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Radio. Hello and a very warm welcome to this week's edition of connections with me I'm brain here on B.B.C. Radio Leeds. I'm going to be here. Till 8 o'clock tonight and I would love to have your company on this cold December evening and I hope you've had a good week this week what's been happening in the news and we'll find out about some of those things as the show goes on. Now the weather has been a little bit of a worry for me this week yes it's been for me a bit too warm for December so I've just thought is a little bit unnatural for us to have temperatures of 101112 degrees centigrade here in December but I woke up this morning and coming to work today I realized no need to worry. Yes the champ temperatures have plummeted and it does feel like winter. Something else I saw in the news this week it was about the Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow now she has recently married Brad for truck and they have decided to live apart and they've done that for the sake of the children now that's quite interesting because I always thought parents stayed together for the sake of children but each to their own now does Gwyneth Paltrow know something we don't. Know well I suppose it's whatever you think makes for a happy successful marriage so the question tonight is what do you think is the secret of a happy successful marriage if you think you know please do tell us and share your secrets with us here on connections and the number as per usual is 080389 double 3 double 3 You can also text on 81 triple 3 starting your message with the word leads. And while you think about that let's find out what's on the program tonight now lots of people send money across the world after working in places like the U.K. And in the. U.S. Or in Europe but the U.N. Has found out that lots of people are paying too much on transfer charges we'll be finding out a little bit more about that later in the show. And of course we go to our feature at half past 6 where we ask the question Who are you and we've got another guest lined up for you tonight and we'll be finding out a little bit more about them and you already know something about them sold that's quite intriguing you have to wait and see who it is state you know that's coming up at half past 6 tonight. And our lines are always open if you want to take part in the program tonight the number is a free phone number give us a call 808-0389 double 3 double 3 You can also text if you want to get in touch with this and you need to text 800 triple 3 starting with the word leads. And it would have. Taken from the album. The most is there of so gone con and Shari'a with the song lead ledge at a from the album and the divas moving on police investigating extreme rightwing activity in the U.K. Arrested 3 men on suspicion of terrorism offenses this week the B.B.C. Understands the investigation relates to alleged activity by a neo nazi group called the sun and division police say said the preplanned arrests on Thursday were part of an ongoing investigation into extreme rightwing activity so what is the scale and impact of the far right in the U.K. Let's speak to. Fessor thought about us from the Institute of Security in global affairs in the Hague and the London School of Economics and Political Science he's researched radicalization and terrorism Welcome to the show professor about us Thank you Greta good evening now and the rest this weekend do we know the case that is being investigated so we know that there are these alleged or otherwise links to the oven Creek the vision which isn't this to be an offshoot of another division of the Waffen vision which is a U.S. Based in your Nazi group and so these guys I think there were late teens very young discreetly located in that sort of random in one sense but they were being. Watched and monitored for a while and then the arrests were made last week and something. I'm sorry yes so the the arrests on the back of activity that they were monitoring so that we've seen it in the news a lot about the rise of the far right what is the scale of that activity in the U K. Well it's interesting because when we think about terrorism and violence we often focus on Islamist groups and so on however what has grown dramatically of the last 2 or 3 years especially is this rise of the far right and we see this in the mainstreaming of politics in places like Poland and Hungary and happen situation in America. Where President Trump using certain language and Mike Mike Mike to give. Confidence to all of these groups because he doesn't directly challenge them I after Charlotte will not go so there is the sort of mainstreaming of increasingly populist authoritarian reactionary politics and so the groups feel that they have some kind of license to be able to express their sentiment pass more openly than before and there's always been an undercurrent of the far right. And the next stream right wing activities that this is becoming much more of an emergence of the. I mean we as I say we see we've seen a lot of that we seeing in Iraq where we see that this is going to increase worldwide because it started off slowly with a few aren't countries where that happened but it does seem to be gaining momentum Yes that's right I think that's right than for example the BRICS a potent election of drop rule outcomes if you like almost almost the result of some of these wider changes to our politics in the way me question issues around nationalism