food, and it shows at age 74. he keeps his hair neatly combed, but other features bear witness to long waits for the next small meal i. it's very difficult to live in an even a loaf of bread is expensive. we have 6 children in the family and one we have to skip meals. if we take one meal, we skip another digger again, it's very difficult. among 3 luncheons are cutting back the world food program says 5 out of every 6 families are skipping meals, eating less or buying worse food inside his kitchen. pereira shows what his family can still put on the table. and i began, my mom is we can only buy about 250 grams of fish. and sometimes that is only one fish. we have to cut it into many small pieces, so every one

he's at south asia senior associate at the wilson center and joins us now from washington. d. c. thanks for being with his head. now. people want immediate action as we've seen, but that's not likely to happen. is it? i mean, what are we going to see some kind of coalitional care take government, right. you're, you're, i mean, the 1st step is to have more political stability. you need to get these protest and, and that will require a new government. and it does appear that the president will be stepping down and if he doesn't do that, that will be a major issue, major achievement. just because that has been the core a grievance. the court demand of the protesters since day one that go to buy and must go. so that will help, but indeed there needs to be an interim government put in place. and it only to happen quickly because what the 3 law government really needs to do, what this re locked in government needs, is a alone from ins and the i m. f will only be willing to negotiate once there's an actual government in place. and one, if there's more political stability in place, when

from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports.ir target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting president, crowds gathered in front of his office, one of the few government buildings not yet occupied by protesters. there is a tense stand—off here in colombo. the protesters are here along this avenue, and on the other side you can see the security forces who are guarding this office, and protesters are chanting that ranil wickremesinghe, the prime minister, is a thief. they don't just want president gotabaya rajapaksa to step down, they want the whole political class to leave, and they want a change. and this is how they're pushing for that change — a mass movement borne out of economic hardship, sending a message to those in power. we don't want violence and we don't want to hit or something to that, that prime minister who try to be a president right now. we only want — please, resign. gas cannisters bang. but it didn't take long for security forces

so for me, my work is largely centered on not the urban context, especially across south asia and cities, especially in bugs fun and a cities are present, a specific kind of a conundrum. as far as warming is concerned, because it's not just about heat waves which, which have a more regional context, but also about urban he talent effects. so said you'd like roger, you were on based at the moment, are actually, they've gotten considerably warmer, much warmer. the last 606070 years or so, and being prepared essentially means that there are you rolling out the kinds of heat wave alert plans and health, you know, health infrastructure planning and the urban planning and energy efficiency plans. and that actually target vulnerable communities, the poorest of the poor. and i'm basically not seeing any of those kinds of things happening. and just for, for people who are not meteorologist and urban head island, a fight is a city that creates so much energy that it says warmer than the area around it. so london tends to be warmer than the surrounding area. new york tends to be within the surround

she is a south asia researcher at amnesty international and joined us also from the capital colombo at t r. g. thanks so much for being on the program. you attended protests earlier today. what were they like and what was the mood of notice demonstrating? i think there was a lot of energy. i waive in the afternoon. i see from morning teams, people coming in from all over the country. and i think it's amazing because you know, trends want you to be operating. you will get to you. but also people who have, you know, like basically people coming to the store to either buy shop in, even compete with really quite amazing watch. so from wyoming, people have been taught me. and by the time i read just in the afternoon the right to the fact that the president passed a long time to get to the rail. and i managed to boy inside the president house that's now being occupied by the will then to be orderly group of people going even out here. not to be not to break anything, not so it's almost like an open now that we have never seen before. we did say the images of people sort of dancing around in

well, within sort of where i live in south asia, it's a very uneven terrain. so in india, for instance, the, you're not the national level, there seems to be greater action on the intro to seeing policies and programs that are related not only to, to managing heat, but also for cooling. fan has been a lot slower on the side in the could actually context that has been action, for instance, since the 2015 heat wave which was quite unprecedented, which triggered the depth of close to 2000 persons. and these were largely vulnerable populations. since then, we've had a heat action plan, a heat wave emergency plan in place, but it's outreach is quite limited. we're actually undergoing at the crash. you have in lab where, where undergoing 15000 household and 5000 commercial subway. and we're discovering that by and large in the city for 25000000 based on this particular representational survey, maybe only 50 percent of the respondents said that they have access to the to the heat wavelength. so even in those instances where certain actions are running on ground, ther

who's with ah, with ah, no south asia reservoirs, the himalayan glaciers. they're melting at breakneck speed. and pakistan in particular is on the brink of trout, agriculture, human lives, security are all under threat. mm. pakistan's battle for water. in 30 minutes on d, w, it was supposed to be the emperor's place of residence. the homes allan palace sicilian holes in potsdam, but these walls have other stories to tell the nazi era. the potsdam conference in the g r o guard this manor sicilian off, the prussian eagle and the soviet red star. in 75 minutes on d. w. making the headlines and what's behind them. dw news africa. they show that the issues have been the continent. life is slowly getting back to normal . yeah. well the streets to give you enough reports on the inside. our cars funds is on the ground reporting from across the continent, all the friends stuff, the mob u. t. w. news africa every friday on d w. m. and the guy here in iowa, sexual assault survivor, dentist and say the truth. her women in asia are apc, it's infeasible. nothing can stop

