Working to elect Republicans to the Senate says it will no longer help fundraise for the Alabama nominee Roy Moore who stands accused of sexual misconduct with a child in the 1970 s. And is under mounting pressure to withdraw Federal Election Commission paperwork just filed show the National Republican Senatorial Committee was no longer listed as part of a joint fundraising committee with the more campaign Mr Moore has strenuously defended himself calling the accusations fake news and a desperate political attack. You're listening to the latest world news from the b.b.c. . The bank h.s.b.c. Says it's closed some accounts of companies linked to South Africa's Gupta brothers accused of improperly influencing the government of President Jacob Zuma h.s.b.c. Said it had no direct ties with the group has but it shot a number of accounts for associated companies both Mr Zuma and the group to deny wrongdoing. About $100.00 French politicians of March to a Paris suburb in protest of Muslims praying in a street the politician said it was an unacceptable use of public space he was going feel to report it was an unusual sight as around $100.00 elected men and women all weighing their trick or sessions of office gathered at the Town Hall in Clichy and then all in turning the national anthem began walking to where another group of around 200 Muslims were starting Friday prayers on the street police were out in force to keep them apart but they were nonetheless shouts and scuffles the M.P.'s and councillors who included the president of the Paris Regional Council very progress said the street prayers are illegal in France as strictly secular system the European Union's chief negotiator on bracketed Michel Barnier has indicated that Britain must clarify issues such as its financial obligations to the block with the next 2 weeks before talks on future relations can begin he was speaking after further talks in Brussels the British negotiated David Davis said much remain to be done now is the time for both sides to move together to seek solutions it is a serious business to find a way forward to require flexibility and pragmatism from both sides we clear with the European Union we are willing to engage in discussions in a flexible and constructive way to reach the progress made in the French footballer Patrice Evra who's been banned from matches in u.a.e. The competitions until the end of June after trying to kick one of his own club's supporters in the head he wait there is also find the Olympic De Marsay a defender more than $11000.00 b.b.c. News. The world is supported by Legal Zoom dot com providing legal answers to the day to day questions of small business owners through its network of independent attorneys available nationwide more information at Legal Zoom dot com slash world. I'm Marco Werman And you're with the world thank you for being with us this Friday many Americans have a day off today in observance of Veteran's Day which on your calendar falls tomorrow November 11th either way here at the world we often turn to our online community of veterans for help with our coverage so this week we asked you members of our community what you'd want to hear on the show today and one question many of you had was how is President Trump doing with this major campaign promise every better well get timely access to top quality medical care everything better to learn more about Trump's efforts to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs we reached out to Andrew Borene He's a former Marine officer who's currently a visiting fellow at George Mason University and Drew thanks for being with us today thank you for having me Marco So trumpet spoken a lot about modernizing health care and expanding health care options for veterans the White House is taking some steps to meet those goals like last summer Trump announced the v.a. Would adopt a new system for electronic records and cut down a wait times have we seen any changes so far Well the good question here the v.a. Secretary Shelton has actually announced that the transition has started but to modernize fully the a information technology systems and bringing up cyber security issues we're looking at in about an 8 year timeline in order to complete the work on modernizing information technology throughout the day if you had to sum it up what do you see as the problem it's kind of a structural challenge and that whoever was undertaking this change has really hurt you in effort when you think about the scale of the record. Housed by the Veterans Administration in addition to the security issues as they modernize the system and align it with the current partner defense medical records system now Donald Trump is also spoken about expanding health care options for veterans we seen any moves to make that happen under his administration. The intent is there it's been clearly articulated if you look at the impact however there are still some challenges in terms of the veterans choice programs really getting streamlined I'm not exactly sure when that will come to completion but the choice programs as of today are still having some problems in terms of veterans particularly in rural areas getting access to care as a Marine veteran What are the issues you want to see Trump focusing on. You know look for my part I'll just say this not as a Marine veteran but as a concerned American I'm actually not a particularly big fan of singling out any minority group and so I was frankly disappointed by the announced transgender service ban from what I understand that they will continue to be allowed to serve Yes So I mean how is that felt the feel like other issues for veterans have gotten eclipsed. Unfortunately I think so I think that's a real hot button radioactive a few but I think that as with many things some of the more inflammatory words the more inflammatory rhetoric particularly as regards a very small small minority of serving active duty troops and veterans has distracted from the intent to improve veterans' care at