Time. British welcome to join us protests against the government of the monarchy. Have been held in the thai capital bangkok today, protesters are demanding greater accountability from the monarchy after the king had transferred the crown to himself, increasing his world enormously. And under pressure, the government has responded by invoking the countrys strict laws of protest leaders, which now a lot of the anger is directed against the king who spends most of his time his long have become a headache with the government being questioned by the opposition on whether he actually conduct state business from here, the government has said this would be unacceptable. For months, prodemocracy protesters in thailand have been trying to send a message to the king. Reform our country and your monarchy. But the man that was dressing has often been absent thousands of kilometers away. In fact, while protests raged on the streets of bangkok, the time monarch spent much of his time in germany. In a luxury hotel in the southern berrien alps his extended stays in the quaint area, have put the German Government in a bind. Berlin has been trying to determine whether the king conduct state affairs from has been very and hide away. The foreign minister who stated that that would be a deal breaker for germanys hospitality of the us. I obviously am also watching the thai kings behavior in germany. Weve not just been monitoring this still recent weeks. Were monitoring this long term. There are things that we consider to be illegal. There will be immediate consequences, verged us consequences. But thats easier said than done. A parliamentary investigation has found that germany has a limited legal options. Because the king enjoys diplomatic protections like other visiting heads of state. Even if its their own private business, its course frustration among lawmakers who commissioned the research, the left party saving data, len had this to say on twitter. Anyone who like the thai king along with the military junta, brutally knocks down the Democracy Movement shouldnt be rewarded with a visa for luxurious, long term stay in germany by the federal government. It appears germany has just one option to take action against the king. And thats using a decades Old International treaty on diplomatic relations. Parliamentary researches said bellin can declare the king a persona nongrata, or an exact double person, and expel him from the country. But that option was described as a last resort. It also carries the risk of a diplomatic escalation of the Political Drama that germany wanted no part in the so now theres less pressure on german politicians. In mid october, the king returned to thailand to the joy of his royalists, supporters. His critics are hoping hell finally address their grievances and not return to his hideaway in the bavarian mountains. Many germany are hoping for the same felix heidrick is a senior associate of the German Institute for international and Security Affairs with southeast asia. The focus area of his research. Felix welcome. But there have been somewhat strong words from the foreign minister. Yet it appears according to the parliamentary restriction of pleased that there isnt much the government can do about the tightening here in germany. How do we read this . Well, i read it as an interplay of international affairs, basically of domestic affairs. And in my view, thats most certainly the case in most Foreign Policy making and here as well. So on the one hand you have german Media Outlets report that reporting very critically. On the time on arx extended visits to germany as well as on his role in current tire. Fast plus you have to, thats increased scrutiny by the opposition in the parliament in the bundestag. So that domestically has put pressure and continues to put pressure on the government and burden to act. And on the other hand, you have the demonstrations in thailand including those taking place in front of the german embassy, actually in bangkok, calling on berlin to act as well. While at the same time, the current Thai Government is cracking down on those prodemocracy protesters. So this is how i read the dense surrounding this issue, basically as the interplay off domestic and international factors. However, i would say with regard to the future developments are more depends on the developments in thailand and rather than whats the pressures in germany, i think much of it will depend on how events will unfold in thailand in the future will come that innovative. But what is there a wider geo strategic lens, which were germanys looking at this whole affair . Well, there is the geostrategic context is marked by an intensifying sign of american rivalry in the contest text of this power shift towards asia that, that many, many people have been talking about for 4 years now to the whole of asia, not just to china. So asia is increasingly important used to t. G. T. And you economically the letter, especially to a trading state like germany. And at the same time, berland has for a long 4th for quite some time, equated china with asia, china, asia policy was basically china policy and vice versa. So this over dependence on china, especially economically, is now seen as a challenge for berlin and berlin. Now, in the context of also this new pacific guideline, 6 diverse, if you cation 6, new pop up in us, spare, southeast asia. And the plan you Free Trade Agreement with thailand is one indicator of this. So, and at the same time, you have the military let tigar them. And since the coup in 2000 for the move bring out of a closer to 2 china due to what they perceive to be unjust criticism of their internal affairs by western states and so on. And so forth. So i say this, this conundrum is the strategic context where were dealing with at the moment with regards to german tie, the fast ride rififi that how do you see this playing out in the future of protests continue in thailand . Well, i think in short term, not so much as long as the king is in thailand. I think this will take domestic pressure from the government and dahlan to a certain extent, and hes predicted to stay in thailand actually for the rest of the year 2020. I obviously dont know, but this is, this is what i hear. How about if, if the king were to return in, say, early 2021 to 2, the very a that is right and protest still carry on in bangkok or even worse, theres a bloody crackdown by the military. I think the, the agenda will, the did this issue will be on the agenda of with the new