migration questions of the E.U. Even the obviously Britain is implicated in that right now. All of this is changing how we see the other how we see ourselves in the context of a nation state and then there are these challenges of globalization which means that there's so much insecurity. This is what's driving a lot of a lot of the anger frustration and alienation that leads to to to young people looking for meaning in their lives. Through these kinds of violent extremist groups and you think it's becoming acceptable level I mean because I mean Al though it is being challenged it's still on the rise do you think more people are accepting this kind of behavior in this kind of view and I think once people appreciate the extent of. The problem that we're dealing with and the risks that it poses and the kinds of imagery that used for example we saw in Greg division who use Russian and Norwegian language in there are means that post that they have a one that targeting. The royal family the prince Prince Harry because he married or a mixed mixed race woman and then so be seen as betraying the race this is idea of a race war is the idea of now is the time blood and on a that it's to speak out and be heard and and because of the problems wider the wider political problems of effect across the north and the south of the world these people feel they have more confidence and there are more involved and what's also happening is counterterrorism and security pleasing agencies are becoming much more aware of what's happening and they're so now they're far more coordinated on their level and just to coming back to the increase in you know right wing beliefs and views what impact has this far right activities had or going to have in the U.K. Do you think. Well Britain 1st was prescribed as the 1st for a group to be prescriptive the merger of of Joe Cox was a was a member of Britain 1st he shouted Britain 1st when he killed her repeatedly stabbed her joke or simply a few days just before the press about 2016 and there are other instances. Sturrock Lee obviously the Friends report mosque Darren Star for that was inspired communicating directly with Tony Robinson. And directly inspired by what is a pernicious Islamophobia and we have to understand that that's becoming more and more normalized and so there are many dangers of me and they they feed off each other. And like you said earlier before when we hear about terrorism it's we always instinctively think it's Islamic to do with Islam or some kind of radicalization to do with Islam but this new kind of terrorism that is kind of also becoming prominent do you think that he's going to be reported as much in the media or easy going to be something on the back burner whether you know it's always the case that there is a disproportionality a bias in western Muslim issues or often represented in media and race issues and minorities in general but I think I think there has been a tendency in the past under reporters but I think the scale is growing the Mets are certainly worried they're making speeches remarks the boss in the lead and counterterrorism and the view is definitely that this is a serious credible threat with plots that have been thwarted. Since the events of 2017 when we had quite a few horrific attacks in Britain. Certain Islamist plots have been what it was all right but the activity organized they getting arrested they're getting put away for different kinds of offenses from spreading propaganda that you collected might be used. For the explosive devices I'm sure it's happening and whether it's. Not reported and you're going to make a difference to how people even I think clearly gave you the media does have a role to be fair also but there is this and the people by under-reporting all. Agree on a bill today well it's a worrying trend in any kind of terrorism is not good at all but it's very interesting to get your views and Professor Abbas and thank you very much for coming on the show tonight thank you for having me thank you. Connection Skinner It's a nice song there for. A minute and a song called What I sing yeah unshift got a man at the Lehigh I do believe it is the son of a son a month at the concert comes from a long line all musicians and sing is a very nice song that you're listening to connections with me and bring the time now 24 minutes past 6 o'clock Moving on now and billions of pounds get sent back to countries like India and Pakistan from migrant workers here in the U.K. Every year that's what I report from the United Nations has found and the boat is used to pay for education fees and bills but now the U.N. Is saying. Too much of this hard earned money is being taken in transfer charges be to works in an off license and send some of these endings back home B.B.C. Mystery has been to meet him this picture in the pub once or twice a week and it was a money going back to family back home to their production family now the UN saying that families in India and Pakistan are among the biggest recipients of money from migrant workers in the U.K. Ahmed Rashid has used the money transfer service to send cash to his family in Sri Lanka just no money that starving people or something and the money just and just how easy was it for your family to pick up the money on the other side to satiate in the finish and they're still going over there collecting money to preserve. People along the way for their poor that is a good fellow between Mohamed are just some of the thousands of people who use