least certainly in the in the public narrative and what shows up on the front page of newspapers and on cable news right but more broadly I'd like to see the appeal particularly the process of those filing claims and those appealing claims to see that there wait times are greatly reduced but that is going to require investment but I estimate that the v.a. Secretary Mr Shull can put forward was that it might cost up to $800000000.00 to hire adequate numbers of appellate adjudicators and professionals to reduce that backlog so yes we can all talk well wish and and he prays upon veterans but it costs money to provide these services and I'd really like to see Congress allocate funding and I'd like to see the president sign off on budgets that increase the care for veterans everywhere. The Trump administration released a fact sheet this week touting the tremendous progress it's made on Veterans Affairs What's your take I mean 10 months into the administration is tremendous the right word I don't know that I would use the word tremendous I would certainly use the word movement in the right direction you know we just talked a bit about how that 8 year your horizon for modernizing health records exists but they have started that process their heart is in the right place and some of the policies are being pursued. Andrew Borene a former Marine officer who's currently a visiting fellow at George Mason University Tomorrow is Veterans Day but today is the birthday of the Marine So I guess I say happy birthday to you Andrew Yeah that's exactly what you say in Iraq thank all of all the veterans across America ever serve a day in uniform important life. Thank you for your time today Andrew thank you sir and thanks to our online community of veterans for sharing their questions about the v.a. With us if you're a veteran and want to be part of our network just text the word return to the number 69866 that's return to 698 double 6 and thank you these days when we talk about veterans issues Iraq always seems to be in the background it's a war that may feel far away for many of us here in the u.s. But obviously not for anybody who's been involved the people of Iraq and the American soldiers who fought there in Philadelphia there's a project that's been gathering memories from Iraq War vets and also from Iraqi refugees living in Philadelphia now a few months back some of them got together to start to talk about their experiences and Jacob spoke with 2 of the participants an Iraqi man and an Iraq that they didn't know each other but they were in the same part of Iraq at the same time here they are My name is you have an o.b.d. . 39 years old and I left Iraq in 2007 My name is Lawrence Davidson I was in I. Beginning in August of 2006 and I stayed through November of 2007 and my hometown is called It is about 50 miles from Baghdad I was stationed in the Diyala province so he's an engineer so we did a lot of clearance marked car I d. Off the side of the road it's been a long time in the summer reconstructing a bridge that had been destroyed and then duct taped together and then blown out again and this image is still our neighborhood u.s. Army always having. Good luck on this a bridge to control the people who go one time me and my brother. On the way home my brother have much of my Harley Davidson. One of soldiers he also made a joke with us I say I want to take photos with this by. Then so many people really took pictures with the motorbike yet rube Allo by us completing a master's in fine arts when American forces invaded his country in 2003 he says he was hopeful at the time that things would change from the way they'd been under Saddam Hussein that people would be freer to speak and the economy would improve and 2000 pretty 2004 so many things changed to get out but after this people start to lose their life you know maybe a car bombing. So many friend they lose them like because of this of a 2007 elevate he was in danger too from an Islamist militia because I'm teaching art can 2007 as let me may say they come to my home some people with weapons and value my mum there but what is your son after this my mom called me immediately because I was in Baghdad she say I don't come home again I stay few days in my home Sunday my dear leave the country when things start to go you know not well to start to descend into chaos it makes me really feel like that whole year year and a half was it a waste we just wasting our time over there wasting all of this money that we spend our school the whole 2 pieces that are never going to stick here in Iraq veterans and the refugees met for dinner at Philadelphia's one Iraqi restaurant earlier this year Davidson works with Iraq War veterans but he says this was the 1st time he had interacted with Iraqi refugees in the u.s. I was curious I was nervous I was. You know full range. I don't know what I was nervous about. But I do know that when you walk around someone's country with a gun for 15 months and now for 10 years and then you leave there and it's descending into madness with ISIS that there might be a little bit of anx. And then if you were in my backyard rooting around for a year with an m. 16 I don't know that I would be a big fan of you it's important to note that there's some self selection in who chooses to participate in a project like this the artist behind it Michael rackets told me about one refugee who found it too painful but yet Beatty says he had no doubts about meeting the veterans for us we are sure we have not met with some of them maybe because his 1st time they speak to us maybe they have a period out we are close and we don't understand why they go out. To me that soldier they did their job when they went to Iraq they completely believe they said that u.s.c. Soldier do their job beyond anything when I talk to veterans and work with veterans I find that. They can stop thinking that the love car bang outside is the bomb. But to reconcile what they were a part of or what they individually did or what we all did as