Welcome to news asia glad you could join us a former senior general of the Pakistan Army is facing accusations that he used his influence to build a sprawling Business Empire spending 99 companies and 4 countries. Is currently chairman of a joint china Pakistan Economic project and a special assistant to pakistan Prime Minister imran khan a news website in the country has alleged that as was promoted through the ranks in the army his Family Business is that comprise speeds of chains and realistic that expanded general bargewell has denied the allegations against him and his family but did have. Any has been following the story and he joins me now from moscow is it give us a sense of who general bods what is and how hes so influential. Well general budget has been an important member of pakistans paul the structure for nearly 2 decades now he has served 4 Different Army chiefs starting with president general musharraf in 2002 but it was really doing his job as the Spokes Person of the box down the army when he was told into the spotlight he defined that job. To control the news channels bucks county media he launched a multimedia operations promoting patriotic songs and films and really focused on social media to get young people to work fall on me and fight back on and the social media realm he was then promoted as a commander balochistan a very important posting thats where the army is fighting a long running separatist insurgency where there are allegations of Human Rights Violations and during his time a School Commander of below just on he was accused of political engineering in the last elections in the run up to the last elections where he was kind of accused of threatening politicians to join a Certain Party so hes been an important member of the august on the power elite. One of the main allegations that have been reported in this news story. So this is a bit site called fact focus its run by an investigative journalist called and what noorani hes currently based in the us and he apparently has been looking at the family Business Empire of general budget in 4 Different Countries and he managed to unearth over you know some of oking over several months documents that show that his family his wife his sons his brothers have companies which are for you know multimillion Dollar Companies and the suggestion is that as general bodge of all of us getting promotions in the army his familys Business Empire abroad was expanding so for example his brother went to the u. S. In 2002 and he was delivering pizza at the time and today they have 113 restaurants in a pizza chain but 40. 1000000. 00 so its evidence like this which made this story a bombshell in pakistan and a broad general budget did not comment on it david did for him for about 3 weeks but he did not comment on it and eventually even the story came out he denied all delegations and he said this is baseless ive done nothing wrong and im happy to prove the money trail of my familys business abroad so that at the base of it it just sounds rather extraordinary that a general in the army could build such an empire from scratch. Well i mean this is this is this situation in pakistan you hear about corruption stories all the time about politicians former Prime Minister nawaz sharif has been declared an absconder hes currently in london and the former president zardari has been indicted in a Corruption Case of effacing multiple cases but when it comes to the army or powerful generals. You cannot question them you cannot question their source of fame income their spending their familys wealth because its seen as unpatriotic even in this case general budget will support us said this is an attack on Chinese Investment in pakistan this is of the best in conspiracy decision indian conspiracy so they quickly turn it into a kind of issue of patriotism accountability is a big issue in pakistan and opposition believes that selection accountability even not deliver it has to be across the board and how much traction is this story getting closer in pakistan. So you know just the thing only of armies involved in so many businesses from banking to fertilise or to real estate. Do you know it has a multi 1000000000 dollar military Industrial Complex but stories like this been declared about generals they are suppressed or even this story when it came out centrally blacked out in the pakistani media given general budget was influence in pakistani news channels and in the media over all but d. W. Or do interview the journalist and in the story came out the story of obviously event vital because people wanted to hear a lot of people were shocked i got phone calls from people in pakistan in bucks county government they were shocked that this could happen but it seems that the Prime Minister is unimpressed general but what did resign from his job as media adviser to the Prime Minister promised imran khan has refused to take it as ignition and generally the view is the issue will die down and nothing will happen he will not be asked to present his money trail or in a court of law. Johnny thank you very much for that. 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Thing is this war that we see gathering in a round molo of food for laws in a region that receives very little rainfall. The step wells were once the citys main source of clean water but with the arrival of pumps to extract ground water the old World Systems fell into disuse and were filled up with dirt and trash. Rawnsley helped clean out this barrier year ago you storing it to its former glory. For. Me its a heartfelt struggle that time involved in. These places because they are precious heritage truly precious not just a fancy building that is usually derelict they are a system of water harvesting priceless as an example of how people in the Sophisticated Society is ancient red just down the wall its how they could gather the Water Resources that were so precious for their survival. From the working well water was no pumped into the city supply. Karen rounds the inherited his love of india from his grandfather who was posted here is an engineer in colonial times. Hes traveled the world and lived in several countries but is the historic city of george poor and its ancient water worlds that have given him purpose in life. This is my helipad john. The 1st Historic Site that we hope we store. In the heyday of their use juries box with female members of the royal family would come to swim or entertain themselves and it would have been a very lovely place you know