money transfer service is the U.N. Believes the cash is often used to help relations in poorer countries to stay in school but they think more of that money could help these families if the finance companies didn't charge so much in fees this post office office a money transfer service. For this not. Safe in the fold and give the money with the identification. Through the system in a few minutes the translation done they get the money in 10 minutes they have a notice is very popular for this bronze I can say 95 percent it opens and $5000.00 and the UN says people borrowing money should only have to pay 3 percent in charges for the global average is 7 percent but he says companies should reduce their fees because a. Lot of people do use Western Union and this should obviously put their charges down and. Give charge to the customer to. Go back to them and you know. Money. But pushes says that customers are happy to pay the fees because of the sad B.C. Tough is because there they want to damage and citizen did so they don't mind. Told them they just wanted to translate. Some of the have be they don't mind about the charge of expense in the international money transfer field say the fees may seem highly Potente business which deals with large amounts of cash flow a lot of regulations to follow and stocks will push these costs up and that report by B.B.C.'s Mistry 2 could you see me so much. TO DO YOU SEE THAT came from a summer. Beauty of you to support your case to news you need for the. Future cookies to give me. Food to news you need. To. Do to get. You to. Listen. To get the. Futures are looking. Up. Should. Hours. To look ahead try to see if you look. At it as it may but if. You're going to take up. The ad just. To complete it if he's up. It is that impeaching something to jack. Up. The book is. Easy to get. To the book is. Easy to feel dizzy. And sold to her. To. Her. The book club to send me. The elusive. MAN her. To cook you see an immediate coming summer. Movie to bring up the Sunni's who need a new job but then again. The to shoot to kill you she has. To be up you see you soon and you know. To her. A song called Jodi Jodi from the film Lucky no time for love the voices they're all OK YAGNI And so you're listening to connections with me I'm bringing textus May 8th one triple straight and start your message with the word late texts a challenge to your standard message Trade see off previously noted at B.B.C. U.K.'s slash local radio previously B.B.C. Radio waves. That is the number 2 takes you can also call us 108-0389 double 3 double 3 and the question I asked earlier in the program was what do. The secrets to a happy successful marriage if you have that secret please do share it with us here on connections and give us a call so we can let everyone know the time now he says 632 now we were going to have a feature Who are you but unfortunately our guest is stuck in the traffic and 62 I think there's been a bit of an incident there but we will be having a guest even if it's later on in the program so do stay tuned for that Meanwhile we move on to our next report and an asylum seeker from Leeds who we spoke to last week has been given permission to stay in the U.K. Hussein Amethi and his foster family have told those that he can now stay in the U.K. For 5 years after a campaign organized by students at Leeds City College where he studies there are were FIA's that Hussein could be killed if he was to be deported to Iran after his father had been murdered for political activity our political reporter Kevin Larkin spoke to Hussein and his foster family this week to say how did you get on that call today. All right to be honest the river feel nervous Yeah well I woke up this morning owing to the core that I was feeling really nervous to be honest our scare I didn't know was happening I was shaking lexically. My teachers my college mates start you know coming then I feel better to be honest I feel positive they give me lots of support teacher foster parents everybody army. Yeah but then. We start cause I think quite. Yeah I think 1112 something either and I was really nervous to be honest I was like really really feeling you know like. Nervous shaking. Here or they asked me questions through they basically talk about an hour were something I thought. The judge just decided you know the decision they just obviously I still I can't believe is true for you he obviously give me 5 years leave to remain which seconds stay for 5 years in this country and like I said I still can't believe the year he was unbelievable it was awful they're going to let me know like in 2 weeks' time or 3 weeks' time as usual call they do that but then they just did you know and same day which is it was amazing news to be honest and you're smiling how much of a big deal is today to you are in today I feel like I just born now just feel like you know phase they come to life now I can go to sleep you know Greece because I haven't slept for 23 weeks now because I was thinking over those kids were no Tonight I can sleep well and half good rest and then send your call each your mates at college they actually took a bit of a diversion from a plan tell me about what they were where they were going and walk around with our one of the I mean they thing was to coach the 3 of us 90 people they came to court with me so I mean he was full of people to realize that they really support me you know and I feel that really positive out that time when I saw that people are supporting me I