Americans that is much more difficult and I think that that that moral injury if we're ever going to get to a point where we have a way to heal it it's going to be across difficult uncomfortable conversations Lawrence Davidson and Beatty they were brought together by a project in Philadelphia called Radio silence our story was produced by Emma Jacobs. I have never said this so this is kind of historic There is big news out there about otters or should I say there's news out there about big otters scientists say they now have evidence of a super sized otter that roamed China millions of years ago for me it's an incredibly exciting because I study all sorts of predators and when we have something like that that's larger than any living author and it has such a strong jaw that will it's exciting to really try to dig and figure out exactly how it worked that's Jack saying from the University of Buffalo he led the team that studied a 6000000 year old daughter fossil found in southwestern China with a complete skull and jaw from that saying and his crew created 3 d. Simulations to figure out the size of this thing they concluded about the size of a wolf weighing in at about 110 pounds so yeah an otter you don't want to meet in a dark swamp says thing if you were to see this author 6 years ago walking around in the southern Chinese forest I probably would have looked like a hybrid between a wolf and it will ring it would probably would have been this large creature with massive head that had incredibly deep jaws and ways that open its mouth you will see that its teeth are nothing to be messed around with because they are very robust and very powerful no taken and saying says it also had a really strong jaw the probably put this on or near the top of the food chain based on our simulations we can definitely say that relative to modern otters this fossil water had a chance to finish that was at. At least 6 times stronger than expected and because of that they probably could have consumed the largest clams that are known from that fossil like ality there are other animals and environment smaller birds mammals or reptiles that there is much could have been within the capability of this author to consume and as far as we know there's no other large predator currently not from that pale environment so that this animal could have been the apex predator especially costuming anything I could get its mouth on in other words an otter that had the chewing power of a bear Yes the slow evolutionary slide from menacing to cute that was Jack saying from the University of Buffalo speaking there with our friends at the b.b.c. About a giant otter that lived millions of years ago in what is now China. Next on the show are the Chinese really taking advantage of the u.s. When it comes to trade that's coming right up here on the world. I'm Marco Werman You're with the world he said it during the campaign and on his trip to Asia he said it again right the Chinese president Xi Jinping face the u.s. Is getting a rotten trade deal with China I do not blame China or any other country of which there are many for takin advantage of the United States on trade if their representatives are able to get away with it they are just doing their jobs was it just campaign rhetoric that Trump now keeps repeating as president or is trying to taking advantage of the USA on Trade Bill Bishop writes the cynicism China newsletter and the weekly access Trying to his letter Bill I love the Senate says I'm sinuses I'm Can you explain the what is at the heart of the u.s. China trade dilemma I mean I did really poorly in economics by the way so please talk to me as a farmer 1st grader you know a couple issues here one of the trouble ministration seem to be focused on this idea that if trade is not balanced we're getting a raw deal and that is it really correct however when it comes to the massive trade deficit with China there are actually real structural issues that the Chinese have put in place that do fundamentally make the relationship unfair So what are the structural issues that means the u.s. Is getting the short end of the stick here or there are terrorists there are restrictions on investor those you know when you look out the sectors that Chinese companies get invested in selling to be u.s. . Broader set of sectors industries the u.s. Companies can operate or invested in China the only thing is you don't was the President Trump if you listen to the cd recorder if you listen to the various Chamber of Commerce's in China u.s. Chamber Congress is trying to be listened to large u.s. Businesses most of them are very unhappy with how they've been treated in recent years by the Chinese government and they have been starting increasingly to lobby the u.s. Government to do something about it yes so if we look at some of the industries that China is seemingly big on right now and will grow were talking about cloud computing high. Attack solar electric cars one of the protectionist trade policies that China has in place for those industries and how could it affect America's interest in the same industries well so China is ruled out this sort of made in China it's 4025 players where they've effectively identified the. Key high technology industries that they want to dominate so it's actually if you read it it's kind of like a blueprint to take over these indices from the u.s. And from Europe especially from Germany and those industries some of them are actually protected by the Chinese government while at the same time they're trying to invest and acquire and in some cases the older technologies were overseas and when you say protected What does that mean actually. There are tariffs are some companies u.s. That is an island and that's there are foreign companies get best in those areas there's some stuff that came out of the recent trumpets to Beijing Beijing they keep talking about reform and opening to the open economy and certainly probably is more open in many areas than it once you know 25 years ago but