urgency, i would say fairly tired of, we leave it there for the time being, but i do so much for joining us. Thank you. Thats no secret that in india most families would rather have a son than a daughter, a ban on determining the sex of a baby before birth exists but female fee to side still occurs. Its what contributes to india, having a skewed sex ratio of it, around 920 females to every 1000 males, one of the poorest in the world. But things are changing or beat very slowly and theyre changing in communities where it matters the most. The mill, you sound of celebration and naming ceremony for a baby girl by live under umbrella. My name is appalling. Im 30 years old. This is my 2nd child and ive had a baby girl one and im very happy about it. And so was my family. They werent disappointed and so they didnt harass me at all. The people who govern in the village have celebrated the birth of my baby girl. Traditionally such ceremonies are held to welcome baby boys, not girls, but many say that has to change so many girls as the liberation. Im very little person really, real one will prevent the sex selective gender biased elimination. 6 issue increases issues related to groups. We get positive response from those present, you know, because Society Changes a girl who was considered to be a burden to now. Now she becomes really celebrated Community Based projects like this one are making a difference. 15 years ago, only 870 girls were born here for every 1000 boys. Now that number has risen to over 920 government from there, so you have a short so many legal instructions we always were made. So one was punitive action. The other thing was giving positive in centers and the activities in which Community Gets ignored the, these kind of activities they complement each other. And finally, at the goal of gender equality and real sense that Women Empowerment honoring these baby girls and their mothers is one significant step on the path to greater equality. I think everyone should feel happy when a baby girl is born. Like we have these celebrations for our girls because we want them to be respected and treated equally equal status for girls will benefit all of society like a candidate. And thats it for today. Theres of course more in our website. Now, on tuesday, president out of the visited islamabad, its only elephants the only sanctuary as a fight for us to rescue him from poor conditions. And now that hes leaving, hes getting those images, were back to morrow. The 1st why are people forced to hide in trucks . There are many recent posts. There are many answers. The kochs and there are many stories make up your the current made for mines. The nominations are in for next years grammys with beyonce leading the pack. Who else is nominated and not thats coming up here on arts and culture. Later on the show photographer and read son, i movingly captures the plight of migrants and their struggles to survive. And we meet the team behind one of the worlds most successful comic book series. Lucky luke. Welcome to arts and culture, beyonce has pulled in a whopping 9 grammy nominations more than any other artist this year. Brown skin girl for anthem, for black beauty is nominated for best music video. The videos from black is kane beyonce, visual album with disney. Shes also nominated for song of the year record of the year and music film of the year. Heres a bit more of the brown skinned girl. From my colleague Adrian Kennedy is here with me for more on the grammy nominations. Adrian beyonce is leading the pack. Are you surprised . Im not surprised. Yes. 9 nominations, and she extends her lead as the most nominated female artist of all time. Of course the grammy controversy with the own say is how many grammys she goes on to win. She does have 24. 00 free grammys already, but she was nominated so many times in the past, so missed out 47. 00 times. Sometimes in that big status categories. Instantly husband jay z. Is now tied with legendary producer quincy jones as the most nominated male artist. But the gender gap is closing, and hes only one head of beyond say, snow and ice and he has 80, she has 7, you know, so she is catching up pretty quite what it was our car for. Ok. But in general, this is really a female dominated year of nominations this major, thats right. For the 1st time ever, the female lineups in the rock performance and country album categories. And the 2nd, most nominated artist is who other than taylor swift. It was worth the most of those nominations for the us stars acclaimed album, folklore, slightly more introspective album which was written and recorded in lockdown. Its a contender for album of the year. Track kartik in which we can take a listen to is in the frame for single of the year. A listen. You need to clean that piano. Adriane indeed has 6 nominations and women also dominate the best new artist category. In the stallion is probably the front runner in that field where i think weve got archly footage of maggie in the stallion finding out she had won. She got her 1st grammy nomination with your 1st ever grammy nominations. They were just some other fields of congrats. Youre feeling good and very happy for you. Theres also another nomination thats making history agent. Tell us about that. Yes, the south korean boy band to be t s. Can be seen here. Reacting to the 1st grammy nomination for a cape act song, dynamites was nominated for the best pop group performance, the bands 1st, or only single top, the u. S. Charts in oldest. And the band have said that the goal to complete the American Journey with a grammy win. So another thing to watch out for. So theyre not going to be happy with just a nomination. Ok, so thats the nominees. Its not just about the nominees, though. Its also a lot of talk about who didnt get nominated. Tell us about the snow. Thats right. Well, the Biggest Surprise is the admission of the canadian singer, known as the week. And now you probably heard the song blinding lights. It topped the charts around the world and in the u. S. Its considered by many to be the sound of the past year. And im sure viewers will recognize. I wish i could get it out of my head. It is from the critically acclaimed after hours album. It not stop 1600000. 