will start you know often really happy so you know I feel like I've got people behind me you know fight was me so yeah. The Fortunately they had they had to go because they had applied to my i don't apply for muscles they had to leave they couldn't see me the macaw year I will go to see them after these and give them big love and thanks to everybody who signed the. Everything sporting a lot and you'll be celebrating now proud presume how will you be celebrating. This . Software to be honest like I said I feel like I just born feel like I just came to this life just today you know I'll feel super happy to be honest Still I can't believe like. That decision I'm still in shock like this is she serious. Yeah I'm super happy to be honest by this and you're foster mom Sally's with you Sally what was your mood like this morning in a spin very tense Oh he hasn't slept another was a Slept we were very very nervous and it's this difficult when you have to watch a child go through what you have to go through today I mean it is a court and the Home Office trying to make a lying and that was really hard to watch but now we feel like a huge way it's going to fit if we can start planning for think you know I'm all about the moment the decision came in because I do believe that we will look at each other there was that they did that just as you say you will need to pay a living will we look to each other with a need and then to have boasted that with some that we thought yes we did it which it would we didn't even chicas We couldn't believe what we were hearing that flat was the fantastic thing and how we all be celebrating as a family now. You could have we have just been for Pete's sake to start off with what we would now looking at the holidays that's what we're looking at the holiday maybe not in the U.K. As with over the last 2 years so we're looking forward to different travels that report by Kevin Larkin and some good news there for Hussein Amity. Connection to the green of the B.B.C. Radio. Times and to music for some music now and this is taken from the filesystem. Good. To just. Such a kid. Which is. Closely a layman to. Close the. Much . Simpler. Charlie Black you son was a. boss 5 you. Know the furniture. The float. Bowl. I. Was. Feeling. The amazing voice there of them with a song called 30 Sunyata from the film you're listening to connections. With me I'm Breanne I'm with you through till 8 o'clock tonight and you're very welcome and it's great to have your companies never the same without you now moving on in the 1970 S. What was life like for South Asian women in Britain and decades on how have things changed in 1978 writer and activist Amrit Wilson published her book Finding a voice Asian women in Britain it was a collection of interviews and intimate one to one conversations now 4 decades on she has Republic the book and included the stories of South Asian heritage women today are reporting she turned and has been speaking to write about what life was like then and what has changed well it is a time when. The communities had been here for a while but the scale of racism was very intense there was nothing written about South Asian women from their own point of view but increasingly we had a lot of people who mainly English people who go around tried to collect information which was supposedly neutral about us. And interviewing the husbands of women about the women and what came out was off of these interviews where policies which affected the British state and they would come out with things like we have very poor parenting parenting skills we have low pain threshold all kinds of things which basically were essentially quite racist so a lot of people I knew who were working in the community suggested that I write a book because I was a journalist at the time and I've been going around in the community reporting on a whole lot of stuff which affected the South Asian communities and at that time what were the kind of issues that were coming up through these interviews I think there are 2 sort of major T.V. . Which came together and this bridge shaped each other one was the battery Archy of the South Asian communities which which. Meant that women did face a lot of oppression within the family and the community but also there was the racism of the British state remember this was the time when virginity tests were going on it was just after the. Rivers of blood speech and so on so it was a time of intense struggle or really of different kinds you talked about the Vegetius has I could you just explain to people who don't I was what they were about well and at that time a woman who are joining husband of science fair and say to this country was very often put through. What they call their virginity tests which is really sexual abuse to check whether they were virgins and if they were virgins they would not be allowed in as wives and if they were not they would not be allowed in as fiancés so you can imagine the scale of. Rape how race and gender are completely intertwined in that they assumptions you make do you think things for South Asian women within the communities and the wider kind and wider society are the issues different Have they changed Are things better I think in some ways there have been enormous advances I mean after all we even have a woman who is a cabinet minister now or who was you know pretty Patel and we have an amazing there to a South Asian women's services and refuges which was built by South Asian women for South Asian