it's still very much a controlled and manage the economy which is a pretty murky toast approach to trading with the rest of the world explain what you mean by a mercantile us approach to the rest of the world. You know it's basically to use trade for their own benefit and you know if you get in many ways I think the President Trump and the Chinese actually kind of understand each other because he is again he's not wrong about diagnosing the problem and so when you look at markets alist you know it's basically they're trying to get rich by screwing over the foreigners to train the Chinese and the banks but it's definitely something that goes against the many ways of world trade organization of which time is a part and part of what you're seeing with I think the trunk team and other business organizations and other corner See been trying to deal with China for a lot of pride is a real sense of frustration because there was this believes that when. You know the World Trade Organization that it was going to be that much more liberalization and they kind of would but really playing by the rules and yet we see that that isn't really the case and so there's this kind of this frustration it's a building for a long time truckers come along the path and through lots of pockets of frustration including this community crystallizing into I think what looks like it's going to be a perilous significant. Policy for China trade bill bishop with the cynicism China newsletter and the weekly access translator thanks very much for your time thank you very much here's a much older story about trade 350 years ago the Dutch made a deal with the British the Dutch swap they swampy piece of land called Manhattan for a tiny island the British claimed on the other side of the world we all know what happened to the former but the latter it's part of a band of islands in Indonesia and I b.b.c. Colleague Rebecca Henschke went there to find out more. I'm on a wood in the link see below it's coming into the islands and the pull out ruined for a festival to mark the time when they saw islands change their world. With the Treaty of Brady $1667.00 the Dutch gave Manhattan to the British in return for the island of ruin in the bundle see it turned out to be one of the best historical swaps for the British and then America for the time it was a better deal for the Dutch David Perry a collector of antique maps from that time it seems like a bad day or when you think about it now. Manhattan is what actually at the time it was a very good deal for the dark they were not doing anything really good in Manhattan and yet they desperately needed the rom to complete their monopoly their hold over the source of not make the only source in the world not make trade. By Arab and Chinese merchants not made became a coveted luxury in 17th century Europe it was used to business of food and believed by some to prevent the player with. More gold wait for white and the bundle islands with the only place in the world when not May grew the banded knees though paid a high price the Dutch brutally in forcing them an openly over the trade as local business leader explains. Them to get them back up in order to control these islands the Dutch general was a massacre basically exterminated the indigenous people over half the population worse water the rest and the others were taken to the outer islands leave. The dams that I'm watching now represent. The murder of the noble people abandon me and most of the population at one point the dancer putting a white flower in his mouth symbolizing the fact that they were silent. Not make do found here in the 1st tower volcanic soil the 13th generation in his family to run their plantation that they say about. He says he's proud to continue the tradition of his and. Even though he gets just $8.00 per kilogram of not made. Things that much quieter these days don't pull out when we're off the coast now on a boat and a part of Dolphin has just. Leaping out through the crystal blue water that electricity just a few hours a day on the island but the locals are hopeful that this festival will once again bring the on eyes of the world. Back to these incredible Islands and the unique role they played in history. My colleague at the b.b.c. Rebecca Henschke there reporting from Pulau rune the Indonesian island that Britain gave the Dutch in exchange for Manhattan who knew well you do now thanks to the world we're about one minute away from news headlines you're with the world the Business Administration program at Alaska Pacific University delivers distinctive undergraduate and graduate degrees grounded in real world experience with life friendly schedules designed to support your personal and professional goals move forward with a.p. You and apply today at Alaska Pacific Doc edu this message sponsored by a.p. 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And w g b h here in Boston we just love the sports teams in the city of ours and one of them just made a bit of history the Boston Red Sox have named their 1st Latino manager his name is Alex Cora and he's from Puerto Rico he did pretty good in his last job as bench coach for the World Series champs the Houston Astros the Red Sox have fielded a number of Latino stars in recent years but in general the team has a questionable record when it comes to diversity so Cora's appointment definitely means a lot to the Latino community here in Boston Julio Ricardo is the co-host of The Political Pop Yes in the thick and an occasional commentator for e.s.p.n. So what was your reaction to Cora going from the Astros to the Red Sox Well you know I was absolutely thrilled I mean as a whole weekend based in the Boston area following the Red Sox like this makes so much sense and I don't know if you follow the World Baseball Classic Marco I don't know the greatest sports tournament that no one talks about but Puerto Rico did really well I believe was last year and they got to the finals and Cora was like a bench coach were known as Los and