sri lanka is one of i the developed countries, if you want to describe, in south asia.untries like india and bangladesh are now the people here, many of them had students use outside petrol stations for days to get petrol or diesel which means they cannot travel anywhere. many are drivers. they have lost the income and food prices have escalated. inflation last month was about 55%. that was hyperinflation and meal prices have tripled in the last six months so cooking gas cylinders are not available meaning people are struggling to cook at home and people have lostjobs. and people cannot even go to the hospital if they are sick because there are no vehicles to take them. many doctors are not going to the hospital. they are struggling. health workers are struggling even though the government says health workers can get feel they cannot get to hospital so we have not realised the real social impact of this crisis for the past few months but this is a warning for the developing countries who want to borrow money for infrastructure projects that if they do not have enough to

foot crises, the energy crisis that is actually facing or haunting many states and building in south asia. ok, you've, you've outlined possibly some of the reasons i'm going to ask you my next question . but if you could sort of go into more detail as to why the war matters to indonesia and more broadly, to southeast asia. well i think to some extent we need to meet with, like i said, in terms of geography or sense that the conflict itself is quite a remote from the, from the region. but of course, i think it is very clear for everyone that the implication of the war, especially in terms of the do not destruction of us a global supply chain. this is something that really gets the region very much, especially with a supplier, barley, and also potassium to make that the license, things like that. that really implicates the region that is still suffering from the impact of the night in panama. it talk to us about why is indonesia choosing to stay neutral in this conflict? well, water, this is what i can say. i think it is radically and we recognize ourselves that we don't really, we don't re

joining me from colombo is our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan.here. still huge crowds. we can see them behind you. extraordinary scenes, weren't there, over the weekends? protesters in the pool there. what is going on there right now? pool there. what is going on there riaht now? , ., ., ., ., , right now? these are extraordinary times for sri _ right now? these are extraordinary times for sri lanka. _ right now? these are extraordinary times for sri lanka. just _ right now? these are extraordinary times for sri lanka. just behind - right now? these are extraordinaryj times for sri lanka. just behind me is the president's office and 24—hour is ago, hundreds of people stormed the building. this was one of the most protected buildings here in sri lanka and remember, you can't even come here on this road during the civil war. now there are families, men, women, people who took part in the anti—government protest since april, they are coming here, taking pictures to remember this moment and i was speaking with many of these visitors here and they say

stricken nation can finally begin to recover. ella, we spoke which analyst, whatever may i who covers south asia for the german television network, a r d. he told us more about the current situation in colombo. oh damn, standing right in front of the president, secretariat and it's a mixture between leg revolution and a party by today, people are as sole happy that. finally, a president got to buy our auto parts. i decided to step down or decided that he will resign in the upcoming week. also, prime minister become his fingers at the same sore. people are quite happy today. they are celebrating it on the streets. they are so celebrating it right behind me at the secretariat. they went into the private president's palace where it was before they are jumping into the pool. they are going into the gym, so they are just happy they are celebrating and it's been all peaceful today. people are collecting the trash even from the president's plays. so to keep it really clean so it's like it's a real situation today in columbus street. there's clearly a lot happening today. the opposition is meeting to di

permission i'm going to make sure that off to that's i never spend another night that doesn't stop with south asia reservoirs the himalayan glaciers. there melting at breakneck speed and pakistan in particular is on the brink of trout, agriculture, human lives. analytical security are all under threat. mm. pakistan's battle for water. next on d, w. a joy ride through fascinating worlds. into uncharted depths, our guides know their way around with a strictly scientific trip to some pretty wacky places, with curiosity is required to borrow today. in 60 minutes on d. w. ah, rearing to read. ah, everyone who loves books has to go. ah, d w literature list, a 100 german must reads ah! the himalayan glazed t as in pakistan a melting away faster than ever by the turn of the century. one 3rd of that ice sheet could have disappeared. the accumulated water.