00 listeners on a popular streaming site 10 times as many as titus, which scotty can convert it into 0 nominations. And hes not your happy about that. I imagine hes not happy at school and hes tweeted about it. Think we can take a look at what he said. The grammys remain corrupt you owed me my fans and the industry transparency sense of entitlement. So theres been some speculation that this is about the fact that hes playing the half time at the super bowl a few days after the grammys, and that negotiations for him to perform at the grammys, became a big contentious, the grammys have to unite this. But this is been a topic in the past. The idea that if you perform at the grammys, then you are more likely to get the nominations. Wow, thats quite an allegation. Well, the grammys will be held on january 31st without the we cant drink out of another example. Thank you. When moria europes biggest refugee camp went up in flames and september, magnum photographer, and ritz that was there to capture it has been documenting the lives of Asylum Seekers for years as work and grease for human faces. The stories of desperation at a time when the approaching winter and the continuing Coronavirus Crisis make the situation of unsettled migrants even more precarious than after. A few days before a new coated 19 lockdown took effect and read some i was out taking photos. Victoria square has become a makeshift home for many migrants who fled the fire on the island of moria. Theyve been granted Asylum Seekers status, but greeces new asylum laws mean theyre left to their own devices. Theyre no longer entitled to any Government Support or shelter, making their situation even worse. Sinai has been documenting their fates for years. And he can relate to them because when he was a child, he and his family fled albania, and lived for a time without documentation in athens. The magnum photographer has made refugees and migrants the focus of his work. When fire broke out at the camp in moria, he headed there i remember the exhaustion and the fear in their eyes. But i also saw hope there. Morea would finally be over and it would finally get better. Like the day after the fire, one of the girls, i photographed 12 year old money from afghanistan, organized a protest march. First, there were just 20 other children, but then the march will be bigger. People just wanted off the island they could with its of the photographers, a kind of anchor for some here. Also from afghanistan, you see by the smiles will be far fewer than a woman when i told her that id be leaving again in a few days. She suddenly turned to me and said, before you leave, say goodbye to us. And that is, and i almost cried. Will say before you leave, say goodbye to us, is also the title of his planned photo book dedicated to the people whose living situation hes been documenting since 2015. Companied summer to germany and sweden and his photos also depict their arrival and settling in after it was encouraging to see that a lot of the people who had made it to that point are now standing on their own. 2 feet, if you and that they were able to start a new life. In athens and return, i will keep documenting the migrants from the morea camp in their efforts to survive. He wants them to have a chance to cowboy, the stories of the american old west have long held a special place here in europe. Think spaghetti western, its all those cowboy movies shot in italy. Then theres lucky only a comic character known as the man who shoots faster than his shadow. He 1st, appeared in belgium, in the 1940, s. , and is still popular today. Over the years lucky work spent translated into dozens of languages and appeared in movies and video games with more than 300000000 issues sold. Lucky, luke is the most successful western themed comic series ever. The books are currently illustrated by down on top of his home in southern france. Isnt the wild west, but it does give him some inspiration for his comics. Using the pen name started drawing the comic nearly 2 decades ago. The series was created in 1946 by the belgian illustrator, maurice, and he chose ash, did it take over drawing the tales of the lonesome Crime Fighting cowboy, a daunting challenge. In the beginning, i asked him if i could spend 6 months practicing appeared 1st. I wasnt happy with my drawings. Only after id done 3 comic books did i feel confident enough to say, im the lucky luke cartoonist. Who does, you know, totally cute asterix creator really need wrote the story starting in 1955 since his death in 1977, other it was, traders have taken over the last 3 books were written beige. He says its important to maintain lucky lukes original charm. But he wants to tell new stories it has to make sense and mean something. Today. The lucky luke we publish has to be faithful to the tradition. But it also has to be comics they couldnt have made back there. For one thing the new comics are more diverse, the latest edition costars a black, cowboy for the 1st time. Hes based on historical figures and covered in his 4 years of research for the issue of advancement. I found out that 25 percent of cowboys were black, and that the vast majority of the others were hispanic. So the john wayne style, blond, cowboy, with blue eyes that hollywood sold us for decades is pure fiction. And thats what this comic is about it confronts racism in america, the hard tragic issues of slavery. Theres still humor and action because its still lucky. Luke next year. More socially aware, more diverse. But still lucky with the duo of the day and are working on the next story for a special edition of the series 100th issue. Thats it for now. But dont forget to check us out online at d. F. W. Dot com slash culture. You can also find d. W. Culture on twitter and facebook, you know what keeps us in shape . What makes us sick and how come my name is dr. Carlson, the i talk to medical experts, watch them at work, and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. Stay tuned and lets all try to stay on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has the rate of infection been developing measures are being taken. What is the latest research . So information and context. The coronavirus of the code with special monday to friday, john w. Give us your country. People will make you rich. Playboy will provide you with jobs claim the oil will take good care of the places i used to take place when the 1st took hold on the west coast to come out in 2007, the strips are selling, but years later, reality looks very different to the 1st place drinking clicks do good. This is before you go there to move this to happen to become a stream of black coal oil. Thomas starts december 4th, place, play, play, play, play, play, play very warm. 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