West Rose which is like our guys yeah and so Cora is one of our guys and he's actually from my family's hometown of God Bless So to me this is amazing as a Red Sox win you know they say about baseball in Boston in the city it's all interconnected this is our little Puerto Rican Boston story so I imagine this is duplicated by the rest of the Puerto Rican community in Boston because I mean this is one of the largest Puerto Rican communities in the u.s. And absolutely I think you know one of the things people don't understand about Massachusetts I believe it's like the 5th largest state with the most Puerto Rican in the United States that's correct so there's. A lot of Puerto Rican representation given all the news about Hurricane Maria sort of reconnected because of Maria's so I've been to several events where I have seen people that I'm seen in 20 years and then also in this Cora announcement was like yeah he's one of us he's Red Sox and it's so historic like this is a historic moment this little story about you know the iconic Boston Red Sox 1st Latino manager who happens to be Puerto Rican has given us a little sliver of hope in the community do you think things are changing because at one point in your piece you mentioned that maybe it was this past season you noticed a majority of Latino players on the field in one inning Yes And to me that was like a moment you know I've been following the Red Sox since college in 86 because I was a Yankee fan and that's another story that I I became a Red Sox fan because of Nomar and Pedro and Big Papi so I'm good but to see all these Latino ball players in Fenway Park it's becoming more common like Boston was no longer an invisible Latino town now you have 3 Latino managers that were 0 like 2 years ago and what's interesting is I think it's going to become the norm that 30 percent of Latino ballplayers going to be 333435 percent soon Major League Baseball is and continues to become more Latin American more Asian more international and I think it's fantastic There is one line in your essay imagine what Couric can do with someone like the Dominican born Devers an exceptional young 3rd baseman who has all the potential be the next great Red Sox Why do you think a Latino manager is better equipped to mold Latino players into stars Well I think baseball has changed a lot and it's definitely a players' league and when you have 30 percent 30 percent of Major League Baseball right now is Latin American descent mostly Spanish speaking people from the Dominican from Puerto Rico from Venezuela and because it's become a player's league you start seeing a lot of younger managers if you look at Cora who is an infielder he's been there that connection is going to help someone with it is there a language and cultural connection to absolutely and it's also baseball language. Cultural connection in a lot of ways and I think there's not a lot of people in Boston sports media kind of looking at it through this lens like what Cora means to the Puerto Rican and Latino community because there's no voices right so it's just like white male dude's talking sports and I'm kind of raising my hand go and hey this is a big deal for the Boston Red Sox a huge deal and Cora just because of the cultural and linguistic connections he's going to have with these younger players like Rafael Devers I think he's going to surprise a lot of people I'm so excited if the league is 30 percent Latino Do you think that at least a 3rd of all managers should also be Latino do you look at the numbers only I think Major League Baseball this whole notion of we can't find qualified candidates like that's a crock I'm sorry like it's you look at the last 10 years of established Latino baseball players I can rattle them off they're smart they know the game they've transformed the game there's something about the passion and the belief it's made the sport better and it's going to make your team better let's remember the Houston Astros they have some amazing Latino talent they won the World Series outscore played a part in that and it's because of that cultural linguistic connection that belief that baseball is sort of a little bit deeper as a Latino I actually think this is a really exciting time for Boston. Well your record of the co-host of the political part casts in the thick and occasional commentator for e.s.p.n. Dot com Great to speak to you thanks Rick as always Marco thanks you know you can learn a lot about a person when they let their emotions loose at a baseball game and if you want to know what people around the world are really thinking about check out satire that's why we often focus on satire here on the show the world satire editor Carol Hills recently met up with a Cuban political cartoonist whose work she's admired from afar I always know when I'm looking at an unhealed bullet incur tune there's no speech balloons in fact there are no words at all it's all about the image which is almost always the real long strokes and some bold colors and you can never make out the facial expression on any of the characters own or. Holding it in it with you. When you're young and you're starting as a cartoonist when you want to have your own style but it's almost impossible along the way though as you grow and meet other cartoon as around the world without thinking about it and you start to absorb and capture their styles and influences and then one day the people start to talk about your style in one cartoon a well to do couple sits at a table enjoying assumptions meal and look bored and stab at their food with their forks way below them at the bottom of an exaggerated the large and long blue tablecloth is a small crowded boat caught in the waves or creases of the blue fabric the people in the boat are yelling up to the couple who don't hear them or ignore them it's hard to tell which it's clearly about the refugee crisis because. They matter of course that any time I take on a topic I try to be honest when I create a drawing I want to make sure that it