weve been laid is this thing to the music and we had this time to play is probably sitting around and they were i mean a very atmospheric place very beautiful and you can imagine it. Is said to me that when i visit this place was in its great period of years then i simply thought to fall in love with it its a lovely place. A local businessman is now paying for the upkeep of the box and hes employed a permanent can take it to manage them. Karen roundly also helps with his expertise. But not everyone appreciates the importance of this Historic Site. Which is often strewn with plastic bags and other trash. In the middle of drug wars old city is gulag sagar lake. Much of the credit for cleaning it out also goes to ruin slee and young volunteers trying to use george she. Poor has more than 500 historic bodies of water. Resources that the city could still be making use of today. Awareness programs are held by various organizations of different levels. But we still see cases where people tried to damage the wall will pollute the water. We have to stop it now. We are witnessing a water crisis in many parts of the world. If these resources on conserved would also face a water crisis he. Would somebody on the. 3 son and daughter live in the United Kingdom but he says the worlds of joy and poor have also become like family to him so we want to go gagne but i want to know for connection with my planet and with my ancestors and my mother was trying your best for these arrows from my mother i dont care for them any valerie i well all is jewish so my family. Karen rounds lee is still fighting fit at 75. 00 and he says he wants to spend many more years saving indias step worlds. Thats been all this mall on did i was going to golf over flash a shot i dont facebook and a trip to relieve you know with some pictures off to other sites in the city all. Back tomorrow well see you back. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona updates. From the covert 19 special next on d w. I was here when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. It was hardest for. I even got white hair. On the german language head. This gets me and nikki to interact with the saying you want to do their story lines her fighting and reliable information for margaret. Many schools close their doors in march has covered 19 swept around the globe. 6 months since have posed unprecedented challenges students suddenly cut off from classmates and thrown into Remote Learning teaches navigating new technology and parents burdened with extra responsibilities. Some schools have chosen to keep posting math Classes Online other students and teachers are making a joyous return to their classrooms as a new school year begins. The selling says im happy that the school is started because i havent seen my friend and my teacher for a long time. Weve been locked in our houses and i forgot how the norm. Schooling looks thats quite interesting to reopen the schools is a fundamental importance that theres nothing that can substitute schools so from our point of view this is a huge show a to reopen our gates to our 1200 pupils. But the reopening is also a major safety concern how to bring millions of children and teachers back into schools or keeping them safe from the fires. As some schools struggle to reopen to make up for lost time others remain completely empty the picture varies greatly between countries as our correspondents around the world can explain here in uganda capito com Public Schools remain closed what you see here is a reflection of whats happening across the country right from elementary level to University Level classes remain closed the government is not sure when to reopen schools now especially with the rising cases of 19 now many teachers of already lost their jobs while youre on the government try to introduce lessons of radio and television but sustaining that became a challenge so many families however it did describe 2020 as the last academic year. Students are back in school throughout the whole of china including one where the epidemic has started. Students need to wear masks there are social distancing measures and staggered schedules but otherwise schools are supposed to go back to their normal curriculum here in beirut the capital of lebanon the covered 1000. 00 pandemic is not the only crisis that faces the educational system right behind me as an exhibit of a school out of 160. 00 that were totally destroyed or damaged due to the. Explosion why the school year is only a few days away the destruction that was caused by the shock waves are the explosion aggravated the calamity on residents already suffering from an unprecedented economic crisis the German Government is ruling out a 2nd lockdown confident that the current testing tracing and tracking capacities will be enough to contain the current levels of corona outbreaks in the absence of a tangible Health Crisis and with the economy recovering faster than expected there is now an all out debate here in germany over whether the government wasnt too cautious in the 1st place a loud minority has been taking to the streets over this nationwide schools remain open but when it comes to the question which conditions like must apply that still regional patchwork. And march the kenyan government closed schools and colleges nationwide a certain measure that affected 17000000 learners across the country including among tribal communities as data when used interest reports. 2020 was the beginning of an exacting new chapter to vincent 2 Little High School but in mid march in response to call beginning to end the kenyan government closed all schools including Higher Education the measure disrupted the lives of nearly 17000000 students across the country for 16 year old little its meant hiding his family cuttle out in the wild rather than seeing an education. Given that i was really excited to do in high school because ive never been to boarding school. But i was frustrated when i was told schools would be closed and you know i miss the interaction with students and sharing ideas with the school. Long Distance Learning camps with other challenges too little simply doesnt have enough time for studying certain and i dont know its just wake up look after cut into something you know. And you cant concentrate when you try to study so much you fall asleep. On a day like this this classroom would be students for children even more until the kenyan government counts of the 20 twentieths. Due to the coronavirus but for these musee Community One