women and these are huge achievements but having said that I think if you look at the scale of of violence within the family in the community this is the . Aspects many of them are still there or if they're not there in the same form the shadows of that still exist I mean there is a lot generally around gender equality at the moment has been for some years the me to come by various different things focusing on women we've seen a lot about women in India and right so it I mean obviously these are good things people are talking about it but does that mean that the situation is improving though for South Asian women I think you know and in this period of history violence against women has become very intense and I do have to say that the scale of my sergeant the scale of violence against women has really skyrocketed and I'm not talking specifically of violence within the family I'm just talking about violence in society so it still is a problem it is still is an issue and if you look at specific areas like for example we had the virginity tests back then which we as South Asian women fought and had and as a result they were stopped but what we have now in the detention centers is the rapes you know so so you know it's hard to say things have got better was old recurrence is that it still is a very major issue violence against women and that was a report by turned in speaking there to America Wilson who has Republic of her book that she booked that she published decades ago called Finding a voice Asian women in Britain you're listening to connections now of the time is almost 13 minutes to 7 o'clock time for some more music now and at this one is taken from the film shot. That's not an invitation that's actually a title of the film and the song is called. Good. Wow. Thanks. Thanks I had a song called Apollo. With a song that song from the film shot on A You're listening to connections. Current here and Greene has a B.B.C. Radio. Show Normally at this time we have our feature where we ask one of our guests who are you each trying to find out a little bit more about them and what they do what they've done and just to get to know them a little bit better and I guess unfortunately has been held up in some traffic on the M 62 apparently some incident has happened and tailbacks all pretty long so we are hoping that our guest will be in the studio after 7 o'clock in the 2nd hour of the program and we'll be continuing that feature this week in the 2nd hour of the program but let's 1st take a look at some news from the entertainment business in South Asia now is birthdays the birthday of rod for the early con is today and he is the very tender age of 44 and that's today also Dame Judi Dench She was 84 yesterday she was of course playing the role of Victoria in the film Abdul Victoria and opt out which have a way you want to say it it's Victoria and Abdul a very good films that's due to Judi Dench and she doesn't look and a day over well 60 I would say she said he doesn't look 84 and one of the veteran actor from Bollywood he was celebrating his birthday on the 8th of December which was you. Today and he was 83 and that veteran actor is there are men there a known for many many films in the sixty's seventy's and eighty's but perhaps the most well known for his role in the film Sholay and if you like been jobby films you'll be pleased to hear that they risk going to be a remake of the Punjabi film more larger Yes for wild one although I can't imagine him playing. Will be playing the title role whilst ha ha Abbassi will be playing the role of new enough and my han will also be appearing in the film and the film will be named the legend of more larger than the original film of course starred the one unknown the suit Andre he saw Can't wait to hear some of those dialogues that sort of gone dry he did and see if Han can actually replicate those but that's supposed to be coming out a net next year round about August time so if you are a keen fan then you will be I'm sure you'll be looking forward to that film more like jot You're listening to connections the fire time now is 5 minutes to 7 o'clock at 7 o'clock we'll take a look in detail as what's happening on the road we've had a little bit of a teaser as to what has been happening on the road so we'll get a detailed view of the travel news at 7 o'clock but in the meantime let's have some more music. God. To. A. Good. Their. Connections with Mia Breen. Was trouble B.B.C. Radio. Listeners join in the now to find out exactly what's happening on the roads . Good evening a vehicle overturned while the vehicle did I return on them seeking to respond you can 26 routes 27 be moved to the white now all lines are open but we're still seeing residual delays a key from 25 through 27 as a result lines one and 2 or 3 work closed also through Salt. Possibly blocked by and ice into 2 vehicles involved in this one now shift northwest side of properties the main roads how do you now fact it's safe to Bingley roads that's a fact about the high road junction really. That's close by was my worst still but traffic She's been fairly well trained so can't see any major problems that he likes about that replace call of his safety 3 I want to 3 I want to say many thanks Nic. Your travel leaves 3 hours one to $3.00 I want to see B.B.C. Radio only. To listen to B.B.C. Radio Leeds the programme is connections brain with you for the next 8 o'clock and a very very welcome. They've. Been. 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