comes from my soul I want to make sure my drawings come across as authentic ball again is Cuban but he's lived in Mexico since 1902 he travels a lot and loves to meet other cartoonists and study their styles but his visual approach is still very much a product of his home Cuba where drawings and cartoons are taken seriously. Cartooning has always been seen and respected as an art that's what it is a branch of visual arts and as for humor and satire Bullock and grew up literally surrounded by at his home town of San Antonio de los baños is Cuban humor capital I'm not kidding it's home to Cuba's Museum of humor and for decades has hosted an international humor biennial satire is very Cuban it's inherently to. Our Rachel Weiss is an expert on contemporary Cuban art and says the country's love of satire and cartoons is partly because it was ruled for so long by outsiders corrupt outsiders in context humor is now considered to be. Expression showing important historical cultural norm and in the mid 1980 s. When Bolivian was an art school that cultural form was being transformed by a group of young Cuban artists born around 1959 the 1st authentic products of the revolution these were not counterrevolutionary stay were not people who were made to Delta they considered themselves to be centigrade revolutionary and. Artists as an important part of among them were cartoonists and multimedia artists who work for a Cuban humor magazine called David 10 and the big move they made was to have their satire start to reflect Cuban reality instead of the Cuban dream issues like scarcities corruption nepotism and they even dared to question whether the u.s. Embargo was really to blame for everything but absorbed it all including the very popular movement of the time conceptual art a big fat confusing term that basically means the idea behind a work of art is what's most important. Thing is that I saw Ilene Yang is the one who I think style comes through not just in the way you draw but also in the topics you choose and the treatment of the metaphors you use for that I always try to make my cartoons universal assuming that the whole world will see them both again was in his early twenty's and just getting his career going when Cuba's economy collapsed after the Soviet Union dissolved some of the publications Bogan worked for stopped printing many many Cubans left the island but what's interesting about ball again is that he wasn't looking to leave a media day or be a hey I made. The knowing they those I traveled to Mexico in 1902 I was taking part in an exhibition I never intended to stay and live in Mexico but on the same day that I arrived in Mexico I got an offer from knowing about it one of Mexico the biggest daily newspapers so I decided to stay in Mexico for work reasons the move to Mexico changed everything for ball again he went from publishing one cartoon a month in Cuba to having a whole. Range of outlets for his work in Mexico he also found himself part of a larger cartoonist community and started exploring new ideas like love consumerism and our obsession with technology in a recent poll taken cartoon an astronaut takes a selfie with an extraterrestrial he stumbled across in another an older couple on a park bench are kissing while a young 20 something couple in the next bench over are hunched over their respective smartphones not talking and certainly not touching better but I point that I mean to laugh but I want that in Mexico I did find the space and the freedom to tackle subjects that were a lot harder to talk about in Cuba like Fidel Castro in 1908 when John Paul the 2nd became the 1st pope to visit Communist Cuba Well again did what he knew his cartoonist colleagues back home couldn't he drew about it his cartoon showed Castro cleaning out the cobwebs of churches in advance of the pope's visit buggin still visits Cuba and it's clear he misses it one of his recent cartoons shows a man getting ready to leave his own country possibly forever he's packing and tries to stuff his own heart into the suitcase but it won't fit for the world I'm Carol Hills You can see on how the ball against the real cartoons at p.r.i. Dot org. The unmistakable sound of Darth Vader and for his unmistakable costume we can thank John Malo the costume designer died recently at the age of 86 he'd been a Hollywood regular but it was Star Wars that brought him up to the podium for an Oscar in 1978. Was really not so much costumes as that of plumbing and general automobile engineering Ok so the starter because I do look a little like they are made out of coolant hoses but Muller was selling himself short his costumes were inspired less by car parts more by military history Layla French the director of archives for the Lucas Museum of narrative art is a Star Wars costumes expert so tell us about John Marlowe he wasn't even much of a science fiction fan I hear so how did he end up working on Star Wars Well when George was looking for a costume designer and friend referred John Mahler to George because he had a great military history and military costume history and headed by other films and since George was thinking of this movie is very military focused he liked that idea and he said Great bring him over and that's how John Mahler got right into your science fiction and how did John all get a start in film was he a costumer by trade or a historian 1st military costume you story and since he was a little kid Wow he watched movies and fell out with costumes and military costumes really grabbed his attention I believe both him and his brother that became experts in military European and including u.s. History historical all the way to you know current worst so this guy was in serious history credit gets involved in that's science fiction blockbuster What was the collaboration like between Malo and Star Wars director George Lucas they worked very closely together and get most of his design conversations and approval directly with George and he said that made it really easy because George