qualified teacher is all that they have. 22 year old danny my side he usually teaches near the tanzanian border but now he has taken 2 full of tearing home. And you are living in a Community Like bees they no saw and saw is that and we have to have the kids otherwise the kids would miss our old form cross them off. But experts believe theres a lot of walk to be done before schools can sift through the reopening kenya. I think the false point will really be training teachers once weve done the training then we need to look at our infrastructure for example if all building was able to accommodate a group of 20 goals how can we use it now to accommodate to less goes to ennoble us to social distancing. When no schools remain closed for the foreseeable future. But its yet another day of hiding cuttle for too little counting down the days until hes able to resume his dream of an indication that perhaps over time could change his life so lets speak to david evans whos an economist with the center for Global Development david at these clothes is likely to have a lasting effects for countries like kenya these are likely to have enormous implications for these students lives and for the country as a whole these kids arent learning a lot of them have parents whove lost work so the students are working and the longer theyre out of school the less likely they are to go back to school once they reopen idle lessons especially will be working in the ask why do i have to go back to school and whats worse during the a ball a crisis in sierra leone another example of a long Term School ClosureSchool Closures led to a sharp increase in adolescent pregnancy so these can really be devastating to students you have something weve talked about earlier this week on the program that i limiting the amount of encounters that children and young people have with the authorities can cause all sorts of problems we talk about africa that globally children are missing out on education all over the worlds. Its absolutely true at the height of the epidemic more than 1500000000 students around the world are out of school its an unimaginable number and even though some are coming back now there are many that still remain out a lot of kids dont have access to Good Information Technology in low and middle Income Countries fewer than a quarter of homes have access to the internet and so imagining delivering effective Online Learning effective Distance Learning is just impossible and that kids who lack access the most of course are the most vulnerable kids in the 1st place so should countries be rushing to have reopened schools even though there is always thought risk that children are going to go home and theyre going to get coronavirus to an older more vulnerable person. Countries need to keep children and teachers safe but Primary School children are the least able to learn remotely and so getting them back to School Safely needs to be the highest priority and furthermore what countries like kenya and others need to do is when these students come back invest in special efforts to make sure the most vulnerable kids make it back to the classroom and are able to have a catch up so they can get back on track so that there are starting a whole year behind have you seen any approaches around the way to the reacting of school was that you thought yes they getting that right so relatively few countries especially in low and middle Income Countries are are really doing this you know and so its still still an open game but we what we do see that some countries are you know making sure that kids are in school at least for a couple of days so that you can reduce the capacity in a classroom so you can have half as many kids in the classroom on a given days you can have social distancing and keep those kids separate but at least have 22 and a half days for kind of face to face and the teacher the heavens from the sense of i would have element thank you so much for bringing us up to date thank you. And now its time for your questions to our science correspondent derrick williams. Just covert 19 transmission change depending on whether its here that or if its hot and dry one of the great hopes last winter here in the Northern Hemisphere back in february and march that coated 1000 would prove to be seasonal hasnt hasnt really panned out and in the last months a lot of researchers have come out with with often conflicting messages about about where and how environmental factors are influencing the spread of the disease any direct links between the war temperatures and transmission of the virus seem to still be pretty pretty tenuous to me but increasingly researchers are coming to a more united conclusion that the humidity the amount of moisture in the air could be playing a pretty big role in the spread of sars code to both those indoors and out in the evidence is known ting that dry air makes the virus spread more rapidly one new study out of australia claims that when a relative humidity falls just one percent in 1000 cases could rise by 7 to 8 percent the explanation on offer is this moisture air causes the aerosols and droplets that an infected person coughs out to grow larger as they absorb water vapor which makes them sink to the ground faster but when the air is dry the opposite happens then the virus containing droplets shrink as their moisture is absorbed by the surrounding air that makes them lighter and more likely to drift around at head level and be inhaled by someone else another. Dr that could well be playing a role when the air is dry as that it also dries out your nasal passages and theyre your 1st line of defense im against airborne pathogens like like sars co 2 and when they dry up it also makes it easier for those pathogens to gain a foothold. Derrick williams that muscle from this colleague 19 special until next time take a. Little condescending and russia can be life threatening the poisoning alexina is just one example we meet aggravation leaders who refuse to be intimidated. Human rights are disregarded in this country freedom and justice dont exist here to lose you can spend 30 days behind bars just for calling for a protest. To get. Some goods on the world. 90 minutes on d w. Blanket to be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers everyone of the supply mcinnis who are usually. So nothing is just down the children who have already been the boy and those that will follow are part of a new process. They could be the future of. 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