while that let's bring in janice oliver mayor who covers a south asia for the german tv network, a r d. he joined us from colombo. so yesterday we saw chaotic scenes with a number of people injured. how was the situation in colombo at the moment? i mean, right now it's a pretty fees peaceful. it has been a day like with the vibe in between of a party and the revolution or the people were celebrating today. they were going into the president's palace. um, hundreds, maybe thousands of people going there and seeing how i got to buy at at parks. i lived in his luxury villa there. they were occupying the pool area. they went to to the gym, they were walking around in the garden and they really enjoyed what they called a victory yesterday. that the prime minister and also to buy early parts of the president of the lanka, said they are willing to resign when the next upcoming week center. people cannot quite believe it to yet they are still protesting. here behind me, they say they won't be done until you go to buy our auto parts has actually gone from waters. and until they have a new gove

but even 4 years ago , experts note that sri lanka was among leaders, south asia in terms of gdp perand in terms of growth rates before the start of a new political course, which the local authorities took to please the western elites, primarily the united states , an american political observer openly stated this on fox news. tucker carlson's adherence to the green agenda is in fact forcing companies and countries to abandon the most productive sectors in the name of climate change and justice, it is precisely because of this agenda that germany is now saving electricity and protesting farmers in the netherlands but the worst thing victim of this policy. sri lanka the economy of a prosperous country collapsed in a matter of days spoiled people leading a liberal lifestyle in the usa have just destroyed something else the name of the new president will be called by parliament on july 20, and after that an interim government will be appointed until the next general election. in the meantime, a state of emergency is in effect in sri lanka, the capital is also under curfew at the russian

to buy a raja pox up, but he won the most parliamentary seats with 134 votes to 82 the deputies south asia bureau chief, amrita chima, is in colombo and has more on sir lancoste new president. he has been prime minister 6 times what he's never completed, his tenure. but now he's become the executive president, which makes him head a state head of government and head of the military. so there's an enormous power that key. the 1st one needs to recognize about him. he's a law and order. man. you know, we heard last week when they were protests and the board protest to an ugly. he do all the military restore law and order whatever it takes. then this week he declared a national emergency and you know what? shortly after he was elected in parliament, he went outside the parliament and spoke to the security forces, the armed forces, no security forces to pack them for what they were doing and said that they've kept the parliament safe during this time. and he hoped they would continue to do so to that's one thing. the 2nd thing about him, but he was not of a successful politician. many recognize

brandon journalists leave a mayor who cover south asia with the germans elevation. that's like a audi and joins us now. from hello, hello oliver. what's the situation where you are? am standing right in front of the president's secretariat and it's a mixture between lake revolution and a part you buy it today. people are, is so happy that finally a president got to buy our auto parts. i decided to step down or decided that he will resign in the upcoming week. also prime minister become is singular that the same song, people are quite happy today. they are celebrating it on the streets. they are so celebrating it right behind me at the secretariat. they went into the product, presidents palace where it was before, they are jumping into the pool. they are going into the gym, so they are just happy they are celebrating and it's been all peaceful to day. people are collecting the trash even from the president's plays. so to keep it really clean so it's like it's a real situation today in columbus street. there's clearly a lot happening today. the opposition is meeting t

per usual across a good part of malaysia monsoon brownstone, very nicely across a good part of south asia. cause hoping not quite as intense across western parts of india would be towards central areas pushing ever towards additional and furthermore, to pakistan, dosing some lively showers this week. official airline of the journey beneath the height of english football lies in illicit market for the rich and powerful. i'm one of the cd undercover. i'll just years investigative unit exposed to the inner workings of key players in the murky underbelly of football finance. if i need to tell somebody like what a magician has been said that you couldn't make an elephant disappear. i have many of it fixed like the brazen example i faith, the men who so football and i was just, you know, ah oh, you're watching out there. i reminder of our top stories this hour. the u. s. in saudi arabia have signed 18 agreements and energy investments, space and health. on the 1st day of jo bonded trip to the kingdom, as president biden said, he raised the murder of journalist to mark shockley with the conferen

the maya was the south asia correspondent for german public bukosa. eddie. he is in columbus. columbus. the us for lanchen capital over our situation. the cap, the right now it looks quite peaceful. yeah. well, it certainly is way more calm today, before there was a hectic day yesterday, people were protesting in front of the office of the prime minister. the police use your gas yesterday evening. we were the parliament also lots of guys coming from the police. lots of the people and the today i just talked to protestant, they said that like the quiet before the storm. i mean, the situation is still that the president hadn't really resigned. the prime minister has taken over as an acting president and the people are still very, very mad and they demand a resignation right away. that's what they want. and they say they have to gather their strength. now for the next upcoming demonstration, if the president and the prime minister don't resign in the upcoming days, the problem is, is set that he will resign as so what the hold up? where is the president now and

i know he spoke to oliver mayor who covers south asia for the german tv network, a r d in colombo, and he has more on the opposition parties holding talks to form a new government. but they seem to be pretty united in what they wanted. there was a statement in the morning where they said that what they want is so old party government that everybody is really involved in the government. and what they also want is said that the prime minister and the president are not going to resign in the upcoming weeks, but they want an immediate resignation then. but that's not going to happen so soon, i guess. so people keep on the demonstrating, but the talks are going to continue the next day. of course, we're at something about 10 o'clock in the morning, so let's see how that goes them. they seem to be pretty united and see it. they seem to be on a good course or that they can get to know a party government pretty soon. we look at some other stories making news around the world. japan's ruling liberal democratic party is projected to hold on an upper house after sunday's election. the poll comes