is very. Specific about what he wanted and George himself isn't military history and so I think they both you know run kind of on the same page and George did not want the costumes to look like my movies he wanted them beaten up and dirty and more pulling from us in European military history and less from Flash Gordon and one of the famous quotes that George gave to John when they were starting out with he's like I don't want anyone to notice the costumes Oh no you've done your job no one notices these costumes and they just watched me go see if there was one super noticeable costume it has to be the one that Darth Vader wore that black helmet morphed with a gas mask as long flowing robe I mean if it wasn't so evil would be pretty eclectic what elements did Mala drawn for Darth Vader so Darth Vader when George described it as a character it was a Dark Lord of the night writing on the very poetic I'll say and from there Molly is now is looking at the lens of the story and right costume historian he saw World War trench armor he saw a Nazi home he saw a samurai and then you advocate so that's why he went into a costume department shop in London called Berman's and he put in actor together with random pieces so he had a motorcycle outfit and put him in that and it down this long black cape it drew that on and then they found a gas mask a roll or what and they put it on and then they had it and now it's a chest dress and so they took photos short shorts and he's like yeah that like that you're actually keep going that way what is it about models costumes you think in Star Wars that made him so iconic while his work on other historic films like Barry Lyndon or the charge of the life or good movies that really demanded his attention to start to tell they kind of went on noticed by so many moviegoers I think it's because they were creating something completely new historical films those costumes you're graphically something that already existed with Star worst. You're creating something that's never theoretically but you're pulling archetypes from our current fashion history you know watching the movie it's not jumping at you and bothering you know what they're wearing and that it makes sense it's like Bessel human if you would that data is evil that is out there so they took it they were inspired by all these historical reference and then they mix mash Samurai Russian. Medieval and you name it they pull it all together mash it up shake it change it up and put it into that is you know no one had really seen a movie like that before. The French the director of our cars for the Lucas Museum of narrative are telling us about the late costume designer for Star Wars John thanks so much for your time Laila Oh you're very welcome was a pleasure. You Thanks thanks. Thanks. I'm Marco Werman this is the world for 2 days this week every dish served at a new pop up restaurant in Toronto was prepared by cooks who are HIV positive the idea was born by Joanne Simons c.e.o. Of Casey house Canada's only hospital dedicated to people living with HIV Aids Also with us is Melissa haven't Yama one of the chefs so welcome to you both good to have you thanks for having a great to be here thank you so Joy this is a unique idea why did you can see this so Casey has been a global leader in HIV Aids care since we opened our doors in 1988 and we led a survey called Smash stigma to understand Canadians' perceptions around HIV and the results were really staggering and really the restaurant was born out of the stats that 50 percent of Canadians would not knowingly share or even a meal prepared by somebody with HIV So it was a great way for us to start a conversation across the dinner table where you share love and compassion while eating a meal and have a discussion of HIV today. You are HIV positive if the idea was to make people more comfortable with being around people who are HIV positive Give us your take on that like how below average are you finding the education around HIV Still it's surprising to me because I was born with HIV So it's something that I've known about for life so it's really surprising when I talk to other 24 year olds that maybe aren't as educated me because we did live through this epidemic and just to speak on it I think some people still think that you can get HIV from so either can so that from so I can still cut your hand if there's a problem some reactions we got from this are asking what if you cut your hand in the restaurant and something the chef can tell you is that dresser you treated just as any other regular chef would and I think a lot of people don't realize that and hopefully we get this awareness out there and people realize this so you are one of the 14 chefs How did that feel. For you it felt amazing I mean one thing when I do opportunities like this I don't like to be tokenized just be this HIV positive person but in this situation I don't cook I don't really have the passion to cook I don't really want to learn to cook so I wouldn't mind if they asked me just a photo op but they threw us in there from the beginning to finish we got to decide what we wanted on the menu we got to cook what we wanted to shift it was really exhilarating I was nervous but when we finally got in there like a high just getting all the dishes out there and it was such a fun experience and bonding with all the other chefs and it's amazing because you have this bond with people forever and we can't wait till the next year what was on the menu How'd you come up with the menu items so we actually just all sat down and discussed you know what kind of flavors we like and so the menu it could be a long one you could be amazed it was a type of Tater leek soup and then we had a roasted heirloom salad that we had surf and turf which was like a pasta particularly grilled steak Arctic char then we had a gingerbread Chairman Steele which is my specialty and we made everything from scratch and made you know whipped cream which I was like you know they have these in the stores but also exciting at the end of the day now I'm planning to get a red kitchen eat everything I'm just going to make mine and hopefully that will force you to learn how to cook I got to say when I saw some the pictures from the pop up out there were these aprons you were wearing had some great lines on them like break bread smashed my personal favorite I got HIV from pasta said no one ever . Was on your apron I had to have different aprons I change every Probably every hour because elections were out for it up you know so I had kissed the HIV cook we had the HIV in pasta we had HIV can get from food by me yeah there are such different ones it was so fun to think of the slogans and there was actually a great line in our bathrooms that said remember when people thought you could get HIV from sitting on actually l.o.l. And I think. How did you contract the virus my mom and dad moved from Zambia Africa England and that's when my dad. You know started cheating was very abusive so I mom left him and brought me and my older sister to Canada in Ottawa and that's when I was 2 years old I start to get very sick so they start testing me for everything and then at a last resort tested me my older sister my mom for HIV So since I was especially my parents being African it was something that had to be silenced my mom said you know some families have secrets and you keep this a secret so learning from I'm young I just really got educated but there's still that moment when you're starting a friendship with somebody and you mention it and you can see them change so it was a very confusing time I got scared to go to sleep overs and go away for 5 minutes to take my medication I would always say I'm 13 years old I haven't kissed a boy but I have an s.g.i. You know how does that work so it's very isolating because I didn't feel like I could just close to one person because when you're that young you don't know if that person is going to be in your life forever and I couldn't bring myself of that secret ever got out because not only would it get out and affect me at a young age and would get bullied and I got bullied enough as it is but I would also be something that people would know about my parents and couldn't really put them through but now you're very out that you're HIV positive How does that honestly feel if you freeing it feels beautiful it feels open for me it's just the best thing because that's what keeps you healthy and honest I've always said is a chubby The only thing about me you know but it does play a big part because you know I don't like that if I go on a date that it's something that can change the body's attitude but I'm very grateful for what it's given me as a person because I never judge anybody I'm friends with people of all walks in life this isn't a death sentence for you and it's not simply it has to be the end all and be all and I think one thing for me is that I always thought that when I disclosed to somebody then they had to decide if they like should me and one thing that I've learned is with the 2 way judgment here I have to decide if I like them as one joke I tell my friends or sometimes I went on a blind date with a guy and decided I didn't like him and I told him I was a heavy positive to get him to go away so I tried something bad and he didn't mind . Oh well you know that just shows. And not to judge people and think that everybody's going to stigmatize you because the greatest thing I've learned is yes there are people in the world there are a grant but there are so much more people the world that are supportive and willing to learn and that's what amazing to hear when I hear it was a sold out affair were you feeding the choir though like Who were the customers friends and family or people that you actually kind of managed to educate so it was actually a really amazing mix of people as I circulated around the table as we absolutely did have staunch community advocates within the participants we had some of our donors but we also had a number of people who had seen the pose through Facebook through Twitter they'd heard from a loop and I previously on radio so there were a fair mix of people who came who didn't really have a sense of Casey house and of the issue they were aware and wanted to come out and show their support so it was a really dynamic mix of people so if you're trying to raise awareness why just 2 days for the pop up. It took them Norman amount of power and teamwork to bring it all together and certainly it was our 1st entry into the restaurant market so we are certainly hoping that we're going to be able to expand this initiative not just throughout Canada but global and international reach and so we are quickly now regrouping to try and plan for the next phase. And Joanne thanks very much for your time great to speak with you thanks for your interest Thank you so much and that's our show for this Friday our theme music was composed by Eric Goldberg from The Nana Bill Harris studio w. G.b.h. In Boston I'm Marco Werman Have a good Veterans' Day weekend and will be back on the radio with you Monday. The world is a co-production of the b.b.c. World Service p.r.i. And w. G.b.h. Supported by the John d. And Catherine t. 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San Francisco I'm Molly Wood sitting in for Kyra it is Friday November 10th Veterans Day is observed today thanks for joining us let's begin as we like to do on Fridays with our weekly wrap a look back at the big business stories and there were many with me legality are from Fortune and Rachel Abrams from the New York Times Hello there Hey there I'm Ali hi Alright so I feel like we should start with taxes there are still big questions about how we're going to pay for these various proposals and then of course they have to be reconciled Rachel if you had to guess at a few things that might stay and might go what would you predict. But pull out my crystal ball and I would say that almost certainly corporate tax rates are going to be cut because both.